Inside The Oscars with Puck's Matt Belloni - LA Mag

Bryan and Gina reconnect to discuss their respective weekends including Gina's mind numbing statistics homework and Bryan's proud father moment attending his daughter Tessa's first baseball game. They also discuss some of the entertainment they've been consuming recently with Gina's household diving heavily into old episodes of 'The Twilight Zone' while Bryan hit the theaters for the new much discussed Alex Garland offering 'Civil War'.

Bryan and Gina link up to discuss their weeks which saw Bryan off to a sporting goods store for some unique purchases and Gina off to the Inland Empire for some quasi-extreme sporting fun. Later they welcome in their guest this week, someone who is very near and dear to Gina, her plastic surgeon Dr. Elise Min. They discuss Dr. Min's methodology of how a surgery comes about from a patient's initial meeting with her patient care coordinator all the way to their post operative follow up with Dr. Min, and more.

Bryan and Gina reunite to catch up after their respective vacations where Bryan's family headed to Scottsdale, AZ and Gina and her husband headed back Kansas City to visit Gina's mom and hometown friends. After recapping their trips Bryan treats us to a special review of a star-studded Documentary film he recently watched exploring the life and career of Los Angeles radio legend Phil Hendrie.

With Bryan away on location Gina Grad rolls solo to start off this week's episode reminiscing about her weekend and specifically the adventures of KidBoy and Lady. Gina then welcomes in our amazing guest and CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation Anousheh Ansari to discuss her extensive work though XPRIZE and their mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity through incentivized competition. They also discuss Anousheh's groundbreaking eleven days in space working on the International Space Station as first self-funded woman to visit space and the first Iranian ever to visit space.

Bryan and Gina link up to recount their weekends that were meant to be spent together but were called off at the last minute thanks to an L.A. staple, traffic. They discuss what they each did instead and highlight how they'll be making their make up plans in the near future. They then welcome on Elementary School Counselor Jamie Weddle for a wide ranging discussion about his role mentoring and helping kids aged T-K to 5th grade and what he's learned along the way.

Bryan and Gina reconnect to discuss their respective weekends including Bryan's attentive watching of and thoughts on The Oscars and Gina's third (or fourth) visit to Good Day L.A. with a curveball thrown in for good measure. Gina also describes her experience at a magical hotel and water park that had her howling at the moon and counting herself as a member of the Wolf Pack. Later they welcome in award show gifting guru Lash Fary to get the low down on Oscar gift bags and the in's and out's of delivering the beautiful gifts to the beautiful people each awards season. To watch this episode on YouTube go to the LAMag YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/losangelesmagazinevideos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe while you’re there!

Bryan and Gina catch up on their week's including Bryan's daughter's third experience at Little Kitchen Academy Los Angeles with a surprising menu item at Gina's wild trip to Orange County to celebrate a friend's birthday. They then welcome in entertainment insider and friend of the show Matt Belloni to get a behind the scenes look at this weekend's Oscars ceremony. They discuss the likely winners, the logistics of actually going to the show in person and a fun game that Matt had to play in his former job when trying to report on executives attending the show. To watch this episode on YouTube go to the LAMag YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/losangelesmagazinevideos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe while you’re there!

Gina and Bryan connect to update each other on their respective weekend escapades including an unusual large item pickup find as well as a trip to see the famed Harlem Globetrotters. Later they welcome in professional matchmaker Claire Wexler to learn about the business of matchmaking, how Claire met her husband in an unexpected way and best practices for enticing potential mates in the digital age. To watch this episode on YouTube go to the LAMag YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/losangelesmagazinevideos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe while you’re there!

Bryan and Gina reunite to discuss their wet Los Angeles weekends which saw Bryan staying in and discovering a new favorite for pizza delivery while Gina and her husband dined out at one of L.A.'s oldest and most famous Italian haunts, Musso & Frank. They then welcome in FOX 11's resident meteorologist Jonathan Novack to get a sense of what's been causing the extremely wet conditions in Southern California lately and if they're likely to persist. Jonathan helps us understand everything from an atmospheric river to a Pineapple Express and much more. To watch this episode on YouTube go to the LAMag YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/losangelesmagazinevideos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe while you’re there!

Bryan and Gina reconnect on the heels of a very close and emotionally charged Super Bowl with Bryan dejected and Gina looking forward to collecting on the dinner bet she won. After a quick recap of their weekends which included attending Los Angeles Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2024 event they welcome in Los Angeles Magazine Deputy Editor Jasmin Rosemberg to continue the discussion and hear about Jasmin's instrumental role in helping craft the event. To watch this episode on YouTube go to the LAMag YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/losangelesmagazinevideos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe while you’re there!