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224: Actor/Director/Author Justine Bateman on her new book 'Face: One Square Foot of Skin' May 05, 2021

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The reactions to writer, producer, director, Justine Batemans’ new book ‘Face : One Square Foot of Skin’ have been huge and it is already a best seller. The author joins us to talk about the book, why she wrote it and the themes of how society responds to aging faces.

Justine Bateman earned two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination for her work on the 1980’s sitcom ‘Family Ties’. Bateman’s directorial feature film debut of her own script, ‘Violet’, had its World Premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, it stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux,

Her best-selling first book ‘Fame’ was published in 2018 and her second book’ Face’ is out now.

In 2016, Justine earned her Computer Science and Digital Media Management degree from UCLA.

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223: Composer Nicholas Britell (The Underground Railroad, Succession, Moonlight) Apr 29, 2021

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This week we are joined by award-winning composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Succession). We talk about Mr Britell's deep collaborations with director Barry Jenkins and their most ambitious work together yet, the series adaptation of Colson Whiteheads' Pulitzer prize winning novel The Underground Railroad. Premiering on Amazon Prime on May 14th.

And his work on Succession, the Kendall Roy rap and so much more.

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222: Our final and complete Oscar predictions 2021! With Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch Apr 22, 2021

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We are capping off this long awards season with our final, and complete, Oscar predictions for 2021! Joining us is the maestro of Oscar predictions Erik Anderson, Editor-in-Chief at AwardsWatch for an interesting, surprising conversation about what could be a very historic evening. Have a great Oscar night and good luck with you ballots!

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221: 2021 Oscars special with Kyle Buchanan (NY Times)! Apr 20, 2021

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A yearly tradition! We are so happy to have Kyle Buchanan (NY Times pop culture reporter and the awards season columnist) with us again this year to talk Oscars 2021. Kyle fills us in on all the behind the scenes info about this Sundays show: how will telecast producer Steven Soderbergh reinvent the show, the historic nominations this year and some very interesting, and surprising, predictions!

Twitter @kylebuchanan

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220: Stylist, TV host and fashion expert Joe Katz! The celebrity red carpet, the multi-billion dollar industry & Oscar fashion: hits and misses. Apr 16, 2021

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We are getting ready for Oscar with a very special episode! This week we dive into the ‘red carpet industrial complex’, the multi billion dollar world of fashion & celebrity styling with expert in the field , Mr Joe Katz. Plus we talk about some historic red carpet hits and misses and Mr Katzs gives some predictions on what the celebrities will be wearing at this years Oscars on April 25th!

Joe Katz is a personal stylist and fashion expert. For the past several decades he as been a fashion contributor and expert for outlets like Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, and OK and In Touch magazines. He is the host of the The Katz Walk Podcast. He has reported on Oscar red carpets for the Associated Press, CBS and CNN.

Joe Katz is also a personal stylist. He was the in house stylist at the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel andhas worked with PR execs from Louis Vuitton to Prada to Ralph Lauren.

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219: Most anticipated TV dramas of the season! With Eric Deggans, author and NPR TV critic Apr 14, 2021

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Always a blast to have author and critic Eric Deggans (NPR) with us to talk about the seasons most anticipated TV dramas. What to watch, what to skip! From HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ starring Kate Winslet to Disney + ‘Loki’, Apple TV+ ‘Mosquito Coast’ and much more. Don’t miss!

Twitter @Deggans

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218: From Gaga to the Godfather! A conversation about upcoming biopics and movies about Hollywood with critic John Bleasdale Mar 30, 2021

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Film writer and critic John Bleasdale (The Guardian, The Independent, Sight & Sound) joins us for a conversation about some of the very interesting, upcoming biopics about iconic figures and films about Hollywood. From Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín's ‘Spencer’ to Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in Ridley Scotts ‘House of Gucci’. We also discuss ‘Francis and The Godfather’ Barry Levinson’s film about the making of ‘The Godfather ‘ starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck directing the film about the making of Chinatown. All this and more!

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217: Bo Burnham 'Promising Young Woman' Mar 23, 2021

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Comedian, director, actor Bo Burnham stars in one of the best and most discussed films of the season, the critically acclaimed 'Promising Young Woman', written and directed by the Oscar nominated Emerald Fennell. Burnham joins us to talk about his multi-layered role as Ryan, about the interesting and difficult conversations audiences are having about the film, his massive You Tube comedy career, “cancel culture” and much more.

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216: Oscar nominations! Surprises, snubs & reactions. With Erik Anderson (AwardsWatch) Mar 16, 2021

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Erik Anderson, editor-in-chief of AwardsWatch joins us to talk about the Oscar nominations. The surprises, snubs and analysis!

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215: 'Allen v. Farrow'. Interview with director Amy Ziering Mar 05, 2021

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Award winning filmmaker Amy Ziering joins us to talk about the much discussed 4 part HBO documentary series ‘Allen v. Farrow’. In ‘Allen v Farrow’ Ziering and co-director Kirby Dick examine the 1992 the sexual assault allegations made against director Woody Allen by his then 7 year old daughter Dylan Farrow, how it was dealt with in the criminal justice system, the media narrative and more.

‘Allen v. Farrow” is streaming on HBO and HBOmax.

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