I need some help and this post will be my pitch for job consideration. I was an on-air team member for Whoopi Goldberg's national weekday morning radio show from 2006 to 2008. Most of our group got laid off when the show was cancelled. I got a TV job in 2010. I got laid off from that one a few months later. I've been seeking steady employment ever since. You might say, "Can't your agent help you?" Well, I do not have a broadcast agent. I met with several in New York City, but they all turned me down. I had to get my own auditions. In my career, I've been extremely blessed in getting work opportunities because someone mentioned my name or got in touch and gave me a chance. My wish is to get steady employment so I can pay my debts, help take care of my mother and help out a couple of other very dear family members.
I'm a veteran network TV host, entertainment reporter, film reviewer and celebrity interviewer. I'm a former national talk show host.
I'm a writer, a segment producer and I'm a veteran of entertaining man-on-the street segments. I've done speaking roles in national TV commercials and comic acting as a recurring satirical news character for THE ONION. Film is my passion. I was the first black person to have his own prime time celebrity talk show on VH1. I'm one of the few black people who's been a weekly entertainment editor/film critic on a network news TV show. No brag. Just fact.
Take a look at my work. Keep me in mind. Mention my name. Tell a good agent about me. First up is a clip from when I was entertainment editor for a live weekday ABC News magazine show called LIFETIME LIVE. Yes, I got that job on my own too.
Actor Michael Shannon played the protective father of a sweet child being hunted because of his supernatural gift. I talked to Shannon about this year's sci-fi thriller, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, and his career.
And if you want proof that I had my own talk show on VH1, here you are.
IF there was big surprise and I booked a network TV gig that paid very well, I want to make a sizeable donation to New York City's chapter of the Actors Fund so I can help others the way I've been helped: ActorsFund.org.
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