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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Kate Hudson says Mindy Kaling sent 'Running Point' notes from hospital bed: 'Isn't Mindy literally in labor?'
Mindy Kaling doesn't let anything stop her from getting the job done right — including giving birth! During a panel at an Emmy FYC event for Netflix's comedy series Running Point on Friday, star Kate Hudson gushed about how the show's co-creator proved her dedication to their work, even at her most fraught moments. "I have to say, I've fallen in love with this woman," Hudson said of Kaling, who also executive-produced the show. "And she's just not only so brilliant, but so trusting ... she puts the best team together," she said, per PEOPLE. Hudson, who plays a woman who's abruptly appointed leader of her family's pro basketball team in the series, recalled that Kaling was even working from her hospital bed after quietly welcoming her third child in February of 2024. "And she was pregnant. We had a script, like our first table read. She's on Zoom," the actress shared. "She then has the baby and is sending notes like an hour after she has the baby. I was like, 'Isn't Mindy literally in labor?'" It was all proof to Hudson that the Velma creator is "a powerhouse" that "delivers what she says she's going to deliver." The Almost Famous alum isn't the only star who has praise for Kaling. Brenda Song, who also stars on Running Point as Isla's formidable bestie and Waves chief of staff Ali Lee, previously told Entertainment Weekly that the mother of three emboldened an uncertain Song to "come with us, trust us." "I was like, I will follow you blindly," Song shared. The mother of two and fiancé of fellow actor Macaulay Culkin said the experience reaffirmed the spark she felt working on Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl. "Working with such incredible, supportive, talented people has really re-energized me and reminded me why I love doing what I do so much." Kaling created the sports comedy with Elaine Ko, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen. The show focuses on Hudson as Isla Gordon, who leads the L.A. Waves, a Lakers-like basketball team with an illustrious reputation, after her brother Cam (Justin Theroux) becomes embroiled in a drug scandal. Long overlooked by her brothers (which also include Drew Tarver and Scott MacArthur) and late father, the ambitious and sports-savvy Isla must prove she's right for the job. She has to find a way to win respect and a championship. Netflix renewed the show for a second season earlier this year. "It was a completely new experience," Hudson told EW in February about making the series. "I'd never been on a show where you do so much in one day. You would shoot a scene from two completely different episodes. I was like, 'This is a whole new world.' But we had such an amazing team of people, and oh my God, we just laughed so much." Running Point is streaming on Netflix. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Hamilton Spectator
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Marc Maron to end his ‘WTF' podcast after 15 years of interviewing comics, actors, musicians, Obama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comic and actor Marc Maron said Monday that he's ending his popular and influential podcast 'WTF with Marc Maron' after nearly 16 years. Maron said on a newly released episode that the last of the nearly 2,000 episodes he has hosted will be released later this year. 'Sixteen years we've been doing this, and we've decided that we had a great run,' Maron said. 'Now, basically, it's time, folks. It's time. 'WTF' is coming to an end. It's our decision. We'll have our final episode sometime in the fall.' The 61-year-old Maron said he and producing partner Brendan McDonald are 'tired' and 'burnt out' but 'utterly satisfied with the work we've done.' Maron was a veteran stand-up comic who had dabbled in radio when he started the show in 2009, at a time when stand-ups were trying out the form in big numbers, and many listeners still downloaded episodes on to iPods. The show early on was often about Maron talking through his beefs with fellow comedians, but it soon stood out and became a widely heard and medium-defining show with its thoughtful, probing longform interviews of cultural figures. It became a key stop on press tours for authors, actors and musicians and reached a peak when then- President Barack Obama visited Maron's makeshift Los Angeles garage studio for an episode in 2015. Maron used a simple interview style to get guests to share stories they'd rarely told elsewhere. Seeking to know the biggest influences on their lives and careers, Maron would ask, 'Who are your guys?' Other memorable episodes include a 2010 personal and emotional interview with Robin Williams that was re-posted and widely listened to after Williams' death in 2014. The episode earned a place in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Maron kept doing standup specials and expanded his acting career while the show aired, including a three-season run on the Netflix series 'GLOW.' The show's guitar-rock theme song opened with a clip of Maron shouting, 'Lock the gates!' in his role as a promoter in the film 'Almost Famous.' The solo episode openings became a confessional space for Maron where he talked about his life, relationships, years of doing stand-up comedy and struggles with drug addiction. Maron gave tearful tribute to his girlfriend, director Lynn Shelton , in the episode after her death in 2020. 'People who listen to the podcast know me pretty well, and it's all good. They have a relationship with me that's one sided, but it's real and I try to be as gracious about that as possible,' Maron told The Associated Press in 2019. 'My particular little slice of the show business world is very me specific and it's very personal and usually that's a good thing. But I've had to learn how to balance how much of my life I reveal and what I keep to myself, and try to find a little space.'
