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It’s been a good run, and it’s not going to stop. In fact, from now on, it’ll be double your money – Bev’s welcoming a new co-host, Hannah Reich!
Hannah is an ABC digital arts producer, journalist and vexed pop culture nerd, obsessed with romantasy and mumfluencing, among other things. Together, Bev and Hannah will hold space to overthink and process the world around them every week.
But that’s not all, in 2025 Stop Everything! wants to hear from YOU. Look out for call outs and special drops in the feed. Email us all your thoughts, whatever you’re overthinking about pop culture, at [email protected]
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January hit hard: LA burned, Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Meta, President Donald Trump was sworn in again, Elon kept Musking, and ... it’s awards season!
If all of this is making you feel — destabilised — you’re not alone. It’s time to check the vibe on 2025. Screen critic and pop culture reporter Jared Richards is in to help Bev overthink how what’s happening out in the world is affecting our social media and pop culture habits. Is there an ethical way to reach for escapism?
Bev and Jared also pick through the Oscar nominees for Best Picture and have a lot to say about Emilia Perez and The Substance!
And: Bev has a special announcement about Stop Everything! Listen to the end of the episode to find out what it is.
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Comedian, rom-com lover and professional bookworm Jennifer Wong confesses that she’s never read Jane Austen, and Bev is horrified.
But 2025 is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth so Jen is ready to break her own denim rule for content and find out what the hype is all about.
Meanwhile, Bev has pop culture knowledge gaps of her own to disclose ... what could they be?!?
Show notes:
Read: Joel Kim Booster essay on reading Jane Austen as a gay manGet in touch! Stop Everything wants to hear from you! What’s your pop culture knowledge gap? What’s the big movie, book, TV show or trend that totally passed you by? How did that happen and how do you feel about it? E-mail: [email protected]
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Twenty-three years after the original series of The Office debuted, Australia has its own version of the mockumentary workplace comedy, They Office featuring needy bad boss - and chump- Hannah Howard, played by Felicity Ward.
Felicity and show runners Jackie Van Beek and Julie De Fina talk to BW about how this 13th version of The Office, streaming on Prime Video, adapts itself to the post-pandemic world of work.
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Vietnamese-Australian actor Hoa Xuande stars as The Captain in HBO's The Sympathizer, a limited series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-prize winning novel.
Hoa takes us behind the scenes, telling us about how he landed this huge role, and what it was like to act opposite heavyweights like Robert Downey Jr. and Sandra Oh.
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Stop Everything! and catch up with Atsuko Okatsuka – stand-up comic, social media star and bowl cut icon.
In 2022, Atsuko's debut HBO comedy special, The Intruder – and her viral "drop challenge" – marked her arrival as a comedy star on the rise.
Atsuko talks to BW about backup career plans, crowd control and the power of the bowl cut.
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We love a summer recommendation and self appointed Stop Everything! nerd correspondent, Ahmed Yussuf joins BW to introduce us to the latest season of Dr Who. The revamped BBC x Disney co-production features the latest incarnation of the Doctor played by the joyfully charismatic Ncuti Gatwa.
And Ahmed makes an argument for why we should be watching more anime.
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Michelle Visage gets candid about her friendship with RuPaul, the art of critique, career longevity and honesty in friendships.
The newly minted RuPaul's Drag Race down under host, Michelle Visage in The House of Stop Everything! and joins Beverley Wang as his week's guest critic.
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In a year filled with chaotic memes like brat summer, Moo Deng, Hawk Tuah and Where’s Kate, the most tumultuous of all is Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
BW and ABC entertainment reporter Jared Richards break down how the internet turned Mangione into a folk hero, and the improbable conditions that mean someone charged with murder hasn’t been cancelled.
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If you need help figuring out which shows to catch up on over the holidays (yay!), this one’s for you.
TV critic Wenlei Ma is in to help BW countdown the most unforgettable, sexiest, funniest, surprising and entertaining shows of 2024.
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In Disney’s Moana sequel, our heroine is a wayfinding big sis and leader of her community, on the cusp of a new mission to unite the people of the ocean.
Guest critic Sosefina Fuamoli is in to talk about why Moana’s journey in this follow-up stirs up so many emotions. An award-winning music journalist, Sose also gives her take on how women in music won 2024.
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Let’s go to the movies and feel joy again! Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and 86-year-old Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II are going head-to-head at the box office and we’re lapping it up.
