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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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