Our next Ken Boxer Live guest is 1980’s legend Billy Vera, who we are thrilled and honored to say is returning to us for a third visit.
Vera, an American singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian, has been active in the music business since the 1960’s, his most successful and well-known record being “At This Moment”, a 1987 number 1 hit.
You may join us for this live interview event by requesting your complimentary tickets.
He continues to perform with his group, Billy Vera & The Beaters, and won a Grammy Award in 2013.
For more information about Billy Vera, please visit his website.
Billy Vera
“At This Moment” (1987)
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, Decenber 9th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 12/12/2019, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
“Tamela D’Amico is an award winning American recording artist, actress, and filmmaker (writer/producer/director), as well as a social influencer, who started her own production company, La Strega Entertainment, to create vehicles for the many facets of her career…in addition to making others dreams come true. A true multi-hyphenate, many people know her in different ways, as an artist.”
Please join us for this live interview event by requesting your complimentary tickets.
“For those who know her as a music recording artist, D’Amico launched onto the jazz scene having recorded her debut album Got A Little Story, executive-produced by actor/producer Peter Krause (Parenthood, Six Feet Under, 911), produced by 6 time Grammy Award winner Jimmy Hoyson, and arranged by Multi Grammy nominee Chris Walden at Capitol Records.
“The album was released by LML Records/The Orchard (SONY) distribution which went into worldwide release and is available wherever fine music is sold, along with others singles and soundtracks she has recorded.
Tamela D’Amico
“Perfect”
“She can be heard on over 140 national radio and cable outlets in various jazz based/Adult Standard & Contemporary markets as well as many International radio and Internet streaming markets.
“She was named Clear Channel’s Best New Jazz Vocalist, the re-launched MySpace’s Rising Star, and is in constant rotation on The Penthouse Radio Network, The Jonathan Station, Martini in the Morning, and MUSIC CHOICE’s Singer and Swingers channel via satellite, cable, & Internet.
“She executive produced an album for 2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera (known for the hit “At This Moment”) entitled BILLY VERA: BIG BAND JAZZ (released on Varese Sarabande/Universal). D’Amico duets with Mr. Vera on the album with “I’ll Never Be Free”, which is a radio favorite on WBGO NY and KJAZZ in Los Angeles.”
Join us for a very entertaining evening with Tamela D’Amico.
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, October 7th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 10/10/2019, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Our next Ken Boxer Live guest is 1980’s legend Billy Vera, who we are thrilled to say is returning to us for a second visit.
Vera, an American singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian, has been active in the music business since the 1960’s, his most successful and well-known record being “At This Moment”, a 1987 number 1 hit.
You may join us for this live interview event by requesting your complimentary tickets.
He continues to perform with his group, Billy Vera & The Beaters, and won a Grammy Award in 2013.
For more information about Billy Vera, please visit his website.
Billy Vera
“At This Moment” (1987)
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, March 11th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 03/14/2019, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Our upcoming Ken Boxer Live guest is the actress and producer Leslie Zemeckis, best known for Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009) and Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer (2018). We are very happy to have her as our guest.
You may join us for this live interview event by requesting your complimentary tickets.
To quote her online biography:
Leslie Zemeckis
“The Hilton Sisters”
“Leslie Zemeckis is an actress, author and award-winning documentarian. She is also the co-author/creator of a one-woman cabaret show “Staar.” She wrote and produced a mockumentary film Staar: She’d Rather be a Mistress starring Carrie Fisher, Jeffrey Tambor and Fabio. She has acted opposite Tom Hanks, Michael Madsen, Anthony Hopkins and Colin Firth amongst others.
“Zemeckis wrote/produced and directed the critically acclaimed documentary Behind the Burly Q, the true story of old-time burlesque. The film aired on Showtime and BskyB in the UK. The film was championed by such publications as USA Today and The New Yorker. An expert historian and chronicler of early American pop culture, her Behind the Burly Q is a bestseller and heralded as the definitive history of burlesque.”
So do join us for a very entertaining evening.
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, October 1st. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 10/04/2018, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
The colorful, sexy, and horror cult favorite actress Ashley Bell joins us on Ken Boxer Live, Monday, August 20th, 2018.
You many join us for this live interview event by requesting your complimentary tickets.
“Ashley Bell is known for her role as Nell Sweetzer in the films The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part II. (Wikipedia)
“Following a string of film and television appearances on Boston Public, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the Mark Polish-penned Stay Cool and a four-episode arc on Showtime’s The United States of Tara, Bell made her feature film principal debut in the The Last Exorcism movie series. Her performance garnered her a 2011 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.” (Wikipedia)
Please join us for another very exciting Ken Boxer Live episode.
Ashley Bell
“The Last Exorcism” Trailer
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, August 20th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 08/23/2018, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
The great and colorful, and everybody’s favorite, actress Donna Pescow will be joining us on Ken Boxer Live, Monday, July 30th, 2018.
“In 1977, Pescow played Annette in the John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever. For this role, she had to relearn her Brooklyn accent (which she had significantly reduced for professional reasons). While her role, and the film, were huge successes, she later went on to appear in television roles for most of her career. For this role, she was the New York Film Critics’ third place choice for their award for Best Supporting Actress. (Wikipedia)
“Also in 1977, Pescow joined the cast of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portraying Celena Arquette. The role proved to be brief, lasting under a year, but it helped to launch a successful television career for Pescow, including roles on two other ABC soap operas in later years.” (Wikipedia)
These are only her most prominent roles. There are many, many more.
Please join us for a very exciting show.
