THE BIGGER PICTURE with Timothy Spangler

KAMIL MCFADDEN, star of Disney Channel's "KC Undercover," is our featured guest this Sunday night! KAMIL is known and recognized for his role as a series regular on the Disney show "K.C Undercover" and his TV family recently presented at the Radio Disney Music Awards. He plays Ernie Cooper, brother of Zendaya, on the hit show. He has starred in the Columbia Pictures Box Office Hit "Grown Ups 2" and the voice of Claude in the family animated feature film "Rise of the Guardian." He has also starred on Nickelodeon's "AwesomenessTV" and the popular TV Series "House of Pain." KAMIL is currently working on the 2018 "Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors" and plays Elijah Bradley / Patriot. "Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors" will launch first as a series of six four-minute digital shorts, with the full film coming to the screen in 2018. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is WHITNEY BOWERS, actress and comedian. WHITNEY is well known for her performances at Carnegie Hall and in Broadway musicals, as well as her stand-up comedy. An accomplished actress, model and performer, she has trained in the art of Muay Thai which she uses in the action movie "Sleight," with Storm Reid and Seychelle Gabriel. She also stars in the film "School for Gods" and "Perrenea," premiering in theaters in late 2018.

IRIS ALMARIO, starring in TV Land's "Nobodies," is our featured guest this Sunday night! IRIS is known as an accomplished and prolific actress, social media influencer and model, currently starring on the new hit TV Land series "Nobodies" with Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcon. She has recently guest starred on CW's popular Series: "Jane the Virgin" as Soledad Goldberg, CBS' "Code Black" as Detective Carmody, CBS' "NCIS" as Natalie Tupperman, ABC's "Switched at Birth" as Felicia, FX' Series: "American Crime Story," CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and many more. She is also recognized for her memorable recurring roles "The Young and the Restless" as Jessica Sinclair and "General Hospital" as Adela. And many fans still remember her as Terry on HBO's "Sex and the City" from the Atlantic City episode. IRIS is also recognized as Miss Latina USA and Queen of the popular National Puerto Rican Day in NYC which happens annually in June. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is RHONDA SHEAR, actress, comedian and entrepreneur. RHONDA's big break came in 1991 when she became the sultry-smart hostess of late-night movie show "USA: Up All Night," a gig that lasted until 1999, made her nationally famous, and delighted foot fetishists from coast to coast. After "Up All Night" ended, Rhonda pursued her love of comedy and quickly became a headliner in Las Vegas and at top comedy clubs like The Laugh Factory and the Improv. Her latest chapter began when she appeared on the Home Shopping Network to sell women's intimates. Her appearance was a sensation, and she started a company, Shear Enterprises, LLC, to design, manufacture and sell RHONDA's own line of women's intimate wear. Today, that company has grown to more than $100 million in annual sales, and RHONDA has won numerous entrepreneurship awards-though she still refers to herself as a "bimbopreneur." Her new book, UP ALL NIGHT, is available at all good bookstores!

AMY PIETZ, from DirectTV's "Hit the Road," is our special guest this Sunday night! AMY received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for her role as "Annie Spadaro" in the NBC sitcom, "Caroline in the City." She has appeared in over 300 episodes of television, and can currently be seen opposite Jason Alexander in the musical comedy "Hit the Road" for Direct TV. The previous year she starred on the People's Choice award nominated romantic comedy for the CW, "No Tomorrow." Other series regular roles include: "The Nine Lives of Chloe King," and the critically acclaimed "Aliens in America." She has had recurring roles on: "The Office," "Trust Me" and "Ally McBeal." Her films have included Disney's "Prom," "The Pact II," "Autumn Leaves," "Rudy" and "The Whole Ten Yards." AMY is currently starring in the title role of "The Goodbye Girl," when L.A. Theatre Works records Neil Simon's screenplay for the 1977 Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning romantic comedy. Known as "The Goodbye Girl" because of all the live-in boyfriends who have left her, Paula and her young daughter must make room in their cramped quarters for a new roommate. But can they make room in their hearts for another man who may just walk out that door again? Also dropping by the show Sunday night is NEWTON MAYENGE, a pro basketball player turned model and actor. NEWTON's parents are of African descent from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Formerly Zaire). He speaks fluent Lingala and has a basic proficiency in French. With a passion for basketball, he played all through his younger years and received scholarships and played in college. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he played professional basketball in Germany. After a car crash ended his dreams of playing in the NBA, he turned to his next love, performing! He currently stars in the dramatic movie, "Night Shift," produced by Viola Davis and currently in the Sundance Film Festival Tour. He is recognized for many print campaigns, runway modeling, hosting and presenting on the red carpet.

