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Yvonne Orji is best known for playing Molly Carter on the series Insecure. Her performance was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020. Yvonne is also a stand-up comic and has a new HBO special titled: Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me. The special is a follow up to her 2020 comedy special: Momma, I Made It! Orji is from Nigeria and while she was a grad student, she entered a beauty pageant and performed stand-up for the talent portion of the event. You can watch Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me on HBO or streaming on HBO Max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elijah Allan-Blitz is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, musician and actor. He also creates AR and VR experiences like his Emmy Award-nominated virtual reality experience Take Every Wave: Laird in VR. Other VR experiences from Allan-Blitz include one for Michael Pollan's book How To Change Your Mind and another that was a companion piece for the Ken Burns documentary, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War. His latest project is the Disney Plus short film and AR experience Remembering, which stars Brie Larson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Sohn is a filmmaker, animator, story artist and voice over. He's worked on Pixar films like Luca, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Up dating back to Finding Nemo. Sohn directed the film The Good Dinosaur and is directing the upcoming film Elemental. During his time at Pixar, Sohn has not only gotten to work creating films, but he's become a popular favorite for voicing characters. He played Emile in Ratatouille and Squishy in Monsters University. Most recently Sohn gave a scene stealing performance as Sox the robot comfort cat in the film Lightyear. Lightyear is now available in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD as well as for streaming on Disney Plus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Read Johnson is an accomplished writer and filmmaker who has directed movies like Spaced Invaders, Angus, Baby's Day Out, The Genesis Code and co-wrote the story for the film DragonHeart. His latest project is the film 5-25-77. It's a semi-autobiographical film about a teenager named Patrick from Illinois who wants to be a filmmaker. Three months before Star Wars: A New Hope opened in 1977, he gets to see a working print at Lucasfilm effects house Industrial Light and Magic. Technically, he's the world's first Star Wars fan. Johnson's semi-autobiographical film 5-25-77 is a loving homage to Star Wars and other '70s sci-fi films. But it's also a fantastic coming of age film that artfully showcases how finding out who you are might be as easy as following your dreams. The film was shot in 2004, but through various financial setbacks is finally being released this week. In fact, what you'll learn quickly from my conversation with Patrick is that it's hard to separate the man from his film and that the making of 5-25-77 is as much an adventure as what's on screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaren Lewison is best known from his role as Ben Gross on the hit Netflix series Never Have I Ever. The show was created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. It's a coming of age comedy and drama that follows an Indian-American teen that wants to spruce up her social status. But her friends, family and feelings won’t make it easy on her. You can watch all three seasons of Never Have I Ever on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Ann Emery has enjoyed roles in movies including ‘Hitch’ and TV shows like ‘Breaking Bad.” For Apple TV’s limited series about the tragic events at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina, Emery plays a committed health care provider trying to do right by her stranded patients when everything else goes horribly wrong. Based on true events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Jackson Harper is an actor and playwright. You know him best for his Emmy nominated performance as Chidi on the show The Good Place as well as for his performances in series like Love Life, The Underground Railroad, Jack Ryan and the film Midsommar. William's latest project is the new Peacock original series The Resort which is a coming-of-age love story disguised as a fast-paced mystery. You can watch The Resort on Peacock with new episodes dropping on Thursdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know Dominic Monaghan best from as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Charles Pace in the series Lost as well as from films like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. His latest project is the new series Moonhaven which takes place a 100 years into the future in a Utopian colony on a moon. Moonhaven airs exclusively on AMC Plus with new episodes dropping on Thursdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Merchant is an actor, comedian, writer and director who's behind such shows as The Office, Extras and Life's Too Short. He's won two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards and an Emmy. He also starred as Caliban in the film Logan. Merchant co-created, as well as wrote, directed episodes for the comedy/thriller series The Outlaws on Prime Video. He stars in the show as part of an ensemble that includes Christopher Walken. Season two of The Outlaws drops Aug. 