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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
PIA
ZADORA
An Exquisite Anomaly
Exquisite anomaly, actress
and singer Pia Zadora is an
unforgettable celebrity personality.
A child Broadway and film star
Zadora rose to national prominence
following her featured role in the
highly criticized film “Butterfly”
which won her a Golden Globe
for New Star of the Year and at
the same time she also acquired
the Golden Raspberry Award for
Worst Actress and Worst New Star
for that very same performance.
Switching her focus to music after
her acting career failed to take
off as she hoped, Zadora was
nominated for a Grammy in 1984.
Pia Zadora is like no one I have ever interviewed in the best possible way.
You might say she is authentically different than most, also in the best
possible way. We had an intimate conversation regarding her career and
her life. She was intriguing, fascinating, candid and most importantly a
blast.
INTERVIEW
Currently....well before the
lockdown you had been singing and
performing weekly?
I have a residency, it’s my sixth year
here in Vegas. There’s a little place
called “Piero’s Italian Cuisine”, and it’s
where everyone gathers. The Mayor,
the DA, every celebrity that comes
to Vegas, it’s a very cool kind of edgy
place. The equivalent in New York
would be the Metropolitan Room,
or more like The Carlisle. There is a
lounge adjacent to the restaurant that
is called “Piero’s Place”, and I have a
marquis and every week and I do my
thing with my band. We have guest
artists come in but it’s me and Sonny
Charles, from The Checkmates (Black
Pearl). He’s just a crazy dynamic, wow
performer. He’s got that old R&B stuff...
and I do the Sinatra stuff. I show my
clips from the movies and I change
my dialogue every week because I
work there on a regular basis. I have a
fabulous trio who were Sinatra’s guys
and for the last two years I’ve had a
Liza impersonator. He walks in there
and everyone thinks it’s Liza. So we
did this every weekend and I kind of
missed that.
You’ve had an incredible, crazy
career. Can you think of the best
moments or moment in your career?
There were several high points....of
course a lot of other points too... it
depends which way you were looking.
I think probably getting the Golden
Globe, although they’re still asking for
it back. Fuck them it’s all mine. They
didn’t like my name or my husband...
fuck them.
I never said I was a great actress what
happened was it was the New Star of
the Year category. The film “Butterfly”
was very me....no holes barred kind of
thing. The Grammy nomination was
kind of cool because I lost to Tina
Turner.
If you have to lose to anyone that’s a
cool person to lose to.
Going on tour with Sinatra, of course
everybody thinks we were having
an affair but.....I won’t comment...I
did something called “Too Short to
be a Rockette” and it was sort of
autobiographical and they asked
people who I worked with to record
little clips and talk about me. It didn’t
really go anywhere but it was a fun
show. So they asked the people that
I worked with like Burgess Meredith,
Bea Arthur, Frank Sinatra, Benny
Goodman.... Milton Berle, .... people
wanted to hear about my life because
it’s so fucked up and interesting. A lot of
it was a lot of fun.
Can you recall a moment that change
the trajectory of your life?
Yes, when I met my husband to be.
My first ex-husband. Before that I
started in show business when I was
like eight. I was a very shy little girl, I
don’t know what happen I re-morphed.
I was going to parochial school in
Forest Hills. The nuns thought I was
socially retarded. I was an only child,
I had a heart condition, and I was
sheltered by my mother. So I went to my
pediatrician who recommended to my
mother to send me to a kids dramatic
school program to bring me out of my
shell. She sent me to the American
Academy of Dramatic Art where I took
weekend classes. I was playing a mean
little princess at the Academy and my
luck Burgess Meredith was scouting
for a little girl to co-star with Tallulah
Bankhead in a Broadway show. I went
to audition and I got the part. That
was the beginning of my career. I did a
whole bunch of shows including Fiddler
on the Roof, I was the youngest child.
I did “Sound of Music”, and other
shows. I toured with “Applause”, with
Alexis Smith when I was about 17 or 18.
