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Yvonne Orji: Actor and Stand-up Comedian Oct 05, 2022

Yvonne Orji is best known for playing Molly Carter on the series Insecure. Her performance was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020. Yvonne is also a stand-up comic and has a new HBO special titled: Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me. The special is a follow up to her 2020 comedy special: Momma, I Made It! Orji is from Nigeria and while she was a grad student, she entered a beauty pageant and performed stand-up for the talent portion of the event. You can watch Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me on HBO or streaming on HBO Max.

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Elijah Allan-Blitz: Director of Remembering on Disney Plus Sep 28, 2022

Elijah Allan-Blitz is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, musician and actor. He also creates AR and VR experiences like his Emmy Award-nominated virtual reality experience Take Every Wave: Laird in VR. Other VR experiences from Allan-Blitz include one for Michael Pollan's book How To Change Your Mind and another that was a companion piece for the Ken Burns documentary, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War. His latest project is the Disney Plus short film and AR experience Remembering, which stars Brie Larson.

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Peter Sohn - Sox the robot cat in the Pixar film Lightyear Sep 14, 2022

Peter Sohn is a filmmaker, animator, story artist and voice over. He's worked on Pixar films like Luca, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Up dating back to Finding Nemo. Sohn directed the film The Good Dinosaur and is directing the upcoming film Elemental.

During his time at Pixar, Sohn has not only gotten to work creating films, but he's become a popular favorite for voicing characters. He played Emile in Ratatouille and Squishy in Monsters University. Most recently Sohn gave a scene stealing performance as Sox the robot comfort cat in the film Lightyear.

Lightyear is now available in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD as well as for streaming on Disney Plus.

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Patrick Read Johnson, writer and director of 5-25-77 Sep 07, 2022

Patrick Read Johnson is an accomplished writer and filmmaker who has directed movies like Spaced Invaders, Angus, Baby's Day Out, The Genesis Code and co-wrote the story for the film DragonHeart.

His latest project is the film 5-25-77. It's a semi-autobiographical film about a teenager named Patrick from Illinois who wants to be a filmmaker. Three months before Star Wars: A New Hope opened in 1977, he gets to see a working print at Lucasfilm effects house Industrial Light and Magic. Technically, he's the world's first Star Wars fan. Johnson's semi-autobiographical film 5-25-77 is a loving homage to Star Wars and other '70s sci-fi films. But it's also a fantastic coming of age film that artfully showcases how finding out who you are might be as easy as following your dreams.

The film was shot in 2004, but through various financial setbacks is finally being released this week. In fact, what you'll learn quickly from my conversation with Patrick is that it's hard to separate the man from his film and that the making of 5-25-77 is as much an adventure as what's on screen.

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Jaren Lewison: Ben Gross on Never Have I Ever Aug 31, 2022

Jaren Lewison is best known from his role as Ben Gross on the hit Netflix series Never Have I Ever. The show was created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. It's a coming of age comedy and drama that follows an Indian-American teen that wants to spruce up her social status. But her friends, family and feelings won’t make it easy on her. You can watch all three seasons of Never Have I Ever on Netflix.

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Julie Ann Emery on Surviving ‘Five Days at Memorial Aug 24, 2022

Julie Ann Emery has enjoyed roles in movies including ‘Hitch’ and TV shows like ‘Breaking Bad.” For Apple TV’s limited series about the tragic events at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina, Emery plays a committed health care provider trying to do right by her stranded patients when everything else goes horribly wrong. Based on true events.

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William Jackson Harper - The Resort on Peacock Aug 17, 2022

William Jackson Harper is an actor and playwright. You know him best for his Emmy nominated performance as Chidi on the show The Good Place as well as for his performances in series like Love Life, The Underground Railroad, Jack Ryan and the film Midsommar. William's latest project is the new Peacock original series The Resort which is a coming-of-age love story disguised as a fast-paced mystery. You can watch The Resort on Peacock with new episodes dropping on Thursdays.

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Dominic Monaghan, Moonhaven on AMC Plus Aug 10, 2022

You know Dominic Monaghan best from as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Charles Pace in the series Lost as well as from films like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. His latest project is the new series Moonhaven which takes place a 100 years into the future in a Utopian colony on a moon. Moonhaven airs exclusively on AMC Plus with new episodes dropping on Thursdays.

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Stephen Merchant - Writer, Director of The Outlaws Aug 05, 2022

Stephen Merchant is an actor, comedian, writer and director who's behind such shows as The Office, Extras and Life's Too Short. He's won two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards and an Emmy. He also starred as Caliban in the film Logan. Merchant co-created, as well as wrote, directed episodes for the comedy/thriller series The Outlaws on Prime Video. He stars in the show as part of an ensemble that includes Christopher Walken. Season two of The Outlaws drops Aug. 5.

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Boyd Holbrook from the film Vengeance Aug 03, 2022

Boyd Holbrook is an accomplished actor who's starred in films like Logan, Milk, Gone Girl and The Predator. He played DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series Narcos and will be in the upcoming series Sandman based on the Neil Gaiman comic book. His latest project is the new film Vengeance written and directed by B. J. Novak (The Office). Vengeance is out in theaters now and The Sandman drops on Netflix August 5.

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Cameron Monaghan Is Comfortable Telling Uncomfortable Stories Jul 29, 2022

Actor Cameron Monaghan grew up before our eyes on Showtime’s Shameless, which tried to humanize the plight of a poor American family on Chicago’s South side. Now he stars in the crime thriller Paradise Highway as a young FBI agent trying to stop human trafficking of young girls in the US.

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Jared Stern, director of DC League of Super-Pets Jul 27, 2022

Jared Stern is a writer, director and producer. He created the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham, co-wrote The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie as well as wrote and directed the film Happy Anniversary. Jared's latest project is the animated film DC League of Super-Pets which he wrote, produced and directed. The film features the voice work of John Krasinski, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Kate McKinnon, Diego Luna, and Keanu Reeves. DC League of Super-Pets is in theaters starting July 29.

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Nicco Annan - P-Valley on Starz Jul 20, 2022

Nicco Annan is an actor, dancer and choreographer. He plays Uncle Clifford in the hit Starz series P-Valley. The show is written and created by Pulitzer Prize Winner Katori Hall and takes place in a fictional Mississippi strip club called the Pynk. The Hollywood Reporter named Nicco's portrayal as Uncle Clifford as one of the Best TV Performances of 2020. You can watch the first two seasons of P-Valley on Starz.

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Phoebe Robinson, Star of Everything's Trash Jul 13, 2022

Phoebe Robinson a multi-talented stand-up comedian, New York Times best-selling writer, and actress. You also know her from the Two Dope Queens podcast and her solo podcast Sooo Many White Guys. Phoebe's latest project is the new Freeform show Everything's Trash based on her book Everything's Trash, But It's Okay. She not only stars in the show but co-wrote and co-produced it. New episodes of Everything's Trash air Wednesday nights starting July 13 on Freeform TV.

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Angela Sarafyan - Westworld (Re-Release) Jul 06, 2022

Angela Sarafyan is probably best known for playing the host Clementine Pennyfeather on the HBO series Westworld. She has appeared in a number of shows including American Horror Story, Blue Bloods and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Angela has also starred in films like The Immigrant, A Beautiful Life and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.Sarafyan returns to Westworld for a fourth season which airs Sunday nights on HBO and HBO Max.This interview was recorded Aug. 4, 2021 after her comedy/horror film King Knight premiered at Canada’s Fantasia Fest.

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Asher Perlman, cartoonist for The New Yorker Jun 29, 2022

Asher Perlman is a performer, a comic, a cartoonist for The New Yorker and an Emmy Award-nominated writer for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He is an alumnus of The Second City, and a performer with The Improvised Shakespeare Company. For more of his work visit Asher's website.

Drawing we discuss:

Jukebox cartoon

Chicago cartoon

His first cartoon published in The New Yorker

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Jack McBrayer: Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show Jun 22, 2022

Jack McBrayer is a comic and two-time Emmy Nominated actor who you know best as Kenneth the page from the series 30 Rock. He's been in numerous films and shows like Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Wreck-It Ralph, Phineas and Ferb and Wander Over Wonder. Jack's latest project is the Apple TV Plus series Hello Jack! The Kindness Show. It's aimed at preschoolers and takes place in Clover Grove where Jack plays Jack, one of the town's most thoughtful and caring residents. He greets everyone with kindness and humor and his mission is to spread compassion and creativity and inspire others to do the same.

You can watch Hello Jack! The Kindness Show on Apple TV Plus

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Leslie Bibb: God's Favorite Idiot on Netflix Jun 15, 2022

Leslie Bibb is an accomplished film and television actor. You know her best from films like Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as well as from series like What if…?, ER, The League and, most recently, Jupiter's Legacy. Her latest role is as Satan in the new Netflix series God's Favorite Idiot. The show was created by Ben Falcone and stars him and his wife Melissa McCarthy.

