THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Dominic Sessa is making his feature film debut in THE HOLDOVERS, directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Alexander Payne. THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy tr...

Lesli Margherita (Broadway’s  Matilda the Musical ,  You I Like  at Pasadena Playhouse) and George Salazar (Broadway’s  Be More Chill ,  Head Over Heels  and  Little Shop of Horrors  at Pasadena Playhouse) are performing in the  Pasadena Playhouse Holiday Spectacular , a new Playhouse tradition co-created by  Head Over Heel s co-director Sam Pinkleton and Randy Blair, playing December 14 through D...

A Christmas Story, The Musical, based on the 1983 movie, is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in a newly expanded production mounted for Los Angeles. It runs until December 31. The musical, which is about young Ralphie Parker’s childhood in 1940s Indiana as he tries to get an official Red Ryder toy BB gun for Christmas, opened on Broadway in 2012. It has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the To...

The American Contemporary Ballet's artistic director/choreographer Lincoln Jones and performer Madeline Houk (Sugar Plum Fairy) discuss the innovative, immersive and popular Nutcracker Suite show that ACB has put on during the holiday season.

Singer/songwriter NERIAH's latest 18-track album, CAUSE OF DEATH is out now. The deluxe 24 track version was also recently released on November 17. Through her vulnerability and openness of past relationships, Neriah’s music consistently inspires a message of female empowerment to her listeners and followers who have been enjoying her music over the past few years since her first EP came out....

Powell Robinson is a cinematographer whose known for shooting music videos for major artists such as Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Kelsea Ballerini, OneRepublic, Youngblud and many others. Outside of music videos, he’s known for his passion for dark, genre films with his latest one, APPENDAGE, streaming now on Hulu. The film premiered at this year’s SXSW and is about a young fashion designer with debilita...

Emmy & DGA nominated and BAFTA winning filmmaker Sean McNamara is known for his years as a filmmaker with a keen eye for family film and television entertainment. You can just look to the commercially successful film Soul Surfer, or his work on several shows on Disney Channel including Even Stevens, That’s So Raven and several others. He's widely credited with discovering now-household nam...

Sam Catlin is an Emmy Award winning writer and television producer whose credits include  Breaking Bad ,  Preacher  and the upcoming Apple + series  Sugar  starring Colin Farrell. Now he's out with a new play, SEA OF TERROR, starring John Ales (HBO‘s Euphoria, Neflix’s Painkiller), Julie Dretzin (Broadway’s The Sisters Rosensweig, Hulu’s The Handmaids Tale), Paul Schulze (HBO’s The Sopranos, S...

Israeli-American Matthew Mishory ,  ( WHO ARE THE MARCUSES? ;  ARTUR SCHNABEL:   NO PLACE OF EXILE ;  ABSENT ;  JOSHUA TREE, 1951: A PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN ) discusses his newest film “Fioretta” which tells the story of famed litigator, Randall Schoenberg (memorably portrayed by Ryan Reynolds in feature film  Woman in Gold ) who takes his 18-year-old son on a journey throughout Europe in search of...

FOE, based on the novel by Iain Reid, is a sci-fi pyscological thriller about the lives of a married couple (Saorise Ronan, Paul Mescal) that are turned upside down when a stranger arrives at their farm and informs the husband he will be sent to a large space station, and his wife will be left in the company of a robot. FOE is directed by Garth Davies, who previously directed the Oscar nominated f...

Michael Donovan is a critically-acclaimed casting director based in Los Angeles and president of the non-profit Foundation for New American Musicals. FNAM is dedicated to educating, mentoring and showcasing the next generations of creators of musicals for stage, screen and media. Michael is the recipient of 9 Artios Awards presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in...

Susanna Fogel is the director of CAT PERSON, based on the acclaimed New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian. When Margot, a college sophomore (Emilia Jones) goes on a date with an older man named Robert (Nicholas Braun), she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts. CAT PERSON is a razor-sharp exploration of the gender divide, the quagmire of na...

