My Hollywood Story

How did a dancer raised between New York and Dallas accidentally find her artistic calling in Japan and go on to become one of TV’s most prolific directors? Lesli Linka Glatter joins Stacey for a riveting recap of her wide-ranging career  — from early mentorship by Steven Spielberg and David Lynch to her emergence as Peak TV’s favorite director. Listen in as Lesli recalls her favorite moments with George Clooney, Lauren Graham, Timothee Chalamet, Robert DeNiro – and many more!

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That Twin Peaks scene with a moose head on the table

A young Timothée Chalamet in Homeland

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How did an aspiring performer born to famous parents make her own way in Hollywood and earn an Oscar nomination along the way? Kate Hudson joins Stacey for an enthusiastic, introspective stroll through her diverse Hollywood career, kickstarted 25 years ago by a Golden Globe-winning turn in Cameron Crowe’s classic Almost Famous. Kate treated our live audience to heartfelt stories about her folks (Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell!), getting “weird” with Matthew McConaughey, producing Netflix’s Running Point with Mindy Kaling and how singer Sia helped make her music dreams come true.

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How did a young mother from South Central with a gift for making people laugh convince Hollywood she was also an awards-worthy dramatic actor? Grotesquerie star Niecy Nash-Betts joins Stacey for a rousing retrospective of her diverse career, from her wild breakout role on Comedy Central’s Reno 911! to her Emmy-winning turn in Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer - Monster. Niecy brings down the house with wild and inspiring stories about working with Robert Altman, Ava DuVernay, Kim Kardashian - and more.

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How did an aspiring theater director and journalism nerd from Long Island become the go-to documentarian of our culture’s most complex personalities? Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker RJ Cutler details the beats of a wild career that’s landed him exclusive access to make documentaries about Anna Wintour, Dick Cheney, Billie Eilish, Elton John and, most recently, Martha Stewart in Netflix’s juicy 2024 tell-all Martha, about the world’s first influencer. And it’s a very good thing!  

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American High on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5TrD3LpZyI

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How did a polite British kid defy his Nigerian-parents’ wishes for his becoming a lawyer to emerge one of Hollywood’s most electrifying performers? Golden-Globe nominee David Oyelowo reveals the dramatic journey he traveled from making history as a Black Shakespearean actor to playing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ava DuVernay’s film Selma. Listen in as David also shares with Stacey his most giddily surreal moments with Forest Whitaker, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis and Oprah Winfrey, and why he loved making the Apple TV+ limited series Government Cheese.

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How did a Catholic school-girl from rural Ireland fall in love with Roseanne and become one of television’s great auteur voices of the streaming era? Stacey welcomes the BAFTA and Emmy-winning writer and actor Sharon Horgan to the show, who dissects – in her humbly sardonic, oh-so-Irish way – the surprising career milestones (and disappointments) that led her to creating and starring in fan-favorite series such as Pulling, Catastrophe and, most recently, Bad Sisters for Apple TV+. Sharon also shares her top-three favorite Nicolas Cage movies and the enduring love she feels for the late, great Carrie Fisher.

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How did a ballet-trained child actor from L.A. escape the trappings of early fame to become the face of Peak TV? Emmy-winner Elisabeth Moss joins the show for a deep-dive into the evolution of prestige television— from her breakout role on NBC’s The West Wing, to the zeitgeist of AMC’s Mad Men and brutal beauty of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the final episodes of which Moss herself directed. She also dishes on the kindness of Winona Ryder, the loss of Brittany Murphy, feeling starstruck by Natalie Portman and her 25-year friendship with Bradley “Brad” Whitford.

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Elisabeth Moss in a Girl, Interrupted deleted scene

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How did a self-described late-bloomer from suburban New York go from doing Wayne’s World impressions at school to netting two Emmy nominations and one of Hollywood’s most prolific comedy careers? Writer, actor, producer and comedian Nick Kroll - who co-created Netflix’s very dirty, puberty-themed animated series Big Mouth - reveals to Stacey the friends (John Mulaney!), the icons (Mel Brooks!) and the bizarre jobs (Cavemen!) that helped land him on the comedy A-list. 

Cavemen TV series pilot

History of the World part 1, where Mel Brooks reveals why there are 10 commandments and not 15. 

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How did a music-and-baseball obsessed daydreamer with dyslexia escape generational poverty in Arkansas to become an Oscar-winning screenwriter and iconic actor? Listen in as Stacey Wilson Hunt chats with Billy Bob Thornton - the Golden Globe-winning star of Paramount's Landman - about his adventures in Hollywood, including his wild stories about John Ritter, Harvey Weinstein, Val Kilmer, Mike Nichols, Heath Ledger, and more. 

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TRAILER: How did Hollywood’s most influential artists become industry icons?  

On “My Hollywood Story,” journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt – who has covered Hollywood for 15 years - traces the personal and professional journeys of the entertainment industry’s most impactful actors, writers, directors, producers and more. Through her deeply-curated, in-person interviews, Stacey seeks to answer the question: How does an aspiring artist become a master of his or her craft? 

“My Hollywood Story” is produced by Hippolyta Films & Entertainment and filmed in Los Angeles at NeueHouse Hollywood.

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