Anyway I met my first ex-husband when
I was with my manager Arthur Miller
when I went to audition for “To Kill A
Mockingbird.” He wanted to stop and
see his friend and asked me to wait. I
sat in the lobby and the next thing you
know he came out and got me and
brought me in. He asked me what I was
doing and I explained that my next gig
was in Ohio. He told me he had to be
there on business and then he wanted
to come and see my show. He did but
I was busy that night and he wound up
taking my mother home. He actually
wooed my mother but I went and
married him instead. He always used to
say that I married him to get away from
my mother, and it was really true.
Really?
When I married him all of a sudden I
was Cinderella. He owned Cartier at the
time so I could walk into Cartier and
get anything I wanted. I could walk in
and get million dollar necklaces and
the limousine was always waiting for me
when I came downstairs. There was a
helicopter, an airplane and it was really
kind of a fiasco in a good way.
I remember at the time people loved
to talk about it. How did you feel
about that?
He was 27 years older than me so it
was inevitable. At that time he was
one of the richest men in the world.
When you’re 24 and the guy is 50 and
charismatic and has everything, he
was like a father to me. He gave me
everything that my mother never gave
me. He actually respected me. What did
I care if everyone talked it was my life,
and that’s their problem. It’s my life.
I love your attitude.
It came to a point where he was 60 and
I was 30 and we just kind of grew away
from each other. Then I told him I just had
to move on. He was good with all that.
At first he thought I was going to come
back to him so he bought me all these
convertibles and had people spying on
me. It was not a love affair marriage. It
was a love affair in a different way. We
were constantly traveling so it wasn’t an
intimate one, but it worked for us. We
loved each other and we had two kids.
Well what marriage is perfect?
This was way unusual I can’t even
describe it but it worked for us. Then
when I decided to grow up I said “hey I
got to go.” I was 35 years old with two
kids and having everything in the world,
but I would sit in the bathtub and burst
into tears. I would sit there and play Pac-
Man holding a glass of wine for hours so
I finally went into psycho analysis. That’s
when I really found myself. The guy made
me realize that my depression was not
a real depression but it was a situational
depression. Once I got out of it I was
fine. Then I continued the psychoanalysis
because I married another dumb ass. He
was a screen writer and director. He was
very sweet but he was very OCD. He died
in a car accident.
He died too?
I killed two husbands.
Now you are married to your very
handsome third husband, you happy
now?
I am, for real for the first time in my
life. I’m happy. My attitude is good.
I remarried. We’ve been married for
16 years and at the time that we met
we needed each other. If you Google
Celebrity Wife Swap with Cloris
Leachman you will see him. He looks like
Alec Baldwin but better.
Pia has just released a new CD called
“All Or Nothing At All”
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AJ GIBSON
“The Morning Beat” on Channel Q
Every weekday morning from 6AM
to 10AM PT or 9AM to 1PM ET you
can tune into Channel Q Radio and
listen to the vibrant voice of AJ
Gibson and Co-Host Mikalah Gordon
on “The Morning Beat.” The show
provides the LGBTQ community
with latest in news and pop culture
in collaboration with music and
entertainment with a purpose.
Resembling a life size Ken doll
the eloquently handsome radio
host AJ Gibson is no stranger
to the entertainment industry.
Gibson is a television host, a red
carpet anomaly, an author, a social
influencer, and a motivational
speaker. Raised in a small Ohio
town Gibson got his big break as
a contestant on ABC’s “Expedition
Impossible” were he was tagged
“What to Watch” by TV Guide. From
there he was given his own talk show
on FOX called “Hollywood Live.”
Then tragedy struck when it was
ripped away from him and given to someone more famous. Gibson’s story is
one of inspiration as seen in his autobiography “Flipping the Script.”
Gibson went on to become a red carpet correspondent for Dick Clark
Productions where he interviews the most illuminated A-list celebrities at all
of the biggest award shows. He can currently be seen on the Tamron Hall
show and the Wendy Williams Show. He also prides himself in the fact that he
is a motivational speaker helping individuals strengthen their ability to view
every experience as an opportunity for growth.
