The McAuley Tucker Show

Dive into the world of viral entertainment and social media stardom with Daniel Merrifield, the creator and host of The Movie Dweeb, in this dynamic 30-minute episode of The McAuley Tucker Show! Daniel, former producer for Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, reveals the secrets behind his viral interviews with A-listers like Jim Carrey, Margot Robbie, and Steven Spielberg. From mooning Jim Carrey to crafting fan-favorite formats like Snack Wars, Daniel’s chaotic humor and storytelling prowess shine through. Perfect for fans of The Movie Dweeb, aspiring content creators, and pop culture enthusiasts, this episode offers an unfiltered look at the creative process behind Daniel’s millions of views across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Keywords: Daniel Merrifield, The Movie Dweeb, LADbible, Capital FM, viral interviews, social media content, entertainment production, The McAuley Tucker ShowPublished: September 30th | Duration: 30m

Go behind the scenes of animated storytelling with screenwriter and director Todd Edwards on The McAuley Tucker Show! Todd shares his journey crafting the beloved music in animated hit Hoodwinked! the art of writing and directing dynamic films that captivate audiences worldwide. Perfect for Hoodwinked! fans, aspiring screenwriters, and filmmakers, this episode offers a glimpse into the creative process behind Todd’s cinematic achievements. Tune in for an engaging look at his role in shaping unforgettable animated adventures!Keywords: Todd Edwards, Hoodwinked!, screenwriting, film directing, animation, The McAuley Tucker ShowPublished: August 28th | Duration: 55m

Dinesh Thyagarajan plays Malik “Mali” Ali, a humble Metropolis falafel vendor whose kindness toward Superman makes him a quiet hero in Superman (2025). Mali’s bravery in the face of Lex Luthor’s cruelty cements him as one of the film’s most poignant characters, with his scene standing out as one of the most emotionally impactful in the entire film to critics and fans. His performance has been praised by director James Gunn.Grace Chan is a Chinese-Australian American actress and dancer making her feature film breakthrough in Superman (2025) as Superman Robot #12. A loyal mechanical aide in the Fortress of Solitude, #12 brings a touch of humor and personality to the team of Kryptonian robots, memorable for her enthusiastic line, “He looked at me!”

Nicholas Tabarrok is a film producer who started his producing career with smaller unusual films, made in his native Canada. Later, larger budget films were made in America, or funded by Americans. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Tabarrok was skilled at finding funding from government sources, citing his 2018 film Stockholm, as an example. Stockholm received funding help from Sweden due to casting Noomi Rapace, and other Swedish actors, and received funding help from Canada, where it was filmed. It reported that American actor Ethan Hawke was the only actor to film any scenes in Sweden—all establishing exterior shots.

Michael Buie, better known online as Kanye East (also known as ThaEastMan or MikeManik), is an American YouTuber who uploads a wide range of music videos and comical skits to his channel. He is known for rapping comments on his TikTok livestreams and viewers started calling him Kanye East. Some of his most popular songs include "Fortnite Ballz" and "Sussy Sussy". He uploads new music consistently on all music streaming platforms with "Monkey" in December 2023 including a feature by Half Deezy in December 2023 and his first EP release in March 2024 titled "The MikeManik EP".

Hiram Garcia is a seasoned environmental consultant, part-time actor, and lifelong learner whose journey has spanned continents, industries, and even a fictional Minecraft universe. With over 25 years of hands-on experience in environmental science and health and safety management, Garcia has built a reputation as a trusted expert in contamination site investigation, remediation, and risk assessment. Yet beyond his analytical prowess and technical leadership lies an unexpected twist—he’s also made appearances on screen, most recently as the memorably indifferent gym and art teacher Clemente Gunchie in the much-anticipated A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Gerardo Davila was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and grew up in Garland, TX. He's 1st generation, the oldest of five children and the first of his family to become an actor in the United States. In his late teens he applied his music background and formed a rap group called Latin Royalty that performed in and around the Dallas scene. After the group broke up, he later went solo as Master G. He later attended the University of North Texas studying Radio-TV-Film, subsequently giving up his musical aspirations as a young adult and began his acting career at the age of 29 jumping right into theatre at Teatro Dallas working with his first mentor and friend Cora Cardona. In 2004 he joined acting group Class Act Dallas, he trained there weekly for 16 years under the tutelage of his late mentor Daniel Foster. He attributes his success to being bilingual, consistent training, persistence, patience and dedication. In 2015 he met another great mentor, the late Marta Dubois in Los Angeles. In the Fall of 2019, he was accepted and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where he trained with Brigit Panet, Andrew Tidmarsh and Salvatore Sorce. He continues to return and train at RADA. Over the last 18 years he consistently books film and television roles, national and regional commercials, spokeperson, print and voiceover for video games and anime. Gerardo has also been a mentor and private acting coach for over 10 years. He has appeared in many television shows such as Chicago Fire, Better Call Saul, Cobra Kai and The Vampire Diaries. In 2021 he landed his first recurring role in Paramount's TV drama Long Slow Exhale. Among recent feature films he's starred in include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 & The Suicide Squad by director James Gunn, Root Letter, Adam The First and Ghoster. Gerardo is in pre-production for his directorial debut.

