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On a quiet Saturday, Kevin Costner took a moment to reflect on a friendship that would forever remain etched in his heart. He wasn’t just remembering a legend; he was honoring the unforgettable Whitney Houston on his 70th birthday. The actor shared a heartfelt post on Instagram, pulling up a candid throwback from the iconic 1992 film The Bodyguard.

Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard (1992) | Credit: Warner Bros.

Costner’s sentiments were not just words. They were a reflection of a deep, enduring connection he shared with Houston, both as a colleague and a friend. Their relationship wasn’t confined to the studio lights or the red carpet. On the set of The Bodyguard, Costner watched over Houston with care that went beyond the script, often stepping into the role of a guardian during their time together.

Kevin Costner honors Whitney Houston on his 70th birthday

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When Richard Donner was trying to cast an actor in the role of Jor-El for 1978's "Superman," he recalled traveling to Los Angeles to meet "Marlon F*****g Brando" at his house on Mulholland Drive, and noted that both he and Jack Nicholson shared "a little compound" (via The Hollywood Reporter). In retrospect, one gets the sense that nobody else other than Jack F*****g Nicholson could have shared this exclusive little pocket of Hollywood Hills real estate. There simply wasn't another actor that could match Brando's esteem.

Before Nicholson disappeared from Hollywood entirely, he was surely one of the last great movie stars — even if his final film was a star studded box office bomb. Before he secured one of the wildest deals in Hollywood history and netted himself well clear of $50 million to play the Joker in 1989's "Batman," Nicholson's legendary status was well-established. That "Batman" deal certainly...

There couldn't be a more must-watch television event for millennials in 2024 than Nobody Wants This. The Netflix original romantic comedy series teams up Kristen Bell and Adam Brody for the mismatched love story of an agnostic podcast host falling for a handsome rabbi. It's the ultimate will-they-or-won't-they romance with a killer sense of humor and actual emotional stakes.

Obviously, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody were the stars of two of the most popular teen drama series of the early aughts. Bell's breakthrough role arrived in the Upn/CW detective drama Veronica Mars, while Brody's came in the form of the tongue-in-cheek teen soap The O.C. Both shows are bonafide millennial classics! Not to mention, Bell also narrated The CW's Gossip Girl.

Speaking of Gossip Girl, in real life, Brody has been married to the erstwhile Blair Waldorf star Leighton Meester since 2014, and the couple has two children together.

Podcasting can be a “liberating” medium to work in for creatives with a sense of adventure and a willingness to lay themselves on the line in the service of good conversation.

That was the message shared Thursday night by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, hosts of the Wondery podcast “Armchair Expert,” as the pair were feted with Variety‘s Creative Impact in Podcasting Award. The private event was held Thursday night at Funke restaurant in Beverly Hills during the Variety Shaping Culture with Podcast, presented by Wondery dinner.

Shepard and Padman have been partners in “Armchair Expert” since 2018. The show has racked up nearly 800 episodes to date. In July, Shepard and Padman inked an $80 million deal with Wondery to move the show’s home base to the Amazon-owned podcast platform after several years with Spotify.

Jen Sargent, CEO of Wondery, was on hand to welcome the pair to the fold,...

Actor Adam Brody called out celebrities focusing on anti-woke culture in a new podcast episode.

The O.C. star had a few things to say during an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.

He voiced his opinion about celebrities obsessed with cancel culture. “But if that’s your north star, as a comedian, as an artist, as a political commentator, then you’ve f—ing lost the plot,” he said. “More good has been done than bad. It’s tangible to me.”

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While Brody recognized that there are excesses within any movement, he finds the emphasis on the movement to be misplaced, saying, “There are so much bigger fish to fry.”

The actor said he’s suspicious when comedians solely focus on critiques of their content.

Back in the spring of 2023, "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega said on a podcast that she personally rewrote some parts of the Netflix show's script that she didn't think quite worked. So, what do the show's creators think about that?

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who created the series for the streamer, were speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about their work on the Burton-Ortega collaboration "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" when the outlet brought up Ortega's comments. To be honest, both Gough and Millar handled it very professionally.