ED BEGLEY, JR, actor from hit TV show "St. Elsewhere," is our special guest this Sunday night! Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, ED became an actor. He first came to audiences' attention for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit television series, "St. Elsewhere," for which he received six Emmy nominations. Since then, ED has moved easily between feature, television and theatre projects. ED can be seen in "Ghostbusters" with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and a number of Christopher Guest films, such as "Mascots," "A Mighty Wind," "Best In Show," and "For Your Consideration." He has also appeared in the Woody Allen movie "Whatever Works" with Larry David, as well as the Seth Rogan/Judd Apatow film, "Pineapple Express." On television, ED is currently shooting "Future Man" for Seth Rogen, and can be seen on "Better Call Saul" with Bob Odenkirk, the Judd Apatow series "Love" and two seasons of "Lady Dynamite" with Maria Bamford. He has starred in two HBO movies: "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" with Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover and Frank Langella, as well as "Recount" with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson and Laura Dern. He has also had recurring roles on "Six Feet Under," "Arrested Development," and "Portlandia." ED is supporting a free press with celebrity reading of "All the President's Men" at Los Angeles City Hall. The special, one-night only reading of William Goldman's screenplay, presented by the award-winning Fountain Theatre in partnership with the City of Los Angeles and with exclusive permission from Warner Bros Entertainment and Simon & Schuster. The free event will be hosted by Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and will take place in the John Ferraro Council Chamber of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. A catered reception will follow in the City Hall Rotunda. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is GENE LIM, executive producer at Barajoun Entertainment, a leading animation and visual effects studio based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His passion for storytelling inspired him to produce the animation feature film "Bilal," which tells a story about faith, hope, and courage. "Bilal" has drawn enormous applause and gained recognitions and awards worldwide since its first launch in 2016. Bilal has won "The Best Inspiring Movie" on the Animation Day during Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and an official selection at the Annecy Film Festival in the same year. "Bilal" was also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region's highest accolade for film and was screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, last March 2017. For GENE, "Bilal" is an eye-opener realization of his ultimate goal in life which is to inspire other people through the power of storytelling. His work paved a way to pursue this advocacy by directing his own masterpiece of art and producing stories that impart values, inspirational and brings life-changing experience that will appeal to different generations of all mankind.

HEATHER TOM, Emmy Award winning actress from "The Bold and the Beautiful," is our special guest this Sunday night! When HEATHER was only 16, she won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of the tempestuous, troubled and oft-married Victoria Newman on "The Young and the Restless." She has won the Emmy award twice (1993, 1999). She currently stars as Katie Logan on "The Bold and the Beautiful." In the past she has appeared on several prime-time television shows, including "Lucifer," "Unforgettable," "Criminal Minds," "The Mentalist" and "Ugly Betty." HEATHER is devoted to helping people who do not have the opportunities or options that she has. Recently she was named Regional Ambassador for Childhelp USA, a national non-profit organization that assists abused children. She also works very closely with several AIDS service organizations such as Caring for Babies with AIDS, Project Angelfood, Tuesday's Child and AIDS Project Los Angeles. She has volunteered in the kitchen at Project Angelfood helping to prepare meals for those who are disabled by AIDS many times as well as appearing and working at fund-raisers for many organizations. HEATHER loves to discuss politics, but she does more than "talk the talk." In the Congressional elections, she worked very closely with Congressman Loretta Sanchez' campaign as well as with "Rock the Vote" to help get out the younger voters. She also spends hours reading plays, scripts and classical literature. She is also an avid art collector who has amassed an impressive collection of sculpture, painting and prints. Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is SERENA SCOTT THOMAS, star of "Inherent Vice" and "The World is not Enough." SERENA was born in Nether Compton, Dorset, the younger sister of actress Kristin Scott Thomas. She is the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas, who was Black Rod in the House of Lords, and a more distant grandniece of Capt. Robert F. Scott, who was the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole. Her last name is an amalgam of the last names of those two families. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the character Dr. Molly Warmflash in the 1999 James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough." In addition she has recently appeared in the Thomas Pynchon novel-based film, "Inherent Vice." She has also appeared in numerous hit TV shows over the years, including "Scorpion," "Rizzoli & Isles," "Nip/Tuck," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Nash Bridges."

