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Actress/singer Taryn Manning was perfect as the band manager in The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll because of her rocker background, but the role of Manson follower Sadie Atkins in the upcoming Manson Girls could be her Oscar winning performance.  'If I want to win an Oscar which is my intention, I want the part that will stand out and that's Sadie Atkins. I feel like I should have been nominated for Hustle & Flow to be honest and a lot of people feel that way but that's fine and it wasn't my time. I'm one part away from winning an Oscar if it's the right part and that could be playing Sadie Atkins. There are people who don't like her and what she really did in real life and I don't know if I want to sign up for that potential abuse that could come my way from people that are horrified from the murders she committed of innocent people. It's a good problem to have!'

Dominic Cooper trades in his musical chops to chopping off heads as the sadistic Uday Hussein and does double duty as his 'twin' Latif Yahia in The Devil's Double. Dominic tells host Robin Milling how difficult it was to shake off the madman at the end of the day.  

This summer's hottest Hollywood star Emma Stone joins host Robin Milling to talk about her new film Crazy, Stupid Love. The soon-to-be Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man tells Robin how she doesn't let fame get in the way, although it's pretty surreal that she is now friends with Sir Paul thanks to an introduction from Woody Harrelson! "Woody introduced me to Paul at the beginning of 2009. We went to dinner at his house. Then I wrote him a letter later in the year and he drew three different drawings of blackbird feet on the (reply) letter and my mom, my dad, my brother and I all have it tattooed on our wrist. I've seen him multiple times and Ryan (Gosling) and I went to the concert the other night and we got to go backstage and hang out with Paul McCartney and the tiny harmonica that he hides in his pocket. It was really great. The whole thing is surreal."

Falling Skies star Moon Bloodgood calls host Robin Milling from Comic Con in San Diego. Excited about meeting the die-hard fans, Moon recalls her first time attending the Sci-Fi geek fest. The Terminator Salvation star is kicking a different kind of alien butt called a Skitter which she describes as cool but gross sticking her hand inside a vat of KY Jelly!

Romance coach Daniel Packard joins host Robin Milling at The Museum of Sex where his interactive Live Group Sex Therapy Show plays. Daniel tells Robin how audiences share their inner most sexual fantasies via texting, and the most surprising revelations he's discovered during the show.

Host Robin Milling's favorite cattle rancher, Bill Pullman calls in from his ranch in Montana to talk about his evil turn as a child molester in the American version of the BBC's Torchwood. Bill who loves to veer off track in his career, reveals how he got through the difficult execution scene, his upcoming documentary on exotic fruits and a dance piece he'll be performing with his wife!

Franklin & Bash star Breckin Meyer joins host Robin Milling from Los Angeles Breckin reminisces about Beverly Hills Highschool, but had no clue his former classmate was Alicia Silverstone.   

The Ledge stars Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson join host Robin Milling to talk about filming some tough emotional scenes playing husband and wife. One scene was especially physically taxing on Liv where Wilson's fanatic bible belter bounds and gags her for cheating on him with Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam.

Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley calls from his home in London to talk about the DVD release of Lord of the Dance 3D. Flatley, who made the Guiness Book of World Records for 35 taps in a second tells host Robin Milling that a reality show might be the next step for the Irish hoofer. 'I've been offered one recently and I'm working with some producers in Los Angeles about possibly doing something. They would like me to do a show about how I build my show and putting it on the road and I might take a look at that. To be honest I don't watch television and I haven't for years. It could be inspiring. Nobody could ever know the amount of hard work that goes into this from creating, financing, producing, directing, lighting, the sound and the logistics with the dancers' personalities, the egos, the problems and the successes. Even just choosing the lead dancer from the stars is very difficult for people to understnad how much hard work actually goes into it but it is interesting and I think people will like it.'

Host Robin Milling flashes back to 1999 with Timothy Olyphant for his interview as a drug dealing lothario for Go.  Timothy shares his bad boy behavior off the screen with Milling. “We grew up in Modesto, Ca where there's not much to do so we did these stupid, rebellious dangerous things because what else is there to do other than go paint somebody's house overnight or make a fake bomb and wrap it up in a Christmas gift around the holidays. We used to do stupid dumb things like that. You'd take some flairs and an alarm clock and some electrical tape and some clay and wires and just mish mash that up and you gift wrap it and put it out on the side of the road. That right there is hours of fun. We'd go to the golf course and drink and get ice blocks at the local 7-11 and you'd destroy the golf course sliding down the hills on the ice blocks. It's not like I was packing heat walking around high school but we did the usual stupid stuff.” The film paved the way for a successful diversified career for Olyphant, w

Memphis Beat star Jason Lee joins host Robin Milling to talk about the sophomore season premiering on TNT. When Lee isn't acting and working up a sweat in New Orleans doubling for Memphis, he is busy compiling a photo essay of his travels which he hopes to someday unveil to the public in a coffee table type book.  

