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Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott delivers your weekly dose of pop culture with the Parting Shot. Every week you’ll get celebrity interviews, award show coverage, and the rundown on exactly what to watch, read, and listen to in culture. Consider the Parting Shot your one stop shop for everything pop culture.
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Hannah Einbinder Knows Everything Is Because of ‘Hacks’
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May 02, 2024 |
Acapulco’s Eugenio Derbez on How He Had to ‘Reinvent Himself’
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May 01, 2024 |
The Impact of Drag with Sasha Velour and Latrice Royale from HBO Max’s ‘We’re Here’
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Apr 26, 2024 |
The State of Reality TV with Kate Casey
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Apr 24, 2024 |
RuPaul’s Drag Race Top 3 Sapphira Cristál, Nymphia Wind and Plane Jane (and UK’s Tia Kofi, Because She’s a Winner Baby)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
The Secret to Being an ADHD Whisperer with Penn and Kim Holderness
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Apr 12, 2024 |
Chris Perfetti Knows How Special ‘Abbott Elementary’ Is
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Apr 10, 2024 |
Alex Edelman on Making Hate Funny in ‘Just For Us’
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Apr 05, 2024 |
Gillian Anderson on ‘Scoop’ and the ‘Badass’ Women She Loves to Portray
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Jane Lynch on The Weakest Link, Glee and Best in Show
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Mar 27, 2024 |
Ramy Youssef Finds the ‘Magic’ in ‘Living on a Prayer’
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Mar 22, 2024 |
Tobias Menzies on How ‘Manhunt’ Shows How ‘Fragile Democracies Can Be’
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Regina King Is Here to Make Sure You Know About Shirley Chisholm
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Mar 15, 2024 |
James Marsden Has Embraced His Genre-Shifting Career
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Mar 13, 2024 |
EXCLUSIVE: Chatting with the Winner (or Winners?) of ‘The Traitors’
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Mar 08, 2024 |
Annette Bening Exudes Dark Comedy Excellence in Peacock’s ‘Apples Never Fall’
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Gayle King Is Not Just Oprah’s Best Friend, She’s America’s Best Friend
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Mar 01, 2024 |
Survivor 46 and Jeff Probst’s Controversial Comments About It with Rob Cesternino
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Feb 28, 2024 |
Grace Helbig is Ready to Talk About the Cancer
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Feb 23, 2024 |
Carrie Preston is Ready for Her Quirky Spotlight in CBS’ ‘Elsbeth’
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Survivor’s Parvati Shallow Dishes on Traitors and Those Iconic Headbands
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Feb 16, 2024 |
Jodie Foster Finds the 'Sweet Spot' Between 'Depth' and Entertainment
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Feb 16, 2024 |
Rob Reiner Sounds the Alarm for the Rise in Christian Nationalism
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Feb 14, 2024 |
Super Bowl Survival Guide and What to Watch This Weekend
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Feb 09, 2024 |
This Is Us’ Justin Hartley Is Ready for Action with CBS’ ‘Tracker’
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Dan Gheesling (The Traitors) Talks About His Shocking Elimination
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Feb 02, 2024 |
Grammys, the State of Pop Music and more with John Arthur Hill
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Jan 31, 2024 |
Breaking Down the Barbie Snub and Other Oscar Nomination Surprises with YouTube’s Be Kind Rewind
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Common Is Sharing His Secret for Wellness With ‘And Then We Rise’
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Oscars 2024: Who Got Nominated? Who Got Snubbed? Full List of Nominees
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Remembering ‘The Sopranos’ (And the Greatness That Was James Gandolfini) with Paul Palmeri
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Jan 19, 2024 |
Jake Johnson’s ‘Self Reliance’ Shows the Impact Reality TV Has Had on Society
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Will Survivor FINALLY Break Their Emmy Curse?
