Close Up Podcast
1) Oscars 2022 Recap: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
The 2022 Oscars telecast will go down in history! For the Season 1 finale of Close Up, host Kelley Carter checks in with two Hollywood Reporter pals – ABC News Radio Entertainment correspondent, Jason...Show More
2) Ernest Dickerson
If you’ve seen Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, or Juice – the cult classic from 1992 that catapulted rapper Tupac Shakur into movie stardom – then you know Ernest Dickerson’s work. Dickerson is a cinema...Show More
3) Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin’s writing style is iconic – dialogue is quippy, fast-paced, and robust – the kind you got in West Wing, Newsroom, and Sports Night. And Sorkin gives us all of that in his latest film – Be...Show More
4) "Life Out Loud": Family of Choice - Margaret Cho, Don Lemon, Jonathan Capehart
On a new episode of ABC's "Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson," LZ explores the idea of chosen family with comedian and actress Margaret Cho, CNN's Don Lemon and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart....Show More
"Life Out Loud": Family of Choice - Margaret Cho, Don Lemon, Jonathan Capehart
1:07:11 | Mar 12th, 2022
5) Corey Hawkins
Corey Hawkins. Even if you don’t recognize the name, you’ve probably seen his work. Remember Dre in Straight Outta Compton? How about Benny in the film adaptation of In the Heights? Or, most recently,...Show More
6) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda is almost an EGOT winner, but that’s not how he defines success. Miranda shares never-heard-before anecdotes from behind-the-scenes of his buzziest projects: Encanto, In the Heights...Show More
7) Aunjanue Ellis
Kelley Carter goes deep with Oscar nominee, Aunjanue Ellis, about her portrayal of Oracene Price in King Richard, how the loss of her mother reshaped the way she measures her success, and why it’s imp...Show More
8) Steven Spielberg and Rachel Zegler
Kelley Carter sits down with legendary, three-time Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg and Hollywood rising star Rachel Zegler to discuss their West Side Story reboot. Then, longtime enter...Show More
9) Peter Dinklage
The 2022 Oscar nominations are out, and host Kelley Carter breaks down the snubs and surprises with fellow entertainment reporters Clayton Davis and KJ Matthews. Plus, Peter Dinklage discusses his dec...Show More
10) Introducing 'Close Up' with Kelley Carter
Entertainment journalist Kelley Carter goes one-on-one with the biggest names in Hollywood as they open up about their creative process, defining moments in their lives and careers, and highlights fro...Show More