Scarlett Johansson is one of a number of Hollywood heavyweights to slam the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), The organisation that runs the Golden Globes, calling for a boycott until there is “substantial reform”.
As an experienced Entertainment Correspondent, Josh was invited onto BBC World News, Broadcasting to over 200 countries, over 170 cruise ships, 53 airlines and 23 mobile phone networks to talk about the latest scandal enveloping Hollywood.
Josh was invited by Netflix to interview the cast of two huge pandemic releases for talkRADIO. First, Josh secured exclusive interviews with the cast of Rebecca. Despite cancelling on the likes of Graham Norton and Good Morning America, Josh was still able to get an exclusive with Lily James and Armie Hammer as well as reuniting with Kristin Scott-Thomas and Sam Riley – both of whom he secured exclusive interviews with before the pandemic.
The first junket went so well, Netflix invited Josh to interview more A-List actors in the new movie The Dig starring Carey Mulligan & Ralph Fiennes where he secured interviews with both stars.
To promote her newest film ‘Blithe Spirit’, Leslie Mann virtually sat down with Josh Rom for The Mark Dolan Show on talkRADIO.
Leslie stars in the movie alongside Dame Judi Dench, Dan Stevens & Isla Fisher, where she plays the disgruntled ghost Elvira Condomine in the new period drama/comedy.
Leslie reveals that she was SUPER intimidated by the prospect of working with Dame Judi Dench, she’s also been watching A LOT of RuPaul’s Drag Race with her daughter and she makes her verdict between Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt and Chris Evens in the Hollywood Chris controversy … complete with some surprising revelations!
As entertainment correspondent for talkRADIO, Josh uses the skills in his toolbox to bring a unique perspective to every assignment, particularly in terms of coverage for any significant worldwide event.
Even though he is best known for his work throughout award season, he was lucky enough to play a part in the groundbreaking US Election 2020 coverage on talkRADIO. On Election Day he appeared on the flagship show on the Network, ‘The Independent Republic of Mike Graham’ in the buildup to the election.
Then on election night, coverage began at 10pm with Cristo Foufas and Josh went on air once again with Cristo to give analysis on the Showbiz side of the election, proving that when it comes to major coverage of big events, especially when it relates to showbiz in any way, Josh is always on hand as the go-to guy to provide expert analysis.
Rebecca – directed by Ben Wheatley is one of the big Netflix movie releases of 2020. Starring the likes of Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristin Scott Thomas, the film has provided substantial distraction away from the day to day pressures of lockdown.
Lily James pulled out of several high profile media interviews news after the scandal with fellow actor Dominic West, including Graham Norton and The Today Show. However Josh still managed to bag an exclusive virtual interview with her for talkRADIO as well as several of the other big name stars of the film.
Following Taylor Swifts claims that she will re-record her first 5 albums after November 2020 – following Scooter Braun’s purchase of Big Machine Records from Taylor’s former mentor Scott Borchetta – Josh reports on the music industry feud for BBC Outside Source which aired on the BBC News Channel in the UK and around the world.
He was later invited back on the programme to reports on the messaging behind Taylor Swift’s huge political statement the she made as she accepted the Video of The Year Award the MTV Video Music Awards 2019 (VMAs)
Josh was very proud to be the face of talkRADIO’s first ever online Multi-platform Showbiz column; The Showbiz Insider… starting off with Zac Efron & Lily Collins and continuing with George Clooney!
It’s an exciting project for Josh to launch, as he gets to show all sides of his personality. He injects wit and humour in writing, presents exclusive video coverage from some of the biggest red carpets and his on air item on The Late Late Early Early Show with Paul Ross received a refreshed sound. As his column develops he will be looking to do even more exclusive interviews.
You can find some of the column articles here:
https://talkradio.co.uk/showbiz-insider
The WWE European Tour stopped off in London at the 02 Arena and josh was down at the pre-show red carpet for Smackdown Live where he spoke to Superstars Carmella and Becky Lynch as well as ‘This Morning’ presenter Ruth Langsford. Josh had a unique appraoch to the interviews as he got hints and tips about ‘cutting a promo’ and he even tried his hand at it! This was on top of getting the latest gossip and news from the superstars themselves where his lines were picked up by some of the biggest wrestling news outlets including Cageside Seats, Sportskeeda, Pro Wrestling Sheet, Ringside News, WrestleZone, The Sportster, Wrestling-Edge, pop culture.com, Bleeding Cool, Wrestling Inc, 411Mania, PWMania, BodySlam.net, Diva Dirt, WWE Newss, and more well as the likes of MSN, AOL with a full roundup being discussed on air with Paul Ross on talkRADIO.
Josh covered the BAFTA TV Awards for BANG Showbiz where he spoke to the likes of Sandi Toksvig, Jane McDonald, Ashley Banjo, Victoria Derbyshire, Katie Piper, Love Island’s Marcel Somerville and more. His interviews were published on the likes of MSN, AOL, HMV News and aired on talkRADIO with a full round up of news and gossip on air with Paul Ross.
Josh was selected to be part of the talkRADIO coverage for the Academy Awards 2018. He was on air from 1am till 5am overnight with Paul Ross alongside Film Critics Rebecca Perfect & Van Connor discussing all things Oscars. Josh provided live news, analysis, stats and reaction to all the action as it happened. He was then also on air first thing in the morning at 6am with James Max with the first showbiz reaction over breakfast.
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