"That's hard," Gough admitted, adding that he and Millar have dealt with somewhat similar situations before. "We've done a few of these shows, like 'Smallville,' which was a big hit out of the gate. Suddenly, you have these young stars in the spotlight. They're going to misstep. They're going to say things. I think you just have to give them grace and know that it happens.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Jenna Ortega reflected on the controversial comments she made in March 2023 about changing her character’s lines on Netflix’s “Wednesday,” admitting, “I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that. I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler. I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better.”

On a March 2023 episode of Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Ortega said that many of the original “Wednesday” scripts made no sense to her from a character perspective, and that she changed dialogue without consulting the show’s writers.

She said at the time: “I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down more on a set in a way that I had to on ‘Wednesday,’” she continued. “Everything that Wednesday does,...

Wondery, Amazon’s leading podcast and entertainment company, announced an exclusive distribution and ad-sales deal for the massively popular podcast, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. As part of the deal, Wondery and Armchair Expert will co-develop and produce two new podcasts for fans, and one livestream per year. Wondery will also have a first-look option for any additional new podcasts created by Dax Shepard.

Starting September 1, the deal includes rights to the Armchair Expert full back catalog of podcast content, distribution rights to RSS feed, launch video episodes for the first time, as well as rights to create translated versions of the podcast for Wondery’s global audience. In addition, new episodes of Armchair Expert will be available one week early and ad-free on Wondery+ exclusively for subscribers, prior to going wide. Wondery will also have exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and sell all Armchair Expert merchandise.

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Amazon’s podcast company Wondery has inked an exclusive distribution and ad-sales deal for the popular podcast, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. The agreement calls for Wondery and Armchair Expert to co-develop and produce two new podcasts for fans, and one livestream per year, and includes a first-look option for any additional new podcasts created by host Dax Shepard.

Shepard had been housed at Spotify since 2021.

Financial terms weren’t announced but the WSJ said the deal was worth about $80 million.

Launching Sept. 1, the deal includes rights to the Armchair Expert full back catalog of podcast content, distribution rights to RSS feed, launch video episodes for the first time, as well as rights to create translated versions of the podcast for Wondery’s global audience.

New episodes of Armchair Expert will be available one week early and ad-free on Wondery+ exclusively for subscribers prior to going wide. \

Wondery will also have exclusive rights to develop,...

Maybe the podcast wars aren’t over after all.

In a major deal, Amazon’s Wondery has signed a distribution and ad sales deal with Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast.

The deal, valued at an estimated $80 million, also includes plans to develop two new podcasts, a first look deal for future podcast ideas, plans to host livestreams, and rights to develop and sell Armchair Expert merchandise. The company will also launch video episodes of the podcast.

“I could not be more excited about making Wondery our home,” said Shepard in a statement. “Jen Sargent and her team have created a brand that imbues quality, daring and creativity. The Wondery logo actually means something. They are the HBO of the podcast space. We are extremely excited to join forces and bring fresh new content to listeners around the world.”

Armchair Expert, which Shepard co-hosts with Monica Padman, had been exclusive...

In the most recent episode of Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert,” Jonathan Van Ness broke down in tears while defending the rights of transgender kids.

Shepard and Van Ness engaged in a light-hearted conversation about a range of topics before they began talking about The New York Times. When Van Ness said the publication should not be considered left-leaning, Shepard responded with, “It absolutely is.” Van Ness then said the publication shares anti-trans content.

After the two went back and forth on the topic, Shepard said, “Some people are very uncomfortable about teenagers transitioning. They’re challenging that. How do we know that the person’s not gonna change their mind?”

“To even question it makes you an enemy. I don’t think that’s the way forward,” Shepard continued before prompting Van Ness to offer a rebuttal.

Van Ness said it felt like they were talking to their dad.

Spotify is piloting a groundbreaking feature powered by AI that translates podcasts into additional languages—all in the podcaster’s voice. As part of the pilot, Spotify worked closely with podcasters Dax Shepard, Monica Padman, Lex Fridman, Bill Simmons, and Steven Bartlett to generate AI-powered voice translations in other languages. These include Spanish, French, and German, for a select number of catalogue episodes and future episode releases.

Shania Twain is opening up about the most painful period in her life, when she discovered her husband and producer Robert “Mutt” Lange was cheating on her with her best friend, Marie-Ann Thiébaud.

