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  Nico Stagias is a Toronto based filmmaker who has worked as a Director, DOP, Producer and Editor in television for the last 14 years. His education includes an MFA degree in Film Production at the University of British Columbia in Directing and an Honour’s BA in Communication Studies at Concordia University. He also studied at San Francisco State University in cinematography and lighting. Nico h...

Richard is the CEO of Bear World Media, which runs BearWorldMagazine.com and now, launching on May17th, Bear World TV (hosted at REVRY the new LGBT VOD Network). Richard has worked in insurance in London, where he also co-produced the original ‘SHOUT!’ at the Jermyn Street Theatre, and totally by accident began to event & wedding plan when the UK changed its marriage laws. His first time working i...

  Tovah Feldshuh portrays Mrs. Bunch, Rachel’s domineering mother, on the CW awardwinning musical series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was recently renewed for a third season. Ms. Feldshuh is widely known for her starring turn as Deanna, the head of Alexandria, on AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead. Prior to that, she recurred on the Starz’ ballet series Flesh and Bone as ballet master Ivana. Ms. Feld...

    Jack has built a career as an award-winning actor, director and performance coach. He has performed in countless TV shows, commercials and feature films (103 credits on IMDB). You most likely will recognize Jack from his series regular and recurring roles on Grace and Frankie, The Mentalist, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reno 911, Action, Ellen, and Drawn Together, and his appearance in the films...

Do you have Relationship questions? Do you have Sexually related questions? Do you want to learn more about PrEP? Send your questions to The Martini Lounge and we will have our friend and yours Damon L Jacobs answer your questions. WELCOME!  If you are single or in a couple and looking for a different perspective on love, happiness, and pleasure, you’ve come to the right place.  I am a Licensed Ma...

      Ellen Degeneres has called him “smart, hilarious and funny.” Variety has said, “Alec Mapa is a freak. No one should be this talented.” With uproarious live performances and groundbreaking television roles, actor and comedian Alec Mapa has entertained audiences worldwide in every imaginable medium. Currently that medium is television. Alec’s latest comedy special Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy premier...

BRANDON STANSELL is a fresh face onto the Country Music scene, but has always been nearby; honing his craft and finding his voice. SLOW DOWN, co-written with Mylen and the title track off his new EP, is the epicenter of his "California Country" sound with the raw emotion of those first moments in a budding relationship. SLOW DOWN was produced by Nashville-based producer, writer, and guitarist Erik...

  Glenn Douglas Packard was born the eldest of three in Detroit, MI to Roger and Paulette Packard. When Glenn was 5 years old, his father convinced the family to pack up all their belongings and move to a run-down farm in Michigan, where Roger saw a potential future in the dairy business. As Glenn was growing up into adolescence and the farm grew profitable, he began working in the family business...

Margaret Cho was born Dec. 5, 1968 and raised in San Francisco. “It was different than any other place on Earth,” she says. “I grew up and went to grammar school on Haight Street during the ’70s. There were old hippies, ex-druggies, burnouts, drag queens, and Chinese people. To say it was a melting pot – that’s the least of it. It was a really confusing, enlightening, wonderful time.” Ignoring the...

“Damon L. Jacobs is a New York-based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and HIV prevention specialist who focuses his work on love, sexual health, and pleasure. He is also the author of the books RATIONAL RELATING and ABSOLUTELY SHOULD-LESS. He is best known for championing the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through his work on social media, news print, broadcast appearances, is fe...

OBIE and Drama Desk winner Donna Lynne Champlin graduated with high honors from Carnegie Mellon University in 1993. A Princess Grace Foundation award winner and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, she also received intensive training in Shakespeare and Chekhov at Oxford University on the Advanced Acting Scholarship and The Vira I. Heinz Grant to study abroad. While still in college, she received h...

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini combines yummy flavored vodkas with pineapple juice for an awesome cocktail! INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup Pinnacle Whipped Vodka 1/2 cup Pinnacle Vanilla Vodka 1 cup of pineapple juice Grenadine Maraschino cherries crushed ice (about a cup) INSTRUCTIONS Put crushed ice in shaker Add vodka and pineapple juice to shaker Shake away Put a maraschino cherry in the bottom of ma...

    DRINK OF THE DAY: DRY VODKA MARTINI Fill shaker with ice. Fill it halfway. … Add 2 1/2 ounces Vodka Add a splash of dry vermouth-The less you add, the drier your martini will be. Stir or shake Pour and add a garnish (3 green olives)     Australian vocal powerhouse GREG GOULD breathes new life into En Vogue’s classic 90’s hit  DON’T LET GO (LOVE) with a  brand new EP and powerful ROLLERCOASTER...

