The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott – Details, episodes & analysis

In just one week former President Donald Trump got indicted (again), allegedly got into some kind of altercation at Arlington National Cemetery (how?), agreed to and then casted doubt on debating Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke to Dr. Phil and sold some trading cards. Comedian, actor and writer Jenny Yang joins Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to break it all down and attempt to make sense of it.

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Sometimes the scariest thing can be the things we take for granted: our personal devices. Cell phones, smart TVs, Siri, Alexa. That's exactly what John Cho must battle in Chris Weitz's new film AfrAId (August 30). "Siri and I have a bumpy relationship. I've been looking at her askance for years." Cho plays Curtis, a dad tasked with protecting his family after their digital assistant turns against them. "Looking back on my own parenting, we didn't really think twice about the computer and the iPad, which is just a really open tunnel for the whole world to get to our children." Acknowledging the pros and cons of technology, Cho says "the film is really about, what if the con was much worse than we thought?" Cho jumped at the role because of Weitz. "He happened to write a fantastic film, but there's a chance I would have done it even if it was terrible, because I love him so much." And AfrAId adds another unique credit to Cho's impressively diverse resume. "I was [always] an omnivore when it came to entertainment. It's not like I stayed in one particular lane." 

Read the Transcript: https://www.newsweek.com/2024/09/13/john-cho-would-change-nothing-about-his-omnivorous-resume-1945126.html 

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The ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars certainly delivered. From the cast to the antics, it had it all. Today H. Alan Scott chats with the season’s winner, Angeria Paris VanMicheals, about what it was like to play for charity (the National Black Justice Collective), compete against the likes of Roxxxy Andrews and Plastique Tiara, and what she thinks of past queens judging her looks on various podcasts.  

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There’s just something about ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ right? It’s the mix of drama and true crime (and maybe just a little romance). Considering it’s been on for more than 20 years, people can’t seem to get enough ‘SVU.’ Which is why Liza Treyger and Kara Klenk started ‘That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast’ on the Exactly Right podcast network. They join Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to discuss what it is about ‘SVU’ that makes it so popular, their many feelings on Christopher Meloni, and the sort of reactions they get from die-hard ‘SVU’ fans. 

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I was raised Mormon, got some cancer, and then converted to Judaism. Why? Well, it’s complicated and it’s the basis for the documentary film ‘Latter Day Jew,’ available soon on video on demand on a number of platforms. Today I’m sharing my story, because it’s a weird one, but it’s also how I became H. Alan Scott. I’ll be joined by writer, comedian and my best friend, Eliot Glazer (‘Broad City’), who was with me during the entire process.  

Watch the trailer for ‘Latter Day Jew’: https://youtu.be/mPMfcxMTqtc 

Watch Eliot’s Comedy Central digital series ‘2 Jews Choose’: https://youtu.be/liBfG_wzuU0 

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Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña is going from kicking butt on Earth to doing so in the multiverse in the latest DC Comics film ‘Blue Beetle’ (August 18). “I'm so excited about people meeting this character for the first time,” Maridueña told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. This is not only the young actor’s big screen debut and, the film is also the first DC Comics movie to focus solely on a Latin superhero. “I really feel like it's taken all 22 years of my life so far to be ready for this moment.” Despite the movie’s groundbreaking record for progress and diversity, Maridueña wants people see it for more than just that. “I hope people, with this movie, can start to marinate on the fact that this is a movie, that Latino is not the genre, that superhero was the genre, and the characters happened to be Latino.” He also wants Blue Beetle to open doors for other superhero stories we’ve yet to see. “I hope that in success, it offers the opportunity for others to tell their most authentic stories. It may be the first time that a Latino is hitting the big screen in a lead [superhero] role, but it can't be the last.” 

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When Casey McQuiston’s novel ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ was published in 2019, it was an instant bestseller. Now the story of a romance between the U.S. president’s son Alex (Taylor Zakhar Perez) and British Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) is a new Amazon Prime movie (August 11). “I really didn’t know the magnitude of it,” Perez told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott about the popularity of the book. “Everybody kind of came at me with their opinions.” And Perez went into it with little knowledge of the royals, either. “I have friends that are obsessed and know everything about them, and I kind of just shrug my shoulders...I suppose it’s like a Disney prince and princess story that we watched from afar.” But this story is certainly not your typical royal love story, and that’s what makes it so compelling. “Alex’s arc as a character that has only dated women in the past—maybe a couple guy hookups—to not liking Henry, to getting kissed by Henry and then having a relationship. The different degrees of comfort that Alex starts to have, this needs to be represented in in a proper way.” 

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Christian entertainment has been on the rise in recent years. With the popularity of the new film ‘Sound of Freedom’ and the show ‘The Chosen,’ it does feel like Christian stories are gaining more and more mainstream prominence. Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott spoke with Paul Pond, the author of the Newsweek cover story ‘Jesus Takes Hollywood,’ about what he found in his reporting. We’ll also chat with Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the wildly popular show ‘The Chosen.’  

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Last December, fans of the series ‘Minx’ were dismayed when streaming service Max announced it was canceling the show about a ’70s erotic magazine for women. “We had heard ramblings,” says the show’s star, Ophelia Lovibond told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. But Starz stepped in and saved the series. (The second season premiered July 21.) “People are tweeting and sending messages, expressing their outrage [about the cancellation]...imagine if that had happened and it was like, ‘Good, I hate that show.’ [laughs]. It would have been awful.” Lovibond plays Joyce, the magazine’s feminist creator. “This season she’s in a completely different place in her life. She’s never been the girl invited to the party.” The series quickly became known for its abundance of male nudity. “After a while, it just becomes part of your workplace. I can’t imagine being an accountant and getting used to that, but filming a ’70s show about porn, it’s kind of par for the course.” But Lovibond credits intimacy coordinators for making the nude scenes professional. “It’s fundamentally changed the way you approach a scene.” 

Here’s the link to the last episode of the Parting Shot on Minx with Oscar Montoya and Nate Crnkovich: https://art19.com/shows/the-parting-shot/episodes/aedb4784-df5b-4d4c-a797-51b57473a6fa 

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If anyone in Hollywood has experienced every aspect of the business, it’s Jamie Lee Curtis. “I’ve been doing this for a long time with very little expectations. I’ve just had a really good time doing what I get to do, when [and] with who I get to do it with. You just never know when someone’s going to really love something,” Curtis told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. Fresh off her Oscar win for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ Curtis is keeping busy, first with Disney’s Haunted Mansion, bringing to life the mysterious Madame Leota. “I remember thinking, ‘Why is that woman in the crystal ball? What’s going on with her?’” She’s also receiving even more award buzz for her portrayal of the high-strung matriarch on Hulu’s ‘The Bear.’ “How many of us know people who are so desperate for help but then claim they don’t want it? It’s a beautiful portrait, the whole show.” If that wasn’t enough, she’s also out with a new graphic novel, ‘Mother Nature.’ Considering how busy she is, Curtis is unsure if she’ll have time to direct the film version. “I’m hoping to. The problem is, I’m getting work.” We’re certainly glad she has that problem. 

Pick up ‘Mother Nature’ wherever books are sold: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713662/mother-nature-by-written-by-jamie-lee-curtis/ 

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