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Jeff Goldblum - Jurassic World Dominion (Re-Release) Jun 08, 2022

Jeff Goldblum doesn’t need an introduction. But if you have never heard of him, just know that he’s an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated actor, jazz musician, movie star and host of the National Geographic show The World According to Jeff Goldblum which streams on Disney Plus. This week, Goldblum returns to one of his most iconic roles, Dr. Ian Malcolm, in the film Jurassic World Dominion.This interview was recorded Nov. 10, 2021 ahead of the season two premiere of The World According to Jeff Goldblum.

Read: CNET's story on Goldblum's Disney Plus series The World According to Jeff Goldblum

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Marianna Burelli - Disney's Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion Jun 01, 2022

Marianna Burelli is an accomplished Latin American actor who is making her US debut in the new Disney Plus series Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion. The comedy follows an everyday Mexican American teenager who is chosen by a magical luchador mask that transforms her into Ultra Violet, a superhero fighting crime. She eventually teams up with the Black Scorpion. Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion premieres June 3 on the Disney Channel and Disney Plus.

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Pause with Sam Jay on HBO Max May 25, 2022

Sam Jay is a stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer. You might know her best from her 2020 Netflix special Three in the Morning or for her work as a writer on Saturday Night Live. She stars in the Peacock series Bust Down which she co-created. And Sam is the writer, co-creator and host of Pause with Sam Jay on HBO and HBO Max. The show follows her as she explores a variety of topics and divisive cultural issues through a series of chats with her friends as well as sketches and interviews. Pause with Sam Jay is one of the most original series in a long time. There isn't any other show like this on TV.

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Shaun Toub on Hunting Spies in 'Tehran’ May 18, 2022

Shaun Toub wasn’t sure he wanted to star in an Israeli production when he was pitched the script for Tehran, a spy thriller about the machinations between Israel and his home country of Iran. But the character of Faraz Kamali, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer intent on catching an Israeli computer hacker and Mossad agent named Tamar, was too good to pass on. The fact we’re never sure who the good guys and bad guys are has made the Apple TV Plus series a hit in both countries, he said.

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Tamron Hall is ready for that candid conversation May 11, 2022

As the Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and daytime talk show host gets ready to host the 500th episode of the Tamron Hall Show on ABC, she shares her thoughts on the many powerful and productive conversations she says have made the show popular with viewers. The third season, now airing, has just been nominated for four daytime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.

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Joel Hodgson and Emily Marsh - Mystery Science Theater 3000 May 04, 2022

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is back for a 13th season. Joel Hodgson, who created MST3K, and Emily Marsh join Jonah Ray and robot friends Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot to watch bad movies and make wisecracks. The venerable show first premiered in 1988 and has won a Peabody Award winning and been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards. You can watch new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 starting May 6 at the website mst3k.com or by accessing the Gizmoplex app on iOS, Android and on platforms like Apple TV, Roku and Amazon FireTV.

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Giovanni Ribisi - The Offer Apr 27, 2022

Giovanni Ribisi is an Emmy Award-nominated actor who has been in numerous films like Avatar, Lost in Translation, Saving Private Ryan and Gone in 60 Seconds. He's also been in shows like Sneaky Pete, Friends, My Name Is Earl and On The Verge. His latest project is playing the real life mob boss Joe Colombo in the Paramount Plus series The Offer. The show takes place in the 70s and details the extreme efforts producer Al Ruddy went through to get the film "The Godfather" made.

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Natasha Leggero - Rat in the Kitchen on TBS Apr 20, 2022

Natasha Leggero is an actor, writer and stand-up comedian. She's been in shows like Another Period, Burning Love, Key and Peele, Broke and Modern Family. She has four stand up specials including Coke Money and The Honeymoon Stand-up Special which became the basis for her podcast the Endless Honeymoon which she hosts along with her husband and fellow comic Moshe Kasher. Her newest show is Rat in the Kitchen on TBS which she co-hosts alongside Chef Ludo Lefebvre.

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Garcelle Beauvais Gets Real About The Real Housewives Apr 13, 2022

After nearly three decades working as a model and actor in movies and TV shows including The Jamie Foxx Show and NYPD Blue, Garcelle Beauvais signed up as the first Black cast member in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2020. She hopes the reality TV inspires women to see that life, and their career, doesn’t end when you reach a certain age.

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Ken Burns on Benjamin Franklin, social media pioneer Apr 06, 2022

Ken Burns notes we’re living in complicated times, punctuated by misinformation, racial inequities, the climate crisis and threats to our democracy. Which is why it’s worth revisiting the story of Benjamin Franklin, the man who showed the world what it means to be an “American.” In his new PBS documentary, Burns also shows us why Franklin, over 250 years ago, did social media right.

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David Dastmalchian - Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter Mar 30, 2022

David Dastmalchian is an actor who may know best from films like The Suicide Squad, Dune, Ant-Man, Blade Runner 2049, The Dark Knight as well as shows like MacGyver, Twin Peaks and The Flash. David is also a comic book writer and wrote the 2019 series Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter for Dark Horse Comics. In March, he released a second volume of four issues aptly titled Count Crowley Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter.

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Bomani Jones - Game Theory on HBO Mar 23, 2022

Bomani Jones is an Emmy Award-winning sports journalist who hosts the long-running ESPN radio show/podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones. His latest project is the new HBO series Game Theory with Bomani Jones where each week he breaks down the world of sports through a mix of topical news, in-depth analysis, interviews with special guests and field pieces. The show airs Sunday nights on HBO.

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John Hodgman - Dicktown on FXX Mar 16, 2022

John Hodgman is the host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast, the co-creator with David Rees of Dicktown on FX/Hulu, the author of books like Vacationland and Medallion Status. He is best known for his time as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for his portrayal of PC in Apple's iconic Mac and PC ad campaign. New episodes of Dicktown air on Thursday nights on FXX and all available episodes can also be streamed on Hulu.

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Julia Cho: Pixar's Turning Red Mar 09, 2022

Julia Cho is an award-winning playwright, producer and screenwriter who co-wrote Pixar's new film Turning Red. The movie follows Mei Lee, a confident, dorky eighth grader torn between being the perfect daughter to her mom and the chaos of adolescence. To complicate things more, whenever Mei gets too excited, she turns into a giant red panda! Turning Red debuts exclusively on Disney Plus on Friday March 11.

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Barry Watson on Parenting a Black Teen Superhero in ‘Naomi’ Mar 02, 2022

Fans of the popular TV series 7th Heaven may remember watching Barry Watson grow up as oldest son Matt Camden. In a new action series on The CW, Watson gets to play the adoptive dad to a superpowered teenage girl who finds out she’s not from Earth. The twist: Watson is also a military man who’s been assigned to help the US investigate extraterrestrial threats.

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Harold Perrineau on his new series From on Epix Feb 23, 2022

Harold Perrineau is a prolific actor. He's been in shows like Oz, Lost and Sons of Anarchy as well as films like Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, Smoke, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luherman, the Best Man and Zero Dark Thirty. His latest project is the Epix series From where he plays a sheriff of a mysterious small town that traps all those who enter. The unwilling residents search for a way out while trying to survive the terrifying creatures that come out at night.

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Ryan Michelle Bathé plays to win in NBC’s The Endgame Feb 16, 2022

Ryan Michelle Bathé has had an amazing career playing strong women in TV shows including “First Wives Club,” “This is Us” and Amazon Prime Video’s film, Sylvie’s Love. Up next is NBC’s The Endgame, in which she stars as Val Turner, a very ethical FBI agent with a complicated backstory. Her job: to get inside the head of a brilliant international arms dealer, played by the smooth talking Morena Baccarin. The high-stakes thriller airs Feb. 21 on NBC.

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Chefs Kristen Kish, Justin Sutherland and Jeremy Ford: Fast Foodies season 2 Feb 09, 2022

Award-winning chefs Kristen Kish, Jeremy Ford and Justin Sutherland, who you might know best from shows like Top Chef and Iron Chef, are back for a second season of Fast Foodies on TruTV. In every episode, the chefs recreate a celebrity's favorite fast food item and then make their own "remix" version of it. This season, the celebrity guests include: Joel McHale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Reggie Watts, Nikki Glaser, Adam Pally, Natasha Leggero and Jillian Bell.

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Roland Emmerich, more than the 'Master of Disaster' Feb 02, 2022

Director and screenwriter Roland Emmerich earned the nickname ‘master of disaster’ for bringing us notable sci-fi epics including Stargate and Independence Day. But he says his focus is really on ordinary people asked to do extraordinary things. In his newest movie, Moonfall, two Nasa astronauts and a conspiracy theorist have to save humanity after something knocks the moon out of orbit. Yep, that’s pretty extraordinary.

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Adrien Brody discusses his new film Clean Jan 26, 2022

Adrien Brody is an accomplished actor. He's been in films like The Thin Red Line, Midnight in Paris, The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch. He's also been in shows like Chapelwaite and Succession. Notably, at 29, Brody won an Oscar for his performance in the film The Pianist.

