Bleav presents On The List with Brett Gursky

It’s the forty-fourth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Bryan Greenberg (“The Mindy Project”) talks all about his career as an actor. He was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska before moving to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 12. He caught the acting bug with a lead role in The Nutcracker for the Omaha Ballet. Bryan talks about moving to New York City to attend NYU and his first acting jobs on TV shows like “Law & Order” and “The Sopranos”. He shares how his first studio film “The Perfect Score”, where he starred opposite Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, led to his recurring role on the hit CW series “One Tree Hill”. Bryan also discusses his HBO show “Unscripted”, produced by George Clooney, and his Ben Younger-directed movie “Prime”, which co-starred Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman. Bryan’s next projects were the beloved ABC series “October Road”, with Laura Prepon and Geoff Stults, and the romantic comedy “Bride Wars” with Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, and Chris Pratt. He went on to star in the HBO series “How To Make It In America”, which became a cult hit and was a role he loved to play. Other movies included “Friends With Benefits” with Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis and “Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong” with his wife Jamie Chung. Bryan currently stars on the Hulu series “The Mindy Project” as Mindy Kaling’s love interest Nurse Ben. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from the sets of these projects about how he got the roles. He also offers advice to up-and-coming actors looking to get into the business. You can binge all of Season 5 of “The Mindy Project” now available on Hulu.

It’s the forty-third episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Stuart Hazeldine (“The Shack”) talks all about his career as a writer and director. He was born and raised in the UK and sold his first screenplay “Underground” right out of college. After years of successfully screenwriting, Stuart directed his first feature “Exam” by financing it himself. Not only was the movie well received, but he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Director. His latest movie “The Shack” is based on the wildly best-selling book written by William P. Young. It stars Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, & Radha Mitchell. Stuart shares behind-the-scenes stories about working with these actors and what it took to bring the beloved story to the big screen. The episode ends with Brett’s story about rescuing his dog Buddy one year ago today. Be sure to check out “The Shack” at a theater near you.

It’s the forty-second episode of On The List with Brett Gursky and it’s our pre-Oscar special. Brett’s guest today is Pete Hammond from Deadline. Brett and Pete break down this year’s Oscar nominations, from who got nominated, to who got snubbed, and they make their predictions for who they think will win. (Spoiler alert: They are both huge LA LA LAND fans). First, listen to the podcast to learn everything you need to know. Then, tune in to the 89th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday February 26th on ABC. Be sure to check out Pete Hammond’s daily columns on Deadline.

It’s the forty-first episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. For this week’s episode, Brett catches up with Glen Powell to talk about his favorite roles, celebrity game nights, becoming an uncle, and receiving dating advice from Kevin Costner. It all began in his hometown of Austin, Texas when Glen Powell scored roles in two major films: Fast Food Nation directed by Richard Linklater and The Great Debaters directed by Denzel Washington. Soon after, Washington teamed up with Powell’s agent, Ed Limato, to convince the actor to pack up and head to LA to pursue a full-time career in the industry. In 2012, Powell joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Two years later, he landed a part in Expendables 3 opposite Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson— a career-making role he scored by making a tape and drafting a personal letter to Stallone. Earlier this year, Glen joined forces with Linklater again for Everybody Wants Some—a critically-acclaimed performance that Variety called one of the “14 Best Performances of 2016 So Far”. And just this fall, Glen joined the cast of Fox’s Scream Queens where he got close with co-stars John Stamos and Alan Thicke, who unexpectedly passed away last week at 69. Powell’s latest work in Hidden Figures sees the actor opposite Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson as role of astronaut John Glenn—the first American to ever orbit the Earth in 1962. Glenn passed away last week at the age of 95, just days shy of the film’s premiere. That same week, Glen and the cast of Hidden Figures were nominated for Best Ensemble at the SAG Awards. Next up: Glen is co-writing the movie Captain Planet, which will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. Hidden Figures will be released in select theaters on Christmas Day and everywhere on January 6th.

