Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Christian Gatica. Music by Stevia Sphere.Kyra Jones (she/her) is Black queer comedy writer, transplanted from the Windy City and currently based in Los Angeles. She is an alumna of Northwestern University, where she majored in Theatre and Gender Studies with a minor in Outrunning the Diversity Brochure Photographers. Her previous television writing credits include WOKE (Hulu) and QUEENS (ABC). She also co-created and starred in the award-winning comedy web series, THE RIGHT SWIPE. Her original scripts have won awards from Nashville Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Screencraft, and more. She has developed multiple series with Lionsgate, ABC Signature, Freeform, Sony, and some of her personal heroes, including Rashida Jones, Gabrielle Union, and Elliot Page. Before becoming a screenwriter, Kyra spent many years working as a professional sex educator and social justice advocate at her alma mater (which sounds like a fake job, but it's not). When she’s not writing, you can find Kyra crocheting elaborate outfits and toasting marshmallows over the burning patriarchy.
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Hangin' with Warner Bailey (Producer, Creator)
Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Warner Bailey is the creator of Assistants Vs. Agents (AvA), a meme page-turned-media company he founded while an assistant at WME in 2018. AvA has secured partnerships with major brands and studios, including Amazon MGM Studios, Netflix, Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, Warner Bros., Meta, Nike, SZA, and RCA Records. Bailey also writes The AvA Connection, a weekly newsletter that shares industry insights, open jobs, and the stories of entertainment executives. He is currently developing IP across multiple mediums under the AvA umbrella.
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Hangin' with Colby Day (Filmmaker, Playwright)
Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Colby Day is a filmmaker and playwright. Recently named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Screenwriters to Watch,” Colby wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film, SPACEMAN directed by Johan Renck (Chernobyl), starring Adam Sandler, as well as the upcoming Searchlight Pictures film IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, directed by Andrew Stanton. Colby was also a writer on the upcoming season of Apple TV's FOR ALL MANKIND. He writes the weekly newsletter Hollyweird, about living and working in Hollywood, which is a totally normal place.
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Hangin' with Adam Faze (Producer)
Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Adam Faze is the co-founder and CEO of Gymnasium, the studio behind viral short-form series like Boy Room and Keep the Meter Running. In just two years, the six-person team has generated nearly a billion views across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Hangin' with The Pierce Brothers (Writer/Director/Producers)
Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.The Pierce Brothers’ horror film THE WRETCHED opened in drive-in theaters on May 1st 2020 by IFC Midnight and was the #1 movie in the US for six consecutive weekends, making it the first film to hold that record since the release of AVATAR in 2009. At a time when thousands of theaters were shut down, major news outlets churned out headlines that credited Brett & Drew’s film as “forever redefining how we measure box office success” (Forbes) and “leading the drive-in resurge” (Variety). The film is now available to stream on Netflix where it is currently ranked in the Top 10 Most Watched Films in the U.S and continues to release internationally.