The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott delivers your weekly dose of pop culture with the Parting Shot. Every week you’ll get celebrity interviews, award show coverage, and the rundown on exactly what to watch, read, and listen to in culture. Consider the Parting Shot your one stop shop for everything pop culture.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 337
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan on Disney’s ‘American Born Chinese’ and Where They Keep Their Oscars
Fresh off their Oscar wins for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan aren’t wasting time. They’ll next be seen in American Born Chinese (May 24 on Disney+). Based on the gr…
00:31:10 |
Wed 17 May 2023
Patrick Ta Is Leading the Way for Inclusive Beauty
For Patrick Ta, a makeup artist and founder of Patrick Ta beauty, diversity and inclusion is central. Ta says it is “really important for me to make sure everyone is accounted for in campaigns or the…
00:27:24 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Tamron Hall Says Being a TV Junkie Prepared Her to Be a Talk Show Host
The pool of people who can call themselves talk show hosts is very, very small, and Tamron Hall is keenly aware of that. “For me, it’s not about being highbrow or low,” Hall says about the Tamron Hal…
00:28:39 |
Wed 03 May 2023
This Is Jeopardy’s Buzzy Cohen is Exploring the History of America’s Favorite Quiz Show
Are you smart enough to be on Jeopardy? This week Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott chats with Buzzy Cohen, Jeopardy champion and host of the new podcast ‘This Is Jeopardy! The Story of America’s Favorite Qui…
00:27:28 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Kathy Bates Reveals Her Favorite Role (and It’s Not the One You’re Thinking Of)
When you’re in a film adapted from a beloved young adult novel like ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ (April 28), every aspect of the movie has to be just right, so obviously directors turn to K…
00:29:07 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Keri Russell ‘Couldn’t Stop Thinking About’ Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’
Characterizing Keri Russell’s new show ‘The Diplomat’ (Netflix, April 20) is difficult, but that’s part of its charm. “The drama of politics, the absurdity of that kind of politics, the pomp and circ…
00:21:56 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
The Assault on Drag: What's Happening and Why Is It Being Banned?
For the past year or so, there’s been a spotlight on drag in the United States, and not just because of the popularity of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’ From state to state, legislators have been introducing …
00:43:10 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Billy Crudup Leans Into to Futuristic Nostalgia with Apple TV+’s ‘Hello Tomorrow!’
Hello Tomorrow! on Apple TV+ is both familiar and something we’ve never seen before. “It’s representing materially and metaphorically, America as it once was, America as it will be and America as it …
00:22:52 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
RuPaul’s Drag Race Producer Fenton Bailey on the Power of TV and Pop Culture
How has TV impacted our lives? If you ask Fenton Bailey (co-producer of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and co-founder of World of Wonder), TV has a had a huge impact on our lives, and he wrote all about it in …
00:27:48 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
24 Hours with Paris Hilton: She Isn’t the Dumb Blonde You Think You Know
The Paris Hilton you think you know isn’t the real Paris. “I’m not a dumb blonde. I was just very good at pretending to be one,” Hilton told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. She writes about this and more i…
00:30:25 |
Wed 15 Mar 2023
What to Expect From This Year’s Academy Awards. Who Will Win? But More Importantly, Who Will Lose?
This week we’re breaking down who will be the big winners (and losers) at this year’s Academy Awards. Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott is joined by entertainment reporter Cameron Scheetz for a lively chat ab…
00:41:30 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Nick Kroll on the Influence of Mel Brooks on Hulu’s 'History of the World, Part II’
If you're going to add on to the legacy of a classic Mel Brooks film, you've got to do it with a parade of superstars (and, of course, the blessing of Brooks himself). That's exactly what Nick Kroll …
00:22:28 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Eugene Levy Is (Literally) the 'Reluctant Traveler' on Apple TV+
Never has a title fit a show's subject more than Eugene Levy's new Apple TV+ travel show ‘The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy’ (February 24). When the idea was pitched to him, he thought, "That's…
00:29:35 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
How the Academy Awards Changed Hollywood with Michael Schulman (author of ‘Oscar Wars’)
It seems like there are a ton of award shows these days (because there are), but there’s one that started it all: the Academy Awards. For better or worse, it’s the one awards show that all are judged…
00:37:16 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
How Evangeline Lilly Hit the 'Jackpot' with Marvel's 'Ant-Man'
Nowadays, if you're cast in a Marvel film, it's like winning the lottery. But it didn't start that way for Evangeline Lilly, who stars alongside Paul Rudd in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Februa…
00:26:35 |
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Alan Cumming on His Campiest Role Yet: Hosting Peacock’s ‘Traitors’
There’s just something special about a good reality competition show, and Peacock’s ‘Traitors’ certainly delivers. Hosted by Alan Cumming, it’s one of those shows that you start to watch and then can…
00:23:12 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
Jonathan Groff Had a ‘Primal’ Reaction to Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’
When you’re in a M. Night Shyamalan movie, it’s easy to understand an actor obsessing over the eventual twists that are surely to come. But as Jonathan Groff experienced in Shyamalan’s new film Knock…
00:21:16 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
Natasha Lyonne Sees Through the Lies in Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’
For Natasha Lyonne, humor is essential for any detective mystery. “I do love that sense of television where it’s a very light touch. It’s a little bit, hey, come hang out again,” Lyonne told Newsweek…
00:31:02 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Literal First Reactions to the Oscar Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards
Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott woke up extra early to give you his first reactions to the Oscar nominations for the 95th Academy Awards. Listen as he finds out who the nominees are. And follow Newsweek as …
00:14:55 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer on How This Season of ‘Truth Be Told’ is ‘Our Best’
It isn’t every day you get to speak with an Oscar winner, but today is your lucky day. Octavia Spencer joined Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott on the latest episode to talk about her hit Apple TV+ series ‘Tr…
00:26:55 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
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