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SUSIE RIVO’S HISTORIC DOCUMENTARY “LEFT ON PEARL” WILL COMPETE AT 14TH ANNUAL LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, OCT. 11- 14, 2018 - Janeane speaks...

LOS ANGELES, September 29, 2018 - LEFT ON PEARL, an award winning documentary with “Me,Too” overtones, will be entered into competition at this year’s LAFemme International Film Festival and screen on October 12th@ 2PM at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.
The acclaimed film takes us back to 1971 when International Women’s Day marchers took over a Harvard Building in Cambridge, MA. for a women’s center, on land sought by the largely African-American Riverside neighborhood for affordable housing? How and why did hundreds of women of diverse backgrounds decide to take a radical, collective action that would change their lives? How did this action intersect with the surrounding African-American neighborhood’s fight against displacement by Harvard University’s expansion? What is the legacy of this action almost 50 years later?

10/8/18 at 9:45am pst - accomplished writer, faculty member at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and author of numerous articles...Tracy Strauss...

Named by Bustle as one of eight women writers with advice to follow , Tracy Strauss is the author of the forthcoming #MeToo-themed self-help/relationships book cum epistolary memoir I Just Haven't Met You Yet, a modern-day Bridget Jones's Diary-meets-Eat, Pray, Love.
Written as an open love letter to her future life partner, I Just Haven’t Met You Yet details Tracy’s dating history and her journey to dismantle the effects and stigmas of an abusive past, break free of destructive relationship patterns, and ultimately conquer her fear of truly being seen by the world, flaws and all.

The inaugural ReelAbilties Film Festival: Los Angeles takes place October 11 - 17, 2018 at Laemmle’s NoHo 7. On Monday 10/8/18 at 9:15am pst, Janeane ...

Coming to Los Angeles for the first time, ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the United States dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different abilities. Founded more than ten years ago in New York City and now held annually in multiple cities throughout North America, the festival presents international and award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.
The festival is produced by the City of Los Angeles Department on Disability in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Commission on Disability and ReelAbilities North America. Sponsors include Laemmle Theatres, USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, SAG – AFTRA, Jeffrey Pechter Family Foundation, the Writers Guild of America, and The Ruderman Family Foundation.
Opening the festival on Thursday, October 11 with a blue carpet and gala is Chloé Zhao’s quiet masterpiece, THE RIDER. After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

10/8/18 at 9:00am pst - New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins joins Janeane to talk about her latest novel, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT

New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins’s novel, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT (Berkley Trade Paperback Original; August 7, 2018), has caused a stir, challenging readers to think about their views of weight and body image. The passionate dialogue that followed proves how far we still have to go when discussing weight and our society’s definition of what’s too fat, too thin, perfect and problematic.

10/1/18 at 9:45am pst - Janeane spoke with filmmaking team Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster of ’SCIENCE FAIR’ - NOW PLAYING IN NEW YORK & LOS ANG...

Synopsis: Hailed by critics as "immensely likeable," "brilliant and quirky" and an "ode to the teenage science geeks on whom our future depends," and winner of the audience award at Sundance and SXSW, National Geographic Documentary Films' SCIENCE FAIR follows nine high school students from around the globe as they navigate rivalries, setbacks and, of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at The International Science and Engineering Fair. As 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries face off, only one will be named Best in Fair. The film, from Fusion and Muck Media and directed by the DuPont Award-winning and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaking team Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster, offers a front seat to the victories, defeats and motivations of an incredible group of young men and women who are on a path to change their lives, and the world, through science.
Social Media:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sciencefairfilm
Twitter: @sciencefairfilm
Instagram: @sciencefairfilm

10/1/18 from our KUCI Studios, Janeane spoke with Leslie La Page of the LA FEMME International Film Festival!

For over a decade Leslie La Page has Produced, Directed and Line Produced/UPM for Film, TV, Music Videos, Commercials and Theatrical productions nationally and internationally in both the independent and commercial markets. She has worked for such companies as Black Entertainment Television Action Pay Per View (BET) HBO, Lifetime TV, MTV, Paramount and Nickelodeon just to name a few.
While at BET she line produced their entire slate of original programming which aired on their network and additional achieved international and domestic video releases. Her production experience also involves her in the areas of marketing, developing scripts, creating promotional copy as well as promotional feature spots and trailers.
In 1997 Ms. La Page ran and operated TIGER’S EYE SOUND, a dialogue editorial company, with her partner Bruce Murphy. There she worked with numerous awarding winning dialogue editors and edited over 20 independent feature films in the company’s first year. Ms. La Page and TIGER’S EYE SOUND dialogue-edited such critically acclaimed films as: 1998 Academy Awards Nominee, Best Foreign Film – “Four Days in September”; 1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for “Smoke Signals”; and the film “Dead Man’s Curve,” which was a Sundance Film Festival Invitee.
In 2003, Leslie and her Partner Saul Stein, Co-Executive Producer of “The Holy Land”, formed BooYah! Films and have released through Cavu Pictures the critically acclaimed film “The Holy Land”, which opened domestically at the Angelica Theatre in New York City before rolling out to 45 cities across the nation. She still has her production company Infinity Films which is involved in feature film, music video, and commercial productions.
Ms. La Page also, consults independent filmmakers for feature films, script analysis, budgets, independent marketing, and film festivals and taught at the New York Film Academy and has taught as an adjunct professor nationally at universities. She was a Slamdance Film Festival Programmer for over five years and was the creator and Executive Producer for the Slamdance Filmmaker’s Bootcamp.
Ms. LaPage was the Director of Programming for the New Orleans Media Experience Film Festival (NOME 2003) occurring in Louisiana which platformed over 100 films. 50% of the films platformed at NOME went on to have theatrical distribution: Show Boy, Nursie, Hungry Hearts, Dog Walker and Flavors just to name a few.
Ms. LaPage launched in 2005 the LA FEMME International Film Festival which still operated today as one of the most prestigious women’s film festivals in Los Angeles. The focus of the film festival is to empower women in entertainment and to platform women artists with commercially viable productions. Ms. LaPage has been a forerunner in the empowerment of independent artists. Ms LaPage explored new technologies as the V.P. of Production for Fun Little Movies channel on the Sprint mobile network. She directed and produced the channel’s first animated series, “Spacey Movie, The Series”.
Ms. LaPage launched a “Christian Faith Based Network” for a philanthropic Christian organization. She held the title of Supervising Producer for all Original Programming in Production and Post Production for their scripted and non-scripted content.
Ms. La Page holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing from the California Institute of the Arts. She currently teaches as an Adjunct teacher at Columbia College Hollywood. Ms. LaPage is currently in development with Television shows for the major networks and writing a novel series.

