Australian hairstylist Tabatha Coffey has been reinventing businesses across the country on Bravo and is finishing up her hit show Tabatha Takes Over for another season.
First competing on Shear Genius on television then led to a salon takeover show. With a knack for business savvy and a talent for seeing through the problems, Coffey is one to watch on reality TV.
Her book It’s Not Really About the Hair described her life growing up around drag queens and being openly lesbian. No matter what endeavor she takes on she seems to have the magic touch.
We chatted on the phone about the new season of her show before it began.
JN: (Jerry Nunn) Hey, Tabatha. It’s your favorite reporter from Chicago on the phone!
TC: (Tabatha Coffey) I know it is.
JN: This season looks as gay as ever with a drag queen playing you on one episode. Where was that?
TC: Oh, it was fabulous. It was here in California in Riverside at a nightclub that I took over. Morgan McMichaels is actually a friend of mine as well. Now I know where I can turn if I ever get sick or need a day off, Morgan’s my girl because she is fabulous at being me.
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Kandi Burrus has goned from R&B singer to actress, then record producer and finally a reality television star. She combines all of that in a new show. From the group Xscape to the Real Housewives of Atlanta, Burrus always seems to land on top.
Now Burrus is ready to help 16 contestants build their dreams on Kandi Factory her latest project. She brings a history of such hits as “No Scrubs” and “Bills, Bills, Bills” to the table. With such vast experience she takes these budding music stars to a whole new level on a competition reality show.
Nunn talked to her right before the season kicked off.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Kandi. I interviewed you at a club in Chicago a while ago. How is the Chicago contestant on the Kandi Factory?
Kandi Burrus: Oh yeah, I actually lover Mathew Cash. I can’t tell you everything that happens of course but Matthew is a rapper and he actually writes his own lyrics. I knew that he was serious about his craft so I didn’t want people to take him as a joke. So I wasn’t even going to attempt to try to write his raps for him or anything like that.
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Playing the unforgettable Peggy Bundy in the Fox comedy Married…with Children brought her Katey Sagal into the national spotlight but that was only the beginning for her. She voiced Leela in the cartoon Futurama then led the cast of 8 Simple Rules even after John Ritter’s death.
She has found new success playing Gemma Teller Morrow in the FX drama Sons of Anarchy in which she won a Golden Globe.
We talked to Sagal right before she hit the road on tour with the cast bringing her singing voice to the forefront.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Katey, great to finally talk to you on the phonee.
Katey Sagal: Great talking to you. Where are you?
JN: Chicago. You are out singing on this Sons of Anarchy tour. Many of the mainstream public may not know you sing.
KS: Right.
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Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz is bringing back body art for the reality show Best Ink with season two. He is guiding 12 of the nation’s top tattoo artists in challenges as they compete for the top spot. The winner of the Oxygen Channel’s show gets $100,000 and a cover story in Tattoo Magazine.
Wentz is in good company with Sabina Kelley come back for a second season and a new judge joins the cast Hannah Aitchison.
Nunn talked to Wentz about tattoos and music on a phone interview before the show began.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Pete. How are you? I’m calling from Chicago!
Pete Wentz: Nice! I like that.
JN: You guys just put on a huge show here. It was amazing with everybody waiting down the block.
PW: Oh wow, thank you.
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American Idol has never been the same since Nicki Minaj took over judging for the twelfth season. The rapper from Trinidad has always danced to the beat of her own drum. Her debut album Pink Friday made her the first female solo artist to have seven singles on the Billboard 100 at the same time. Roman Reloaded her second album with “Starships” as a single became her highest peaking song on the charts and took her around the world on tour.
The reality game show American Idol has been one of the most successful shows on public television ever. Many major recording artists have come from the competition including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson. The current season has Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Keith Urban along with Minaj on the judging panel.
Love her or hate her she has become one of the most controversial personalities on television currently and always gives people something to talk about.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Nicki. Happy pink Monday to you.
Nicki Minaj: Thank you.
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Thom Filicia shot into the spotlight as the interior designer on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Afterwards he began his writing career with a book from the series and now is out promoting his latest American Beauty.
He has had several successful television shows on the Style Network including Dress My Nest and Tacky House. He is the featured talent on the HGTV Network.
Filicia heads his own company Thom Filicia, Inc in New York City.
Nunn on the Run grabbed a chance to interview him while at a book signing in the Merchandise Mart at Kohler.
Jerry Nunn: It’s the Thom and Jerry Show!
Thom Filicia: People always say T-h-o-m is so pretentious. This is the true story. My brother’s name is Julius. He is older than me and when he was a little kid we called him “Julie” then later “Jules.” We were walking through the mall and I told him not to call me “Tommy” anymore that I want to be called “Tom.” He thought that was lame and boring so he pointed at the Thom Mcan Shoe Store and told me to spell it that way.
There is nothing pretentious about my name. Its origins go back to the mall! I think my brother wanted my name to be as equally dysfunctional as his. [laughs] Afterwards I started signing my name like that in school.
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Welsh actor Matthew Rhys made a lasting impression as Kevin Walker in the ABC family show Brothers & Sisters.
On the big screen he starred in Julie Taymor’s Titus then played Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love.
His latest project is the FX drama series The Americans where he stars as Phillip Jennings. The Americans also stars Keri Russell and follows a story set in the 1980’s about Cold War KGB agents.
We talked about the series while in the midst of filming the new FX hit on the phone.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Matthew. Did you always want to be an actor?
MR: I’m not sure, that might be a chicken or egg question. When I was growing up I sort of wanted to be all these sort of classic boyhood things like a soldier and a cowboy. I think there must have been a point when I realized if I was an actor I could play all those parts and then go home at the end of the day. That’s the glory, in a way, of doing this crazy, maniacal job is that you do get the opportunity to live out boyhood fantasies and at the moment I’m checking the box off on the spy one.
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