The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott

The hilarious Mamrie Hart joins Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to dish on her new vegetarian cookbook, 'All I Think About Is Food'! She sticks around to break down the week's chaos: Beyoncé's stolen music (DON’T LEAVE LUGGAGE UNATTENDED), Trump's bizarre Coke announcement (doesn’t the president have better things to do?), re

For Sterling K. Brown, part of the appeal of producing and starring in Hulu’s Washington Black (July 23) was mentoring Ernest Kingsley Jr., the young actor playing the title character. “If I’m in a position where I can help somebody get an opportunity to do it, that means a lot to me, because your legacy isn’t just the

As a writer and a fan of the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, Sam Lansky knew he wanted to do right by everyone who loved the original before co-writing (with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) the script for the new reboot of the franchise. “I hope fans will have a really good time, because you will recognize things a

When Jean Smart first read the play ‘Call Me Izzy,’ she had one response. “I just had to do it.” Smart is taking a break from winning multiple Emmys for her portrayal of Deborah Vance on ‘Hacks’ to tackle the one-person Broadway show about Isabelle Scutley, a Southern woman trapped in an abusive marriage who, despite i

You're not going to want to miss this one. Sam Sanders, the brilliant host of KCRW's pop culture podcast The Sam Sanders Show, joins Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to help make sense of a truly chaotic week in news and entertainment. They unpack the complicated and stunning verdict in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial and what it

Comedian and professional multi-hyphenate Anna Roisman joins Newsweek’s H. Alan for a chaotic-good deep dive into the things that really matter: Zohran Mamdani’s political hotness, Barbra Streisand’s eternal reign, the unhinged world of FYC Emmy campaigning, Anna Wintour stepping down from VOGUE, and—yes—And Just Like