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.”
Marlon Wayans: From Scary Movie and White Chicks to his new life as a stand-up
Kablusiak: The winner of the Sobey Art Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious visual arts prizes
Brittany Howard on leaving Alabama Shakes, What Now, and growing up in poverty + New music from Mumford & Sons
Adam Beach: Exile, Smoke Signals, and his journey to acting
Shea Couleé: The Love Ball, their dance record, and life after Drag Race
Chromeo: Adult Contemporary, growing up, and what it means to be funky as you approach middle age
Diane Flacks: Funneling her guilt into art and mining it for comedy
Daniel Caesar: Never Enough, the myth of success, and collaborating with Justin Bieber
The Beaches: How everything needed to fall apart for everything to come together
Seth Rogen: His love of pottery, The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, and judging other artists’ work
Alan Doyle: Welcome Home, Great Big Sea’s early days, and his 30 years as a working musician
Paul Giamatti: The Holdovers, his Oscar nom, and reuniting with Alexander Payne 20 years after Sideways
Vince Staples: His new Netflix show, repping Long Beach, and luring Kawhi Leonard away from the Raptors
Reinaldo Marcus Green: One Love, what we get wrong about Bob Marley, and why being a pitcher makes you a better filmmaker
How Amanda Parris lost and found her way back to art + Turning the frustration of finding child care into music
Zach Woods: Public radio, The Office, and making fun of yourself
Sunny Drake: CHILD-ish, listening to kids, and hope for the future
Pablo Schreiber: Halo, being Canadian, and sleeping in for his first day on The Wire
Keyon Harrold: Jazz trumpet, star-studded collaborations, and his new album
Cole Sprouse on Lisa Frankenstein, child stardom, and death threats + New music from The Strumbellas
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