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Josh Hutcherson Isn’t Going to Do What You Think He Should Do
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Michelle Yeoh and Sam Li Discuss Netflix’s ‘The Brothers Sun’
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Jan 08, 2024 |
Golden Globes, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Dave Chappelle discussed with guests Eliot Glazer and Brent Sullivan
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Great Performances: Charles Melton (‘May December’) & Colman Domingo (‘Rustin’)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
The Great British Bake Off Winner Matty Edgell Talks Bakes, Dirty Jokes, and His Win
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Dec 29, 2023 |
Gary Oldman on What Makes Apple TV+’s ‘Slow Horses’ Uniquely British
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Dec 27, 2023 |
Survivor 45 Winner Dee Valladares and Survivor 44’s Carson Garrett, Carolyn Wiger, and Yam Yam Arocho
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Dec 21, 2023 |
Fantasia Barrino Says the ‘Fight was Worth It’ to Get to ‘The Color Purple’
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Turner Classic Movies’ Ben Mankiewicz Knows the Power of ‘Nostalgia’
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Dec 13, 2023 |
RuPaul Drag Race’s Bianca Del Rio Says Her New Tour Isn’t for the ‘Easily Offended’
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Dec 06, 2023 |
Kathy Griffin Finally Feels ‘Un-Canceled’ After That Infamous Trump Photo
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Nov 29, 2023 |
Matt Bomer Says 'Fellow Travelers' is Key to Knowing 'What Our History Is'
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Bethenny Frankel Doesn't Care What You Think of Her
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Nov 15, 2023 |
YouTube’s Dessert Person, Claire Saffitz, Wants You to Make Mistakes
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Dolly Parton Proves She’s ‘Never Gonna Stop’ with ‘Rockstar’
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Nov 01, 2023 |
SNL’s Leslie Jones Isn’t Your Typical Celebrity, and Her Memoir Reflects That
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Oct 25, 2023 |
Josh Gad Felt the Pressure for His Return to Broadway in ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’
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Oct 18, 2023 |
Danny Pellegrino Is Already in the Holiday Spirit with ‘The Jolliest Bunch’
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Oct 11, 2023 |
Why Jake Cohen Doesn’t Just Want You to Buy His New Cookbook, ‘I Could Nosh’
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Oct 04, 2023 |
Crime Junkie’s Ashley Flowers' Passion for True Crime Lets Her ‘Give Back’
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Sep 27, 2023 |
Survivor’s Jeff Probst Reveals the Key to Winning: ‘Heart’
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Reba McEntire Physically ‘Can’t Be a Mean Judge’ on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
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Sep 13, 2023 |
Nia Vardalos Had to ‘Live Life’ to Write ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’
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Sep 06, 2023 |
Going Deep on ‘Law & Order: SVU’ with Liza Treyger and Kara Klenk from ‘That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast’
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Aug 30, 2023 |
Latter Day Jew: My Unorthodox Path From Mormonism to Judaism
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Aug 23, 2023 |
Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña as the DC Comics’ Blue Beetle is a Game Changer
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Aug 16, 2023 |
Taylor Zakhar Perez Felt the ‘Weight’ of His Role in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’
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Aug 09, 2023 |
Jesus Takes Hollywood: The Rise in Christian Entertainment with The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie
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Aug 02, 2023 |
Ophelia Lovibond is Ready for Minx’s Starz Era
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Jul 26, 2023 |
Jamie Lee Curtis Credits Being ‘Hungry’ as Key to Her Success
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Jul 19, 2023 |
Tiffany Haddish Puts Her Love of a Good ‘Mystery' to Use in 'The Afterparty'
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Jul 12, 2023 |
Andrew Rannells Ponders Adulthood in ‘Uncle of the Year’
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Jul 03, 2023 |
Hollywood Health Fads: Ozempic, Naked Retreats for Men, and Alternative Medicines
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Evan Ross Katz on ‘And Just Like That’ Season Two
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Jun 21, 2023 |
Jeffrey Dean Morgan on How Negan Has Evolved in ‘Walking Dead: Dead City’
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Jun 14, 2023 |
Jesse Garcia on the Wild Cheetos Story That Inspired Eva Longoria’s ‘Flamin Hot’
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Jun 07, 2023 |
Are We in an Asian Food Renaissance? (Kim Chi, Jon Kung and Jimmy Guo)
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May 30, 2023 |
Survivor’s Carson Garrett Reacts to Season 44, Yam Yam, Carolyn, and His Most Embarrassing Moment
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May 25, 2023 |
For Melissa McCarthy, Ursula in ‘The Little Mermaid’ is More Than Just a Villain
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May 24, 2023 |
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan on Disney’s ‘American Born Chinese’ and Where They Keep Their Oscars
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May 17, 2023 |
Patrick Ta Is Leading the Way for Inclusive Beauty
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May 10, 2023 |
Tamron Hall Says Being a TV Junkie Prepared Her to Be a Talk Show Host
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May 03, 2023 |
This Is Jeopardy’s Buzzy Cohen is Exploring the History of America’s Favorite Quiz Show
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Kathy Bates Reveals Her Favorite Role (and It’s Not the One You’re Thinking Of)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Keri Russell ‘Couldn’t Stop Thinking About’ Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’
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Apr 12, 2023 |
The Assault on Drag: What's Happening and Why Is It Being Banned?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Billy Crudup Leans Into to Futuristic Nostalgia with Apple TV+’s ‘Hello Tomorrow!’
