THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Joshua Petersen is the production designer of the new Peacock comedy series Supkis, loosely based on the life of comedian Pete Davidson. Petersen has previously designed sets for shows such as Amy Schumer’s comedy series “Life & Beth,” the Freeform series "Everything's Trash", and "That Damn Michael Che".

Multi-Emmy winning director Sylvia Caminer (Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America, Samantha Brown’s Places to Love) is now out with her feature narrative debut FOLLOW HER. The story follows an aspiring actress named Jess who responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy. The film is now available to stream on vi...

Tony-nominated theatre producer Lou Spisto currently serves as the executive director and producer of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, a choral group of gay men in the Los Angeles area formed in 1979. The chorus has gone on to appear on several films and television shows including Will & Grace, Six Feet Under, Mad TV, and Access Hollywood. Additionally, GMCLA has performed at awards sh...

Costume designer Bernadette Croft discusses her process designing the many different worlds through her costuming work in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterp...

Audrey Fisher is a costume designer whose previous credits include True Blood, Girlboss, Destroyer, Camping, Barry, and the Amazon series I Know What You Did Last Summer. Now she is out with her latest project, the Max miniseries Love & Death based on the true story of Wylie, TX housewife Candy Montgomery who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore in 1980.

Nick Bassett is the production designer of the newest installment of the Evil Dead film franchise, EVIL DEAD RISE. Nick's past credits include AVATAR, the TV series SPARTACUS, ASH VS. EVIL DEAD, and Netflix series SWEET TOOTH.

Hair and Makeup Department Heads Lorna Reid and Amy Sparks chat about their latest project, Searchlight Pictures’ QUASI, a new historical satire by the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. QUASI follows a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other. QUASI is now streaming...

Costume designer Colin Wilkes discusses her work on the new AppleTV+ sci-fi comedy series "The Big Door Prize" starring Chris O'Dowd. Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name, “The Big Door Prize” tells the story of a small town called Deerfield that is forever changed when residents discover a mysterious, yet magical, destiny-predicting machine in their grocery store, promising...

Two-time Emmy winning producer/director Michael Pressman (Picket Fences, Chicago Med, Law and Order SVU) has made his live musical theater directorial return with the Los Angeles premiere of the intergalactic love story COME GET MAGGIE. This is the story of a brilliant, but socially awkward, Maggie - a physicist who’s out of place in 1950’s post-war suburbia where gender roles are rigidly defined....

Kristina Wong is a performance artist, actor, comedian, writer and elected representative in Koreatown Los Angeles. Following its highly acclaimed premiere at New York Theater Workshop, "Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord," was a New York Times Critics Pick. Wong was then named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama (2022). “Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord” also garnered a veritable awards...

Writer/director Michael Maren's latest film A LITTLE WHITE LIE, starring Michael Shannon and Kate Hudson based on the book SHRIVER by Chris Belden, is currently playing exclusively in theaters. This is his second feature, which comes a decade after his first film A SHORT HISTORY OF DECAY. Before becoming a filmmaker, Maren was a journalist for much of his life serving as a foreign corresponden...

The 95th Oscars are just days away, meaning it's time for our third annual chat with IndieWire's Anne Thompson as we prognosticate what will win on Hollywood's biggest night. One of the top Oscars prognosticators in film journalism, Anne is the editor-at-large of IndieWire and the founder of the Thompson on Hollywood blog. She's previously written for entertainment publications such as Entertainme...

Rebecca Pruzan is the Oscar-nominated producer of the live action short film "Ivalu". The film is about a girl named Pipaluk, who lives in a Greenlandic settlement with her father and older sister Ivalu. Pipaluk is not happy because Ivalu has disappeared and her father does not care. At night, Pipaluk dreams of a raven that leads her to Ivalu.

Academy Award winning filmmaker Domee Shi is the writer and director of the Pixar film "Turning Red", inspired by Shi's own upbringing of the awkward years coming into adolescence. Shi shares when she realized her personal childhood was worthy of being shared on the big screen, the challenges she faced in pitching a culturally specific and authentic story to the studio, and the importance of highl...

Oscar nominated hairstylist Camille Friend shares her cultural and creative inspiration behind designing the African and Indigenous hairstyles in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". She also shared the challenges of designing hair for actors completely under water, the research she undertook in creating authentic portrayals of Indigenous people, and what it was like continuing on the project after C...

Production designer Maya Sigel shares her process and inspiration behind envisioning the mid-century modern world of the 1950's as well as the futuristic space settings in the new Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow!, starring Billy Crudup and now streaming. In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings (Emmy® winner Billy Crudup) leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to...

From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, “Le Pupille” is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas.  Rohrwache...

Oscar nominated cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister shares what it was like collaborating with auteur filmmaker Todd Field on Tár , as well as the observant cinematography he employed during the shooting of the film, and offers keen insight into some of the standout scenes in the film. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress fo...

Brian d'Arcy James is a actor known for his work across film, television, and the stage. He most recently starred as THE BAKER in the star-studded Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS, which he received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.  James also recently starred in the Mubi drama film THE CATHEDRAL, where he earned a Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting P...

Film producer Jonathan Yunger joined Millennium Films in 2011 and has worked on more than fifty films during his tenure at the company, including The Expendables franchise , Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen , Angel Has Fallen , The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Mechanic: Resurrection . Presently, Yunger is the Co-President of Millennium Media. Yunger's latest release is the horror film The Offering...

Theatrical producer/director/writer Jonathan Rockefeller of Rockefeller Productions is the creator of the new show Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation. Co-produced by Disney Theatrical Group, Winnie the Pooh takes audiences on a journey through the Hundred Acre Wood with life-sized puppets of the titular character, Eyeore, Piglet, Owl, Tigger, Kanga, and Roo along with Christopher Ro...

Hair department head Jaime Leigh McIntosh and Make-up department head Heba Thorisdottir share what it was like creating Old Hollywood looks of the 1920s in the new Damien Chazelle-directed epic period film BABYLON. The film, starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, tells the story Hollywood's transition from silent to sound films in the late 1920s as well as all of the decadence and depravity that co...

Mitchell Travers, costume designer of the Showtime miniseries "George & Tammy" which chronicles the intertwining careers of country musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette, shares how he designed the looks of Jones and Wynette to convey their tumultuous relationship. Travers also shares what it was like working with Jessica Chastain, who pays Wynette, not only as an actor but also as a produc...

Actors Jon Jon Briones and Rizwan Manj play Maurice and LeFou, respecticaly, in the new 30th anniversary special “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.” This two-hour animated and live-action blended special pays tribute to the original Disney Animation’s “Beauty and the Beast” and its legacy by showcasing the original film, along with new never-before-seen musical performances, brand-new sets...

American Contemporary Ballet's artistic director/choreographer Lincoln Jones and performer Paige Wilkey (Sugar Plum Fairy, Mother Ginger) chat about the innovative, fresh and immersive Nutcracker Suite show that ACB has put on during the holiday season. Long characterized as the quintessential ballet to see every year during holidays, the American Contemporary Ballet - under the leadership of Jone...