The Canadian country superstar sat down with Dax Shepard for his “Armchair Expert” podcast, where Shepard and co-host Monica Padman admitted they were “really nervous” about bringing up her ex-husband’s cheating scandal in the interview; Twain, however, insisted she was no longer embarrassed by it.

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As Twain’s fans well know, she was so devastated by the infidelity that she turned to the other victim in the saga, Thiébaud’s husband, Fréderic Thiébaud. As the two consoled each other, they eventually fell in love, and got married on New Year’s Day 2011.

As Twain noted, Lange and Thiébaud are still together,...

Anna Kendrick once made embryos with a longtime partner, only for him to turn around and tell her that he had feelings for somebody else.

The actress spoke to Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for the latest episode of their “Armchair Expert” podcast, discussing her experience about being in a toxic relationship.

Without naming names, Kendrick recalled, “I was with someone — this was somebody I lived with, for all intents and purposes my husband. We had embryos together, this was my person.

“And then about six years in, about somewhere around there, I remember telling my brother, when things had first kind of gone down, ‘I’m living with a stranger. Like, I don’t know what’s happening.'”

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Kendrick, who has dated the likes of Edgar Wright, Ben Richardson and...

With an acting career that goes back nearly twenty years, Scarlett Johansson is no stranger to being typecast. But EW reports that, when the actress sat down to talk with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on their “Armchair Expert” podcast, Johansson opened up about how taking on more mature roles earlier in her career led her to be “hyper-sexualized” for most of her career.

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Shepherd led to the topic when he said Johannson “got labeled 15 going on 30” in her early breakout roles like 2001’s “Ghost World” and 2003’s “Lost In Translation.” Johannson admitted that thanks to her career and upbringing in Manhattan, she “definitely was in different situations that were not age-appropriate.” However, her mother was “really good about protecting” her from “a lot of that stuff, but she can’t do that for everything.

When Scarlett Johansson came, Joaquin Phoenix left.

Johansson revealed during Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s “Armchair Expert” podcast that filming Spike Jonze’s 2013 romance “Her” proved to be “so gross” during an intimate sequence involving the sounds of an orgasm between an A.I. machine and its owner, played by Phoenix.

Johansson’s character Samantha was only present as a voice, and a verbal sexual encounter during which Samantha pretends to be human led to the sounds of a climax for both characters. Yet Phoenix had to leave the room when recording the sounds together.

“We tried to get through one take, and he was, like, losing it,” Johansson said. “He left the studio. He needed a break.”

Johansson added, “You don’t want to hear your voice ever. You definitely don’t want to hear what you sound like having an orgasm. You definitely don’t want to...

The friendship of two lifelong pals is put to the test in “Rutherford Falls,” a Peacock original comedy from co-creators Ed Helms, Michael Schur, and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The new series was well-received by critics and earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94. Ed Helms stars as the lead character, Nathan Rutherford, the descendant of the town’s white colonial founder. Lead actress Jana Schmieding plays opposite Helms as Reagan Well, Nathan’s best friend who’s also part of the indigenous Minishonka Nation in New York.

Below is a complete guide to the characters we meet in season one of “Rutherford Falls.” We’ve also included info about the next season, the show’s writers, and where you can watch the talented cast perform their work today.

Main Characters of “Rutherford Falls”

The town of Rutherford Falls is full of interesting characters played by a diverse cast. Here are the...

Dax Shepard made a surprising reveal about his dating life. During the latest episode of his “Armchair Expert” podcast, the actor shared that he once dated Ashley Olsen. “I dated Ashley Olsen,” Shepard said while talking with his co-host, Monica Padman, about Padman’s love for the Olsen twins’ clothing line, The Row. “And she’s just the most wonderful person. She’s fantastic.” Shepard said that...

Dax Shepard lips aren't sealed. On the latest episode of his Armchair Expert podcast, the actor looked back on his relationship with Ashley Olsen. After meeting at a party nearly two decades ago, Dax was "kind of thunderstruck by her beauty," he explained to his co-host Monica Padman, noting their pairing was understandably "pretty weird." However, he said he appreciated how she and twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen were "f—king major bosses." A sentiment certainly still true today as they continue to grow their thriving fashion empire. "She's just the most wonderful person," he raved while talking about the twin's The Row. "When we were dating was when...

Infamous former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has experienced what would happen if he got on Peter Jackson’s bad side.