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boyd Holbrook is an accomplished actor who's starred in films like Logan, Milk, Gone Girl and The Predator. He played DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series Narcos and will be in the upcoming series Sandman based on the Neil Gaiman comic book. His latest project is the new film Vengeance written and directed by B. J. Novak (The Office). Vengeance is out in theaters now and The Sandman drops on Netflix August 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor Cameron Monaghan grew up before our eyes on Showtime’s Shameless, which tried to humanize the plight of a poor American family on Chicago’s South side. Now he stars in the crime thriller Paradise Highway as a young FBI agent trying to stop human trafficking of young girls in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jared Stern is a writer, director and producer. He created the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham, co-wrote The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie as well as wrote and directed the film Happy Anniversary. Jared's latest project is the animated film DC League of Super-Pets which he wrote, produced and directed. The film features the voice work of John Krasinski, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Kate McKinnon, Diego Luna, and Keanu Reeves. DC League of Super-Pets is in theaters starting July 29. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicco Annan is an actor, dancer and choreographer. He plays Uncle Clifford in the hit Starz series P-Valley. The show is written and created by Pulitzer Prize Winner Katori Hall and takes place in a fictional Mississippi strip club called the Pynk. The Hollywood Reporter named Nicco's portrayal as Uncle Clifford as one of the Best TV Performances of 2020. You can watch the first two seasons of P-Valley on Starz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phoebe Robinson a multi-talented stand-up comedian, New York Times best-selling writer, and actress. You also know her from the Two Dope Queens podcast and her solo podcast Sooo Many White Guys. Phoebe's latest project is the new Freeform show Everything's Trash based on her book Everything's Trash, But It's Okay. She not only stars in the show but co-wrote and co-produced it. New episodes of Everything's Trash air Wednesday nights starting July 13 on Freeform TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Sarafyan is probably best known for playing the host Clementine Pennyfeather on the HBO series Westworld. She has appeared in a number of shows including American Horror Story, Blue Bloods and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Angela has also starred in films like The Immigrant, A Beautiful Life and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.Sarafyan returns to Westworld for a fourth season which airs Sunday nights on HBO and HBO Max.This interview was recorded Aug. 4, 2021 after her comedy/horror film King Knight premiered at Canada’s Fantasia Fest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Asher Perlman is a performer, a comic, a cartoonist for The New Yorker and an Emmy Award-nominated writer for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He is an alumnus of The Second City, and a performer with The Improvised Shakespeare Company. For more of his work visit Asher's website.  Drawing we discuss: Jukebox cartoon Chicago cartoon His first cartoon published in The New Yorker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack McBrayer is a comic and two-time Emmy Nominated actor who you know best as Kenneth the page from the series 30 Rock. He's been in numerous films and shows like Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Wreck-It Ralph, Phineas and Ferb and Wander Over Wonder. Jack's latest project is the Apple TV Plus series Hello Jack! The Kindness Show. It's aimed at preschoolers and takes place in Clover Grove where Jack plays Jack, one of the town's most thoughtful and caring residents. He greets everyone with kindness and humor and his mission is to spread compassion and creativity and inspire others to do the same. You can watch Hello Jack! The Kindness Show on Apple TV Plus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslie Bibb is an accomplished film and television actor. You know her best from films like Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as well as from series like What if…?, ER, The League and, most recently, Jupiter's Legacy. Her latest role is as Satan in the new Netflix series God's Favorite Idiot. The show was created by Ben Falcone and stars him and his wife Melissa McCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Goldblum doesn’t need an introduction. But if you have never heard of him, just know that he’s an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated actor, jazz musician, movie star and host of the National Geographic show The World According to Jeff Goldblum which streams on Disney Plus. This week, Goldblum returns to one of his most iconic roles, Dr. Ian Malcolm, in the film Jurassic World Dominion.This interview was recorded Nov. 10, 2021 ahead of the season two premiere of The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Read: CNET's story on Goldblum's Disney Plus series The World According to Jeff Goldblum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marianna Burelli is an accomplished Latin American actor who is making her US debut in the new Disney Plus series Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion. The comedy follows an everyday Mexican American teenager who is chosen by a magical luchador mask that transforms her into Ultra Violet, a superhero fighting crime. She eventually teams up with the Black Scorpion. Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion premieres June 3 on the Disney Channel and Disney Plus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices