HOLLYWOODLAND

Glenn Danzig named his punk band after one of the most cursed Hollywood films of all time. The Misfits was where actor Montgomery Clift, permanently disfigured from a car accident, tried in vain to restart his stalled career. The director, John Huston, lost the film’s entire production budget at a craps table. The lead actor, Clark Gable, suffered a heart attack the day after shooting ended and di...

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth’s got the sins of the father on his mind – as well as Christopher Walken’s incredible mustache. Take a trip back to 1986 as we look at one of the most underrated films in Walken and Sean Penn’s filmographies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is reflecting on the legacies of Robert Duvall and Frederick Wiseman, as well as breaking down Sean Penn’s stiff walk in ‘One Battle After Another.’ Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs about the bad boys (and girls) of movie history. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: ht...

In the summer of 1985, Sean Penn’s marriage to preeminent material girl Madonna was an epochal moment for ‘80s-era Hollywood. The bad boy from Bad Boys and the boy-toy pop superstar blissfully brought together the worlds of movies and music on a Malibu bluff overlooking the Pacific. But their subsequent attempt to make a movie together was anything but blissful. A wild film shoot in China would le...

Did you hear that? Are we being watched? Join Zeth as he gets out his flashlight and explores the dark corners of film history, specifically the paranoia of the 1970s and how real life was reflected in the films America was watching. Those films include the first installment in Alan J. Pakula’s so-called “paranoia trilogy,” 1971’s ‘Klute’ starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. To learn more ab...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about how paranoia at the movies isn’t confined to the 1970s – it’s here to stay, and it was even in a trailer during the Super Bowl. Plus, ‘Industry’ as Radiohead albums, ‘Train Dreams,’ Richard Price novels, and your emails, calls, and DMs. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our priva...

Jane Fonda was so beloved that she was once named the fourth most admired woman in the world. She was also so hated that her face was used for target practice in urinals at military bases across the country. This all stemmed from a ten-day tour she took of North Vietnam in 1972: a trip that would forever cement her as either a patriot or a traitor in the eyes of a divided nation and would put her...

Attica! Attica! Join Zeth as he gets into emotional meltdowns, media circuses, and sympathetic criminals at the core of one of the greatest Hollywood films of all time, ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ starring Al Pacino. And then stick around as we make a mixtape inspired by the film. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about y...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the career of the great Catherine O’Hara, as well as the deepening divide between movies in theaters and movies at home. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the performances that you think got robbed at the Academy Awards. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pra...

The death of a neighborhood friend, an attempted robbery that almost went horribly wrong, good vs. evil, and the road not taken: this is the Al Pacino origin story. It all culminates in the role of a lifetime. Not Michael Corleone. Not a role on stage or screen. The most important role of Al Pacino’s young life played out in front of a couple of detectives and a district attorney. To learn more ab...

Hollywood’s history with “the heavy,” Jack Nicholson, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Stanley Kubrick, and more collide as Zeth breaks down Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film ‘The Dark Knight’ starring Heath Ledger as The Joker. Plus, we make a mixtape inspired by Ledger’s beloved performance. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about villains in movies, and why The Joker is so much fun for both the actor and the audience. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the movies that changed you forever. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn...

Heath Ledger’s preparation for and disappearance into his movie roles is legendary, and it’s what helped him play repressed cowboys, junkies, and maniacal clowns equally well. His research led him to junkies who taught him how to properly shoot up using a stolen prosthetic arm and fake blood, and to a personal diary full of cut-and-paste madness. The paparazzi, however, mocked Heath’s method, and...

Was the 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel ‘In Cold Blood’ ground zero for our movie-and-true-crime obsession? In this bonus episode, Zeth does a deep dive into how the film broke all the rules while the infamous Hays Code was breaking down in Hollywood. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more abou...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the moments when life and art blur, and actors go on trial for murder. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the greatest crime movies based on true stories. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more a...

Robert Blake was a former child actor and tough-talking TV cop. He was also a tough customer. He talked like a mobster, lived like a cowboy, and was intimately familiar with the rougher side of life. That rough side of life caught up with him in 2001, when he was charged with murder when his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was found shot dead in the front seat of Blake’s Dodge Stealth. Depending on who yo...

In this installment of The Screening Room, Zeth is talking about the 1997 film ‘L.A. Confidential,’ Curtis Hanson’s adaptation of the James Ellroy novel that made stars out of Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. He gets into the challenges of filming an Ellroy book, as well as the real-life “Bloody Christmas” debacle in 1951 that led to the first ever criminal convictions for excessive force against the...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is breaking down the recent news that a codebreaker has allegedly discovered the identity of the Black Dahlia’s killer, who also just so happens to be…the Zodiac?!?! Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about Hollywood’s most compelling unsolved mysteries. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com . To learn more about listener data and our...

In January 1947, the mutilated body of 22-year old Elizabeth Short was found, literally cut in half, in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Even though hundreds of suspects were investigated and dozens of confessions were made, her murder remains unsolved to this day. In the years since, the case has gotten warm and cold again. Speculation into motive and method has been endless. And the deeper you look,...

Rebellion, the sins of the past, the uncertainty of the future, speaking in code, fire and rain – and what happens when you can no longer carry the burden of someone else’s life. This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is on the lam talking about Sidney Lumet’s 1988 film ‘Running on Empty’ starring River Phoenix. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyin...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the 100-year history of 8852 Sunset Boulevard, the spot where The Viper Room has hosted music and mayhem since the 1990s. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the actors' deaths that have hit you the hardest over the years. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pra...

River Phoenix was a once-in-a-generation talent. In the 1980s, a decade known for artifice and excess, he brought raw acting chops to performances in Stand by Me, Running on Empty, and My Own Private Idaho. His career was only just getting started when he died tragically at the age of 23 outside a notorious nightclub in Hollywood. The story of his short life is as complicated and dramatic as one o...

In this inaugural episode of "The Screening Room," a new weekly feature in Hollywoodland, Zeth dives deep into Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film ‘Phantom Thread,’ a movie about hidden messages, muses, ghosts, the five senses, and poison. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcast...

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the PCP-laced seafood chowder that the cast and crew of ‘Titanic’ unknowingly consumed, and with your help, we make a list of the best films about poison. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs! Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/p...

The only thing more shocking than Brittany Murphy’s untimely death at the age of 32 was what happened next: more unexpected deaths, rumors of poisoning, and even murder. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...