Gibson’s story does end there as he is in a long-term relationship with a
Christian who used to be an atheist, he was in an eight year relationship with
the son of a Paster from the Deep South, and has interviewed nearly every
huge star on the planet. He was a blast to speak with as he continues to write
the chapters of his life and career.
INTERVIEW
As an author you’ve recently released
“Flipping the Script: Bouncing Back
From Life’s Rock Bottom Moments”,
what is the premise of the book?
“Flipping the Script” is my
autobiography and partly a self-help
book. I wrote it in 2018. It came out
after a rough patch in my life. Probably
in 2015/2016 I had been a host on an
actual TV talk Show called “Hollywood
Live” on FOX. It was my big dream, I
was so excited to be there....and then
the opportunity went away when I was
replaced by somebody more famous.
I didn’t take that very well. It was my
first big career heartbreak. Then I went
through a series of rough times with
my little sister who is my best friend.
We moved from New York to LA
together, we lived together and then
she met somebody new. She started
to go to a new church and for the first
time in her life judged my sexuality.
Our relationship went out the window.
Then in October of 2016 I received a
tax bill for $16,031. I was home alone
one night in my 10th floor apartment
and I nearly jumped
out of my bathroom
window. Those three
things happened back
to back and really
knocked the wind out
of me. I was down and
out for quite a while,
until I decided to do
something about it.
My way was writing
a book. The book
opens with those
three stories. It’s really
written as a screenplay
in some ways. The
book doesn’t go
sequentially what it
follows in a way that
tells the story of me.
Each chapter opens
with a scene and most
of the chapters in
with script end with
rewrites which are easily accessible
exercises in dealing with real time so
that the reader can actually “flip their
script”. Each of the scenes corresponds
to a season in my life at that moment
and how I was able to overcome each of
those obstacles. Readers can log onto
my website and they can download
their own PDF version of their script or
they can do the exercises in real time
and print it out so that they have an
actual script rewritten from their own
lives. So maybe if things get difficult
down the road they can look back and
say “this is who I am.” I’m very proud
of it. This is the one accomplishment
in my life that I’m more proud of than
anything else.
What an awesome idea.
I haven’t seen anyone do anything
like that. I always try to do something
different. I travel to the beat of my own
drum. I pride myself on being able to
take a unique and genuine view. It was
difficult to write but it was also cathartic.
The feedback that I’ve received since I
wrote it that has come back has made
the whole thing worth it.
Currently you host a very cool show on
Channel Q , let’s talk about that.
I host the morning show called “The
Morning Beat.” We kick off every Monday
through Friday from 6 to 10, myself and
Mikalah Gordon who has been my friend
for 13 years. She was one of the first
people I met when I first moved to Los
Angeles right after she was on American
Idol. We worked in a restaurant together.
We kind of lost touch and then she
reached out to me with the opportunity
to join Channel Q and I jumped at the
opportunity. I’ve never done Radio before
but it’s always been something I’ve been
really interested in. My career has really
been on television and then recently
since the book came out I’ve been doing
a lot of motivational speaking around
the country. Because of the book I kind
of put the radio idea on the back burner
and then it sort of fell into my lap. When
I heard about Channel Q and what they
were doing, changing the game of talk
radio I had to be a part of it. I went in
and met with the family and the team at
Entercom and here we are.
Can you describe your Channel Q
morning show...is it a typical radio show
that you would listen to each morning?
I would say there is nothing typical about
“The Morning Beat.” We are an LGBTQ
talk radio show however our content
is very inclusive of everyone. On any
given day we might have 20% content
geared towards the LGBTQ community
or we might have 80%. It really just
kind of depends on what’s going on,
and what’s important at that moment.
Obviously we’ve been focusing heavily
on coronavirus and the global response
to that. So we do cover politics, we
cover pop culture, but we always cover
entertainment. We cover these things
through the lens of the LGBTQ community
first and foremost. We try to give a voice
to those who are often not given one. We
are very, very proud of that. Having said
that we have some really great guests on
our show. We always try to have guests
that will really speak to our audience,
that are allies, and that stand for equality
because it’s very important to us and
everything that we do. We try to bring all
listeners the most up-to-date information
on entertainment always through the lens
of the LGBTQ community.
