My Hollywood Story

It’s Marlee Matlin… she landed a Seinfeld role because Larry David saw her at the gym with Brad Pitt!

How did a Morton Grove, IL teen - who’d become deaf at 18 months old - go on to become the youngest-ever Best Actress winner and forever change the face of disability? Marlee Matlin and her longtime ASL interpreter Jack Jason join “My Hollywood Story” for a moving - and funny - chat about her unprecedented Hollywood journey. Listen in as Marlee shares the joy (and pain) of her 1987 Oscar win for Children of a Lesser God; how she landed on iconic roles on Seinfeld, The West Wing and The L Word; the full-circle moment of Apple’s Oscar-winning CODA; and why it was a imperative that a deaf director - in this case, Shoshanna Stern - tell her story in the documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore. 
 
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It’s Scott Cooper… he was an actor on The X-Files before he directed Crazy Heart!

How did an athlete from small-town Virginia parlay an acting career into making a movie about Bruce Springsteen? Scott Cooper joins Stacey in front of a live audience at Soho House West Hollywood for the premiere of “My Hollywood Story’s” second season to discuss his career and latest film, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Listen in as Scott shares why he ditched acting to direct Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace; how The Boss became his family’s guardian angel after they lost their home in the L.A. fires; and what he’s learned about life and storytelling from his dear friend and mentor Robert Duvall.
 
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It's a special bonus episode... featuring David Oyelowo!

Is it ever possible for David to know - while he's filming - if a movie or series is going to be a hit? What are some goals David is still hoping to achieve artistically? Tune in to our final special bonus episode from season one of My Hollywood Story to hear David's wonderfully thoughtful responses to post-interview audience questions. Enjoy!
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It's a special bonus episode... featuring Niecy Nash-Betts!

Which award-winner director gave Niecy great advice when she most needed to hear it? And how did Niecy (hilariously) solve a child-care conundrum at an audition? Tune in to this special bonus episode of My Hollywood Story to hear Niecy's previously unreleased responses from his post-interview audience Q&A. She doesn't disappoint!
Find Niecy's original episode, published June 12, wherever you get your podcasts!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-niecy-nash-betts-her-first-line-of-on-screen/id1813001039?i=1000712541785
 
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It's a special bonus episode... featuring Billy Bob Thornton!

Why does Billy Bob Thornton think it's good for artists to embrace their "afflictions?" And what is his latest TV obsession? (Hint: It stars Adam Scott, but it isn't Severance!) Tune in to this special bonus episode of My Hollywood Story to hear Billy's previously unreleased responses from his post-interview audience Q&A. We hope you like it! 
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It's a special bonus episode... featuring Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino!

What wild storyline did Dan and Amy almost pursue for the Gilmore Girls reboot Netflix reboot? What acclaimed drama series does Amy wish she'd written? Tune in to this special bonus episode of My Hollywood Story to hear the Palladinos' previously unreleased responses from their post-interview audience Q&A. Enjoy!
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It's bonus content... thanks for making us a smash hit!

Want more My Hollywood Story? You're in luck! We're hard at work producing more episodes to share with you soon.  In the meantime, here's a heads up on some bonus content we'll start posting next week from our discussions with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, Kaitlin Olson, Niecy Nash-Betts and more! Give us a like or a follow and stay tuned!

It's Erin Foster and Sara Foster... Adam Brody is TV's favorite hot rabbi because of them!

How did the daughters of an A-list music-producer dad forge their own entrepreneurial path, create a hit podcast and make one of Netflix’s top-rated comedies ? Writer Erin Foster – creator of Nobody Wants This – and her producer-business-partner-actor-co-host sibling Sara Foster join Stacey for an unfiltered chat about what it’s really like to be born into (perceived) fame. The women offer up candid takes on their unconventional upbringing, business ventures, Hollywood highs and lows and how it felt when their show became a lightning-rod for cultural and religious debate.
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It’s Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino … without them, there is no Gilmore Girls! (LIVE)

How did two kids from the San Fernando Valley meet, fall in love and evolve into one of TV’s most game-changing creative partnerships? Listen in as Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino reveal their showbiz saga -from real-life writerly couple to Emmy-winning powerhouses behind Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. They mince no words in reflecting on the grind of early gigs, crazy network notes and the general madness of surviving an industry that's in constant flux.
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It's Fred Armisen… he was pen pals with John Waters when he was a teenager!

How did a drumming-obsessed New Yorker turn a stint playing punk music into one of comedy’s most eclectic careers? Stacey welcomes Fred Armisen to the show to discuss his (almost) unbelievable artistic trajectory, from Chicago-drummer to landing Saturday Night Live to co-creating award-winning series like Documentary Now! and Portlandia. Fred also reveals the wisdom he’s gleaned from John Waters and Lorne Michaels; what it's like to be directed by Tim Burton and play with Devo; and the grief he didn’t expect to feel upon leaving SNL in 2013 after 11 seasons.
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