Fifteen minutes into the debut episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s podcast, the power is knocked out by a bomb cyclone. Her guest, Jane Fonda, continues speaking, unaware the connection is lost, and Louis-Dreyfus frantically attempts to reconnect, amid a few choice swear words and a blaring home alarm.
Rather than edit it out, Louis-Dreyfus saw it as an asset and kept it in the episode: “It’s just funny. So, I figured why not? Let’s include it. Everybody can relate too. I was so tense.”
The Veep and Seinfeld star was inspired to create Wiser Than Me after watching the 2018 documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts and reflecting that older women, despite having cultivated decades of wisdom, are rarely heard from. In each episode of the podcast, Louis-Dreyfus asks guests, including Diane von Furstenberg, Isabel Allende and Carol Burnett, about their careers and relationships, as well as their views on sex,...
Rather than edit it out, Louis-Dreyfus saw it as an asset and kept it in the episode: “It’s just funny. So, I figured why not? Let’s include it. Everybody can relate too. I was so tense.”
The Veep and Seinfeld star was inspired to create Wiser Than Me after watching the 2018 documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts and reflecting that older women, despite having cultivated decades of wisdom, are rarely heard from. In each episode of the podcast, Louis-Dreyfus asks guests, including Diane von Furstenberg, Isabel Allende and Carol Burnett, about their careers and relationships, as well as their views on sex,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On June 10, 2023, screenwriter Ed Solomon ("Men in Black," "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," "Full Circle") tweeted the following:
"Wanted to gauge interest on something. If I were to do a series of Zoom workshops during the strike (was thinking Q & A sessions on various parts of the craft of writing), would anyone show up?"
Within minutes, he received a Dm from The Black List founder Franklin Leonard, who, along with his team, including the company's senior vice president Megan Halpern, was offering to help facilitate the types of conversations Solomon wanted to have. A couple of weeks later, Word By Word was officially up and running.
With its title taking inspiration from Anne Lamott's writing book "Bird By Bird," which Solomon calls "the best book [he's] ever read on writing," the weekly Zoom sessions are free and open to the public, feature major figures from the world of screenwriting as guests,...
"Wanted to gauge interest on something. If I were to do a series of Zoom workshops during the strike (was thinking Q & A sessions on various parts of the craft of writing), would anyone show up?"
Within minutes, he received a Dm from The Black List founder Franklin Leonard, who, along with his team, including the company's senior vice president Megan Halpern, was offering to help facilitate the types of conversations Solomon wanted to have. A couple of weeks later, Word By Word was officially up and running.
With its title taking inspiration from Anne Lamott's writing book "Bird By Bird," which Solomon calls "the best book [he's] ever read on writing," the weekly Zoom sessions are free and open to the public, feature major figures from the world of screenwriting as guests,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has a new memoir coming out on April 6th.
The book, titled Beautiful Things, will center on Biden’s ongoing struggles with substance abuse, according to its publisher Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Although acquired in late 2019, the memoir was reportedly kept under wraps due to then-President Donald Trump and other conservatives’ ongoing scrutiny of Joe Biden’s business dealings –—and Hunter Biden’s involvement — during the election.
Hunter Biden, who turned 51 on Thursday, is the only surviving child of the president,...
The book, titled Beautiful Things, will center on Biden’s ongoing struggles with substance abuse, according to its publisher Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Although acquired in late 2019, the memoir was reportedly kept under wraps due to then-President Donald Trump and other conservatives’ ongoing scrutiny of Joe Biden’s business dealings –—and Hunter Biden’s involvement — during the election.
Hunter Biden, who turned 51 on Thursday, is the only surviving child of the president,...
- 2/4/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The past several months indoors have left me not only with a need for quality streaming content but also a desire to be reminded of what it truly means to be human. Luckily for me, Netflix's The Midnight Gospel, created by comedian Duncan Trussell and Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward, accomplishes both in an original, visually exciting way, making it a series that, in my opinion, everybody absolutely must watch.
