THE BIGGER PICTURE with Timothy Spangler

BURT YOUNG, actor best known for "Rocky" and all five sequels, is our special guest this Sunday night! BURT is a burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough around the edge" types, often on the wrong side of the law. He first gathered notice playing tough thugs in such films as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight," "Across 110th Street," "Chinatown" and "The Gambler." Fiery director Sam Peckinpah cast BURT as the getaway driver / assassin, "Mac," in "The Killer Elite," and BURT came to the attention of newcomer Sylvester Stallone, who cast him as future brother-in-law "Paulie" in the 1976 sleeper hit "Rocky." Young received an Oscar nomination for the role, which he has gone on to reprise in all five "Rocky" sequels to date. He has also appeared in numerous major productions, including "Once Upon a Time in America," "The Pope of Greenwich Village," "Last Exit to Brooklyn," "Mickey Blue Eyes," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" and "Win Win." Recently, BURT won the Best Actor Festival Prize from the Atlantic City Cinefest and was nominated for Best Actor awards by the Queens World Film Festival and the Maverick Movie Awards for his role in the short film "Tom in America" (2014). Last year, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hoboken International Film Festival. This month he takes on the role of an aging mob boss in a new comedy, "The Last Vig," which opens January 14 at the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose for a six-week run. Hear our live interview with BURT YOUNG this Sunday evening!

BRIAN WHITE, star of NBC's "Chicago Fire" and ABC's "Scandal," is our special guest this Sunday night! Most recognizable to television audiences as Detective Tavon Garris on the award-winning FX crime drama "The Shield," 2015 was a break-out year for BRIAN. He held down three major recurring roles on 3 of TV's hottest shows, all at the same time: NBC's hit show "Chicago Fire" as Taylor Kinney's new partner, Chief/Captain Dallas Patterson; ABC's hit show, "Scandal," as Kerry Washington's new love interest; and heating up the screen with Rochelle Aytes on ABC's "Mistresses." Previously, BRIAN 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. On the big screen, BRIAN has starred in Tyler Perry's romantic drama "Good Deeds," the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard horror film "The Cabin in the Woods," and Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All by Myself." He also appeared opposite Channing Tatum and Terrance Howard in "Fighting" and alongside World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena in the film "12 Rounds." Previously, he starred alongside Jason Statham in the fantasy-adventure epic "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," in the musical-drama "Stomp the Yard" and opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Disney's box office hit "The Game Plan." Other notable film credits include the box office hit "The Family Stone" and Independent Spirit Award-nominated film "Brick." A Boston native and son of a licensed financial consultant mother and professional basketball player father (legend JoJo White of the Boston Celtics), BRIAN was instilled with the importance of both sports and education throughout his childhood. He played football and lacrosse throughout his college years and upon graduation was signed by both an NFL (New England Patriots) and NLL (Boston Blazers) team. In 2000, due to an injury, BRIAN made the transition from professional athlete to investment broker and eventually actor. BRIAN will be hosting the Emmy® Award-winning "57th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration" at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on Saturday December 24. Hear our live interview with BRIAN WHITE this Sunday evening!

JAMES KYSON, star of NBC's cult favorite TV show "Heroes," is our special guest this Sunday night! Voted by TV Guide as one of "Hollywood's 25 Hottest," JAMES is a very busy Hollywood actor. He recently finished filming "NCIS:LA" (CBS), the new HBO show "Animals," the new sitcom "School of Rock" (Nickelodeon), and the FX drama "Justified." He is currently filming FOX's hit series "Sleepy Hollow," recently appeared in "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS, and is beloved to many for his four-year run on NBC's "Heroes" as "Ando." Other TV credits include "CSI," NBC's "Las Vegas," "The West Wing," "Heist," as well as ABC's "Threat Matrix" and CW's "All About The Andersons." JAMES also stars in two recent feature films: the romantic comedy "Another Time" and a thriller, "The Livingston Gardener." He also recently wrapped the feature "Banana Season," for which he spent six weeks training as a mixed martial arts fighter. A world traveler and adrenalin-junkie, JAMES once bungee jumped 8 times in one day in Cairns, Australia, slid down waterfalls in Queenstown, New Zealand, scuba dived into caves in Maui, Hawaii, and deep water solo'ed at the island of Ko Phi Phi, Thailand - where he back-flipped for the first time 50 feet high off a limestone cliff. He is currently starring in the critically acclaimed play, "Blood," about the Japanese tainted blood scandal in the 1980s, at the Complex in Hollywood. Hear our live interview with JAMES KYSON this Sunday evening!

