One Nightstand

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Sophia Bush about her new memoir, losing friend and mentor Gloria Steinem, and what it’s like raising a blended family. 

Sophia Bush’s One Nightstand picks: 

• ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ by Cheryl Strayed 

• ‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia E. Butler 

• ‘My Life on the Road’ by Gloria Steinem 

• ‘Bitter Southerner Magazine’ 

• ‘And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress’ by Sophia Bush

Sophia’s memoir And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress is in stores now. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Normal People icon Daisy Edgar-Jones, ho shares how she and Paul Mescal were constantly referencing the book on set, her love for Perseus Jackson, and what it was like stepping into the role of Elinor in the new Sense and Sensibility adaptation.

 Daisy Edgar-Jones’ One Nightstand picks: 

• ‘10 Minutes and 38 Seconds’ by Elif Shafak

• ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney

• ‘If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things’ by Jon McGregor

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians Collection by Rick Riordan

Daisy, Caitriona Balfe, Fiona Shaw, Esmé Creed-Miles, and George McKay star in Sense and Sensibility, in theaters now! 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief 

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with ‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington about trying to “improve” Dickens, the book that made him “insanely paranoid,” and joining HBO’s new Harry Potter series.

Kit Harington’s One Nightstand picks: 

• 1984 by George Orwell

• Any Human Heart by William Boyd

• Flesh by David Szalay

• Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

Kit currently stars in the MGM+ adaptation of the Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities, streaming now. In August it was announced he’d play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series, replacing Nicholas Hoult. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Nick Robinson to talk about all things Raymond Carver, the book he read prepping for Maid, and what made him say, “Boys are dumb.”

Nick Robinson’s One Nightstand picks: 

• Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver 

• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt 

• Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson 

• Pastoralia by George Saunders 

Nick returns to the screen as the romantic lead in Charlie Harper, in select theaters now. Next year, he’ll star as Joe Kennedy Jr. in the eight-episode series Kennedy streaming on Netflix.

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: Jeff Striker, Ben Effinger

For Bustle’s first ⁠One Nightstand⁠ Live, Charlotte Owen sits down with Ethan Hawke at Strand Bookstore. The five-time Oscar nominee talks about his love of The Animal Family, explains why he was jealous of Dave Eggers, and shares his true feelings on those Lonesome Dove rumors.

Ethan Hawke’s One Nightstand picks: 

• The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell

• Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

• The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Ethan currently stars with Russell Crowe in The Weight, in theaters now. Season 2 of The Lowdown premieres Oct. 14 on FX and Hulu. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez, Konstantin Yelisevich

Audio: Trokon Nagbe

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Zoe Kazan to discuss why Toni Morrison might just be America's greatest writer, casting Florence Pugh as Cathy, and the book that carried her through grief.

Zoe Kazan’s One Nightstand picks: 

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck 

• Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore

• Sula by Toni Morrison 

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Part 1 by Emil Ferris

• Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 by Tony Kushner 

Zoe’s a seven-part adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden premieres Oct. 1 on Netflix. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Hasan Minhaj as he confesses his unyielding devotion to Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary, explains how Craig David basically got him fired from Safeway, and why 'Yesteryear' has "a great f*cking premise."  

Hasan Minhaj’s One Nightstand picks: 

• ‘James’ – Percival Everett

• ‘The Man of Many Fathers’ – Roy Wood Jr.

• ‘Gold Diggers’ – Sanjana Sathian

• ‘Yesteryear’ – Caro Claire Burke 

Hasan produced, co-wrote, and stars in the coming-of-age comedy movie Best of the Best, which premieres on Sept. 18 on Netflix. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with actor Domhnall Gleeson; they dive into Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’, filming ‘Never Let Me Go’ and ‘About Time,’ and the Gleeson family member recommending the most unhinged books.  

Domhnall Gleeson’s One Nightstand picks: 

• Matilda by Roald Dahl 

• A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor 

• The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, 

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

• Ballyturk by Enda Walsh 

All episodes of The Paper season 2 are now streaming on Peacock, and The Incomer hits theaters Sept. 25. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez 

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, pop icon Carly Rae Jepsen joins Charlotte Owen to dish on the “racy” poem that wooed her husband, her real feelings on "Call Me Maybe," and the status of 10 Things I Hate About You, her Broadway musical with Lena Dunham — whose memoir recently reignited her love of reading.

Carly Rae Jepsen’s One Nightstand picks: 

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

• Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen.

• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. 

• Famesick by Lena Dunham.

• What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.

CRJ’s new double album Day and Night comes out everywhere Sept. 18! 

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Director of Photography: Ryan Mitchel

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez 

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Social: Gracie Farquhar

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with the hysterical D’Arcy Carden, who shares the book that absolutely wrecked her (in a good way), what it’s actually like working with Kristen Bell, and her unfiltered thoughts on the ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ adaptation.

D’Arcy Carden’s One Nightstand picks: 

• Even the Good Girls Will Cry by Melissa Auf der Maur

• The Sane One by Anna Konkle

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

D’Arcy stars with Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, and Chloë Sevigny in The Five-Star Weekend. All episodes are streaming on Peacock now. 

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief 

Assistant Camera: Ian Sanchez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni