Writer/director/showrunner Leslye Headland returns to TFE !by Nathaniel R
On Monday July 25th the next Supporting Actress Smackdown and its companion podcast arrive, with a discussion of the 1998 Oscars and more specifically, the Supporting Actress competition. You know what that means. For maximum enjoyment (re)watch Best Picture winner Shakespeare in Love as well as Little Voice, Hilary & Jackie, Primary Colors, and Gods and Monsters and send in your votes by Saturday July 23rd.
Let's meet your fellow panelists, shall we?
DJ ROB CHAMPION
Rob Champion is a New York native who has spent his entire life working in the Entertainment Industry. From employment in companies like Essence Magazine, MTV, DC Comics, Bad Boy Records, Fat Beats Records, and others to becoming one of the premier DJs in the NYC Nightlife scene. In 2016, Rob started "The Cooler Than Ecto Podcast". Taglined, "A Dope Nostalgia Podcast Foe Un-Dope Times", the show discusses Pop Culture events from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s from a perspective that's not just a Straight White Male's point of view. [Twitter | Instagram | Cooler Than Ecto]
JENELLE RILEY
Jenelle Riley is the Deputy Awards and Features Editor at Variety and a host and screenwriter who has received three Emmy Awards for her work on “Actors on Actors.” Her short films include "Warning Labels," starring Karen Gillan, and "Crazy Love." She wrote and directed the award-winning plays "A Kind of Love Story" and "Jane Austen's Emma Frankenstein" for Sacred Fools Theatre. You can frequently see her moderating Q&As with actors and filmmakers at SAG-AFTRA Foundation. [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb]
MITCH SILPA
Mitch Silpa has appeared in the films such as Bridesmaids, The Spy, Heat, The Happytime Murders, Welcome to Me, Along Came Polly, and Unforgettable. TV credits include recurring roles on All Rise, Nobodies, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Gilmore Girls, as well as appearances on Will & Grace, Cougar Town, 2 Broke Girls, and Reno 911! He created, wrote, and produced the FOX pilot Amy's Brother (co-written with Jim Cashman) as well as sold the pilot New Dork New Dork (co-written with Jim Cashman) to Warner Brothers. He was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for writing on SNL. He also played “David Blaine” in the David Blaine Street Magic series. He’s a proud alum of the Groundlings Theater of which he was a main company member for 13 years. [Twitter | Instagram | Cameo | IMDb | Official Site]
DASHIELL SILVA
Dash is an illustrator, designer and sometime animator who's bounced in between a lot of industries in his career. Currently he works as a location designer at Netflix. He's obsessed with Oscars stats and trivia and will make sure you know it. [Twitter | Instagram | Official Site]
And we're thrilled to welcome back...
LESLYE HEADLAND
Leslye Headland is an Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and director. Her films include Bachelorette, Sleeping With Other People, and the screenplay to the remake About Last Night. Most recently, Headland served as writer, director, and showrunner for Netflix’s acclaimed series Russian Doll (co-created by Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler), which was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and nine Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Headland is currently working on the Star Wars series The Acolyte for the Disney+ streaming platform and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb ]
HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of Gurus of Gold, Critics Choice Awards, and the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Slate, Towleroad, and Tribeca Film.
If you are a working actor, a renowned critic, film historian, a novelist, a comedian, or an arts professional of some kind, chances are good that he has meant to invite you to a Smackdown panel, or would have if he happened to know you were obsessed with actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]