A West Virginia native, Michael D. McClellan's celebrity interviews appear on his web site, FifteenMinutesWith.Com, and include superstars Pharrell Williams and Vince Gill; Nobel Prize winners Art McDonald and Takaaki Kajita; Grammy winners Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester, Keb Mo, and Big Daddy Kane; racing legend Mario Andretti; NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly; and NBA legends Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Latest posts by Michael McClellan (see all)
- Force of Nature – The Andrew Panay Interview - September 26, 2026
- Mario Andretti – Full Throttle - February 4, 2024
- Tim Russ – Star Trek: Voyager - July 25, 2021
Colin Chilvers – Movie Magic
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Colin Chilvers knows a thing or two about special effects. Like the classic E.F. Hutton advertising campaign from the early ‘80s, when Chilvers speaks, people listen, and for good reason: The English-born film director won a Special Achievement Academy Award in Visual Effects for his work on the 1978 […]
Pharrell Williams – Star Power
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Pharrell Williams never sleeps. How can he? The multi-hyphenate superstar is insatiably inquisitive, his interests ranging from the mysteries of deep space to the provocative genius of artists as varied as Daniel Arsham and Marina Abramovic, his mind in a constant state of restless exploration. That Williams can move […]
Daniel Arsham – Ground Breaker
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Daniel Arsham is a busy man. The multidisciplinary artist is also prolifically multithreaded, his work ranging from his Future Relic series of mini-movies to his Rules of the Game stage collaboration with Pharrell Williams and choreographer Jonah Bokaer, to his ever-expanding universe of installations and exhibits. His fascination with modern-day objects, specifically with […]
Jonah Bokaer – Body Language
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Jonah Bokaer’s roots are in dance, but the world in which he lives is hardly confined to a single category. The son of Tunisian and American parents, Bokaer abandons traditional dance and theatre elements, his choreography spilling over into the visual arts, the objects onstage anything but props or […]
Big Daddy Kane – BDK Style
By: Michael D. McClellan | Spending time with Grammy-winning rapper Big Daddy Kane is to spend time at the feet of hip-hop royalty. He’s recorded with Tupac, posed nude with Madonna and Naomi Campbell, and mentored a gifted young rapper named Jay-Z. His breakout hit, Ain’t No Half Steppin, ranks No. 24 on Rolling Stone’s list […]
Danny Rubin – Groundhog Day
By: Michael D. McClellan | Danny Rubin is jazzed, and for good reason. The laid back screenwriter who, in 1993, broke it big with the existential Hollywood hit Groundhog Day, is basking in the success of his critically-acclaimed Groundhog Day The Musical, which, in 2017, garnered seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. Throw in eight […]