You are also a Red Carpet guru. Who
is the most famous celebrity that you
have ever interviewed?
I interviewed Lady Gaga last year at the
Golden Globe Awards and she was just
absolutely everything I could’ve imagined
and more. I opened up my story with her.
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Just a couple of weeks prior to that I was
going through a rough time in general
and often times when I find myself down
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princesses. I find myself on YouTube
watching videos and one of the videos I
go back to often has her performance of
“Born This Way” at the Grammys. I told
her that I watch that video and it cheers
me up. She leaned over and said that she
was sorry I was going through that. I mean
I’ve interviewed some of the biggest stars
in the world. I’ve interviewed J Lo, Tom
Hanks, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston...the
biggest names in the game.... and Lady
Gaga in a way that nobody else was just
present with me. It felt like she looked
into my soul. She wasn’t just listening
to me she heard me. Tom Hanks also. I
interviewed him and Rita Wilson at the
Golden Globes this year before they were
diagnosed with corona virus.
They were just a beacon of joy and light
and kindness.
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Tom is in person what you would expect
him to be. He’s definitely a genuine guy. J
Lo is pretty amazing too.
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ADRIENNE
BARBEAU
Iconic superstar, actress, singer, and
author Adrienne Barbeau is celebrating
the release of her new film, “For The
Love Of Jessee” where she stars as
Katharyn, the sensitively played, strong
willed, manipulative mom of Doctor
Luke Matthew. The film is set for Digital
release on May 1, 2020. Also starring
in the movie is Bre Blair, Randy Wayne,
Mandahla Rose, Manu Intiraymi, and
Tony Denman. The emotional and
heartfelt film is directed by David
McAbee and produced by Curta and
Dennis Schlarbaum.
Adrienne Barbeau is best known for
roles as Carol Traynor, the divorced
daughter of Maude on the successful
sitcom Maude, and Rizzo in the original
Broadway musical Grease. She is
also known for her appearances in
science-fiction films including: “The
Fog”, “Creepshow”, “Swamp Thing”,
and “Escape From New York.” More
recently Ms. Barbeau provided the
voice of Catwoman on Batman, the
animated series and appeared in the
HBO series “Carnivàle” as Ruthy the
snake dancer. Most recently she can be
seen in the Netflix series AJ and the
Queen with RuPaul.
I spoke with Adrienne regarding “For
The Love of Jessee”, and her amazing
career.....she was vibrant, relevant,
authentic, funny, humble and everything
good a person can be....
INTERVIEW
What made you decide to
portray the role of Katharyn?
I thought it was an interesting
role. Usually you don’t see the
mother show up with such little
enthusiasm on the part of a child.
I just thought it was a really nice
script, so I did it.
Have you had your ultimate
dream role or are you still
looking for it?
I really loved Ruthie in
“Carnivàle.” I mean if I want to
go way, way back I loved Rizzo.
I was the original Rizzo in the
first Broadway production of
“Grease.” Ruthie was just a
wonderful role. For a woman
in her 50’s to not have to be a
nurse or a judge....I just loved
everything about the show, the
cast, the crew, the writers, the
directors, the location... which
allowed me to take my kids to
school and still get to work on
time. It was really an incredible
experience and she was so
unique. It’s not often a woman
in her 50s gets to be romantic or
sexual.
So Ruthie is one, I don’t know if there is
another one...I don’t know what’s she’s
going to be. I guess that’s another reason
I took the role of the mother in Jessee,
because there was some meat there.
There was something to work with, for a
woman my age.
You’ve had an incredible career
thus far. You kind of did some of
everything. Tell me, was it hard
working with Bea Arthur?