His latest film is Clean which he co-wrote, produced and composed the music for. He plays a tormented garbage man called Clean who tries to live a quiet life of redemption. When Clean becomes the target of a local crime boss, he must reconcile tensions using the violence of his past. The film debuts on Jan. 28 in theaters and on demand.

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George MacKay - Munich - The Edge of War on Netflix Jan 19, 2022

George MacKay has been in such films as Defiance and Captain Fantastic. He played Will Schofield in the Academy Award-winning film, 1917. Starting Jan. 21, George can be seen in the new Netflix film Munich - The Edge of War. The film is a thriller that takes place in the years leading up to World War II and features Jeremy Irons as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. George plays the Prime Minister's secretary and finds himself at odds with a former friend who works for the German government. Both friends become reluctant spies trying to expose a Nazi secret.

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Chukwudi Iwuji: Peacemaker on HBO Max Jan 12, 2022

Chukwudi Iwuji is a Nigerian-British actor who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and won two Olivier Awards. He's been in such shows and series as When They See Us, Designated Survivor, The Underground Railroad and appeared in films like John Wick: Chapter 2. Starting Jan. 13, he can be seen in the new HBO Max series Peacemaker which stars John Cena reprising his role from the 2021 film The Suicide Squad. The series was created by James Gunn who also cast Chukwudi in his upcoming Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns HITRECORD into a learning lab Dec 29, 2021

When Joseph Gordon-Levitt launched HITRECORD a decade ago, the goal was to give people a place to come together and collaborate online on creative projects – everything from poems, to songs to TV shows. Fast forward to 2021 and HITRECORD has found a new way to bring people together online with Class Projects, a subscription-based service where you learn by doing and getting feedback from creative professionals.

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Prentice Penny - Executive Producer/Showrunner, Insecure Dec 22, 2021

Prentice Penny is the Executive Producer and showrunner for the HBO series Insecure. He wrote and directed the Netflix film Uncorked. He has worked as a writer and producer on series like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Hustle, and Scrubs. The series finale of Insecure airs on HBO and streams on HBO Max on Dec. 26.

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Paul Bullion - The Witcher Dec 15, 2021

Paul Bullion is perhaps best known for playing Billy Kitchen in the series Peaky Blinders. He's also been in such shows and films as The Bastard Executioner and Dune. Bullion can be seen in season two of The Witcher on Netflix. He plays the role of Lambert opposite Henry Cavill.

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Adam McKay & Dr. Amy Mainzer - Don't Look Up Dec 08, 2021

Adam McKay is the Academy Award-winning writer and director behind such films as The Big Short, Anchorman, Vice and Step Brothers. Dr. Amy Mainzer is an astronomer, professor and the principal investigator of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE). Adam's new film is Don't Look Up which Amy was the science advisor on. The film follows two astronomers, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who discover a comet that will destroy the Earth. The cast includes Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Rob Morgan, Cate Blanchet, Tyler Perry, Ariana Grande, Timothee Chalamet, among others.

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Philemon Chambers on starring in Netflix’s first gay holiday rom-com Dec 01, 2021

In Netflix’s first gay holiday romantic comedy, Philemon Chambers says the true star is the way this LGBTQ+ story puts the focus on people just trying to find love and connecting with family. And as a gay Black actor, Chambers is glad to see the entertainment industry and services like Netflix embrace more stories and offer them to a mainstream audience.

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Daniel Dae Kim - The Hot Zone: Anthrax Nov 24, 2021

Daniel Dae Kim is best known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Gavin Park in Angel and Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0. He's been in a number of films and series including Raya and the Last Dragon, Hellboy, Avatar: The Last Airbender, 24 and The Good Doctor. He currently stars in the National Geographic show: The Hot Zone: Anthrax which follows the 2001 anthrax scare that took place just after 9/11 attacks.

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Adam Pally - Champaign ILL on Hulu Nov 17, 2021

Adam Pally is best known for starring as Max Blum in the series Happy Endings and as Dr. Peter Prentice in The Mindy Project. He also starred in Making History, Kroll Show, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Crossing Swords and The Mandalorian as well as films like Iron Man 3, Dirty Grandpa and Sonic the Hedgehog. He reunited with Happy Endings creator David Caspe for the show Champaign ILL. He stars alongside Sam Richardson.

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Jeff Goldblum: The World According to Jeff Goldblum Nov 12, 2021

Jeff Goldblum doesn't need an introduction. But if you have never heard of him, just know that he's an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated actor, jazz musician, movie star and host of the National Geographic show The World According to Jeff Goldblum which streams on Disney Plus. In each episode, Jeff explores a topic or subject that he wants to learn more about like magic or monsters or dogs. If you're a fan of Jeff Goldblum, you already know he is a certain kind of wonderful, which is on full-display here.

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Chris Diamantopolous on playing bad guys in Red Notice, True Crime Nov 10, 2021

From his turn as bad-boy billionaire investor Russ Hanneman in HBO’s Silicon Valley to lending his voice to Mickey Mouse for Disney, Chris Diamantopoulos knows how to bring characters to life. This month, he stars as two very different kinds of bad guys for Netflix’s Red Notice, an action comedy starring Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson, and in True Story, a crime drama series with Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes.

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Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns: Last Night in Soho Nov 03, 2021

Edgar Wright is the writer and director behind films like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Sparks Brothers. Krysty Wilson-Cairns is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter who co-wrote the Sam Mendes' film 1917. Wright and Wilson-Cairns co-wrote the screenplay for Edgar's newest film Last Night in Soho which stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith and Thomasin McKenzie. Last Night in Soho is currently out in theaters.

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Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger on Comedy Central Oct 27, 2021

In addition to stand-up comedy, producing and acting, Roy is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy and NAACP Award-winning The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Roy also hosts two podcasts: Beyond The Scenes, the all-new original podcast from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Roy’s Job Fair. Recent acting credits include roles in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, AMC’s Better Call Saul, and The Last O.G. on TBS.

Filmed on October 16th at the Gothic Theater in Denver, Colorado, Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger is Roy’s third hour-long special for Comedy Central. His previous specials for are Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You and Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure.

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Eliza Clark isn’t finished with Y: The Last Man Oct 20, 2021

The Last Man is based would have big expectations. But she also knew the 20-year-old story, about a mysterious event that kills everyone with a Y chromosome, needed updating. The mystery centers around a cisgender man, a capuchin monkey and a world run by women, including trans and non-binary survivors.

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Emily Hampshire: Rebecca Morgan in Chapelwaite on Epix Oct 13, 2021

Actor Emily Hampshire has been in a number of films and TV shows including Boy Meets Girl and 12 Monkeys. She is best known for playing Stevie on the Emmy Award-winning series, Schitt's Creek.

Currently Hampshire can be seen along with Adrien Brody in the Epix series Chapelwaite. The show is based on the Stephen King short story "Jerusalem's Lot" and takes place in the 1850s. It follows Captain Charles Boone, played by Brody, who after the death of his wife at sea, relocates with his children to the manor he grew up in located in Maine. He hires Rebecca Morgan, an aspiring writer played by Hampshire, to help him with the children. But there is more to the house than meets the eye. Fun fact: the character of Rebecca was not in the original short story.

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Author Soman Chainani graduates from The School of Good and Evil Oct 06, 2021

Author Soman Chainani finished the final book in his children’s series The School of Good and Evil in 2020 and was going to take the year off and go on new adventures. Instead, Covid-19 lockdowns kept him inside. So he decided to rewrite classic fairy tales and give them a modern, un-Disney like twist. The result is Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales.

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Alfre Woodard: See on Apple TV Plus Sep 29, 2021

Alfre Woodard is an award-winning actor and producer who has performed in numerous films, TV shows and plays. She won four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award and two Grammy Awards. She has been in shows like Desperate Housewives, St. Elsewhere and True Blood and films like 12 Years a Slave and the remake of The Lion King. You can now see her on the Apple TV Plus show See.

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Siddiq Saunderson - Wu-Tang: An American Saga Sep 22, 2021

Siddiq Saunderson plays Dennis Coles aka Ghostface Killah on the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga. The show is based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan. It’s set in early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic and follows the Clan’s formation.

Saunderson is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. He’s also been on the series Messiah and played a version of Mercutio in the film R#J.

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BD Wong: Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Sep 15, 2021

BD Wong first got his break playing Song Liling in the Broadway musical M. Butterfly. He won a Tony Award for his performance. Over his career, Wong starred in films including the Jurassic Park series, Father of the Bride films and Mulan. He's performed in numerous TV shows including Law and Order: SVU, Oz and Gotham. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Whiterose on the series Mr. Robot. Wong can currently be seen in the second season of Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Wally, Awkwafina's father.

