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A Hollywood filmmaker talks about making movies (and sometimes throwing chairs)

1:36pm March 07, 2024

by Dave Davies

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph joins IBAM to discuss her Oscar nomination and artistic process

5:14pm March 04, 2024

by Brittany Luse

Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, sat down with Da'Vine Joy Randolph to hear how she constructed her Oscar nominated role in The Holdovers – and channeling the spirits of her loved ones.

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Paul Giamatti's own high school years came in handy in 'The Holdovers'

1:24pm March 01, 2024

by Sam Briger

Giamatti is nominated for an Oscar for his role as a pompous boarding school teacher who's assigned to supervise a student who has nowhere to go over winter break. Originally broadcast Jan. 10, 2024.

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Rebecca Ferguson is Lady Jessica, mother to Paul Atreides, in Dune: Part Two.

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Storyboarding 'Dune' since he was 13, Denis Villeneuve is 'still pinching' himself

1:49pm February 28, 2024

by Sam Briger

Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune and thinking, "Someday, someone else will do it again" — not realizing he would be that filmmaker.

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Busy Philipps attends the Mean Girls premiere in New York City on Jan. 8, 2024.

Arts

She missed out on 'Mean Girls' 20 years ago — but Busy Philipps got a second chance

1:24pm February 27, 2024

by Ann Marie Baldonado

Philipps plays Mrs. George, a "cool mom" seeking the approval of her teen daughter in the new movie musical version of the 2004 film. Philipps got her start as a teen on the series Freaks and Geeks.

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Greta Lee of 'Past Lives' talks about how language and identity are intertwined

8:12pm February 23, 2024

Greta Lee stars in the new movie Past Lives. She talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the film and the ways language and identity are intertwined.

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To become the 'Maestro,' Bradley Cooper learned to live the music

1:28pm February 23, 2024

by Terry Gross

In Maestro, his Oscar-nominated biopic about Leonard Bernstein, director and star Cooper worked with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin to find his own rhythm. Originally broadcast Jan. 2, 2024.

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He moved in with his grandmas during COVID. His film about them is up for an Oscar

4:59pm February 21, 2024

by Mandalit del Barco

During the pandemic, filmmaker Sean Wang moved home and realized he wanted to preserve the unexpected time with his family. His short film, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Arts

'American Fiction' star Jeffrey Wright searches for 'strange humanness' in roles

1:29pm February 20, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Wright is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a novelist who's frustrated with the publishing industry's expectations of Black authors. His first starring role was in the 1996 film Basquiat.

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Director of film 'Navalny' remembers his friend

4:27pm February 16, 2024

Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his time with Alexei Navalny, who was determined to return to Russia despite the risk.