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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”

Available now on digital platforms


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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO

CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT

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

I PHOTOS look to some BY BILLY of my pop HESS stars and Pop

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.

BILLY PORTER @ PRIDEFESTIVAL

You know what, I can tell.

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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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO

CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT

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:

https://youtu.be/_JSYDn582Tk


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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