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
Henry Schaefer – The Godfather
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | The godfather of quantum computational chemistry is rumored to have been in the running for a Nobel Prize on at least five occasions, but, like that old Tootsie Pop commercial, the world may never know – at least those of us not around when the nominees are finally revealed […]
Dee Brown – Pumped Up
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | It’s the same everywhere he goes. Not a day passes that Dee Brown isn’t asked about The Dunk, a spontaneous act of showmanship that makes him famous, draws Michael Jordan’s ire, and brings urban sneaker culture one step closer to the mainstream. Mistaken for Shawn Kemp’s little brother during the 1991 NBA Slam […]
Claudia Maree Mailer – Rising Star
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Picture this: Even in a crowded Instagram universe teeming with bombshell influencers, Claudia Maree Mailer stands out. The England-born, New Zealand-raised, New York-based actor is a revelation, and not because every waking moment is a carefully choreographed photo shoot, the resulting content served up for the voyeuristic consumption of […]
Vince Gill – Straight Shooter
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Vince Gill wasn’t born with a guitar in his hands, but the country music legend damn sure didn’t waste much time getting acquainted with one. Gill, who’s racked up 21 Grammy Awards (and counting), more than any other male performer in the history of country music, began plucking around […]
Joseph Poliquin – Dream Weaver
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Joseph Poliquin didn’t so much kick open the door to an acting career as he maneuvered his way through it, as if a willing participant dropped into one of those escape rooms, the kind that rewards instinct and improvisation rather than sheer force of will. It helps that the […]
Meissa Hampton – Principled Actor
Written By: Michael D. McClellan Meissa Hampton has something to say. The award-winning actor is also an awarded poet who also happens to make socially significant (and award-winning) documentary films, her creative energy an amalgamation of Seimetz, Sappho, and the incomparable Barbara Kopple. With coronavirus raging and masks a political hot-button, Hampton is unwavering in […]