While reflecting on his time filming Lord of the Rings, its star Elijah Wood appeared on the Armchair Podcast and told host Dax Shepard that one of the orcs in the movie was designed to look like Weinstein. The actor explained he recently brought up the subject on a podcast run by Lord of the Rings costars Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd called The Friendship Onion.

“They were talking to Sean Astin about his first memory of getting to New Zealand for the first time,” Wood told Shephard and his cohost, Monica Padman. “He had seen these orc masks. And one of the orc masks — and I remember this vividly — was designed to look like Harvey Weinstein as a sort of a f*ck you.”

“I think it’s okay to talk about this now,...

Reese Witherspoon's first months as a mother were not just like heaven. In the latest episode of Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Expert, the mother of three spoke to Kristen Bell and Monica Padman about the challenges she faced when she and ex-husband Ryan Phillippe welcomed their daughter Ava Phillippe. "I did not have a lot of support with my first baby and I learned really early, like this is not going to work," the 45-year-old actress shared. "I tried to muscle through for five months with Ava, just not sleeping and I became delirious." She remarked that she "couldn't have worked" through Ava's first few months of life, before acknowledging,...

For Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, their definition of "the good place" might just be a situation in which their kids don't expel a repulsive odor. After Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher stopped by Dax and co-host Monica Padman's podcast, Armchair Expert, last month and broke the Internet with their comments about not wanting to bathe their children until "you can see the dirt on them," Kristen and Dax told the women of The View on Tuesday, August 3 that their own feelings are not too different. "We bathed our children every single night—prior to bed is like the routine," Dax said. "And then somehow, they just started going to sleep on their own without...

That 70’s Show stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis revealed that they only bathed their children when they were infants when they saw “the dirt on them.” “When I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day,” said Kunis on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman‘s Armchair Expert podcast. “I wasn’t that parent that bathed my […]

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What's in a name? Kristen Bell is opening up about the unfortunate coincidence of her daughter, Delta, having the same moniker as the contagious strain of the coronavirus. On the July 28 episode of Kristen's podcast, We Are Supported By…, her co-host Monica Padman asked The Good Place alum how she felt about the unique situation. "It's a big, big bummer," Kristen admitted. However, the mom of two to Delta, 6, and Lincoln, 8, with husband Dax Shepard, still has a sense of humor about the situation. "But I'm really hoping that the delta variant won't be as strong as the original Covid and people will still say...

Spoiler alert: This is going to cause a major debate.  Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are making headlines after chatting about their family's bathing habits during a recent interview on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman's podcast, Armchair Expert. The subject came up when Shepard explained his ongoing argument with Padman that she should not wash her body with soap. "You should not be getting rid of all the natural oil on your skin with a bar of soap every day," he said. "It's insane." Apparently Kunis and Kutcher are in the same camp. "I don't wash my body with soap every day," she shared. "But I wash pits and tits and...

Vista Theatre owner Lance Alspaugh on Tuesday confirmed the news fans were hoping was true: Quentin Tarantino had purchased the iconic Los Angeles movie house.

The Oscar-winning writer-director revealed Monday that he purchased the Sunset Drive landmark. During an Armchair Expert podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, Tarantino also said that the single-screen movie theater will likely reopen later this year. It has been shuttered due to the pandemic. The news sent cinephiles in and around L.A. into a tizzy.

Alspaugh, the proprietor of the Vintage Cinemas group, which also includes the Los Feliz 3 and Village Theatres in Coronado,...

Vista Theatre owner Lance Alspaugh on Tuesday confirmed the news fans were hoping was true: Quentin Tarantino had purchased the iconic Los Angeles movie house.

The Oscar-winning writer-director revealed Monday that he purchased the Sunset Drive landmark. During an Armchair Expert podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, Tarantino also said that the single-screen movie theater will likely reopen later this year. It has been shuttered due to the pandemic. The news sent cinephiles in and around L.A. into a tizzy.

Alspaugh, the proprietor of the Vintage Cinemas group, which also includes the Los Feliz 3 and Village Theatres in Coronado,...