We haven’t had movies this big since 2023’s back-to-back releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer, aka “Barbenheimer”.
Will “Glicked” save the movies and snatch the awards season trophies?
Guest critic Maria Lewis – screenwriter, film geek and pop culture etymologist is in the house.
Also, something’s not right: John Krasinski aka Jim from The Office is People magazine’s sexiest man alive?
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We’re throwing what we think about celebrity endorsements out the window after the US election results. Endorsements from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny and Cardi B couldn’t help Kamala Harris in a race where Donald Trump had the likes of Joe Rogan – the world’s biggest podcaster – and Elon Musk – the world’s richest person – in his corner.
Stop Everything! show daddy Benjamin Law and English teacher-turned comedian Urvi Majumdar join BW live on stage from the OzAsia Festival in Adelaide to debrief on the US election, and chat through everything there is to love about hit comedy The English Teacher, created by TikTok singing and dancing star Brian Jordan Alvarez.
Show notes:Brian Jordan Alvarez on Stop Everything!ABC Fresh Blood series: "Urvi went to an all girls school"
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Twenty-three years after the original series of The Office debuted, Australia has its own version of the mockumentary workplace comedy, for the first time featuring women in two of the core roles.
Felicity Ward, who plays needy bad boss Hannah Howard, and show runners Jackie Van Beek and Julie De Fina talk to BW about how this 13th version of The Office, streaming on Prime Video, adapts itself to the post-pandemic world of work.
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Secure your wig, pour yourself a hot cup of tea, and settle in as Kween Kong – Stop Everything! guest critic and RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars finalist – speaks exclusively to BW about the series finale and her experience on the show.
We get into the Nehellenia drama, RuPaul saying the 'L' word, fandom backlash, and of course – the final result which saw USA's Alyssa Edwards take home the $200,000 prize and a spot in the International Pavilion at the Drag Race Hall of Fame, located in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Show notes:
Vanity Vain on NehelleniaStop Everything! Adelaide live show November 9
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James Blunt weirdly got us on board with the 20th anniversary re-release of his debut album, Back to Bedlam, which features the divisive ear worm "You're Beautiful." Then actor Andrew Garfield got vulnerable on Sesame Street talking to Elmo about grief; and went on a chemistry-packed Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg.
How did these two celebrities, both on promotional press tours, manage to make us feel real feelings while selling us stuff?
Jennifer Wong, writer, comedian and this week's guest critic, is in to discuss.
Show notes:
James Blunt name change video
Andrew Garfield Chicken Shop Date
Andrew Garfield Esquire profile
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What happened when Simu Liu summoned the Kenergy to address cultural appropriation of Boba, also known as bubble tea and pearl milk tea, on CBC reality show Dragons' Den, and how did the internet react? (spoiler: not well)
And what's the secret sauce behind Netflix's hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This, starring Xennial dreamboats Adam Brody and Kristen Bell?
Guest critic Patrick Lenton, freelance culture writer and author, joins BW to figure it out.
Show notes:
Simu Liu on Dragons' DenBobba apologises
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Why is the moist, ungovernable baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng the aloe vera on our parched souls?
What's it like to use Social AI, the social media app where you're the only human interacting with a universe of AI chatbots with different personalities?
How is Netflix's Culinary Class Wars refreshing the cooking competition show genre?
And what does Zelda do now that she's the star of her own game?
BW and guest critic Gianni Di Giovanni meditate on these questions.Show notes:How games are evolving to embrace feminine perspectivesVerge cast interview with Social AI creator Michael Sayman
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The big Hollywood blockbusters barely feature a kiss anymore, let alone any amorous affairs.
So, why are studios so afraid of this core human experience and where do we need to go to get our vicarious fix?
This week's host Wenlei Ma is joined by guest critic, Vogues' Hannah-Rose Yee to talk about sex on film.
Plus, with the release of the Pitt/ Clooney vehicle Wolfs on streaming, is the movie star dead?
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Is it ok that "fake German heiress" Anna Delvey has appeared in the current season of Dancing With The Stars (US)? Can a convicted scammer dance her way to reputation rehab – and should she even have the opportunity?
Guest critic (and trained dancer!) Rudi Bremer is in to discuss.
Show notes:
"Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It" by Jessica PresslerZiwe interviews Anna Delvey.
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