DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley

For this special Thursday episode, Dennis visits the swanky penthouse set of "The Goat or Who is Sylvia?" the Tony-winning Edward Albee play that's currently winning raves at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's Davidson Valentini Theatre.  He talks to the show's brilliant director Ken Sawyer and the Center's passionate Artistic Director Jon Imparato.  They discuss the challenges of putting on such a...

Dennis visits Jackie Beat and his three adorable and vocal dogs in Jackie's L.A. home, which features an entire room dedicated to the movie Carrie.  This year is Jackie's 25th year in show business so there are lots of topics to dicsuss, including the first time he performed in drag, working on projects like Flawless (with Philip Seymour Hoffman), Fashion Police (with the late Joan Rivers) and Hel...

After interviewing Jack about his new film Space Station 76, Dennis and Jack recorded this extra episode where Jack responds to the question, "What message was left on your voicemail or answering machine that you played over and over?" by actually PLAYING a bunch of old messages for us and narrating.  Dennis shares a couple messages, too.  The episode ends with a recording from 1998 of Jack as a p...

Dennis visits his old friend, filmmaker and actor Jack Plotnick on the eve of the release of his sci-fi dramedy Space Station 76, starring Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Jerry O'Connell and Marisa Coughlan.  Jack talks about the inspiration for the film, its long, winding road to fruition and what's it like to watch Matt Bomer pleasure himself with a robot hand.  Also discussed are Jack's...

Dennis visits choreographer and entreprenuer Benjamin Allen at the office of Groov3, the red-hot dance fitness brand he started in 2010.  Topics include: Dennis and Benji's meet-cute while dancing in front of the movie Xanadu, Benji's new home workout DVD "Dance Sweat Live," the triumphs and terrors of starting a business, dancing in Pharrell's 24-hour "Happy" video, doing a flashmob for "Ellen" i...

In this episode, Dennis visits Michael Seldtich at his West Hollywood condo, the lobby of which he designed himself because he's brilliant that way.  Michael is a reality show veteran, having produced, directed and/or showrun such shows as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Architecture School, 9 By Design and MTV's current hit Catfish.  He's also the director of the documentary feature 11 Minutes ab...

Dennis sits down with his friend Nadya Ginsburg the mega-talented writer-performer behind the new webseries Madonnalogues.  She talks about the roots of her spot-on Madonna imitation (Cher and Winona Ryder also make cameos), how the rules are different for women in pop and her the spur-of-the-moment Today Show appearance tied her brilliant viral Gaga parody "Al Roker Face."  Also on hand is filmma...

Dennis catches up with previous guest Bryan Thompson the day after the finale for the reality competition show Motor City Masters. On the agenda: the final twist that broke reality show tradition, Bryan's super practical tips for how to behave on a reality show and the weirdness of getting a hole pic sent to you without so much as a 'Sup?'

Dennis sits down with singer, actor and author Sam Harris in his L.A. home to talk about his terrific book "Ham: Slices of a Life," in which he writes about everything from getting sober to becoming a father to watching his friend Liza Minnelli marry what's-his-face with Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson as Best Man and Maid of Honor.  Also on the docket: falling in love at Opryland, his memories of...

Near the end of my initial interview with filmmaker and actor Doug Spearman (Noah's Arc, Hot Guys w/ Guns and the upcoming Welcome Sinners), Doug mentioned that he got to attend a very exclusive listening party with Annie Lennox where she talked about her new album Nostalgia.  I had to know more.  Doug breaks down the whole evening for us and then we jump to a lot of other topics including what it...

Dennis visits writer-director-producer-actor Doug Spearman in his cozy LA home for a conversation that touches on everything from Doug's new movie Welcome Sinners, his days playing Chance on Noah's Arc and the time he sat on Brad Pitt's lap.

After wrapping up my interview with filmmaker Jim Fall, we started going through his extensive collection of 8 track tapes.  When I discovered that he had Partridge Family albums that I never even knew existed-- Crossword Puzzle ?  What ?--I decided we had to fire up the mic for a special episode.  Also docket: Leif Garrett, Andy Gibb, Shaun Cassidy, Helen Reddy and Olivia Newton-John, specificall...

