Faith Prince
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Achoo! We’re falling in love with the one and only Faith Prince. You Might Know Her From Modern Family, Emily in Paris, Melissa & Joey, Spin City, My Father the Hero, The Last Dragon, and Broadway productions of Guys & Dolls, A Catered Affair, Bells Are Ringing, and BOOP! Faith talked to us about grounding her character, Valentina, in the cartoonish plot of BOOP!, coping with fame during her star-making turn in Guys & Dolls, and leaning on her co-star Gerard Depardieu in one of her first leading roles on camera in My Father the Hero. Faith also shared stories from...
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Miriam Shor
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It's Miriam Shor, y'all! You Might Know Her From Younger, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Magic Hour, GCB, Shortbus, Swingtown, Maestro, American Fiction, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. Miriam gave us all the scoop on grounding the zaniness of Diana Trout on Darren Star's Younger, leading the indie comedy Magic Hour, and appearing in "brilliant but canceled" series like GCB and Swingtown. All that, plus Miriam talked to us about being one of John Cameron Mitchell's "players," appearing in Shortbus and, of course, originating the role of Yitzhak in the Hedwig universe; popping up in prestige...
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L. Scott Caldwell
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"I DIED?!?!" We are here with Tony-nominated actor, L. Scott Caldwell. You Might Know Her From Insecure, Lost, The Fugitive, Bad Monkey, How to Get Away with Murder, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, Soweto Green and the Broadway production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. L. Scott gave us all the scoop on acting opposite Crystal the Monkey in Bad Monkey, bringing her personal story to Rose's story on Lost, and working with August Wilson on the Broadway production of his 1988 play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. All that, plus being killed off as Molly's mom on Insecure (she forgot!), working with Uta...
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Cherry Jones
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Cherry, baby! We are here with two-time Tony-winner and three-time Emmy-winner Cherry Jones. You Might Know Her From The Handmaid's Tale, 24, Transparent, Succession, The West Wing, The Village, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and her numerous theatre credits including The Heiress, Doubt, Mrs. Warren's Profession, and The Glass Menagerie. Cherry talked to us about playing the real life Eileen Myles on Transparent, grounding the violence on 24, whether or not she’ll appear in the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, and she shares with us an actor’s secret: her “moment before” from the...
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June Squibb
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Here she is bois, here she is world, here’s June! We are here with Oscar-nominee June Squibb. You Might Know Her From Thelma, Nebraska, About Schmidt, The Humans, Hubie Halloween, In & Out, Girls, Inside Out 2, and Broadway productions of Gypsy and Waitress. We were delighted to talk to 95-year-old June about her role in the action-dramedy Thelma for which she absolutely deserves an Oscar nomination. From fearlessly driving a scooter to charming the late Richard Roundtree, June opened up about her very first “lead role” and the difference in being number one on the callsheet. We also...
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Roslyn Kind
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We are here with actor, singer, and entertainer Roslyn Kind. You Might Know Her From: The Look of Love/The Island, 3 From Brooklyn, The Nanny, I'm Going to Be Famous, Ladies of the House, Gimme a Break, and her over 50-year illustrious recording career. We talked to Roslyn about signing to RCA Records as just a 17-year-old girl, lampooning her famous sister Barbra Streisand in an iconic episode of The Nanny, and her latest projects that retells two of her signature songs into a short film. Roslyn also gave us the goods on blood harmony with her mother and Babs, her British invasion influences,...
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Dominique Jackson
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We are here with actor, author, and activist Dominique Jackson. You Might Know Her From Pose, Strut, Chick Fight, American Horror Stories, Fantasmas, and American Gods. Dominique opened up to us about the writing process for her 2014 memoir The Transsexual From Tobago, how she learned to love Elektra Abundance Evangelista, and documenting her life as a model on the reality series Strut. Plus, we talked about her genre work as Bloody Mary in American Horror Stories, the upcoming documentary I’m Your Venus she executive produced about ballroom icon (and Paris Is Burning star) Venus...
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Beth Broderick
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“But, have you played lesbian multiple times!?” We’re journalists, kids. And we’re here with the one and only Beth Broderick. You Might Know Her From Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Lost, Psycho Beach Party, The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Bad Actress, Sharp Objects, Love & Death, Hearts Afire, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Beth gave us all the goods on playing witch-cum-scientist-cum-CANDLE (!) Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the specialness of reprising that role in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 18 years later. We also got to discuss her working relationships with...
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Nicole Eggert
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🎶 I’ll be ready, forever and always I’m always here 🎶…with Nicole Eggert. You Might Know Her From Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, Rich & Famous, The Real Gilligan’s Island, Splash, Just One of the Girls, The Demolitionist, Charles in Charge, and the new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun. Nicole talked to us about her time on Baywatch playing fan favorite Summer Quinn, acting underwater opposite a latex octopus puppet, discovering a washed up corpse during scene work, and recounting her time in the new Hulu doc After Baywatch. We also talked about her early days in...
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Rosalind Chao
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Live long and prosper, Trekkies! We are here with the inimitable Rosalind Chao. You Might Know Her From: The Joy Luck Club, Mulan, 3 Body Problem, Sweet Tooth, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine, I Am Sam, Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday, and The L Word: Generation Q. Rosalind gave us all the goods on “the summer of Chao” with her one-two fantasy punch on Netflix, the fervent (and divided) base of fans formerly known as “trekkies,” and her history-making turns in The Joy Luck Club and the live-action Mulan (but is the industry making any progress? Sigh.)...
info_outlineBang bang! We are here this month with Julia Duffy. You Might Know Her From Palm Royale; Designing Women; Newhart; Looking; Baby Talk; The Mommie; Intolerable Cruelty; and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. We got to chat with Julia about her incredible arc as Mary Meredith Davidsoul on Apple TV’s starry Palm Royale. That finale twist, huh? She also gave us the scoop on playing Patrick’s mom on Looking (and the importance of playing mom to a queer person), her iconic run on Newhart (7 Emmy nominations!), and her ‘90s run as “Julia Duffy, sitcom saver” including joining the powerhouse female ensemble of Designing Women. We also got to chat about Julia’s book Bad Auditions, who was in those rooms with her, and what it was like playing a high school student at 30. Truly a treat!
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Discussed this episode:
Lesbians and gay men agree on character actresses of a certain age (middle aged)
Anne’s women centric movies from childhood: A League of Their Own, Fried Green Tomatoes, Set it Off, Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5, Thelma and Louise
Damian’s women centric tv/movies: The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Hocus Pocus, Designing Women
Hang Time (character was Julie, actress is Daniella Deutscher who is MARRIED TO JAY HERNANDEZ)
Damian met David Chokachi and Gena Lee Nolin at the mall
Unicorns are people interested in being with married couples
A League of Their Own is for EVERYONE (David Strathairn is for gays and lesbians)
Damian told me not to Google Peter (not Paul) from Peter, Paul and Mary but I had to
Palm Royale was a wild ride
Linda Purl was an ingénue that Julia was always up against
Wrote book called Bad Auditions
Run and watch Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker aka Night Warning with Julia opposite the incredible Susan Tyrell
Got the role of Stephanie on Newhart the same day she found out her show Wizards and Warriors was canceled
Brett Butler was struggling on season 5 of Grace Under Fire
Jason Alexander sitcom with Peter Scolari and Wendy Makkena: Listen Up
TV movie with Wendy Makkena: Fair Market Value
Played Jonathan Geoff’s mom on HBO’s Looking
Appeared on S2 finale of new Night Court
Did The Little Foxes with Kelly McGillis
Was Mother Superior on 5 eps of Passions
Appeared on multiple child show sets like Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Wizards of Waverly Place, Drake & Josh, True Jackson VP
Brandished a shotgun in Shameless
Went toe to toe with Lea Michele and Emma Roberts in Scream Queens
Did a bit on Sabrina the Teenage Witch where she appears on The Jerry Springer Show
Her drag was better than Dinah’s in The Cover Girl and the Cop (see Julia in drag @ 1:10:50)
Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon movie: Hot Pursuit
Gene Hackman: 93 and at a gas station
Olivia de Havilland died in 2020
Mitzy Gaynor (92) and Tippi Hedren (94) are still alive but don’t do interviews
Garbo left Hollywood at 36, never to return
Bette Davis in Wicked Stepmother months before she died