Bionic Buzz® got to interview Donna-Marie Reid & Glen Mazzara from The Shield. We talked about how Donna-Marie (CEO & Creative Director, Undeniable Films) executive produced and moderated a Shield Reunion on Clubhouse: “The Shield” Reunion Room with Michael Chiklis, All-Star Cast & Showrunners.”
The Shield is an American crime drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002, on FX in the United States, and concluded on November 25, 2008, after seven seasons.
Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, the show’s Strike Team was loosely based on the true-life Rampart Division police Scandal. The series was created by Shawn Ryan and The Barn Productions for Fox Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television. The series received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations during its series run. After a year of no film premieres or in-person awards shows, Hollywood is turning to a new venue to have the kind of spontaneous conversations with strangers that they once had in line at the bar. Clubhouse, an app for audio-only conversations, has over the past few months become a popular hangout spot for several top filmmakers, actors, and influencers. Less than a year old, Clubhouse was founded by a pair of Silicon Valley veterans, Paul Davison, and Rohan Seth. Though it’s still in a testing, invite-only phase, Clubhouse has attracted around 2 million weekly active users — and a waitlist of people desperate to gain entry.
Early Clubhouse users say the free app — which adds audio to the early-internet concept of the chat room — is appealing in how it mimics an IRL conversation. Any user can start a room and determine who can speak. Others can listen in and tap the “raise your hand” icon to request speaking capabilities. Clubhouse doesn’t record the conversations, which encourages off-the-cuff interactions.
Hollywood and members of the music community, always eager to jump onto a buzzy new app, have clamored for invites, and Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Hart, Terry Crews, Questlove, 21 Savage and Gayle King have been spotted in the app. ** www.joinclubhouse.com
In the interview we talked about how the Clubhouse event went, who showed up, how long it went through, memories of when The Shield first aired 19 years ago and how many of the writers, producers etc went on to do many shows afterwards like The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Star, & more.
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