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The last day of the Republican National Convention proved to be memorable (and very, very weird). It involved Kid Rock (I know), Hulk Hogan (I KNOW) and a lot of awkward dancing to music you know those people at the convention center have never heard before. But it all culminated in Donald Trumpâs highly anticipated speech as he accepted his partyâs nomination for president. (And he accepted that nomination in a 90 minute plus speech. Yes, 90 minutes!) Newsweekâs Jenni Fink joins H. Alan Scott to break it all down.
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When Lisa Kudrow was approached to star in a serialized adaptation of the 1981 film âTime Banditsâ for TV (July 24th on Apple TV+), she jumped at the chance to work with creators Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris. âI love the way they tell stories and their sense of humor.â In this version, Kudrow plays Penelope, the leader of a group of thieves on a time-traveling mission to save the world. Kudrowâs part was originally written for a man, âso it took a long time before the scripts stopped having male pronouns.â One thing Kudrow responded to was Penelopeâs false sense of confidence. âI just love that kind of fake thing. Thatâs the confidence thatâs fun to play. I like to inhabit confidence.â Despite her character âfacing danger every episode,â Penelope still finds a way to be a blunt and possibly mean leaderÂâin a funny wayâto her group, which includes an 11-year-old boy. âThere were talks about, âShould I, just in case, do a take where Iâm not so mean?ââ But that behavior only exists in her character. âI donât act like that. I donât have as much to prove as Penelope does.â
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Day three of the Republican National Convention featured the crowning of JD Vance as Trumpâs VP pick, the return of Donald Trump Jr., and somehow Matt Gaetzâs face went viral. Listen as Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott recaps the third night of the convention with Newsweekâs Jenni Fink. All week H. Alan Scott will be reacting to the GOP Convention. Visit newsweek.com for more coverage.
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Day two of the Republican National Convention played out like a reality show, with just as any reality TV show stars in attendance. It was a night of unity, a lot of kissing the ring of Donald Trump, and a lot of humanizing Trump. Listen as Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott recaps the second night of the convention with Newsweekâs Jenni Fink. (The two also talk about merch and how Nikki Haley is like Lisa Rinna from âThe Real Housewives.â) All week H. Alan Scott will be reacting to the GOP Convention. Visit newsweek.com for more coverage.
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Day one of the Republican National Convention was both inspiring and weird. Listen as Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott recaps the first night of the convention with Newsweekâs Jenni Fink. From Donald Trumpâs first appearance after the assassination attempt, the announcement of JD Vance as Trumpâs V.P. pick, and, oh yeah, Amber Rose spoke, weâre talking about it all. (Why?!!?) All week H. Alan Scott will be reacting to the GOP Convention. Visit newsweek.com for more coverage.
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All week long, Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott will be reacting to the Republican National Convention, the biggest event on TV this week. The attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will certainly change the tone of the convention, but what impact will it have on the campaign? Newsweekâs Jenni Fink and Alex Backus join to talk all about it. Follow along all week.
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A little under 10 years ago, Disney introduced the Descendants franchise, giving new life to their iconic animated characters in a modern live-action TV movie. The premise worked. âIt is just truly such a killer concept,â says Kylie Cantrall, who stars as Red, the daughter of Alice in Wonderlandâs Queen of Hearts (played by Rita Ora), in their latest installment Descendants: The Rise of Red. In the film, Red and Chloe (Malia Baker), the daughter of Cinderella, team up to save their fantasy world from extinction. Brandy Norwood reprises her role as Cinderella, which she first played in the now-classic 1997 TV movie Cinderella, reuniting with Paolo Montalban as Prince Charming. âThey still have such a soft spot for each other. They just have the best chemistry.â For Cantrall, who rose to fame playing the lead in Disney Channel series Gabby Duran & the Unsittables, getting this part âhas felt so pinch me and so surreal.â From here, Cantrall hopes to keep growing into her career. âIâm maturing, my art is maturing as well, and itâs cool to see that reflected in the art Iâm making.â
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Itâs H. Alan Scottâs birthday, and in honor of his birthday he invited a celebrity on who also just happens to be one of his closest friends, KimChi from âRuPaulâs Drag Race.â The two talk about what KimChi has planned for RuPaulâs DragCon in July, KimChi Chic Beauty and KimChiâs podcast â1 For the Table.â
RuPaulâs DragCon LA 2024 is presented by World of Wonder, and will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday July 19th and Saturday July 20th. To purchase tickets to DragCon LA, please visit rupaulsdragcon.com and use code âHALANSCOTTâ for a discount.
