Popcorn with Peter Travers

It's been 13 years since Billy Bob Thornton donned the red suit and white beard and shocked us all with his NSFW comedy "Bad Santa." So what took so long for the sequel? Thornton talks to Peter Travers about the big break between films and why he's finally back at it in "Bad Santa 2."

* ABOUT POPCORN WITH PETER TRAVERS: This show features the world's biggest stars and top moviemakers. They drop by the ABC News studio to talk to Rolling Stone's film and television critic Peter Travers about their latest projects and their lives. And just when you think you know all there is about these stars, there's a musical surprise at the end of every interview!

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Internationally renowned singer, songwriter and actor Josh Groban is making his Broadway debut. Groban is appearing in the all new musical "The Great Comet." The show is already receiving rave reviews with some critics saying it is the greatest thing since the Broadway smash hit "Hamilton" and even better! During the performance, some theatergoers are even interacting with Groban on stage. Groban talks to Peter Travers about what it's like to take to the Broadway stage for the first time and play to an audience that's so up close and personal.

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Ruth Negga, hotly Oscar buzzed as Best Actress for her breathtaking performance in "Loving," showed up on our Popcorn set at ABC and held us spellbound. Of Ethiopian and Irish descent, Ruth radiates beauty inside and out. And it's all there to see in "Loving," in which she plays Mildred Loving, a black woman who was jailed in 1958 in Virginia where marrying a white man (Joe Edgerton) was a crime. The Loving's fight against racism led to a landmark Supreme Court decision that took the law off the books.

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Tim Daly, the former "Wings" star plays Henry McCord, husband to Tea Leoni's Secretary of State on the whipsmart political drama "Madam Secretary." Daly talks about his role as the theology and ethics professor who, in addition to being voted one of the hottest D.C. spouses, also works covertly for the NSA. Be sure to listen for Daly's spot-on impression of Bill Clinton and his enthusiastic rendition of "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks.

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It's been ten years since Mel Gibson last directed a film. In what's been called his comeback, Gibson is already getting Oscar buzz for his movie "Hacksaw Ridge." Gibson talks to Peter Travers about getting back in the director's seat, how he came back from the controversy of his 2006 DUI arrest and what it's like to be a father for the ninth time.

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In honor of the upcoming elections, Peter Travers offers up a 'Popcorn' special about the best political movies and TV shows - the ones that get you laughing, crying or just plain teed-off about what’s up in the polls. From "Citizen Kane" and "Primary Colors" to

"House of Cards," there’s just so much to see. So, did Hollywood somehow predict what is playing out right before our eyes? Take a listen and you may be in store for a few surprises.

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Popcorn Trick or Treat: It's Peter Travers' picks for the best spine-tingling movie watching this Halloween weekend. There's zombies, from "Night of the Living Dead" to the barbed wire-bat-bashing new season of "The Walking Dead." Ghosts show up, from "The Shining" to "The Conjuring." Peter's list includes horror shows that never fail and fright classics you've never heard of ("Martyrs," anyone?) Get ready to creep out! Happy Halloween!

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Norman Reedus' character in the hit AMC zombie series "The Walking Dead" is arguably one of the most buzzed about TV heroes of the year. Fans of the show are going bonkers trying to figure out just how long 'Daryl Dixon' will be around to fight off zombies. Reedus talks to Peter Travers about battling those zombies and about the extreme measures the producers take to ward off plotline spoilers to keep the shows fresh for fans.

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Cobie Smulders is giving Tom Cruise a run for his action money this week in "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back." Smulders starred for nine seasons on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and puts in her two cents about the controversial 2014 series finale. She also plays Maria Hill as part of the Marvel cinematic universe, though she says she wishes she could be Iron Man (don't we all?).

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Ava DuVernay is a filmmaking force of nature. Her feature film, "Selma" won an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. And "13th," her brilliant documentary about the amendment that only pretends to abolish slavery, is shaking up audiences in theaters and on Netflix. Don't miss Ava's take on the myth of racial equality in America and the power she imbues in her version of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" that ends our show. What's going on is Ava DuVernay, the creator of "Queen Sugar" on the Oprah Winfrey Network and the first African-American woman to step into blockbuster territory by directing the upcoming Disney epic, "A Wrinkle in Time."

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