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Interviews with a top geek advocate, celebrity, and icon about their current and past geek projects.
Gwendoline Christie Hints at Captain Phasma's Influence in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend an exclusive press event for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I rant about the entire experience here. During the event, I had the added privilege of sitting with none other than Captain Phasma herself, Gwendoline Christie. To say that I was calm during the entire sit down would be a blatant lie. Luckily for me, Gwendoline is an amazing human being and was nothing but patient with me so major props to her for that.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Geeks
An Interview with the Tallest Man in Aldershot
Ryan Colleran is a young filmmaker from West Yorkshire. He is currently studying Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. I have known him for many years, and he agreed to sit down with me and talk about his latest film, The Tallest Man in Aldershot.
By Malcolm Hardy8 years ago in Geeks
Stardust Megumi NYC Cosplay
Megumi Chan aka Stardust Megu as she is known in the cosplay community has been a staple in the New York cosplay community for seven years. Megumi has shown her support for the disabled in cosplay and advocate for positive body image. We at Art zeal met her 4 years ago, and have seen her different cosplays bloom over the years. The first time we were able to speak to her, was way back in 2014 at Central park cosplay day. Since then, Megumi has gone on to show the world her cosplays and support others on social media.
By Roc Rockerson8 years ago in Geeks
No Bullying!
Based on the popular Cupcake Club series, Peace, Love and Cupcakes is a new musical starring Carrie Berk, who is incidentally also co-author of the book with her mother, Sheryl. The story addresses important issues that most kids (and some adults!) have to deal with on a daily basis. The cast is comprised of super talented kids who discussed serious (bullying) and not so serious (cupcakes) topics with us. Carrie, Diego, Ksenia and Jack all have great energy and a passion for acting. You can watch their hilarious hijinks in the cupcake game.
By Serena Cohen9 years ago in Geeks
For New York City Actor Yaron Urbas, Late is Never Bad and Ignorance is a Strength
As good as a set up alongside the punchlines on The Jim Gaffigan Show is, Yaron Urbas has run in tangent with quite a number of roles in indie feature films and television. These include parts with Paul Sorvino, Navid Negahban (Homeland) and Michael Angarano (The Knick) as well as roles in The Blacklist and Orange is the New Black. A down to earth guy with a strong background in almost everything, Urbas got his first glimmer when he landed a part in the History Channel Mini-Series, The Men who Built America. But the "big break" stood in jeopardy after an on-set mix-up meant Urbas wasn't sent a two-page speech the night before and was given only ten minutes to memorize it before shooting. With an entire production on hold, not only did the Israeli born actor refuse to fold, he actually felt relatively secure with everything on the line.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
Cosplay NYC and NJ Interviewing Harold B. Gibson
Harold B. Gibson Creator/Owner/Producer/Host at HB Gibson's The XONE, co-creator and co-host atH & R Movie Talk actor who studied drama at New Jersey School of the Dramatic Arts, Lives in Newark, New Jersey, and is a cosplay legend out of New Jersey. When not making his web series Body Jumpers or hanging out at his favorite comic shop, "Fortress of Solitude" in Newark, NJ, he is doing interviews for The XONE. You can check out Harold cosplaying at conventions, being a stuntman, and director. You can tune into hisfacebook pagefor inspirational talks and gaming reviews of older games, movies, and anything geek. He is a pillar in the east cost cosplay community, doing community outreach and awesome cosplay. He has a large group of friends and talented artists who join him in his geektastic lifestyle. While geek culture has been mainstream for the past few years, he has been in the community since 2015 as a cosplayer. However, if you check out his work, he is a life-long geek. His acting background and stunt work all add up to an A-list cosplayer, who is always working on his next cosplay. He has been everyone from Black Adam to Luke Cage, Nick Fury, Storm Shadow,an original take on Superman called Dark Star Superman, and Cyborg Superman, you could catch him as a Jedi in the morning, then a Sith at night. Such great cosplays as RedHood and much more to the delight of children and fans. The cosplay community has grown so much over the years and people like Harold and his friends are always bringing it to new heights. We got to ask Harold six questions, here is his take on cosplay.Roc Rockerson: What started you in cosplay?Harold Gibson: A long time friend took me to a few conventions. Comic conventions, horror, and collector cons. You name it, and everyone I went to, I saw lots of people walking around wearing amazing costumes. One day at New York Comic Con, I saw a guy dressed as Green Arrow and his lady was dressed as Black Canary. They looked like they practically stepped right out of the comics! I said to myself… “I wanna do that!!” so I put some things together (mind you I don't sew) and made my first cosplay, my little version of Nick Fury for East Coast Comic Con in 2015. It got a lot of attention so, I was like, let’s see what else I can do, and the rest is history.
By Roc Rockerson9 years ago in Geeks
Alice Braga 'Queen of the South' Interview
Brazilian born actress Alice Braga stars in USA Network’s (Bravo in Canada) Queen of the South as Teresa Mendoza. This adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s best-selling novel, La Reina Del Sur, follows Teresa’s journey as she learns the tools of the trade and positions herself as the leader of the very drug cartel that had her on the run.
By Bonnie Laufer9 years ago in Geeks
Electricomics
The medium we know as comic books have existed since the 1930’s. They have been described as “a technology all its own”, “that [have] been accumulating and progressing” [Kamen] ever since. Longer if you consider early cave paintings a form of comics. But, as the mediums of television and film have evolved with the ever-changing abilities of modern technology, comics seem to have remained engraved purely in ink and paper. Even with the ubiquitous use of e-readers and e-book apps, comic apps have been content to simply “replicate the experience of the printed page” [Barnett].
By Mikayla J. Laird9 years ago in Geeks