Oh no, it was wonderful. She was the
best. It was my first television show,
I’d never done television before. I’d
only done stage up until then. It wasn’t
until a couple years that we were into
Maude that I started doing other
television movies and yes,I realized how
truly incredible she was. She was the
most giving, loving actor and the most
professional. She set the tone for the
whole show. I know I told her later but at
the time I just took it for granted, we were
all going to show up and do the work the
best we could, and do what was best for
the show. But she really set that tone. You
don’t always get that so I was very, very
fortunate. And I loved her.
One of my favorite movies that you
did was “The Fog.” However, backing
it up a little bit what first gave you the
acting bug?
It was probably my mother.... I mean she
started giving me dance lessons when I
was three or four. And then when I was
in fifth grade somebody said that I had a
nice voice so my mother drove me hours
away to the Conservatory of Music, and I
started taking voice lessons. But it never
had crossed my mind. I didn’t even watch
TV. I started doing theater in high school
and I started doing community theater
in San Jose California. The community
theater there was the San Jose Civic
Light Opera and it was a big multi-million
dollar organization. I just fell into it. I was
working at a beauty salon and one of the
clients was on the Board of Directors for
the San Jose Civic Light Opera. We were
just chatting one day, and they happened
to ask her what she was doing at the
moment and she said she was doing “The
King and I.” My boss told her that I could
sing and that I should come audition for
her. It never crossed my mind, but I went
and auditioned for them and my first
non-professional role, my first real role
on stage was Tuptim in “The King and I.”
Then I continued with the Light Opera
and they put together a musical comedy
review and the weekend I graduated high
school I went with this review to South
East Asia to entertain our Armed Forces.
So that was my first semi-professional job.
I got seven dollars a day and we went
from army base to army base doing a
show. I was right on the DMZ right when
the North Koreans came over and fired
at some of the GIs that had been at our
show, and killed several of them. It was
a real eye-opener for an 18-year-old that
had never been out of California. But
then I came back and I started college
and I figured that I would get my degree
and maybe teach acting. I figured I sort
of know that a little bit about that. Then I
did another Civic Light Opera production
with a woman who had been in New
York and had been in an Off-Broadway
musical and she suggested that I go to
New York. She told me to at least go and
study because that’s where all the good
teachers were. I thought “OK that’s what
I’m supposed to do.” I had saved $1000
from my job where I was working in a
termite control company. I left college
and told my mother here’s a box of all
my stuff, when I get an address mail it to
me please. I was 19 and I moved to New
York. I didn’t know a soul.
That had to be scary?
I thought to myself if nothing happened
by the time I was 25, if I’m not earning a
living as an actor by that time I’ll go back
and get my degree, and then I’ll teach. By
the time I was 25 I was on Broadway.
That’s almost like a fairy tale that you
fell into.
People ask if I was scared because I didn’t
know anybody in New York. At the time,
and it was a different time then, I said to
people when I did a tour of Pippin three
years ago, doing the Andrea Martin role
where I’m hanging upside down from a
trapeze without a net and singing the
song... I realize that I don’t have a lot of
imagination so I never think about what
could happen.
I think that’s what enabled me to go to
New York when I was 19 and didn’t know
anybody. I just thought well this is what
I’m supposed to do. When my boys went
back to college and they both went back
East now I think “oh my god what my
mother must’ve been going through.”
In those days you didn’t just pick up the
phone or use FaceTime. You placed a
long-distance person to person call and
ask for yourself so
that your family
would know that
you were safe.
Nobody could
afford to call
people. But we all
got through it.
Was there A
moment that
you recall the
change the
trajectory of
your whole life?
It may have
been being cast
in “Grease”
because I was
nominated for a
Tony and Norman
Lear eventually
found me
because of that
and brought me
to LA and started
me on a television career. That would be
one turn around I would say. There was
another one a little later on that probably
changed the trajectory of my career. I’ll
never know but I made a decision to
leave a very large and a very successful
agency and go to a different one. Had I
stayed where I was my career might’ve
been very different. But I’ll never know
and I had my reasons for leaving and I
would do it all again I think.
You were also in AJ and the Queen
with RuPal recently? I had an interview
with Josh Segarra.