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And the Emmy Goes To... Our 2021 Emmy Awards Special Sep 08, 2021

Join Connie and Patrick on a very special episode of I'm So Obsessed as they celebrate the 2021 Emmy Awards. Over the past year and a half, they talked with a number of actors and artists who are either nominated for an Emmy, or have worked on shows nominated for one. This episode is a compilation of some of those conversations. Sit back, grab some popcorn and pregame for the Emmy Awards ISO-style.

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Dallas Liu: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sep 01, 2021

Dallas Liu stars as Shuji in the Hulu series PEN15. The show is nominated for three Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy series. Liu can also be seen in the new Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. And Netflix just announced that he will be in the upcoming live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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Amber Nash: Pam from Archer Aug 25, 2021

Amber Nash is an actress and improv comic best known for her role as the former HR director Pam Poovey in the animated series Archer. Over 12 seasons, Pam has become a celebrated role model to many for her unapologetic nature and behaviors. Nash worked on the series Frisky Dingo and is a regular performer at Dad's Garage Theater in Atlanta. She will be starring in and producing the upcoming film How To Ruin The Holidays. Nash is on the board of directors of Project Chimps, a sanctuary for former research chimpanzees.

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Kwame Patterson - David Makes Man Aug 18, 2021

Kwame Patterson is best known for playing Monk on the series The Wire. The show changed his life and career. Since then, he's been in films like The Outpost and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. He's also been in the shows The Oath, Ray Donovan, Snowfall and Lethal Weapon. He current stars as the adult version of David in season 2 of the OWN series David Makes Man.

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Angela Sarafyan - Willow in King Knight Aug 11, 2021

Angela Sarafyan is probably best known for playing the host Clementine Pennyfeather on the HBO series Westworld. She has appeared in a number of shows including American Horror Story, Blood Bloods and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Angela has also starred in films like The Immigrant, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.

Her latest project is the comedy horror film King Knight. She plays the role of Willow, a witch who is also an RN. The film premiered in August at Canada's Fantasia Fest.

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David Dastmalchian - The Suicide Squad Aug 04, 2021

If you're a fan of comic books or TV shows and films based off of them, then David Dastmalchian is definitely a familiar face. He has appeared in films like The Dark Knight, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Blade Runner 2049 and Bird Box. David has been in shows like MacGyver, Twin Peaks and The Flash. He will be in the upcoming Disney Plus show What If…? and the film Dune. Starting Aug. 6, you can see him as Polka-Dot Man in the James Gunn film The Suicide Squad. David also wrote the Dark Horse Comic series Count Crowley.

Audio clips used in the episode are from The Suicide Squad trailer which is distributed by Warner Brothers.

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Michael Michele, on going ‘over the top’ with Dynasty Jul 28, 2021

Michael Michele fought early on for the chance to be more than a pretty face on screen and play serious ‘cops, docs and lawyers’ in gritty and serious TV dramas including Homicide: Life on the Streets, ER and Law and Order. Now as Dominique Deverauex on The CW’s reboot of Dynasty, Michele says she can be outlandish, have fun and be over-the-top in a role that Diahann Carroll envisioned as the “first black bitch on television.”

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Lyndsy Fonseca: Laura in Turner & Hooch on Disney + Jul 21, 2021

Lyndsy Fonseca was still a teenager when she got her start on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Since then she's been in shows such as Big Love, Desperate Housewives, Agent Carter and How I Met Your Mother. She was in films like Kick Ass and Hot Tub Time Machine. Fonseca's latest role is as Laura Turner on the new Disney + series Turner & Hooch.

I'm So Obsessed is nominated for two Podcast Awards in categories for TV & Film and People's Choice. You can vote for us on the Podcast Awards website between now and the end of July.

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Mike Colter: Marvel's Luke Cage & David on Evil Jul 14, 2021

Mike Colter is best known for his starring title role as the black superhero Luke Cage in the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage. He can currently be seen as David Acosta, a priest-in-training who investigates miracles and demons on the Paramount Plus series Evil. Colter has been on a number of TV shows including The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, The Good Wife, Ringer, American Horror Story, and The Following. He's appeared in numerous films including Million Dollar Baby, Breakthrough, Before You Know It, Girls Trip, Zero Dark Thirty and Skin.

I'm So Obsessed is nominated for two Podcast Awards in categories for TV & Film and People's Choice. You can vote for us on the Podcast Awards website between now and the end of July.

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O-T Fagbenle: Rick Mason in Marvel's Black Widow Jul 07, 2021

Over four seasons, O-T Fagbenle played the role of Luke on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale. His latest project is the Marvel film Black Widow in which he plays the character Rick Mason who is to Natasha Romanoff what Q is to James Bond, roughly speaking. Fagbenle is portraying Barack Obama opposite Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in the upcoming Showtime series The First Lady due out later this year. He has also been in numerous TV shows including Doctor Who, Looking, EastEnders and Maxxx which he also wrote, directed, produced and wrote a song that was used.

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Lyne Renée: Actor, Motherland: Fort Salem Jun 30, 2021

Lyne Renée plays General Sarah Adler in the new season of the FreeForm TV series, Motherland: Fort Salem. The show takes place in an alternate reality where the word is dominated by women and witches are recruited for the military to battle against terrorism. Renée is the daughter of a painter and was born and raised in Belgium. She has appeared in such films and shows as Wrath of Man, The Meyerowitz Stories, Madam Secretary, Here Lies and Love At First Kill. She plays Helena Bergman in the upcoming HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl.

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Harvey Guillén: Guillermo, What We Do in the Shadows Jun 23, 2021

Harvey Guillén is an actor best known for his role as Guillermo on the FX show What We Do In The Shadows. He's also been on shows like The Thundermans, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Room 104 and The Magicians. His new film is Werewolves Within, a comedy/horror movie based on the Ubisoft video game. Guillén plays Joaquim, a small town yoga instructor.

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Hannah Berner: Reality show star turned stand-up comic Jun 16, 2021

Hannah Berner is best known for her time on the Bravo TV series Summer House. After three seasons on the show she left the world of reality TV to do a stand-up tour across the US aptly named House Broken. Hannah is also a former professional tennis play and host of two podcasts: Berning In Hell and Giggly Squad.

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Jimmy Wong: making wishes with Wish Dragon Jun 09, 2021

Actor Jimmy Wong lends his voice to Din, a young college student with one wish -- to reunite with a long-lost childhood friend. Fortunately, he meets a Wish Dragon ready to grant him three wishes, in the Sony Pictures Animation story coming to Netflix. But wishes are never easy things, especially when you’ve got an impatient dragon who doesn’t understand why anyone would rather reconnect with a friend than ask for the usual riches.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner: Actor, poet, musician and Theo Jun 02, 2021

Malcolm-Jamal Warner is probably best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. His performance led to an Emmy Award nomination when he was just 16 years-old. Warner is also an accomplished poet, musician, Grammy Award-winner and star of the Fox show The Resident which just concluded its fourth season.

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Mayim Bialik, actor and neuroscientist on a mission May 26, 2021

Mayim Bialik might be best known for the roles she’s played on TV, including as a nerdy scientist in The Big Bang Theory and the star of Blossom. But the working mother of two also has a doctorate in neuroscience and she’s on a mission: to raise awareness about mental health. In a new podcast, Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, she and her guests talk openly about stress, uncertainty, fear, isolation and other emotions that affect our wellness.

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Meredith Koop: dressing Michelle Obama for success May 19, 2021

For over a decade, Meredith Koop has worked as a stylist to one of the most famous and noteworthy women in the world, Michelle Obama. The former first lady recognized early on, for better or worse, women are judged by what they wear. So the duo decided to turn fashion into a tool rather than be a victim of it. Part of their success came from embracing a diverse "symphony" of young, forward-thinking, independent designers.

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Lauren Ashley Smith: Head writer on A Black Lady Sketch Show May 12, 2021

Lauren Ashley Smith is the head writer and co-executive producer on the HBO series A Black Lady Sketch show. She is the first black woman to be the head writer of a sketch television show. A Black Lady Sketch Show received three Emmy Award nominations and the second season is currently airing on HBO and HBO Max.

Previously, Smith was the head writer of the late night show The Rundown with Robin Thede on BET. Other writing and producing credits include Best Week Ever, Fashion Queens and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

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Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly: The Nevers May 05, 2021

Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly currently star as Amalia True and Penance Adair respectively on the new HBO Max series The Nevers. Amalia is a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance a brilliant young inventor. Both have been "touched" during a mysterious event in Victorian England that has left them and others with abilities.

Before The Nevers, Donnelly was best known for her role as Jenny Fraser on the series Outlander. She has a notable career on stage earning a Best Actress Olivier Award in 2018 for her performance as Caitlin Carney in the play The Ferryman.

Skelly has been in a handful of films and TV shows and in 2018 was nominated for a Best Actress Irish Film and Television award for her performance in the film Kissing Candice.