Scott Ross (born November 20, 1951) is an American digital media executive with a career spanning three decades. In the 1980s he led George Lucas' companies and in 1993 he founded, along with James Cameron and Stan Winston, Digital Domain, Inc., one of the largest digital production studios in the motion picture and advertising industries.[citation needed]In the 1980s Ross was general manager of Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) and under his leadership, ILM won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Innerspace, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss, Death Becomes Her). The company re-organized in 1991 and Ross was named senior vice president of the LucasArts Entertainment Company, which comprised Skywalker Sound, LucasArts Commercial Productions, LucasArts Attractions, EditDroid/SoundDroid and ILM.Under Ross' direction, from 1993 to 2006, Digital Domain garnered two Academy Awards and three nominations, receiving its first Oscar in 1997 for the ground-breaking visual effects in Titanic. That was followed by a second Oscar for What Dreams May Come. Digital Domain received additional nominations for True Lies, Apollo 13 and I, Robot and won three Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for its proprietary software.Digital Domain's Commercials Division has established itself as the premier visual effects studio in the advertising industry. With Fortune 500 clients such as Nike, American Express, Gatorade, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Mercedes-Benz, the Commercials Division has garnered dozens of Clio Awards. In addition to the visual effects divisions, Mr. Ross launched Digital Domain Films, a feature film production division. The first feature film produced by Ross was the New Line Cinema release Secondhand Lions which achieved both critical and box office success. In 2006, as Digital Domain's CEO and Chairman, Ross sold Digital Domain to Wyndcrest Holdings led by film director, Michael Bay, and his partner John Textor.At present, Ross sits on multiple boards and is an advisor to companies and schools such as the Beijing Film Academy, Lenovo Computers, DeTao Masters Academy in Shanghai, Eyellusion (a holographic live concert touring production company) and is a co-founder of Trojan Horse Was A Unicorn. the world's leading digital artist conference which takes place in Malta. Ross also continues developing film screenplays that focus on the pressing issues of the day.A native of New York City, Ross began his career in media studies at Hofstra University, where he graduated with a BS in communication arts in 1974. He returned to Hofstra in June 1997 to receive an honorary doctorate degree from his alma mater. Ross is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCARS) and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (EMMYS). He has worked on over 100 of the world's largest special effects films and has lectured extensively about the creative process, content and technology in over 30 countries around the world.Read His New Book Here:https://www.amazon.com/UPSTART-DIGITAL-REVOLUTION-MANAGING-UNMANAGEABLE/dp/1836636911

Mark DeCarlo is an American actor, television host, comedian, travel, internet personality, and foodie expert. He is currently known for being a contributor to WLS-TV morning show Windy City Live, a locally produced Chicago program that replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show following its 2011 ending. DeCarlo has been awarded three local Emmy Awards for his work on Windy City Live.DeCarlo's first major exposure came in 1991 when he became host of the dating game show Studs. He is also known for providing the voice of Hugh Neutron, the title character's father in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius for Nickelodeon and for portraying Alec Berg in the Seinfeld episode, “The Face Painter”. DeCarlo authored “A Fork on the Road: 400 Cities, 1 Stomach” which is a comedic travelogue & cook book published by Lyons Press.DeCarlo rose to influencer-style fame on the internet in July 2021 when Hugh Neutron gained a meme-centric cult following, in an attempt to get the Jimmy Neutron character into the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl video game.

Lou Romano (born April 15, 1972) is an American animator and voice actor. He did design work on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and he provided the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snot Rod in Cars, and Alfredo Linguini in Ratatouille.Romano had an interest in drawing and painting at an early age and studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout junior high and high school. He studied acting at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). After graduating in 1990 he studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He then completed workshops at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He later went on to work as an art director and designer for animated projects, such as The Powerpuff Girls and The Iron Giant.In 2000, Romano joined Pixar as the production designer of The Incredibles, for which he won an Annie Award in 2005. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Gallery at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City and has been published on the cover of The New Yorker. In 2009, Romano left Pixar to work at Laika in Portland, Oregon. Lou and his wife reside in the Bay Area.

Cory Edwards (born August 21, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for directing, co-writing, and voice acting in Hoodwinked (2005), and for co-writing and voice acting in the 2011 sequel Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. He is the older brother of screenwriter/director Todd Edwards and film producer Katie Hooten.

