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Gillian Anderson’s breastfeeding hallucination made me laugh until I looked crazy

Gillian Anderson (Hannibal, The Fall) was on Nerdist this week and beyond hinting at some sort of revival of X-Files (#xfiles2015) and being all sorts of smart and charming, she told a story about nearly being driven mad by her engorged [postpartum] breasts while on the set of the original series that made me laugh […]

“Transgender Funnyman” Ian Harvie on Amazon’s Golden Globe winner “Transparent”

Note [January 12, 2015]: Since publishing this interview last week, Transparent won a Golden Globe for Best TV Comedy. Star Jeffrey Tambor also won a Golden Globe for his performance in the show. For those unfamiliar with the award, it’s like a mashup of the Oscars and the Emmys, only the awards show portion is […]

Kyle Poissonnier discusses Katalyst, State of the State, and his overall outlook on everything

In addition to being known for his clothing brand Katalyst, Kyle Poissonnier organized State of the State—a sizable, multi-act concert event—at the State Theater last summer. State of the State will take place again this summer, and it is just one of the many projects Poissonnier has on his plate. Katalyst is launching a limited […]

Let’s make Portland [Nerd] famous.

Long story short: Let’s get Marc Maron’s and the Nerdist’s live shows to come to Portland. A couple weeks ago I posted an excerpt from Nerdist’s interview with Anna Kendrick where Kendrick discussed her upbringing in Portland and some folks were upset with what was perceived as a lack of enthusiasm for our town. While […]

Anna Kendrick discusses her Portland upbringing [and probably Videoport] on Nerdist

Everyone was crapping their pants about Portland’s appearance on Forbes’s annoyingly titled “America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods” list last week, but I was more excited to hear that Famous Portlander / big time actress Anna Kendrick briefly discussed her time growing up in Maine’s largest city during her appearance on Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist podcast. Kendrick has […]