It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, Oscar Wild co-host Sophia Ciminello returns to discuss Glenn's Emmy-winning performance as Patty Hewes in Season 1 of Damages! We delve into the many twists and turns of the Frobisher case, how Patty and Ellen's relationship evolves, our favorite wild quotes and moments from the season, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, AwardsWatch editor-in-chief Erik Anderson joins to discuss Glenn's instantly iconic performance as Patty Hewes in the pilot of Damages! We delve into the significance of a movie star of Glenn's caliber agreeing to star on a drama series in the late 2000s, how the heightened theatrics of the pilot sets up the rest of the series, how Patty Hewes is a synthesis of Glenn's great performances that came before, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, writer Andrew Carden returns to discuss Glenn's small performance in the 2007 drama Evening! We delve into Glenn's curiously brief role in the film's flashback scenes, the varying quality of the all-star cast, why what may have worked on the page didn't work in execution, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, Sporcle curator Christof returns to discuss Glenn's voice performance in the 2005 animated comedy Hoodwinked! We delve into Glenn's lively performance as the extreme-sports-loving Granny, the film's clever spin on Little Red Riding Hood, whether the film runs out of steam by the end, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, podcaster and editor Gavin Mevius returns to discuss Glenn's 10-minute scene in the 2005 anthology drama Nine Lives! We delve into Glenn's chemistry with Dakota Fanning as her daughter, which of the film's segments are better than others, director Rodrigo Garcia's continued fixation on the lives of women, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, my fiancé Sebastian Gronback returns to discuss Glenn's supporting performance as a grieving mother in the indie dramedy The Chumscrubber! We delve into the film's derivative take on suburbia in the wake of American Beauty and Donnie Darko, Glenn's small but oddly repetitive role, the absolutely insane plotline involving Ralph Fiennes and his love of dolphins, and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, Gold Derby contributing writer Charlie Bright returns to discuss Glenn's Emmy-nominated performance in the fourth season of The Shield! We delve into Glenn's choice to commit to a full season of television; how her character, Captain Monica Rawling, reshapes the show's dynamics; the 2005 Primetime Emmys; and so much more!

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, writer/director/producer Steven Canals returns to discuss Glenn's performance as an actress and mother in the 2005 indie drama Heights! We delve into Glenn's turn as an Oscar-winning stage actress, the film's themes of tapping back into one's passion in the malaise of 21st-century New York, Glenn's costars Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden, and so much more!

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Follow The World According to Glenn on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, writer Mathew Rodriguez joins me to discuss Glenn's scene-stealing performance in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives! We delve into Glenn's full-throated commitment to playing a queen bee Connecticut housewife, how the film doesn't live up to its potential, its accidentally prescient moments, and so much more!

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Follow The World According to Glenn on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky

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It's time to explore the World According to Glenn. I'm Kevin Jacobsen, Glenn Close is my favorite actress, and this show is all about exploring the career of one of the finest actors of her generation. Each episode, I'm joined by a guest as we dive into one of Glenn's movies, TV shows, or stage productions, going chronologically through her career, discussing her performance, and assessing the project itself.

This week, writer/podcaster Eoin Daly returns to discuss Glenn's award-winning performance in the TV movie remake of The Lion in Winter! We delve into Glenn's take on Eleanor of Aquitaine compared to Katharine Hepburn; how the film compares to the 1968 film; Glenn's fun, lovely Golden Globe and SAG speeches, and so much more!

Support Kevin Jacobsen on Patreon!

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