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Mar 29, 2023 |
RuPaul’s Drag Race Producer Fenton Bailey on the Power of TV and Pop Culture
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Mar 22, 2023 |
24 Hours with Paris Hilton: She Isn’t the Dumb Blonde You Think You Know
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Mar 15, 2023 |
What to Expect From This Year’s Academy Awards. Who Will Win? But More Importantly, Who Will Lose?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Nick Kroll on the Influence of Mel Brooks on Hulu’s 'History of the World, Part II’
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Eugene Levy Is (Literally) the 'Reluctant Traveler' on Apple TV+
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Feb 28, 2023 |
How the Academy Awards Changed Hollywood with Michael Schulman (author of ‘Oscar Wars’)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
How Evangeline Lilly Hit the 'Jackpot' with Marvel's 'Ant-Man'
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Feb 15, 2023 |
Alan Cumming on His Campiest Role Yet: Hosting Peacock’s ‘Traitors’
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Feb 08, 2023 |
Jonathan Groff Had a ‘Primal’ Reaction to Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Natasha Lyonne Sees Through the Lies in Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Literal First Reactions to the Oscar Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer on How This Season of ‘Truth Be Told’ is ‘Our Best’
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Jan 18, 2023 |
Everything RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 with Alaska Thunderf*ck and Ross Mathews
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Jan 11, 2023 |
Allison Williams on the ‘Bechdel Dream’ of Her New Film ‘M3GAN’
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Jan 04, 2023 |
Revisiting Bette Midler’s Second Act in 2022
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Dec 29, 2022 |
Naomi Ackie Humanizes Whitney Houston in ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’
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Dec 21, 2022 |
Getting in the Holiday Spirit with Danny Pellegrino and Jake Cohen
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Dec 14, 2022 |
New Talent Spotlight: Micheal Ward (‘Empire of Light’) and Mallori Johnson (‘Kindred’)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
Are the Kardashian’s Still Culturally Relevant? (With guest Naomi Smalls from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
Tim Allen is 'Humbled' to Be Santa Again in Disney's 'The Santa Clauses'
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Nov 23, 2022 |
Luke Evans is Not 'Scared' of a Challenge
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Nov 16, 2022 |
Brooke Shields Is Changing the Narrative for Women of Any Age
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Gets Nostalgic in Netflix's 'Easy-Bake Battle'
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Nov 02, 2022 |
Ryan Phillippe Sees What You're Tweeting About Him, And He's Fine With It
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Oct 26, 2022 |
Phil Rosenthal Is Bringing People Together, One Bite at a Time
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Mamie Till’s 'Glorious Bravery:' Danielle Deadwyler and Chinonye Chukwu on 'Till'
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Oct 12, 2022 |
Colin Hanks and Jan Broberg on the Amazing True Story Behind Peacock’s ‘A Friend of the Family’
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Oct 05, 2022 |
Bette Midler’s Second Act: The Queen of Halloween Returns with ‘Hocus Pocus 2’
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Diego Luna Says ‘Andor’ is the ‘Most Grounded Star Wars’
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Sep 21, 2022 |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rachel Bloom on the 'Escapism' of Hulu's 'Reboot'
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Sep 16, 2022 |
How Emily Deschanel's ‘Morbid Fascination’ Led to Netflix’s ‘Devil in Ohio’
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Sep 14, 2022 |
Who Will Win? Who Will Lose? We’re Talking Everything Emmys
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Sep 09, 2022 |
Revisiting Jean Smart's Unparalleled 'Hacks' Ahead of the Emmys
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Revisiting Amanda Seyfried's Elizabeth Holmes Ahead of the Emmys
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Cynthia Addai-Robinson Embraces Being Queen in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
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Aug 26, 2022 |
What’s It Like To Be on ‘Survivor’? Find Out with Rob Cesternino and Stephen Fishbach
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Idris Elba is Everywhere with ‘Beast’ and ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Jon Gabrus is Ready to Party (Clothing Optional) on ‘101 Places to Party Before You Die’
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Aug 17, 2022 |
Abbi Jacobson Feels the ‘Pressure’ of Adapting ‘A League of Their Own’
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Aug 12, 2022 |
iCarly’s Jennette McCurdy Reveals the Truth Behind Fame in ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
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Aug 10, 2022 |
James Morosini on the Real Life Catfishing Story That Inspired ‘I Love My Dad’
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Is ‘The View’ Still Politically Relevant, or Has It Lost Its View?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
Kevin Bacon is Having an Evil Summer with ‘City on a Hill’ and ‘They/Them’
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Bonnie Hunt is a Hollywood Triple Threat and Deserves Your Respect
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Keke Palmer Says ‘Nope’ Proves There’s ‘Only One Jordan Peele’