Follow KimChi: https://kimchithequeen.com/
Check out KimChi Chic Beauty: https://kimchichicbeauty.com/
Listen to KimChiâs podcast â1 For the Tableâ: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-for-the-table/id1671553844
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From Hollywood to Washington, thereâs one question everyone is asking: What is Joe Biden going to do? After Bidenâs disastrous debate performance, prominent donors in Hollywood now want him to drop out of the race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or other prominent Democrats like Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer. Considering the amount of money Hollywood pumps into Democratic campaigns, it's a big deal if those power players are making these kinds of threats. Newsweekâs Jenni Fink, senior national news editor, joins H. Alan Scott to talk about the state of the race and what they think Biden is going to say in that big interview heâs doing with ABC Newsâ George Stephanopoulos.
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In the 1980s, a group of actors called the âBrat Packâ came to define a generation. Turns out, the term came from one sentence in a New York Magazine article. Now, 40 years later, one of those stars, Andrew McCarthy, is reevaluating the impact that description had in his new documentary Brats (on Hulu). âIt just became the catchphrase.â In the film, McCarthy meets with fellow Brat Pack-ers like Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and Emilio Estevezâsome for the first time since the â80sâto find out why they took such offense to the moniker. All agree the article wouldnât have the impact today it had back then. âAs Malcolm Gladwell said in the movie, there is no unifying pop culture anymore.â And regarding the broad impact of the phrase, McCarthy is now able to see how the public views this crop of actors, with affection. âIt took me a long time to realize that, until people came up to me on the street after so many decades. When they see me, they go, âOh, my God. When I was a kid...â I realized very quickly, theyâre not talking to me anymore, theyâre talking to their own youth.â
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An op-ed written by John Mac Ghlionn titled âTaylor Swift Is Not a Good Role Modelâ sent the internet into a tizzy over the weekend. Basically, it said Swift isnât a good role model because sheâs single, among other things. People started to text me, H. Alan Scott, about it because I work at Newsweek. So, I figured a response was in order. I invited Kate Stayman-London, a writer and Swiftie, to tell me why she thinks Swift is a good role model and her thoughts about the op-ed.
Hereâs the original op-ed: https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-not-good-role-model-opinion-1916799
Hereâs an adorable response by 7-year-old Amaya Grace Montgomery: https://www.newsweek.com/im-seven-year-old-swiftie-heres-why-taylor-swift-role-model-girls-like-me-opinion-1919851
And hereâs where you can follow Kate Stayman-London: https://www.katestaymanlondon.com/
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If youâre like basically every American today, youâre asking yourself, âWhat happened at that presidential debate and is Joe Biden ok?â At least thatâs what Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott is asking himself. So today heâs joined by his colleague at Newsweek, Alex Backus (reporter and editor), to ask every question most Americans are asking after watching that dumpster fire of a debate.
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The trailer for âA Quiet Place: Day Oneâ (June 28) shows star Lupita Nyongâo carrying a cat around moments before New York City is overtaken by aliens. For Nyongâo, the scariest thing on set werenât the aliens, but rather the cat in her arm. âI had a deadly fear of cats. I couldnât be in the same room as cats. I would break out in tears.â Calling herself a âscaredy cat,â the Oscar-winning actress worked with a cat therapist to get over her fear. âI can confidently say this film has changed my life.â The film, a spin-off prequel to the other two in the franchise, tells the story of the first day the aliensâattracted by noiseâtook over the world. Nyongâo calls New York âa character in and of itselfâ and âmakes for a much more dexterous journey, I will say, compared to the last few films that were in a remote location.â As to how sheâd fare in a world infested with noise-attracted aliens? âNot well, because when I am deathly afraid, I break out in fits of laughter. Which is the wrong thing to be doing when youâre scared, ever. So, I feel like I would die laughing, which is great.â
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It's rare for a piece of theater to become such a cult hit that it moves from downtown to Broadway, but that's exactly what's happening with Cole Escola's âOh, Mary!â For Escola, who previously was best known for their YouTube sketches and collaborations with Amy Sedaris, "it feels like I scored a goal for the home team." Oh, Mary! is an absurd comedic send up on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham's assassination. "It's about her hopes and dreams of being a cabaret star. It's a very stupid comedy. It's essentially a sitcom." The show has made Escola a bona fide starâthey recently attended the Met Galaâsomething that doesn't sit well with the young playwright and actor, saying that "I don't even want to be minutely known. I don't have the constitution for it." And that's partly because this is all new to them. "This play is the first thing I've ever had produced of my first work. I'm trying to enjoy it, but it is a wild peek into a completely different level and world of the entertainment industry." Considering Oh, Mary! will run on Broadway until September, Escola's got a few months of notoriety to contend with. "I do look forward to disappearing back into the gay shadows of obscurity after this is over."
