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Welcome to the Hollywood Godfather podcast. Actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Mafia associate, Gianni Russo has teamed with an unlikely ally, Patrick Picciarelli, retired NYPD lieutenant, and current private investigator to put together a thought-provoking, tragic, funny, and often shocking view of Gianni’s life in the mob and the movies. His counterpart and co-host, Patrick, will give his insights into the world of crime, and comment on characters both men have known, as well as the ...
The Ringer dives into movies as Sean Fennessey sits down with Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers, breaks down the latest industry trends, handicaps the upcoming Oscars race, and reviews new films with Ringer colleagues like Shea Serrano, Amanda Dobbins, and Bill Simmons.
We talk about guns in films and tv, from your favorite western to that run and gun action film.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
A feature-length podcast celebrating the art and entertainment of cinema.
Top of the Pile is a Simon & Schuster Australia podcast where you'll find some of the most interesting authors in conversation about everything from their lives, their books and their big ideas. From Health, Science and True Crime, to Fiction, History and Romance, we'll bring you fascinating conversations about subjects you never even knew about, and some that you do.
These are the stories of the biggest movies Hollywood abandoned, and the filmmakers who spent years developing these projects only to leave them behind. This is Movies Never Made.
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Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a Business
Beat conventional advice on personal finance, investing, and business with the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki. Get ahead with his pull-no-punches style of challenging the advice we’ve all been given on money, investing, and the economy. Frustrated and frightened by the financial advice being given by the mainstream talking heads, Robert Kiyosaki sits down with professionals from the world of money, investing, business, and personal development. Listeners will be provided variou ...
Ever felt you've already seen the film by just reading a review or watching a trailer? No Spoiler Reviews are movie reviews with the surprises left in and the spoilers taken out.
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Season 5 - Episode 99 - Interview with Jackie Jordon
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Restauranteur to the StarsBy GRI
Walter Murch is a superstar sound designer, who's worked on some of Hollywood's biggest films like The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. His work has immersed audiences in everything from the clattering trains of New York to the rhythmic helicopter rotors of the Vietnam war. Walter's avant-garde production techniques have changed the way cinema…
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Music festivals, Keeley Hawes, WandaVision reviewed
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What will happen with music festivals this year? For Front Row, DJ Emily Dust talks to some of those involved.Keeley Hawes is one of the most in-demand British actors for TV and film, with exceptional performances in a wide variety of roles. Coming soon for UK viewers there’ll be ITV’s dark comedy Finding Alice; To Olivia – a film about Roald Dahl’…
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Top 10 Stage-to-Screen Movies and ‘One Night in Miami’
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Inspired by Regina King's directorial debut 'One Night in Miami,' Amanda and Sean share their top 10 stage-to-screen adaptations: five musicals and five plays each (0:45). Then, Sean is joined by Kingsley Ben-Adir, one of the stars of 'One Night in Miami,' to talk about portraying Malcolm X and the actor's quick rise to fame (1:07:30). Hosts: Sean …
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Stardust, The world's oldest painting, Jenni Fagan, Arts Students
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Stardust is the new film about David Bowie’s promotional tour of the United States in 1971 during which he began to develop the concept of Ziggy Stardust. Bowie is played by musician and actor Johnny Flynn and the film has already attracted attention as they were unable to secure the rights to Bowie’s songs. Writer and Bowie fan Mark Billingham rev…
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Tasting the desert with Chile's leading forager
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As a child Patricia Pérez would accompany her grandmother on incredible adventures in Chile's Atacama Desert. There they would search for unique herbs and plants by day and sleep in caves at night. Her grandmother would sell the herbs they found in markets and Patricia is now taking that tradition one step further. She started a company called La A…
In Wondery’s newest series, Business Movers, host Lindsay Graham dives deep into the inner workings of some of the most successful companies of all time. From the origin stories of their famed leaders to the million dollar idea that catapulted them to success, how exactly did these companies grow from an idea and a dream to multibillion dollar corp…
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032 Jan 2021 - Interview with actor/producer Alejandro de Hoyos, star of El Contratista / The Contractor
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Join No Spoiler Reviews’ Mark Esper as as he interviews actor/producer Alejandros de Hoyas about his film El Contratista / The Contractor, his recently completed role for The Man From Toronto with Woody Harrelson and the challenges of movie-making during the pandemic. https://nospoilerreviews.com/podcast/ For even more online spoiler-free movie rev…
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031 Jan 2020 - Promising Young Woman, Another Round, Zappa, Shadow In The Cloud, 2021’s new releases in our Trailer Watch feature.
