House Of Crouse

Welcome to the House of Crouse. It was so busy around here for the holidays we forgot to post the Best of 2016 edition! Here it is, words of wisdom from Spike Lee, Jonah Hill, photographer George Zimbel and Cheap Trick! Crazy big show to celebrate a crazy year. C'mon in, take a load off and sit a spell.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Denise Donlon is a lot of things, Canadian business executive, television producer, host and member of the Order of Canada to name just a few. She is now also an author. Her book "Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances)" is a memoir about her career spent at the highest levels of Canadian cultural life. Today she stops by the House of Crouse to talk about Much Music, Sony Records, a disagreement with Leonard Cohen and much more. C'mon in and sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Last week we teased you with a taste of Riz Ahmed. Today you get the long version were we talk about Star Wars, The Night of and much more. David Frankel, director of Collateral Beauty, talks about working with an all star cast and how Will Smith controls the weather to get his way on set. C'mon in, sit a spell!

Welcome to an extra House of Crouse. In joyous celebration of the release of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" here's a standalone HoC podast with Lucasfilm story group head geek Pablo Hidalgo. He probably knows more about "Star Wars" than anyone on the planet and is the man with the "Star Wars" plan. He makes sure the all the puzzle pieces fit together seamlessly. C'mon in and geek out with me and Pablo. The force is strong with him.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. It's a packed house this week. Director John Madden goes long on his political thriller Miss Sloane and the pleasures of working with Jessica Chastain. T.J. Miller talks about laughing through the apocalypse and Riz Ahmed discusses realizing a childhood dream by starring in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It's loads of guests and loads of fun so c'mon in and set a spell!

Check out the Richard Crouse Show on NewsTalk 1010 for December 03, 2016! This week Richard welcomes "Dark Matter" star Anthony Lemke stops by to talk about his work as Official ambassador in Canada for Handicap International.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. If you are one of those people who likes to see all the movies that will be nominated for Academy Awards then run out and see "Manchester by the Sea" right now. If you are one of those people who likes to learn all about the movies that will be nominated sit a spell and listen to Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams talk about making "Manchester." Then, as if that wasn't enough, Denise Donlon stops by to tell a funny and touching story about her friend Leonard Cohen. C'mon in and sit a spell. There's always room for one more at the House of Crouse.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. “How to Train Your Dragon” star Jay Baruchel stops by the HoC to chat up his new documentary “Celtic Soul.” The film features Baruchel and sports broadcaster Eoin O’Callaghan, who met via twitter and a shared love of Glasgow Celtic. After two years of chatting 140 characters at a time the pair became friends when O’Callaghan came to Montreal to visit the actor. That turned into the first leg of a journey that would take them from Quebec’s Bell Centre, home ice of the Canadiens, to Dublin’s Croke Park, one of Europe’s largest sports stadiums where they try hurling, a forerunner to hockey. They travel two continents and three countries to make it to see a match in paradise a.k.a. Celtic Park and Jay and Eoin tell the whole story on the show this week. It's a great story. C'mon in, sit a spell and enjoy.