BRIAN WHITE, from Showtime's "Ray Donovan," is our special guest this Sunday night! BRIAN just wrapped a recurring role on Showtime's "Ray Donovan," and NBC's "Taken." He previously held down three major recurring roles on three of TV's hottest shows at the same time: NBC's hit show "Chicago Fire," ABC's hit show, "Scandal" and ABC's "Mistresses." Before that he starred in CBS' "Hostages" opposite Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette; the independent feature, "Walter," with Neve Campbell, Peter Facinelli, Virginia Madsen, and William H. Macy; and the hit CW show, "Beauty and the Beast" opposite Kristen Kreuk. BRIAN returns this year to co-host the 58th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration, the largest multicultural holiday celebration in the county. The performance takes place on Sunday, December 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is TODD SAVVAS, modern spiritualist. Originally from Australia, TODD has taught his brand of modern spirituality in Sydney, London, New York and Los Angeles, with clients from all over the world. He is known for blending ancient techniques and wisdom with modern savvy and energy. A media darling for his natural gift for translating complex spiritual concepts into easy to understand content, TODD is a "Good Day LA" regular, has appeared on "Young Hollywood" and was a regular on Australia's #1 Morning Show. TODD currently teaches the only spiritual circle at The Den Meditation. He was also the Soho House West Hollywood's go-to Mystic for nearly two years. TODD was referred to as their 'in-house spiritual teacher' during his time there. Whilst there, he curated spiritual events such as meditations, actor's workshops, worked on brand partnership events and more.

ALBIE SELZNICK, from Amazon's "The Last Tycoon" and "Goliath," is our special guest this Sunday night! ALBIE is an accomplished actor, recently seen in "How To Get Away With Murder," "Code Black" and "My Crazy-Ex Girlfriend," and recurring this summer in both Amazon series "The Last Tycoon" and "Goliath." He is also a life-time member of the Magic Castle, and creator/performer of "Smoke and Mirrors," the hit theatrical magic show that ran in L.A. and N.Y. for five years (Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice"). In response to the enormous enthusiasm of Los Angeles audiences to that show, ALBIE drew on his many friends in the magic community to create "Magic Monday," a weekly variety show hosted by Albie and featuring new and different acts every Monday. He is now hosting "A Very Merry MagicMania," celebrating the season with a festival of 35 different magic and variety acts over the course of nine shows and two weekends at the Santa Monica Playhouse. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is CASEY BURKE from ABC's hit comedy, "The Middle." Born in New York to Australian parents, she has lived in New York, London, Sydney and now Los Angeles. CASEY has also entertained audiences with her comedic antics on Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush," the Netflix comedy series "Bad Samaritans," the popular Youtube aeries "Astrid Clover." Her dramatic prowess as an actress is featured in the A24 Production of "Twentieth Century Women" with Elle Fanning, Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig.

AVA CANTRELL, from Nickelodeon's comedy "The Haunted Hathaways," is our special guest this Sunday night! AVA has been successfully working in Hollywood since 2008 appearing in commercials, music videos, films, television and television pilots. She started her acting career at age eight booking commercials, short films, features, web series, and television, guest starring many times on Nickelodeon's "Haunted Hathaways" from 2013 to 2015. More recently she co-stars as supernatural antagonist "Diana" in New Line Cinema's horror feature "Lights Out", and stars in the Stan Lee recommended indie sci-fi feature film "One Under the Sun." Also dropping by the show Sunday night is WOODROW CLARK, Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist. WOODY is an internationally recognized, respected expert, author, lecturer, public speaker and consultant on global and local solutions to climate change. During the 1990s, he was Manager of Strategic Planning for Technology Transfer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with University of California and U.S. Department of Energy. At LLNL, he was contributing scientists for United Nations Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC), awarded 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