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Is Carey Mulligan’s Promising Young Woman sugar and spice and everything nice? Find out in the No Spoiler Reviews podcast out now.(bit.ly/338Tw7x) Join No Spoiler Reviews’ Mark Esper as he reviews Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman, Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round, Alex Winter’s rock documentary Zappa and Chloe Grace Moretz in Shadow In The Cl…
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Drag kings, Courttia Newland, wintry podcasts
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As RuPaul’s Drag Race UK returns for a second season and the US series welcomes its first trans man as a competitor, are the ironically gendered boundaries of drag breaking down and what about the other side of drag - the kings? Drag kings Don One and Jodie Mitchell, better known as John Travulva, join Samira to talk about the world of Kings.Courtt…
Kathrine Switzer is a US runner whose dream - back in 1967 - was to be allowed to run a marathon. Back then there was a belief that women were physically incapable of doing such long distances, and it could even be dangerous for their health. Kathrine was 20 when she signed up for the world famous Boston Marathon using only her initials, but when s…
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Winners and losers in the post-pandemic world
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Today’s guest says the new depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Author and economist, James Rickards, says “The virus didn’t cause the depression, it was our response to the virus.” In his latest book, The New Great Depression, James pulls back the curtain to reveal the true risks to our …
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Regina King, classical music for kids, Northern Irish literature
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Oscar winning actress Regina King tells Kirsty about her debut film as a director, One Night in Miami, inspired by the real-life meeting between Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown on the night that Ali (then still called Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight World Champion title.Europe's first classical music stat…
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Defending my dream cost my mother her life
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Former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey began writing to express her feelings about her violent stepfather. She told Oulook's Jo Fidgen how it became her comfort and career, after her worst fears came true. Her memoir is called Memorial Drive.Any comments please email us on outlook@bbc.comPresenter: Jo FidgenProducer: Thomas Harding Assinder and …
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Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag
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It was a busy streaming weekend. Sean and Amanda break down Part 1 of HBO's 'Tiger,' Netflix's Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz series 'Pretend It's a City,' and a wave of award-season updates (0:40). Then, they dig into the mailbag to answer your questions about Cary Grant, Oscar do-overs, and our dream director interviews (38:45). Finally, Sean …
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Ben Okri, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Michael Berkeley
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Ben Okri published his poem 'Grenfell Tower, June 2017' in the Financial Times a few days after the inferno. On Channel 4's Facebook page it was played more than 6 million times. This is but one of his poems written in response to current events, politics and people, gathered in his new book, A Fire in my Head: Poems for the Dawn. Okri considers th…
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The video that turned our lives upside down
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Aboriginal Australian mum Yarraka Bayles was so exhausted by her young son's distress at being bullied, she did the only thing she could think of and streamed a video of him crying to show her community the devastating effect it was having. She was trying to help him, but had no idea it would land them at the centre of international news coverage, …
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We commemorate the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death and consider his continuing musical influence and legacy
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Five years ago, on 10th Jan 2016, David Bowie died, just two days after his 69th birthday. To mark the anniversary, we revisit John Wilson's 2002 interview with him, recorded in New York. Two composers – Hannah Peel and Neil Brand – will also be discussing Bowie’s music and considering its legacy and influence.Ingrid Persaud has won the First Novel…
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The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2021
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Movies are back! Sorta! With dozens of releases delayed in 2020 due to COVID-19, this year figures to be one of the busiest in history. From Marvel's return to 'Dune' to a Beatles documentary to surefire Oscar contenders, Sean and Amanda have lots to look forward to. They break it all down in this episode. Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins…
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BBC Sound of 2021 Winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, Natasha Farrant
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Pa Salieu, the Gambian-British artist from Coventry, has been named as the winner of the BBC Sound of 2021. His single Frontline was the most played track on BBC Radio 1Xtra in 2020. In 2019 he was shot in the head, but recovered to release his debut mixtape Send Them To Coventry at the end of 2020 and now picks up one of the biggest accolades in n…
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The rebel musicians fighting India’s caste system
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Tenma and Arivu are members of The Casteless Collective - an ensemble protest band from the city of Chennai in southern India. They channel their outrage towards caste oppression into song. Arivu has seen that oppression first hand growing up in a Dalit - sometimes called ‘untouchable’ - community, and rapping became his outlet. As The Casteless Co…
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Lee Lawrence, the impact of Brexit on classical music, Twelfth Night tradition at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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On 28th September 1985 Lee Lawrence’s mother Cherry Groce was shot by police during an armed raid on her Brixton home. Lee Lawrence talks to Samira Ahmed about his Costa Biography award winning memoir The Louder I will Sing in which he recounts the devastating impact the shooting had on the family’s life and his courageous fight for justice.As Brit…
In the aftermath of a highly-publicised killing of an African American man by police in 2014, composer Joel Thompson started channelling his anger and sadness into music. He began setting the last words of seven black men, killed by police and authority figures in America, to music in a complex choral arrangement. The result was a composition calle…
The impacts of Covid-19 are causing incredible unrest in the economy and the workforce. Political and social unrest continues to grow, and the U.S. economy is teetering on collapse. The only thing keeping the economy from total destruction is that the Fed continues to print money. As a result, there’s going to be a lot of volatility in the prices o…
