THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Debbie De Villa is the production designer of M. Night Shyamalan’s newest thriller TRAP, starring Josh Hartnett. TRAP is about Cooper (Josh Hartnett) and his teen daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) who attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event. When Cooper notices and inquires about the heightened police presence at the concert, a venue employee info...

Best known for his performances in films such as ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Never Been Kissed’ and, of course, the bumbling police deputy Dewey Riley in the ‘Scream’ franchise, David Arquette is now out with his latest film ‘The Goof Half’ directed by Robert Schwartzman. The film is about Renn Wheeland (Nick Jonas) who returns home to Cleveland, Ohio, for his mother's funeral. Once there, he for...

Emmy-nominated costume designer, Carol Case, discusses her creative approach to designing the wardrobes for “FARGO” Season 5. Carol is nominated for ‘Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie’ for her costumes on Episode 4, “Insolubilia.”

Composer Graham Reynolds recently scored Richard Linklater’s HIT MAN, starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, which is now available to stream on Netflix. Called “the quintessential modern composer” by the London Independent, Austin-based composer-bandleader- improviser Graham Reynolds records and performs music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs, and concert halls. Notable credits include Happy...

Director Chris Nelson's latest film, REUNION, is coming out on June 28 on digital across all major platforms. The film is a take on the classic “whodunnit” mystery set during the aftermath of a twenty-year high school reunion when an obnoxious popular student is murdered and his former classmates are left to figure out who among them is responsible. Lil Rel Howery (GET OUT), Billy Magnussen (G...

Music Supervisor Maggie Phillips discussed her work on FX's Fargo and Max’s Our Flag Means Death. She is also the music supervisor on Netflix’s mini-series All the Light We Cannot See; Hulu’s adaptation of best-selling novel Black Cake; Paramount+’s mini-series Fatal Attraction; The CW’s Walker; Apple TV+’s High Desert; Amazon Prime’s Bosch: Legacy; and Upload. Her upcoming projects include Am...

Sarah Hicks is a orchestral conductor who has guest conducted for some of the most iconic symphony orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, and of course, Los Angeles’s own LA Philharmonic both at the Hollywood Bowl and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. She will next be conducting the 30th Anniversary live-to...

Costume designer Ann Foley's latest project is the new television adaptation of “THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES” which follows the coming-of-age story of the Grace Family, as they move from New York to Michigan and into their family’s ancestral home.  Upon arrival, the family not only uncovers mysteries hidden inside their great grandfather’s Spiderwick Estate, but also discovers a secret, fantasti...

Oscar- and Emmy-nominated costume designer Danny Glicker is out with his latest project, HBO’s new historical spy thriller/dark comedy series “THE SYMPATHIZER”. The series is based on the story of the Captain, a North Vietnam plant in the South Vietnam army who is forced to flee to the United States with his general near the end of the Vietnam War. While living within a community of South Vietname...

BAFTA-nominated hair and makeup designer Lynda Armstrong shares what it was like designing the looks behind the period drama miniseries "We Were the Lucky Ones", which is now streaming on Hulu. The series centers on a Polish Jewish family, The Kurcs, who are separated at the start of World War II and are determined to survive and reunite. Armstrong's past credits include films such a...

Nikki Crawford is a Tony-nominated actress who is now performing at the Geffen Playhouse Los Angeles through May 11 in the show FAT HAM, a modern, Pulitizer Prize-winning take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The show came direct from Broadway, where Nikki earned her first Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. FAT HAM is about Juicy, a young, queer Black man whose dead father’s ghost shows...

Grammy Award-winning composer, and drummer of the iconic alt-rock band They Might Be Giants, Marty Beller recently scored season 2 of American Rust: Broken Justice, starring Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney, now streaming on Prime Video. Marty’s composer credits include HBO’s In Treatment; Fox Television’s Gracepoint; Showtime’s Cradle of Champions; Netflix’s Tiger King; and more.