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Mary Holland and Maureen Bharoocha: Golden Arm Apr 28, 2021

If there is one movie that we're obsessed with recently, it's the arm wrestling comedy Golden Arm. It follows a baker named Mel, who is played by Mary Holland (Happiest Season), as she enters the world of competitive arm wrestling. The film is as sweet as it is funny. And it has everything from arm wrestling training montages to appearances by comics like Ron Funches. Holland and the film's director Maureen Bharoocha (SXSW 2020 Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Visionary directing Award nominee) joined us on I'm So Obsessed to discuss Golden Arm which comes out on April 30 in theaters and on digital.

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Sherry Cola, actor, comic and star of Good Trouble Apr 21, 2021

Sherry Cola is that rare gem of an artist who can be both funny and moving. Her talent comes with many hyphenates like actor, comic and stand-up. For three seasons she has starred as Alice on the Freeform series Good Trouble. She's also been in the shows like I Love Dick, Claws and SafeWord. She created the character Lil' Tasty and was featured in a series of viral and humorous videos.

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Kristen Kish, Justin Sutherland and Jeremy Ford: Fast Foodies Apr 14, 2021

Despite its convenience, comfort and affordability, fast food tends to have a bad reputation. But three chefs are out to change that by celebrating the best fast food items out there. On the TruTV show Fast Foodies award-winning chefs Kristen Kish, Jeremy Ford and Justin Sutherland, who you might know best from shows like Top Chef and Iron Chef, recreate a celebrity's favorite fast food item and then make their own "remix" version of it. The season one finale of Fast Foodies airs Thursday on TruTV.

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Taryn Manning: Actress and singer Apr 07, 2021

For seven seasons Taryn Manning starred as Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. She has also been in dozens of films and TV shows like Hustle & Flow, Sons of Anarchy and Hawaii Five-0. She can currently be seen along with Bruce Dern and Jeremy Piven in the film Last Call. And she will play the title character in the upcoming film Karen based off the meme that rose out of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

Taryn is also an accomplished singer having performed in the early-2000s with her brother Kellin in the band Boomkat and as a solo singer since 2009. Her last single was Time Wasted released in August 2020.

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Demián Bichir takes on Godzilla, Kong and green screens Mar 31, 2021

Demián Bichir takes on the role of a tech billionaire who thinks he knows best how to handle the world's biggest problems -- and in Godzilla vs. Kong, that problem is the clash of these titans. His role as Apex CEO Walter Simmons contrasts with two other parts he's played in the past year: an astronaut returning to a devastated Earth in George Clooney's "The Midnight Sky" on Netflix and a mountain man teaching Robin Wright how to survive in "Land." All three films, Bichir says, are about realizing "that we're all in this together."

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Alison Wright from Snowpiercer on TNT Mar 24, 2021

The Americans is widely considered one of the best TV series of all time. Alison Wright played Martha Hanson on the show and had without a doubt one of the most unpredictable character arcs on the series. In 2017, she even earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance. She's also been on the series Sneaky Pete and the film Confirmation.

Currently, Alison plays Ruth Wardell on the dystopian post-apocalyptic TNT series Snowpiercer. The show is in its second season.

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Eddie Huang, director of the film Boogie Mar 17, 2021

Eddie Huang wrote the best-selling memoir Fresh Off The Boat which was later adapted in a sitcom for ABC that ran six seasons. He is a chef and owner of the restaurant BaoHaus in New York which had to close its doors in October because of the pandemic. Huang also hosted TV shows, designed clothes and can now add filmmaker to his long list of accomplishments. His debut feature film is Boogie is a coming of age story about pursuing the American Dream and accepting your identity.

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Emile Hirsch from the horror movie Son Mar 10, 2021

Emile Hirsch is an actor best known for roles in films like Speed Racer, Milk and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. His most beloved character is Chris McCandless in the film Into The Wild directed by Sean Penn.

Emile can currently be seen in the horror movie/thriller Son about a mother trying to protect her son from being kidnapped by a cult. This film is as smart and thrilling as it is unsettling. Emile is also a singer/songwriter and we discuss his 2019 album Mnemonic and the mysterious Frenchman who is his collaborator.

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Ed Burns, Bridge and Tunnel Mar 03, 2021

Ed Burns was born out of the low-budget indie film movement in the 90s. Famously he wrote, directed, produced and starred in his first feature The Brothers McMullen. The film launched his career as an actor leading to roles in Saving Private Ryan, The Holiday, 27 Dresses, Man on the Ledge among many others. Burns wrote, directed, produced and stars in the new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel which follows a group of Long Island college grads chasing their dreams in the 80s.

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Serj Tankian from System Of A Down Feb 24, 2021

Serj Tankian is the lead singer for the band System Of A Down. Their music is a mix of punk, metal and Armenian folk music. In 2006, SOAD won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance of their song B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs).

The new film Truth To Power follows Serj and System Of A Down from their formation, their fight for social justice for Armenians and how they developed their unique sound. Outside of SOAD, Serj is an accomplished artist, composer and activist.

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Brandon Jay McLaren and Jenna Rosenow from Firefly Lane Feb 17, 2021

The Netflix series Firefly Lane is based off the novel by Kristin Hannah. It's stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Clarke and follows their friendship from their teens until mid-life. The series also features Brandon Jay McLaren and Jenna Rosenow. You might know Brandon from the show PowerRangers S.P.D. He also stars in the upcoming Disney Plus remake of Turner and Hooch. And Jenna is best known for playing Amber Turner on the long-running Australian drama Neighbours.

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Skylar Astin from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Feb 10, 2021

Skyler Astin is an actor and singer best known for playing Jesse Swanson in Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2. He was in films like Hamlet 2 and Wreck-It Ralph and shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Glee and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. Astin got his start onstage as part of the original Off-Broadway and Broadway cast of Spring Awakening.

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Mikael Håfström: Director, Outside The Wire Feb 03, 2021

Mikael Håfström is the writer and director behind such movies as Escape Plan, The Rite and Derailed. In 2004, his film Evil which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language film. Håfström directed the new Netflix film Outside The Wire that stars Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris. The film is set in the near future. A drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

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Phil Rosenthal, Somebody Feed Phil Jan 27, 2021

Phil Rosenthal describes himself as the luckiest man in the world. And if you have watched the Netflix travel and food show Somebody Feed Phil you know why. In each episode, Rosenthal travels to a different city around the world to experience the people, the sights and the food.

Before he had his own travel show, Rosenthal was a writer for the show Coach and created, produced and wrote the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Griffin Matthews: Actor on The Flight Attendant Jan 20, 2021

Griffin Matthews is an actor, activist and raises chickens. You might remember him playing the role of D'Unte in the third season of the Netflix series Dear White People. He's also been on the series Ballers and Law and Order: SVU. More recently, Matthews can be found stealing scenes (in the best way possible) on the HBO Max series The Flight Attendant. He also co-wrote the documentary musical, Witness Uganda which is based off the true story of Matthews' humanitarian trips to Uganda.

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Ahmet Zappa and Alex Winter: The documentary Zappa Jan 13, 2021

The late-iconic American musician and composer Frank Zappa has a continued place in pop culture and politics. In the documentary Zappa, director Alex Winter explores the man and his life with never-before-seen footage from Zappa's personal vault. Winter along with Zappa's son Ahmet Zappa discuss the film, Frank Zappa and his relevance in 2020.

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Tiffany Boone: Maya in The Midnight Sky Jan 06, 2021

You likely know Tiffany Boone best for playing Roxy Jones on the Amazon series Hunters — you know, the one that also stars Al Pacino. In 2020, she starred as Maya in the George Clooney film The Midnight Sky on Netflix and she played a younger version of Kerry Washington’s character on the Hulu series Little Fires Everywhere. She has also been on the shows The Chi, The Following and Grey's Anatomy among others. We recorded this interview in October, when Tiffany was filming the Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy series Nine Perfect Strangers in Australia.

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Noemi Gonzalez: Actress on Netflix's Selena: The Series Dec 30, 2020

The new Netflix show Selena: The Series follows the rise to fame and tragic life of the iconic performer Selena Quintanilla known as the Queen of Tejano music. In the series, Noemi Gonzalez plays Selena's sister and drummer Suzette. Before this show, Noemi appeared in the Hulu series East Los High, Rosewood on Fox, Dark/Web and The Kicks on Amazon. She has also been on the show The Young and the Restless as well as in the films Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and The Tax Collector.

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David Oyelowo: Actor, director, optimist and MMA fan Dec 23, 2020

David Oyelowo, perhaps best known for his role as Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, knows it's a tricky time to bring out a sci-fi drama that deals with the end of the world as we know it. But The Midnight Sky, directed by George Clooney and arriving on Netflix this December, isn't just a story about goodbyes, he says. It's about people, love, beginnings and -- in the age of COVID-19 -- a reminder of just how fragile our world is. He's also happy to share why he loves the gamesmanship of mixed martial arts.

