Guess who won their first Telly Award?

Since I returned from vacation in Norway I have been feeling a bit down. Thankfully, I received some good news in the mail yesterday. A documentary in which I played a part, American Expendables, was a Gold Winner at the 2024 Telly Awards in the Long Form Documentary category. In addition to appearing on camera, I also served as a producer on the project.

American Expendables is the brainchild of Thomas Seymour, director of the award-winning VHS Massacre film series. The documentary explores the martial arts video craze in the U.S. during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The film celebrates the unsung action stars Cynthia Rothrock, Bolo Yeung, and Billy Blanks. Tom asked me if I would be interested in being a part of his new documentary because of my background in martial arts and love of B-rated action films.

VHS Massacre Too is still getting noticed!

My friend Tom Seymour hit me up today to let me know that he was interviewed about his award-winning documentary, VHS Massacre Too, on the Music is Life Podcast. I was fortunate enough to be featured in the documentary and spoke to issues of Blaxploitation Films and the state of the independent film industry. Tom made it a point to let me know that I got shouted out during a few points in the interview.

Batfleck looks good!

I am so happy right now! And I say that with my knee totally jacked up and elevated! This might be the cinematic Batman that fans have been hoping to see. The action and fight scenes seems off the charts. It looks like they have finally understood that the Batman needs to be the epitome of frightening, a true Dark Knight. Affleck may force me to eat my words, and I couldn’t be more pleased.