Read full chat in the latest issue of Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/2024/06/28/cole-escolas-oh-mary-has-finally-made-mary-todd-lincoln-star-1910985.html
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This year Kara Young broke a Tonys record, becoming the first Black person to receive three consecutive nominations and only the sixth person ever to do so. "It feels special that the third [nomination] is historical, but more historical in the sense that it's civil rights activist Ossie Davis' words that are being activated and recognized." Young's nomination is for the play âPurlie Victorious,â a comedy written by Davis in 1961 and revived for Broadway this year with Young and Leslie Odom Jr. "This is 63 years since its last production on Broadway, and I feel like for this play to be recognized is so important." Young says the script of âPurlie Victoriousâ is "such an American masterpiece of text" and that it was the diverse audiences that came to see the play that made it so special. "In the history of people being silenced, you are listening to a Black woman, a Black man, a Black cast, speak their truth, unapologetically speak Ossie Davis' words. How magical is that?" For Young, it's the power of plays that inspires her. "I feel like plays allow us to see each other as human."
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What happens when superheroes turn evil? Thatâs the question âThe Boys,â based on a series of graphic novels, sets out to answer. âTheyâve done such a good job of having the essence of these really insane comics, while also making them palatable for TV,â Chace Crawford, who plays superhero The Deep, says about the Prime Video original series, now in its fourth season. âThe idea that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and that superheroes who have this power and kind of are gods, what would they really do out in the world?â Crawford, who rose to fame on the CW series âGossip Girl,â says he jumped at the chance to play The Deep because it makes fun of the pretty-boy image heâs been identified with. âThese types of roles donât come around a lot. Also, I think you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. To be like, Yeah, letâs make fun of that guy.â Ultimately Crawford credits show creator, Eric Kripke, for keeping the show grounded despite its âbatsh** crazyâ tone. âWe want to talk about real issues through the lens of a superhero show, which is kind of amazing.â
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When youâve been a fat kid, a little bit of that fat kid stays with you, no matter if you stay fat or not. But how to cope with that? Well, thatâs exactly what comedian Ian Karmel and his sister, Alisa Karmel, PsyD, aim to tackle in their poignant memoir T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories From Being Fat in a World of Thin People (June 11). âIâve seen so often that peopleâs representation with fat was either as a punchline or as an object of pity. And I hated that we were either Cartman [from South Park] or the whale,â Ian says. The two write about growing up fat and not addressing it. Eventually Ianâs weight would reach 420 pounds when he decided to lose the weight, but not his humor. âI had two goals in writing my part of this book, which was to be as honest and as vulnerable as possible and even harsh on myself. And be clear about my opinions and my feelings and what I went through. I was like, if Iâm gonna get my story out here, and help my sister get her story out there and her professional opinions too, Iâm gonna have to do it through being funny.â
For more on the book, visit https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723034/t-shirt-swim-club-by-ian-karmel-and-alisa-karmel-psyd/
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If youâre anything like Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott, you prefer to show your pride during Pride month in a dark movie theater watching a great film. Well, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles has everything you need to do exactly that. This summer the Academy has a full program dedicated to Pride, showcasing landmark queer films. On todayâs episode, H. Alan speaks with K.J. Relth-Miller, the Director of Film Programs for the the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and director Darren Stein, who directed the 1999 classic âJawbreaker,â which will be part of the Academyâs programming this summer. If you love movies, this episode is for you.
For more on the Academy Museum, visit https://www.academymuseum.org
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Do you ever have that moment where youâre scrolling through Instagram and you come across a profile so perfectly suits your taste? One that leaves you asking, âHow am I just discovering this account?â Thatâs exactly what happened to Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott when he came across Blakely Thorntonâs account. Thornton, who calls himself a pop culture anthropologist, posts videos on the daily giving his unique take on whatever is happening in pop culture, politics, or even nostalgia. But it isnât necessarily what heâs talking about, but rather how he talks about it. Thornton joined Scott to talk about where he got the idea for his hot takes, how he decides what to talk about, and how people have responded to what he does.
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Maya Hawke wears many hats: actor, writer, singer. But for Hawke, everything comes down to words. "I just see myself as a person who likes to try to tell stories, who's in love with language." She's doing that with several recent projects, including her third album âChaos Angelâ (May 31). "I don't respond to vibes really," she says. Instead, she focuses on the lyrics and how the words align with the melody. Speaking of those words, she says, "I don't need anyone else to think that my lyrics are good, but I put a lot of work into them, and they're really important to me." Another story she's telling is that of the novelist Flannery O'Connor, who she portrays in the film âWildcat,â directed by her father, Ethan Hawke. "He's my biggest supporter and my toughest critic." While she's busy filming the highly anticipated fifth season of Netflix's âStranger Things,â you can next hear her voice the emotion Anxiety in âInside Out 2â (June 14). "I just am so honored to be a part of this project. My joke about it is that it's the only audition I've ever had where I cried. That's how powerful the story is."
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