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
Everything RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 with Alaska Thunderf*ck and Ross Mathews
Today we’re chatting about everything RuPaul’s Drag Race! Joining Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott are two Drag Race experts: longtime judge Ross Mathews and past winner and host of the Drag Race podcast ‘Ra…
00:39:23 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
Allison Williams on the ‘Bechdel Dream’ of Her New Film ‘M3GAN’
When it comes to dolls, you either love them, think they’re creepy, or are indifferent. Fortunately for Allison Williams, she falls into the latter category. “I don’t have a deep-seated doll aversion…
00:22:47 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Revisiting Bette Midler’s Second Act in 2022
Looking back at the year that was, there’s one guest who stands out as defining one for Newsweek’s Parting Shot: Bette Midler. She joined Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to talk about ‘Hocus Pocus 2,’ but t…
00:33:18 |
Thu 29 Dec 2022
Naomi Ackie Humanizes Whitney Houston in ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’
Some people are so big, it’s almost impossible to think of any actor portraying them. But when they do, and do it right, like Naomi Ackie has as Whitney Houston in ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ (Dece…
00:24:57 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Getting in the Holiday Spirit with Danny Pellegrino and Jake Cohen
Today we’re doing a deep dive into holiday pop culture with Danny Pellegrino and Jake Cohen. Danny is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘How Do I Un-Remember This?’ and host of the Everything …
00:50:10 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
New Talent Spotlight: Micheal Ward (‘Empire of Light’) and Mallori Johnson (‘Kindred’)
Hollywood nepotism is, to put it bluntly, unhinged. Discovering new talent is so rare these days. It always feels like you see some new person in a TV show or movie, they’re doing a good job, only to…
00:36:20 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
Are the Kardashian’s Still Culturally Relevant? (With guest Naomi Smalls from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’)
With the second season of Hulu’s ‘The Kardashians’ coming to a close, and amid the scandals surrounding Kim Kardashian currently (Kanye West, the Balenciaga photo scandal, etc.), are the Kardashians …
00:50:12 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Tim Allen is 'Humbled' to Be Santa Again in Disney's 'The Santa Clauses'
For Tim Allen, revisiting his iconic lead role in ‘The Santa Clauses’ (November 16, Disney+) was more than just creating "content" for a nostalgic streaming audience. "We had a great responsibility,”…
00:18:28 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Luke Evans is Not 'Scared' of a Challenge
Luke Evans is closing out 2022 with not one, not two, but three big projects. "All avenues are being covered this year,” Evans told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. First, there was his nearly unrecognizabl…
00:25:33 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Brooke Shields Is Changing the Narrative for Women of Any Age
If you think about it, purely based on her 40-plus-year career, Brooke Shields is the perfect podcast host because she has a story for everything. "This is a new world for me, and I'm really enjoying…
00:29:13 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Gets Nostalgic in Netflix's 'Easy-Bake Battle'
Do you sometimes miss the childlike joy of making that single cookie in an Easy-Bake Oven? Well, Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski is ready to scratch that nostalgic itch with Netflix's Easy-Bake Battle: T…
00:35:19 |
Wed 02 Nov 2022
Ryan Phillippe Sees What You're Tweeting About Him, And He's Fine With It
Ryan Phillippe broke the internet before it was even possible to break the internet, and it's all because of one scene in the 1999 film ‘Cruel Intentions.’ Ever since the film's release, at least onc…
00:23:49 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Phil Rosenthal Is Bringing People Together, One Bite at a Time
How did Phil Rosenthal go from Emmy-winning creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ to a global food superstar with the Netflix reality series ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ (October 18)? "Everything I learned ab…
00:34:04 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Mamie Till’s 'Glorious Bravery:' Danielle Deadwyler and Chinonye Chukwu on 'Till'
The image of Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse, murdered by white supremcists in 1955, changed the course of the Civil Rights movement. That change came because of Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother, who, desp…
00:45:18 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Colin Hanks and Jan Broberg on the Amazing True Story Behind Peacock’s ‘A Friend of the Family’
For Colin Hanks, playing Bob Broberg, the father of a girl abducted twice by the same man, in A Friend of the Family (Peacock, October 6), was an “exercise in going completely 100 percent out of my c…
00:49:51 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
Bette Midler’s Second Act: The Queen of Halloween Returns with ‘Hocus Pocus 2’
Bette Midler, the queen of Halloween, is back with ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ and she’s talking with Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott all about it.
00:34:52 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Diego Luna Says ‘Andor’ is the ‘Most Grounded Star Wars’
For Diego Luna, the sheer idea of being in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise was foreign. “I didn't even think about it. I was okay being a fan,’ Luna tells Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. Now he’s starring in ‘An…
00:32:38 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rachel Bloom on the 'Escapism' of Hulu's 'Reboot'
“I've always been someone who likes escapism, but also is too smart for escapism,” Rachel Bloom tells Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott about what she has in common with her character Hannah on the new Hulu s…
00:29:32 |
Fri 16 Sep 2022
How Emily Deschanel's ‘Morbid Fascination’ Led to Netflix’s ‘Devil in Ohio’
What could make a show about a mysterious cult even more terrifying? Being inspired by a true story. “Maybe it’s a morbid fascination, because it’s dark, but I do find cults very interesting.” Emily …
00:23:18 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Who Will Win? Who Will Lose? We’re Talking Everything Emmys
This week we’re breaking down the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott is joined by entertainment journalists Cameron Scheetz and Matthew Jacobs to go over who will win, who will lose…
00:55:28 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
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