Interview with Roxanna Bina.

Full Name:
Roxanna Bina.

Do you have a nickname or what do your friends call you?
Roxy or Foxy Roxy.
I wish my name rhymed with “Foxy.”

Birthplace:
Baltimore, MD
Current hometown:
Santa Barbara, CA

Favorite city and why?
NYC and Providence- it’s a slice of my youth and the art /music scene is unbeatable.

Birthday/Age:
Dec. 9 , 1977

How would you describe yourself physically?
Cute.

How would someone else describe you physically?
Cute.

The first thing people notice about you is…
My big ass eyes!

Hair Color/Eye Color/Race?
Ever changing/brown/purrrrrsian princess.

Sexual orientation?
I like dudes.

Religion, if any?
Chanel.

Are you superstitious at all? Any phobias?
A little… phobia of feta cheese, don’t ask, man.

Do you smoke/drink?  If so, what?
Nope.

Any bad habits?
I drink soda every once in a while.

Current occupation/Dream job:
Journalist/fashion blogger/actress- living the dream.

What do you like to do when you’re not at work?
Being Felix and Max’s (my sons) bitch.

What is your zombie outbreak survival plan?
Wear a Thom Browne dress while getting attacked… if u can’t beat them join them.

Weapon of choice:
My lipstick knife for smaller jobs, a gun if I’m not to fuck around.

Do you have any special skills?
I speak Farsi- The language of the CIA.

Did you go to college and, if so, what for?
Yes, with you! Communications/biology/theater!
What was it like in college? It would be interesting to get someone else’s perspective.
I loved college… it was a social place for me more than a place of education. I consider those the best years of my single life.

If you went to college, did you manage to pay off your student loans?
No loans- scholarships and hard work looking cute.

Any pets? If so, what are they and what are their names?
YES YES YES  I have 4 kitties- all purrrrsian. Mr. Miggins, Mrs. Minky, Miss Mimi and Ms. Coco.

What is your favorite animal?
CATS

Speaking of pets, any pet peeves?
Tardiness, flakiness.

Favorite/Least favorite Food:
Fave= Persian style Kabobs Least= any Mexican food with beans.

What is your favorite quotation/motto/saying?
Yeah, Bitch!

What is the best thing that ever happened to you?
My children and meeting my hubby.

What is the worst thing that ever happened to you?
Almost died having my second son 3 months prematurely. But all is good now.

Ever had your heart broken? Is there a story worth telling behind your answer? Yes, and fuck that douche- I hate him!

Ever broken someone’s heart? Is there a story worth telling behind your answer? Probably… I never break hearts on purpose.

What is the best thing you’ve ever done?
Save stray/shelter cats from a death sentence… helping elderly people with living a comfortable life. (I’m also a nurse’s assistant.)

What is the worst thing you’ve ever done?
Once I sent cat poo to an ex.. I thought it was hilarious, but it freaked him out… a lot.

If you could kill one person, consequence free, who would it be and why?
Anyone who hurts animals and children.

What do you do?
I write a fashion blog, and interview celebrities for French TV/outlets. I also do acting in low budget films.
Do you interview your interviewees en Francais? No… my French is tres mal.
I had no idea that you acted in low budget films! Where can we check out your work?
You can look me up on imdb.com … I was in ‘Scarecrow’ and the upcoming ‘Attila’, and also a few commercials here and there (for MTV).

How did you get started doing what you do?
I just started writing my fashion blog about 5 years ago… it’s my passion to write whatever I want about effed up fashion. I started the TV journalism job about 11 years ago with my husband.

What is your advice to other people that want to get started doing what you do? Just keep doing what you’re doing… people will take notice eventually.

What are some of the projects you’ve worked on/finished in the past? Give us a little history if you will.
I was in a movie called ‘Scarecrow’ and most recently a movie that comes out on Halloween called ‘Attila’… You may see my youtube/roxybina for the interviews I have done for the past 11 years… my latest is ‘Carrie’  and ‘Hunger Games 2’ is upcoming. I also wrote an ipad app, called ‘Macabre fairy Tales’- that is my baby that I had been working on for a year…

What projects are you working on now?
Just wrapped Attila… released Macabre Fairy Tales fairly recently… and my blog/journalism is ongoing…

What are you watching?

yo gabba gabba

What are you listening to?
Grimes

What are you reading?
Vogue

Favorite author/book?
Judy Blume

Favorite band/song?
Prince- all is music

Least favorite band/song?
Nickelback- it’s like a plumber with laryingitis is
singing horrible ballads rejected by Michael Bolton.
No reason to take it easy on Nickelback. Tell us how you really feel.
I heard they use that in Abu Ghraib as a torture tactic… no joke.
I would tell them all of my secrets and make some up to boot just to make the pain stop.

Desert Island Music/Movies/Books: You know the deal. Five of each.
Music- beastie boys, prince, Madonna, duran duran, Mozart
Movies- V for Vendetta, Marie Antoinette, nightmare before Christmas, james bond collection, The Breakfast Club
Books- Vogue, vogue, vogue, Of Mice and Men, The dummies guide to getting off a desert island.

If you could do anything other than what you do now, what would you do?
If I had singing skills, a singer.

Who would you want to meet that you haven’t met? You get three choices:
Alive. Dead. Fictional.
Jean Paul Gaultier/ coco chanel/ V from vendetta.

