‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Seth MacFarlane on His ‘Ted’ TV Series, When to Expect a ‘Family Guy’ Movie and Why “The Emmys Are So F***ed Up”

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Seth MacFarlane on His ‘Ted’ TV Series, When to Expect a ‘Family Guy’ Movie and Why “The Emmys Are So F***ed Up”

Seth MacFarlane, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded last Sunday in front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, where MacFarlane was honored with the fest’s Maverick Award — is one of the funniest, smartest and most multi-talented people in Hollywood. An actor,…

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Wanda Sykes on Her Netflix Stand-Up Special ‘Legacy,’ Emceeing the Oscars the Night of ‘The Slap’ and Never Having Hosted ‘SNL’

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Wanda Sykes on Her Netflix Stand-Up Special ‘Legacy,’ Emceeing the Oscars the Night of ‘The Slap’ and Never Having Hosted ‘SNL’

Wanda Sykes, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a trailblazing stand-up comedian, actress and writer who has to her name 17 Emmy nominations and one win; was picked by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 25 funniest people in America and Comedy Central as one the 100 greatest…

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Cannes: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Comedy Legend and ‘Tangles’ Star/Producer, Will Guest on THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Pod Live From Meta House

Cannes: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Comedy Legend and ‘Tangles’ Star/Producer, Will Guest on THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Pod Live From Meta House

The Hollywood Reporter is pleased to invite attendees of the upcoming Cannes Film Festival to a very special event: a live recording of THR’s Awards Chatter podcast with the legendary actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The hour-long career retrospective interview, which will be followed by a reception, will take place on Thursday, May 14, in Meta House, Meta’s…

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Guillermo del Toro on His 50-Year Journey to ‘Frankenstein’ and Being “Weird As F***”

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Guillermo del Toro on His 50-Year Journey to ‘Frankenstein’ and Being “Weird As F***”

“I spent 50 years thinking about this,” Guillermo del Toro, the thrice Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker, recalled during the latest episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience of 500 film students at Chapman University. Del Toro was discussing his latest film, Frankenstein, which traces back to his…

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Future of ‘Knives Out’ Franchise and Online Calls for a Benoit Blanc Muppet Movie

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Future of ‘Knives Out’ Franchise and Online Calls for a Benoit Blanc Muppet Movie

Rian Johnson, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded in front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival immediately before the fest presented him with its Director Award in recognition of his latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — has been…

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‘Awards Chatter’ Live Pod: Stellan Skarsgard on ‘Sentimental Value,’ Lars von Trier and Ingmar Bergman

‘Awards Chatter’ Live Pod: Stellan Skarsgard on ‘Sentimental Value,’ Lars von Trier and Ingmar Bergman

Last Friday, the veteran Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard reflected on his life, career and latest project — Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prize-winning dramedy Sentimental Value, in which Skarsgard plays a veteran filmmaker who has a complicated family life — during a recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of a packed house at…

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#‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Guy Pearce on ‘The Brutalist,’ Chasing the Quality of ‘L.A. Confidential,’ Hating Himself in ‘Memento’ and “Sexual Predator” Kevin Spacey

#‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Guy Pearce on ‘The Brutalist,’ Chasing the Quality of ‘L.A. Confidential,’ Hating Himself in ‘Memento’ and “Sexual Predator” Kevin Spacey

Guy Pearce, the guest of this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most gifted screen actors of his generation. An England-born Aussie, he has given standout performances in films such as 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1997’s L.A. Confidential and 2000’s Memento; 2009’s The Hurt…

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