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
Netflix’s Zero Day is the Thriller You Need to Get Into Now (Before It’s Too Late)
When America is under siege, it takes a special group to step up and face the enemy. Robert De Niro, Connie Britton, Angela Bassett and more star in Netflix’s limited series Zero Day trying to unrave…
00:22:26 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Yellowjacket’s Jasmin Savoy Brown Knows How Lucky They Are
Showtime’s Yellowjackets is really two shows in one. One is about a group of ’90s teenage plane crash survivors, and the other follows them now. The trick is finding that balance between the actors p…
00:25:26 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Dexter: Original Sin’s Patrick Gibson Felt the Pressure Following Michael C. Hall
When you take on a role that somebody else made famous, it’s not easy. Patrick Gibson knew when he started playing a younger version of Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan, a Miami serial killer, in Dext…
00:22:24 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Bridget Jones Author Helen Fielding on Renée Zellweger and Whether She’ll Write Another Bridget Jones Book
Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding is thrilled Renée Zellweger is back in the fourth installment of the series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. "She's so like Bridget in that she is so warm and ki…
00:32:58 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Renée Zellweger Returns to Iconic Role in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
"I'm a fan of Bridget Jones.... That I share that with so many people is a really cool thing," Renée Zellweger told Newsweek’s Parting Shot in an exclusive interview. Nearly 24 years ago, the movie s…
00:40:12 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s ‘Found’ is Unlike Anything He’s Done Before
He’s been in the business for more than 40 years, but Mark-Paul Gosselaar still feels like he hasn’t experienced everything. “I still feel like I have so much left to learn. Every time I walk on a se…
00:31:11 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
The Unusual Pairing That Works: Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris Discuss Audible’s ‘The Unusual Suspects’
When it comes to celebrity interviews, the first name that comes to mind is probably not Malcolm Gladwell. But The Tipping Point writer says he will “defend my props as a celebrity interviewer” on Au…
00:46:00 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Reality Recap: Traitor’s Robyn Dixon and Drag Race’s Joella on Their Shocking Exits
Did you watch The Traitors or RuPaul’s Drag Race this week? Because if you did, this episode is for you. First H. Alan Scott is chatting with Robyn Dixon of Real Housewives fame about her exit from t…
00:26:21 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Morris Chestnut is Ready to Put His Own Spin on Sherlock Holmes’ ‘Watson’
From Boyz N the Hood in 1991 until now, Morris Chestnut has seen much of Hollywood. "I've been through pretty much everything in the industry." Now he's starring in and executive producing CBS's new …
00:21:22 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Reality Recap: Bachelor in Paradise Bartender Wells Adams on His Early Traitors Exit
Wells Adams, the Bachelor in Paradise bartender, unfortunately had an early boot from this season of Peacock’s The Traitors. But his time on the show was memorable, particularly because of his game p…
00:17:49 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Julia Stiles Embraces a New Title With ‘Wish You Were Here’: Director
Now that Julia Stiles has directed her first feature film, Wish You Were Here, she sees the work of directors in a whole new light. “I almost wanted to call some directors that I had worked with and …
00:26:04 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Finding ‘Compassion’ for Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’
Nearly 30 years after Marianne Jean-Baptiste received an Oscar nomination for her first collaboration with director Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies, the pair are back together with Hard Truths. “It’s been…
00:36:19 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Alan Cumming on Season 3 of Peacock’s Traitors: “So Much Drama”
After the massive success of last season’s The Traitors (streaming now on Peacock), host Alan Cumming knew this season had to be bigger. “There was a pressure to not just repeat ourselves, it actuall…
00:21:43 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Trump’s First 100 Days: What to Expect on Day One
With inauguration day just around the corner, a lot of people are asking themselves: What can we expect from this new era of Trump? Trump 2.0, if you will. And what actions will he take in his first …
00:33:29 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
Year in Review: From Donald Trump to Taylor Swift, These Are the Biggest Stories of the Year
2024 was quite a year. From the wild ride that was Donald Trump this year to Taylor Swift’s dominance over, well, everybody, Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott and Jenni Fink break down all the stories that ha…
00:35:35 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Week in Review: Has Donald Trump’s Bromance with Elon Musk Gone Too Far?
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are having a very public bromance, with Musk having a large influence over Trump and his decision making. (Just this week Musk was seemingly instrumental in Trump pulling h…
00:33:38 |
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Survivor 47 Winner Rachel LaMont Chats with Newsweek
Survivor 47 was an incredible season. Rachel LaMont, a dominant player with four historic immunity wins, won the million dollars and cemented herself in Survivor history. She chatted with Newsweek ab…
00:47:55 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
Week In Review: Luigi Mangione Goes Viral (For the Wrong Reasons) and Is Trump Coming for Your Ozempic?
Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, went viral (for all the wrong reasons) this week after his arrest in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. In other news, Robert F. …
00:37:39 |
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Book Talk: Daniel Aleman Gets Serious (and Funny) with ‘I Might Be in Trouble’
Fans of Daniel Aleman’s books are about to get to know the author even better with his new book I Might Be in Trouble. “I will say with this one character; I was very intentional about making him a m…
00:19:48 |
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s ‘Encore’ Brings Back the Joy of ‘Simple Life’
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are ready to bring a little ‘sanasa’ to the world with Peacock’s Paris & Nicole: The Encore, their first project together since their reality show The Simple Life ended…
00:16:51 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
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