San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Marc Maron to end his 'WTF' podcast after 15 years of interviewing comics, actors, musicians, Obama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comic and actor Marc Maron said Monday that he's ending his popular and influential podcast 'WTF with Marc Maron' after nearly 16 years. Maron said on a newly released episode that the last of the nearly 2,000 episodes he has hosted will be released later this year. 'Sixteen years we've been doing this, and we've decided that we had a great run,' Maron said. 'Now, basically, it's time, folks. It's time. 'WTF' is coming to an end. It's our decision. We'll have our final episode sometime in the fall.' The 61-year-old Maron said he and producing partner Brendan McDonald are 'tired' and 'burnt out' but 'utterly satisfied with the work we've done.' Maron was a veteran stand-up comic who had dabbled in radio when he started the show in 2009, at a time when stand-ups were trying out the form in big numbers, and many listeners still downloaded episodes on to iPods. The show early on was often about Maron talking through his beefs with fellow comedians, but it soon stood out and became a widely heard and medium-defining show with its thoughtful, probing longform interviews of cultural figures. It became a key stop on press tours for authors, actors and musicians and reached a peak when then- President Barack Obama visited Maron's makeshift Los Angeles garage studio for an episode in 2015. Other memorable episodes include a 2010 personal and emotional interview with Robin Williams that was re-posted and widely listened to after Williams' death in 2014. The episode earned a place in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Maron kept doing standup specials and expanded his acting career while the show aired, including a three-season run on the Netflix series 'GLOW.' The show's guitar-rock theme song opened with a clip of Maron shouting, 'Lock the gates!' in his role as a promoter in the film 'Almost Famous.' The solo episode openings became a confessional space for Maron where he talked about his life, relationships, years of doing stand-up comedy and struggles with drug addiction. Maron gave tearful tribute to his girlfriend, director Lynn Shelton, in the episode after her death in 2020. 'People who listen to the podcast know me pretty well, and it's all good. They have a relationship with me that's one sided, but it's real and I try to be as gracious about that as possible,' Maron told The Associated Press in 2019. 'My particular little slice of the show business world is very me specific and it's very personal and usually that's a good thing. But I've had to learn how to balance how much of my life I reveal and what I keep to myself, and try to find a little space.'
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Podcast Corner: WTF with Marc Maron is coming to an end — here's why
WTF came out every Monday and Thursday and there has never been a break in the schedule. That's a lot of time — at least two hours a week — to spend with somebody. Maron offered us himself. He was a recovering alcoholic and drug user whose career had careened to a halt; his podcast intro includes what was one of his few mainstream moments, when he cries out 'lock the gates' during Almost Famous (he's listed as 'Angry Producer' in the credits). It was a simple idea: In-depth interviews with friends and famous people. And it's been copied by many wannabe podcasters since. Maron got in deep and episodes can often feel like therapy sessions. One of the long-running bits of WTF was Maron pondering what his life might have been like if he had been accepted onto Saturday Night Live. He talked to SNL alumni about the process and mulled over what showrunner Lorne Michaels had made of him. He finally talked with Michaels 10 years ago (episode 653) and perhaps it was a catharsis for him. Since then, Maron has gone from strength to strength professionally: He's done voice work for The Simpsons and the 2022 animated film The Bad Guys, starred in Oscar-nominated films like To Leslie, and beloved TV shows such as Netflix's Glow, cancelled before its time. Just this week he stars in Stick on Apple TV+ alongside Owen Wilson, which is garnering great reviews. That's not to mention all the huge names that have appeared on the podcast, which he records in his garage: Then US president Barack Obama, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to name just a couple. In his eight-minute intro talking through the decision on Monday, Maron says: 'It's OK for things to end. It's just time, folks.' Read Marc Maron's full introduction explaining why WTF is coming to an end WTF, this podcast, will turn 16 years old on September 1. That's a couple months away. Sixteen years, it's a long time, a long time, and it's a long time to do anything. I've said recently that when I'm living it, I don't feel like time is passing by quickly, but, yeah, all of a sudden, you're old, and you realise you've been doing something a long time. And this started, the old garage, just no one knew what a podcast was. I was coming out of a horrendous divorce. I was wanting to figure out how to continue living my life. Things were not looking good for me. Brendan McDonald, my producer, who I'd worked with for years on other things, radio and streaming related. And when Brendon and I started this thing, all we knew is we were going to do it every Monday and Thursday, and there was no way to make money. There was no way that we knew how to build an audience or anything. It was crazy. We were doing it in a garage at the beginning that was just a garage. It was filled with junk, and it slowly evolved into the show that became what you listen to twice a week. Sixteen years we've been doing this, and we've decided that we had a great run, and now, basically it's time, folks, it's time. WTF is coming to