10/1/18 at 9:30am pst - Laura B. Whitmore joins Janeane to talk about her latest musical project

Laura B. Whitmore chats with Janeane about
her Kickstarter campaign for Girl, the album!
WATCH the fun video trailer for Girl, the album
They have some inspiring girlicious music to share, unique and fun perks they think you'll love (like our custom coloring songbook) and some cool items from their sponsors like Martin Guitar, M.A.C Cosmetics, Paul Mitchell, Sennheiser and more.
Learn more about @girlthealbum - a fun, new girlicious music project by @laurabwhitmore and @jennapaone. It’s an original album of fantastic pop songs written to inspire girls everywhere! Find out more and preorder here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/girlthealbum/girl-the-album
#sherocks #womeninmusic #girlempowerment
In addition to contributing yourself, please share their campaign with your friends, family and co-workers, and post on your Facebook, Instagram, community groups or wherever you communicate.
Here is the Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/girlthealbum/girl-the-album
Your support is truly appreciated. Jenna and Laura have been working on their dream of inspiring and energizing girls for several years and they are finally approaching the finish line of sharing Girl the album with the world!

10/1/18 at 9:00am pst - Alex Skuby, Mo Collins, and Howie Skora join Janeane to talk about the outrageously funny

CAST
Jessica Pohly, Peggy Maltby Etra, Alex Skuby, Robbie Mangiardi and Mo Collins at Whitefire Theatre.
ABOUT
When a shocking furniture accident claims the life of his Uncle Max, L.A. actor Doug Elling must work in his family business in Brooklyn to be confronted with not only his dysfunctional family, but what lead him to become an actor in the first place. This Miserable Productions play stars Alex Skuby (King of Queens, The Fosters), Mo Collins (Mad TV, Lady Dynamite), Robbie Mangiardi, Jessica Pohly (Groundlings) and Peggy Matlby Etra (Seinfeld) at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks.
Damaged Furniture is the second collaboration between Howard Skora and Jim Fall. They also worked together on Skora's first play, the critically acclaimed, Miserable with an Ocean View, which also featured Alex Skuby.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/damagedfurniture/
Website- https://damagedfurnitureplay.com/

9/24/18 - from the KUCI 88.9fm Studios - Janeane spoke with Performance artist/Philanthropist Krissy Terry

PERFORMING ARTIST/PHILANTHROPIST KRISSY TERRY LAUNCHES NEW PLATFORMS FOR FITNESS & WELL-BEING
Los Angeles, CA Performing artist Krissy Terry is launching 2 new health enhancing platforms: Alpha Fitness Body Therapy with existing NBA, NFL, and American Horror Story clientele, which is a one-on-one fitness therapy pain free solution; and Girls Night Fitness, a dance-exercise program that empowers women to feel confident, fit, and sexy through a 30-day program. Girls Night Fitness can be followed online or, for Los Angeles residents, found in studio locations in West Hollywood and Culver City.
Terry was performing as a headliner overseas, and after she tore her hamstring she returned to the States and decided to use her “down time” for the good -- creating a few wellness and fitness businesses. Terry, who has a degree in International Business, wanted to put this aspect of her multi-faceted palette to use.

Monday September 24, 2018 at 9:30am - Cole W. Williams, award-winning children’s book author chats with host Janeane LIVE on KUCI 88.9fm!

Cole W. Williams, award-winning children’s book author, who has a new book coming out this fall! Dr. Brainchild & Radar: A Popcorn Discovery (Oct. 2) shares the story of a young scientist who makes a startling discovery involving a magnetron, a melted bar of chocolate and some corn kernels. Radar, a trusty wolf partner, is there to assist along the way!
Cole focuses on introducing science to kids in a fun way, and she intentionally kept Dr. Brainchild gender-neutral so that boys and girls can both identify with the scientist!
Cole’s got a fun, bubbly personality, and is truly passionate about learning and children’s literature!