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“But, have you played lesbian multiple times!?” We’re journalists, kids. And we’re here with the one and only Beth Broderick. You Might Know Her From Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Lost, Psycho Beach Party, The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Bad Actress, Sharp Objects, Love & Death, Hearts Afire, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Beth gave us all the goods on playing witch-cum-scientist-cum-CANDLE (!) Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the specialness of reprising that role in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 18 years later. We also got to discuss her working relationships with everyone from Marc Cherry to Brad Pitt to her Psycho Beach Party co-star Charles Busch; the wild ride that was the notorious The Bonfire of The Vanities (how tall is Bruce Willis, really?), and how her AIDS activism has connected her to the LGBT community. We had a beautiful conversation with Beth and just in time for Halloweenie! Happy Spooky Season to all you ghouls.

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Discussed this episode:

Lazy Eye TikTok 

Actor height TikTok 

Kristen Bell, Forest Whitaker, Andy Cohen, Billy Eichner, Emily from The Chicks 

Damian recommends the Annie Murphy show, Kevin Can F*** Himself

Hearts Afire

The Five Mrs. Buchanans

Series with Brad Pitt, Glory Days

Marc Cherry was, you guessed it, mean

Beth Broderick’s Substack

Was in a relationship with Brian DePalma while making Bonfire of the Vanity

The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood by Julie Salamon 

Slammer Girls

Chuck Vincent was a director who made Hard-R and XXX films and loved Beth

Caged

Bordello House of the Rising Sun (billed as Norris O’Neal) 

Charles Busch and Bob King created  Psycho Beach Party

Stealing Home with Jonathan Silverman

Casting director, Bonnie Timmerman

Play German prostitute in Thousand Pieces of Gold and British accent in Bonfire of the Vanities

Delta Burke movie, Maternal Instincts

Tom Cruise standing on an apple crate? 

Mike from Real World: Miami and his tall girlfriend, Nic

Danny DeVito is 4’10”

Reba McEntyre has new show with Melissa Peterman (her old co-star from Reba)

Cissy Houston’s note in “Ain’t No Way”

Cissy singing background for Aretha’s “Rollin in the Deep” (esp 1:20 mark)

🎶 I’ll be ready, forever and always I’m always here 🎶…with Nicole Eggert. You Might Know Her From Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, Rich & Famous, The Real Gilligan’s Island, Splash, Just One of the Girls, The Demolitionist, Charles in Charge, and the new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun. Nicole talked to us about her time on Baywatch playing fan favorite Summer Quinn, acting underwater opposite a latex octopus puppet, discovering a washed up corpse during scene work, and recounting her time in the new Hulu doc After Baywatch. We also talked about her early days in the industry working with icons like George Cukor and Michael Chapman, the REAL of reality TV like celeb diving show Splash, and terror that is Scott Baio. Nicole was a total blast and we had the best time with her. We are sending her our collective non-denominational prayers and blessing and all the healing energy we have for a speedy and lasting recovery. We love you, Nicole! 

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Discussed this episode:

Chimp Crazy

Susan Anton was Nicole's mom on Baywatch

Baywatch

HULU Documentary: After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun

Strangled by a latex octopus

Charles in Charge with the nightmare, Scott Baio

“Yesterday Cafe” episode of Charles in Charge

Ellen Travolta was a “high energy lady”

George Cukor directed her in Rich and Famous

Had an ice cream truck 

The Demolitionist with Susan Tyrell

Splash reality diving show (she got injured)

Real Gilligan’s Island: recap

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Pussy Posse vs Soda Pop Party vs The Rat Pack

Harmony Korine directed Kids (Drew Droege does a very good Chloe Sevigny)