Oscar winning make-up artist Lois Burwell is being honored this year by TCM for her outstanding make-up & prosthetic work in film over the course of her career. Her notable credits includes Lincoln , Saving Private Ryan , The Princess Bride , Catch Me if You Can , Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , Mission: Impossible, The Last Samurai and Green Mile . In 1996, she won the Academy Award for Best Make-U...

Billy Dee Williams, whose appeared in over 100 film and television roles over the course of six decades in his career, is being honored this year by TCM at their annual film festival. His notable credits include Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Batman.

Prajakta Koli is known around the world as one of India’s most influential content creators, activists and actors leading her generation. She has amassed a combined social media audience of over 15 million, with her videos discussing issues such as mental health, body positivity, climate change and women’s education which have caught the attention of global leaders including Bill Gates, Michelle O...

Isabella Gomez is best known for starring in Netflix’s One Day at a Time, a remake of the iconic Norman Lear sitcom. She’s gone on to star in shows such as the Head of the Class revival on HBOMax, The Goldbergs, and last year’s film Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe where she co-starred with Eugenio Derbez and Eva Longoria. Nico Greetham broke out about 10 years ago as a con...

Emmy Award-nominated Composer James Levine and Music Supervisor Mark Wike discuss their work on Apple TV+'s new series THE NEW LOOK, starring Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams and John Malkovich. This series reveals the shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors o...

Michael Brandt is the screenwriter of the new adventure film Arthur the King, starring Mark Wahlberg and Simu Liu. The film is an adaption of adventure racer Michael Lindnord’s 2016 memoir where he shares the story of how he befriended a wounded stray dog named Arthur, who then goes on to accompany the team on a grueling 435-mile (700-km) endurance race through the Dominican Republic. Arthur the K...

Max Burkholder stars as the lead of Peacock’s new series TED, which premiered on January 11.  It’s a prequel series to the Seth MacFarlane films, and he portrays the character that Mark Wahlberg played. Most fans know Max from his role on PARENTHOOD, in which he raised awareness while portraying a young boy with Aspergers. He has now ascended into his first leading role.

Dr. Ernest H. Harrison is the music director and conductor of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. Now in its' 45th year, the GMCLA is putting on their annual spring concert which this year is entitled WE LOVE BOY BANDS!, a pop music extravaganza featuring hits from charting-topper boy bands who melted the hearts of countless fans from The Jackson 5 and *NSYNC to the Backstreet Boys and On...

Sean Albertson is the editor and co-producer of the supernatural horror film IMAGINARY produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse and directed by Jeff Wadlow. IMAGINARY is about a woman who returns to her childhood home only to discover that the imaginary friend teddy bear Chauncey that she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him. Sean’s previous credits include FANTASY ISLAND, TRUTH...

The 96th Oscars are just days away, meaning it's time for our now-traditional 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 publications such as Entert...

Filmmakers Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot are Oscar-nominated this year for their short documentary The Last Repair Shop, which showcases a few devoted craftspeople tasked with keeping over 80,000 student instruments in good repair for kids going to school in the LA public school system. They’ve previously been nominated for A Concerto is a Conversation, with Proudfoot winning in 2022 for directing...

Chris Burdon, James Mather, Chris Munro, and Mark Taylor make up the sound team behind Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. The team is Oscar nominated for their work in the film for Best Sound. Sound mixer/engineer Chris Munro is a 2-time Oscar winner for Black Hawk Down and Gravity in addition to his nominations for The Mummy and Captain Phillips. Sound mixer/engineer Chris Burdon won...

Nicky Bentham is the producer of the Netflix short film The After, directed by Misan Harriman and starring David Oyelowo. Nicky is nominated in the category of Best Live Action Short Film for her work on the film. The After tells the story of a grieving rideshare driver (played by David Oyelowo) who. after losing family members to a violent crime. picks up a passenger who helps him confront the pa...