012 Thad Cockrell - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville

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03/19/21 • 58 min

In this episode Bonnie talks to singer/songwriter, Thad Cockrell, who after years of being a professional musician touring and playing with some of the best in music, found himself being "discovered" again recently by talk show host Jimmy Fallon. Jimmyheard Thad's song "Swingin'" at a hardware store during the COVID-19 pandemic, and used Shazam to find the track, and was so drawn to it that he invited Thad to perform on the show. On January 28, 2021, he appeared on The Today Show. On the same day, the single hit Number 1 on iTunes songs charts, and the album “If In Case You Feel The Same” hit Number 2 on the album charts after already being out for over a year. A true artist who has lived and stood by his beliefs, this is a real Second Act story, and shows that you never know what can happen if you believe in yourself and don't give up. You never know what’s around the corner. And if you’re gonna go down - you better go down Swingin'!

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011 Andrew Fleming - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville

In this episode Bonnie talks with her friend, writer / director / producer – and recent Golden Globe nominee – Andrew Fleming. Back in 1998, Andrew directed the pilot for Grosse Pointe, Bonnie’s very first TV pilot and series, and was a central figure in the crazy story of how Bonnie ended up on the show. Since his one-in-a-million start to his career (he sold his first script while he was still in NYU film school), he’s been through it all in this business. With successes in film (The Craft, Dick, Threesome) and TV (Emily In Paris, Younger, Insatiable), Andrew has enough stories to fill a dozen podcasts. Truly an inspiring episode about being yourself, no matter what and listening to your intuition with a big dose of self exploration, humility and a relentless sense of humor.

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013 Darrell Redleaf - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville

In this episode Bonnie talks to her long time friend, award winning hair and makeup artist, photographer and producer, Darrell Redleaf. Darrell has worked with everyone in the biz from Faye Dunaway to Oscar award winner Helen Hunt to Joss Stone to even Bonnie herself. Recently, he did the reboot of “Saved by the Bell” for NBC/Peacock, “Mixed-ish” on ABC, and “Blindspotting” on STARZ, and has several new projects in the pipeline as Executive Producer at Studio77. As a Locoda/Hidatsa oracle and “spirit”, Darrell’s journey is a very unique one, starting on Native American lands before ultimately winding its way to Hollywood. He’s a true master of his craft and has been through it all – managing to do it with honesty, humor, and truly being himself no matter what. You don’t want to miss this one!

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