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Kelly Jenrette: Actress on Manhunt: Deadly Games Dec 16, 2020

In 2018, actress Kelly Jenrette was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Annie on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale. The nomination shined a bright spotlight on her work and talent. Before her Emmy nom, Kelly worked on shows like Fuller House and Grandfathered. But in 2020, she starred in two films and a new TV series. She played Brenda in the film Uncorked, Delanda in All Day and a Night opposite Jeffery Wright and Stacy Knox in the CBS series Manhunt: Deadly Games. Not only are those three projects currently on Netflix, but Manhunt: Deadly Games is currently one of the top 10 series on the streaming service.

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AnnaSophia Robb: Actress in Little Fires Everywhere and Dr. Death Dec 09, 2020

For most of us, 2020 has been a garbage year. But for actress AnnaSophia Robb it has been huge with roles in the Hulu mini-series Little Fires Everywhere (playing a younger version of Reese Witherspoon), in the film Words on Bathroom Walls, and in the series The Expecting on the now defunct video service Quibi.

In her youth, she had a very successful career in films like Because of Winn-Dixie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Bridge To Terabithia. She even starred on the CW series The Carrie Diaries as a young Carrie Bradshaw based on the character Sarah Jessica Parker made famous on the series Sex and the City.

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Dr. John Carlos: The World's Fastest humanitarian Dec 02, 2020

One of the most iconic examples of athletes using their visibility to protest political and social issues took place at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. After placing first and third respectively in the 200-meter event, runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists atop the medal stand as the Star Spangled banner played. The act was meant to bring attention to human rights.

52 years later Dr. John Carlos, billed as the world's fastest humanitarian, is featured in the new documentary film Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story which covers the years Muhammed Ali was banned from boxing and what it took legally, socially and politically for him to make his comeback. Carlos cites Ali as a friend and peer who would tour schools in the US talking about activism and the importance of fighting for human rights.

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Carl Safina, ecologist, conservationist, animal whisperer Nov 25, 2020

Ecologist Carl Safina has made it his life's work to study how humans are changing the world -- and how those changes are affecting non-humans and the planet. In his latest book, Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, the acclaimed researcher and author examines the lives of sperm whales, chimpanzees and macaws. When we humans aren't getting in their way -- and invading their space -- the way animals live isn't so very different from how we do. It's a realization that may help enable us to save species from extinction.

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Paul Feig: Filmmaker (Bridesmaids, Spy) and gin purveyor Nov 18, 2020

Paul Feig is an actor, producer and filmmaker best known for making the films Bridesmaids, Spy and Ghostbusters. He created the series Freaks and Geeks for which he was nominated for two Emmy Awards as a writer. Paul also directed episodes for shows like The Office (for which he was nominated for another two Emmy Awards) as well as Arrested Development, Weeds, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, among others.

Paul is an avid gin aficionado and even has his own gin: Artingstall's Brilliant London Dry Gin. He is also the charming and dapper host of Quarantine Cocktail Time on his Instagram account.

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Anthony Horowitz, young adult author, screenwriter, book lover Nov 11, 2020

Anthony Horowitz discovered books as an unhappy kid in school and knew that he would one day grow up to be a writer. More than 50 books later, the author will now see one of his most popular characters -- an unlikely teenage spy named Alex Rider -- come to life in an original series airing on Amazon Prime. His hope though is that the TV series will drive viewers back to the 13-book young adult book series because he believes books are a "remarkable way to use your brain."

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Chris Chalk: Paul Drake on HBO's Perry Mason Nov 06, 2020

Chris Chalk has a history of starring in shows and films that have a loyal fanbase. He played Gary Cooper on the Aaron Sorkin series The Newsroom, Lucius Fox on the show Gotham and stars as Paul Drake in the HBO series Perry Mason. He also starred as Yusuf Salaam in Ava DuVernay's four-part series When They See Us based on the tragic true story about five teens from Harlem falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Recently, Chris made his feature film debut with Farewell which he made and starred in with his wife, actress K.D. Chalk.

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Craig Melvin: Today Show news anchor and co-host Nov 04, 2020

Craig Melvin is a broadcast journalist for NBC. On the Today Show, he serves double duty as the news anchor as well as a co-host for the 3rd hour. He is also an anchor on MSNBC Live. He covered a lot of intense stories like the Charleston Church shooting in 2015 as well as the shooting of Michael Brown, the death of Freddie Gray and more recently the death of George Floyd. During our conversation, Craig opens up about how he copes with covering such intense and tragic stories, explains why 2020 is such a significant news year and pridefully discusses his South Carolina roots.

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John Gallagher Jr.: Actor in the film Come Play Oct 30, 2020

Whether it was starring as Liam Dempsey Jr. in the third season of Westworld on HBO, or popping up in shows and films like Newsroom and 10 Cloverfield Lane, actor and musician John Gallagher Jr. has a pretty eclectic career. All this is bolstered by the fact that he starred in the original Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, based off the album by Green Day. So it comes as no surprise to see Gallagher star alongside Gillian Jacobs in the new inventive horror film Come Play.

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Kron Moore: Victoria Franklin on Tyler Perry's The Oval Oct 28, 2020

In real life, Kron Moore is charming, intelligent and sweet, but in Tyler Perry's soap opera The Oval she plays Victoria Franklin, the volatile, manipulative and elegant first lady of the United States. The BET show ended its first season this summer, and Moore's performance stood out in particular. Moore also plays Dr. Bridget Chapel in the DC Universe show Stargirl on the CW.

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Lara McDonnell on earning her wings with Disney's Artemis Fowl Oct 23, 2020

The young Irish actress Lara McDonnell has played a young Anne Brontë in a story about the famous writing sisters and the precocious Matilda in a musical version of Roald Dahl’s classic story. For Disney's live-action adaptation of Artemis Fowl, based on the popular kids series about a budding criminal mastermind, she plays Holly Short -- a police officer in a hidden, high-tech fairy world who pairs up with the young human to, of course, help save the world. One of the best parts of the role: learning to fly.

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Peter Frampton, singer, guitarist, rock icon Oct 21, 2020

Peter Frampton's 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive! sold millions and gave us three Top 20 singles -- "Do you feel like I do?" "Show me the way," and "Baby, I love your way." But a degenerative muscle disease means the clock is clicking on his guitar playing days. We caught up with the rock legend to hear some of the stories he's included in his new memoir, "Do You Feel Like I Do?" -- including the crazy tale of how he met longtime friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Secret code names and a legendary guitar named Lucy were involved.

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Dawn Porter and Pete Souza: The Way I See It (Re-Release) Oct 16, 2020

Note from Patrick: You can watch The Way I See It on Fri. Oct. 16 at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC.

The new documentary The Way I See It looks at former presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan through the eyes of photographer Pete Souza. During his time as an official White House photographer, Souza captured the profound, intimate, funny and dignified moments of two of the most iconic presidents in modern history. The Way I See It is directed by Dawn Porter who also made the wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble.

Fortunately for us, both Pete and Dawn are my guests on I'm So Obsessed. We discuss why empathy is important for a leader to have, the passing of John Lewis, the significance of professional athletes protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and what it is like having President Obama officiate your wedding.

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Kyle Bornheimer, actor, comedian, TV superfan Oct 14, 2020

Kyle Bornheimer says he's "thrilled" to be part of the current "golden age of television" with roles in TV hits like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Breaking Bad. But he loves going to the movies, too. So with the world in lockdown and the fate of movie theaters uncertain, the actor says we should reboot theaters by offering subscription-based movie passes and showing TV season finales and notable episodes on the big screen too.

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Sam Lansky: author of Broken People: A Novel Oct 09, 2020

Sam Lansky is a writer, journalist and editor. His new book is Broken People: A Novel follows a writer named Sam as he seeks out a shaman to perform "open-soul surgery". The procedure can fix everything that's wrong with you in three days.

The novel is a follow up to his 2016 memoir The Gilded Razor. We discuss both books as well as Sam's day job as an editor at Time Magazine.

This interview was recorded in July.

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Angela Santomero, the Blue's Clues creator on guilt-free screen time Oct 07, 2020

Angela Santomero knows kids. She's helped create popular kids programming for TV networks PBS and Nickelodeon, including Blue's Clues and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Now that COVID-19 has kids spending even more time in front of their screens, she offers some ideas for helping parents make the right choices for guilt-free screen time.

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Macy Gray: Singer, songwriter, sympathetic supporter Oct 02, 2020

Macy Gray has won awards for her singing, starred in TV shows and movies and even used her distinctive raspy voice to give life to a video game character. But in 2020, she decided to do something different: She set up a nonprofit called MyGood to offer financial aid to families who've lost a loved one to police brutality and need help for everything from counseling to funeral costs.

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Kristina Tonteri-Young: Sister Beatrice on the show Warrior Nun Sep 30, 2020

The Netflix show Warrior Nun is about an orphaned teen who is chosen as the Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns. It has a Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Daredevil vibe. Finnish actor Kristina Tonteri-Young plays Sister Beatrice on the show and describes her character as a tactician who is calm, intelligent, emotionally reserved and also queer.