an end, and it's our decision. We'll have our final episode sometime in the fall. It was not some kind of difficult decision, necessarily. Neither me nor Brendan, who are the only people in charge of this operation on every level - I record here in my garage studio, Brendan produces it in his chair in Brooklyn - and it's always been a two man operation. And we always said, Well, how do we know when we're done? And I always said, Well, whenever Brendan says so. And he always said, Well, if Marc is finished then we're finished. And thankfully, we both realised together that we were done, and there was no convincing or pushback or arguing. We were done and it's OK for things to end. Sixteen years! We have been through a lot, and I'm talking about me and you, the audience, me and Brendan, me and my life, me and my cats, me with my guests, me with my equipment, me with moving. Things change, but you've been through the entire arc of my life and everything that's happened in it for the last 16 years. And a lot of it was not easy. A lot of it was amazing. A lot of monumental things really happened on this show. And this was a show that was started when there were no podcasts, and now there are nothing but podcasts. It's been an incredible time in my life and Brendan's life, we've done things that we never thought we would be able to do because of the podcast. My life changed dramatically. All the things that I set out to do before I did the podcast as sort of a Hail Mary pass, to be a standup with an audience, to try my hand at acting to have experiences with other people that were one of a kind and completely exciting and unique and engaging and revealing — to talk to a president in my garage. So many things happened because of just this, setting up a mic in my garage with Brendan on the knobs, producing it, discussing with him how we do it all. It was a real creative partnership, and you, the audience, have been here through all of it, and I shared everything I could with you, because that's the way I do it, and with my guests. And there have been so many amazing guests. And it really comes down to the fact that we have put up a new show every Monday and Thursday for almost 16 years, and we're tired, we're burnt out, and we are utterly satisfied with the work we've done. We've done great work. And this doesn't mean I'm never going to do something like this again. Doesn't mean I'll never have talks like I do here or some kind of podcast at some point in time. But for now, we're just wrapping things up. It's OK. It's OK to end things. It's OK to try to start some other chapter in your life, and I'm talking to myself. This podcast has been my connection to you people. It's been my connection socially to people in my business, people I never thought I'd meet before, creative people, interesting people. It's a very big part of my spiritual, social, and psychological life. But I'll be honest with you, it's nice to be able to end things on our terms, and we've always had that power to do that, and that's what we're going to do. We started the show on our terms, we grew it on our terms, and we'll end it on our terms. Look, we've had great partners who have helped us do the show over the years. Acast has been our partner for the past three years, and we've been able to do things on our terms with them. We always had that, and it's always been the way we've done it, and that's been great, and we've been very fortunate to be able to do things the way we want to do them. And now this is part of it, ending it the way we want it to end. And look, the thing about burnout, about being tired, and about the way me and Brendan are, is that we are very focused and very particular and very hard working in this endeavor, and the quality of the work we've done every fucking episode is its own greatness, because we're crazy dedicated guys who really want this to be the best show that it can be. I bring what I bring to the table. Brendan brings what he brings to the table. And, you know, God forbid we just keep plowing along and something diminishes, and we wouldn't want to just keep plugging along, because we can, at the risk of our burnout, or our passion starts to drift or it starts to get sloppy. We're just not those kind of people. And look, I've got a lot of stuff going on. I've got a lot of projects going on. And we're still going to be doing this for the next several months, and we'll try to have as many people on as possible, many people that maybe want to do it, never did do it, or people that maybe will do it now on this sort of home stretch, but I do want to sincerely thank all you people for being along on this journey with me and with Brendan and with all the guests, because we really did something here. And I want to thank you all for that. This isn't a sign off, but that's the big news, and I'm sure we'll talk about it more in the weeks to come. I'm sure that you guys will want to chime in, but just for now, thank you for being here as always. There's probably going to be some ups and downs over the next few months with me emotionally around the reality of this, but... this is a full-hearted decision. It's the right decision for me, it's the right decision for Brendan. It's OK. It's OK for things to end. It's just time, folks. But again, we'll have a few more months, so don't get all bummed out. Let's just enjoy it. The world is on fire. I have people I want to talk to. We'll find a little joy, we'll find a little connection. We'll find a little solace in each other's company. We'll learn some things. We'll get some laughs. We'll cry a little bit and we'll move on.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Are Amazon pants any good? I wear a size 16 and decided to buy 5 pairs — I was surprised by which ones I liked the most