Meet the modern-day version of Three's Company. As Armchair Expert podcast co-hosts Monica Padman and Dax Shepard shared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the two are so close they even joke Monica is a third wheel to Dax and wife Kristen Bell.   In fact, during the interview, Monica revealed the hilarious gift she recently got her co-host, which was a calendar that featured random male body parts for every month. This uniquely funny gift prompted host Jimmy Kimmel to ask about their working relationship.   "Absolutely, we're in a three-way marriage," Monica joked. "Well, we were in a three-way marriage."   When asked if she meant...

Julianna Margulies and George Clooney may have played lovers on the classic TV show ER, but they never got together in real life. And the actress says the duo are extremely happy with that decision to this day.

Visiting the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for Monday’s episode, Margulies expanded on past remarks about her and Clooney’s mutual crush during their time on ER.

Margulies told the co-hosts a fling with Clooney, whose star skyrocketed while he was on the NBC drama, may have been fun “until I became an adult,” but when she reached 35, “I would ...

Julianna Margulies and George Clooney may have played lovers on the classic TV show ER, but they never got together in real life. And the actress says the duo are extremely happy with that decision to this day.

Visiting the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for Monday’s episode, Margulies expanded on past remarks about her and Clooney’s mutual crush during their time on ER.

Margulies told the co-hosts a fling with Clooney, whose star skyrocketed while he was on the NBC drama, may have been fun “until I became an adult,” but when she reached 35, “I would ...

Princes Harry and William have responded to the explosive findings of an independent inquiry into the BBC’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with their mother, Princess Diana.

The investigation was centred on British journalist Martin Bashir and his use of forged bank documents to secure access to the princess in the now-iconic sit-down, in which Diana claimed there were “three of us in the marriage.” Bashir, who was serving as the corporation’s Religion Editor up until last week, abruptly stepped down from the corporation on May 14, citing poor health.

The findings of the investigation, carried out by retired judge Lord Dyson, revealed on Thursday that the BBC “fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its hallmark” and that the internal investigation at the time, led by former BBC director general Tony Hall, was “woefully ineffective.”

Reacting to the findings, Prince Harry said: “Our mother was...

Prince Harry has found a trustworthy neighbor he can turn to for paparazzi assistance.  The Duke of Sussex, who stepped back from his duties as a senior member of the royal family last year alongside his wife Meghan Markle, discussed the challenges he has faced since moving to Montecito, Calif. from London with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on their podcast Armchair Expert. One issue is the stealth paparazzi, who sometimes pull out all the stops so they can get a picture of Prince Harry and his family, which also includes son Archie Harrison, 2. Meghan is currently pregnant with the pair's next child. "Just two days ago, Orlando Bloom sent me a message, because he's just...

Prince Harry shared a lot during his recent guest appearance on an episode of the Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard podcast, speaking with Dax and the podcast's producer Monica Padman. He delved into many topics surrounding his mental health and life after stepping back as a senior member of the royal family, plus the work he's doing on understanding his unconscious bias and dealing with his traumatic experiences with the paparazzi. As well as discussing those important topics, he also shared some lighter, funny stories on the episode - particularly about his life with Meghan Markle.

Prior to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's engagement in November 2017, they had to keep their dates very much under the radar. So much so that going to the supermarket in secret was one of their first dates. "The first time that Meghan and I met up for her to come and stay with me,...

Prince Harry has been opening up more about his mental health since stepping down from his role as a senior working member of the royal family. In addition to his new mental health series titled The Me You Can't See and his role as chief impact officer at BetterUp, Harry recently spoke about his journey with therapy on an episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast.

During the 95-minute interview, Harry, Dax, and the podcast's producer Monica Padman discussed many different topics that all centered around mental health, from Harry's experiences with the paparazzi throughout his life to the trauma experienced after coming back from war. Harry was incredibly candid throughout the conversation, opening up about his childhood, his life after moving to the United States, and his own mental health journey.

Approximately 20 minutes into the discussion, they got into experiencing life as a royal family member. Dax asked...

Prince Harry has joined the chorus of backlash against Joe Rogan’s remarks about the coronavirus vaccine, arguing that the influential podcast star should have chosen his words more carefully.

Appearing on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s Armchair Expert podcast on Thursday, the Duke of Sussex said: “The issue is in today’s world with misinformation endemic, you’ve got to be careful about what comes out of your mouth.”