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'The Godfather Coda' and Top Five Director's Cuts
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In December 2020, Francis Ford Coppola oversaw the release of 'The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,' a reconfiguration of his film 'The Godfather: Part III' and the latest in a long line of director's cuts. What is a director's cut? What is its purpose? And what are the best in movie history? On today's episode, Chris Ryan and Sean br…
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The Great, Eavan Boland, the origin of the blues
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The Great, a new ahistorical comedy from The Favourite writer Tony McNamara arrives on Channel 4 this month. Describing itself as “an occasionally true story”, it is a satirical drama about the rise of Catherine the Great, staring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. McNamara talks period dramas, historical inaccuracies and contemporary characters.The …
Back in 2015, Santoshi Tamang was told that her husband Subash had died in a car accident in Saudi Arabia. He'd left their home in Nepal to work there to pay off the family's debts. His body was flown back to Nepal and cremated. But, months later, Santoshi received a telephone call from a relative who told her that her husband was still alive... Pr…
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Dante's Divine Comedy 700 years on with Katya Adler; Costa Book Awards category winners
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Suzannah Lipscomb, Chair of Judges for the Costa Book Awards 2020, joins us to reveal exclusively the winners in each of category: Novel, Children’s, Poetry, Biography and Debut Novel. This is followed by an interview with the winner of the Best Novel category.Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy 7 centuries ago but - like all great literature –…
American filmmaker Kirsten Johnson’s most recent film is called ‘Dick Johnson is Dead’, it’s about her dad, a man she has adored her whole life. A few years ago Dick was diagnosed with dementia. Scared that she was losing the man she loved, she decided she had to try and capture his spirit on screen. But this is no ordinary movie, it follows Kirste…
Born in a Rio de Janeiro favela, Elza Soares overcame poverty, child marriage and public scandal to become one of her country's most beloved singers. She started out in the smokey nightclubs of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s. With her unique raspy voice and the intensity of her dancing, she quickly became a hit on the club scene. In the 1960s a highly…
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030 Jan 2021 - Interview with Director Danny Simmons and Seb Zewdie, star of boxing documentary Suffer For Good.
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Join No Spoiler Reviews’ Mark Esper as as he interviews both director Danny Simmons and star of boxing documentary Suffer For Good, Seb Zewdie. https://nospoilerreviews.com/podcast/ For even more online spoiler-free movie reviews and filmmaker interviews also check out the No Spoiler Reviews website. Music credit: 'Time Off' by Spuntic = = = = = = …
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029 Jan 2021 - New Year Podcast: Wonder Woman 1984, The Midnight Sky, The Godfather III: Coda, Unhinged, Suffer For Good, Hellraiser III, 2020’s Best and Worst Movies
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Is Wonder Woman 1984 wondrous or will it leave wondering where it all went wrong? Find out No Spoiler Reviews new year podcast now. Join No Spoiler Reviews’ Mark Esper as he reviews Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984, George Clooney's sci-fi drama The Midnight Sky, Francis Ford Coppola's re-cut Godfather III: Coda and Russell Crowe road-raging in Unhin…
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Art that brightened the year - violinist Tasmin Little, Baillie Gifford winner Craig Brown, actress Rochenda Sandall
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Front Row celebrates some of the art that brightened a dark year.British violinist Tasmin Little has hung up her violin and retired from the concert stage in 2020. It’s the last night of the last year of her performing career - she looks back, and says goodbye to the year in style.Satirist Craig Brown won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction t…
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The tale of the little Countess's little cello
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When Christine Walevska was given a rare, one-eighth-size Bernardel cello at the age of eight and a half, she fell in love with the instrument immediately and it set her on a path to becoming an internationally renowned concert cellist. The tiny cello, given to her by her father, had an intriguing label on the inside...it said "Pour la petite Comte…
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The Genius of Pixar's 'Soul' and 'Wonder Woman 1984' Backlash
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Sean and Amanda look at the early reactions to DC's latest film, which arrived on HBO Max on Christmas Day, and discuss what the ramifications could be to backlash against the film (0:43). Then, they discuss one of the year's best films, Pixar's 'Soul' (41:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins…
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Evelyn Glennie, The Serpent's Tom Shankland, chosen families in culture
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The family you choose, rather than the family you’re born into, is fertile territory for writers. From Henry V, to The Lord of the Rings, to Josie and the Pussycats, family dynamics between those who start as strangers keep storytelling going. Playwright Temi Wilkey and screenwriter Sarah Dollard join Samira to talk about the enduring and endearing…
Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho is a Mexican biologist who’s braved poachers and cartels in a quest to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal - a tiny porpoise known as vaquita. There’s only a handful left in the world and their survival is in large part due to Lorenzo's efforts. His work with the animal has earned him the nickname ‘Mr Vaquita’.Jo Fid…
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The student who fought to pass Mexico’s historic ‘revenge porn’ law
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As a teenager, Ana Baquedano sent a nude selfie to her boyfriend in exchange for a promise to delete it. Instead, he shared it. Ana was bullied, harassed and suffered from depression. But then she got to work making Mexican history. While Ana was still a student, she led a campaign to make 'revenge porn' a crime in her state of Yucatan - and in 201…
Are you wondering what will happen with your taxes when Biden takes office? Today’s guest describes what will happen If you are earning ordinary income—working a 9-5 job. The reality is employees have little control over their money when it comes to taxes. They are at the full discretion of the law, which gives them very little wiggle room. On the …
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Season 5 - Episode 98 - Interview with Henry “Bombastic” Bushkin
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Attorney & Confidant of TV Legend Johnny CarsonBy GRI
