Diany Rodriguez is a rising actress and a co-founder of CREAT who has made it her mission as a creative to use her platform and craft to bring much-needed stories to the forefront. Her latest project, The Valet, is no different. Starring opposite Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving, The Valet finds Diany stepping into the shoes of an activist who is fighting for her community and against gentification. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Diany about her career, The Valet, and more. PC: How did you discover your
Jon Prasida is an up-and-coming talent who’s making his presence known on a global scale. His past credits include Hiding, Tomorrow, When the War Began, and Reckoning. But he’s best known for his breakout role in the CW’s Kung Fu. Adapted from the popular ’70s series, Kung Fu follows a young Chinese-American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), whose quarter-life crisis causes her to drop out of school and make a life-changing journey to a monastery in China. When she makes her return home, she discovers that her town has been
Willa Fitzgerald has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses. She’s brought compelling stories and characters to life in projects including Royal Pains, Scream: The TV Series, Little Women, Reacher, House of Cards, and Dare Me. Her latest film, 18 1/2, finds Willa stepping into the shoes of a White House transcriber who is thrust into the Watergate scandal after she obtains the only copy of the infamous eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in Nixon’s tapes. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Willa about 18 1/2, her love for independent
Christina Lauren is a pen name for best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The author duo writes young adult and adult fiction, and they have a total of seventeen New York Times best-selling books. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to get the opportunity to interview them about their most recent book, Something Wilder. PC: To start, please tell our readers about your novel, Something Wilder. Christina Lauren: Hi! Thank you for having us! We are so excited for Something Wilder, which came out May 17th. It’s a book we wrote