Joshua John Miller is from Teen Witch and isn't part of the Pussy Posse

Justin Herwick has a child with Nicole Eggert

Sara Gilbert holds all of Dark Hollywood's secret 

Live long and prosper, Trekkies! We are here with the inimitable Rosalind Chao. You Might Know Her From: The Joy Luck Club, Mulan, 3 Body Problem, Sweet Tooth, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine, I Am Sam, Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday, and The L Word: Generation Q. Rosalind gave us all the goods on “the summer of Chao” with her one-two fantasy punch on Netflix, the fervent (and divided) base of fans formerly known as “trekkies,” and her history-making turns in The Joy Luck Club and the live-action Mulan (but is the industry making any progress? Sigh.) Plus, Rosalind teases Pei-Pei’s return in Freaky Friday 2, explains why it was important to embrace the trans community with her role on Gen Q, and gets to the bottom of her tucking her hair behind her ear in Just Like Heaven where Reese Witherspoon f*cks a ghost. Rosalind Chao, we love you! 

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Discussed this episode:

Cold plunging on TikTok

Faye Dunaway documentary on MAX `is worth your time

Jessica Pare is Megan Draper  

We lost Shelley Duvall, Shannen Doherty, Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons this month

Richard Simmons on Rosie 

Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” (died in 1996)

We will start exchanging clip flash drives

Jennifer Hudson on Sesame Street

Della Reese safety glass PSA

Martha Raye for Polident

Ellen Greene in Little Shop

Dreamgirls concert with Audra McDonald, Lillias White, Heather Headley (pitch match clapback @ 3:45)

Was rumored that Kim Cattrall was coming back to AJLT but it has been revealed to be fake

We will be doing recaps of And Just Like That S3 on the Patreon

Faye Dunaway peeling an egg for Parco

Janet Jackson saying “I don’t like speaking”

Janet at a meet n greet in a “So you doing the bending” shirt 

Wife Swap woman who sungazed instead of eating

3 Body Problem (Liu Cixin) on Netflix just renewed for seasons 2 and 3

Reads audiobook of Book 1 from the series

Zine Tseng plays younger version of Rosalind’s character

Plays an oil baron style villain on Sweet Tooth (Netflix)  

Worked with Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday and Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges in Diff’rent Strokes

Lied about her age to get the M*A*S*H finale and spin-off, AfterM*A*S*H

Keiko O’Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Played Rose in The Joy Luck Club (1993) 

Mulan’s mom in 2020 live action Disney remake

Played Maya Erskine’s mom in the rom-om Plus One

Ok Anne likes Jack Quaid now

Did show with B.D. Wong off-Broadway in June (What Became of Us)

Freaky Friday 2 is happening and Pei-Pei is back

Here’s Lucy and Genny Lim’s play, Paper Angels: both with the legend, James Hong

Jessie Nelson and JoAnne Akalitis

Micah’s mom on The L Word: Generation Q

Reincarnated daughter of Robin WIlliams in What Dreams May Come

Played the Dean, Dr. Kim on The O.C. and had great chemistry with Ben McKenzie

Rachel Bilson is kewl

Supercut of Rosalind in Just Like Heaven

We love Mark Waters

Back for an extra-special, extra pride episode. You can listen to this complete Eva Le Gallienne deep dive with author and actor Barrie Kreinik on the You Might Know Her From Patreon. You’re gonna love this dig into backstage lore and OG celesbian gossip as we explore the oeuvre of American theatre icon Eva Le Gallienne. Here to break it down with us is Barrie Kreinik, whose new audio drama, The Queen of Fourteenth Street, digs into Le G’s robust stage credits, her dedication to creating an artistic institution of and for the people (the Civic Repertory Theatre), and her storied relationships with many an actor and socialite.

We originally discovered Le Gallienne when interviewing Kate Burton, who appeared in Le G’s ‘80s revival of Alice in Wonderland. We are so grateful for connecting with Barrie so we could explore American theatrical history through the lens of this queer trailblazer.

Happy Pride from an OG theatre queer. We love YOU and we love Le G!

