Becoming Wilkinson

Send us Fan Mail John Corr is very active on the Coachella Valley/Palm Springs theatre scene.  He has some very interesting thoughts and stories to tell... John on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacorrjr Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2024 Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay. To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail I met JJ many years ago in Seattle.  He's an adventure seeker who just quit his corporate banking job in order to travel around the world for at least two years...  hear the why and how of his adventure.  So many of us dream about doing something like this- but he's actually doing it!  Photo: Copyright Wilkinson Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Milliken  Steve Milliken is the proud gay author of LATE BLOOMER BABY BOOMER—A Collection of Humorous Essays About Being Gay Back in the Day and Finally Finding My Way . Born and raised in Southern California, his literary escapade takes you on a journey through the decades, chronicling his adventures as a gay baby boomer  and his lifelong pursuit of the perfect coming-out s...

Send us Fan Mail STAN ZIMMERMAN is a man of many mediums (TV, film and theatre). He’s been nominated for two WGA Awards for Best Comedy Writing – The Golden Girls and Roseanne . Stan’s also written and produced on Gilmore Girls , co-created the Lifetime sitcom, Rita Rocks , wrote on both Brady Bunch movies and rewrote the ABC-TV movie of Annie . Stan has a BFA-Drama from NYU/Circle-in-the-Square a...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Easton is a young scientist who decided to get into the gay adult entertainment industry as a performer. Contact Andrew: scruffygaynerd@gmail.com Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2024 Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay. To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail  Barbara Kerr,    APR, Fellow PRSA, is an award-winning journalist, public relations leader, and actress whose career has taken her across the United States and around the world.   Journalism, communications and public relations An Emmy-nominated reporter as well as an anchor, producer and news director at network television affiliates in Ohio and Maryland, Barbara Kerr was named...

Send us Fan Mail In Marc's own words: "The practice of Orgasmic Shamanism emerged as a result of exploring Shamanism, somatic movement therapy and tantra. It is also a Mystery school practice. Mainly attributed to the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, the mystery school is a grueling and process of radical transformation. It is based on awakening the true self by connecting with the greater...

Send us Fan Mail Interesting Facts About Kevin Phinney: * He has worked across the strata of media and yet so far remains below your radar. *Over the course of his various lifetimes, he has been a drama critic, a boyfriend, fiancé, a husband , morning show radio host, an ex-husband, the creator of a gay advice column called "Ask Daddy" that briefly broke the internet and an entertainment...

Send us Fan Mail Find Micky on his IG:    https://www.instagram.com/luismigueldmc/ Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023 Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay. To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail STEWART WADE From a young age, Stewart Wade knew he wanted to tell stories. He performed skits in the backyard for his captive parents and friends, and attempted his first novel at age ten.  A bit later, Stewart tried his hand at poetry, short stories, and playwriting, ultimately getting a Master’s degree in Theater, Film and Television from UCLA.    After a few years in the Holly...

Send us Fan Mail BILLY CLIFT Emmy nominated filmmaker, Billy Clift,  “A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 years”, has created a vast body of work that consists of a wide range of different genres.  Such as the Feature film “Jacked”, on Homeless youth, The short films, “Monty”, Montgomery’s Clift’s last dying day, “No Goodbyes”, a true story about love in a concentration camp, and “L...

Send us Fan Mail J Craig Fong  is a recovering attorney.  It is not clear whether an attorney ever truly recovers.  A graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, J has been a corporate attorney and a civil rights advocate. J served as the Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and also as the Board Chair of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team in Los Angeles.  In recent decad...

Send us Fan Mail Craig Chester is an award winning actor best known for his roles in the movies “Swoon”, ”Grief”, “Frisk”, “Kiss Me, Guido”, “I Shot Andy Warhol” and as the Birkin Bag Guy on “Sex & The City”. He transitioned to a successful career as a television writer when St. Martin’s Press published his memoir, “Why The Long Face? The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor”, writing and p...

