Stay ConnectedOn this podcast, Seth Abramovitch, senior writer at The Hollywood Reporter, takes you behind the scenes of the indelible pop culture moments that shaped Hollywood history — with special guests who were actually there. In a town where everything old is eventually new again, Seth gives listeners a front-row seat to the way things were. Welcome to IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD!
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The director reveals how she transformed Cameron Crowe’s undercover reporting into a defining portrait of messy, horny, sun-bleached youth.
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The reluctant heartthrob from John Hughes’ 1986 teen classic revisits Brat Pack mania and the last-minute ending that changed everything.
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The star of the beloved sci-fi film from 1982 looks back on how a tearful, instinctive audition won him screen immortality and childhood superstardom.
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The Oscar-nominated star and director of the 1983 nuclear war drama join Seth as the podcast kicks off a new season.
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The writer-director joins Seth to share tales of the making of this gritty and entrancing tale of life in the slums of India.
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Cinematographer Larry Smith describes executing Stanley Kubrick’s exacting vision on what would be his final film.
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The star of Hollywood’s first take on Hannibal Lecter reveals the obsessive lengths gone to by Michael Mann to craft a procedural masterpiece.
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The director revisits the making of his nightmarish 1990 vision of life after the battlefield starring Tim Robbins.
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The star of the 1956 thriller that introduced the “evil child” genre joins Seth to retell the making of a horror classic.
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The Oscar-winning cinematographer walks Seth through the making of the gorgeous cult French film from 1981.
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