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Discussed this episode:

RIP Donald Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Christmas tree

Anne’s list of men: Gene Hackman, Dabney Coleman, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones, John Travolta

Damian’s list of men: John Travolta, Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald

Jean Smart is so good in The Brady Bunch Movie

Guest: Barrie Kreinik (barriekreinik.com)

Eva Le Gallienne was the queer theatre legend you’ve never heard of

Barrie Kreinik wrote and starred in the audio drama about Le G called The Queen of Fourteenth Street

We learned about LeG from our Kate Burton interview

“Lavender marriage”

Helen Sheehy biography on Le G

Carole Shelley originated Madame Morrible was in national tour of The Royal Family with Le G 

Le G’s autobiography, At Thirty Three

Studs Terkel interview with Le G

1947 Alice in Wonderland (Le G narrates and is The White Queen)

1983 Alice in Wonderland (directed by Le G w/ Kate Burton as Alice)

Anne Kaufman Schneider (daughter of George S. Kaufman who wrote The Royal Family) was keeper of Le G’s legacy and also had an affair with her despite being 25 years younger than Eva

Other relationships over the years:

• Margaret Mauer (actress)

• Mary Duggett Benson aka “Mimsie” 

• Alla Nazimova (termed the phrase, “Sewing Circle”)

• Mercedes de Acosta (Barrie described her as “a succubus”)

• Basil Rathbone

• Gladys Calthrop

• Josephine Hutchinson (married to men before and after Le G; was Eva’s Alice in Alice in Wonderland and her Wendy in Peter Pan)

• Marion Gunnar Evanson Westlake (Scandinavian-American actress)

• Margaret “Peggy” Webster (dubbed her Le G, never lived with her. Marion lived in Weston even when Peggy visited). Lived with Pamela Frankau for rest of life. 

• Anne Kaufman Schneider

Performing Arts Library has 1975 video with Le G and Josephine Hutchinson and Staats Cotsworth

“Shadow” meant lesbian 

We can’t substantiate these lovers: Tallulah Bankhead, Beatrice Lily, Laurette Taylor

Eva’s father Richard La Gallienne allegedly had an affair with Oscar Wilde

Gwen La Gallienne was step-daughter of Richard (with his 3rd wife) and had an affair with Louise Bryant, journalist and feminist

Sexual Psychologists: Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Hays Code

Only torchbearers for Le G’s Civic Rep was the regional theatre movement (1950s-1970s)

The Stage Act (3 Democratic senators RI, PA, and VT) meant to revitalize non-profit theatre ($1B annually invested in theatres for payroll, expenses, etc)

Claire Foy could play Le G

1960 Mary Martin Peter Pan

I wasn’t in Speed! It’s Pride and we’re proud to be here with Veronica Cartwright. You Might Know Her From Alien, The Witches of Eastwick, The Birds, The Children's Hour, Will & Grace, The Right Stuff, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Inserts, and The X-Files. Veronica talked to us about her proper role in the queer canon byway of the Scissor Sisters, Jerry Herman, and StraightJacket; the trans retcon via James Cameron of Lambert in Alien; and her performance in the old Hollywood lesbian film The Children’s House opposite Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. And that’s just the beginning! We also got to dig into her iconic roles on The X-Files as an abductee in one of the scariest arcs of all time, her rubber-faced scene-stealing scenes in The Witches of Eastwick,  working with Alfred Hitchock...multiple times, and her criminally underseen performance in Inserts. What a goddamn treat. And no, she wasn’t in Speed. Happy Pride, queerdos, we love you! 

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Discussed this episode:

Liza Minnelli documentary out at Tribeca Film Festival:  LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

A House Is Not a Disco, Fire Island documentary

Andrea McArdle’s daughter is Alexis Kalehoff

Find our special episode with Barrie Kreinik who wrote a plays, The Queen of 14th Street about Eva Le Gallienne

Mary Pickford was NOT in the relationship with William Randolph Hearst. That was Marion Davies. 

