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Demián Bichir takes on the role of a tech billionaire who thinks he knows best how to handle the world's biggest problems -- and in Godzilla vs. Kong, that problem is the clash of these titans. His role as Apex CEO Walter Simmons contrasts with two other parts he's played in the past year: an astronaut returning to a devastated Earth in George Clooney's "The Midnight Sky" on Netflix and a mountain man teaching Robin Wright how to survive in "Land." All three films, Bichir says, are about realizing "that we're all in this together."

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The Americans is widely considered one of the best TV series of all time. Alison Wright played Martha Hanson on the show and had without a doubt one of the most unpredictable character arcs on the series. In 2017, she even earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance. She's also been on the series Sneaky Pete and the film Confirmation.

Currently, Alison plays Ruth Wardell on the dystopian post-apocalyptic TNT series Snowpiercer. The show is in its second season.

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Eddie Huang wrote the best-selling memoir Fresh Off The Boat which was later adapted in a sitcom for ABC that ran six seasons. He is a chef and owner of the restaurant BaoHaus in New York which had to close its doors in October because of the pandemic. Huang also hosted TV shows, designed clothes and can now add filmmaker to his long list of accomplishments. His debut feature film is Boogie is a coming of age story about pursuing the American Dream and accepting your identity.

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Emile Hirsch is an actor best known for roles in films like Speed Racer, Milk and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. His most beloved character is Chris McCandless in the film Into The Wild directed by Sean Penn.

Emile can currently be seen in the horror movie/thriller Son about a mother trying to protect her son from being kidnapped by a cult. This film is as smart and thrilling as it is unsettling. Emile is also a singer/songwriter and we discuss his 2019 album Mnemonic and the mysterious Frenchman who is his collaborator.

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Ed Burns was born out of the low-budget indie film movement in the 90s. Famously he wrote, directed, produced and starred in his first feature The Brothers McMullen. The film launched his career as an actor leading to roles in Saving Private Ryan, The Holiday, 27 Dresses, Man on the Ledge among many others. Burns wrote, directed, produced and stars in the new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel which follows a group of Long Island college grads chasing their dreams in the 80s.

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Serj Tankian is the lead singer for the band System Of A Down. Their music is a mix of punk, metal and Armenian folk music. In 2006, SOAD won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance of their song B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs).

The new film Truth To Power follows Serj and System Of A Down from their formation, their fight for social justice for Armenians and how they developed their unique sound. Outside of SOAD, Serj is an accomplished artist, composer and activist.

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The Netflix series Firefly Lane is based off the novel by Kristin Hannah. It's stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Clarke and follows their friendship from their teens until mid-life. The series also features Brandon Jay McLaren and Jenna Rosenow. You might know Brandon from the show PowerRangers S.P.D. He also stars in the upcoming Disney Plus remake of Turner and Hooch. And Jenna is best known for playing Amber Turner on the long-running Australian drama Neighbours.

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Skyler Astin is an actor and singer best known for playing Jesse Swanson in Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2. He was in films like Hamlet 2 and Wreck-It Ralph and shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Glee and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. Astin got his start onstage as part of the original Off-Broadway and Broadway cast of Spring Awakening.

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Mikael Håfström is the writer and director behind such movies as Escape Plan, The Rite and Derailed. In 2004, his film Evil which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language film. Håfström directed the new Netflix film Outside The Wire that stars Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris. The film is set in the near future. A drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

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Phil Rosenthal describes himself as the luckiest man in the world. And if you have watched the Netflix travel and food show Somebody Feed Phil you know why. In each episode, Rosenthal travels to a different city around the world to experience the people, the sights and the food.

Before he had his own travel show, Rosenthal was a writer for the show Coach and created, produced and wrote the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.

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