ARED P. SCOTT WRITER  | DIRECTOR| PRODUCER [IMDB] [LINKED IN] An award-winning writer, director, and producer, Jared’s films include THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES, REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, DISRUPTION, DO THE MATH, SPLIT: A DEEPER DIVIDE, THE ARTIFICIAL LEAF, and MONEY IS MATERIAL, which have aired domestically on IFC, PBS, The Documentary Channel, Pivot and Al-Jazeera America. They have received...

  Today's Drink on The Martini Lounge is  The Huckleberry Martini: 2 oz Huckleberry Vodka. 1/2 oz Triple Sec. 1/2 oz Fresh lemon or lime Juice. Ice.       Kenyth Mogan grew up in a typical All-American home with a typical All-American family in the northeastern corner of Montana. However, he proved that he was not a typical anything when he came out of the closet at the age of fifteen and refused...

Gloria Calderon Kellett is a producer and writer, known for One Day at a Time (2017), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Drunk History (2013). She has been married to Dave Kellett since February 24, 2001.   Gloria Calderón Kellett is currently a writer and Supervising producer on the CW series “iZombie.” Before that she was on ABC’s “Mixology”, the Lifetime series “Devious Maids, the CBS series “Rul...

Today’s Drink for “The Martini Lounge” Is The Virgin Mojito Put ¾ cut lime, 11 large mint leaves, and either the Sprite or Simple Syrup + Club Soda into a glass. Using a muddler muddle the ingredients for about a minute. Pour ice in and shake or mix well. Garnish with mint and lime. Serve immediately.     Hal Sparks currently stars as ‘Donald Davenport’, on the hit Disney XD live-action comedy ser...

Todd currently stars on the new Netflix show ONE DAY AT A TIME, a remake of the original Norman Lear sitcom with Rita Moreno and Justina Machado. The show premiered on January 6th to rave reviews (has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes!). In addition to acting, Todd is one of the co-founders of This Bar Saves Lives, a nutrition bar that uses a one-to-one model to send life-saving aid to malnourished childre...

  Del Shores – Writer/Director/Producer Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television and regional and national touring theatre. Shores’ career began with the play Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got The Will?) in 1987. The play has been produced in over 2,500 theatres worldwide. A movie version was released in 1990 starring Beau B...

  “IN THE DOLLHOUSE WITH LINA” RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND SEASON THE MAGIC 8 BALL BRINGS BACK YOUTUBE’S WILDEST TALK SHOW STARRING LINA BRADFORD AND HER COLLECTION OF BARBIES In The Dollhouse With Lina, the rollicking YouTube show hosted by the spirited House Music DJ diva Lina Bradford, returns for its second season this month. In the show, Lina’s quick wit (known as “Linish”…yes, she has her own lan...

“OUTSpoken is excited to bring you back to the past this Sunday with the Old Time Radio Hour featuring guest readers Lance Babbitt and Abby Crawford. With a classic detective mystery, and an old time western, this isn’t a Sunday show you’d want to miss. Join us this Sunday at 88.1 and 92.3 FM at noon for a good ol’ throwback.”.

TODAYS DRINK Carmel Apple Martini the recipe  http://www.dekuyperusa.com/recipe/caramel-appletini STEPHEN GUARINO is best know for playing the over-the-top Derrick for 3 seasons on ABC’s Happy Endings as well as his outrageous characters on Rosie O’Donell’s The Big Gay Sketch Show on LOGO. In 2012 he received an unprecedented talent deal with CBS to diversify the network and has subsequently writt...

Isabella Gomez was born in Medellin, Colombia where she was raised. She grew up an only child surrounded by older kids and adults, making her an outgoing little girl. Isabella loved to be the center of attention from an early age and would make friends wherever she went, from school to waiting rooms. She was always very assertive so when a 6 year old Isabella told her mom that she wanted to act, h...

I arrived in Spokane Valley in 1975, at six weeks old. My large, loving, mixed-race family experienced its share of ups and downs and taught me the value of character, compassion, and community. My parents always worked for social justice, as youth leaders, social workers, public defenders, and activists, teaching their six children that we must use our gifts to help others. My first foray into po...

That's right, the debut of The Martini Lounge! Join Jonathan & Sergey with very special guest, Paolo Andino ! Get your Cosmos and kick back for an hour of laughs and drinks and find out what Paolo Andino considers sexy! This is going to be good! The Drink for the show is a "Cosmopolitan Cocktail"  You probably know how to to make it but here is link - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/221891/cosmopolit...