The Cat’s Meow was about Marion Davies

Peg “something” Entwisle who killed herself on the Hollywood sign

Damian wouldn’t have made it to the talkies. Anne would have been a Mary Wickes type. Or a Marjorie Main, who was in a relationship with Spring Byington

Veronica Cartwright is in too many iconic films to name but we will: The Birds, The Children's Hour, Alien, The Witches of Eastwick

Stole scenes from Cher, Michelle Pfeifer and Susan Sarandon in The Witches of Eastwick: CHERRY SCENE

Character in Alien is apparently NOT “canonically queer” 

Got the buzz cut because Sigourney wouldn’t 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, dir: Philip Kauffman) is SO good please go watch 

Donald Sutherland finally got a perm instead of curlers 

Is so good in Inserts opposite Richard Dreyfuss

Goin’ South with Jack Nicholson

Appeared on ER, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck

Hitchcock Presents

The Twilight Zone

Colleen Dewhurst auditioned for The Witches of Eastwick role that eventually went to Veronica

Sang opera in Man Trouble with Ellen Barkin 

Cassandra Spencer in The X-Files

Emmy nominated for The X-Files and ER

Won Emmy at 15 for Tell me Not in Mournful Numbers

Who Has Seen the Wind about refugees 

Sings “Hello Dolly” in Scary Movie 2

The Scissor Sisters album cover 

Is NOT in Speed despite listed as Bag Lag Uncredited in Speed

Is only voiceover for a radio scene on In the Bedroom

Gotta watch Clipped with the “silly rabbit” Cleopatra Coleman and Jacki Weaver

Who will we cast as a sister opposite the play we need: Harriet Sansom Harris and Veanne Cox and is it Marcia Cross

Judith Ivey is STILL ALIVE I’m sorry

Birthday Candles with Debra Messing a life highlight

Bang bang! We are here this month with Julia Duffy. You Might Know Her From Palm Royale; Designing Women; Newhart; Looking; Baby Talk; The Mommie; Intolerable Cruelty; and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. We got to chat with Julia about her incredible arc as Mary Meredith Davidsoul on Apple TV’s starry Palm Royale. That finale twist, huh? She also gave us the scoop on playing Patrick’s mom on Looking (and the importance of playing mom to a queer person), her iconic run on Newhart (7 Emmy nominations!), and her ‘90s run as “Julia Duffy, sitcom saver” including joining the powerhouse female ensemble of Designing Women. We also got to chat about Julia’s book Bad Auditions, who was in those rooms with her, and what it was like playing a high school student at 30. Truly a treat! 

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Discussed this episode:

Lesbians and gay men agree on character actresses of a certain age (middle aged)

Anne’s women centric movies from childhood: A League of Their Own, Fried Green Tomatoes, Set it Off, Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5, Thelma and Louise

Damian’s women centric tv/movies: The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Hocus Pocus, Designing Women

Hang Time (character was Julie, actress is Daniella Deutscher who is MARRIED TO JAY HERNANDEZ)

Damian met David Chokachi and Gena Lee Nolin at the mall 

Unicorns are people interested in being with married couples

A League of Their Own is for EVERYONE (David Strathairn is for gays and lesbians)

Damian told me not to Google Peter (not Paul) from Peter, Paul and Mary but I had to 

RIP Dabney Coleman

Palm Royale was a wild ride

Linda Purl was an ingénue that Julia was always up against 

Wrote book called Bad Auditions

Run and watch Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker aka Night Warning with Julia opposite the incredible Susan Tyrell

Got the role of Stephanie on Newhart the same day she found out her show Wizards and Warriors was canceled

Baby Talk

Designing Women

The Mommies

Brett Butler was struggling on season 5 of Grace Under Fire

Jason Alexander sitcom with Peter Scolari and Wendy Makkena: Listen Up

TV movie with Wendy Makkena: Fair Market Value

Played Jonathan Geoff’s mom on HBO’s Looking

Appeared on S2 finale of new Night Court

Did The Little Foxes with Kelly McGillis

Was Mother Superior on 5 eps of Passions

Appeared on multiple child show sets like Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Wizards of Waverly Place, Drake & Josh, True Jackson VP

