Dwayne The Rock Johnson

Got the glorious text from my strength & conditioning coach Dave Rienzi that read “DJ, need a mid week carb up for your big scenes tomorrow. Eat a pizza and send me your pics in the morning” to which I responded - Watch. This. 
We’re having fun strategically manipulating my diet/body for shooting HOBBS & SHAW (my Fast & Furious spin-off film) and I love these midweek pizza carb ups like a drunk loves free peanuts. 
As for my pizza toppings - keep in mind, I’m the guy who likes to put tequila and brown sugar in my oatmeal, so pineapple on pizza is MY JAM - with ham. 





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Jingle Bash headliner Enrique Iglesias bashes himself

Someone must have told Enrique Iglesias he rambles on too much, because the Spanish pop star seemed self-conscious about his longer responses during our phone conversation in late November. Well, that or he was just being self-deprecating — as he’s known to do.

“Am I talking too much?” Iglesias asked on two separate occassions.

He wasn’t. And even if he was, there was no need to put Iglesias down. He does it enough to himself.

Iglesias said his English could be better, which worries him because he doesn’t think his Spanish is great, either. As for his acting role in 2003’s “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” he said he refused to audition because he was worried he would get nervous and “(Mess) it up.” And unlike some artists who claim they always knew they’d make it big in the music industry, Iglesias said he was convinced he wouldn’t last long when he released his self-titled debut album in 1995.

“I didn’t expect to be around a year,” Iglesias said. “After the first tour, I was like ‘What do I do now?’ I thought it was over.”

Since then, Iglesias has released several albums in both English and Spanish and found success on the charts with the singles “Bailamos,” “Hero” and “I Like It.” Ironically, Iglesias’ previous record label was reluctant to release the latter song, which eventually reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“I remember being at the record company playing ‘I Like It’ and them saying, ‘It’s never going to work. It’s too Euro,’” Iglesias said. “I had it for two years and was going nuts thinking, ‘This has to come out.’ I wanted that song as a single for the greatest hits album and they didn’t take it. … It felt so good (when the song became a hit), you don’t even know. I’ve been wrong in my career, but this felt so good.”

Iglesias performed the song with rapper Pitbull during halftime of the Dallas Cowboys-Miami Dolphins game on Thanksgiving and performed “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)” with Ludacris during the American Music Awards earlier that week. On Saturday, he will take the stage at Allstate Arena for the second time in three months to headline the sold-out B96 Jingle Bash along with Selena Gomez, LMFAO and Joe Jonas, among others.

Don’t expect to see as much of the 36-year-old Iglesias once he’s done touring and promoting his 2010 album, “Euphoria.” “When I’m not working, I don’t like being in the spotlight,” he said. “You won’t see me. I’m not a fan of red carpets.”

Still, he understands celebs make headlines even when they don’t mean to — especially when they’re dating another celebrity. Iglesias has been with tennis star-turned-model Anna Kournikova for 10 years and said the reports of a secret marriage five years ago are false. He does, however, admit to playing along with interviewers who haven’t done their homework.

“I have a very stupid sense of humor,” Iglesias said. “If a reporter asks me how my marriage of five years is going, I’ll say, ‘We recently got divorced.’ And they’ll write it. But I have a good relationship with the media and understand the business. I understand there’s compromise. You pay a price, but the return is greater.”

8 Questions to Ask Every Potential Freelancer

When you’re looking for a new freelancer, it’s often due to an emergency scenario: A full-timer just quit without notice. Your favorite contractor isn’t available for the next six months. Or a surprise project just dropped from the sky and there’s no one to staff it.

In these urgent situations, we tend to grab the first viable freelancer we can find. But it can backfire—big time—if you skip over one of the most important moments in the freelance lifecycle: the freelance interview.

We tend to gloss over formal interviews when it comes to freelancers. We have all sorts of excuses:

• “There isn’t time.”
• “They sounded fine in their intro email.”
• “Their website looks really professional.”
• “They won’t be here that long.”
• “I need someone now, and I don’t care who.”

But—you should ALWAYS hold a formal interview with a freelancer.

It doesn’t have to be on-site, and it doesn’t have to be exhaustive. There are simply too many important questions to ask in advance if you want to have a positive working relationship with your freelancer.

A freelancer requires an entirely different set of questions than the ones you’d ask a full-time candidate. Here are eight core interview questions that need to be asked of any potential freelancer.

1. What kind of freelance situation are you interested in?

Follow-up questions: Full time, part time or project-based? On-site or remote? Approximately how many hours per day, week or month?

2. How do you like to interact with your freelance clients?

Follow-up questions: Do you like to be folded into the team, or communicate only through one direct contact? Do you prefer email communication, phone calls, video chats, or in-person meetings?

3. How do you prefer to deal with money?

Follow-up questions: Is your rate hourly or do you require a project fee? Do you do retainer arrangements? Do you invoice 50% up front and 50% at the end of a project? Or do you invoice at the end of every month? Do you like receiving your payments via direct deposit, checks, Paypal, or something else?

4. Do you prefer a one-off project or are you looking for a long-term client relationship?

Follow-up questions: If this experience works out, would you be interested in working together on a continuing basis? What is your availability for ongoing freelance work? Are you a dedicated freelancer, or are you looking for an opportunity to commit to one company on a full-time employee basis?

5. What kinds of projects are you interested in and available for?

Follow-up questions: What’s your favorite kind of work to do? What kind of projects do you want to do more of? What excites you? What’s your dream project?

6. On the flip side—what projects won’t you do?

Follow-up questions: Are there any types of projects you dislike? Are there any software platforms, programs or technology that you don’t want to work with? Do you avoid projects that require a higher or lower skill level? What won’t you do?

7. How do you schedule yourself?

Follow-up questions: What can we expect from you in terms of general availability? Are you an early bird or a night owl? What is your general turnaround time for certain types of projects? When do you usually respond to emails or return phone calls? What’s your workload at the moment?

8. What else can we expect while working with you?

Follow-up questions: What are you like to work with? How can we make the process better for you? What would make us a fantastic client in your eyes?