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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bridget Everett on How ‘Somebody Somewhere' Was the Best Experience of Her Life: ‘It's Like, Now What Am I Gonna Do?'
Bridget Everett isn't quite sure how she could ever top 'Somebody Somewhere.' The show ended its three-season run at the end of 2024 with a moving gathering of the show's characters and a strong musical number in which her character, Sam, finally feels ready to accept the love and friendship of the community she has created in her small hometown. 'I'm so grateful that I got to do it, and I miss doing it all the time,' Everett tells Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast of her HBO series. 'I still think about them. I think about the show and people come up to me a lot, so it lives on for me. I talk to people about it on the street all the time and as much as I am uncomfortable having conversations with strangers, I really enjoy it because it's personal to me. I love that people connect to it, and sometimes in a profound way, because they've dealt with a similar kind of grief.' More from Variety Alexis Bledel Withdraws From Emmy Race for 'The Handmaid's Tale' Due to New Guest Actor Rules (EXCLUSIVE) 'The Studio' and 'Hacks' Are Two of the Best Shows Ever About Hollywood - But Are They Too Inside or PTSD-Inducing? How 'The Studio,' 'Yellowjackets,' 'Monsters' and 'White Lotus' Make Bad Behavior Appealing 'Somebody Somewhere' stars Everett as Sam, a woman who moves home to Manhattan, Kan., as she mourns the death of a sister while reconnects with her other sister Trisha (Mary Catherine Garrison). Along the way, she builds new bonds with friends like Joel (Jeff Hiller), his eventual husband Brad (Tim Bagley) and Fred (Murray Hill). 'It's changed me and helped me be a lot more at peace with myself,' Everett says. 'You get the dream of making a show with people that you love and in a way that you want to tell a story, and then if it makes you feel better in the end, I mean, it's like, now what am I gonna do? Because I feel like I've had the best experience of my life.' On this bonus edition of the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, we tackle that question of what Everett might do next, how the folks in her hometown reacted to being put in the spotlight, and how 'Somebody Somewhere' really resonated with audiences as something truly special. Also on this episode, we talk to Paul Giamatti about his standout episode of this season's 'Black Mirror.' Listen below! Everett has an amazing voice, as fans of her cabaret shows, theater performances and other music gigs (including her band The Tender Moments) can attest. But 'Somebody Somewhere' viewers got a taste of that singing prowess too — particularly in the show's series finale. 'There's nothing that makes me happier than singing, and there's nothing that makes me sometimes sadder than singing,' she tells Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast. 'But it's really, putting the show together, to find a way to incorporate music that that felt organic. We never wanted to do a big 'Glee'-style number. We wanted to do something how music sort of is part of the fabric of my life or Sam's life.' In the finale, Everett's character Sam brings her friends and sister together to the bar where she works, and she sings 'The Climb,' by Miley Cyrus. 'I used to sing that song live in some of my road shows, and I've always loved it,' she says. 'It is kind of sentimental and on the nose, like the lyrics are very literal. But to me, I never get tired of singing it.' Besides tackling grief, friendship, love and relationships, 'Somebody Somewhere' shined a spotlight on the kind of town that is rarely seen on TV. 'My family, we're all from there — my brother still lives there, and my mom lived there at the time when she was still alive,' Everett says. 'I was like, I want them to be proud of this. I want Manhattan to be proud of this. 'We did a final watch party there, and the cast all came back with me,' she says. 'The feeling in the room was like a rock concert. It was so emotional. I was weeping, just being around all these people that the show connected with that were from there. Feeling like we got that right was so moving to me.' So what is next? 'We're trying to dream up something else,' Everett adds.' I want to do something that feels right, but I want to work. I want to do something. It's hard after you do something that's built for you. I had such a big part of the creative elements, the writing, the producing, all that business. I want to be able to do that again.' Variety's 'Awards Circuit' podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each episode, 'Awards Circuit' features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives, discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines, and much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts. Best of Variety What's Coming to Netflix in June 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Sci-Fi Surges, FYC Crunch Pressure, and Comedy Category Shakeups Across 94 Races
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan on ‘The White Lotus' Cut Scenes: ‘There Are Things You Won't See That Are a Part of Our History'
There's nothing quite like working on 'The White Lotus,' where cast members live on the same hotel set where they're filming for as long as six months. And for Season 3 stars Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan — who played three lifelong friends on a girls' trip to Thailand — it's something they're forever bonded by. 'We'd spent half a year together making this thing far from our homes and our families and our routines,' Coon tells Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast. 'And it's so fraught when we watch it in a way that it will never be for anybody else. We'll never be able to explain it. There's no way to express the fulsomeness of that experience. I've said, It's like being an astronaut. The only person who knows what it's like is another astronaut.' More from Variety 'There Is No Feud': Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Tell All on Their 'White Lotus' Connection, a Cut Love Scene and Yes, Why He Unfollowed Her on Instagram Bridget Everett on How 'Somebody Somewhere' Was the Best Experience of Her Life: 'It's Like, Now What Am I Gonna Do?' How 'The Studio,' 'Yellowjackets,' 'Monsters' and 'White Lotus' Make Bad Behavior Appealing That's true of 'White Lotus' cast from other seasons too. 