Dennis visits Jim Fall in his 8-track filled bachelor pad in the hills to discuss the 15th anniversary of his beloved film "Trick," the sexy Italian crew men on the set of "The Lizzie Maguire Movie" in Rome and seeing "The Excorcist" when he was way too young...on Easter Sunday, no less.  He also reveals the female TV legend who totally froze him out one time in an elevator.

Trying something new with this installment.  In addition to doing the interview style Monday podcasts I've been doing for the past couple of months, occasionally I plan to put out a Dennis Anyone Xtra podcast or DAX.  It's basically me and a friend talking about stuff like pop culture, celebrity sightings, dating misadventures and, of course, movies and MORE!  The kind of stuff I used to share on...

Dennis welcomes car designer Bryan Thompson who is currently appearing on TruTV's "Motor City Masters" which is like the "Project Runway" of car design.  Bryan opens up about  the Eric Estrada poster that changed his life, how it feels to have a Hot Wheels car made from a design you worked on, and how inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places.  He once designed a gear shifter for an SU...

Dennis visits TV writer James LaRosa in his office on the Paramount lot. James is the creator behind the hit VH-1 soap "Hit the Floor" about a sexy, sassy pro-basketball dance team (Go Devil Girls!) and the shirtless hunks who bed them and occasionally each other!  They discuss the show's recent gay twist, James' winding road to showrunner and that project on his resume that keeps on giving; "Spri...

Actor, singer and RuPaul's Drag Race rebel Willam Belli welcomes Dennis to his LA home.  Nothing's off the table including the fallout from RDR, his early days in Hollywood, his accidental activism as a Chik-fil-a satirst and his side-job booking gogo boys for nightclubs.  Candid, surprising and more sentimental than you might think, the inimitable Willam always serves it up, whether tucked or unt...

Dennis sat down with playwright Jonathan Tolins (Twilight of the Golds, The Last Sunday in June, Queer as Folk) on the day after his smash Off-Broadway play "Buyer and Cellar" opened in LA at the Mark Taper Forum.  Inspired by Barbra Streisand's book "My Passion for Design," the play imagines what it would be like if Barbra actually hired an out of work gay actor (Ugly Betty's Michael Urie) to wor...

On the eve of their Outfest premier, Dennis sits down with the team behind the new film "Tiger Orange;" director & cowriter Wade Gasque, co-writer/actor Mark Strano and actor Frankie Valenti (aka porn star Johnny Hazzard) making his dramatic feature debut.  The film is about two estranged brothers in a smalltown in Central California who have very different ways of being gay. Topics include: fitti...

My delightful career coach, friend and life saver Barbara Deutsch talks about going from a secretary to a recording artist, her upcoming workshop "Thrive," and finally getting Jesus to give it up.  Learn more about her work at www.bdapproach.com

Dennis welcomes his old spinning teacher pal, comic and fitness instructor Debbie Praver.  They discuss her recent USO tour to Afganistan, her days as a Disney parade performer, gym freaks and what it's like to kiss Donny Osmond.

Dennis is joined by his old friend EDDIE SHAPIRO, author of the terrific new book NOTHING LIKE A DAME: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater.  They discuss Broadway divas, the Tonys, The Normal Heart, working for the AIDS Walk and Eddie's chronic case of Disney-itis.

On the last night of his adventure abroad, Dennis spends a night in Rome with writer and editor Christian Poccia, who he met on a press trip to Montreal in 2005.  They discuss the beauty of Rome, Christian's new magazine Gino, the novel Beautiful Ruins and the universality of the "not enough chairs" phenomenon.

This one's short, sweet, exotic and probably horribly recorded.  On the ride to the airport after three jam-packed days in Dubai, I chat with the friend I came here to visit; filmmaker and TV producer Zaid Abu Hamdan, who is in Dubai working on the reality competition show The Victorious, which is like America Idol for soccer players.  

While on my post cruise pleasure trip, I popped into Budapest, Hungary where my friend Tom Ford was working in the visual effects department for the upcoming Melissa McCarthy comedy "Spy."  I got to crash in his extra room for three nights, catch up with Tom, whose been gone from LA for almost four months, and I fell in love with the city.  Stories from my Bike Tour with Suzie, my cruise ship putt...