This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt are joined by Jeremy Helligar and NPR’s TV critic Eric Deggans to discuss Barry Jenkins' new Amazon series, "The Underground Railroad." Is the series too violent? And is it suitable for children? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up, our interview with Cynthia Erivo, star of National Geographic Channel's "Genius: Aretha." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the sweeping changes undertaken by the HFPA, CNN's Rick Santorum problem and Caitlyn Jenner's run for office. Then, following an LA Times exposé into the culture at ICM Partners, many are wondering if this will lead to change within the Hollywood management community. We discuss with TheWrap’s film editor Beatrice Verhoeven and film reporter Umberto Gonzalez. Finally, Donald Trump remains banned on Facebook but the soc...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we dig into Endeavor's big move to go public. Then, we dig into Endeavor's big move to go public. What did CEO Ari Emanuel learn from the first failed attempt? What's different about this time? TheWrap's Diane Haithman and Tim Baysinger help us answer those questions. Plus, the ratings for this year's Academy Awards were bad. Real bad. But so were the ratings for every big awards show this season. Will they ever bounce back? TheWrap TV editor Tony Maglio joins us to di...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we bring on TheWrap's awards editor Steve Pond to give us his predictions for the big night. Will there be one big winner? Is there a category he'd bet his life on? We'll break it all down. And our interview with Emerald Fennell, the Oscar-nominated writer/director of "Promising Young Woman." She talked about the film managed to balance different genres and if she's done telling this type of story (hint: She's not). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on "TheWrap-Up," Awards Editor Steve Pond sat down with the directors of the five films nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Feature category: Derek Tsang, the director of Hong Kong's entry "Better Days," Alexander Nanau on behalf of Romania's "Collective," Jasmila Zbanic for "Quo Vadis, Aida?" from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kaouther Ben Hania for "The Man Who Sold His Skin" from Tunisia and Thomas Vinterberg from Denmark's "Another Round." See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we sit down with the directors of the five films nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category: Maite Alberdi of "The Mole Agent," Garrett Bradley of "Time," Pippa Ehrlich of "My Octopus Teacher," Alexander Nanau of "Collective" and Nicole Newnham of "Crip Camp." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by four up-and-coming actors -- Rhoemi Smith, Natalee Linez, Harley Harrison Yanoff and Lee Doud -- to discuss how they pivoted to other things during the pandemic (but never gave up on acting). Plus, NFTs are the big craze these days and you bet Hollywood wants in on it. The question is -- how? Oanda senior analyst Ed Moya and Martin Nolan, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Julien's Auctions, help us figure it out. See omnystudio.com/liste...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by "One Night in Miami" star Leslie Odom Jr., who scored two Oscar nominations for his work on the film (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by actress Olivia Munn to discuss the alarming rise in attacks against Asian Americans. Munn talked about why she decided to speak out and her reaction to the horrific shootings that took place this week in Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt are joined by Hadley Freeman from The Guardian and Ginia Bellafante from the New York Times to discuss "Allen V. Farrow." Plus, Time's Up president and CEO Tina Tchen was our guest to talk about how Time's Up got involved with the call for reform at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and whether or not she believes the group can really change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on "TheWrap-Up," an interview with "Borat Subsequent Movie Film" star Sacha Baron Cohen, director Jason Woliner, writer Peter Baynham and producers Anthony Hines and Monica Levinson. Plus, we're joined by Steve Yockey, the showrunner of the hit HBO Max series "The Flight Attendant." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the HBO doc "Allen v. Farrow," media coverage of the Tiger Woods car crash and the latest scandal to hit the organization behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Then we're joined by Emmanuel Acho, host of the popular video series "Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man." We talked about his take on cancel culture, the diversity (or lack thereof) at the Golden Globes and how he wants to...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we sit down with Spike Lee and Delroy Lindo to talk about their movie, "Da 5 Bloods." The pair talked about the making of the film, the importance of Marvin Gaye's music to the production and the impact Chadwick Boseman had on the movie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," Steve Pond spoke with musician-turned-director Questlove about his documentary feature, "Summer of Soul." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," it's a special Sundance 2021 edition of the podcast. First, Sharon Waxman talks with "Land" stars Robin Wright (who also made her feature directorial debut) and Demián Bichir. Wright talked about how she came to star in the movie, which was not her original plan. Then, TheWrap's Steve Pond sat down with Rebecca Hall, Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Andre Holland to talk about their Sundance film, "Passing." The movie marked Hall's directorial debut and she talked about ...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," "The White Tiger" director Ramin Bahrani joins us to discuss the surprise hit. He talks about adapting the book he first read nearly 15 years ago and the "most important decision" he made while making the movie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt talk about what the Biden administration means for tech, media and Hollywood. Plus, we dig into the summer box office outlook. Will any big movies make it to theaters? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on " TheWrap-Up ," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt spoke with TheWrap's Tim Baysinger about Marvel's 2021 plans and "Perry Mason" star Matthew Rhys joins the podcast to talk about Season 1 of the hit HBO show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on " TheWrap-Up ," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the extended production shutdown in Hollywood as a result of the COVID surge and the up and down story of the death Tanya Roberts. Then, President Donald Trump is being appropriately blamed for the rioting this week at the U.S. Capitol, but do the social media companies that gave him a platform to incite violence deserve some blame as well? We discuss with TheWrap's media and politics reporter, Clara Chan. Awards Sea...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we discussed the Republican National Convention, the NBA's protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake and the impending sale of TikTok. Then, we flashed the Bat-Signal to our resident comic book experts, Umberto Gonzalez and Ross Lincoln, to discuss Warner Bros.' huge fan event, DC FanDome. Finally, our interview with Mimi Leder, the Emmy-nominated director and executive producer of "The Morning Show." She talked to us about the show's ripped-from-headlines style, her e...
This week on "TheWrap-Up," an interview with "Succession" star Jeremy Strong. Recorded in June from his home in Denmark, the Emmy-nominated actor talked about how season 2 ended for Kendall Roy, what might be in store for season 3 and how he advocated for his infamous "L to the OG" rap song to be cut from the show when he was first told about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," Dahvi Waller, the creator of the Emmy-nominated limited series "Mrs. America," stopped by to discuss how she ended up doing the series, whether or not she spoke with any of the real-life women depicted in the show and how Phyllis Schlafly (portrayed by Cate Blanchett) "was the original Karen." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we talk about the controversy surrounding Ellen DeGeneres, Disney's decision to put "Mulan" on PVOD and "Unorthodox" star Shira Haas drops by to discuss her Emmy nomination. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we discuss Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai's big meeting on Capitol Hill and break down this week's Emmy nominations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," actress Eva Longoria talks about her foray into becoming a director and producer (delayed during the pandemic, of course) and her views on the Black Lives Matter movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," activist and "Insecure" star Kendrick Sampson joined the podcast to discuss why he decided to speak out following the death of George Floyd and some of the ways he wants to see Hollywood change to make things more inclusive. Plus. we talk about GLAAD's 2020 Studio Responsibility Index, Bari Weiss' departure from the New York Times, Nick Cannon's apology and Tucker Carlson's non-apology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on "TheWrap-Up," a conversation about the latest round of bad news for Quibi. Plus, an interview with Sarah Paulson, one of the starts of the critically-acclaimed FX on Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," an interview with Mark Duplass from "The Morning Show" and a discussion about the Facebook ad boycott #StopHateforProfit with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of Color of Change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt talked with Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller, stars of the Lifetime movie "Patsy & Loretta," about what it was like to play the legendary singers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