I was really fascinated with the
performance of Josh Segarra. He was
so good. I was so pleased to be doing
that show. In terms of the LGBTQ
audience, not too many people know
this but I believe that I played the first
lesbian on television. I did a movie of
the week called “Someone is Watching
Me.” John Carpenter directed it. Lauren
Hutton starred and David Birney and this
would’ve been back
in 1978. It probably
aired in late 78. I think
that was the first time
we’ve ever had a gay
woman character on
screen. It was one of
the reasons I took
the script. It was one
of the things that I
thought John handled
so beautifully. I was
really proud of that
years later. I realize
later that it was
groundbreaking.
It’s like the universe.
What’s meant to
happen happens.
If you could help
me ask you any
question on the
planet what would
that be?
Probably what’s the
most important thing in your life? The
most important thing in my life are my
children and my family and my friends.
The career comes second....or third or
fourth...or someplace down there. I am
very proud of the fact that I’ve been able
to support myself my entire life doing
something I love to do. I don’t know if
proud is the right word, but I am very
aware that that is a gift. I was able to
do what I set out to do, be an actress. I
wanted to earn a living as an actress. I’ve
been able to do that, but what’s most
important are my kids.
Watch the “For The Love Of Jessee” Trailer here:
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BY MATT SUNDERLAND
MR. HOLLYWOOD
HELIX MODEL SETH PETERSON
IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL LA MAN.
HE SKATES, HE SURFS AND HE IS
READY FOR HIS CLOSE UP
Seth Peterson is the ultimate showman. The
moment his director yells action, the captivating
twenty-year old Helix model shines with a
confidence rarely seen in young adult film stars
today. Peterson doesn’t just strip, he swags,
playfully flirting with the camera, shooting his
come-hither eyes and flashing his megawatt,
million-dollar smile. “Being on camera is my
biggest turn on,” he admits.
What’s your favorite way
to chill?
On my couch, watching a
movie or binging on House
M.D.
Favorite body part to
work out?
My abs.
What would fans be
surprised to learn about
you?
I’ve played the piano since I
was five.
It may be because Seth Peterson grew up only
forty minutes from Hollywood in Redondo Beach,
CA. He calls Sherman Oaks home now (even
closer to Hollywood!) and remains the typical
LA guy. He surfs, skates, lives for hanging out
at the beach with friends. But there’s more to
Seth Peterson; lots more as we learned when we
caught up with him on the set of the new Inside
Helix series, available on YouTube.
INTERVIEW
What celebrity are you
often told that you look
like?
Seth Peterson: Tom Cruise.
Really? I would have
guessed Taylor Lautner.
I get that sometimes but
I more often hear Tom
Cruise.
How did you become a
Helix model?
I reached out to Helix on
social media and I was
told to apply online. I
did and soon after, I was
interviewed and soon after
that, I got a text saying I
had been chosen.
If you could switch
lives with someone for
a day who would it be?
Ilana Wexler from
Broad City.
She works as a sales rep
and is usually unhappy
because she barely does
anything while at work.
But she’s free spirited and
smokes a lot of marijuana.
What is your dream job?
I would love to be a
professional sailor.
Like Popeye?
The chicken guy?
Next question. What job
would you never want to
do?
Garbage man.
If you met your dream
man tomorrow, would you
marry him?
No.
What’s the most important
thing you look for in a
guy?
That he is considerate.
Do you prefer he be hairy
or smooth?
Smooth.
If you could go to any
concert, who would you
see?
Tame Impala.
Who?
He is a psychedelic rocker.
What’s your nationality?
I’m half Mexican and half
Caucasian (a little French,
Scottish and Irish).
Are you bilingual?
No.
What’s the best gift
you’ve ever received?
My car. My Grandpa gave
it to me.
What’s the best gift you
have ever given?
I gave my ex-boyfriend a
new skateboard. It came
in handy because, in Los
Angeles, we often have to
park really far away from
home. It saved him some
time.
When did you come out
to your parents?
When I was 15.
How did they react?
They were pretty
supportive.
