The McAuley Tucker Show

Go behind the scenes of animated storytelling with screenwriter and director Todd Edwards on The McAuley Tucker Show! Todd shares his journey crafting the beloved music in animated hit Hoodwinked! the art of writing and directing dynamic films that captivate audiences worldwide. Perfect for Hoodwinked! fans, aspiring screenwriters, and filmmakers, this episode offers a glimpse into the creative process behind Todd’s cinematic achie...

Dinesh Thyagarajan plays Malik “Mali” Ali, a humble Metropolis falafel vendor whose kindness toward Superman makes him a quiet hero in Superman (2025). Mali’s bravery in the face of Lex Luthor’s cruelty cements him as one of the film’s most poignant characters, with his scene standing out as one of the most emotionally impactful in the entire film to critics and fans. His performance has been praised by director James Gunn.

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Nicholas Tabarrok is a film producer who started his producing career with smaller unusual films, made in his native Canada. Later, larger budget films were made in America, or funded by Americans. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Tabarrok was skilled at finding funding from government sources, citing his 2018 film Stockholm, as an example. Stockholm received funding help from Sweden due to casting Noomi Rapace, and other Swedish ...

Michael Buie, better known online as Kanye East (also known as ThaEastMan or MikeManik), is an American YouTuber who uploads a wide range of music videos and comical skits to his channel. He is known for rapping comments on his TikTok livestreams and viewers started calling him Kanye East. Some of his most popular songs include "Fortnite Ballz" and "Sussy Sussy". He uploads new music consistently on all music st...

Hiram Garcia is a seasoned environmental consultant, part-time actor, and lifelong learner whose journey has spanned continents, industries, and even a fictional Minecraft universe. With over 25 years of hands-on experience in environmental science and health and safety management, Garcia has built a reputation as a trusted expert in contamination site investigation, remediation, and risk assessment. Yet beyond his analytical prowe...

Gerardo Davila was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and grew up in Garland, TX. He's 1st generation, the oldest of five children and the first of his family to become an actor in the United States. In his late teens he applied his music background and formed a rap group called Latin Royalty that performed in and around the Dallas scene. After the group broke up, he later went solo as Master G. He later attended the University of North...

Scott Ross (born November 20, 1951) is an American digital media executive with a career spanning three decades. In the 1980s he led George Lucas' companies and in 1993 he founded, along with James Cameron and Stan Winston, Digital Domain, Inc., one of the largest digital production studios in the motion picture and advertising industries.[citation needed]In the 1980s Ross was general manager of Lucasfilm's Industrial Light...

Mark DeCarlo is an American actor, television host, comedian, travel, internet personality, and foodie expert. He is currently known for being a contributor to WLS-TV morning show Windy City Live, a locally produced Chicago program that replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show following its 2011 ending. DeCarlo has been awarded three local Emmy Awards for his work on Windy City Live.

DeCarlo's first major exposure came in 1991 when h...

Lou Romano (born April 15, 1972) is an American animator and voice actor. He did design work on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and he provided the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snot Rod in Cars, and Alfredo Linguini in Ratatouille.

Romano had an interest in drawing and painting at an early age and studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout junior high and high school. He studied acting at the San Diego Sc...

Harrison Houde (/huːd/; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician. He is best known for his first acting role as Darren Walsh in the 2010 American film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and for his role as 'Bowie' in the sitcom Some Assembly Required. He has also composed original scores, which have aired on TV internationally, and is a synth-wave music producer under the alias Tokyo Rat. He is...

Derek Laurence Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Derek Minor and former stage name PRo, (born December 16, 1984) is an American Christian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and screenwriter. He co-founded the hip-hop record label Reflection Music Group (RMG) with Doc Watson, and signed to Reach Records in a joint venture between the two labels in 2011. In 2012, Johnson announced that he had ...

Lake Markham is a writer, musician, and photographer based in Chicago, IL. With a background in the intersection of art and philosophy, his work explores postmodern alienation, the relationship between creator and created, and the hermeneutic continuity of existence.He often writes about chili. His work has been published by ExPat Press, Apocalypse Confidential, and Zero Readers, among others. He is currently working on a forthcomi...

Stephen Anderson is an American animator, storyboard artist, film director, screenwriter, and voice actor, who, for Disney, made his feature-film directorial debut with the 2007 Disney animated feature film Meet the Robinsons, where he also provided the voice of Bowler Hat Guy, Bud, and Tallulah Robinson. He was also a co-director in the 2011 Disney animated feature film Winnie the Pooh and voiced Kai in the 2013 Disney animated fe...

Mark Christopher Lawrence (born May 22, 1964) is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat. He has appeared in popular films such as Child's Play 3 (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Sprung (1997), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and The Island (2005).

Lawrence is best known for his role as Big Mike on t...