Interview: Casting director Ellen Lewis talks getting it right for ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ auditions and why casting directors deserve Oscar nominations
It’s hard to imagine that the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit wouldn’t have gotten similar attention during normal circumstances, but when it happened to be... Read More
Interviews (Film)
Interview: Rachel Lee Goldenberg opens up about her abortion road comedy ‘Unpregnant’ and being “the keeper of so many people’s stories”
For director Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Unpregnant represents another step towards a larger audience. Beginning her career in straight-to-video B-movies, Goldenberg always is working, directing over... Read More
Interview: ‘Halston’ producer Christine Vachon on the collision of art and commerce and Ewan McGregor’s “transcendent” performance
Producer Christine Vachon has been making films since 1985, carving out her place as a legend in the world of independent cinema, working with directors... Read More
Interview: Yvonne Strahovski (‘The Handmaid’s Tale’) talks playing Serena and where she sees her at the end after this explosive season
The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood and adapted by Bruce Miller for television, is a brilliant albeit terrifying dystopian story about... Read More
Interview: ‘Special’ creator and star Ryan O’Connell on his show and finally coming out as hot
Ryan O’Connell in a writer and actor who gained popularity whenever his 2015 memoir I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, about living as... Read More
Interview: Evan Peters talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ and his favorite scene with Kate Winslet
It’s hard to envision that the Evan Peters that I spoke with on the phone today is the same man who has played an array... Read More
Interview: Desus Nice and The Kid Mero (‘Desus & Mero’) on calling the Mayweather/Paul Fight, Glenn Close and the State of Late Night [VIDEO]
At last weekend’s boxing spectacle between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul in Miami, the worlds of athletics and entertainment collided in a flashy (and albeit... Read More
Interview: Rafael Casal talks his new ‘Blindspotting’ series, Daveed Diggs and being besties with Helen Hunt [VIDEO]
Rafael Casal has made certainly come a long way since meeting Daveed Diggs at a poetry club in high school. The actor, writer, producer, musician,... Read More
Interview: Antoni Porowski (‘Queer Eye’) on his darkest food moments and his obsession with Trader Joe’s [VIDEO]
The Queer Eye boys are back in town! Austin, specifically. After production of Season 6 of the hit Netflix show was halted, almost immediately, at... Read More
Interview: Thomas Brodie-Sangster (‘The Queen’s Gambit’) on the Sex Pistols and Scott Frank’s chess skills
Thomas Brodie-Sangster broke onto the acting scene when he was just a kid, becoming known as the cute tyke from Love Actually with a crush... Read More
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