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One Nightstand
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Bustle's One Nightstand asks celebrity readers and writers to share their four favourite books. Our host — Charlotte Owen — will go deep on each selection, learning more about the lives of each guest in the process.
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Emmy Rossum
2w ago00:58:29Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Phantom of the Opera star Emmy Rossum to discuss the book her therapist swore by, her surprising obsession with Real Housewives of Rhode Island, and whether the Shameless cast group chat is still buzzing. Emmy Rossum's One Nightstand picks: Half His Age by Jennette McCurdyWe Are Too Little: A Memoir [Kind Of] by Hannah Pittard The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery WilliamsBlood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter Emmy’s new psychological crime thriller Furious is currently streaming on Hulu. CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: Matt Hoffman
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John Leguizamo
Jul 700:56:53Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo to talk about four incredible titles, his role in The Odyssey — including playing padel with Tom Holland — as well as the book that took him five years to write. And don’t worry, his turn as Tybalt in Baz Luhrmann's ‘Romeo & Juliet’ comes up too! John Leguizamo’s One Nightstand picks: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLong Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'NeillDubliners by James JoyceOpen Veins of Latin America by Eduardo GaleanoJohn stars in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster The Odyssey, out everywhere July 17. His first children’s book, Kiki and the Can, hits shelves in early August. This episode of One Nightstand is presented by ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine VelezProducer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: Zoë Calman, James Koroni
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Ana Gasteyer
Jun 200:54:13Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with SNL alum and Tony nominee Ana Gasteyer to talk about the book she’s desperate to adapt, what it was like working on ‘Mean Girls’ with Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan, and why playing the villain is so fun! Ana Gasteyer’s One Nightstand picks: The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts Everybody by Brendan Jacob JenkinsShy by Mary Roger and Jesse GreeneLong Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Ana is currently starring on Broadway in the Tony-nominated Schmigadoon and will return to the big screen in Never Change! on June 9. CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: Matt Hoffman, Cian Smith
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Lewis Pullman
May 1300:56:36Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with Top Gun: Maverick star Lewis Pullman to discuss the books he was introduced to while filming Outer Range, what it was like growing up following his famous father (Bill Pullman) around the country, and how he deals with the pressure of working on adaptations like Lessons in Chemistry and Remarkably Bright Creatures. Lewis Pullman’s One Nightstand picks: The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel EhrlichClose Range by Annie ProulxMotel Chronicles by Sam Shepard Classic Crews by Henry Crews Lewis currently stars with Sally Field in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, streaming now, and he’ll reprise his role of Sentry in Avengers: Doomsday, out later this year. CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
May 500:27:16Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with actress, producer, and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus to discuss the author who moved her to tears, her experience at the helm of Veep, and the particular Seinfeld punchline she doesn’t agree with.Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s One Nightstand picks: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ new movie The Sheep Detectives is in theaters May 8th.CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni
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Colman Domingo
Apr 2800:53:26Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen talks with multihyphenate star Colman Domingo about the title he considered adapting, why he wishes Season 3 of Euphoria was released all at once, and what it’s like working with Steven Spielberg. Colman Domingo’s One Nightstand picks: Hollywood by Garson Kanin.Theater Kid by Jeffrey Seller.The Hinterland; Cabins, Love Shacks and Other Hide-Outs by Gestalten (publisher).Pimp by Iceberg Slim.Colman Domingo is currently starring in Michael and Euphoria and will return to the big screen later this year in Spielberg's Disclosure Day.CreditsDirector of Photography: Jasmine Velez Assistant Camera: Sam Cowan Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni, Matt Hoffman
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Elizabeth Banks
Apr 1400:58:49Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with the hysterical Elizabeth Banks to talk about her endless love of Salinger and Colson Whitehead, why she thinks the world needs more Effie Trinkets, and if Matthew Macfadyen is her Mr. Darcy.Elizabeth Banks’s One Nightstand picks: Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.The Road by Cormac McCarthy.The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. The full first season of The Miniature Wife starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen is streaming now.CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni
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Caitriona Balfe
Mar 3100:51:00Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Outlander actor Caitriona Balfe about the importance of intimacy in storytelling, why she thinks Daphne du Maurier wrote women the way she did, and the book she’s gifted more than any other. Caitriona Balfe’s One Nightstand picks: Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy.Orbital by Samantha Harvey.Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.The final season of Outlander is streaming on Starz now. Balfe will also appear in Sense and Sensibility with Daisy Edgar-Jones, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw out later this year. CreditsDirector of Photography: Konstantin YelisevichAssistant Camera: Ian SanchezProducer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni
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Viola Davis
Mar 1700:42:53Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with EGOT winner and New York Times No. 1 bestseller Viola Davis, who shares the book she says brought her “into consciousness,” what she’d like to ask Richard Wright, and why she chose to quote August Wilson after Michael B. Jordan’s iconic win.Viola Davis’ One Nightstand picks: Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude BrownBlack Boy by Richard WrightThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAll the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson Viola’s new novel Judge Stone, a legal thriller co-written with James Patterson, is available everywhere now. CreditsDirector of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree LennonEditor: James Koroni
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Daniel Radcliffe
Mar 1000:42:26Tap to summarizeIn One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Daniel Radcliffe to talk about the title he still thinks about “all the time,” if he got advance copies of the Harry Potter series, and why his new play is different from anything he’s done before. Daniel Radcliffe’s One Nightstand picks: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr Daniel is currently appearing on Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing and starring in NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, airing now. CreditsDirector of Photography: Konstantin Yelsevich Assistant Camera: Ian Sanchez Producer: Aubree LennonEditor: James Koroni
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