'We're in this very specific club, this amazing experience that is so singular that Mike [White creates], and you get to say his words and live your life in this alternate reality,' Bibb says. 'It's so immersive, and it makes, I think it makes the work better in a strange way. You're so far from anything that is your reality or your touchstones, which can be so hard.' On this edition of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, we talk to Coon, Bibb and Monaghan about what it was like to be immersed for so long in 'The White Lotus' universe, and how it bonded them much like their characters. They talk about the scene they're bummed ended up being cut, as well as whether they like to do more episodes, and where they think 'The White Lotus' might go next. Also on this episode, the Roundtable discusses the death of 'King of the Hill' voice actor Jonathan Joss, just days after he crashed an ATX TV Festival panel hosted by Mike. And we look at the nomination possibilities for the massive 'White Lotus' cast. Listen below! When it comes to iconic 'The White Lotus' moments, Carrie Coon's speech to her character's friends in the Season 3 finale ranks up at the top. 'I mean, that's a classic Mike White moment, right?' she tells the podcast. For much of Season 3, things are becoming more passive aggressive between longtime pals Kate (Bibb), Jaclyn (Monaghan) and Laurie (Coon) as their girls trip exposes some tension in the group. But in the finale, over dinner, Laurie gets honest about how really the trip had just exposed she much she had struggled with the mistakes she made in her own life. In the emotional speech, Laurie realizes that despite her regrets, both time and this friendship, has still made her life meaningful. 'What was lovely about the language of that speech is that it was in in many ways, speaking into the experience we had,' Coon says of their shared journey moving to Thailand and shooting 'The White Lotus' over the course of six months. 'We got to have that experience together near the end of shooting, and so I think we were all processing the ending of this thing while that was unfolding at the table.' Bibb says in shooting that scene, she remembers how the three of them 'felt very dialed in, all day, like I couldn't stop crying every time [Coon] said it. I kept improvising these 'I love yous,' and then Michelle would say 'I love you,' and I think Mike was getting annoyed! But it was so genuine, and I'm so glad they kept it in there… these three people are seen by each other.' Adds Monaghan: 'We all knew what the dialog was, but it was the way in which Carrie performed it. It really spoke to our hearts at that point, personally and professionally. It was a really special ending for us.' As for moments that didn't make the final cut, Coon describes the puppet show that wound up not on the show. 'It was really sweet,' she said. 'So there are things you won't see that are a part of our history.' The different 'White Lotus' groupings were mostly siloed from each other, but Monaghan singles out Patrick Schwarzenegger for being 'a fantastic gentleman and not this douche you see. And I lived with Parker [Posey], and I didn't even know Parker was utilizing a Southern accent!' Would they do 'The White Lotus' again? Bibb was bowled over by the fact that she was able to work so closely to two more actresses her age — 'I never get to work with these two! Mike really knows how to write great women, and we're so lucky to have that.' Where might 'White Lotus' end up next? Bibb agrees that White will never pick any place that's cold. 'I sent him a picture of this location I was in, it was at the Shining hotel up in Oregon, and the snow was up past the window,' she says. 'He was like, 'I'm fearful. I don't trust where you are right now. I hate the cold..' They'll never do a cold one. No way.' Variety's 'Awards Circuit' podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each episode, 'Awards Circuit' features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives, discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines, and much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts. Best of Variety 2025 Tony Winners Predictions: A Starry, Stacked Broadway Season Sets the Stage for an Unpredictable Ceremony What's Coming to Netflix in June 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
Perth Now
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Bruce Springsteen's 'interesting' visit to set of biopic
Bruce Springsteen admitted visiting the set of his upcoming biopic was 'interesting'. Jeremy Allen White portrays the legendary rocker in the new movie 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' and Bruce revealed that he enjoyed visiting the set and seeing how they recreated his grandmother's house. He told Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast: 'I was on tour during a lot of it, so they filmed a good amount of it without me there. But I was on set sometimes. It was interesting to see it played out, to see your grandmother's house again, and to go inside and get a general feeling of what it was like when you were very young. So I enjoyed all those parts of it.' The focus of the film is the time Bruce, 75, spent making his 1982 album 'Nebraska' and is adapted from Warren Zanes' book of the same name. Bruce revealed why he gave his blessing to director/writer Scott Cooper's adaptation. He said: 'They pitched the idea, and I said, 'it sounds like fun'. It's an interesting concept, because it's only a couple of years out of my life. It's '81, '82, and around the creation of that particular record while I was simultaneously recording 'Born in the USA' and also going through some personal difficulties that I've been living with my whole life. But it's fantastic.' And, Bruce previously praised Jeremy, 34, for his work on the movie. During an appearance on SiriusXM's E Street Radio, he said: 'He sings well. He sings very well. You know, and Jeremy Strong and Odessa Young, you know, it's a tremendous cast of people. They cast the film beautifully, so it's very exciting. 'It was "a little bit" weird at first' but "you get over that pretty quick. 'Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall right into it. He's got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply [understand] and he's just done a great job, so I've had a lot of fun. I've had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there."
