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Hello Mr Brickman,
Thanks for joining us on our Buzzing blog at Jaki’s Buzz. We are honored to have an amazingly talented musician such as yourself join us. Some of your best-known songs include the chart-topper “Valentine” as well as” “The Gift,” “Love of My Life,” “Simple Things” and “Peace.” Besides your great talent why do you feel your music resonates with so many & evokes such emotion?
As I write music, I think about where people will be listening to it,  and how it will make them feel. Because the majority of my songs have  no words, people can listen, apply it into their own lives, and take  away what they need to  hear.
Many of your songs are voiced by other musical artists. How do you choose the artists that you collaborate with?
I love writing with different people because each one draws something  new out of me. As I write I hear a specific sound singing the vocals. I love using new voices that may not be familiar to listeners because  they come to me with an eagerness and fresh energy. Of course, many  have gone on to become household names like Martina McBride and  Lady Antebellum.
I love that you have been a strong supporter of PBS, starring in four TV concert specials as we greatly admire PBS’s work. You are very progressive with video and have some great web media footage entitled “A Day in the Life, Brickman Tour”which touches and influences so many in positive ways. What drew you to doing these types of video’s for your fans?
When I talk to my fans at the after concert meet ‘n greets, they  always want to know what goes on behind the scenes. Rather than tell  them the same old stories, I decided to record some videos of our daily routine. They get a real feel for touring, and an appreciation for how  much we love being on the road to bring them the music.

 Photo credit: Rob Northway

As an actress who’s performed on Broadway, television and in film, which venue do you enjoy the most and why? I really hate this question because it’s not fair to ask an artist to choose or place more importance over one thing or another. That said if you must ask, my first instinct would be to say Broadway. It’s acting in its truest form-you are in the moment in front of a live audience, making a false reality as real as possible; very challenging stuff. However, I do enjoy film and television as well, and do not place a less importance on them. They are just different forms of storytelling.

Are there any roles you’ve done that really stand out for you in your career for one reason or another? I really like “Fearless” and “The Take”. Those two movies allowed me to play and develop characters that I normally do not have the opportunity to work with. Working with Jeff Bridges in “Fearless” and with John Leguizamo in “The Take”, was really cool because they both are so giving and did not have any type of preconceived notions about me or my abilities. That produces a free environment to explore many possibilities and most important, it produces a fun atmosphere.

You’ve had nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, as a kid growing up; did you ever think you’d have that happen to you? It was not a question of wondering if it would happen or not. Acting was not my aspiration as a kid. I loved the arts and would fantasize about them and enjoy them constantly, especially movies and theater, but I always thought that I would be a scientist or perhaps an influential politician that would shake things up. When Spike Lee “discovered” me, my path changed its course. That said the possibilities were wide open. I never consciously thought about receiving a nomination, but I also I never limited myself in thinking, ‘Oh, that or this thing could never happen to me’. I was just enjoying the ride and its challenges. I think if you appreciate what life is bringing you and enjoy the process, you are in the moment as best as you can be, and disappointments are few and expectations are organic that do not carry certain burdens that can and may weigh you down with worry. So, when it did happen, I was so happy and filled with great joy.

We understand that you are the Head of the Artistic Board at the Urban Arts Partnership. Tell us how you got involved with them and why that work is so important. Urban Arts Partnership is an arts-integrated education curriculum that services over 12,000 undeserved kids. We work directly with and inside over 60 public schools in New York City and outer boroughs and are currently developing our program in Los Angeles. I am one of the co-founders of Urban Arts Partnership and have been part of the art-ed curricula for the past nineteen years (it began twenty years ago), and the board later appointed me to be their Artistic Director. I love my position at UAP. Sometimes it’s very hard work; trying to secure financing (which is not my primary responsibility, thank goodness), dealing with the public school system and its politics, coming up with new and innovative ideas that push the teaching and learning process ahead, etc. However, the rewards are enormous! It makes you feel so good to give, to just give and give and seeing it through. Respecting young people’s intelligence capacity, especially low-income kids who are regularly underestimated solely based on either their ethnicity or income status, is a great joy to me. When you respect that child’s ability, you can put any challenge in front of them and they will respond in the same way a “privileged” child would, or could. Offering another way to learn the academics necessary to graduate in a way that would lead to a college career or some type of viable career, specifically through the arts, is not only exciting to me but is productive and produces results. We, as a nation, must try and accept new teaching methods to reach “all” of our kids, regardless of race, creed or financial standing, because the current system is not working.

