Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

In its first month of streaming in the fall of 2020, Emily in Paris captured the attention of millions of viewers and made actress Lily Collins a bona fide star around the world. But Collins' latest role in the intense, claustrophobic film Windfall is a world away from Paris. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist talks to Collins about that movie, as well as the global success of Emily in...

Alexandra Daddario's career has taken her from soap operas, to blockbusters, to dramatic performances that have made her one of Hollywood's brightest young stars. Her latest role comes in a series based on the supernatural novels of the legendary Anne Rice. Daddario and Willie Geist got together in her native New York for a Sunday Sitdown. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

Idina Menzel became an international star with the animated movie Frozen . But Menzel already was a star in her own right, known for her performances in Rent and Wicked , with the latter earning her a Tony award. That unmistakable voice and a determination to succeed have taken Menzel from the wedding circuit on her native Long Island, to sold-out arenas across the country. Idina and Willie Geist...

Kate Hudson is part of an all-star cast in the highly-anticipated new Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Even before it has begun streaming, the movie has been nominated for two Golden Globe awards. Hudson and Willie Geist got together in New York for a Sunday Sitdown. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of persona...

In 1998, an aspiring stand-up comedian named Sebastian Maniscalco left his hometown of Chicago for Los Angeles. He took a job as a waiter at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, hoping he'd rub elbows with comedy big-shots while pouring their coffee. Today, he is one of the biggest shots in comedy, himself.  In Maniscalco's latest special, he takes his act to Las Vegas. Sebastian and Willie Ge...

Maren Morris first began to find her now-famous voice as a child, singing at her parents' hair salon in Arlington, Texas. She made her name playing bars across the state before moving to Nashville, where she wrote songs for artists like Tim McGraw and Kelly Clarkson. In 2016, though, Morris recorded one of those songs herself, a love letter to country music called My Church , that became a top-10...

After founding Mumford & Sons nearly 15 years ago, Marcus Mumford has stepped out on his own with a deeply personal new solo album. Willie Geist got together with Marcus in New York for a "Sunday Sitdown." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Before he became a larger-than-life hero of the Marvel cinematic universe, Chris Hemsworth was a young Australian soap opera star. When not wielding the hammer of Thor, the 39-year-old has starred in movies like The Huntsman , the Formula 1 driving film Rush , and, in a memorable turn to comedy, Ghostbusters . Now, the father of three who lives with his family far from Hollywood in Australia, is p...

Daniel Radcliffe was 11 years old when he answered a call to audition for a movie based on the wildly successful Harry Potter books. By the next year, he was the most famous 12-year-old on earth. That first movie made a billion dollars at the box office, setting off a worldwide craze that led to seven more films with Radcliffe starring as Harry. He came out the other side of that 10-year run intac...

In 1995, Emma Thompson took on the challenge of adapting Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility into a successful movie. She was rewarded with an Academy Award for her writing as well as a Best Actress nomination for her performance in that film, capping a run of five Oscar nominations and two wins in just four years. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with the British star t...

Comedian Hasan Minhaj got his big break when he became a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at the helm. Since then he's had an award-winning series along with stand-up specials on Netflix. Minhaj and Willie Geist got together in New York for a "Sunday Sitdown."  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da...

Eddie Redmayne always knew he wanted a life on stage so he began acting lessons at age 10. By his early 20s, London theater had recognized him as an Outstanding Newcomer to the West End. Soon he made his way to Broadway and Hollywood. Now, the 40-year-old Redmayne is starring in  the chilling Netflix crime drama The Good Nurse  with Jessica Chastain, based on a little known, horrific, true story....

Jack Harlow has known his life's purpose since he was a 12-year-old sixth grader rhyming into a microphone from the video game Guitar Hero: He was going to be rapper. His first solo mixtape was a hot-seller in the halls of his Kentucky middle school. Now, the 24-year-old Grammy-nominated star is selling-out venues across the country and around the world. In this week's "Sunday Sitdown," Willie Gei...

Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Elton John count among Brandi Carlile's heroes. With eight acclaimed albums and six Grammys under her belt, the singer-songwriter can now count them among her fans. On this week's "Sunday Sitdown," Willie Geist gets together with Brandi Carlile to talk about her path from rural Washington to selling out Madison Square Garden and to the IMAX stage for h...

Mila Kunis landed her first regular acting gig at 14-years old by fibbing a bit about her age. She would go on to star for eight seasons in That 70s Show across from her future husband, Ashton Kutcher. Since then, the versatile actress has played roles ranging from Meg Griffin on Family Guy to a ballerina with a dark side in Black Swan , for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination. Now, she lea...

John Legend's famous voice first began to draw a crowd when he sang in his church choir in Springfield, Ohio. After graduating with honors from the Ivy League's University of Pennsylvania, Legend kept a steady day-job while pursuing his dream in music. His debut 2004 album Get Lifted won three Grammy awards, including one for Best New Artist. Since then, he has won nine more Grammys, adding two Em...

In the movie Blonde, Ana De Armas is in every scene playing the lead role of Marilyn Monroe. Director Andrew Dominik has been developing the fictionalized movie, based on a novel, for more than a decade. He cast De Armas as the lead seven years ago when he saw the actress in her first-ever English language film. In the time since, she caught the attention of wider audiences and critics especially...

In the decade since signing with a modeling agency at 17 years old, Gigi Hadid has become one of the most famous faces on the planet. Memorable ad campaigns, countless magazine covers and runways around the world have made Gigi a global icon. Now she is realizing a dream of becoming a designer herself with the launch of her new clothing line Guest in Residence . In this week's "Sunday Sitdown," Wi...

In 2017, Girls Trip the movie brought in a staggering $140 million at the box office. It was a star-making moment for Regina Hall, two decades in the making. She has played memorable roles in The Best Man , Scary Movie , Think Like A Man , and last year's Nine Perfect Strangers . Now she is starring in an acclaimed new movie Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. in the same year she co-hosted those unfo...

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist gets together with the Ed Sheeran to talk about his latest album, Equals, his new daughter, and his path from busking on the streets of London to the highest-grossing tour in the history of music. (Original broadcast date January 2, 2022) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of persona...

Jane Krakowski has been working steadily on television, in the movies and on Broadway since she was a teenager, breaking out with a Golden Globe nominated performance on the series Ally McBeal . In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with the actress to talk about a career that has taken her from that memorable role to 30 Rock , Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and a Tony Award on Br...

Already a Tony-nominated triple-threat on Broadway and a member of the original cast of Hamilton , Ariana DeBose shot to Hollywood stardom with an electrifying performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story . In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist gets together with the actress to talk about that role that won her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. (Original broadcast date: Febr...

Machine Gun Kelly started his music career as a rapper, but it was his punk album Tickets to My Downfall that launched the hard-edged musician to superstardom. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with the artist to talk about that move to punk after four successful hip-hop albums and his discomfort with the spotlight at the top of the music world. (Original broadcast date:...

In 1978, Kevin Bacon got cast in Animal House . And in the ensuing decades, he starred in iconic films including A Few Good Men , Apollo 13 , Mystic River and, of course, Footloose . In this week's "Sunday Sitdown," Willie Geist gets together with the actor to talk about why he chose to stay in New York, how he incorporates the Six Degrees of himself in to his family life and why he decided to tak...

The 1998 film Shakespeare in Love won Gwyneth Paltrow an Academy Award for Best Actress and made her one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars. But fame began to take its toll. In 2008, she sent out the first Goop newsletter, a collection of recommendations for food, clothes and places to visit. Since then Goop has grown in to a successful, wide-ranging lifestyle brand. In this week's "Sunday Sit...