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Oscars 2022 Recap: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

The 2022 Oscars telecast will go down in history! For the Season 1 finale of Close Up, host Kelley Carter checks in with two Hollywood Reporter pals – ABC News Radio Entertainment correspondent, Jason Nathanson, and Entertainment Director at "The Grio" Cortney Wills to discuss Wi ...  Afficher plus

Ernest Dickerson

If you've seen Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, or Juice – the cult classic from 1992 that catapulted rapper Tupac Shakur into movie stardom – then you know Ernest Dickerson's work. Dickerson is a cinematographer-turned-director who's known best for his many collaborations with Spik ...  Afficher plus

Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin's writing style is iconic – dialogue is quippy, fast-paced, and robust – the kind you got in West Wing, Newsroom, and Sports Night. And Sorkin gives us all of that in his latest film – Being the Ricardos – a Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz biopic for which both Nicole Kidma ...  Afficher plus

"Life Out Loud": Family of Choice - Margaret Cho, Don Lemon, Jonathan Capehart

On a new episode of ABC's "Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson," LZ explores the idea of chosen family with comedian and actress Margaret Cho, CNN's Don Lemon and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart. Honored as a Best New Podcast of 2021 by Spotify, "Life Out Loud" features thou ...  Afficher plus

Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins. Even if you don't recognize the name, you've probably seen his work. Remember Dre in Straight Outta Compton? How about Benny in the film adaptation of In the Heights? Or, most recently, Macduff in Joel Cohen's Tragedy of Macbeth? Host Kelley Carter sits down for a ...  Afficher plus