Lastly what is the next step in the Rosie Perez journey? What are you working on or hope to soon be working on? I don’t know where this wonderful journey may take me next, but I do know that I am as ready as I can be for whatever it brings me. I am currently promoting a movie I did last summer, “Won’t back down!” starring Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhall, that will be out this September, and a special guest starring role on “Nurse Jackie” that will be airing mid April. I am also working on two other projects that will hopefully come out in the next year or two, and a book.
Thanks so much for your time and have a great day! Rosie Perez

For the fifth consecutive year, THE CONNECTICUT FILM INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) will be hosted by Quinnipiac University in Hamden, from June 4th to June 29th, 2012.

The program is an intensive one-month curriculum for Connecticut residents only with courses offered in

Assistant Directing

Camera

Lighting and Grip

Location Management

Production Office Coordination

Props and Set Dressing

Script Supervision

Sound

Wardrobe

For more information or to download an application to enter the 2012 FITP, please visit

WWW.CTFILMWORKFORCE.COM

Follow the prompts to “SUMMER FILM INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM – APPLICATION.” Applications are only available on the above website and must be submitted by 5:00pm, May 31, 2012. Accepted applicants will be notified via email or telephone by June 1, 2012

Angelo Guglielmo Jr.

Robin Gaby Fisher

“The Woman Who Wasn’t There”, is an inspiring story of hope and strength born of tragedy, of one woman’s ability to channel her pain into a positive force for the good of others, with one sticking point….. it was all a lie.
Angelo Guglielmo Jr, (filmmaker and friend), shares with us the journey of Tania Head from the “ultimate survivor” of the World Trade Center tragedy, to the ultimate deceiver of a nation. Recounting her campaign of good works performed at the emotional expense of already fragile souls, “The Woman Who Wasn’t There”, co written with Robin Fisher, will leave you grasping for understanding and wondering if the ends could ever justify the means. It asks the unspoken question, does our need to believe in the courage of others drive us to the point of deceiving even ourselves.

Lisa “Gabby” Durkee, Producer, Jaki’s Buzz Productions

Intelligent, experienced, and strong, Georgian Lussier is as powerful an author as she is a wage earner. In “55+ Unite” she galvanizes
veteran women to recognize and embrace the very strengths that only experience can provide and open themselves to new possibilities
in the work force. Georgian expounds on how, in this uncertain economy when employers are faced with hard decisions to stay in business,
we need to cultivate the understanding that seasoned female workers are the better choice. Though intended as a “call to arms” for women
over 55 as the title suggests, “55+ Unite” is a must read for all professional women and can be found on Amazon.

Lisa “Gabby” Durkee, Producer, Jaki’s Buzz Productions

We are so proud of them! Their handcrafted jewelery is really hanging with the STARS and of course with me too, thanks ladies!

TONS of CELEBRITIES  are now being seen wearing them and Jewels For Hope were at the Oscars and Golden Globes!

Jaki’s Buzz could not be more proud! Can we just say, we knew them when?:)

Now that you’re big stars ladies, don’t forget us or our funny Jaki’s Buzz moment caught on camera in your episode

at http://youtu.be/TXSaJLVyKbM and http://www.JakisBuzz.com LOL!

IN CASE you missed these wonderful ladies that we had on our Jaki’s Buzz show at http://youtu.be/TXSaJLVyKbM
be sure to check them out and like their pages on social media, they are so inspiring! Jewels for Hope  is on Facebook and Twitter.

Their website is http://jewelsforhope.net/ and they were recently on MANY  local news channels and in articles. Can we say FAMOUS?

Here is a link to a great article a bit ago in the New Haven Register and below are some pix of a few of their FAB jewels.

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2012/02/10/news/valley/doc4f34a2c81672a826001871.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Comedian Paula Poundstone http://www.paulapoundstone.com/ Here is our conversation, enjoy:)

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Hello Paula- We love your work and find you so funny! Speaking of funny what is the funniest movie or show you have ever seen
or just seen lately?

I enjoyed peels of laughter from BRIDESMAIDS. By the way, I watched it in the theater, which had a lot to do with the sheer entertainment it provided. There’s something about laughing
among a group of people that makes it all the more potent.

Your work on the one-hour HBO special, “”Cats, Cops, and > Stuff.”" made you the first woman to ever receive the Cable ACE for
best standup comedy special, you were also the first woman to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner.
You’ve worked with the best of the best including your friend Robin Williams, done many live stand up shows, TV shows, cds,
books, you name it – Paula has done it in the comedy world!  What advice would you have for women comedians making their start today?