During our interview, Tonteri-Young discusses how her training as a ballet dancer helped her learn fight choreography and how filming Warrior Nun was a crash course on all things film and TV. We also talk about how the show smartly approaches themes like empowerment, individuality, good vs. evil and religion vs. science. Tonteri-Young even opens up about growing up in Finland, going to school in London and learning to surf at Rockaway Beach, NY.

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David Castañeda, an unlikely superhero Sep 25, 2020

In Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, David Castañeda plays Diego, or No. 2, one of seven kids born on the same day and brought together by an eccentric billionaire who trains them to use their unlikely superpowers to save the world from impending doom. Castañeda learned to convincingly throw knives. But he also got fans to root for a character, and his dysfunctional family, as they learn to embrace their flaws and work together.

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Mari Takahashi: gamer, entrepreneur and former ballerina Sep 23, 2020

Mari Takahashi's life reads like the origin story for a comic book character. For 10 years, she was a professional ballet dancer. Then she took an acting gig for a YouTube video which launched her into a different career doing sketch comedy and playing video games for the YouTube behemoth Smosh. She also co-founded the channel Smosh Games and is now on her own as an entrepreneur. Oh, and she was on the CBS show Survivor, specifically the "Millennials vs. Gen X" season.

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Dawn Porter and Pete Souza: The Way I See It Sep 18, 2020

The new documentary The Way I See It looks at former presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan through the eyes of photographer Pete Souza. During his time as an official White House photographer, Souza captured the profound, intimate, funny and dignified moments of two of the most iconic presidents in modern history. The Way I See It is directed by Dawn Porter who also made the wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble.

Fortunately for us, both Pete and Dawn are my guests on I'm So Obsessed. We discuss why empathy is important for a leader to have, the passing of John Lewis, the significance of professional athletes protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and what it is like having President Obama officiate your wedding.

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Paris Hilton: The woman behind the persona Sep 16, 2020

Paris Hilton is a name many people know, even if they don't know much about her aside that she's famous. The new YouTube documentary This Is Paris aims to change that by showing the woman and entrepreneur behind the "that's hot" persona. When the film begins we see her in a sound booth recording a voiceover and going in-and-out of her signature Paris personality and voice. It's amazing and surprising to witness.

During our interview, Hilton discusses This Is Paris and talks about how participating in the film helped her deal with her abuse she suffered in her teens and how she hopes to empower others. We also discuss her 19 different product lines, The Simple Life and how she handles privacy in her life.

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Reggie Watts: Comedian, musician and Late Late Show bandleader Sep 11, 2020

Trying to describe Reggie Watts is a bit like trying to explain the majesty of the Aurora Borealis. But, I'll try. Draw a triangle and label the points comedian, musician and bandleader. Then place a point outside that triangle and label it actor. Finally, sketch a circle through the triangle and name it beatboxer. Somewhere between all those points or outside them is Watts.

You might know him from his 2016 Netflix special Reggie Watts: Spatial, his time on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! or from the The Late Late Show with James Corden. Now he has his own app which has one of the most amazing names: WattsApp by Reggie Watts.

We talk about his new app. We also go deep on Reggie's love/hate relationship with technology and what it was like for him to interview Jack White indoors while being filmed by drones. He also opens up about his relationship with James Corden.

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Kenny Smith, Inside the NBA commentator and Two-time NBA champ Sep 09, 2020

In 1994 and 1995, Kenny "The Jet" Smith won back-to-back NBA Championships playing for the Houston Rockets. Since retiring, he can be seen on the Emmy-Award winning TNT show, Inside the NBA alongside Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. The program has turned from being just a show about basketball into its own phenomena. YouTube is littered with clips and outtakes that have thousands if not millions of views. But it was when Kenny's annual summer basketball camp for kids in North Carolina was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic that he came up with the idea for the Jet Academy (named after his nickname "The Jet").

Over the course of our conversation, Kenny talks about how building the Jet Academy made him obsessed with live streaming technology. We also discuss his two NBA Championships, The Last Dance about Michael Jordan, "The Bubble" and of course what it's like working with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal on Inside The NBA.

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Jimmy Wong cried watching Disney's live-action redo of Mulan Sep 04, 2020

Jimmy Wong plays Ling, one of a trio of new recruits who team up with Chinese warrior-in-disguise Mulan in Disney's live-action remake of the 1998 animated musical. Wong talks about celebrating Asian culture, combating stereotypes in his viral YouTube music videos and how video games help us level up in IRL.

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Alex Winter (aka Bill S. Preston Esq.) and Scott Kroopf, Bill & Ted Face The Music Sep 02, 2020

It’s 2020 and Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back in the new film Bill & Ted Face the Music. The movie catches up with the Wyld Stallyns frontmen 29 years after Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. Face the Music is simultaneously ridiculous, funny, sweet and proof that a 90s-style comedy can work in 2020. It also captures the essence and joy many of us experienced watching 1989's Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

On this episode of I’m So Obsessed, my guests are Alex Winter, better known as Bill S. Preston Esq., and Scott Kroopf, who produced all three Bill & Ted films. They discuss the cultural appeal of Bill and Ted, the ingenious casting of Bill and Ted’s daughters, the hysterical performance Anthony Carrigan from HBO’s Barry gives as a robot and how they paid tribute to George Carlin.

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Katori Hall, creator of P-Valley on Starz Aug 28, 2020

Katori Hall is best known as the Olivier award-winning playwright behind the play The Mountaintop which fictionalized the last night in Martin Luther King’s life. The 2011 Broadway production featured Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. King and Angela Bassett in the role of Camae. Hall's latest project is the series P-Valley on Starz and couldn't be more different from The Mountaintop. The show is set in a strip club in the South and follows the lives of the dancers who work there. It's all about their relationships with themselves, each other and with their customers.

Hall opens up about the show, going to strip clubs as a woman and the amount of athleticism it takes to pole dance. She also discusses working on the Broadway show Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and why Turner hates the song What's Love Got to Do with It.

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David Arquette, from actor to pro wrestler Aug 26, 2020

As part of a publicity stunt for his 2000 comedy Ready to Rumble, Scream star David Arquette was crowned a heavyweight champion by the WCW. Wrestling fans spent 18 years mocking him about it. So he decided to make his pro wrestling debut and show them how serious he is about a sport he truly loves.

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Dave Bautista gets emotional about acting Aug 21, 2020

After gaining attention for his turn as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy, the wrestler-turned-actor talks on our I’m So Obsessed podcast about why being a dramatic actor is so important to him. And why no one can touch his lunchbox collection.

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Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa from Talking Sopranos Aug 19, 2020

The final episode of The Sopranos aired on HBO on June 10, 2007 and yet 13 years later the show has found a new popularity with an entirely new generation of viewers watching it during the pandemic. To guide them through the world of New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano, cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa better known as Christopher Moltisanti and Bobby Bacala respectively host a weekly podcast called Talking Sopranos. The two break down a single episode of The Sopranos and share new insights and untold stories about working on the iconic series.

During an in-depth conversation, Imperioli and Schirripa open up about the legacy of James Gandolfini, rewatching the show as well as share their favorite character names from The Sopranos.

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Lesley Chilcott: Director of Helter Skelter: An American Myth Aug 14, 2020

The new Epix documentary series Helter Skelter: An American Myth takes a visceral and revealing look at Charles Manson in order to dispel the larger-than-life myths that grew around him over the years.

In an in-depth conversation about the series and Manson, Leslie discusses finding never before seen footage of the Manson Family and how this story eerily reflects the political and social issues of today.

Lesley Chilcott is the award-winning producer of films like Waiting For Superman, An Inconvenient Truth and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. She also directed the documentaries Watson and CodeGirl.

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Nish Kumar: Comic and host of Hello, America Aug 12, 2020

Comic Nish Kumar hosts the news-based topical comedy show Hello, America. The show is made in Britain for an American audience and is available on Quibi.

We talk in-depth about Hello, America. Nish reveals just how much the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the global protests against police brutality have changed the show. He also explains why, as a comedian, it's worse to have bread thrown at you than to be booed off stage.

This interview was recorded in mid-July.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor: Actor and filmmaker Aug 07, 2020

Chiwetel Ejiofor is known for his roles in Children Of Men, Dirty Pretty Things, Kinky Boots, The Martian and Doctor Strange. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Oscar for his performance in 12 Years A Slave and nominated for an Emmy for his performance in Dancing On The Edge. Chiwetel also wrote, directed and acted in the 2019 film The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

On this episode of I'm So Obsessed, Chiwetel talks about starring with Charlize Theron in the new Netflix film The Old Guard. We also discuss immortality, how he longs for a place in the English countryside as well as his relationship working with Denzel Washington on the Inside Man and American Gangster.

Chiwetel also explains working with all the Benedicts on Marvel's Doctor Strange.

