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Erin McCarthy on Celebrity Inventors

Feb 20, 2015 | Views: 41

Erin McCarthy, managing editor of Mental Floss, reveals three celebrities who are also inventors; Francis Ford Coppola, Bill Nye, and Hedy Lamarr. Watch the video to find out why. More
Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf: Nancy Spielberg, Above and Beyond

Feb 18, 2015 | Views: 83

Discover the inspiring untold story of the Machal—the World War II pilots, mostly American and British, who volunteered to fight for Israel in the 1948 War of Independence. Roberta Grossman’s Above and Beyond is the first major documentary to pay tribute to these unsung heroes, who saved Israel from immediate destruction and gave rise to... More
Allison Williams with Seth Meyers

Feb 18, 2015 | Views: 2,140

Girls star Allison Williams made her 92Y debut February 18, in conversation with Late Night host, and good friend, Seth Meyers. The in-demand actress spoke candidly about her type-A character Marnie, flying high in Peter Pan Live!, and even addressed the controversy surrounding her father Brian Williams in her first public statement. READ: 5 Things... More
Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf: The Rewrite‘s Hugh Grant and Marc...

Feb 11, 2015 | Views: 374

Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf interviews Hugh Grant and director Marc Lawrence about their new comedy, The Rewrite. The two reunite after previous collaborations on Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics, and Did You Hear About the Morgans? The Rewrite is a smart contemporary comedy about a once-successful Hollywood screenwriter who, in desperation, accepts a... More
Better Call Saul‘s Jonathan Banks on acting, improv & Horrible...

Feb 5, 2015 | Views: 329

If you’re going to act alongside veteran actor Jonathan Banks, you better have a cue. The Better Call Saul star tells a story from the set of Horrible Bosses 2. Watch the full event here. More

Jonathan Banks on Breaking Bad, slapping Aaron Paul

Feb 5, 2015 | Views: 817

Jonathan Banks discusses his technique to get Aaron Paul’s attention while on the set of Breaking Bad. Watch the full event here. More

Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk on filming in Albuquerque

Feb 5, 2015 | Views: 1,325

Bob Odenkirk talks about the upsides of filming Better Call Saul in Albuquerque. Watch the full event here. More

Better Call Saul: Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean and Jonathan Banks

Feb 5, 2015 | Views: 8,285

Get a first look at AMC’s hotly anticipated new drama, Better Call Saul, the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad. Set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) meets Walter White, the man who will become Saul is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny and hustling to make ends... More

Reel Pieces: Kevin Costner with Annette Insdorf on “Black or White”

Jan 30, 2015 | Views: 397

A widowed grandfather has cared for his biracial granddaughter her whole life—so what happens when the girl’s paternal grandmother demands custody? Oscar® winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer play the dueling grandparents in Black or White, a poignant new drama about race, family and forgiveness. Costner, the star of classics like Bull Durham, The Untouchables... More

A Night with Kroll Show’s “Oh Hello”

Jan 20, 2015 | Views: 57,999

Oh, helloooo. The Upper West Side’s most inappropriate aging divorcees, Gil Faizon (Nick Kroll) and George St. Geegland (John Mulaney) of Comedy Central’s “Kroll Show,” trek crosstown to bring fans a hilarious, off-the-wall night of too much information… and too much tuna. More

Friday Night Tykes: Tiki Barber and Bart Scott and Panel on the State of Youth Football

Jan 14, 2015 | Views: 369

After a special screening of Esquire Network’s controversial documentary series, “Friday Night Tykes,” former NFL players Tiki Barber and Bart Scott weigh in on the state of youth sports in our culture. Barber and Scott are joined by parenting expert, Dr. Robi Ludwig, Psy. D.; Brian Morgan, President of Texas Youth Football Association; and Matt... More

Reel Pieces: Pawel Pawlikowski and Annette Insdorf on “Ida”

Jan 4, 2015 | Views: 5,863

2014’s Ida, which just swept the European Film Awards, tells the haunting tale of a young soon-to-be nun in 1960s Poland who learns she’s actually the daughter of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Hear from its celebrated director, Pawel Pawlikowski, discuss the film with Annette Insdorf. More