Even though the TV show is not produced in Hollywood or New York, "Sidewalks Entertainment" has been getting interviews
from today's top stars and recording artists.
In addition to celebrity interviews, the award-winning program has featured regional musical performers, behind-the-scenes remote segments, and artistic, cultural and novelty acts.
 

Celebrity Interviews:
Sidewalks Entertainment's on-air personalities have interviewed a variety of stars. Here's the short list:

Actresses: Brittany Murphy, Doris Roberts, Melinda Clarke, Jennie Garth, Jamie-Lynn Discala, AnnaSophia Robb, Catherine Bell, Teri Garr

Actors: Michael Madsen, Bill Paxton, Hank Azaria, Scott Bakula, Danny Glover, Bob Saget, Robert Englund, and Rob Schneider

Singers / bands: Green Day, Josh Groban, The Judds, Phil Collins, Rachael Lampa, Bruce Hornsby, Kenny Loggins, John Hiatt, country's Sara Evans and Deana Carter, rock band Barenaked Ladies, and Christian music stars Sandi Patty and Point of Grace

Sports stars: Wayne Gretzky, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Bonnie Blair, Michael Waltrip, and Shaquille O'Neal

TV hosts: Meredith Vieira and Joy Behar ("The View"), Donny and Marie Osmond

Authors Judith Krantz, Sidney Sheldon, and Jackie Collins. 



Spotlighting of San Francisco Bay Area Music
From rock to alternative, R&B to jazz, a long-list of rising Bay Area musicians and groups have appeared, including Premiere (from San Jose), Bay Area Music Award Winner and blues musician Joe Louis Walker (Marin County), The Jenny Thing and Randy Wilson (Berkeley); Coal Train, Ciara and Chant (San Francisco); Ron Matthews (Oakland); The Big Picture (El Sobrante); D Groove (Daly City); Eddie G, SixSense and Impact (Richmond); and Cry Red (Pleasanton).

In addition to the musical artists appearance, many of the acts have been featured in exclusive mini-music videos which are produced and directed by the creative Sidewalks crew.


Artistic, Cultural and Novelty Acts
Some of the artistic, cultural and novelty acts have included: Project Bandaloop (rock climbing dancers); The Near Eastern Dance Company (a belly dancing troop); Masthan and Lejon (fashion designers); Richmond Bloco (an East Bay Center for the Performing Arts steel band group); Jodi and Brent Welch (world champion footbag record holders); Thrills on Wheels (acrobatic roller skating group); Chuck Jarman (creature mask designer); Lee D. Zimmerman (marionette designer and performer); Joseph Gotto (rising filmmaker); Skirmishers (a staged-combat group); Glenn Haywood and Paul Nathan (magicians); The Boogie Down Jugglers (a popular environmental juggling duo); and Karumanta (Andean music group) and Araucaria (a South American dance troop).


The producers would like to thank the many national public relation firms and satellite companies, such as Liv Davick Publicity and Promotions, National Satellite Productions, On The Scene Productions, Harbour Media, First Line Media, Original Media Concepts, J-Nex Media and Terry Hines and Associates for setting up exclusive interviews for Sidewalks.

Special thanks go to on-air personality and producer Cindy Rhodes for interviewing and coordinating most of the celebrity interviews for the last several seasons of the program.

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