VICTORIA SUMMER, elegant and alluring actress from "Saving Mr Banks" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction," is our special guest this Sunday night! Raised in the small town of Wokingham, Berkshire in rural England, VICTORIA was involved in the arts from the young age of three, performing in pantomimes and singing in her church choir. When she arrived in Los Angeles in 2012, she had two suitcases with all of her belongings inside, and knew one person. With not much money in her pocket, she found a nanny gig and started personal training on the side to make ends meet, while navigating the world of auditioning in LA. Luckily, VICTORIA landed her first theatrical audition, starring as Kristina in the indie musical "How Sweet It Is" opposite Erika Christensen. Next up, her indie bookings continued appearing in the sci-fi film "Ratpocalypse" opposite Casper Van Dien. After learning the ropes on a few indies, she made the jump to the big leagues. VICTORIA soon appeared as the iconic 'Julie Andrews' in Walt Disney's "Saving Mr Banks" opposite Tom Hanks and shortly after won a supporting role in Paramount Pictures' "Transformers: Age of Extinction," directed by Michael Bay. Most recently, she plays the lead role of British nurse Eleanor in "Game of Aces" opposite Chris Klein and Werner Daehn. Hear our live interview with VICTORIA SUMMER this Sunday evening!

SANDRO MONETTI, a Journalist of the Year nominee for his work on CNN International, is our special guest this Sunday night! An ultimate Hollywood insider who has interviewed all of the biggest stars in Hollywood, this LA-based Brit is a showbiz expert for CNN and other major media outlets around the world who, now in the midst of Tinseltown's awards season, is busy moderating Q&As with movie stars. His latest venture is as Managing Editor of ENTITY magazine (www.entitymag.com) a fast growing new digital brand for, and about, aspirational millennials which aims to inspire, educate and inform. Previously he was the multi-award winning Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal and has been a long time contributor to the BBC, for whom he co-host's Radio 5's Oscars coverage each year. But SANDRO doesn't just report on entertainment, he creates it as well and enjoyed huge success this year as the writer and director of hit international touring stage play "Marilyn & Sinatra." The show about the little known romance between Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra was a sell-out success in London's West End, Off Broadway in New York as well as in Los Angeles and at the Edinburgh Festival. He is now developing a TV series set in the same era, 1950s Hollywood. Sandro also tours his autobiographical one man show, "Clooney, Cruise, Pitt and Me." At CNN International SANDRO covers entertainment, business and pop culture and his reports for the global news giant have seen him nominated as Journalist of the Year at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards to be held Dec. 4 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Hear our live interview with SANDRO MONETTI this Sunday evening!

JENNY O'HARA, featured actress in such modern TV classics as "The King of Queens," "The Mindy Project" and "Transparent," is our featured guest this Sunday night! JENNY has been a regular sight on American television screens for years. Starting off with appearances in such landmark fan-favorites as "Streets of San Francisco," "Rockford Files," "Barnaby Jones," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Charlie's Angels," she has turned up again and again in much-loved programs including "Facts of Life," "Quincy ME," "My Sister Sam," "Beverly Hills 90210," "ER," "party of Five" and "Big Love." Her feature film credits include "Devil," "30 Nights," "Mystic River" and "Matchstick Men." Her stage credits are also extensive and include Broadway starring roles in "The Fig Leaves Are Falling" and "Promises, Promises," as well as appearing in "The Odd Couple," "The Kid" and "The Iceman Cometh" after making her debut opposite Alec Guinness in "Dylan." JENNY is currently back on the LA stage in the play "Bakersfield Mist" at the Fountain Theatre. She stars as Maude Gutman, an unemployed, chain-smoking ex-bartender living in a run-down California trailer park, who believes the painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered masterpiece worth millions. When stuffy New York art expert Lionel Percy arrives to evaluate the work, the result is a fiery and often hilarious debate over class, truth, value and the meaning of art. Hear our live interview with JENNY O'HARA this Sunday evening!

