For three decades, Regina King (One Night in Miami, If Beale Street Could Talk) has captivated audiences on screen, cementing herself as a Hollywood legend. The Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actor and director joins Tom to talk about some of her most iconic characters and why she wanted to take on her latest role as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, in the new Netflix biopic “Shirley.”
Stephen Tayo: Shooting street style in Lagos and his photography philosophy
Kelvin Redvers: Making his thriller Cold Road, the future of Indigenous film, and getting kicked off the Cannes red carpet
Josh Homme: Queens of The Stone Age, Taylor Hawkins, and his debt to polka
Nelly Furtado: Getting a record deal at 20, writing her biggest hits, and her big comeback
Alexandra Streliski: Fighting cynicism, hearing her music at the Oscars, and being transformed by burnout
Carol Burnett: Climbing the Hollywood sign, getting her first laugh, and how having fun is still a priority at 90 years old
Évelyne Brochu: French Girl, what she learned from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and working with Denis Villeneuve
Emma Portner: How her latest choreography in Islands is subverting ballet gender norms
Justine Triet: Anatomy of a Fall, a marriage on trial, and the future of French cinema
Fawzia Mirza: The Queen of My Dreams, Bollywood, and why loving herself makes her a better filmmaker
How Es Devlin creates concert spectacles on stage + DJ Karaba on how giving up on one dream can open the door to another
Michael Keaton: Knox Goes Away, getting Al Pacino to star in his film, and what Mister Rogers was really like
Cody Lightning: From being a child actor in Smoke Signals to making a spinoff mockumentary about it
Hip-Hop Week: Maestro Fresh Wes, the godfather of Canadian hip-hop
Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan: Merry and Pippin, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and their decades-long friendship
Maestro Fresh Wes: His journey to becoming the godfather of Canadian hip-hop
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Diana Lee Inosanto: Ahsoka, transitioning from stunt performer to actor, and her connection to Bruce Lee
Allison Au: Migrations, her family history, and what we mean by the idea of home
Bill T. Jones: Working with Keith Haring, athletic sweat versus poetic sweat, and his incredible life in dance
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