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
Did Kamala Harris’ Fox News Appearance Help or Hurt Her? Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jams Out at Rally Like It’s 1993.
This week saw Kamala Harris entering enemy territory with her Fox News interview. Will it help or hurt her? As that was going on, everyone was still reacting to former President Donald Trump jamming …
00:31:18 |
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Ghosts’ Asher Grodman Hits It Big (Without His Pants On)
Asher Grodman is perfectly fine playing a ghost on CBS’ Ghosts who walks through the afterlife without any pants. “I don’t really want to die in the state that Trevor died. It would be nice to have p…
00:34:22 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
In Jenny Slate’s ‘Lifeform,’ She Has ‘Things to Say,’ But ‘Little to Prove’
Jenny Slate is ready to be herself. “I think what is [evident] in my work is that through my own journey, not just through motherhood, but my own connection with myself as a developing artist, is tha…
00:29:11 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Mikey Madison Has Been Waiting for a Film Like Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’
Mikey Madison has been dreaming of a film like Anora since she started acting as a teenager on Better Things. “It’s been a dream of mine to have that kind of collaboration with a filmmaker like Sean …
00:22:00 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Donald Trump Stirs Up Anger with His Hurricane Response While Harris Gets the Celebrity Treatment on Talk Shows. What a Week!
Is Donald Trump weaponizing tragedy by stirring up anger with his response to the various hurricane this week? And will Kamala Harris’ media blitz on shows like the podcast Call Her Daddy, The View a…
00:29:33 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Post-Succession, Nicholas Braun is Moving on in a Big Way with ‘Saturday Night’
There’s already a lot of pressure playing one character based on a real person, but two? And in the same movie? That’s exactly what Nicholas Braun does in Saturday Night (October 11), playing both Ji…
00:28:11 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
Jack Smith Just Can’t Quit Donald Trump. Also, Will an iOS 18 Apple Update Be the End of Social Media? (Fingers Crossed)
Jack Smith’s federal case against former President Donald Trump revs up yet again, but what impact will it have on the election? (Do we still care about January 6th? And why can’t Smith quit Trump?) …
00:36:04 |
Fri 04 Oct 2024
J.D. Vance vs. Tim Walz: Who Won? Who Lost? And Didn’t We Agree We Weren’t Going to Fact Check?
We just experienced something we haven’t seen in years in this country, a civil debate between two politicians. Senator J.D. Vance and Govenor Tim Walz faced off in what is likely to be the last deba…
00:23:04 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Preparing Ourselves for the Tim Walz vs. JD Vance Showdown. Also, Does ‘The View’ Matter Politically?
We’ve reached the end of September and it’s officially Fall. While the rest of us settle in for those cozy autumn vibes, the two campaigns are making it a fight to the finish heading into October. Wi…
00:39:23 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Adam Brody and Kristen Bell Are a 'Generationally Approved Couple' in 'Nobody Wants This'
Netflix knows exactly what millennials want, and it's to see Adam Brody and Kristen Bell fall in love. "We're a generationally approved couple. There is something nice to the familiarity there," Brod…
00:23:24 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Sarah Paulson Descends Into Madness (Again) in 'Hold Your Breath'
"Can you imagine if the air was just filled with dust particles and you literally could not breathe?" That's what Sarah Paulson is tackling in her new film Hold Your Breath (October 3). Paulson plays…
00:29:30 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Ryan Murphy’s Muse Leslie Grossman Is Stepping Into Her Spotlight
Leslie Grossman thought she knew everything about Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, because she grew up in the same community. “I came to learn that the …
00:33:50 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Zachary Quinto Plays a Doctor on ‘Brilliant Minds,’ But Don’t Call Him for Medical Advice
Zachary Quinto has played doctors before, but he’s “never played a doctor like” the one he plays on NBC’s Brilliant Minds (September 23). Quinto plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, “based on a real-life person ca…
00:24:19 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Trump and Harris Blame Each Other After Another Assassination Attempted is Thwarted. Who’s to Blame?
After another Trump assassination attempt is thwarted, the two campaigns point blame at each other for the heightened rhetoric... using heightened rhetoric. Speaking of unnecessary rhetoric, the Wher…
00:33:21 |
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Reality Recap: Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on Being Voted Off First on ‘Survivor’
It’s never fun to be the first one voted off a reality show, but that’s exactly what just happened to Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on ‘Survivor.’ Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott recaps this wild week in re…
00:17:21 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Rumaan Alam’s New Book ‘Entitlement’ Shows the Haunted Trappings of Wealth
Bestselling author Rumaan Alam is happy to come out of hiding to promote his new novel Entitlement (September 17). “I spend all of my time here in this room hunched over this very computer, it's nice…
00:30:29 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Jim Parsons Knows Many Fans Will Always See Big Bang Theory's Sheldon
Fresh off his Tony nomination for Mother Play, Jim Parsons is back on Broadway in Our Town. So, does he not like taking a break? "Until [Big Bang Theory] wrapped in 2019, I did not really know what i…
00:32:47 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Taylor Swift is THE Childless Cat Lady. Also, We Now Know Why Donald Trump Doesn’t Want You to See That Film About Him
Taylor Swift has officially declared herself THE childless cat lady after endorsing Kamala Harris. What impact will it have on the election? Also, we now have a trailer and release date for the Donal…
00:42:40 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Mormons and Soft-Swinging? Sure, Why Not! Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Chat About the Scandal
When you think of Mormons, you don’t usually think of soft-swinging. But for a group of social media influencers, it was not only a fact, but also the perfect opportunity for a reality show. (Because…
00:29:37 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
For Terry Crews, There Are No Rules: ‘I’m Just Getting Started’
For Terry Crews, there are no rules. “There used to be so many rules. They used to say, ‘you can’t do TV, you must only do movies, you can’t do commercials.’” But Crews has proven you can do all of t…
00:28:00 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
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