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My Hollywood Story

Stacey Wilson Hunt interviews Hollywood icons on this weekly podcast.

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How did Hollywood’s most influential artists become industry icons? On “My Hollywood Story,” journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt – who has covered Hollywood for 15 years - traces the personal and professional journeys of the entertainment industry’s most impactful actors, writers, directors, producers and more. Through her deeply-curated, in-person interviews, Stacey seeks to answer the question: How does an aspiring artist become a master of his or her craft? “My Hollywood Story” is produced by H ...
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Summer nights, romance, music, comedy, pairs of lovers who have yet to confess their feelings to each other, comedy and more than a touch of magic are all woven into one of Shakespeare's most delightful and ethereal creations – A Midsummer Night's Dream. The plot is as light and enchanting as the settings themselves. The Duke of Athens is busy with preparations for his forthcoming wedding to Hippolyta the Amazonian Queen. In the midst of this, Egeus, an Athenian aristocrat marches in, flanke ...
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How did the daughters of an A-list music-producer dad forge their own entrepreneurial path, create a hit podcast and make one of Netflix’s top-rated comedies ? Writer Erin Foster – creator of Nobody Wants This – and her producer-business-partner-actor-co-host sibling Sara Foster join Stacey for an unfiltered chat about what it’s really like to be b…
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How did two kids from the San Fernando Valley meet, fall in love and evolve into one of TV’s most game-changing creative partnerships? Listen in as Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino reveal their showbiz saga -from real-life writerly couple to Emmy-winning powerhouses behind Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. They mince no words i…
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How did a drumming-obsessed New Yorker turn a stint playing punk music into one of comedy’s most eclectic careers? Stacey welcomes Fred Armisen to the show to discuss his (almost) unbelievable artistic trajectory, from Chicago-drummer to landing Saturday Night Live to co-creating award-winning series like Documentary Now! and Portlandia. Fred also …
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How did a dancer raised between New York and Dallas accidentally find her artistic calling in Japan and go on to become one of TV’s most prolific directors? Lesli Linka Glatter joins Stacey for a riveting recap of her wide-ranging career — from early mentorship by Steven Spielberg and David Lynch to her emergence as Peak TV’s favorite director. Lis…
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How did an aspiring performer born to famous parents make her own way in Hollywood and earn an Oscar nomination along the way? Kate Hudson joins Stacey for an enthusiastic, introspective stroll through her diverse Hollywood career, kickstarted 25 years ago by a Golden Globe-winning turn in Cameron Crowe’s classic Almost Famous. Kate treated our liv…
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How did a young mother from South Central with a gift for making people laugh convince Hollywood she was also an awards-worthy dramatic actor? Grotesquerie star Niecy Nash-Betts joins Stacey for a rousing retrospective of her diverse career, from her wild breakout role on Comedy Central’s Reno 911! to her Emmy-winning turn in Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer -…
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How did an aspiring theater director and journalism nerd from Long Island become the go-to documentarian of our culture’s most complex personalities? Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker RJ Cutler details the beats of a wild career that’s landed him exclusive access to make documentaries about Anna Wintour, Dick Cheney, Billie Eilish, Elton J…
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How did a polite British kid defy his Nigerian-parents’ wishes for his becoming a lawyer to emerge one of Hollywood’s most electrifying performers? Golden-Globe nominee David Oyelowo reveals the dramatic journey he traveled from making history as a Black Shakespearean actor to playing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ava DuVernay’s film Selma. Listen…
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How did a Catholic school-girl from rural Ireland fall in love with Roseanne and become one of television’s great auteur voices of the streaming era? Stacey welcomes the BAFTA and Emmy-winning writer and actor Sharon Horgan to the show, who dissects – in her humbly sardonic, oh-so-Irish way – the surprising career milestones (and disappointments) t…
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How did a ballet-trained child actor from L.A. escape the trappings of early fame to become the face of Peak TV? Emmy-winner Elisabeth Moss joins the show for a deep-dive into the evolution of prestige television— from her breakout role on NBC’s The West Wing, to the zeitgeist of AMC’s Mad Men and brutal beauty of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the fi…
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How did a shy kid from suburban Portland overcome a childhood trauma to become one of her generation’s most prolific comedy actors? Stacey welcomes Kaitlin Olson, Hacks’ two-time Emmy nominee – and Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia! – as she relives her weirdest day-jobs, Groundlings adventures, her bizarre Curb audition, falling in …
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How did a self-described late-bloomer from suburban New York go from doing Wayne’s World impressions at school to netting two Emmy nominations and one of Hollywood’s most prolific comedy careers? Writer, actor, producer and comedian Nick Kroll - who co-created Netflix’s very dirty, puberty-themed animated series Big Mouth - reveals to Stacey the fr…
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How did a music-and-baseball obsessed daydreamer with dyslexia escape generational poverty in Arkansas to become an Oscar-winning screenwriter and iconic actor? Listen in as Stacey Wilson Hunt chats with Billy Bob Thornton - the Golden Globe-winning star of Paramount's Landman - about his adventures in Hollywood, including his wild stories about Jo…
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TRAILER: How did Hollywood’s most influential artists become industry icons? On “My Hollywood Story,” journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt – who has covered Hollywood for 15 years - traces the personal and professional journeys of the entertainment industry’s most impactful actors, writers, directors, producers and more. Through her deeply-curated, in-per…
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The second issue. The personification, of Discord, is brought into the picture and compared with its’ Ancient equivalency. The Men’s Rights Movement is lightly touched upon and the Women’s Rights Movement is described, from the male perspective, for the purposes of context and comparison. And, as one would expect, the conclusions drawn are sans an …
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The first issue. A matrimonial triumvirate informs the birth of the greatest super-heroine in modern history. Feminism is defended by, simultaneously, a representative of the opposite gender and an inquisitor of the “Men’s Rights Movement”. And Singaporean skyscrapers, as it turns out, reveal themselves to be a highly sought after retreat for Greci…
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