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Awards Insider Interview
good one podcast
Dec. 4, 2017
The Story Behind ‘Wells for Boys,’ One of the Best
SNL
Sketches Ever
SNL
writers Julio Torres and Jeremy Beiler reveal how “Wells for Boys” came together.
By
Jesse David Fox
June 14, 2017
Yvonne Strahovski Felt Horrible Filming That
Handmaid’s Tale
Car Scene
“I spent most of my time apologizing to Lizzy after each take.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
June 14, 2017
Jordan Gavaris On Why He Waited to Come Out
“It’s a scary thing to own who you are publicly.”
By
E. Alex Jung
chat room
June 14, 2017
Madeline Brewer on
The Handmaid’s Tale
Finale and Janine’s Fate
“It definitely leaves you in a place of ‘Holy sh*t.’”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
June 13, 2017
Orange Is the New Black
’s Uzo Aduba Has Trouble Not Taking Suzanne Home With Her
“Suzanne is a full-fledged person to me. It would not be shocking to me if I saw her on the street. I’d be like,
There she is.
”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
June 12, 2017
Better Call Saul
’s
Michael Mando on Nacho’s Self-Sacrifice
“Nacho is, in many ways, the antithesis of Walter White.”
By
Kenny Herzog
chat room
June 12, 2017
Dascha Polanco Tapped Into Her Own Life for That Big
OITNB
Scene
“It was a moment where I was going through something really hard for me to deal with, and it allowed me to use those emotions.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
true crime
June 9, 2017
The Keepers
Director Ryan White Got the Idea for His Netflix Series From His Mom
He says it’s “completely possible” that his show could lead to answers in Sister Cathy’s unsolved murder case.
By
Samantha Rollins
a long talk
June 7, 2017
A Conversation With Ann Dowd and Margo Martindale
TV’s biggest scene-stealers are honored to be compared to each other. Just don’t call them character actors.
By
Gazelle Emami
June 4, 2017
Justin Theroux Explains Where We Leave Kevin on
The Leftovers
“I don’t think Kevin holds any religious beliefs. That’s probably what he realizes by the end of it.”
By
Jen Chaney
chat room
May 30, 2017
Matthew Rhys: ‘I Always Want Philip to Be Pushing Toward His Goal’
“For three seasons now you’re seeing the metaphorical bottom quivering lip.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
May 17, 2017
Ann Dowd Was Inspired by Her Catholic Nun Teachers on
The Handmaid’s Tale
“I think Lydia knows that far more important than being liked is doing her job well.”
By
E. Alex Jung
May 17, 2017
Lena Waithe Wrote Her Most Personal Story for
Master of None
“I hope I set a trend with other black or brown folks in this business to stop trying to be something that you think society wants you to be.”
By
E. Alex Jung
May 14, 2017
Why Sunday Night’s Episode of
The Leftovers
Was Inspired by Matt Zoller Seitz
A conversation between Matt and Damon Lindelof.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
May 11, 2017
Kathryn Hahn Is Nobody’s Sidekick
After years of playing the girlfriend, best friend, or co-worker, the
I Love Dick
star is finally a protagonist.
By
Stacey Wilson Hunt
chat room
May 9, 2017
Jill Soloway on
I Love Dick
, Trump, and Making a Show About a ‘Female Monster’
“
I Love Dick
is about anger. When the election happened, it just became so much more necessary.”
By
Jada Yuan
May 5, 2017
Barry Jenkins on How He Directed
Dear White People
’s Most Pivotal Episode
“We are trying to work the audience into an empathic feeling, so that we understand what it’s like to be Reggie.”
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
chat room
May 4, 2017
Joseph Fiennes on
The
Handmaid’s Tale
and Those Scrabble Scenes
“He’s like a cat with a ball of wool.”
By
E. Alex Jung
and
Jada Yuan
chat room
May 3, 2017
Dear White People
’s DeRon Horton on Playing Lionel and His Masturbation Scene
“Yes, I was watching Troy have sex at the same time as the masturbation was occurring.”
By
Dee Lockett
chat room
May 2, 2017
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on
Catastrophe
, Brexit, and Carrie Fisher
“She was a very kind, sensitive person in addition to being a genius and a brilliant comedian.”
By
Stacey Wilson Hunt
chat room
Apr. 30, 2017
Scott Glenn on His Bonkers Episode of
The Leftovers
“I was overjoyed. I called Damon up and I said, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’”
By
Boris Kachka
profile
Apr. 30, 2017
Aziz Ansari Wanted to Be the Great Uniter and Ended Up an Activist
The latest comic ambassador for New York neuroses is from a red state, too.
By
Jada Yuan
chat room
Apr. 28, 2017
Marque Richardson on
Dear White People
, Barry Jenkins, and Reggie’s Big Episode
“It was impossible to play this character and go back home and put my blinders back on.”
By
Jackson McHenry
chat room
Apr. 28, 2017
Samantha Bee: Not the Correspondents’ Dinner Won’t Just Be an Anti-Trump Roast
And why nice weather can be bad for political activism.
By
Jen Chaney
sit downs
Apr. 27, 2017
Neil Gaiman Thinks
American Gods
Is Frighteningly Relevant in Trump’s America
“I think [Trump] is an out-of-his-depth idiot. Who is possibly criminal. And certainly incompetent.”
