Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘The Novogratz Family Takes Hollywood’

Review Fix chats with Cortney Novogratz about her family and their new reality show, “The Novogratz Family Takes Hollywood,” which follows the clan who have recently relocated from New York and are redesigning a 1920s-built castle in the Hollywood Hills. Far from your typical reality show, Novogratz promises there’s nothing for everyone here.

Review Fix: How did the idea to have a reality show come to fruition?

Cortney Novogratz: Robert and I had a great opportunity to capture the renovation of this house with our kids, and we wanted to showcase the process.

Review Fix: There are a ton of family reality shows out there. What makes this one different?

Novogratz: This is something for all ages- couples can share it together and relate to it, and kids of all ages can start to love design. Hopefully through our journey people walk away inspired and informed.

Review Fix: What makes your family special?

Novogratz: We’re like every other family- each one of us is special in our own way. There are nine of us, and we’re all a bit unique and quirky. We function best under creative chaos.

Review Fix: How do you want this show to affect people?

Novogratz: Hopefully people will start decorating, whether it’s painting a wall or renovating a kitchen. Ideally people start celebrating being a family and making their homes function beautifully for them.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Novogratz: Raising our kids, designing hotels in Sonoma County and on the Jersey coast, our third book with Rizzoli about boutique hotel living, and kicking back and enjoying the poolside this summer.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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