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Billy Porter’s New Film ‘Anything’s Possible’ Is Redefining Teen Comedies
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Jul 15, 2022 |
The Big Payback: Reparations for Descendants of Slaves with Erika Alexander
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Lesley Manville Gets Her Dior Dress in ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'
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Jul 08, 2022 |
You’re Wrong About’s Sarah Marshall on Exactly What You’re Wrong About (And It’s OK)
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Jul 06, 2022 |
From YouTube to Movies: Jenny Slate on 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'
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Jul 01, 2022 |
Talking Classic Hollywood Films and Stars with YouTube’s Be Kind Rewind
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Jun 29, 2022 |
Good Guy Tom Hanks Steps Into the Shadows as Col. Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis'
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Jun 24, 2022 |
The Rise in Attacks on Drag Queen Story Hour with Beatrice L. Thomas and Lil Miss Hot Mess
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Jun 22, 2022 |
John Lithgow on FX’s ‘The Old Man,’ and How Five Days of Work Got Him an Oscar Nomination
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Jun 17, 2022 |
Pop Culture Deep Dive with Jordan Runtagh & Alex Heigl from iHeart Media’s Too Much Information Podcast
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Ms. Marvel’s Iman Vellani Went From High School to Her Own Disney+ Series
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Jun 10, 2022 |
Breaking Down 'The Staircase,' the 2001 Death of Kathleen Peterson and the HBO series on Michael Peterson
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Jun 08, 2022 |
PAUSE with Sam Jay on HBO is Unlike Any Other Late-Night Show You’ve Ever Seen
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Elise Doganieri on How ‘The Quest’ on Disney+ is Unlike Any Other Reality Competition Series on TV
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Jun 01, 2022 |
When You See It, You Believe It: Jay Ellis ("Top Gun: Maverick") on Fighter Jets and Representation
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May 27, 2022 |
A Strange Loop’s Michael R. Jackson and Company’s Matt Doyle Talk Diversity on Broadway
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May 25, 2022 |
John Waters is Still Breaking ‘the Rules’ and Thinks Gen Z Needs to Learn to ‘Make Fun of Yourself’
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May 23, 2022 |
The Real Angelyne Calls New Peacock Series About Her ‘Painful to Watch’
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May 19, 2022 |
Emmy Rossum Says LA’s Angelyne Is the ‘Original Influencer’
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May 18, 2022 |
Jean Smart is the Meryl Streep of Television. Deal With It.
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May 13, 2022 |
An Unfiltered Chat with Lisa Rinna (Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’)
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May 11, 2022 |
Abortion and Roe v. Wade on TV and in Film
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May 09, 2022 |
Niv Sultan & Daniel Syrkin (‘Tehran’ on AppleTV+)
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May 06, 2022 |
Disney Animation with Mark Henn and Hyun-Min Lee (’Sketchbook’ on Disney+)
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May 04, 2022 |
Jennifer Weiner (‘The Summer Place’)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
What To Watch This Week (Bill Hader, Elisabeth Moss, and HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
Pabllo Vittar (Coachella) & Alaska Thunderf*ck (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
Passover with Judy Gold, Eliot Glazer and Jake Cohen
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Apr 15, 2022 |
Yeardley Smith (‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Small Town Dicks’)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
Full Frontal: TV's Male Nudity Boom with Minx's Oscar Montoya
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Apr 08, 2022 |
Craig Robinson (Peacock’s ‘Killing It’)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)
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Apr 02, 2022 |
Oscars Recap with Ashlee Marie Preston
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Mar 30, 2022 |
94th Academy Awards
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Mar 26, 2022 |
Simone Ashley from Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’
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Mar 24, 2022 |
Rose Matafeo from HBO Max’s ‘Starstruck’
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Mar 23, 2022 |
Harvey Fierstein, Anne Hathaway & Evan Ross Katz
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Jabari Banks (Bel-Air) & Eric Cervini (Disney and FL’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill)
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Mar 11, 2022 |
Renée Zellweger (The Thing About Pam) & Danny Pellegrino
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Mar 04, 2022 |
Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout) & The Royal Report
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Feb 25, 2022 |
Pamela Adlon (‘Better Things’) & Wild Things Podcast
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Feb 18, 2022 |
Cecily Strong & Oscar Predictions
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Feb 11, 2022 |
Hilary Duff & Oscar Predictions
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Feb 04, 2022 |
The Parting Shot Trailer
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Feb 02, 2022 |