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Emmy-nominated for his roles as put-upon Mayor Tom Loftis in "Widow's Bay" and sociopathic developer Nile Jarvis in "The Beast in Me," Matthew Rhys recently stopped by The Envelope podcast to discuss why the performances are not as different as they may appear, his 20 years on Am ... Show More

In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Chase Infiniti discusses her meteroic rise, her Emmy nomination for "The Testaments" and nurturing the ambition to become an actor since age 10. 

In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, "The Pitt's" Noah Wyle reflects on 25 Emmy nominations for the series, responds to criticism of casting decisions, and previews Season 3 of the HBO Max medical drama, now in production. 

EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, David Canfield, and Clarissa Cruz share two in-depth conversations with acclaimed female filmmakers: Lorene Scafaria, who fought hard to adapt the screenplay for ‘Hustlers’ – and then even harder to get to direct the movie – talks about working with Jen ... Show More

Datshiane Navanayagam meets two Oscars nominated directors who put women at the centre of their movies.Nazrin Choudhury is a British filmmaker of Bangladeshi descent. Her directorial debut, Red, White and Blue, follows the story of an American single mother, living paycheck to pa ... Show More

Francine Stock meets Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett to discuss Ocean's 8 and their plans to tackle gender inequality in the film industry.Comedian Rosemary Fletcher argues that all-female reboots smack of women-only train carriages, and that women should have their own stories ... Show More

Liza Drake is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with a pharmaceutical sales rep puts her on an upwards trajectory economically - but a dubious path ethically - as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering sc ... Show More

Emerald Fennell's 2020 thriller Promising Young Woman caused a lot of conversation around rape culture, so-called 'nice guys', the people our society prioritizes, and the ones we view as expendable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Writer/director Jennifer Sharp decided to buck the system, travel to Mexico and make her movie ... which ended up being a story about a writer trying to make her movie while battling the system. 

Topics covered include: seeing your first movie at the neighborhood theater, the pressures of live performance, the animal that is the audience, parallels between directing and motherhood, abandoning the miracle, autobiographical filmmaking, feeling like broccoli, the Pacific Oce ... Show More