Brandished a shotgun in Shameless 

Went toe to toe with Lea Michele and Emma Roberts in Scream Queens

Did a bit on Sabrina the Teenage Witch where she appears on The Jerry Springer Show

Her drag was better than Dinah’s in The Cover Girl and the Cop (see Julia in drag @ 1:10:50)

Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon movie: Hot Pursuit

Sofia as Griselda Blanco

Gene Hackman: 93 and at a gas station 

Olivia de Havilland died in 2020

Mitzy Gaynor (92) and Tippi Hedren (94) are still alive but don’t do interviews

Garbo left Hollywood at 36, never to return

Bette Davis in Wicked Stepmother months before she died

93 year old Clint Eastwood

This month we’re just wild about Siobhan Fallon Hogan. You Might Know Her From Men In Black, Forrest Gump, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, The House That Jack Built, Shelter in Solitude, Rushed, Holes, Seinfeld, and Saturday Night Live. 

Siobhan gave us all the goods: from iconic dialect work in your favorite movies to her years-long collaborations with Lars von Trier. Siobhan spilled on doing bits while performing in Shakespeare in the Park, having fart competitions with Ben Gazzara on the set of Dogville, and getting horrifically killed by Matt Dillon in The House That Jack Built. We also got to talk about her turn as a screenwriter of two indie films: Rushed and Shelter in Solitude (both avail to stream now), and how her Catholic values inform all her work. A true delight from start to finish! Just feel better knowing that Lauren Bacall once asked, “Will we ever work again?” and know you are not alone! Love you mean it! 

Also, please note we recorded this before we both texted each other “O.J. Simpson is dead!” so yeah, O.J. Simpson is dead and maybe we conjured it by talking about his acting and prison work. 

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Discussed this episode:

Earthquake in NYC

Anne loves disaster films: The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Airport

The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Daylight 

Should we do a disaster movie watch on Patreon? Vote here

Howard Stern is ALIVE (one of his guests, Crazy Cabbie died and Ralph misreported it)

Ralph told me Kelsey Grammar was a statutory rapist and Liam Neeson racist

Is Kate Middleton alive?

Siobhan’s famous scene in Men in Black

Was Phoebe in Shakespeare in the Park’s As You Like It with Nancy Hower and Viola Davis. Directed by Adrian Hall

Appears in 3 of Lars von Trier’s movies: Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, and The House That Jack Built

He created a style of filmmaking called Dogme 95, where no director is credited, handheld, 35mm, etc.

Wrote and directed two movies, Rushed and Shelter in Solitude 

Appeared in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games, which fucked Anne up

Became friends with Lauren Bacall on the set of Dogville

Matt Dillon kills her horrifically in The House That Jack Built

Siobhan is a very serious Irish Catholic, and that informs all of her film choices. 

She got a rubber suit made of her body so it could be dragged behind a truck

Wrote solo shows for herself to get more work

Went to Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY

Siobhan was on SNL the 1991-92 season.

Delta Delta Delta SNL sketch w/ former guest of this show, Melanie Hutsell

Siobhan good friends with former SNLers, Chris Farley and Ellen Cleghorne

Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold were decent SNL hosts, Jason Priestley sweet, Sharon Stone didn’t get it

Siobhan on 3 classic episodes of Seinfeld as Elaine’s roommate

How did Siobhan not get cast as Mark Wahlberg’s sister in The Fighter?