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bruce Springsteen on Visiting the Set of ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere': It's Interesting to ‘See Your Grandmother's House Again'
Bruce Springsteen is one of the last titans of rock and roll not to have received a major biopic in recent years, but that will change when Scott Cooper's 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' hits theaters later this year. The film stars Jeremy Allen White as the legendary New Jersey rocker during the early '80s, when he was both gearing up for the biggest commercial success of his career with 'Born in the U.S.A.' and working through his depression on the haunting album 'Nebraska.' Appearing on Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast to promote the documentary 'Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,' Springsteen discussed Cooper's approach to the film. More from IndieWire David Cronenberg: 'I Don't Find the Cinema Experience All That Great' Bowen Yang Says He 'Would Love to Remake' John Waters' 'Female Trouble' 'They pitched the idea, and I said, 'It sounds like fun,'' Springsteen said. 'It's an interesting concept, because it's only a couple of years out of my life. It's '81, '82, and centered around the creation of that particular record while I was simultaneously recording 'Born in the USA' and also going through some personal difficulties that I've been living with my whole life. But it's fantastic.' Springsteen also noted that while he couldn't attend all of the filming, visiting the set offered him a uniquely nostalgic experience. 'I was on tour during a lot of it, so they filmed a good amount of it without me there,' he said. 'But I was on set sometimes. It was interesting to see it played out, to see your grandmother's house again, and to go inside and get a general feeling of what it was like when you were very young. So I enjoyed all those parts of it.' Springsteen has previously praised White's performance in the film, from both an acting and musical perspective. 'Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall into it,' he said during a January appearance on SiriusXM's E Street Radio. 'He's got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply recognize, so he's done a great job. I've had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there.' 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' does not have a release date, but 20th Century Studios will release it theatrically later this year. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
The Independent
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Zoe Saldana defends initial response to Karla Sofia Gascon controversy
Zoe Saldaña has defended her initial response to the controversy surrounding her Emilia Pérez co-star Karla Sofía Gascón. Best Actress nominee Gascón's award chances have been destroyed after she faced accusations of racism and Islamophobia when old social media posts resurfaced. When the controversy first reared its head on 30 January, Saldaña, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, was asked point blank about the subject during a Q&A in London, and many on social media described her answer as being too media trained. She said at the time: 'I'm still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I'm sad. It makes me really sad because I don't support [it], and I don't have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group. She continued: 'I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural and gender equity. And it just saddens me.' Now, one day after the film's director Jacques Audiard said he does not want to 'talk' to Gascón, whom he called 'self-destructive', Saldaña has set the record straight on her original response. She told Variety as part of the Awards Circuit Podcast: "You may believe that it's just a statement I came up with alongside my team, but at the end of the day, when I can't speak on behalf of anyone else, I can only speak on behalf of myself and what I witnessed. And that needs to be enough for now. 'I'm still processing. I certainly think that this is a learning experience. Everything in life is a learning experience for all of us. And the point of uncomfortable events is for the sake of evolution. So I hope that we continue moving in the right direction." She said she is 'sad' about the situation, adding: 'Time and time again, that's the word because that is the sentiment that has been living in my chest since everything happened.' Saldaña also said she is 'disappointed' with Gascón. 'I can't speak for other people's actions. All I can attest to is my experience, and never in a million years did I ever believe that we would be here. I can't attest to what people do in their private time with their private handles.' Meanwhile, Audiard told Deadline on Wednesday (5 February): "It's very hard for me to think back to the work I did with Karla Sofía. The trust we shared, the exceptional atmosphere that we had on the set that was indeed based on trust. 'And when you have that kind of relationship and suddenly you read something that that person has said, things that are absolutely hateful and worthy of being hated, of course that relationship is affected. It's as if you fall into a hole. Because what Karla Sofía said is inexcusable." The Oscars take place on Sunday 2 March.