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Tyler Shultz: Theranos whistleblower Aug 05, 2020

Tyler Shultz is the grandson of former Secretary of State George Shultz. He is commonly labeled a whistleblower for helping bring awareness to the unethical and outright bad things that happened behind the scenes at the health technology company Theranos.

In a new podcast series that is now out on Audible called Thicker Than Water, Tyler opens up and tells his side of the Theranos story. The series is unique because it feels like you're in a coffeeshop with Tyler as he talks about everything that happened. A large part of the series revolves around stories Tyler has never shared before about Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and his grandfather who was an early champion of the blood-testing company.

His story borders against the best soap operas, movie thrillers and legal dramas out there today.

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Catherine Hardwicke, from directing vampires to artificial humans Jul 29, 2020

Catherine Hardwicke, who's given a voice to teen issues in movies from Thirteen to Twilight, introduces us to Aisha, a bi-racial teen who discovers she's not quite human in the new sci-fi TV series Don't Look Deeper on Quibi. The mystery unfolds, 10 minutes at a time.

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Mark Duplass: Actor, writer, director and producer of Room 104 Jul 29, 2020

When you hear the name Mark Duplass, the question isn't what does he do, but rather what hasn't he done? The actor, writer, director and producer, known for his roles on The League, The Mindy Project and the film Bombshell, received an 2020 Emmy Award-nomination for his role as Charles "Chip" Black on the Apple TV Plus series The Morning Show.

It's not the first time Duplass has won acclaim. In 2018, he and his brother Jay won an Emmy Award for producing the hit Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country. The brothers will continue working together on both scripted and unscripted podcast series they're creating exclusively for Spotify. And if that's not enough, the pair oversee the brilliant and inventive HBO anthology series Room 104 which is currently in its fourth and final season.

In our interview, Duplass talks in-depth about Room 104 including starring in the fourth season premiere as a fictional obscure 90s rocker named Graham Husker. He also discusses working with Dave Bautista on an episode called Avalanche. He describes Bautista as giving "one of the most beautiful performances we've had on the show."

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Romola Garai: Actress and filmmaker Jul 22, 2020

You likely know Romola Garai from her roles in films like Atonement, Amazing Grace and Glorious 39 as well as the BBC mini-series Emma and The Hour. She has been nominated for a BAFTA and two Golden Globe awards. Earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Garai premiered the horror film Amulet which she wrote and directed. Amulet is a chilling and striking horror movie and marks Garai's debut as a feature filmmaker.

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Veena Sud, writer, and producer of The Killing Jul 22, 2020

Veena Sud is the driving force behind the shows The Killing, Seven Seconds and her new Quibi show The Stranger. We talk about Black Lives Matter, the need for more diversity in Hollywood, how working on MTV's The Real World prepared her to be a show runner and her deep love for Skyline Chili.

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Talia Shire: Legendary actress and tech geek Jul 15, 2020

Talia Shire has created iconic women characters in two of the most popular movie franchises in history, The Godfather and Rocky series. Shire opens up about working with Sylvester Stallone to tell the story of two "discarded people" who find each other, about how streaming services and tech are giving new life to box-offices misses, including her 1980s cult classic Rad, and about why she's ready to help Silicon Valley come up with a plan to teach creativity.

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Dan Lanigan, host of the Disney Plus show Prop Culture Jul 15, 2020

Dan Lanigan is the host of the Disney Plus show Prop Culture. We talk about what's it like going into a Disney Archives Prop warehouse, getting to see the amazing costumes and props from films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Who Framed Roger Rabbit and what it's like working with Dolph Ludgren on the reality/game show Race to the Scene in which contestants went to the locations of famous films and recreated stunts from movies like the Terminator, E.T. and Pulp Fiction.

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Evy Poumpouras, former secret service agent and journalist Jul 08, 2020

Evy Poumpouras worked as a secret service agent during the Clinton and Bush administrations and she was on the Presidential Protective Division for President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. She was recognized with a U.S. Secret Service Valor Award for her work as a first responder in the 9/11 attacks and she now is a journalist, co-host on the Bravo show Spy Games and author. In her book Becoming Bulletproof, Evy uses her training and experience as a secret service agent to teach you how to protect yourself, strengthen your mental resilience and confidence, as well as read people, influence situations and live fearlessly.

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Rhett & Link: Friends, comedy duo and Good Mythical Morning hosts Jul 08, 2020

Rhett & Link made viral videos before that was a thing, Now they host the massively popular YouTube show Good Mythical Morning which has 6.1 billion views and 16.4 million subscribers as of this recording. Rhett & Link talk about Good Mythical Morning and adapting it to work during the pandemic, their podcast Ear Biscuits and what's it's like dipping their toes into the world of TikTok.

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Allison Tolman: Fargo star and quarantine embroidery queen Jul 01, 2020

Allison Tolman is the Emmy-award nominated actress who played the role of Molly Solverson in the first season of the FX series Fargo as well as portraying Jo Evans in the sci-fi/thriller ABC show Emergence. Allison opens up about her early career doing commercials and theater work, how Fargo changed her life and she schools us on how to make a cappuccino at home using a glass jar.

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Austin Winsberg, a TV show creator into show tunes Jul 01, 2020

Show creator Austin Winsberg tapped into his love of musical theatre to create a TV show with an unusual heroine. Her superpower: being able to hear people's innermost thoughts in the form of musical dance numbers, based on an eclectic, extraordinary playlist.

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Jeff Schaffer, writer, director, producer for Curb Your Enthusiasm and The League Jun 24, 2020

Writer, director and producer Jeff Schaffer worked on some of the biggest TV shows of all-time. He was a writer on Seinfeld and is a writer, director and producer on Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as one of the co-creators of The League. During our wide ranging interview, he talks about his new Netflix show that he made with his brother called Brews Brothers, working with Lil Dicky on the FXX show Dave and how he came up with the idea of the Festivus pole.

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Mark Ellis, stand-up comic and Rotten Tomatoes editor Jun 24, 2020

Mark Ellis is a stand-up comedian and host of the Rotten Tomatoes YouTube show Versus where he pits two movies or TV shows against each other to see which one better. For example there is a Jaws vs. Jurassic Park episode and one that pits The Office against Friends. We talk about his career as a comic, his passion for films and how being a stand-up on the road prepared him for sheltering in-place alone.

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Dylan McDermott, actor, TV pimp and dog lover Jun 17, 2020

Emmy Award-nominated actor Dylan McDermott talks about how he prepared for his role in the Netflix show Hollywood which included having underwear specially made for his character. He also opens up about his mother playwright Eve Ensler, what The Practice means to him now and what it's like having to halt production on the Venus and Serena Williams biopic King Richard because of the pandemic.

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D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce, drag queen, movie star and comic Jun 17, 2020

D.J. “Shangela” Pierce opens up about her new HBO show We're Here, being a 3-time contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, and working with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born.

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Radha Mitchell, actress and robot vacuum enthusiast Jun 10, 2020

Radha Mitchell has had an expansive career, but it's her work in horror, sci-fi and psychological thrillers that stand out. When she's not playing strong, independent women on screen, the award-winning actress spends time with her two favorite gadgets: her robot vacuum and her food composter.

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Cedric Yarborough: On Comedy, Characters, and the return of Reno 911! Jun 10, 2020

The Reno 911 Star Cedric Yarbrough talks about filming new episodes for the new streaming service Quibi, The Boondocks, BoJack Horseman and his stage show The Black Version where the cast improvs black versions of famous films.

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Laura Prepon, Netflix pioneer, director, author and frozen food fixer Jun 03, 2020

Award-winning actress Laura Prepon helped hook the world on binge-watching and women's stories with Netflix's Orange is the New Black, but she's also a director and best-selling author touting Mom Squads and the joys of fixing up frozen foods.

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Jimmy O. Yang, stand-up comic and Space Force scientist Jun 03, 2020

Crazy Rich Asians and Silicon Valley star Jimmy O. Yang talks about his first ever stand-up special, his role in the new Steve Carell comedy Space Force and his top picks for hot sauce.

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Bill Pullman is very into augmented reality May 27, 2020

In this episode of I'm So Obsessed, CNET Editor Connie Guglielmo talks with Bill Pullman about playing a detective in the crime series, The Sinner, about growing oranges and building community with orchards, and about why he's obsessed with bringing the work of a famous American painter to life using tech.

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Joel McHale, vigilante May 27, 2020

In this episode of I'm So Obsessed, CNET Editor Patrick Holland talks with actor, comic and show host Joel McHale about his podcast with fellow Community alum Ken Jeong, his Tiger King after show special on Netflix and his knife collection.

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I'm So Obsessed. Not your typical interview show. May 23, 2020

CNET editors Connie Guglielmo and Patrick Holland ask notable actors, artists and creators to talk about everything from their work and career to upcoming projects to what gets them through the day. We also get them to get real -- and tell us what they're obsessed with. Why? Because life's too short for boring interviews.

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