Although I am often asked about the fact of my comic woman-ness, I have no evidence that my gender in anyway influences my success or failure, and
I simply don’t like to picture the scientific experiments that would be required to prove that if has or hasn’t. Aspiring comics should do what’s in their heart,
and not let any buffoons like myself tell them what to do. I try to think of funny stuff and say it, but that’s not for everyone.

I see that your work continues as the National Spokesperson for (ALTAFF), The Association of Library Trustees Advocates Friends
& Foundations.  How did this come about and why was this work so important to you?  

Libraries are easy to support. They’ve got books in them. Who doesn’t like books. So often when someone supports a cause, and there are thousands of
really worthwhile ones, they are often said to have taken a “courageous stand.” It takes no courage to support libraries.  I have yet to cross a picket line,
and if I did, the posters would be spelled wrong. Libraries have lots of roles in our communities.My children and I discovered books on tape there.
They have lectures, clubs, dvds, periodicals, story time, book clubs, classes, and … books.

The world finds you funny but kids can be the toughest audience, do your kids enjoy your humor too?

My kids are particular fans of my physical humor, which I am mostly too shy to regale other audiences with. In our kitchen
I dance, rap, and interpret music with hand gestures. I must be fairly popular. I’ve been held over for another year. The first sentence of
the last paragraph of the summary letter written, in lieu of a report card, by my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Bump, in May of 1965 says,
“I have enjoyed Paula’s humorous comments about our activities.”

Lastly you are from the east coast. You will be coming back to the area soon on tour and will in fact be in Ridgefield, CT on MAR 23rd at
The Ridgefield Playhouse. Please tell us a little about what fans can expect from this show?

I love returning to New England. It is the best and most beautiful part of the country. I always look forward to telling my little jokes there. I talk about raising
a house full of kids and animals. I talk about trying to keep up on the news and world events well enough to cast a halfway decent vote. I talk about education,
snack foods, and Abraham Lincoln, but only where appropriate. My favorite part of the night is talking to the audience. I do the time honored,
“Where are you from and what do you do for a living,” and in this way, little biographies emerge which kind of give me the coordinates and wind direction
to which I set my sails. Connecticut always has great audience members. And, no, I don’t say that about everywhere I go.

Thanks so much for joining us Paula and be sure to check out Paula’s show at The Ridgefield Playhouse!
For more info on this and Paula’s other shows check out: http://www.paulapoundstone.com/

Been having a wonderfully crazy growing period with Jaki’s Buzz and recently buzzed with Ned Farrell about his kickstarter campaign and Happy Bee business.

Be sure to check out and support his kickstarter campaign ASAP BEFORE THE DEADLINE! Thx all you buzzers for all your wonderful support and loyalty with
Jaki’s Buzz:) Here is Ned’s Kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/409022054/the-bee-happy-co?ref=email

Here’s what Ned had to say:

How did you get into the bee business?

During my senior year of college in the late ’80′s, I applied to the Peace Corps. The experience of living in another culture and helping people was always a dream of mine.
They asked me if I would be interested in teaching beekeeping as my primary focus. Keeping bees and making honey and beeswax is extremely important in the third world, first for the health benefits, and second as a source of income for the families who keep bees. That sounded exciting to me, so I started working with a beekeeper in CT to get experience, then learned proper beekeeping management skills with the African bees in Paraguay, South America. For the 2-1/2 years I lived there, I ended up helping many farmers set up bee yards on their own land. Ever since returning to the U.S., I have been keeping bees of my own, making honey and other hive products. Now I want to expand the business and teach people here how to do this.

What Would achieving this kickstarter campaign truly mean for you?

Achieving the kickstarter campaign would mean that I can return to my passion of keeping honeybees and teaching other people how do this for themselves. It’s like continuing the Peace Corps work in the U.S. My wife Sharyn and I will get enough equipment for 20 hives, along with educational tools and gear to go to schools, libraries, and even people’s homes to teach this. This first year we will also film the process from installing bees in the spring through harvesting honey in the fall, which will be available as a DVD. We also have children’s books in the works – storybooks and a coloring book – and music, too!

We call our company Bee Happy, because that is the sentiment we really want to spread.

Jaki’s Buzz agrees with that sentiment as we also are all about that. Have a great buzzing wkend!