Ken Armstrong on KCRW
More from KCRW
Riz Ahmed: ‘Sound of Metal’
HollywoodActor Riz Ahmed on getting out of his head for his newest role.
Mark Burnett was supposed to bring hits to MGM. Instead he’s brought chaos
HollywoodMark Burnett is best known for reality TV hits like “Survivor,” “The Voice,” and “The Apprentice,” which gave Donald Trump a national audience.
Christmas Eve special: Sopan Deb, ‘Mr. SOUL!’ and David Byrne
HollywoodOn this Christmas Eve, Press Play re-airs some favorite interviews of the year. Sopan Deb shares how his Indian heritage informs his standup comedy. The documentary “Mr. SOUL!”
Paramount chief Jim Gianopulos on running a film studio during a global pandemic
HollywoodParamount Pictures chairman and CEO Jim Gianopolus has weathered some big storms in the movie business, though nothing compares with COVID.
Aneesh Chaganty and Kiera Allen on Hulu’s ‘Run’
HollywoodDirector Aneesh Chaganty wanted an actress who really uses a wheelchair to star as a teenaged girl with disabilities in his new thriller, “Run.”
Making it up as you go along
HollywoodThe three bright stars of HBO Max's "Let Them All Talk"--Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest-- improvised most of their dialogue during a trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the…
George Clooney and Grant Heslov on ‘The Midnight Sky’
HollywoodGeorge Clooney and his long-time producing partner Grant Heslov talk about their new movie “The Midnight Sky,” a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama, now on Netflix.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ will land in theaters and HBOMax on Christmas Day
HollywoodThroughout the pandemic, movie studios have struggled to decide whether to move big films to streaming services or risk putting them in theaters.
The Meaning of the Blues
Hollywood"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" stars Viola Davis as the great blues singer of the title and Chadwick Boseman, brilliant in his final performance as the cornetist in a quartet that…