Welcome to the Richard Crouse Show! This week: Kim D’Eon is an award-winning television host and Canadian media personality who became a registered holistic nutritionist after following her passion for healthy eating. Equipped with a science-based education in nutrition, an honours degree in journalism, as well as a 15-year broadcasting career, she’s become a recognized healthy living expert who inspires people to eat more real food.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. It's a magical day around here. Not only do the cast of the Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them drop by--including Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne--then we have a Warren Beatty sighting. As fans know Beatty sightings are as rare(and precious)as Bismuth Crystals. He and Rules Don't Apply star Lily Collins swing by to talk about the movie and the film's unusual production. Abracadabra! C'mon in and sit a spell... we're pulling rabbits out of hats today!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. What do you call a group of directors? A herd? A swarm?I don't know. Since the cinema is my church perhaps I'll call my guests, "Arrival" helmer Denis Villeneuve and "Trolls" co-directors Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell a congregation of directors. Whatever you call it, it's two lively conversations about everything from how sci fi sparked a young boy's imagination to how the power of a positive attitude changed one director's life. C'mon in, sit a spell at the good 'ole HoC!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. This weekend Rachel McAdams will be on every movie screen in North America as part of the "Doctor Strange" cast. Before the film's release she stopped by the HoC to talk about sewing up turkeys and much more. Legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith also drops in, talking about praying with Bono, loaning a leather jacket to Bruce Springsteen and asking Bob Dylan to be quiet. It's great stuff and you don't want to miss it. So, c'mon in and set a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Here edited audio from a press conference I hosted with 'Gimme Danger" director Jim Jarmusch and his subject, Iggy Pop. By 1973 Iggy and the Stooges had imploded, leaving behind three commercially unsuccessful records and a slug trail of decadence and unfulfilled expectations across two continents. “Gimme Danger” is Jarmusch’s grotty documentary about the life, death and influence of The Stooges. It's a first hand account of what the director calls “the greatest rock and roll band ever." C'mon in and sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. C'mon on in, settle into a comfy chair by the fireplace and meet Cobie Smulders and director Uwe Boll. Cobie has been in action movies a plenty, but she’s rarely part of the action. That changes in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. She talks about it hear. Then Uwe tells us why, after making thirty movies, the critics won't have him to kick around anymore. Join us. It's more fun in here than it is out there!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. “If it bleeds it leads,” is an accepted mantra around newsrooms these days but back in 1974 it was a new, controversial idea. In the based-on-true-events film Christine Rebecca Hall plays Christine Chubbuck, an investigative reporter at a local ABC affiliate in Sarasota, Florida. She was particularly disdainful of the idea until she became the poster child for news sensationalism by announcing to her viewers, “In keeping with WZRB’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see complete coverage of an attempted suicide," before putting a gun to her head and pulling the trigger. Rebecca Hall stops by the HoC to discuss the film and the life of Christine Chubbuck.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Set in a world where regular folks still open the door for rattily dressed kids selling magazines, American Honey is a road trip about families lost and families found, about poverty and disenfranchised youth. We tale to the stars Riley Keough and Sasha Lane. Then, from the vault just in time for Halloween, we have Drew Goddard talking about his amazingly good and amazingly underrated 2011 movie Cabin in the Woods. C'mon in and sit a spell!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Today Tatiana Maslany, Dane DeHaan, Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and more stop by to talk about their new movies, "Two Lovers and a Bear" and "Denial." Find out why Maslany was afraid of one of her "co-stars" and why Wilkinson doesn't love doing interviews. C'mon in, sit a spell and hang out at the good old HoC!

Welcome to the House of Crouse. Based on the book The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster the Disney movie Queen of Katwe tells the tale of how Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), an illiterate girl from a very poor family in Kampala, Uganda, learned to play chess and with the help of mentor Robert Katende (David Oyelowo) became a World Chess Olympiads contestant. Meet director Nair, real life inspirations Mutesi and Katende and star Oyelowo as they stop by the HoC.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. At it’s very core Snowden, the story of Ed Snowden, an American computer wiz who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency to The Guardian, is about privacy, and how much of it you can expect to enjoy every time you turn on your computer or pick up your mobile phone. Learn more in the HoC conversations with director Oliver Stone and the film's stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley. C'mon in and sit a spell... but leave your cell phone in the microwave.

It's Part Two of a House of Crouse extra! Here is the raw and unedited audio from a press conference I hosted with 'Gimme Danger" director Jim Jarmusch and his subject, Iggy Pop. By 1973 Iggy and the Stooges had imploded, leaving behind three commercially unsuccessful records and a slug trail of decadence and unfulfilled expectations across two continents. “Gimme Danger” is Jarmusch’s grotty documentary about the life, death and influence of The Stooges. It's a first hand account of what the director calls “the greatest rock and roll band ever." Cover photo by Elizabeth Beddall.