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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Peter Morgan on How ‘The Sopranos’ Influenced ‘The Crown,’ Writing All 60 Episodes of the Show and Meeting Tony Blair
Peter Morgan is a playwright, screenwriter and TV series creator and showrunner who has been described by The Guardian as “Britain’s leading contemporary screen dramatist,” and about whom the publication wrote, “There is no one who works quite like him. Actually, there might be nobody who has worked quite like him in British drama since […]
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Casey Affleck Says Hollywood Cynicism “Melted” After Oscar Win
Casey Affleck is voicing regret at not having played by Hollywood’s rules. The revelation came on The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast, where Affleck, 48, revisited the making of 2007’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, in which he played the killer of the famed outlaw, depicted by Brad […]
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Listen to 59 of 2024’s Emmy Nominees on THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast
Fifty-nine past guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning. You can find their names and links to listen to their episodes below, and you can click here to subscribe to the podcast — for free — in order to access all past and future episodes. Awkwafina, best […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Live: Clive Owen on Career Highlights, James Bond and TV Shows ‘Monsieur Spade’ and ‘A Murder at the End of the World’
Clive Owen, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded in front of an audience at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, where Owen was feted with the fest’s President’s Award, and which was presented by Lasvit, a Bohemian design and artisan house […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Sean Penn on ‘Daddio’ Film (and Possible Stage Version), Zelensky (and the Oscar He Loaned Him) and 50 Years in the Biz
Sean Penn rarely grants interviews — he and the press haven’t always gotten along, to say the least — but last week, at his home in Malibu, the venerated actor and filmmaker sat down with The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast for an in-depth conversation about his life, career and most recent project, Daddio, an indie, […]
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‘Bound’ Stars Downed Tequila and Chocolates Before Filming Lesbian Love Scenes
What’s the secret to Bound‘s steamy, same-sex love scenes? Tequila and truffles, it turns out. Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly joined The Hollywood Reporter’s It Happened in Hollywood podcast for an episode about the making of the 1996 noir — the pulpy, lesbian thriller that served as a debut for Lilly and Lana Wachowski, three years […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Dick Van Dyke on His Emmy-Contending 98th Birthday Special, His Greatest Roles and Ageist Criticisms of Biden
Dick Van Dyke, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a truly legendary screen actor. An Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner who was a 1995 inductee into the Television Hall of Fame, a 2012 recipient of the SAG life achievement award and a 2021 honoree at the Kennedy Center […]
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Farewell to ‘TV’s Top 5’: Highlights From THR’s TV Podcast
This week’s TV’s Top 5 podcast represented the 264th episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s TV podcast and, in all likelihood, the last. Listen to hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg explain: If this is, indeed, the last TV’s Top 5 episode, here are 5 highlight episodes from the podcast’s five-year run. ‘TV’s Top 5’ Podcast: […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Calista Flockhart on TV Return in ‘Feud,’ ‘Ally McBeal’ Era and Urging Harrison Ford to Do ‘Shrinking’
Calista Flockhart, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a TV legend. The actress shot to fame 27 years ago playing a Harvard Law graduate who goes to work in a Boston firm on David E. Kelley’s groundbreaking Fox comedy series Ally McBeal (1997-2002), for which she garnered three […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Paramount Woes, USA Grows and…the Hot Dog Wars (Yes, Really)
Welcome to the 263rd episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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Tonys Roundtable: Rachel McAdams, Kelli O’Hara, Leslie Odom Jr., Sarah Paulson, Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne on Broadway Paths, Parts and Pet Peeves
Ahead of the 77th Tony Awards, which will be held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, The Hollywood Reporter gathered six of the 2023-24 Broadway season’s standout performers at PMC’s east coast headquarters for our annual Tonys Roundtable. Joining us to discuss their paths to Broadway, Tony-nominated […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Matt Bomer on ‘Fellow Travelers,’ Being a Gay Leading Man in Hollywood and Rebooting ‘White Collar’
Matt Bomer, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a talented and dashing actor and producer. Bomer made his name on the USA drama series White Collar (2009-2014) and in films such as 2012’s Magic Mike. He later won Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards and was nominated for […]
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