Jersey Shore's Long Beach Island rolled out the red carpet for their 3rd annual Lighthouse International Film Festival. Stand-up comedian Steve Mazan who stars in the documentary 'Dying to Do Letterman' and director Biagio Messina join Robin Milling to discuss how Mazan's lifelong dream to appear on Letterman matched up to his race against time in battling cancer.

Attention Foodies! Cooking Channel host Ben Sargent of Hook, Line & Diinner joins Robin Milling at the Food Network studios. Ben formerly known as The Lobster Pusha for his underground lobster roll cartel in Brooklyn talks about his new show debuting June 7th. Ben does it all from catching his dinner in the East River (yes you read correctly) to cooking it and sharing his journey with fisherman around the country with viewers. Ben cooks his yummy 'to die for' lobster roll for Robin.

Ewan McGregor has had many love interests but none have touched him as much as his canine co-star Cosmo in his latest film Beginners. McGregor tells host Robin Milling how he bonded with the pup wanting to take him home after the shoot, only to find his wife was allergic to hairy dogs! "I did find a little rescue dog on the last day of the shoot called Sid who’s my dog now. I still see Cosmo now and again with Sid. He’s like a Cosmo replacement because he’s the same size and white so it’s like having Cosmo around and my wife isn’t allergic to Sid so he’s a real member of the family."  

Pirates of the Caribbean star Naomie Harris joins host Robin Milling to talk about her starring role in The First Grader. Naomie who plays a Kenyan school teacher tells Robin of her own personal experience being bullied at school. "I took my education for granted. I was bullied in secondary school when I was a kid. Bullying is an awful thing and one of the lovely things we saw in Kenya is they don't have the concept of bullying in their schools. It's just not done."  

Wes Bentley plays a revolutionary in There Be Dragons. Wes tells host Robin Milling he'd like to start his own revolution towards healthy eating habits. The star of American Beauty candidly shares slaying his own personal demons against drugs and accepting his fame. "I was being a real sh*t head in life and not making the best of it. I was addicted to heavy drugs for a couple of years and pushed my career far away. Now I feel completely different especially having my kid and my family in my life; I really care about others."

Host Robin Milling celebrates singer/songwriter Christopher Cross' 60th birthday and the release of his first CD in 12 years, Doctor Faith. It's been 30 years since the original Arthur with Dudley Moore opening in theaters. Cross, who penned the beloved Arthur's Theme weighs in on the remake. "Dudley is Arthur and that's it. Russell Brand is a talented guy but Dudley created the character and he's gone so leave well enough alone. Steven Gordon who wrote and directed that picture died six weeks after Arthur came out which is why Arthur 2 was not very good. I haven't seen it and I'm not really interested in seeing it because I'm from the era that connects to Dudley. They asked us if they could use the song (Arthur's Theme) which we didn't let them do. They did re-record it with somebody else. I just have a lot of reverence for Dudley and miss him greatly and he's the one that brought that character to life. But it does bring it to a new generation so that was good."

Ron Eldard joins host Robin Milling at the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Roadie. Ron, who gives a career making performance as a washed up rock 'n' roll roadie shares his own stories of the road visiting his childhood haunts. The former ER star reveals his aversion to web-based information to the point where it caused him to leave a fix-up when she brought up something she read on Google.

Urban Cowboy star Scott Glenn joins Robin Milling at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York to talk about his film Magic Valley. Glenn talks about making his home for the last 30 years in Idaho where the film was shot, what led him to become an actor. Still in tremendous physical shape at 70, Glenn reveals all the extreme sports he loves to take on don't compare to the physical toll doing movies has taken on him.

The Fabulous Beekman Boys Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell join host Robin Milling for lunch at My Sister's Place, just a stone throw away from their fabulous farm in tony Sharon Springs, New York. The guys brought over their famous goat cheese, made fresh on the premises by their beloved goats, and talked about their partnership, how they left the big city for farm life. Season two is currently airing on Planet Green.