Bernie Mac put on fake teeth to go into hiding during filming of What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

Plays Henry Winkler’s husband in Holes

Played secretary in The Paper, Golden Girls, The Bounty Hunter, New in Town Appeared in a film from the genre Anne calls, “Men’s Coming of Death.” This one was titled Going in Style, directed by Zach Braff

Would cast Lily Tomlin, Diane Keaton, Shirley MacLaine in her own Women’s Coming of Death

Judy, Judy, Judy! We’re just mad about Judy Reyes. You Might Know Her From Birth/Rebirth, Claws, Scrubs, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Smile, Bringing out the Dead, One Day at a Time, and Devious Maids. We talk to Judy all about her Indie Spirit-nominated turn in the indie horror Birth/Rebirth which is a little Frankenstein, a little Thelma & Louise, a little Whatever Happened to Baby Jane–we highly recommend it! Judy takes us through the psychology of playing a grieving mother, acting opposite a child and a pig, and grounding the horror elements. Then, we dig deep into her oeuvre from playing Carla Espinosa for eight seasons on Scrubs to playing gay as Quiet Ann (no -e) in one of the best female ensembles on television on Claws. All that plus, coming in to elevate a horror flick like Smile, headlining the candy-coated Marc Cherry/Eva Longoria dark comedy Devious Maids, and forming a community with other Latina actors in this horrific (we hate but love it) industry. We love you.

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Discussed this episode:

Former guest of the show Da’Vine won an Oscar Sunday night 

Listen to her interview with us from 2022 (Ep #119 from March 2022) 

Anne felt bad for Bradley Cooper mostly because Kimmel’s jokes were fucking homophobic

Go watch Birth/Rebirth with Marin Ireland

Played Carla on Scrubs for 8 seasons

Left show for season 9 “reboot”

Oz first scene with Rita Moreno who didn’t remember her years later on One Day at a Time

El Deportivo on 157th street is closed :( 

Producing Freestyle a Love Story with Ana Ortiz

Justina Machado starred in new musical version of Real Women Have Curves at ART

Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam

Judy in Guinea Pig Solo at Labyrinth theatre

Has one scene in Smile 

Cosby Mysteries was in fact, two seasons, as Judy suggested

Broken hip for musical number on Scrubs

Marc Cherry developing a psychic housewife drama

Marc Cherry hit Nicolette Sheridan on the head

Anne obsessed with Kate Middleton, someone talk to her about it

Has Kate been Shelly Miscaviged?

Which is more powerful: Scientology or The Royals?

Chickens, it’s the year of Barbra! Are you ready? Anne and Damian are back with a special “just us” episode to officially launch the You Might Know Her From Patreon–link in below! Please savor the final just us episode on the regular feed. What we’re getting into: Jason Gould,, the progeny of Barbra and Elliot Gould, as well as Alexis Kalehoff, the daughter of Broadway star Andrea McArdle. Anne also  finally saw Maestro and May December and we’re discussing them deeply including Bradley Cooper’s fake liver spots. Plus, we are READY to discuss Barbra’s memoir and ready to book club Madonna’s brother Christoper Ciccone’s book. 

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Discussed this episode:

Alexis Kalehoff and Andrea McArdle singing “Take Me or Leave Me” the lesbian anthem from Jason Gould’s album Dangerous Man

Lorna Luft’s album, Songs My Mother Taught Me

Should we go on a Broadway cruise?

Joe Machota was in Mamma Mia forever and now is a high-profile agent

Uma's dialect work in Red White and Royal Blue

Uma Thurman in The Producers “If You Got It, Flaunt it”

Alexis McArdle’s dad wrote the theme for The Price is Right and Monday Night Football and Double Dare 

This month Anne watched Maestro, May December, Zone of Interest, Nyad

Jodie Foster Nyad Oscar clip @ 1:39 mark is wild a la Melissa Leo in The Fighter

We love Phyllida Lloyd (“Philtitta”)

Julianne Moore in old age makeup in The Hours

Bradley Cooper is crying with Bernstein’s kids

Here are his liver spots as Leonard Bernstein

Tick Tick Boom movie surprisingly good at capturing the moment of invention

Should we revisit De-Lovely and dear god Beyond the Sea?