Harrison Houde (/huːd/; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician. He is best known for his first acting role as Darren Walsh in the 2010 American film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and for his role as 'Bowie' in the sitcom Some Assembly Required. He has also composed original scores, which have aired on TV internationally, and is a synth-wave music producer under the alias Tokyo Rat. He is the son of fellow actor Serge Houde.

Derek Laurence Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Derek Minor and former stage name PRo, (born December 16, 1984) is an American Christian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and screenwriter. He co-founded the hip-hop record label Reflection Music Group (RMG) with Doc Watson, and signed to Reach Records in a joint venture between the two labels in 2011. In 2012, Johnson announced that he had changed his stage name from Pro to Derek Minor. In 2014, he announced that as his two-album contract with Reach was complete, he would no longer be publishing releases through that label.He is a founding member of the hip-hop group R.M.G. on Reflection, and was formerly a member of the Reach hip-hop collective 116 Clique. Johnson has released six studio albums and six mixtapes as a solo artist, as well as one studio album each with the groups R.M.G. and 116 Clique. His second studio album, Redemption, charted at No. 8 on the Billboard Gospel chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Top Christian chart. His third studio album, Dying to Live, debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on the Top Christian chart, No. 2 on the Gospel Albums chart, No. 7 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and No. 11 on the Top Rap chart. His fourth album, Minorville, released in 2013 debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Rap Albums chart and No. 7 on the Top Christian chart. He partnered with Entertainment One to release his fifth album, Empire, that debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Rap Albums chart and No. 1 on the Top Christian chart. His sixth album, Reflection, entered the Billboard Rap Albums chart at No. 5 and the Top Christian chart at No. 7. Reflection's single "Change the World" featuring Hollyn reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot AC/CHR chart.Johnson's film and television work includes the three-part webseries "Dying to Live" and the short documentary films Redemption and Welcome to the Family Documentary. Johnson also was featured as the title character in the video game Altered Pro, released under Reach Records.

Lake Markham is a writer, musician, and photographer based in Chicago, IL. With a background in the intersection of art and philosophy, his work explores postmodern alienation, the relationship between creator and created, and the hermeneutic continuity of existence.He often writes about chili. His work has been published by ExPat Press, Apocalypse Confidential, and Zero Readers, among others. He is currently working on a forthcoming novel, Lo Siento, as well as a cross-genre collection of writing about Chicago. He is also known for roles like “Dade” in “The Filthy Frank Show” and the creator/actor of “Dave” in “The Bald Internet Man."

Stephen Anderson is an American animator, storyboard artist, film director, screenwriter, and voice actor, who, for Disney, made his feature-film directorial debut with the 2007 Disney animated feature film Meet the Robinsons, where he also provided the voice of Bowler Hat Guy, Bud, and Tallulah Robinson. He was also a co-director in the 2011 Disney animated feature film Winnie the Pooh and voiced Kai in the 2013 Disney animated feature film Frozen and its 2019 sequel Frozen II. Before all that, he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1999, as a story artist on Tarzan.

Christiaan Houtenbos is one of the world's most premier hair stylists known for his innovative and influential work in the fashion industry. He is a hairdresser whose work has been featured in such publications as Interview  and Vogue. Born Piet Houtenbos, Christiaan began cutting hair at his father’s barber shop in Holland. He has cut hair for five decades for clients like Debbie Harry, Grace Jones and Lady Gaga.

Ruby Barnhill (born 16 July 2004) is an English actress. She played the lead role of Sophie in Disney's live-action adaptation of The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg, in 2016. She also subsequently provided the voice of Mary Smith in the English dub of 2017's Mary and the Witch's Flower, a film from Studio Ponoc directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.

Brent Simons is a key contributor to the creation of both Megamind and Penguins of Madagascar, lending his talent and expertise to the writing process of these beloved DreamWorks films.

Mark Christopher Lawrence (born May 22, 1964) is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat. He has appeared in popular films such as Child's Play 3 (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Sprung (1997), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and The Island (2005).Lawrence is best known for his role as Big Mike on the series Chuck. He has made guest appearances on many television programs, most notably Heroes, My Name Is Earl, Crossing Jordan, Dharma & Greg, Malcolm in the Middle, Touched by an Angel, Malcolm & Eddie, Men Behaving Badly, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Good Luck Charlie and Martin. He is also featured on the radio series Adventures in Odyssey as "Ed Washington".

Andy Luther is a Chicago based actor who has appeared in multiple Stage, Television, Film, and Commercial productions. He most known for his role as "Brian Douglas" in "Batman: The Dark Knight." He also appeared in viral video "Man Locks Himself In Hot Car To Prove That Babies And Dogs Are Cowards."