Matthew Patrick Quinn plays Hades in the national touring cast of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Hadestown. The show will have a limited two week engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles ending on October 15. Quinn also was part of the national touring casts of shows including The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged and Finding Neverland. He originated several villainous rol...

Cinematographer Nick Matthews discusses his work on SAW X, the latest installment in the popular horror franchise SAW. From working with the film's director Kevin Greutert to shooting in Mexico and bringing back several stylistic and visual choices reminiscent of the earlier SAW films, Nick talks about the expansive visual language the newest installment in the franchise takes on. SAW X is now...

Ben Biscotti is the co-founder and CEO of the event services & production company 1iota which specializes in thousands of annual live events that give fans direct access to shows that include Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, The Voice, The MTV Video Music Awards and The Oscars, among many others. Since 2018, Biscotti has produced the popular Halloween attraction Nights...

Emmy winning costume designer Timothy Wonsik discusses his work on the new Focus Features film My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, the latest installment in the film franchise about the Portokalos family. Some of his past credits include Tomb Raider, Lady and the Tramp, and several Marvel films such as The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man.

Composer Andrew Lockington's past credits include films such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, City of Ember, Frankie & Alice, Journey 2, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, San Andreas, The Space Between Us, Rampage and televison series such as American Gods and Mayor of Kingstown. Now he’s out with his latest project, the spy thriller series SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS created by Taylor Sherid...

Costume designer Liz Vastola discusses her work on the Peacock action/comedy original series TWISTED METAL, based on the popular video game franchise. A few of her previous credits include the dystopian political horror film THE PURGE ELECTION YEAR, Marvel television series DAREDEVIL and JESSICA JONES, and the Disney+ movie SECRET SOCIETY OF SECOND BORN ROYALS. Based on the classic PlayStation gam...

Christina Flannery is the costume designer behind season 3 of the Max original series The Righteous Gemstones, now streaming. Her past credits include the Netflix film All My Life, the Showtime series The Chi, the Hulu original film Fresh, and the Paramount+ series Players.

Christopher Lennertz is a highly acclaimed composer known for his versatile and captivating compositions. His work includes films such as Horrible Bosses, Think Like A Man, Identity Thief, Ride Along, Bad Moms, Baywatch, Pitch Perfect 3, Barb and Starr Go To Vista Del Mar, and television shows such as The Boys and Supernatural. He has received two Emmy nominations, a Grammy, and twenty BMI awards....

Emmy Liu-Wang shares her experience starring in the new Disney Channel Original Movie "The Slumber Party", now streaming on Disney+. Liu-Wang is best known for starring in “Raven’s Home” on Disney Channel opposite Raven-Symoné, and also has a musical theater background and appeared in the Broadway Center Stage production of “The Music Man” at The Kennedy Center. "The Slumber Party&q...

A legend in modern musical theater, Tony- and Grammy-winning actor-singer-songwriter Gavin Creelhas performed in some of Broadway's most popular shows such as Hair, The Book of Mormon, Hello Dolly (which he won his Tony for), and Waitress. For over the last year, he has been playing the Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince in the Broadway revival of Into The Woods which was nominated for 6 Tonys inclu...

John Marquis is the supervising sound editor of THE FLASH, the latest installment in the DC Cinematic Universe. His past credits include Godzilla, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Trolls, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Crazy Rich Asians, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, In the Heights, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2, Jungle Cruise, and Renfield.

Dajia Milan is the costume designer for the supernatural horror film INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR, the latest installment in the successful horror franchise of Insidious. In this interview, Milan discusses recreating the looks of the original cast members, working with the franchise's star and first-time director Patrick Wilson, and designing the costuming for the new characters in this latest Insi...

Emmy-nominated cinematographer Benji Bakshi shares his insight into creating the several distinct visual worlds of the latest season of the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Bashki's past credits include Bone Tomahawk, Comedy Bang Bang, Elementary, The Rookie, and Prodigal Son.