The animated show follows Clancy Gilroy (voiced by Trussell) as he travels to a series of dying worlds, interviewing different creatures along the way for his "spacecast" (his universe's version of a podcast), using his malfunctioning multiverse simulator. The show combines real conversations from Trussell's podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour with trippy visuals, making it both relatable and surreal at the same time.
This series serves as a much-needed reminder of the parts of life that connect us all...
The animated show follows Clancy Gilroy (voiced by Trussell) as he travels to a series of dying worlds, interviewing different creatures along the way for his "spacecast" (his universe's version of a podcast), using his malfunctioning multiverse simulator. The show combines real conversations from Trussell's podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour with trippy visuals, making it both relatable and surreal at the same time.
This series serves as a much-needed reminder of the parts of life that connect us all...
- 7/5/2020
- by Pearl Cadigan
- Popsugar.com
The small miracle of “Adventure Time” in its earliest season came from creator Pendleton Ward’s ability to juggle ingredients that shouldn’t work so well together. The show was silly and profound in equal measures, treating that balance as the ultimate yin and yang. “The Midnight Gospel” brings that same notion to ambitious new heights, shedding the pretense of a “children’s show” that sometimes hindered the reach of “Adventure Time” and chases big ideas right out of the gate. It’s mind-blowing in the best possible way.
On some level, “The Midnight Gospel” has a much simpler premise than “Adventure Time”: Ward and co-creator Duncan Trussell have joined forces to animate select conversation from the comedian’s soul-searching and occasionally boisterous podcast, “The Duncan Trussell Family Hour,” where he interviews a range of characters about their life philosophies and usually their meditation practices. At the same time,...
On some level, “The Midnight Gospel” has a much simpler premise than “Adventure Time”: Ward and co-creator Duncan Trussell have joined forces to animate select conversation from the comedian’s soul-searching and occasionally boisterous podcast, “The Duncan Trussell Family Hour,” where he interviews a range of characters about their life philosophies and usually their meditation practices. At the same time,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Billie Lourd shared another musical tribute to her late mother Carrie Fisher on the third anniversary of her death, this time with a cover of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.”
Along with the cover, shared on Instagram on Friday, Lourd posted a quote about loss from author Anne Lamott: “You will lose someone you can’t live without and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly–that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
Lourd, who also lost her grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds, on this day in 2016, has often turned...
Along with the cover, shared on Instagram on Friday, Lourd posted a quote about loss from author Anne Lamott: “You will lose someone you can’t live without and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly–that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
Lourd, who also lost her grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds, on this day in 2016, has often turned...
- 12/28/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Billie Lourd is paying tribute to her grandmother Debbie Reynolds.
On Saturday, three years after Reynolds died on Dec. 28, 2016, Lourd shared a throwback photo with her grandma to Instagram. In the sweet image, a young Lourd beams while posing next to Reynolds, who was the mother of Lourd’s mom Carrie Fisher.
Fisher died at the age of 60 on Dec. 27, 2016, after having a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles, just two days before Christmas on Dec. 23. Reynolds died the day after her daughter’s death from a stroke at the age of 84.
Lourd, 27, left the caption simple,...
On Saturday, three years after Reynolds died on Dec. 28, 2016, Lourd shared a throwback photo with her grandma to Instagram. In the sweet image, a young Lourd beams while posing next to Reynolds, who was the mother of Lourd’s mom Carrie Fisher.
Fisher died at the age of 60 on Dec. 27, 2016, after having a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles, just two days before Christmas on Dec. 23. Reynolds died the day after her daughter’s death from a stroke at the age of 84.
Lourd, 27, left the caption simple,...
- 12/28/2019
- by Helen Murphy
- PEOPLE.com
Debbie Reynolds loved Christmas — so much so that she kept a tree up year-round — but her final holiday was marred by tragedy.
The late acting legend, who died on Dec. 28, 2016 just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, had prepared a Christmas celebration for her family that would never be enjoyed, her friend and writer Sue Cameron tells People.
“When Carrie was flying in on the plane [from London], Debbie had already made sure the table was set. The menu, everything,” Cameron says.
