The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott

Why the 'Scrubs' Reboot Works, According to Braff, Chalke and Faison

Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison are back at Sacred Heart Hospital, and as the Scrubs reboot heads into its second season on ABC, the stars are still a little s

Diana’s Revenge Dress, Sheeran Blowback and Tatum's Finsta

This week in culture: royals and reckonings collide. Princess Diana's revenge dress is heading to auction decades after it delivered the ultimate wardrobe comeback and co

Laura Baginski on Earlybirds, the 6 PM Dance Party With a Mission

Laura Baginski, co-founder of Earlybirds, joins host Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to talk about the dance party that starts at 6 PM and wraps by 10 so everyone gets home for

A Killer Story: Joe Sexton on Dana Chandler, Doubt & Obsession

He almost missed the story of his career. Investigative journalist Joe Sexton sat down with Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott to talk about HBO's A Killer Story, his six year purs

Carole Radziwill's RHONY Return, Holmes Doc & Pattinson's Oscar Bid

Senior Reporter Lauren Giella joins H. Alan Scott to dig into the week's biggest culture stories. Carole Radziwill returns to The Real Housewives of New York with her nam

Rebecca Hall & Charlie Hunnam Talk Monster: Lizzie Borden Story

Ryan Murphy takes on the Lizzie Borden legend and turns Rebecca Hall and Charlie Hunnam loose on it. Hall and Hunnam break down their work on Monster: The Lizzie Borden S

Hasan Minhaj Gets Personal With Netflix's ‘Best of the Best’

Hasan Minhaj is best known for his political comedy on ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj,’ but his latest project hits closer to home. Minhaj sat down w

Andrew Garfield on The Uprising, Robin Hood and Playing Sam Altman

Andrew Garfield has never been afraid of a message movie. From The Social Network to Under the Banner of Heaven to his upcoming turn as Sam Altman in Artificial, the Osca

Meet Garry Starr, the Naked Clown on a Mission to Save Literature

Damien Warren-Smith performs every Penguin Classic novel in under an hour, mostly naked, as his alter ego Garry Starr. On this episode of the Parting Shot Podcast, Warren

The ‘Chad Powers’ Cast on Glen Powell and Discovering Football

Wynn Everett and Frankie A. Rodriguez join H. Alan Scott to talk about the second season of Hulu's "Chad Powers," where their characters give the rest of us a way into a

Kristen Johnston Knows Exactly What She Did to 'S*x and the City'

Kristen Johnston has been stealing scenes for three decades. She joins H. Alan Scott to talk about playing Leanne Morgan's sister on the second season of Netflix's "Leann

Leanne Morgan Was Never One of the Cool Kids

Leanne Morgan spent 27 years in stand-up before Netflix handed her a sitcom in her 60s. She joins H. Alan Scott to talk about season two of "Leanne," what Kristen Johnsto

The John Galliano Question, the Oasis Doc and Gwyneth (Poor Gwyneth)

Fifteen years of apologizing, fifteen years of not speaking and one dinner party. John Galliano pulls out of the 2027 Costume Institute exhibition that would have honor

Microdramas are Hollywood’s Big New Thing. Retailers Want In.

Microdramas are the vertical-video soap operas taking over your phone: one- or two-minute episodes stacked 60 deep, full of love triangles, betrayals and cliff-hangers. H

Dolly Parton's Real Gift Was Never the Voice. It Was the Open Door

Dolly Parton has died at 80, and the loss is impossible to size. Newsweek's Lauren Giella joins H. Alan Scott to talk through a legacy that ran far past country music, fr

Dominic Sessa on Playing a Anthony Bourdain Before He Became Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain was never just a chef. Dominic Sessa joins Newsweek's H. Alan Scott to talk about ‘Tony,’ the new film that follows a 19-year-old Bourdain through a summ

Stern Retirement, No Comments for Oprah and a 'Glee' Reboot

If it’s happening in the world of entertainment, it’s for the culture. And there’s a lot going on. For example, New York is insufferable right now and it kind of earned i

One in Five: The Child Sexual Abuse Conversation the Epstein Scandal Never Started

Jeffrey Epstein's crimes were crimes against children. That is not how the country talked about them. Elizabeth J. Letourneau, PhD, who leads the Johns Hopkins Moore Cent

Lollapalooza's Problem, Man Bag Summer and the Ariana Grande Discourse

Summer's almost done, so let's see what it left behind. A festival that forgot what made it singular. A pop star who decided the conversation about her body was not one s

Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder Reclaim the Slasher for Women in a New Era

It's no surprise that horror films are often allegories for larger societal issues, like racism with Get Out (2017) or male entitlement with Curry Barker's recent Obsessi