Mykelti Williamson’s Toxic Experience On A Popular Show Led to the Iconic “Bubba” Role on Forrest Gump

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While on the red carpet for THE LAST RODEO, Mykelti Williamson told the story of how a toxic experience on one popular show led to his being hired for the part he is best known as, "Bubba" from Forrest Gump. "Had I Not Been Fired, I would not have been available for Forrest Gump."

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September 28, 20260By christine

A Lot Of People Talk To Animals. Not Many People Listen.

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Animal coordinator Andrew Simpson has the job other people invent at ten. Then David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast showed up with Brad Pitt, a combat German Shepherd named Odin, and New Zealand standing in for Alaska. In this AMFM exclusive, Managing Editor Paul Salfen talks to Simpson about the surreal set days, why listening

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September 25, 20260By christine

A Lot of People Talk to Animals. Not Many Listen.

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Animal coordinator Andrew Simpson has the job other people invent at ten and then get told is not a living. Scripts arrive every week. Then David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast landed with Brad Pitt, a combat German Shepherd named Odin, and New Zealand standing in for Alaska — and Simpson called it a no-brainer.

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September 25, 20260By christine

RESIDENT EVIL Movie Minute

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https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Resident-Evil.m4a This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters now is Residsent Evil, the big screen reboot of the popular video game adaptation and it's a blast. While Milla Jovovich isn't in this one, director Zach Cregger rebooted it, starring Austin Abrams as Bryan, an organ delivery driver. He gets that dreaded

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September 25, 20260By christine

When You Reach the End, That’s When You Find the Beginning: MŌRIAH on “Home to Me” and Jimmy

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MŌRIAH is outside a Franklin coffee shop when the neighbor who taught her Logic Pro walks through the shot — mid-sentence, mid-sermon on Nashville generosity. That is the right temperature for the conversation Paul Salfen came to have. She sings Aaron Burns’s Jimmy out of the theater. “Home to Me,” written with her friend and

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A Lot Of People Talk To Animals. Not Many People Listen.

A Lot of People Talk to Animals. Not Many Listen.

RESIDENT EVIL Movie Minute

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Mykelti Williamson’s Toxic Experience On A Popular Show Led to the Iconic “Bubba” Role on Forrest Gump

A Lot Of People Talk To Animals. Not Many People Listen.

A Lot of People Talk to Animals. Not Many Listen.

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A Lot Of People Talk To Animals. Not Many People Listen.

A Lot of People Talk to Animals. Not Many Listen.

RESIDENT EVIL Movie Minute

When You Reach the End, That’s When You Find the Beginning: MŌRIAH on “Home to Me” and Jimmy