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Emma Corrin - 'A Murder at the End of the World' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - May 06, 2024 16:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the British actress best known for their award-winning portrayal of Princess Diana on season four of Netflix's 'The Crown' reflects on their path to that career-making role, their gender journey and their acclaimed portayal of a Gen Z amateur detecti...

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Anna Sawai - 'Shōgun’ [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - April 27, 2024 22:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the Japanese actress, whose performance on FX’s smash-hit limited series has catapulted her to stardom, reflects on her days in a J-pop girl group, reaching an international audience for the first time through ‘F9’ and the unique challenges and rewar...

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Jeanine Basinger - Legendary Film Professor & Author

Awards Chatter - April 20, 2024 17:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The trailblazing film professor, who built Wesleyan University into an unlikely film powerhouse over her 60 years at the Connecticut liberal arts institution, reflects on how the field of film studies changed over the course of her career, the 13 hugely influential film books that she has author...

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Michael Douglas - 'Franklin'

Awards Chatter - April 02, 2024 02:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The second-generation Hollywood legend reflects on growing up in the shadow of Kirk, breaking into the biz as both a producer (he won an Oscar for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest') and an actor (he won an Oscar for 'Wall Street') and breaking away from the contemporary roles for which he's best ...

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Tony Goldwyn - 'Ezra' & 'Law & Order' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - March 04, 2024 21:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at the Boulder International Film Festival, the beloved character actor-turned-filmmaker reflects on his deep Hollywood roots, juggling acting roles like the ones he played in the film 'Ghost' and on the TV series 'Scandal' with directing gigs like 'A Walk on the Moon' and...

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Lily Gladstone - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Awards Chatter - February 26, 2024 17:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The trailblazing actress, who recently became the first Indigenous American ever nominated for the best actress Oscar, reflects on deciding to pursue a screen acting career despite the historically limited opportunities for Native Americans; almost walking away from the business after her award-w...

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Celine Song - 'Past Lives' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - February 24, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the Korean-Canadian filmmaker, who is Oscar-nominated for her autobiographical feature directorial debut, reflects on her transition from playwright to filmmaker, the biggest challenges that a first-time filmmaker faces and her aspirations for the fu...

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America Ferrera - 'Barbie' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - February 22, 2024 22:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the trailblazing actress, producer, director and activist reflects on the unlikely path to her breakthrough role in the indie film 'Real Women Have Curves'; becoming the first Latina ever to win the best actress in a comedy series Emmy, for 'Ugly Bet...

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Cillian Murphy - 'Oppenheimer'

Awards Chatter - February 13, 2024 08:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Irish actor who is Oscar-nominated for playing the father of the atomic bomb reflects on his unexpected shift from making music to acting, what led him to the beloved drama series 'Peaky Blinders' and what is at the center of his special six-film, 20-year collaboration with Christopher Nolan....

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Jon Batiste - 'American Symphony' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - February 05, 2024 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Grammy-winning songwriter and Oscar-winning composer reflects on his legendary New Orleans music family, waging war against genres and being featured in and writing an original song that is now nominated for an Oscar, "It Never Went Away," for Matthew Heineman's Netflix documentary feature. L...

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Annette Bening - 'Nyad'

Awards Chatter - January 23, 2024 01:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The admired veteran reflects on breaking into Hollywood with 'The Grifters' (en route to an Oscar nom) and 'Bugsy' (opposite husband-to-be Warren Beatty), standout turns in films ranging from 'The Kids Are All Right' to '20th Century Women' to 'Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool' and taking on one...

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Michelle Satter - Sundance Institute

Awards Chatter - January 14, 2024 00:26 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The founding director of the Sundance Institute, who since 1981 has presided over the "labs" that help rising filmmakers to realize their visions, reflects on how she came to work for Robert Redford, what filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Chloé Zhao and Darren Aronofsky got out ...

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Martin Scorsese - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Awards Chatter - January 12, 2024 23:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The legendary filmmaker reflects on the tug of war that he has always felt between his faith and the reality of his life, and how that has shaped the films that he has made; the origins and evolution of his special relationships with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio; how his latest film is so...

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Ava DuVernay - 'Origin'

Awards Chatter - January 09, 2024 18:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The trailblazing filmmaker reflects on her circuitous path to the film industry, in which she originally worked as a publicist; the evolution of her social conscience; how her feelings about Hollywood have changed since 'Selma' and #OscarsSoWhite; and why she is so passionate about her latest fil...

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Billie Eilish & Finneas - 'Barbie' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - January 08, 2024 22:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the sibling singer/songwriters return to the podcast to take questions from the host and students about their path to music, why they love writing songs for movies and how "What Was I Made For?," their Oscar-shortlisted tune for Greta Gerwig's acclai...