MARIA RUSSELL, from MTV's "Teen Wolf," is our special guest this Sunday night! MARIA is a self-proclaimed Mexiuanian - Mexican and Lithuanian - and a proud native Angeleno. She is best known for MTV's "Teen Wolf," recurring as Deputy Vargas and the hit horror movie "Lights Out." She has also appeared in "General Hospital," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Major Crimes," "CSI," "Criminal Minds" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." She is currently appearing in "The Latina Christmas Special," a play bursting with laughs, more laughs, music and scandal, at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. The production runs December 1 through January 7. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is Oscar nominated / Emmy winning director STACY SHERMAN. Her new short film is "The Chute," and is available on IndieVue, a new streaming site for indie films, docs and animated films. STACY is best known for have co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the documentary "God Sleeps In Rwanda," which chronicles the story of five survivors, whose lives were irrevocably altered, 10 years after the Rwandan genocide. Sold to HBO, "God Sleeps in Rwanda" was nominated for an Academy Award and won an Emmy. She also co-wrote the screenplay, "One for the Money," based on the best-selling book series by Janet Evanovich. The feature film stars Katherine Heigl and was released by LakeShore Entertainment and Lionsgate.

REIKO AYLESWORTH, from the hit TV show "24," is our special guest this Sunday night! REIKO has had recurring roles on "ER," "Lost," "Damages," "Hawaii 5-0" and "Scorpion," and has been seen on such other TV shows as "NCIS," "Elementary," "Person of Interest," "The Good Wife," "Revolution," "CSI," "The West Wing" and "Law & Order: SVU." She is best known for her role as "Michelle Dessler" in the hit TV show "24." She is currently starring at the Antaeus Theatre in a production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Set among the decadent ruling class of pre-revolutionary France, the play is a seductive and unsettling tale of sex, deceit, cruelty and the struggle for power in an all-too recognizable world. Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and married Madame de Tourvel. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is JAMES CAVLO, best known as the lead role of "Larry" in "A Haunting of Silver Falls" and (coming to theatres soon) "A Haunting of Silver Falls 2." His TV roles include "Rasing Hope," "Deception & Lies," "iCarly" and "Wizards of Waverly Place." He has also appeared in films including "Mansion of Blood," "The Extra, "The Vistor From Planet Omicron" and "Valentina" which is coming to theaters soon.

SEAMUS DEVER, actor from ABC's fan favorite "Castle," is our special guest this Sunday night! Best known to television audiences as Detective Kevin Ryan on ABC's "Castle," SEAMUS has previously appeared as a series regular on "General Hospital" and "Army Wives," as well as appearances on such iconic shows as "CSI," "Mad Men," "NCIS" and "JAG." An alumnus of Carnegie-Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre, SEAMUS is currently starring in L.A. Theatre Works production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Between Riverside and Crazy." Ex-cop "Pops" Washington and his ex-con son Junior are barely holding on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments in Manhattan. Pops has his hands full as he navigates a steady stream of sketchy houseguests and sweats out the impending verdict on his law suit against the police department. A celebration of the glorious contradictions that make up human nature, this rowdy dark comedy looks at the slippery nature of justice and the grit it takes to finally move on. Hear our live interview with SEAMUS DEVER this Sunday evening!

JASON PAIGE, singer of the iconic "Pokemon" theme tune, is our special guest this Sunday night! JASON's career as a vocalist is accomplished and varied. He toured for a year as the lead singer for legendary band Blood Sweat & Tears. He shared the stage with Michael Jackson as the rap soloist for the hit song "Black or White" in Michael Jacksons 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden aired on CBS. He can be heard on Foreigner's "Can't Slow Down." Meatloaf's "Bat Outta Hell 3," the Scorpions "Hour 1," Frankie Valli's "Romancing the '60s" and on "The Art of McCartney" tribute CD behind Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Kiss, Smokey Robinson and more. His singing is featured in the films "Jersey Boys," "Annie," with Kermit and Miss Piggy in the last two Muppet movies, and a character or four in "Sausage Party." On TV he can be heard in "Phineas & Ferb," "Son of Zorn" and HBO's "Animals." But JASON is best known for the Billboard #1 original "Pokemon" theme tune which, until 2005, scored #1 most viewed/imitated video of all time on YouTube. He is currently starring in a hilarious production of "deLEARious" at the Atwater Village Theatre. Tragedy meets hilarity and Shakespeare's King Lear gets a happy ending in a madcap musical romp à la Mel Brooks and Monty Python. Hear our live interview with JASON PAIGE this Sunday evening!

