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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.
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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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Did you know thereâs a streaming service solely dedicated to comedy? Itâs true, and itâs called Dropout. Did you also know itâs ad free? Yep! Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott spoke with Dropoutâs CEO and host of âGame Changer,â Sam Reich, and Dropoutâs Director of Development, Paul Robalino, about Dropoutâs origins (it was previously CollegeHumor), where itâs going and why it matters.
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We have a winner for Survivor 46, and itâs Kenzie Petty! Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott chats with Kenzie and the runner-up's Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman about this wild season filled with twists, turns, and a pretty contentious jury. (And yes, we talked about Taylor Swift with Charlie too, because we had to.)
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Anne Riceâs novel âInterview With the Vampireâ has a rabid fan base, intensely protective of the story and any adaptations of it. Thankfully for Jacob Anderson, who plays Louis de Pointe du Lac in the AMC original series based on Riceâs novel, the fans seem to be on board. âI do get a sense that people feel like we did right by the characters.â Now in its second season, this version, not connected to the 1994 film version starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, looks deeper into the âmessâ of Louis. âHeâs this jumble of contradictions...Louis is way more responsible for the tragedy of his own life than he would ever admit.â For Anderson, he never once considered finding inspiration from the film. âI think that would have been the first step to ruin it. To try and compare or do anything in response to that, because that film is iconic in its way and what it represents and those two very powerful screen presences at that particular time.â He went on to say, âRolin [Jones, series creator] used to say this is a third thing. Thereâs the book, the film and this is the third thing.â
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MonĂ©t X Change is unlike any other drag queen to come out of âRuPaulâs Drag Race,â and thatâs because her talents go so far beyond just drag. Sure, you may know her as the first queen of color to win RuPaulâs Drag Race All Stars or from her crazy popular podcast Sibling Rivalry, which she co-hosts with her drag sister, Bob The Drag Queen. But now youâre about to know her as a R&B superstar with her new album, âGrey Rainbow Vol. 1.â Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott chatted with MonĂ©t about the inspiration of the album, how itâs different from drag music, and why she thinks the music industry needs to take drag artists seriously.
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Michelle Buteau is proof that you can strike it big anytime. At 46, she's out with her new film Babes (May 17), she has a hit Netflix series based on her memoir Survival of the Thickest and is the first woman to film a comedy special at Radio City Music Hall. She says there's this idea you should "have it all figured out by 40, you should be doing your thing. It's like, no, we don't have it all figured out. We're still growing." Babes, directed by Pamela Adlon and co-starring Ilana Glazer, who also co-wrote the script, shows the role of friendships at pivotal times. "I don't think we talk about how hard relationships are." One thing Buteau does talk about is the need to celebrate yourself, which she does on her Netflix series. "Season one, thick girls were the moment and now it's like, nah, now we all the movement. There's zero apologies. It is bigger. It's Blacker. It's b*******. It's all the things 2.0." As for her comedy special, it's for all those voices "who need to be on the stages" but are rarely given the opportunity she has. "How can we be seen like that unless we see someone?"