Donna Pescow
Movie Shorts
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, July 30th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 08/02/2018, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Ken Boxer Live welcomes actress Kate Linder to our TVSB Ken Boxer Live studios.
To quote Wikipedia:
Linder was born in Pasadena, California, and graduated with a BA in theatre arts from San Francisco State University. During that time, she also began working as a flight attendant for Transamerica Airlines. After graduation, Linder found work on television, including roles on Archie Bunker’s Place and Bay City Blues.
In 1982 she was cast as Esther Valentine on CBS’s soap opera The Young and the Restless. Linder has been starring on The Young and the Restless for 30 years and she’s also one of two Daytime Governors at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, who present the Emmys. Linder is also the national spokesperson for The ALS Association and is active with TV Cares, ATAS’s AIDS fundraising and awareness organization, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and national spokesperson for March of Dimes Canada’s Conductive Education Program.
Kate Linder
“Young and the Restless”
For her contributions in television, Linder earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is the third actor to earn a star on the Walk of Fame solely on the merits of acting on a soap opera, after Jeanne Cooper and 2005 honoree Susan Lucci. In the 2000s, after 30 years in daytime, Linder made her film debut, starring in a number of independent productions such as Hysteria and Erased.
Come join us for our lively interview with Kate Linder.
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, April 30th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 05/03/2018, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Our next Ken Boxer Live guest is 1980’s legend Billy Vera.
Vera, an American singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian, has been active in the music business since the 1960’s, his most successful and well-known record being “At This Moment”, a 1987 number 1 hit.
He continues to perform with his group, Billy Vera & The Beaters, and won a Grammy Award in 2013.
For complimentary tickets to this live event, please click this link.
For more information about Billy Vera, please visit his website.
Billy Vera
“At This Moment” (1987)
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, September 25th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 09/28/2017, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Rona Barrett, the famed, paradigmatic entertainment columnist, is our next Ken Boxer Live guest. For complimentary tickets, please click this link.
Quoting freely from her published biography:
Hollywood’s Variety Magazine calls her “the lady who turned entertainmentcoverage into big biz.” Rona Barrett is a pioneering entertainment reporter,commentator and producer with a career spanning more than 30 years. Nowas a nonprofit pioneer, she is the Founder and CEO of The Rona BarrettFoundation – the catalyst behind Santa Ynez Valley’s first affordable seniorhousing – the Golden Inn & Village.
Her career began at the age of thirteen when she conceived and organized the first international fanclub. Her pioneering efforts helped launch the careers of Eddie Fisher and Steve Lawrence. Fromthe time she became an entertainment columnist for the Bell-McClure newspaper syndicate as theyoungest columnist to ever report on Hollywood in 1957 and through her role in inaugurating“Good Morning America,” Barrett has blazed the trail for innovative entertainment reporting and forwomen in the media industry.
Rona Barrett
1980 Trump Interview
In 1966, after 7.5 years of trying to bring her entertainment reports to television, Los Angelesstation KABC-TV, gave her the big break. Her reports went to their five owned and operatedstations, syndicated around the world and then back to the ABC network with the inauguration of“Good Morning America” in 1975.
Barrett developed the first in-depth personal TV specials about film, television, music, sports andpolitical celebrities. She was the innovator of this media genre, which others followed. She alsopublished six top-rated magazines on the entertainment industry including “Rona Barrett’sHollywood,” paving the way for Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey enterprises.
In 1972 her novel titled, The Lovomaniacs, was published. Her autobiography, Miss Rona, waspublished in 1974.
Since 2000, in honor of her father, Barrett has used her entrepreneurial acumen to address achallenge close to her heart and an issue that affects us all: providing affordable and dignifiedhousing and care for the fastest growing population on the planet – seniors over 65 years old. Theprototypical Golden Inn & Village, which began construction in 2015, is her answer to this newreality. September 2016 welcome mats will be placed for residents of Phase I – Independent Living.
With her “Gray Matters” column, Barrett continues to shine a spotlight on the day-to-day issuesconfronting all seniors and their loved ones who care for them. Once again she’s digging deep,bringing to the surface not just the questions, but solutions as well; building our seniors a newfuture. In the fall of 2016 a compilation of “Gray Matters” will be published where proceeds will beearmarked for The Rona Barrett Foundation.
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, May 22nd. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 05/25/2017, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
Our next Ken Boxer Live guest, Ukrainian singer and actress Veronika Mindal, is not only drop dead gorgeous, but also a modern day Renaissance woman. An actress, a singer, a model, a fashion designer—she’s got it all. In fact, on top of all these accomplishments, she even has a law degree.
Many are familiar with Veronika from her excellent (and very sexy) music videos, one of which, “In Your Eyes,” we present below. Another must-watch Mindal video is “I Shine for You.”
So Beyonce beware. You have some stiff competition.
Veronika Mindal
“In Your Eyes”
It is an honor to have Veronika as our guest. Please join Ken and Cate on February 6th, 2017, for an exciting interview with the lovely Veronika Mindal.
For more Veronika Mindal vidoes , please visit her YouTube channel.
We have limited seating available for audience members. If you would like complimentary tickets to our in-studio broadcast at the TVSB studios in Santa Barbara, please click here. This show tapes on Monday, February 6th. Audience members generally arrive by 6:30 pm and take their seats at 6:45 pm.
(This episode first airs Thursday, 02/09/2017, 10:00 PM, on TVSB-17, and is replayed numerous times throughout the following 14 days. You will find a complete schedule of times here. Additionally, a YouTube link to this episode, available about 24 hours before original airtime, will display immediately below.)
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