GEOFFREY RIVAS, star of "CSI - Crime Scene Investigation," is our featured guest this Sunday night! A hard-working film and TV actor, his big-screen credits include "La Bamba," "Born in East L.A.," "Pow Wow Highway," "Above Suspicion," "Notes From Underground," "Eye for an Eye" and "The Right To Remain Silent." Best known for his nine year run as Dectective Vega on the TV juggernaut "CSI - Crime Scene Investigation," GEOFFREY has also featured on a large number of modern classics such as "The District," "L.A. Law," "E.R.," "Relativity," "Chicago Hope," "Early Edition," "Numb3rs," "Lost," "Prison Break," "Saving Grace" and "The Closer." An accomplished stage actor, GEOFFREY has performed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in "Luminarias" (which was made into a feature film), "I Don't Have To Show You No Stinking Badges" for Luis Valdez and "Piano" by Anna Devere-Smith. At South Coast Rep he appeared in "Man of Flesh" by Octavio Solis and in the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics" by Nilo Cruz. Currently he is directing "The Latina Christmas Special" at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, which opens next week for a four-week run. GEOFFREY is a native Californian, originally from the San Joaquin Valley, and a graduate of UCLA (Go Bruins!!). Hear our live interview with GEOFFREY RIVAS this Sunday evening!

PAMELA DUNLAP, actress featured in HBO hit shows "Girls" and "Mad Men," is our featured guest this Sunday night! PAMELA recently completed filming 2017 feature releases "Wetlands" opposite Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and "Suburbicon" for the Coen Brothers. Other film credits include the soon to be released "The Wedding Party," filmed entirely in one take; "Changeling," directed by Clint Eastwood, "I Am Sam;" "War of the Roses," "The Holiday," "Mothers of the Bride," "Sixteen to Life," "Bloody Mama" and "Mind the Gap," among others. "Mad Men" fans will recognize PAMELA as Pauline Francis, Betty Draper's new mother-in-law with the questionable baby sitting skills; as Diane in "Doll and Em," Barb in "Girls," Carol in "Maron," and Gilda Rockwell in "Commander In Chief." She plays Ma in the in the popular web series "Kittens In A Cage" and has guest starred on "Blue Bloods," "Castle," "The Millers," "Major Crimes," "How I Met Your Mother," "Law and Order," "Austin and Alley" and "Hannah Montana." Last season, PAMELA created the role of "Agnes in Love" and Money by A.R. Gurney for the Signature Theatre in New York, and starred in "Roe" at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. She created the roles of Lana in "The Early Girl" at Circle Rep and Marjorie Baverstock in "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" for both Circle Rep and on Broadway. Other New York theater credits include "Redwood Curtain," "Coyote Ugly," "Sacrifice To Eros," "Yerma," "Green Card" and "The King Of Mackie Street." Currently she is starring in the award winning comedy "Waiting for Grace" at the Odyssey Theatre. Hear our live interview with PAMELA DUNLAP this Sunday evening!

RAY LEONARD JR., sports entrepreneur and public speaker, is our featured guest this Sunday night! RAY, the oldest son of boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard, is a member of several governance and advisory boards. He is also Co-Founder of Launch Team Consulting and the CEO of Leonard Sports & Entertainment, a full service sports and entertainment management company specializing in pairing celebrities with corporations. Growing up in a high profile celebrity family allowed RAY the opportunity to travel the world and engage with top leadership officials, billionaires, athletes, and entertainers. The experiences provided a worldly perspective on cultural diversity, personal conduct and effective management. RAY has over twenty years domestic and international experience as a professional manager and organizational consultant in the sports, entertainment and finance industries, and has a unique ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Charitable work and community development is also a major passion. He is currently on the board of directors for Walking Miracles and he served as Co-Executive director for the Youth Recreation association of Philadelphia, and has been a mentor for the Magic Johnson foundation, Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, First Book, and The Walking Miracles Foundation. Hear our live interview with RAY LEONARD JR. this Sunday evening!

Making headlines around the world this week: * A New Zealand professor successfully submitted a paper on nuclear physics written only using auto correct to a scientific conference. * A team of robots designed by Texas researchers defeated a squad of Australian bots in soccer for the RoboCup Challenge championship in China. * Police in Spain rescued a man from a garbage bin after he became trapped while searching for old clothes. * A feud between an apartment resident in China and his property management office escalated to the point where a bulldozer was summoned to smash the man's van. * A Vietnamese animal lover has been dubbed "the cat lord" after a viral video showed him riding a motorcycle with four feline passengers. * A trip to a drive-through eatery in the Philippines went viral for an unusual reason -- the vehicle was a cart pulled by a water buffalo.

