Taryn Manning On Her New Film “Last Call,” Juggling Music & Acting Careers, Future Plans & More

In the new film Last Call, local success story and real estate developer Mick (played by Jeremy Piven) returns home to his offbeat blue collar Irish neighborhood in the shadows of Philadelphia for a funeral and is obligated to stay to ensure his parents’ ailing family business gets back on course. Amidst all of this, he grows closer to his childhood crush (played by Taryn Manning) who is also back in town, while enduring the constant ridicule from his old hometown crew. As Mick begins to reconnect with the neighborhood he grew up in, he finds himself at a crossroads when forced to either raze or resurrect the family bar. Last Call also includes Bruce Dern, Jamie Kennedy, Cathy Moriarty and Cheri Oteri in its cast, and is set for a release on March 19, 2021 to theaters, digital and on-demand outlets.

The aforementioned Taryn Manning notably starred in the 3-time SAG Award-winning Netflix series Orange Is The New Black as Pennsatucky. Manning has also graced the screen in Hustle & Flow, for which she was nominated for “Best Breakthrough Performance” from the Washington DC Film Critics Association, and 8 Mile, for which she was nominated for a SAG Award. Big movie and television projects aside, Manning has also found success as a major label recording artist, inking her first deal as one-half of Boomkat — alongside brother Kellin — in the early 2000s. Manning’s record label GLTCHLFE Records and her production company Rainbows & Unicorns have also kept her busy.

On March 15, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Taryn Manning via Zoom, as embedded below. We spoke about Last Call at the beginning of the conversation, then moved along to other endeavors of hers. More on Manning is online at www.facebook.com/theTarynManning, www.twitter.com/TarynManning and www.instagram.com/tarynmanning, while more on Last Call can be found via www.lastcall.movie and www.facebook.com/IFCFilmsOfficial.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."