Wicked Stepmother co-starring former guest of YMKHF, Colleen Camp (Ep #108)

Barbra’s dinner with Ryan Murphy, Lady Gaga, John Travolta (presumably a Gypsy meeting)

Download Libby! 

Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone wrote a book, Life with My Sister Madonna

Let’s learn about Barbra’s assistant, Renata

Whoopi’s book is forthcoming (May 2024)! / Anne read Frank Langella’s v dishy book

We are here with Erika Alexander and she is the moment! You Might Know Her From American Fiction, Get Out, Earth Mama, Black Lightning, Insecure, The Long Walk Home, Mama Flora’s Family, The Cosby Show, 54, Wu Tang: an American Saga, and Living Single. We got to talk to Erika about sporting her signature NRAY locks while she’s on the awards circuit for her Indie Spirit-nominated performance in American Fiction. We also covered a potential Living Single reunion, the beautiful moment Cicely Tyson gave her on set, and her meta cameo on Issa Rae’s Insecure. All that plus, genre work in Get Out, her Harvey Weinstein story, and her multi-hyphenate work as a writer, producer, and director. Get into Erika Alexander, the artist. 

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Discussed this week:

Amen starring Anna Maria Horsford (her episode of YMKHF) 

Damian deep in Barbra’s (audio) book, My Name is Barbra

Who else is on the Barbra tier of singer/actor/arTISTE? Aka larger than life but also relatable.

Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Beyonce, Lady Gaga?!?

What about Cher, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, Brandy? Jennifer Hudson? Emma Stone? If Jennifer Lawrence could sing? WHOOPI GOLDBERG coulda 

Real audio tracks of Jennifer Lopez singing

In What’s Up Doc, Barbra is sexy and weird

Truth or Dare is an incredible documentary. Is Madonna on the list?! 

Madonna: should we watch Swept Away

Anne is an Madonna as Evita (1996) apologist

Nominated for best supporting actress Indie Spirit Award for American Fiction

Has used the stylist Debra Hare-Bey and her yarn locs (NRAY locs) since before Living Single 

Worked with Whoopi Goldberg in The Long Walk Home (1990)

The C.R.O.W.N. Act was a big legislative win for Black women

Earth Mama starring Tia Nomore and directed by former volleyball player, Savanah LeafErika was discovered in an acting program to play opposite James Earl Jones in My Little GirlErika played young Cicely Tyson in Mama Flora’s Family and one of the producers threatened her  Felt like 4th wheel as Maxine Shaw on Living Single

Worked closely with Hillary Clinton as her surrogate while working on Queen Sugar when she got Get Out

Yvette Lee Bowser cast Erika and Les Moonves went to bat for her 

End of Living Single left bad taste in her mouth bc wasn’t able to shake Maxine 

Did a meta bit on Insecure (had already agreed to do Awkward Black Girl when it was on YouTube)

Played cousin Pam on seasons 7 & 8 of The Cosby Show. Had great scene with Charmaine played by Karen Malina White

Go watch Malina White in Dahmer

Appears in Toni Braxton’s “You’re Making Me High” with Vivica A. Fox and Tisha Campbell Produced the documentaries, Finding Tamika, Good Trouble

Erika’s Buffy comic with Joss Whedon

Erika’s spec script for Mad Men (Don Draper meets a black ad man)

Erika testified in front of Congress on the importance of diversifying the entertainment industry Fathers and Sons with Jeff Goldblum

Was Ciel who ran coat check in 54 (1998)

Salma Hayek told her she needed to ask why they moved her trailer and of course it’s Harvey Weinstein

Porn star, Ron Jeremy asked Erika if she wanted to party

Her brother worked at Studio 54!

Plays Perenna on the CW DC series, Black Lightning

Oh no, Anne went basic and bought an Owala water bottle

Anne riding bikes and Damian making hemp milk from scratch now