It’s the fortieth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Elisha Cuthbert (“One Big Happy”) talks all about her career as an actress, which began when she was a kid growing up in Canada. Her first jobs included hosting “Popular Mechanics For Kids”- with Jay Baruchel- and acting on “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” Elisha talks about her big move to Hollywood at the age of 18, when she lived at the Oakwood apartments and auditioned during pilot season. It was then that she scored the career-making role of Kim Bauer- daughter of Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer- on the hit television show “24”. She followed that up with memorable roles in the popular films “Old School” directed by Todd Phillips, “Love Actually” directed by Richard Curtis, and “The Girl Next Door” directed by Luke Greenfield. Elisha shares behind-the-scenes stories from each of those movies, as well as from the horror films “House of Wax”- with Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray, & Paris Hilton- and “Captivity”. She also tells Brett all about her ABC comedy series “Happy Endings”- a cult hit that is also one of Brett’s favorite shows of all time. Now she returns to television as the star of NBC’s “One Big Happy”, which also stars Nick Zano and Kelly Brook and is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. Don’t miss “One Big Happy” when it premieres on March 17th.

It’s the thirty-ninth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Ari Sandel (“The DUFF”) talks all about his career as a director, which began with the Academy Award-winning Live Action Short “West Bank Story”. His feature directorial debut hits theaters this weekend. Ari shares behind-the-scenes stories about how he landed the job directing the movie, which was produced by McG and stars Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Ken Jeong, and Allison Janney. DUFF stands for “Designated Ugly Fat Friend” and Ari discusses how this concept relates to every social circle, where even attractive people wind up in situations where they are “The DUFF”. Ari also discusses his big Oscar win, his experience going on the road to direct the Vince Vaughn documentary “Wild West Comedy Show”, and the film class he currently teaches at his alma mater USC. Be sure to check out “The DUFF” at a theater near you February 20th.

It’s the thirty-eighth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Alex Beh (“Warren”) talks all about his career as a writer, a director, and an actor. His latest film “Warren” is a project that he wrote, directed, starred in, and also produced. What began as a script several years ago would later become his feature directorial debut, and he got to film it in his hometown of Chicago. Alex shares behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the movie, which also stars John Heard, Jean Smart, Sarah Habel, & Austin Stowell. Then he takes us back to the beginning, discussing how he got his start and the short films he created along the way. You can check out “Warren” on iTunes now.

It’s the thirty-seventh episode of On The List with Brett Gursky- and it’s Part 2 with this week’s guest Jeremy Garelick, the writer & director of “The Wedding Ringer”. Jeremy shares behind-the-stories about the making of “The Wedding Ringer”, which first began as a script called “The Golden Tux”. He also talks about what it was like working with a cast that includes Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco, Colin Kane, Olivia Thirlby, Mimi Rogers, Ken Howard, Cloris Leachman, & Joe Namath. Check out “The Wedding Ringer” in theaters now.

It’s the thirty-sixth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky. This week’s guest Jeremy Garelick (“The Wedding Ringer”) talks all about his career, from his early days as an assistant to Joel Schumacher, through his experiences writing the hit movies “The Break-Up” and “The Hangover”, to his directorial debut “The Wedding Ringer”, which hits theaters today. There’s so much to talk about, it’s a two-part episode. Stay tuned for Part 2 on Monday.

It’s the thirty-fifth episode of our intimate sit-down with some of Hollywood’s well-known actors and rising stars that just so happen to also be close friends with On The List host Brett Gursky. This week’s guests Laura Vandervoort (“Bitten”) & Oliver Trevena join Brett to talk all about their careers. Laura discusses her new TV series “Bitten”, which premiered on the SyFy channel in January. She also talks about being Maxim magazine’s March cover girl. Then they go back to the beginning, as Laura shares how she grew up in Canada and got into acting at the age of 13. She had been doing martial arts, got her black belt, then saw the movie “My Girl” and thought “I want to do that.” Laura talks about her first roles on the TV shows “Goosebumps” and “Instant Star”, which led to her playing “Supergirl” on the long-running hit series “Smallville”. She also discusses her roles in the films “This Means War” & “Ted”. Then Oliver tells Brett all about how he got into hosting, first on “Young Hollywood” and now with his own show “Ollywood”. He shares his background as a pop star in England in the boy band Northern Star, as well as his experiences as an actor. Brett also does an Oscar recap with Laura & Oliver, discussing the awards and the after-parties. Be sure to tune in to “Bitten” on SyFy every Monday night.