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.”
Molly Ringwald: ‘80s fame, why she took a step back, and her new role in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the PTSD-List, getting blacklisted by Hollywood, and starting a new chapter of her career
Supinder Wraich: Allegiance, Sort Of, and acting through Craigslist
Ilana Glazer: Life after Broad City, stand-up comedy, and making peace with her 30s
Domee Shi: Turning Red, normalizing puberty, and creating the first Pixar film set in Canada
Bob Geldof: Live Aid, staying hopeful, and the power of music to effect change
Spiritbox: Heavy metal, their first Grammy nomination, and collaborating with Megan Thee Stallion
Ronan Bennett: Top Boy, how Drake saved the gritty British drama, and his new novel based on the series
Daniel Schlusser and Scott Price: How their play draws parallels between the future of AI and the neurodivergent experience
Terrace Martin on his influences, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, and how music changed his life + bludnymph's cathartic toxic girl anthem
Daisy Ridley: Sometimes I Think About Dying and landing her first big role as Rey in Star Wars
Celine Song: Past Lives, rejecting clichés in modern love stories, and writing a story inspired by her life
Darius Rucker on Hootie & the Blowfish and his new country record + New music from Liza
How Kim Thúy was transported to her childhood for the filming of Ru + New music from Tafari Anthony
David Yee: How his “fascination of what’s difficult” helped him change the face of Canadian theatre
Tanya Tagaq: True Detective, the brilliance of Jodie Foster, and creating the series’ score
Jake Johnson on Self Reliance, getting fired, and New Girl + LU KALA has Nothing But Love
Ava DuVernay on her new film Origin + Amelia Curran pays tribute to influential songwriter Ron Hynes
June Clark: Unrequited Love, her relationship with the American flag, and the artistic appeal of rust
Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope, coping with grief, and the 30th anniversary of the band
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