Screenwriter/Producer/Director Brian Helgeland joins Mase & Sue on the CULTURE POP PODCAST to discuss the road in making his latest film, FINESTKIND, streaming on Paramount+. It is a semi-autobiographical crime thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega. We also talk about his Academy Award-winning adapted screenplay, LA CONFIDENTIAL, his long-standing friendship with author James Ellroy, his scripts for MYSTIC RIVER, & 42, working with Chadwick Bozeman, and a movie studio pitch meeting that went awry. Plus, first-hand knowledge of being buried alive and Snoop Dogg’s faux announcement.
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Episode 280 - Rich Cohen, When the Game Was War
Episode 279 - Larry Kasanoff, A Touch of the Madness
Episode 278 - A Martinez, NPR
Episode 277 - Director Stephanie Laing, Physical on Apple+
Episode 276 - Comic/Writer Larry Amoros
Episode 275 - Mychal Thompson, 2-time NBA champion
Episode 274 - Paul Sparks, Physical
Episode 273 - Director Marc Turtletaub, Jules
Episode 272 - Co-creator/Showrunner Max Borenstein, ”Winning Time.”
Episode 271 - Los Angeles Rams COO Kevin Demoff
Episode 270 - Stephen Root, Praise Petey & Barry
Episode 269 - Nico Santos, Guardians of the Galaxy/Happiness fort Beginners
Episode 268 - Comedy Legend Steven Wright
Episode 267 - Saul Rubinek, Black Berry
Episode 266 - Cassidy Freeman, The Righteous Gemstones
Episode 265 - Andrew McCarthy, Walking with Sam
Episode 264 - Jacqueline Bisset, Loren & Rose
Episode 263 - Rondell Sheridan, Raven’s Home
Episode 262 - Sue’s News
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