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Paula Pell goes for heartfelt LOLs, Ed Zwick shares decades worth of Hollywood career lessons, and Grant Singer has The Treat.

Lorraine Nicholson talks playdates at Playboy Mansion, Oscar-nominee Ellen Mirojnick talks costuming “Oppenheimer,” and Sir Patrick Stewart has The Treat.

Chelsea Peretti takes the director’s chair, Billy Dee Williams drops the memoir, and Oscar nominated director Jonathan Glazer gives us a “searing” Treat.

Amy Schumer talks wearing all the hats for her Hulu comedy “Life & Beth,” author Sam Wasson takes us into Francis Ford Coppola’s life, and Colman Domingo has The Treat.

Daniel Dae Kim talks Avatar: The Last Airbender,” Sam Esmail creates spaces for Julia Roberts to challenge herself, and David Oyelowo has The Treat.

Reinaldo Marcus Green talks about portraying a legend in “Bob Marley: One Love,” Cord Jefferson breaks down his Oscar-nominated debut film “American Fiction,” and Daniel Dae Kim has…

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Oscar-nominated director Jonathan Glazer to talk about his 2023 Best Picture contender, The Zone of Interest.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph breaks down her buzzy film, “The Holdovers,” filmmaker Lulu Wang talks “Expats,” and David Levien and Brian Koppelman share The Treat.

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