The Envelope

Nov 21 2024 218 ep. 35 mins 796
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The Envelope podcast pulls back the curtain to reveal intimates stories from this award season’s top contenders. A-list actors, directors and showrunners join Los Angeles Times entertainment reporters Yvonne Villarreal and Mark Olsen for conversations about their personal lives and creative processes — and how it all fuels their art.

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Cynthia Erivo on preparing for 'Wicked,' Saoirse Ronan talks 'The Outrun' and 'Blitz'

Nov 21 2024 72 mins  
In the season premiere of The Envelope, 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo on becoming Elphaba and Saoirse Ronan on her pair of awards contenders 'The Outrun' and 'Blitz.'

Why Nava Mau 'needed' 'Baby Reindeer' and how Hiroyuki Sanada shaped 'Shōgun' from the start

Aug 15 2024 57 mins  
In this week’s episode of The Envelope video podcast, "Baby Reindeer" breakout Nava Mau opens up about drawing courage from Netflix's viral hit and "Shōgun's" Hiroyuki Sanada describes how becoming a producer remade him as an actor.

Tyler James Williams on frustrating 'Abbott' fans, 'Hacks' star Paul W. Downs on the comedy 'crisis'

Aug 08 2024 61 mins  
In this week’s episode of The Envelope video podcast, Tyler James Williams reveals that the team behind "Abbott Elementary" actually loves frustrating viewers, and "Hacks" star Paul W. Downs weighs in on the debate over which shows in the Emmy race deserve to be described as a comedy.

Naomi Watts on the new ‘Feud’ and Issa López on ‘True Detective’ discourse

Jun 20 2024 59 mins  
This week, we sit down with Naomi Watts to discuss 'Feud: Capote vs. the Swans' and talk to showrunner Issa López about 'True Detective: Night Country.'

Cynthia Nixon on pulling double duty for HBO, Max and Lulu Wang on her leap to TV

Jun 13 2024 56 mins  
This week, Cynthia Nixon stops by to discuss her roles in 'And Just Like That ...' and 'The Gilded Age,' then Lulu Wang joins us to talk about making the leap to TV with 'Expats.'

Aja Naomi King on "Lessons in Chemistry" and the "Elsbeth" team on expanding "Good Wife" universe

Jun 06 2024 60 mins  
In this week's episode of The Envelope video podcast, "Lessons in Chemistry" star Aja Naomi King opens up about overcoming her fears about launching a career as an actor and Michelle King and Jonathan Tolins take us inside their popular new procedural, "Elsbeth."

Maya Erskine talks "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" secrets and Viet Thanh Nguyen on adapting "The Sympathizer"

May 30 2024 60 mins  
In the Emmy-season premiere of The Envelope video podcast, we sit down with Maya Erskine, star of Amazon Prime Video's acclaimed reimagination of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," and Viet Thanh Nguyen and Don McKellar, who brought Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer" to life on HBO.

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell talk 'Barbie,' songwriting and imposter syndrome

Feb 23 2024 20 mins  
Oscar-nominated songwriters Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell sat with Mark Olsen to talk about 'What Was I Made For?' from 'Barbie' and how they approach writing songs.

America Ferrara on the life-changing 'Barbie' and Nadia Stacey on the 'no wigs' rule for 'Poor Things'

Feb 22 2024 35 mins  
The Oscar-nominated America Ferrara talks to Yvonne Villarreal about how "Barbie" has changed her life and what it's like experiencing all the accolades at this stage of her career. And Mark Olsen sits down with Nadia Stacey, Oscar-nominated for hair and makeup for "Poor Things," to talk about working with Emma Stone for a third time.

Diane Warren on 'The Fire Inside' and Rodrigo Prieto talks 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and 'Barbie'

Feb 15 2024 49 mins  
Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto talks about working with Martin Scorsese on "Killers of the Flower Moon" and going from that project right to "Barbie." Songwriter Diane Warren chats about her Oscar-nominated song "The Fire Inside" and what it means to her to receive a 15th nomination. Finally, writer-director Justine Triet discusses her film "Anatomy of a Fall."