154: Marie Dressler, the First Female Star to Conquer Hollywood’s Ageism (Make Me Over, Episode 3)

154: Marie Dressler, the First Female Star to...

Up next

155: Passing for White: Merle Oberon (Make Me Over, Episode 4)

In 1935, Merle Oberon became the first biracial actress to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, an incredible achievement in then-segregated Hollywood -- except that nobody in Hollywood knew Oberon was biracial. Born in Bombay into abject poverty in 1911, Oberon's fate seemed s ...  Show more

156: Esther Williams and the Birth of Waterproof Makeup (Make Me Over, Episode 5)

Esther Williams single-handedly helped popularize the pastime of swimming — first as the star swimmer of the San Francisco production of Billy Rose's Aquacade, and then as the star of Hollywood films like Bathing Beauties and Million Dollar Mermaid. Williams’s stardom — and the n ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Do you have a critical inner voice? Ben and Nemone explain why. Also, forgotten actors who are enjoying a renaissance and your questions answered - SHRINK THE INBOX
Kermode & Mayo’s Take

For the last episode of this season, team STB gets real with those pesky inner monologues (as promised in the Carrie: Sex and the City episode). Plus, what's the connection between 80s comedy-thriller Lovejoy and The Matrix? We explore actors who have come back from obscurity wit ...  Show more

S2E8: Sweet Vitriol (with Patricia Arquette and Jimmy Kimmel)
The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

For Season 2 Episode 8 of Severance, it’s the Harmony Cobel Show. And there’s no one better to break it down with Ben and Adam than Cobel herself — Patricia Arquette! They talk all about how she built Cobel’s backstory and how Newfoundland became the perfect Salt’s Neck. Then, Be ...  Show more

103. A Boy in a Tree
Boneheads with Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo

Sex. Lies. Blackmail. Suicide. Or is it murder? All of this and more on this week’s episode of Boneheads, as Emily and Carla re-examine the case of Nestor Olivos, elite prep school student and son of the Venezuelan ambassador. They answer all your most pressing questions about th ...  Show more

ADOLESCENCE: Creating the new Netflix One-Take hit series with actors Stephen Graham & Erin Doherty, director Philip Barantini & writer Jack Thorne
The Filmmakers Podcast

On today’s episode, our primo host Dom Lenoir sits down with the team behind Netflix’s latest hit, Adolescence – a groundbreaking mini-series where every episode is shot in a single take. It’s an incredible achievement from the entire cast and crew, and we couldn’t wait to find o ...  Show more