How did they react
to your being a Helix
model?
I haven’t told them yet.
Do you get recognized
on the street for being a
Helix model?
Not really, no.
What’s your favorite thing
to do when you go back
to your hometown?
Surf and spearfish.
What are you passionate
about?
Trying new things.
Favorite pastime?
Reading.
Boxers or briefs?
Briefs.
Favorite breed of animal?
Snakes.
Not really a breed, but
ok. You are stuck on an
island, naked and afraid.
What is one thing and
who is the one person
you would have with you
on the island?
A typewriter and Stephen
King so he could write me
books to read with the
typewriter.
If Hollywood were to
make a movie of your life,
what would it be called?
Dazed and Confused.
What’s still left to do on
your bucket list?
I’ve yet to sky dive and I
would love to travel more.
Where would you like to
visit?
Hawaii.
What is the meaning
behind your arrow
tattoo?
It was kinda just my first
tattoo and I thought it
would look good.
And the turtle on your
bum?
I got that one after reading
Stephen King’s “It”
because it represents God.
Later I realized it can also
be viewed as a caution sign
to go slow when I bottom.
Does size matter?
Kinda, too big can be scary.
What is one thing you
can’t live without?
Toilet paper.
Guiltiest pleasure?
Sweets!
Where do you like to take
a guy on your first date?
The beach.
Favorite part of a man’s
body?
His butt.
The Helix performer you
most want to shoot with?
Alex Riley.
What one word describes
you best?
Amenable.
When was the last time
you truly splurged on
yourself?
When I bought my new
phone. It was expensive.
What’s the craziest thing
a fan has said to you?
Let me fly you to Dubai.
Final message to fans?
Don’t do drugs.
Learn more about
Seth Peterson at
HelixStudios.com
INTERVIEW BY LOVARI FOR GET OUT MAGAZINE
Lola
Lennox
When I first heard Lola Lennox
singing via an Instagram post,
I was astounded at the various
textures and tones that resonated
through her vocals with each
phrasing. To say that I was
impressed is an understatement.
With the release of her single
“In The Wild”, it solidified my
appreciation for her as both an
artist and songwriter.
The Discovery Channel’s six part
series “Serengeti”, created by
Simon Fuller (American Idol),
includes your vocals as lead on
the title theme, along with other
scenes in the entire score. It’s
very unique as it also reflect’s the
animal’s emotions. Tell me about
that experience.
I worked with Will Gregory of
Goldfrapp on the song. We used
different sounds along with the lyrics
to depict what the animals were
going through. The music was the
key to the stories. Each animal goes
through an individual journey. It is
quite emotional. Their struggle for
survival is real. It’s brutal.
Your song “In
The Wild” is
the first of four
singles you
are planning
to release this
year. What is
the concept
behind the
music video?
Elements of the
video depict
the concept
of the song.
For example,
the grey colors
indicate the
suffocation in a
relationship. The
element of water
in it is to cleans
our sins, so to
speak. As the
video continues,
the coldness and
complications
get replaced
with flowers,
a garden, and
again, places
of water. The
song is based
on a previous
relationship.
How are the new tracks
shaping up? Any working
titles?
We are in the studio working
on some tracks, most recently
“Pale” and “Back At Wrong”.
Each of them have different
spectrums of emotion,
varying from mid tempo and
uptempo. They are all original
and the lyrics come from my
life experiences.
Your tone is amazingly
unique in each phrase of
your two single releases.
That being said, who
are some of your musical
influences?
My musical influences are
emotionally raw and honest
women, including Etta James
and Dusty Springfield. In
regard to current vocalists,
I love Adele, Lana Del Rey,
Florence Welsh, and Sia.
Obviously, music is inclusive
and universal. Would you
like to shout out a message
to our readers?
I want to send out my love to
the LGBTQI community. You
rock guys! I am grateful for
your support.
Lola Lennox was one of the
highlights of Global Citizen’s
One World broadcast,
featuring a performance
with her mother, Annie
Lennox, co-producer of her
new single “Pale”.
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