Interview: Chigs Parmar, the breakout star of ‘The Great British Baking Show,’ on becoming an overnight sex symbol and what’s next [VIDEO]
They were the glasses that shook the world. During week 7 of the latest season of The Great British Baking Show, Chigs Parmar became bespectacled... Read More
Daniel Trainor
Daniel Trainor is writer, podcaster, son and friend from Los Angeles, California. Originally from Michigan, his love for all things pop culture started early, once using pancakes to bribe his way onto the Oscars red carpet bleachers with his mother. In addition to writing for AwardsWatch, he is an huge sports fan and hosts the LGBTQ sports podcast “Same Team.” One day, he hopes Jane Krakowski will win an Emmy.
Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch on the power of parody and bringing humor to the holiday season with ‘A Clüsterfünke Christmas’
Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch are no strangers to parody. The Saturday Night Live veterans, who have made careers out of finding comedic nuance in... Read More
Interview: James Wolk on the process of singing live for ‘Ordinary Joe’ and the legacy of “Not great, Bob!” [VIDEO]
For James Wolk, Ordinary Joe is no ordinary job. The television veteran, best known for roles on shows like Watchmen, Mad Men and Happy Endings,... Read More
Interview: Lizzy Caplan on recording ‘Inside Job’ in her closet and her favorite conspiracy theories
Interview: Lizzy Caplan on recording ‘Inside Job’ in her closet and her favorite conspiracy theories
Lizzy Caplan didn’t know it was going to be this way. When she signed up to voice the role of Reagan, the lead in Inside... Read More
Interview: Director Valdimar Jóhannsson and star Noomi Rapace on the primal nature of ‘Lamb’ and birthing live animals on set
Lamb is a movie that demands to be seen, but more than that, it demands to be felt. From first-time director Valdimar Jóhannsson, Lamb follows... Read More
Interview: Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider on the surprising depth of ‘The Other Two’ and chasing Alessia Cara [VIDEO]
The second season of The Other Two proves that, sometimes, the wait is worth it. After a two-and-a-half year break in between the first and... Read More
Interview: Matt Rogers on the deliberate queerness of ‘Q-Force’ and the full circle reality of working with Sean Hayes [VIDEO]
Matt Rogers and the Q-Force crew are out to make animation gay as hell. The new Netflix animated series, which follows a group of LGBTQ+... Read More
Interview: Carl Clemons-Hopkins (‘Hacks’) on the future of gender-neutral acting categories and bringing some androgyny to the Emmys red carpet
Carl Clemons-Hopkins is no overnight success. After over a decade in the business, the veteran stage actor had their mainstream breakthrough this year with Hacks,... Read More
Interview: D’Arcy Carden on phone sex with ‘Ride the Eagle’ co-star Jake Johnson and filming ‘A League of Their Own’
For D’Arcy Carden, the process of filming “Ride the Eagle” was a lesson in intimacy. As Audrey, Carden’s performance happens almost exclusively on the phone,... Read More
Interview: India Oxenberg on life after NXIVM and the upcoming sentencing of Allison Mack [VIDEO]
After finally breaking free from the sex cult NXIVM in 2018, India Oxenberg had an overwhelming amount of work to do on herself. Now that... Read More
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