Send us Fan Mail BENNETT YELLIN Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bennett received his B.A. in fiction from U.C.L.A.  Still not ready to enter the real world, he enrolled at UMass in Amherst for an M.F.A. in fiction. It was there — on the first day of school — that he met and befriended Peter Farrelly. On a lark, they tried writing a comedy together and this spec script ultimately got into the hands...

Send us Fan Mail GAMÉL Artist's Statement: "In 2020, I left the tech industry and moved to Palm Springs to pursue my passion for art full-time. During this time of adjustment, I worked on a painting titled  "The Other Side",  which proved to be prophetic. In January 2022 I experienced a personal tragedy when my mother passed away from COVID-19. In spite of this sorrow, I found...

Send us Fan Mail Cherlyn Lanning, costume designer: With over 30 years experience dressing the stars as a Costume Designer in Hollywood, Cherlyn Lanning has stories! She has worked in the film industry for 32 years. She began her career at Western Costume (the world’s largest costume house). Her mentor was costume designer Theadora Van Runkle, (the most notable costume designer of the 21 century)...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Hietter This is Paul's second visit as a guest on my podcast.  This time we discuss aging as gay men in Palm Springs and a few of life's learned lessons. Paul is a true renaissance man - having worked in a number of industries, with his favorites of being a caterer and event planner to the stars and a new thought minister. He is always happiest when he is of service...

Send us Fan Mail Nathan Serrato As an ICF Certified Life Coach, Reiki Practitioner, Yoga Instructor, and Master Practitioner & Trainer in Time Line Therapy®, Hypnotherapy, and NLP; Nathan Serrato helps queer leaders and visionaries in their journeys toward deeper intimacy, spiritual reclamation, and purpose driven living so that they can fully embody their authentic, gifts and savor the joys o...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Boston, for the last decade, Alan Carvalho has been semi-retired in Cathedral City, CA. He continues shooting videos throughout the valley with his company: Cambridge Video. He's been with his partner for 50 years and they've been in a 3 person relationship (throuple) for 28 years (they all live together).  And now they're ready to conquer the next s...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Marx William Woollcott Marx (born January 8, 1937) is an American pianist, arranger, and composer. He is the adopted son of actors Harpo Marx and Susan Fleming. Marx was placed in the Children's Home Society in Los Angeles by his birth parents when he was eight months old, and four months later he was adopted by Harpo Marx and his wife, Susan Fleming. He attended the Jui...

Send us Fan Mail Gina Zollman grew up in Southern California, always singing in choirs and being in shows. She graduated from UCSD with a BA in Linguistics and a minor in Music. Her choral career extended way beyond college, culminating with performances at Carnegie Hall in NYC and at the Nokia and The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA. After being trained on Wall Street and establishing herself as...

Send us Fan Mail "I had another experience when I was meditating that affirmed my life was transforming again. I dreamed I was standing on a river bank. There were people in canoes peacefully rowing in a river. I came to understand that the river was peaceful flow. The people in the canoes waved and smiled to come in. I looked up and down the river bank. There were countless people standing o...

Send us Fan Mail Enrique Quintero   is a Puerto Rican actor, writer, and video editor andwho now lives between Palm Springs and LA. His television credits include Amazon’s Bosch, HBO Max’s Queer You Are, Netflix’s High Heat, and Hulu’s Tengoku Daimakyo. He appeared recently on films such as Anchor and Hope and Tu Me Manques . He has graced the stage on productions of Chicago (Billy Flynn), In The...

Send us Fan Mail Byron Scott Jones "Everything you want is on the other side of fear".  Transforming from an introverted gay man to performing naked in a play on stage.  Byron discusses the process he went through in order to change.   It happened one day in 2015.  He sat down and made a list of all of the things that he felt were causing his depression.  But he didn't stop there. ...

Send us Fan Mail Helene Verin has a B.S. in Art from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and has a certificate in arts appraisal from NYU. Verin has worked for many galleries, museums as well as individual artists;  including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Documenta (where she worked with Joseph Beuys), was the Edinburgh Arts Administrator, and worked for Dennis Oppenheim as his reg...