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Kathy Bates Reveals Her Favorite Role (and It’s Not the One You’re Thinking Of)
Episode 92
When you’re in a film adapted from a beloved young adult novel like ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ (April 28), every aspect of the movie has …
3 years, 5 months ago
Keri Russell ‘Couldn’t Stop Thinking About’ Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’
Episode 91
Characterizing Keri Russell’s new show ‘The Diplomat’ (Netflix, April 20) is difficult, but that’s part of its charm. “The drama of politics, the abs…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Assault on Drag: What's Happening and Why Is It Being Banned?
Episode 90
For the past year or so, there’s been a spotlight on drag in the United States, and not just because of the popularity of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’ From …
3 years, 6 months ago
Billy Crudup Leans Into to Futuristic Nostalgia with Apple TV+’s ‘Hello Tomorrow!’
Episode 89
Hello Tomorrow! on Apple TV+ is both familiar and something we’ve never seen before. “It’s representing materially and metaphorically, America as it …
3 years, 6 months ago
RuPaul’s Drag Race Producer Fenton Bailey on the Power of TV and Pop Culture
Episode 88
How has TV impacted our lives? If you ask Fenton Bailey (co-producer of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and co-founder of World of Wonder), TV has a had a huge …
3 years, 6 months ago
24 Hours with Paris Hilton: She Isn’t the Dumb Blonde You Think You Know
Episode 87
The Paris Hilton you think you know isn’t the real Paris. “I’m not a dumb blonde. I was just very good at pretending to be one,” Hilton told Newsweek…
3 years, 6 months ago
What to Expect From This Year’s Academy Awards. Who Will Win? But More Importantly, Who Will Lose?
Episode 86
This week we’re breaking down who will be the big winners (and losers) at this year’s Academy Awards. Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott is joined by entertain…
3 years, 6 months ago
Nick Kroll on the Influence of Mel Brooks on Hulu’s 'History of the World, Part II’
Episode 85
If you're going to add on to the legacy of a classic Mel Brooks film, you've got to do it with a parade of superstars (and, of course, the blessing o…
3 years, 7 months ago
Eugene Levy Is (Literally) the 'Reluctant Traveler' on Apple TV+
Episode 84
Never has a title fit a show's subject more than Eugene Levy's new Apple TV+ travel show ‘The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy’ (February 24). Whe…
3 years, 7 months ago
How the Academy Awards Changed Hollywood with Michael Schulman (author of ‘Oscar Wars’)
Episode 83
It seems like there are a ton of award shows these days (because there are), but there’s one that started it all: the Academy Awards. For better or w…
3 years, 7 months ago