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Tola Talks Jennifer Lawrence & Mockingjay, Part 1

Tola Talks about our debut show on youtube.com/tolatalks and all things Movie Mondays, including the review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 starring Jennifer Lawrence.Rich also talks about katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks, Oscar Robertson, Charles Darwin and Survival of the Fittest, JFK and memorable quotes, Black Friday and new deals from Dell, Microsoft and Staples, the 10 Most Educated Cities in America, plus gives the Get Your S#!T Together Award to the woman from Australia who left her baby to die in a sewage drain.

Weekdays on youtube.com.tolatalks

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Tola Talks w/ Hollywood Casting Directors Mockrin & Walters

 

Tola Talks about our final show on LATalkRadio before moving to YouTube.com/TolaTalks.

On this special Farewell Friday, Rich interviews Hollywood Casting Directors Kevin Mockrin & Karina Walters, and talks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, former New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio & Dallas Cowboy Troy Aikman, Bjork & Carley Jepsen, Goldie Hawn & the late (and great) Harold Ramis, plus Tweety Bird and all things Hollywood, including the Get Your S#!T Together Award given to sitcom star and comedian, Bill Cosby (for obvious reasons).

Tola Talks' Rich Tola with Kevin Mockrin & Karina Walters of Hollywood's Mockrin/Walters Casting
Tola Talks’ Rich Tola with Kevin Mockrin & Karina Walters of Hollywood’s Mockrin/Walters Casting
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Tola Talks w/ Founder of Stage 32, Richard (RB) Botto

 

Tola Talks with Founder & CEO Richard (RB) Botto of Stage 32, the ultimate social networking web site for the entertainment industry, as well as entertains us with the latest news including the Irish Rock Band U2’s Bono requiring surgery from a bicycling accident, the new Jeep Renegade selling for well below $20,000, and the passing of legendary Hollywood Director, Mike Nichols. On Throwback Thursdays, Rich also talks about moving the show over to YouTube.com/TolaTalks Monday, November 24th and takes us back to the highlights of 1963.

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Tola Talks w/ Founder of Elevate My Brand, Laurel Mintz

 

Tola Talks about People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (Chris Hemsworth), the Genesha-like “God Boy” from India born with 4 arms and 4 legs, the “act of passion” shooting death of Beauty Queen Miss Honduras, the record-breaking snowfall throughout the Northeastern US that has claimed at least 7 lives, plus the GYST Award to a New York man for hanging 25 dead cats from a tree. On Whatever Wednesdays, Rich also interviews the Founder of Elevate My Brand, Laurel Mintz, and discusses the importance of maximizing your brand and what it takes to stay current with the latest trends. Watch weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

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Tola Talks w/ Social Media Expert & Publicist Jana Khamo

 

Tola Talks about The Oxford Dictionary & 2014’s Word of the Year (Vape), Senior citizens & the Milken Institute’s Best Cities for Successful Aging report (Madison, WI ranked #1), police brutality & rape in Ferguson, MO, the Honduran Beauty Queen and the search for her whereabouts weeks before the Miss World pageant, plus the Get Your S#!T Together Award goes to the 26 year-old woman who’s marrying the notorious 80-year killer with a cult following,Charles Manson. Rich also talks all things Social Media & Public Relations with our Tola Talks publicist, Jana Khamo. Weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

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Tola Talks Movie Mondays & Dumb and Dumber To

 

Tola Talks about the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Matthew McConaughey’s new star, November’s icy blast with plummeting temperatures throughout the US, Australian TV Hosts wearing the same suit for an entire year, intimate French kissing that transfers more than 80 million bacteria, and the surging homeless population of America’s children. On Movie Mondays, Rich also reviews the number one film at the box office, Dumb and Dumber To, starringJim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and gives the Get Your SH!T Together Award to a disrespectful NFL fan in New Orleans. Weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

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Tola Talks w/ The Voice Rapper/Singer Moses Stone

Tola Talks with the first ever MC/rapper and singer/songwriter to appear on NBC’s The Voice, Moses Stone. Rich talks about what’s it’s like to be mentored by Christina Aguilera & Lionel Richie, catastrophic medical emergencies at West Virginia University, Ebola patients in West Africa coming to America for treatment, and the US Postal Service electing their first ever female Postmaster General. On Top 10 Fridays, Rich also lists his Top 10 Male MC-Rappers of All Time and plays two songs from Moses (including one with Lisa Scinta from The Voice).

Watch weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

Tola Talks' Rich Tola with Rapper/Singer from NBC's The Voice, Moses Stone.
Tola Talks’ Rich Tola with MC/Rapper/Singer from NBC’s The Voice, Moses Stone.
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Tola Talks Throwback Thursday and the Year 2006

 

Tola Talks about Eminem, Clayton Kershaw, Dwight Gooden (aka Dr. K), Mariano Rivera, Evander Holyfield, Paget Brewster, Gerald Butler, Whoopi Goldberg, Warren Buffet (buying Duracell Battery), Kim Kardashian (nude pictures), Walmart, Black Friday, and Takata (exploding airbags). On Throwback Thursdays, Rich takes us back to 2006 – the year he entered the Entertainment Business and became a Yoga teacher – and gives the Get Your S#!T Together Award to a Polish woman for having a threesome with her two lovers she hired to kill her husband. Watch weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

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Tola Talks w/ Motivational Speaker & Attorney Paul Finizio

 

Tola Talks about daring descents in outer space to land on a comet speeding at 35,000 MPH, baby elephants in Zambia surviving a 14-lion attack, RIP tributes to Mrs. Wolowitz (Carol Ann Susi) of The Big Bang Theory and Big Bank Hank (Henry Jackson) of the Sugar Hill Gang, billionaire booty calls for Kim Kardashian West, and Happy 30th Anniversary to the Queen of Pop, Madonna, for her Live a Virgin album of 1984. On Whatever Wednesdays, Rich also talks with attorney and motivational speaker, Paul Finizio about “Evolving and not Revolving” plus the importance of family as well as preserving and promoting Italian culture to kids in Florida.

Watch weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks.

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Tola Talks Veterans Day w/ Americana Band, Gun Hill Royals

 

Tola Talks about America’s history and salutes the military service men and women with a special Veterans Day tribute including freebies for Vets throughout the country, lesser know facts about WWII, Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz and his 5-year plan to employ 10,000 Vets, plus the all-star Concert for Valor tonight in Washington D.C. headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson & Carrie Underwood. On Acoustic Tuesdays, Rich also interviews the Country-Americana band from LA, The Gun Hill Royals, who perform live.

Weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks

Tola Talks' Rich Tola with Gun Hill Royals bandmates Austin MacNutt & Kyle Wyman
Tola Talks’ Rich Tola with Gun Hill Royals bandmates, Austin MacNutt & Kyle Wyman