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Danielle Brooks - 'The Color Purple'

Awards Chatter - January 03, 2024 02:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Grammy winner and Tony and Emmy nominee reflects on her path from Greenville, South Carolina to Juilliard to Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' and Broadway, overcoming impostor syndrome and her fateful Zoom with Oprah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Danielle Brooks ('The Color Purple')

Awards Chatter - January 03, 2024 02:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Grammy winner and Tony and Emmy nominee reflects on her path from Greenville, South Carolina to Juilliard to Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' and Broadway, overcoming impostor syndrome and her fateful Zoom with Oprah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Paul Giamatti - 'The Holdovers'

Awards Chatter - December 19, 2023 22:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
One of our greatest character actors reflects on how the sudden death of his father motivated him to pursue an acting career, the different challenges of roles small and large and what it was like to reunite with Alexander Payne, 19 years after 'Sideways,' for a new film about a cranky boarding s...

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Julianne Moore - 'May December'

Awards Chatter - December 18, 2023 01:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
One of the most admired actresses of our or any time reflects on how a nomadic childhood led her to acting; the most important roles of her career, ranging from 'The Big Lebowski' to 'Far from Heaven' to 'Still Alice'; and her special relationship with filmmaker Todd Haynes, which has yielded fiv...

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Emerald Fennell - 'Saltburn' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter - December 14, 2023 19:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
In front of an audience at Chapman Univeristy, the British actress/writer/director, who for 'Promising Young Woman' won the best original screenplay Oscar and became the first British female ever nominated for the best director Oscar, reflects on the roots of her interest in dark material, being ...

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Lenny Kravitz - 'Rustin'

Awards Chatter - December 12, 2023 19:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Nearing his 60th birthday, the legendary singer/songwriter and rock star reflects on growing up biracial and half-Jewish, his greatest hits and his new Golden Globe-nominated tune "Road to Freedom." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Simon Doonan: The Fabulosity of Maximalism

Rodeo Drive – The Podcast - December 05, 2023 21:21 - 28 minutes
The holiday season is in full swing and boutique windows are glittering on Rodeo Drive. So who better to talk to right now than the famed window dresser, Simon Doonan! When he was creative director at Barney’s, Doonan never missed an opportunity for maximal effect with storefront displays that ...

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Olivia Rodrigo - 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'

Awards Chatter - December 04, 2023 23:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The 20-year-old Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, one of the world's biggest pop stars, reflects on her path to acting and singing, rocketing to mega-fame during COVID lockdown with "Driver's License" and writing songs for her two albums versus writing a song — "Can't Catch Me Now" — for a film. ...

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Emily Blunt - 'Oppenheimer'

Awards Chatter - December 03, 2023 22:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Brit described by her three-time collaborator Meryl Streep as "the best young actress I’ve worked with in some time, perhaps ever" reflects on how a childhood stutter led her to acting, taking on frightening physical and vocal challenges in film roles and playing the wife of J. Robert Oppenhe...

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The Hothaus Loves The Straight Story!

Everyone Is Hot! - December 01, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
In this week's minisode, Michael and Shelley talk about David Lynch's 1999 film The Straight Story. They get into memory and Harry Dean Stanton and Shelley cries a little bit because of like.... the stars? Aging is beautiful and terrifying, so have a listen! Support this show http://supporter....

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The Hothaus Loves The Straight Story!

Everyone Is Hot! - December 01, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this week's minisode, Michael and Shelley talk about David Lynch's 1999 film The Straight Story. They get into memory and Harry Dean Stanton and Shelley cries a little bit because of like.... the stars? Aging is beautiful and terrifying, so have a listen! Support this show http://supporter....

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Christine Vachon - 'May December' & 'Past Lives'

Awards Chatter - November 27, 2023 04:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
One of the all-time most distinguished producers of independent film — who has somehow never received a best picture Oscar nomination, despite credits including 'Boys Don't Cry,' 'Far from Heaven' and 'Carol' — reflects on meeting Todd Haynes and abandoning early ambitions to become a director, h...

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John Flynn Loves Guillermo Díaz!

Everyone Is Hot! - November 24, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
THE CATEGORY IS... HALF BAKED / FULLY HOT! John Flynn (actor! writer! co-host of Two Old Queens and The Celebration Celebration podcasts! author of the book Baked: Sex Drugs and Alternative Comedy!) joins Shelley to talk about his Stealth Sex Symbol... Guillermo Díaz in Half Baked (1999)! Suppo...

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John Flynn Loves Guillermo Díaz!

Everyone Is Hot! - November 24, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
THE CATEGORY IS... HALF BAKED / FULLY HOT! John Flynn (actor! writer! co-host of Two Old Queens and The Celebration Celebration podcasts! author of the book Baked: Sex Drugs and Alternative Comedy!) joins Shelley to talk about his Stealth Sex Symbol... Guillermo Díaz in Half Baked (1999)! Suppo...

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Dua Lipa - 'Barbie'

Awards Chatter - November 22, 2023 22:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
The Grammy-winning pop superstar opens up about her childhood split between London and Kosovo, breaking into the music biz with hits like 'New Rules' and 'Levitating,' the unique challenges of writing 'Dance the Night' for Greta Gerwig's summer blockbuster and releasing 'Houdini,' the first singl...