When I was 12, I watched Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," a movie that follows a young journalist who travels with a touring band, writing a profile on their triumphant rise to success. It was the first time I was exposed to journalism as a career and I was immediately sold on the busy lifestyle spent backstage, on set and always on the move. No one tells you the realities of journalism: that most days, you can find me in the office in front of my computer working on my next story. Because so much of my time is spent in an office, I was looking for a pair of pants for spring and summer that are affordable, comfortable and can easily go from office chic to evening wear. Amazon Canada has a really great selection of pants that can go from day to night, ranging in styles, colours and sizes. I'm a size 14/16 and I found lots of options for my daily life. Here's my honest review of what worked for me and what didn't. What I tried: Feiersi Women's Casual Wide Leg Pants Shop them in: Sizes S-XXL and 10+ colours Amazon reviews: 1,200+ Starting off strong with a favourite of mine, these wide-leg palazzo pants are exactly what I'm looking for in pants I can wear both to the office and an evening out. I love the fit of these; they hit all the right places and are super comfortable to sit and stand in. I sometimes find that the waistband on these kinds of pants can be a bit too snug or dig in, but these were perfect and felt true to size. The pants are made out of a rayon and polyester blend, but felt closer to a linen blend, which was a nice surprise. They're super lightweight but still look expensive despite their affordable price tag. The only downside is that they do need a steam before you can wear them, but that won't stop me from adding these into my rotation. What I tried: PRETTYGARDEN Women's Summer Work Pants Shop them in: Sizes S-XXL and 8 colours Amazon reviews: 260+ Everyone needs a pair of black trousers that you can rely on in a pinch. These are a great option if you're looking for something affordable and reliable. These pants are flowy in all the right places, while still hugging your backside, creating a really great silhouette. They're true to size and come with a stretchy waistband, which is handy if you're between sizes. My only cons with these are that the material isn't super breathable and the length will be a problem if you're 5'9" and above. I'm 5'8" and these hit me perfectly at the ankle, so I will be adding these to my closet! What I tried: Qixing Women's Wide Leg Pants Shop them in: Sizes S-XXL and 15 colours Amazon reviews: 260+ These blue and white patterned pants are a bit outside my comfort zone in terms of what I'd usually wear to the office, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I like these. They are super lightweight and I love how flowy they are. You can dress them up with a white button down and dress them down with a t-shirt and the print is a nice change from the neutrals I usually wear to the office. My only qualm is that I wish the elastic waistband had a bit more give. It's not horrible but a bit more give would be appreciated, but given how well these fit and how comfortable they are, I can definitely see myself reaching for them more as the weather continues to warm up. What I tried: Willit Women's Work Pants Shop them in: Sizes XS-3XL and 14 colours Amazon reviews: 210+ I had high hopes for these black trousers after the luck I had with the other pair I wrote about earlier, but these ones were a dud for me. I managed to button these up, but just barely — as they do run small. I found the waistband to be very tight with not a lot of give, which isn't ideal for pants I was hoping to wear for an entire work day. Because these pants run small, they didn't fit properly and weren't the most flattering. If I ordered these again, I would definitely size up. What I tried: Famulily Womens Comfy Cotton Wide Leg Pants Shop them in: Sizes S-XXL and 5 colours Amazon reviews: 140+ Another pair outside my comfort zone! I don't own any other pants in this khaki colour, but I really like them. Again, these can be dressed up or down and are super comfortable and flowy. Bonus points for an elastic waistband with an adjustable string that can work for folks between sizes. I saw some reviews mentioning they were see-through, but I didn't have that problem. I did find them a bit short, they fall right where my ankles begin, so anyone taller than 5'8" might have a hard time with these. They also need a good steam before wearing out, I photographed myself in these straight out of the package and they were extremely wrinkly. I will be keeping these for casual office days and running errands. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the selection of work pants from Amazon. But there is one pair of pants that really stands out and has become a staple in my office wardrobe — and more than 1,000 Amazon reviewers agree with me. The Feiersi Women's Casual Wide Leg Pants are my top pick if you're looking to invest in one pair of go-to pants for the office. The lightweight material made them super comfortable to wear over long stretches of time, the waist fit perfectly, and they look expensive on a budget. That said, they do need to be steamed or ironed before you wear them, but a small price to pay for the perfect work pants. Coming in second place is the PRETTYGARDEN Women's Summer Work Pants, a great pair of staple black pants that look and feel great and can be relied on in a pinch. Third would be Famulily Women's Comfy Cotton Wide Leg Pants which are so lightweight and great for a casual day in the office but do require a thorough steaming before wear. In fourth place: Qixing Women's Wide Leg Pants. I love the pattern and colour selection of these, but the rigid waistband is a bit of a drawback for me. And finally, Willit Women's Work Pants look great and really snatch your waist, but when I'm at work, I want to be comfortable so I can actually focus on my job, so if I bought these again, I would size up.