CAYTHA JENTIS, award winning independent filmmaker, is our special guest this Sunday night! CAYTHA who has written four features, produced three and directed two. Her features include "Bad Parents" starring Janeane Garofalo, "And Then Came Love" starring Vanessa Williams and Eartha Kitt, and "The One" starring Jon Prescott. Her latest project is "The Other F Word," a comedic coming-of-age series about four women friends who deal with the highs and lows of mid-life as they reinvent themselves now that their kids are grown. Starring Steve Guttenberg and Judy Gold, the series is available online on Amazon Prime. Hear our live interview with CAYTHA JENTIS this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week: * A 7-year-old Australian boy who spent two years raising $2,285 by selling lemonade shed tears when he finally achieved his ultimate goal -- owning a pony. * A London man recorded video when he spotted something unusual in the River Thames -- a man casually floating on the water in a giant inflatable ball. * A burglar in Canada rappelled into a sporting goods store to steal hundreds of hockey sticks worth more than $100,000. * A kitten became an unexpected guest on a morning news program in Turkey after wandering into the studio. * A 700-year-old banknote was found inside an ancient wooden Chinese sculpture at an Australian auction house. * A pair of Chinese tourists returned a stolen toilet seat to a Japanese hotel with an apology and explanation that they didn't realize it belonged to the facility.

GLENNE HEADLY, star of classic films such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and critically acclaimed TV shows such as HBO's "The Night Of...," is our special guest this Sunday night! GLENNE's other film work includes "Dick Tracy," "Mr. Holland's Opus," "Mortal Thoughts," "2 Days in the Valley," "What's The Worst That Could Happen," "Breakfast of Champions," "Around The Bend," "The Amateurs," "The Comeback Season," "The Joneses" and "Don Jon." She can next be seen opposite Bill Paxton and Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt's "The Circle," featuring Tom Hanks. She just wrapped Katherine Dieckmann's "Strange Weather." Television roles include the live theatrical presentation of "On Golden Pond" for CBS as well as recurring roles in "ER," "Monk" and "And The Band Played On." She was nominated for an Emmy for two different mini-series: "Lonesome Dove" and "Bastard Out of Carolina." GLENNE is currently filming "Villa Capri" with Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones. On stage, she recently appeared on stage in Larry David's Broadway show, "Fish in the Dark," opposite Larry David and then Jason Alexander. Prior to that she starred in the 2013 New Group production of The "Jacksonian," with Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman, which was originally presented at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. GLENNE is currently appearing in the play "Blood" at The Complex in Hollywood. Inspired by true events, the play is a political thriller with music about the 1980s 'Japanese Tainted Blood Scandal' in which 2,000 people died of AIDS after the U.S. knowingly sold contaminated blood to Japan. Over a dozen rave reviews for the production when it premiered last spring include the Los Angeles Times ("dazzling... a formidable display of small-theater invention"). Hear our live interview with GLENNE HEADLY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week: * A crow was identified at a crime scene in Australia after police found a bag of methamphetamine at a local gas station. * A famous tattoo artist offered his services free of charge in London -- but customers were not allowed to see the design until it was finished. * A German slingshot enthusiast took his hobby to the next level with a giant wooden slingshot capable of flinging a bowling ball more than 300 feet. * Organizers of a pet fair in Thailand set out to resolve the millennia-old grudge match between the tortoise and the hare -- and the race had a surprising outcome. * A Domino's in England has begun testing delivery by canoe to homes along a local river.

ERIN GAVIN, starring as the one-and-only Marilyn Monroe in a new film, "Marilyn: The Last Investigation," is our special guest this Sunday night! At age seven, ERIN landed the role of Molly in the theater production of Annie and her career was launched in the United Kingdom. She went on to do several other shows throughout Scotland and England. She was still in high school when she landed her first television role in the popular television series, "Taggart." Upon graduation, she moved to London and landed a role in the hit television series, "Footballers' Wives," which led to the launch of her successful career within acting and modeling. ERIN's career has spanned over motion pictures, television series, theatrical productions, print and live-action commercials. She's worked with a remarkable list of directors and actors, including David Schwimmer, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elijah Jordan Wood. Her most recent film credits include the thriller, "Dread," directed by Anthony DiBiasi, "Play On," directed by David Story and the comedy, "Junk," directed by Kevin Hamedani. She is currently starring as the one-and-only Marilyn Monroe in a new film, "Marilyn: The Last Investigation." When not cultivating her career, ERIN spends her past time sharpening up her karate skills... as a black belt in Shotokai karate! Hear our live interview with ERIN GAVIN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!