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Comedian Nikki Glaser never wants to offend. âI never want to say offensive or raunchy [things] or push the envelope, because that speaks to some kind of comedian who wants to rile people up,â Glaser told Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott. Instead, on her new HBO comedy special Someday Youâll Die (May 11), she wants to hit you with âhonest and really funny, precise, acute jokes throughout.â Those jokes are about classic topics discussed in ways unique to Glaser: sex, being a woman and struggles âwith trying to be my authentic self, but also molding to what other people want of me.â On that, sheâs clear about not wanting things women are often expected to, like kids and a home. âWhy do people want kids? I think itâs narcissistic, and thatâs OK. I donât want to buy a home, but I wanna want to buy a home.â Also the host of CWâs FBoy Island, she also is dabbling in music, she wrote the single âSomeday Youâll Dieâ which will be released the same day as the comedy special. Glaser ultimately knows sheâs able to explore the topics she does in comedy because of luck. âI got really lucky with how things lined up. Even being born a decade later, I would have been probably mystified by YouTube and TikTok. I donât think I have a brain for that.â
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What do you do when Hollywood wants you to be one thing, but you have a wholly different outlook about yourself? For Chris Pine, breaking the mold of expectations meant creating the new film Poolman (May 10). âBelieve it or not, itâs probably the most personal thing Iâve ever made.â And it should be, considering he not only stars in it as Darren Barrenman, a colorful pool man on a mission to protect the cityâand the poolâhe loves, but Pine also co-wrote and directed the film. The idea for it is rooted in Pineâs own search for joy. âIt was COVID and I was going through a lot of personal stuff and feeling a lot, and I said, âWhy not just lead from the heart instead? Lead from instinct and joy and giggling and catharsis in a kind of positive, joyful way? [Thatâs] all I really wanted to do.â You can feel that watching the movie, and for Pine, thatâs all that matters. âThereâs a bunch of yelling in the world and if we can just shut up for just the briefest of seconds and allow the other person their moment, maybe there would be more, I donât know, joyâwho knows?â
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After a nearly two-year hiatus, the Max-original Emmy Award-winning series âHacksâ is back. And Hannah Einbinder, who plays Ava, the comedy writer to legendaryâand difficultâstand-up comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), used the time off to figure out how to be a person again. âI went on the road, I did stand-up, but I kind of had to fill in the rest of my time with various hobbies and things. It made me go like, âOK, I gotta like be a person. Do sh** that isnât just work,ââ Einbinder told Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott. Now that the dark comedy series is in its third season, Einbinder is no longer intimidated by Smart. âAt this point in our relationship itâs familial close.â And now Einbinder has more than just Hacks in the works, she will also debut her first stand-up comedy special this June on Max. But she gives the credit to âHacksâ: âIt is single handedly because of this acting gig. That boosted the visibility for me to be able to tour and develop. To run an hour, to sharpen it, itâs hard to get that opportunity. I am so grateful to do that and to work it out in a way that is not common. I hope people like it.â
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For Eugenio Derbez, making the transition from being one of Mexicoâs most recognizable faces in comedy to the American market was not easy. âWe donât laugh at the same things. Humor in Mexico and in the U.S. is completely different. I had to reinvent myself,â Derbez told Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott. Heâs done a good job of reinventing himself because his Apple TV+ series âAcapulcoâ (May 1) is now in its third season. âIâm so glad that the series is bilingual and itâs getting its third season.â The success of the show is directly tied to Derbezâs success stateside. Loosely based on his character Maximo from the 2017 film âHow to Be a Latin Lover,â Acapulco shifts between telling the backstory of young Maximo in the 1980s at a popular resort and the character in modern day. Part of why he wanted to do Acapulco was because âthereâs still a big opportunity to tell beautiful things about Mexico. I was always concerned that Mexico equals violence.â With his success in the U.S., Derbez is looking to adapt his popular Mexican sitcom La Familia P. Luche into English. âItâs so different from anything that youâve watched before in the U.S.â
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Because of âRuPaulâs Drag Race,â drag has exploded. But what is often lost with all this drag weâre seeing on our televisions are the stories from small-town America, whatâs really happening in cities that are sometimes overlooked and where, often, these âdrag bansâ are popping up. Thatâs where HBO Maxâs âWeâre Hereâ comes in. âWeâre Hereâ shows drag superstars going to small cities to put on a drag show, but along the way stories are told that you rarely here. Stories about the struggles of being LGBT in America today, life in a small town, and how drag can be a force for good. Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott spoke with creators Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram and director Peter LoGreco about the impact of âWeâre Here,â and two of the new hosts for this new season, Sasha Velour and Latrice Royale from âRuPaulâs Drag Race.â
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Reality TV has changed the landscape of not only television, but also pop culture. Its impact can be felt in every aspect of our lives, andâas some would argueâits impact may have even led to the election of former President Donald Trump. Thatâs a huge impact. (Or should we say, âyuge.â) Considering this, what is the state of reality TV? Where are we at with shows like âSurvivor,â âThe Real Housewivesâ and âTraitorsâ? To discuss this, Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott invited reality TV expert Kate Casey on the latest episode.
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