Awards Chatter

One of the great singer/songwriters, on the 25th anniversary of blockbuster debut album 'Pieces of You,' reflects on teenage homelessness, sudden success and the mindfulness techniques that helped her through thick and thin. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is an investor in more than 150 small businesses, an NBA team and an entertainment holding company, reflects on his remarkable rise from the middle class, his experience as a reality TV host and the coronavirus crisis. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

The comedy vet reflects on early champions like Larry Wilmore and Chris Rock, blazing trails as a late-night writer ('The Nightly Show') and host ('The Rundown') and creating the first sketch series ever written by, directed by and starring black women. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad...

A leading lady of the ‘Netflix and chill’ era reflects on her showbiz lineage, helping to revive the rom-com with ‘Set It Up’ and, over the past year, juggling a supporting turn in a Ryan Murphy series with producing and starring in a micro-budget indie film. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about yo...

The U.S. distributor of this year's best picture Oscar winner 'Parasite' reflects on morphing from an actor into a publicist into an executive, his 14-year relationshp with Bong Joon Ho and making history together. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A panel of THR experts — Matt Belloni, Rebecca Ford, Stephen Galloway, Carolyn Giardina and Rebecca Keegan — join Scott to discuss the results and telecast. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A panel of THR experts — Matt Belloni, Stephen Galloway, Carolyn Giardina, Rebecca Keegan and Piya Sinha-Roy — join Scott to discuss all things Oscar ahead of Sunday night's big show. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of Hollywood's top producers reflects on breaking into the biz in her native Georgia, unexpectedly winding up in animation and, most recently, devoting a decade to DreamWorks Animation's blockbuster trilogy. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only an O shy of an EGOT, the British actress/singer — just the third person ever Oscar-nominated for acting and music in the same year — reflects on how she wound up at RADA, her life-changing experience with the musical 'The Color Purple' and what drew her to playing Harriet Tubman. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more a...

The Oscar-nominated producer and Tribeca Film Festival co-chief reflects on why she left a career as a studio exec to team with Robert De Niro, how 9/11 reshaped her priorities and why it took 24 years after 'Casino' to reteam De Niro and Martin Scorsese. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

The eccentric British filmmaker reflects on being the only American member of Monty Python, shifting his focus to making films like ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’ ‘Time Bandits’ and ‘Brazil,’ and his decades-long quest to complete his latest project. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

One of the all-time greatest singer-songwriters reflects on his rocky childhood; his 53-year relationship with Bernie Taupin; how drugs almost destroyed him; and revisiting all of the above in a 2019 film and book. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The beloved legend best known for TV’s ‘M*A*S*H’ reflects on growing up around showbiz, becoming internationally famous and life since his Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Harley Yanoff and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A versatile actor who shot to prominence over the last three years — via supporting parts in 'I, Tonya' and 'BlacKkKlansman' and as the lead of Clint Eastwood's latest film — reflects on his decade in Hollywood, navigating auditions and the gamble that resulted in his meatiest part yet. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Joshua Farnham and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farn...

The breakout star discusses the TV pilot that almost took her career in a very different direction, how ‘Lady Macbeth’ paved the way for her incredible 2019 and what it was like making Marvel’s upcoming ‘Black Widow.’ Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Joshua Farnham and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In front of an audience in Los Angeles, one of the most important, influential and imitated actors of the last half-century reflects on his formative years, his classic roles and his 79th year of life, in which he is garnering Oscar buzz for his work opposite Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Netflix crime epic. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Ma...

One of the most admired and influential singer/songwriters of all time looks back on a half-century in music, Laurel Canyon in the sixties and why he now writes less about love and heartbreak than societal concerns. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last surviving Nuremberg Trials prosecutor, who at 99 is the subject of a new Barry Avrich documentary, reflects on taking on Nazis, his fight for an International Criminal Court and the Trump Administration. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, and recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscar-winning actress of Kenyan-Mexican descent reflects on her upbringing as a citizen of the world, beating out 2,000 other actresses to land ‘12 Years a Slave’ and learning to navigate Hollywood and celebrity in the years since. But first: Lauren ‘LoLo’ Spencer, a young woman with ALS, joins Scott to discuss her accidental career as an actress — for her film debut in the indie ‘Give Me Libe...

One of the most talented child performers to come along in years — a 10-year-old who is now a best supporting actress contender — reflects on breaking into the business, catching the attention of Quentin Tarantino, stealing scenes from Leonardo DiCaprio and more. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more abou...

The CEO and partner of 101 Studios, who was previously the president and COO of The Weinstein Co., opens up about his journey to and through the biz, his experiences with and thoughts about Harvey Weinstein (something he has not discussed at length since Weinstein's downfall) and his plans for the future. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whi...

The most commercially successful producer in Hollywood history — the chief creative officer of Marvel Studios, who was the architect of its unprecedented 11-year series of 22 intertwining superhero films — shares his own origin story and that of his operation, how he felt ending an era with April's giant blockbuster and what he makes of Martin Scorsese's recent comments. Credits: Hosted by Scott F...

The actress/singer, who catapulted to stardom with hilarious turns in 2018's all-female 'Ocean's 8' and all-Asian 'Crazy Rich Asians,' reflects on her career as a rapper ("My Vag"), breaking into films and comedy versus drama. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

One of Hollywood's most talented and enigmatic figures reflects on the dark childhood that shaped him, attaining international fame via 'Transformers' (but only learning to act years later) and, after winding up in court-ordered rehab, confronting his demons by writing and playing his father in a film about his early years. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Matthew Whitehurst and prod...

The world's most famous sex therapist, who at 91 is the subject of a new Hulu doc, opens up about surviving the Holocaust, pursuing a career in psychosexual and relationship therapy, becoming an international celebrity and today's hot-button sex-related topics. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Harley Yanoff and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your...