It follows Rogan telling his The Joe Rogan Experience listeners on Spotify: “If you’re like 21 years old, and you say to me, ‘Should I get vaccinated?’ I’ll go no. If you’re a healthy person, and you’re exercising all the time, and you’re young, and you’re eating well, I don’t think you need to worry about this.”

Rogan later clarified his remarks, explaining: “I said, ‘I believe [the vaccines are] safe,’ and I encouraged many people to take them…...

Spotify’s talent grab continues as the audio streaming service has signed an exclusive deal with Dax Shepard and his Armchair Expert podcast.

The move will mean that the popular podcast series, which the Parenthood actor hosts with Monica Padman, becomes exclusive to Spotify. The company has also signed a first-look deal with the Armchair Umbrella Network.

It is the latest major podcast deal for Spotify, which signed up controversial podcast Joe Rogan to bring his show exclusively to the service.

Armchair Expert, which is produced by Rob Holysz, Padman and Shepard, will move to Spotify from July 1. It is a weekly show that features in-depth interviews with celebrities, artists, authors and global thought-leaders.

It has broken a number of stories recently including an apology from Hank Azaria and discussion of Macklemore’s recent relapse.

Other recent guests include John Legend, Bill Gates, Salma Hayek, Shawn Mendes, Dr. Sanjay Gupta,...

Dax Shepard’s popular Armchair Expert podcast has inked an exclusive deal, moving to Spotify.

The award-winning podcast, co-hosted by actor, filmmaker and comedian Shepard and Emmy-nominated producer and personality Monica Padman, will remain free and available exclusively on Spotify starting July 1, according to media streaming service.

“Moving to Spotify is a huge opportunity for us. I am especially grateful for the work Monica and [producer] Rob [Holysz] have done to get us to this point. We are all bathing in the excitement of knowing we will get to do what we love most for the coming years,” Shepard said ...

Dax Shepard’s popular Armchair Expert podcast has inked an exclusive deal, moving to Spotify.

The award-winning podcast, co-hosted by actor, filmmaker and comedian Shepard and Emmy-nominated producer and personality Monica Padman, will remain free and available exclusively on Spotify starting July 1, according to media streaming service.

“Moving to Spotify is a huge opportunity for us. I am especially grateful for the work Monica and [producer] Rob [Holysz] have done to get us to this point. We are all bathing in the excitement of knowing we will get to do what we love most for the coming years,” Shepard said ...

Hank Azaria stepped away from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons more than a year ago but in a revealing new interview on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman's Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria is officially apologizing for voicing the characters and regrets that his decision took so long. Azaria says during the podcast that "I've had a date with destiny with this…...

On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria apologized for participating in “structural racism,” via his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

While the Emmy winner continues to voice other parts on the Fox comedy, including Moe Szyslak, and gave voice to Apu from his first appearance on the show in 1990, he announced in February of last year that he would no longer be playing the role. The decision emerged as part of a broad cultural shift in animation, as the industry came to the belief that characters of color should not be voiced by white actors, with other Simpsons roles also being recast.

In the course of his conversation with Armchair Experts hosts Dax Shephard and Monica Padman, Azaria said that he wished he’d committed to exiting the Apu role many years before he actually did. “I’ve had a date with destiny...

Hank Azaria is on an apology tour for his decades of voicing the former “Simpsons” character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

“I really do apologize,” Azaria said on a recent episode of the podcast, “Armchair Expert” hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. “It’s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.”

While Apu has long been a fan favorite on “The Simpsons,” his impact on pop culture and depictions of Indian people in media came under scrutiny because of the 2017 documentary “The Problem With Apu.” In it, director Hari Kondabolu, himself a lifelong Simpsons fan, reflects on his personal feelings for a character that for many years was the only depiction of Indian and Hindu culture on American television. But Kondabolu also...

Hank Azaria was a recent guest on the Armchair Expert podcast, where he discussed several topics, including the lessons he learned from playing the controversial Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons.

The long-running Indian character on the iconic Fox cartoon came under fire in recent years (including in 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu) due to the character’s racially stereotypical behavior, compounded by the fact that he was voiced by a Caucasian actor.

Azaria told podcast hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that he took time to learn more about what people were feeling — taking several seminars — and to understand why the character is ...

Hank Azaria was a recent guest on the Armchair Expert podcast, where he discussed several topics, including the lessons he learned from playing the controversial Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons.

