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“I Don’t Think This Is Like The Avengers”: ‘The Good Fight’ Creators on Why ‘Elsbeth’ Isn’t Really a Spinoff
Welcome to the 250th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Lily Gladstone on Almost Quitting Acting Before ‘Killers,’ Secret Homages in Scorsese’s Film and Being An Awards Season “First”
Lily Gladstone, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a trailblazing Native American actress whose breakout performance in Martin Scorsese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon, as an Osage woman named Mollie Burkhart whose oil wealth made her a target of white men during what is known as the […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Celine Song on True Story Behind ‘Past Lives,’ Final Draft’s Subtitles Problem and “In-Yun” in Her Life
Celine Song, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a 35-year-old Korean-Canadian playwright-turned-filmmaker whose largely autobiographical feature directorial debut, Past Lives, is now nominated for the best picture Oscar, and whose script for it has brought her a best original screenplay nod. Filmmaker magazine called Past Lives “as confident […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: America Ferrera on Her ‘Barbie’ Monologue and Oscar Nom, ‘Ugly Betty’ Emmy and Battle With “Imposter Syndrome”
America Ferrera, the guest on this episode of The Hollywod Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of film students at Chapman University, is a 39-year-old actress, producer, director and activist who has been a public figure — and a trailblazer — for more than 20 years. Ferrera has starred in projects on screens […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Amy Schumer on Making a Deeply Personal (and Timely) Second Season of ‘Life & Beth’
Welcome to the 249th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘It Happened in Hollywood’ Podcast: 5 Secrets of ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ As Drag Classic Turns 30
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiered to a rapturous, midnight-screening reception at Cannes on May 15, 1994. The tart, feel-good comedy follows a trio of Sydney drag queens — Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce — who travel by bus (that’s Priscilla) to a gig in the Outback, finding their way […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Cillian Murphy on ‘Oppenheimer,’ Potential ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie and Making a Musical
Cillian Murphy, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a terrific Irish actor who The New York Times has said is “known for his electrifying, typecast-defying turns in a range of movies, big and small.” Backstage has called him “a chameleonic performer, a character actor trapped in a leading […]
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20th TV President Karey Burke Explains Why the Industry’s Contraction May Not Be a Bad Thing
Welcome to the 248th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘It Happened in Hollywood’ Podcast: Why Tom Cruise Photoshopped Himself Into a Picture of David Fincher and Cameron Crowe
Filmmaker Ed Zwick — whose new memoir Hits, Flops and Other Illusions has just come out — joined The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast for the show’s season five premiere. Zwick has directed some of Hollywood’s biggest stars in films like 1989’s Glory (starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick), 1994’s Legends of […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Making Sense of the New Sports Super-Streamer
Welcome to the 247th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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Podcast: Jon Batiste on Oscar-Nominated Song “It Never Went Away,” ‘American Symphony’ Oscar Snub and Grammys
Jon Batiste, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience of film students at Chapman University, is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and actor. At just 37, he has already won five Grammys — including, in 2022, album of the year, for […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: A Deep-Dive Conversation About Streaming With Ads
Welcome to the 246th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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