Despite the preparations, the family — which included Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd — wouldn’t enjoy the prepared feast.
“But there was no Christmas dinner,...
The late acting legend, who died on Dec. 28, 2016 just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, had prepared a Christmas celebration for her family that would never be enjoyed, her friend and writer Sue Cameron tells People.
“When Carrie was flying in on the plane [from London], Debbie had already made sure the table was set. The menu, everything,” Cameron says.
Despite the preparations, the family — which included Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd — wouldn’t enjoy the prepared feast.
“But there was no Christmas dinner,...
- 12/27/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez, Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
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He told the audience at the third and final presidential debate that “nobody has more respect for women than I do.” But minutes later, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by calling her a “nasty woman.”
The comment came as the former Secretary of State was discussing Social Security â. a program she plans to add money to if elected on Nov. 8.
“I am on record as saying that we need to put more money into the Social Security trust fund,” Clinton, 68, explained. “That’s part...
He told the audience at the third and final presidential debate that “nobody has more respect for women than I do.” But minutes later, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by calling her a “nasty woman.”
The comment came as the former Secretary of State was discussing Social Security â. a program she plans to add money to if elected on Nov. 8.
“I am on record as saying that we need to put more money into the Social Security trust fund,” Clinton, 68, explained. “That’s part...
- 10/20/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Last Thursday, Brock Turner, a 20-year-old former Stanford University student, was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in January 2015. The sentence drew widespread criticism; prosecutors had asked Turner be sentenced to six years, according to CNN.Turner was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault. Turner had admitted to the sexual contact but maintained it was consensual.Below is the 12-page victim impact statement written by the victim and read in court to Turner after his sentencing. The statement is printed in its entirety.Your Honor, if it is all right,...
- 6/8/2016
- by Mollie Cahillane, @MollieCahillane
- PEOPLE.com
Last Thursday, Brock Turner, a 20-year-old former Stanford University student, was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party in January 2015. The sentence drew widespread criticism; prosecutors had asked Turner be sentenced to six years, according to CNN.Turner was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault. Turner had admitted to the sexual contact but maintained it was consensual.Below is the 12-page victim impact statement written by the victim and read in court to Turner before his sentencing. The statement is printed in its entirety.Your Honor, if it is all right,...
- 6/8/2016
- by Mollie Cahillane, @MollieCahillane
- PEOPLE.com
Honoring the best in social media, the 2014 Shorty Awards nominees were announced on Monday (February 24).
On April 7th, winners will be celebrated at the New York Times Center in a live-streamed ceremony at ShortyAwards.com.
Among the nominees are Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, Chloe Moretz, One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato.
Honored for their web-based projects were Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party" Tumblr and Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series. Check out the nominees below.
#Actor
Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8
Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina
Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones
Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur
Shahrukh Khan, @iamsrk
Misha Collins, @mishacollins
Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien
#Actress
Felicia Day, @feliciaday
Lena Dunham, @lenadunham
Retta, @unfoRETTAble
Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco
Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao
Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz
Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove
#Band
Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony
One Direction, @onedirection
Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush
The Script, @thescript
Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel
5 Seconds of Summer, @5Sos
EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree
#Celebrity
Aaron Paul,...
On April 7th, winners will be celebrated at the New York Times Center in a live-streamed ceremony at ShortyAwards.com.
Among the nominees are Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, Chloe Moretz, One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato.
Honored for their web-based projects were Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party" Tumblr and Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series. Check out the nominees below.
#Actor
Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8
Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina
Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones
Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur
Shahrukh Khan, @iamsrk
Misha Collins, @mishacollins
Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien
#Actress
Felicia Day, @feliciaday
Lena Dunham, @lenadunham
Retta, @unfoRETTAble
Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco
Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao
Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz
Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove
#Band
Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony
One Direction, @onedirection
Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush
The Script, @thescript
Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel
5 Seconds of Summer, @5Sos
EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree
#Celebrity
Aaron Paul,...
- 2/25/2014
- GossipCenter
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