What’s the best and worst job you’ve ever had?
Best: Mother. / Worst: Nurse’s assistant.

Are there any questions that I didn’t ask that you wished I had asked that you would like to answer now?
Nah, dude… you got it covered.

Anyone you recommend I interview that you can put me in touch with?
Hmm- maybe the director of Sharknado, Anthony Ferrente? Or my husband, Emmanuel Itier – director of ‘Scarecrow’ and ‘Attila’.
Cool! I’ll send them both Friend Requests and see where it goes from there!

Got any questions for me?
Nope.

Closing questions / summary / and thanks:
Thanks for interviewing my boring ass!
Aw! You weren’t boring! Thanks for subjecting yourself to being interviewed!
No prob.

Pitch parade:
Give me all of your links for things you want to promote.   All of them.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Teacups-Couture/133177153381132?ref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roxannabina
Website: http://roxannabina.com
Blog: http://teacupsandcouture.com
Ipad App:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macabre-fairy-tales/id578685458?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

About the Interviewee:
Roxanna Bina was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was raised in Michigan and Rhode Island. She attended Rhode Island College and graduated in 2000 with a degree in Communications, Biology and Theater. Roxanna started modeling at the age of 17 in New York, Boston and Providence. She also starred in an MTV commercial, as well as a horror movie called 'Scarecrow' (with a cult following). Her latest film will be released on Halloween of 2013 called ‘Attila’.
With an innate flair for fashion, Roxanna served as a fashion stylist for Sebastian Hair International. After designing several collections under her label 'Roxanna Bina Couture' and 'Mooshibear', Roxanna turned to writing freelance for several magazines. She was the fashion editor at Buzzine.com and also has a fashion blog called 'Teacups and Couture', which focuses on unusual fashion from emerging designers and artists. Check out her latest iPad interactive app called, Macabre Fairy Tales on iTunes.
In addition to being a writer, she also covers movie junkets as an international television journalist for the French territory on a regular basis. You may see her interviews on You Tube.
Her entrepreneurial ventures include a Bed & Breakfast in historic Providence, Rhode Island and a frozen , organic baby food company called Fifibear’s. She also acts as the head of Acquisitions at Wonderland Entertainment and is an associate producer on the Emmanuel Itier films, ‘The Invocation’ and ‘Femme’.
Roxanna collects James Bond memorabilia , Barbies, Be@rbricks and vintage clothes. She resides in California with her husband, 2 sons and 4 Persian cats.

About the Interviewer:
Scott Lefebvre has probably read everything you've read and can write about whatever you want him to write about.
Mostly because when he was grounded for his outlandish behavior as a hyperactive school child, the only place he was allowed to go was the public library.
His literary tastes were forged by the works of Helen Hoke, Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe, and H. P. Lovecraft.
He is the author of Spooky Creepy Long Island and a contributing author to Forrest J. Ackerman’s Anthology of the Living Dead, Fracas: A Collection of Short Friction, The Call of Lovecraft, and Cashiers du Cinemart.
His reviews have been published by a variety of in print and online media including Scars Magazine, Icons of Fright, Fatally Yours and Screams of Terror, and he has appeared in Fangoria, Rue Morgue and HorrorHound Magazine.
He is the Assistant Program Director for The Arkham Film Society and produces Electronic Music under the names Master Control and LOVECRAFTWORK.
He is currently working on a novel-length expansion of a short-story titled, "The End Of The World Is Nigh", a crowd-funded, crowd-sourced, post-apocalyptic, zombie epidemic project.
You can check out the blog for the book here: theendoftheworldisnighbook.blogspot.com
You can check out the Facebook Fan Page for the project here: www.facebook.com/TheEndOfTheWorldIsNighBook
You can check his author profile at: www.amazon.com/Scott-Lefebvre/e/B001TQ2W9G
You can follow him at GoodReads here:
www.goodreads.com/author/show/1617246.Scott_Lefebvre
You can check out his electronic music here: soundcloud.com/master_control
And here: master-control.bandcamp.com
You can check out his videos at: www.youtube.com/user/doctornapoleon
You can check out his IMDB profile here: www.imdb.com/name/nm3678959
You can follow his Twitter here: twitter.com/TheLefebvre or @TheLefebvre
You can follow his Tumblr here: thelefebvre.tumblr.com
You can check out his Etsy here: www.etsy.com/people/arkhamscreenings
You can join the group for The Arkham Film Society here:
www.facebook.com/groups/arkhamscreenings
You can stalk his Facebook at: www.facebook.com/TheLefebvre
You can e-mail him at: Scott_Lefebvre@hotmail.com

OPTIONAL: Prove you’re not a replicant.

Question 1:
A tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping. Why is that?
Because I like tortoise soup.

Question 2:
Describe in single words, only the good things that come in to your mind about your mother.
Strong, loving.

Question 3:
It's your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet.
It better be Louis Vuitton, bitch!
Question 4:
You've got a little boy. He shows you his butterfly collection plus the killing jar. NO!!
Question 5:
You're watching television. Suddenly you realise there's a wasp crawling on your arm. 
Kill that muthafucka!
Question 6:
You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. You show it to your husband. He likes it so much he hangs it on your bedroom wall.
He can sleep on the couch until he takes it down.

Question 8:
You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog.
Is this the cook the wife the thief and his lover? Because I love that movie!

Result: You’re not a replicant.