On The Line

With his directorial debut, 'Hotel Artemis', released in cinemas from this week, Dee talked to Drew Pearce about the challenges of writing and directing for the first time, the disparate influences on the film like 'The Shining' and 'Casablanca', Jodie Foster somehow getting a hold of the script for 'Hotel Artemis' and coming out of semi-retirement for it, and much more.

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Jay Chandrasekhar is best known for two things - directing and starring in 'Super Troopers' and 'Super Troopers 2', and an innate understanding of moustaches - and both of these were discussed at length in our interview with him, where he argued the finer points of Burt Reynolds' facial hair in 'Boogie Nights' and why Brian Cox, CBE  thought he was going to be the next Jerry Lewis.

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Doug Stanhope is no stranger to Ireland and is headed back to the Olympia in the coming weeks with a new show that, as specifically stated in this episode, he will not divulge to anyone. Fair enough. Dee talked to Doug about visiting Ireland, drinking, not mentioning Donald Trump's name in his set, and if Netflix is actually a force for good for comedians.

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Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year so far. Dee Molumby, Staff Writer at entertainment.ie, spoke to Nora about the pressures and prestige of working on a film with Oscar buzz attached and some of her all-time favourite animated films - one of which just so happens to be Kung Fu Panda 2.

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Greg Sestero's probably best known for one role in his career - as the pretty boy Mark in Tommy Wiseau's cult comedy-drama-thriller-schlockfest The Room. Staff Writer Deirdre Molumby talked to Sestero when he was in town to promote his new film, Best F(R)iends, his first time working with Wiseau since The Room, about how coping with being recognised is treating him and what Tommy Wiseau is *actually* like.

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Three episodes in, we talk to comedian / actor / writer / podcaster Bill Burr ahead of his gig in Dublin's 3Arena in June about his first gigs in Dublin playing at the Sugar Club, working on Netflix's F Is For Family, dealing with overbearing fans and why he's not necessarily ready to become a global superstar just yet.

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In the second-ever episode of ON THE LINE, entertainment.ie's new phone interview podcast, we talk to actor Clive Owen ahead of the release of his latest film, Anon, about Liverpool's chances in the Champions League, arguably the greatest sci-fi film of the past twenty years - Children Of Men, of course - and why his daughters are on social media but he's steadfastly against it.

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In the inaugural episode of ON THE LINE, entertainment.ie's new phone interview podcast, we talk to comedian Iliza Shlesinger ahead of her upcoming show in Vicar St. about being on the road, acting alongside Mark Wahlberg, and Netflix specials.

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