Fri, 29 July 2022
Hannah Waddingham’s portrayal of Rebecca on Ted Lasso earned her an Emmy award last year and another nomination this year for the second season of the show. She’s originally a stage performer and had award-winning parts in shows on Broadway and London’s West End. On Game of Thrones she played Septa Unella. To celebrate her latest Emmy nomination we’re taking a moment to revisit her conversation with Linda Holmes from last year. They get into her role in Ted Lasso, and her years of performing in theater. Plus, what it’s like to find a mouse in your dress while performing live on stage.
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Tue, 26 July 2022
John Turturro is an acting legend. He is an actor that many directors like to work with, including both Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers. This year he is up for an Emmy for his role as Irving in the mind-bending sci-fi office drama Severance. When he last joined Bullseye, he had just starred in the movie Gloria Bell, directed by the Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio. Turturro shared how he nailed down the subtleties and complexities of playing a character that might seem like an average joe in Gloria Bell. Plus, he also shared stories from his time working on some true classics like Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing and the Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski.
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Fri, 22 July 2022
David Harbour is currently starring on the Netflix blockbuster hit Stranger Things. He plays Police Chief Jim Hopper, initially tasked with searching for a missing child in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. Every season, the show gets a bit more paranormal and tense, so we asked David if he had any on-set crazy stories of note. To no surprise, he tells us a story from season one of Stranger Things.
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Tue, 19 July 2022
Isabella Rossellini is probably best known as an actor, having acclaimed parts in movies like Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her and Big Night. She was born into European film royalty, being the daughter of director Roberto Rossellini and actor Ingrid Bergman. Isabella is not just a terrific actor. She is also a model, a performance artist, an accomplished singer and even an academic. Most recently, Isabella has lended her talents to voice acting. She is starring alongside Jenny Slate in the movie Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Isabella Rossellini talks with guest host Louis Virtel about her role in the new film and what went into making it come to life. Plus, she talks about some of her past roles and shares why she is attracted to working in experimental films.
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:20pm EDT |
Fri, 15 July 2022
Dianna E. Anderson is a writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their latest book called In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies. As the title suggests, the book is an exploration of non-binary identity. The book is also a bit of a memoir, covering how Dianna came out as non-binary. Dianna talks with Bullseye about their new book and their experiences as a non-binary person. Plus, we’ll discuss practical ways folks can be better allies to non-binary people.
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:24pm EDT |
Tue, 12 July 2022
Sports writer Howard Bryant talks to Bullseye about the legacy of baseball great Rickey Henderson, and his new book Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original . In telling the story of Rickey, Bryant dives into the history of baseball: how players began to realize their true monetary value, and how Black players came to assert themselves as stars in the game.
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:22pm EDT |
Fri, 8 July 2022
Lisa Loeb does it all. She is a Grammy-winning musician, has appeared in movies, hosted cooking and entertainment shows and even has her own line of glasses. Most recently, Lisa is contributing her talents to the podcast world and is starring in the new show Power Trip. When we asked her about the song that changed her life, she gave it a lot of thought. She narrowed down her options from dozens and dozens of massively important tunes to arrive at a classic track – Chuck E’s in Love from the legendary Rickie Lee Jones.
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Tue, 5 July 2022
Sam Jay is a stand-up comedian. She’s been at it for more than a decade. In that time she starred in two comedy specials, was a writer on Saturday Night Live and co-created the sitcom Bust-Down on Peacock. The comedian is also the host of the HBO talk show PAUSE with Sam Jay. The program is a genre-breaking talk show that combines interviews, sketch comedy and real life conversations with some of Sam’s closest friends. Sam Jay talks about PAUSE, what it was like to start comedy a little later in life and so much more. Content warning: There is some references to sexual assault in this conversation. This interview also contains some explicit language and frank talk about sex that some listeners might be sensitive to.
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