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My Favorite Album: Heidi Gardner of “Saturday Night Live” on Tenacious D’s Self-Titled Album

Jul 14, 2020 Web Exclusive

Comedian and actor, Heidi Gardner, who is known for her many roles on Saturday Night Live and for her voice work on the animated show, SuperMansion, pursued her career in comedy a little later in life than some. While laughter had always been part of her world, for a while she never knew she could find a job that paid within the ranks. In the meantime, before earning a role on the most prestigious sketch show in the world, Gardner appreciated the work of the talented musical and comedic duo, Tenacious D. More

Rutledge Wood on Hosting Netflix’s Hit Game Show “Floor Is Lava”

Jul 10, 2020 Rutledge Wood

What’s the difference between lava and magma? Turns out magma doesn’t have it’s own #1 TV show. Welcome to the world of Netflix’s Floor Is Lava. Filmed and in the can for more than a year, the show (which debuted June 19 and quickly vaulted to the platform’s top ranking) arrives at a time of social distancing and discord and saves the planet. More

My Favorite Album: Topher Grace on John Williams’ “The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration”

Jul 06, 2020 Issue #66 - My Favorite Album - Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney

Leave it to an actor to mention a favorite album so on the nose, but Topher Grace insists his love for John Williams’ music isn’t just about his craft. More

Keeping Score: Ben Salisbury and Bob Locke on the Trials and Rewards of “Devs”

Jun 12, 2020 Web Exclusive

The composer tandem of Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow has been with Alex Garland the whole way, matching his creative daring and fearlessness and demonstrating the reaches of score making device that you must hear to believe. More

My Firsts: Tawny Newsome of “Space Force”

May 29, 2020 Tawny Newsome

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask artists to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones or their first tastes of their industry. For this My Firsts we talk to actress/comedian/musician Tawny Newsome, who is one of the stars of the new Netflix comedy series Space Force. More

Iliza Shlesinger on Her New Netflix Sketch Show

May 13, 2020 Web Exclusive

Even when we’re all forced to curb our activities, there’s no slowing Iliza Shlesinger.

My Favorite Album: Chris Sullivan on John Prine’s “John Prine”

Mar 31, 2020 Issue #66 - My Favorite Album - Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney

Actor Chris Sullivan strives to showcase his acting versatility in each role he takes on. That includes Toby Damon in NBC’s This Is Us, Tom Cleary in The Knick, Benny Hammond in Stranger Things, and Taserface in Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2. More

My Favorite Album: Alan Tudyk on Loudon Wainwright III’s “Grown Man”

Jan 28, 2020 Alan Tudyk

Loudon Wainwright III’s Grown Man-it’s hard to narrow down to any one album, but that album is important as far as when it came along in my life. And it’s a classic Loudon album. More

Jimmi Simpson on “Perpetual Grace, LTD,” “Westworld,” Morrissey, and Bill Callahan

Jan 23, 2020 Jimmi Simpson

As a self-described gothy teen longing for angst soothing anthems, future Emmy nominee Jimmi Simpson was enamored with The Smiths from the first time his skateboarder buddy gave him a copy of the iconic Brit rockers’ album The Queen is Dead in the late 1980s. More