Ann Marie Baldonado

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado

Long before Sarah Snook played the cut-throat Shiv Roy on Succession, she was fascinated with villains and off-beat characters. Growing up in Australia, she watched plenty of Disney movies — but she never aspired to be the princess. "I was the one who came out of that going like, 'Great, I want to be the genie, I wanna be Jafar. I want to be Iago. I want to be Ursula. ... I want all the characters who go and do stuff and who are funny and strange and weird and get great musical numbers,'" Snook says.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Terry Gross |Ann Marie Baldonado

DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. "Hacks," the very funny TV series about an older Vegas-style stand-up comic and the generational differences between her and her younger comedy writer, returned to HBO Max last night for its fourth season. Today, we feature our interviews with Jean Smart, who stars as Deborah Vance, the older comic, with Hannah Einbinder, who plays her young comedy writer, Ava, and with Paul W.

1 month ago | npr.org | Terry Gross |Ann Marie Baldonado

As Hacks returns for its fourth season, we listen back to archival interviews with stars Smart and Einbinder, and with series co-star and co-creator Downs. Originally broadcast in 2021 and 2024. Sponsor Message

2 months ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Ann Marie Baldonado

Actor Simu Liu has taken on some physically challenging roles, from killer fight sequences in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, to extended dance numbers as one of the Kens in Barbie. But his latest film, the action-thriller Last Breath, might be the most extreme.

2 months ago | tpr.org | Ann Marie Baldonado

Actor Simu Liu has taken on some physically challenging roles, from killer fight sequences in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, to extended dance numbers as one of the Kens in Barbie. But his latest film, the action-thriller Last Breath, might be the most extreme.