JetWit is proud to announce that JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) is now the official Music Q&A and Perfoming Arts Q&A reporter for Examiner.com‘s national page! Kicking off his new channels are exclusive interviews with Academy Award-winning songwriter Randy Newman and filmmaker Kevin Smith.

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Fresh off winning an Academy Award five days ago for his song “We Belong Together” in the Disney/Pixar smash Toy Story 3, legendary songwriter and composer Randy Newman took some time to chat about his Oscar win and future plans.

 

 

Best known for his hit 1994 indie comedy Clerks, actor/writer/director Kevin Smith is bringing his latest work, a religion-themed horror film called Red State, across the country in an ambitious roadshow seven months before the film’s scheduled national premiere. In this mammoth five-part interview, the auteur covers his entire 17-year career in the movies, and hints that his next film may very well be his last.