CHRISTINE WOODS, from HBO's "Hello Ladies" and AMC's "Walking Dead," is our special guest this Sunday night! CHRISTINE is best known for her wide-ranging work on television. She was recently on the HBO series and television movie "Hello Ladies" starring opposite Stephen Merchant. She was featured in this season of AMC's "The Walking Dead" as well as NBC's "About a Boy," which co-starred David Walton and Minnie Driver. Previously, CHRISTINE recurred opposite Matthew Perry on NBC's "Go On" and was a regular on NBC's "Perfect Couples" and ABC's "Flash Forward." Other television credits include "The Odd Couple," "Bad Teacher," "The Closer," "House M.D," "NCIS," "Cold Case," "Necessary Roughness," "Castle" and "In Plain Sight." She is now staring in the IAMA Theatre Company's production of the new play, "Sinner's Laundry." The residents of Newport Women's Correctional Facility have all mysteriously vanished. Only two inmates remain - and they are locked in Rec Room No. 4 with nothing but some crappy board games and their imaginations. "Waiting for Godot" meets "Orange is the New Black" meets "The Book of Revelations" as they navigate their way towards salvation in this unique, funny and poignant exploration of the power of redemption and the divinity within us all. Hear our live interview with CHRISTINE WOODS this Sunday evening!

JAMES ECKHOUSE, star of the original "Beverly Hills 90210" and PBS's "Murder of a President," is our special guest this Sunday night! Best known to TV audiences as "Jim Walsh" on the original "Beverly Hills 90210," JAMES has starred in over 50 episodes on shows including: "Major Crimes," "NCIS: New Orleans," "The Good Wife," "Southland," "Criminal Minds," "Nip/Tuck," "Medium," "Boston Legal," "CSI," "West Wing," "Once and Again," "Without A Trace" and "Ally McBeal." His notable film credits include: "The Avengers," "S.W.A.T.," "Guess Who," "One True Thing," "Junior," "Defending Your Life," "84 Charing Cross Road," "Fat Man and Little Boy," "Fatal Attraction," "Cocktail," "Big," "Trading Places," "Leaving Normal," and the voice of "Potiphar" in the Dreamworks animated film, "Joseph - King of Dreams." JAMES has performed in dozens of productions on and off-Broadway as well as at many of the country's regional theaters. Most recently he starred opposite Bryan Cranston in the Tony award winning hit, "All The Way," He stars in the PBS drama, "Murder of a President" and as arch villain Doctor Knotts in the new Warner Brothers web series, "High and Mighty," premiering this fall. JAMES currently stars in the IAMA Theatre Company production of the play "Redline," where engines and heart rates explode on a journey towards redemption in a profoundly intimate theater-going experience. He is "Raymond," whose moment of road rage along a frigid eastern Sierra highway shattered his relationship with his family forever. The impact of this event ripples through the years until his estranged son returns to test the limits of forgiveness. Hear our live interview with JAMES ECKHOUSE this Sunday evening!

CAMILLE SPIRLIN, from Fox's "Rosewood" and Nickelodeon's "Marvin Marvin," is our special guest this Sunday night! CAMILLE recently guest starred on the ABC web series American Koko. Previously she was a series regular in Nickelodeon's "Marvin Marvin." In 2016, she had a recurring role on the FOX TV series "Rosewood." She is currently starring in a powerful, funny and deeply moving mother-daughter story - the world premiere of the play, "Runaway Home." Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the unhealed wounds of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward continue to fester. CAMILLE plays 14-year-old runaway Kali. Rhyming, stealing and scamming her way through the still destroyed neighborhood, she embarks on a journey to pick through the wreckage of what used to be her life. While the rest of the country's attention drifts, the neighborhood's residents are left to repair the damage from the inside out. As their attempts at renewal leave a path of destruction in their wake, Kali bears witness to what the floodwaters left behind. Hear our live interview with CAMILLE SPIRLIN this Sunday evening!