The long-running Indian character on the iconic Fox cartoon came under fire in recent years (including in a 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu) due to the character’s racially stereotypical behavior, compounded by the fact that he was voiced by a caucasian actor.

Azaria told podcast hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that he took time to learn more about what people were feeling — taking several seminars — and to understand why the character is ...

Hollywood diva Salma Hayek recalls how her Desperado co-star Antonio Banderas helped her when she started tearing up on the sets of the 1995 film, and says he is an absolute gentleman.

"So, when we were going to start shooting, I started to sob (and said) 'I don't know that I can do it. I'm afraid'," she recalled.

"One of the things I was afraid of was Antonio - he was an absolute gentleman and so nice, and we're still super close friends - but he was very free. It scared me that for him, it was like nothing. I started crying, and he was like, 'Oh my God. You're making me feel terrible'. And I was so embarrassed that I was crying," she said, according to a femalefirst.co.uk report.

She also said that the film's director Robert Rodriguez had never put pressure on her to do something she was uncomfortable with.

Salma Hayek on Monday went into detail about her experience shooting the love scene in her breakout film, Desperado, making it clear her trauma had nothing to do with the director or the star.

The Oscar-nominated actress dropped by Armchair Expert, the popular weekly podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Among the topics they discussed was Hayek’s first big break in Hollywood, 1995’s Desperado, directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Antonio Banderas. Hayek has previously noted she struggled with the love scene but opened up about the situation to Shepard and Padman.

Thrilled to land the role of the tough-as-nails Carolina in the Columbia Pictures ...

Salma Hayek on Monday went into detail about her experience shooting the love scene in her breakout film, Desperado, making it clear her trauma had nothing to do with the director or the star.

The Oscar-nominated actress dropped by Armchair Expert, the popular weekly podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Among the topics they discussed was Hayek’s first big break in Hollywood, 1995’s Desperado, directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Antonio Banderas. Hayek has previously noted she struggled with the love scene but opened up about the situation to Shepard and Padman.

Thrilled to land the role of the tough-as-nails Carolina in the Columbia Pictures ...

On Tuesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dax Shepard opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about going public about his recent relapse with his sobriety.

In September, Shepard shared on his podcast Armchair Expert that after 16 years of sobriety, he relapsed with narcotic drugs, specifically Vicodin, for roughly eight weeks.

The relapse came after Shephard suffered a motorcycle accident in August, after which he struggled to come clean to his wife Kristen Bell and friends, such as podcast co-host Monica Padman.

Bell spoke with DeGeneres in October on her decision to stand by her husband through his struggles, claiming “he’s very, very worth ...

On Tuesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dax Shepard opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about going public about his recent relapse with his sobriety.

In September, Shepard shared on his podcast Armchair Expert that after 16 years of sobriety, he relapsed with narcotic drugs, specifically Vicodin, for roughly eight weeks.

The relapse came after Shephard suffered a motorcycle accident in August, after which he struggled to come clean to his wife Kristen Bell and friends, such as podcast co-host Monica Padman.

Bell spoke with DeGeneres in October on her decision to stand by her husband through his struggles, claiming “he’s very, very worth ...

As 2020 comes to a close, Dax Shepard is reflecting on his blessings.  In September, the 45-year-old star publicly shared that he had relapsed with pills, the same month that marked his 16th sobriety anniversary. During a new special holiday episode of his Armchair Expert podcast, he acknowledged what a significant role his wife Kristen Bell and podcast co-host Monica Padman had played in his recovery this year.  "I can't imagine having to admit that to other people and feeling as safe as I did that you guys wouldn't hate me," he shared with them. "I hated me at that point and so, to be able to tell you guys and feel unconditionally loved and that I would be...

WME has signed Monica Padman, best known as the co-host, co-producer and co-creator of the popular podcast Armchair Expert, alongside Dax Shepard.

The Hollywood talent agency will focus on building Padman’s business across TV, talent and endorsements.

Since launching in February 2018, Armchair Expert has welcomed celebrity guests like Hillary Clinton, Will Ferrell, Ashton Kutcher and more for deep-dive conversations.

And during the pandemic, Padman and Shepard have reinvented Armchair Expert to include science and health experts as guests, including Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Padman also hosts the satirical dating podcast Monica and Jess Love Boys, which sits under the Armchair content umbrella....