By
Abraham Riesman
the vulture tv podcast
Apr. 25, 2017
Damon Lindelof on Why
The Leftovers
Is Ultimately a Love Story
And why it’s so hard to say no to a naked Theroux.
By
Jen Chaney,
Gazelle Emami,
and
Matt Zoller Seitz
chat room
Apr. 23, 2017
Mark Linn-Baker on His Grand
Leftovers
Return
“It was a great opportunity for me to do something unexpected.”
By
Boris Kachka
chat room
Apr. 19, 2017
Fargo
Creator Noah Hawley Explains Why Ewan McGregor Is Playing Two Characters
“Whatever empathy you have for the underdog you probably also carry some of it over to rooting for the older brother.”
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
girls
Apr. 16, 2017
Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner on the End of
Girls
and Hannah’s Final Pants-Free Shot
“It wouldn’t be
Girls
if Hannah had pants on, right?”
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
chat room
Apr. 16, 2017
David Mandel on the ‘Accidental’ Ways
Veep
Resembles Real Life This Season
“It’s the greatest accidental decision ever.”
By
Jessica Goldstein
chat room
Apr. 11, 2017
Stanley Tucci on
Feud
and Why He’s Played So Many ‘Adviser’ Roles
“I don’t know. It just seems to keep happening.”
By
Jackson McHenry
Apr. 9, 2017
Andrew Rannells Is Happy to Play Gay Men (As Long As They’re Not Too Relatable)
On the eve of the
Girls
finale, the actor recounts his audition horror stories, the anal-sex tutorial he led on set, and the roles he’s being offered.
By
E. Alex Jung
straight talk
Apr. 5, 2017
Oscar Winner John Ridley on Hollywood Whitewashing and False Diversity
The writer-director tackles show-business racism and how TV can break through culture bubbles.
By
David Marchese
chat room
Apr. 4, 2017
The Americans
’ Margo Martindale on Playing Ruthless Women
“I hope I get to cut somebody else’s throat.”
By
Jen Chaney
chat room
Apr. 3, 2017
Big Little Lies
’ Alexander Skarsgård on How He Sees Perry
“He’s irredeemable.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
Mar. 31, 2017
Ryan Murphy on Re-creating the Scandalous 1963 Oscars for
Feud
“I think Jessica’s dress weighed 50 pounds. She was like, ‘Get me out of this!’”
By
Stacey Wilson Hunt
chat room
Mar. 29, 2017
Legion
’s Noah Hawley Talks Dance Sequences and David’s Dad
“The reason that David Haller exists as a character in those comics is because he’s Xavier’s son.”
By
Abraham Riesman
chat room
Mar. 27, 2017
Adam Scott on
Big Little Lies
and Projectile Vomit
“I’ve barfed in movies before. It seems like it always ends up being Campbell’s soup.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
Mar. 26, 2017
Nicole Kidman on Her ‘Uncomfortable’
Big Little Lies
Fight Scenes
“Afterward, I would just be quiet. I would go home and be quiet.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
chat room
Mar. 21, 2017
Holly Taylor on
The Americans
and Why She Wants Paige to Be a Spy
“I’ve always wanted to do some stunts and stuff, so hopefully!”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
Mar. 17, 2017
Iain Armitage on
Big Little Lies
, David Bowie, and the
Big Bang Theory
Spinoff
“This show got me into David Bowie and now I know virtually all of his songs.”
By
Jen Chaney
chat room
Mar. 17, 2017
Kiernan Shipka on
Feud,
Working With Ryan Murphy, and Sally Draper’s Future
“The show shines such a light on how Hollywood has always pitted women against each other.”
By
Devon Ivie
chat room
Mar. 14, 2017
Love
’s Claudia O’Doherty on Moving to America and Pretending to Be Sad
“They created a character for me that’s not a million miles from who I am, or maybe who I was a few years ago.”
By
Jackson McHenry
chat room
Mar. 8, 2017
Susan Kelechi Watson On
This Is Us
, Singing
Hamilton
on Set, and
Louie
“This show even gets to people who don’t cry. It’s coming for you any way you slice it.”
By
E. Alex Jung
Mar. 6, 2017
Susan Sarandon on
Feud
and Why Everyone Gets So Mad at Her About Politics
“It’s just a way to not deal with reality.”
By
E. Alex Jung
chat room
Mar. 3, 2017
Director Jean-Marc Vallée on
Big Little Lies
Murder: ‘You Will Know Everything’
“Woman killing another woman? Husband killing another husband? There are a lot of possibilities. A kid killing a kid!”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
oscars 2016
Feb. 26, 2016
Embrace of the Serpent
Had to Embrace the Jungle
The film deviates from standard jungle tropes, both off and on camera.
By
Nathan Pemberton
oscars 2016
Feb. 22, 2016
Mustang
’s Filmmaker on Her Feminist Escape Movie
“I remember girls saying that when you’re too powerful as a woman, it’s not very
pretty
.”
By
Lindsay Zoladz
roundtables
Feb. 9, 2016
8 Oscar Nominees on the Lessons of Awards Season
“I remember the first time I heard someone in a discussion say the words
awards season
. I thought it was a joke!”
By
Stacey Wilson Hunt
and
Kyle Buchanan
awards insider interview
Jan. 18, 2016
Brian d’Arcy James on Being
Spotlight
’s New Face
“That is a testament also to people trusting Tom McCarthy and saying, ‘If Tom has invited this guy into the pool, then let’s just go without even wondering about it.
’”
By
Kevin Lincoln
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