Actors

Actor, writer, and soccer team co-owner Rob McElhenney. You can currently find him on three shows - "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Mythic Quest" and "Welcome to Wrexham," the documentary series about the Welsh soccer team he owns with actor Ryan Reynolds. McElhenney spoke last week with Sam Briger. Here's Sam with more.

Wiig was a cast member on SNL until 2012. She's also starred in films, including Bridesmaids, which she co-wrote, Ghostbusters and the Despicable Me movies. In the new Apple TV+ show Palm Royale, she plays a former pageant queen who wants to break into the upper echelons of Palm Beach, Fla., high society in the late 1960s.

Corman, who died May 9, made hundreds of films, including the cult classics House of Usher and A Bucket of Blood. We listen back to a 1990 interview, plus critic John Powers offers an appreciation.

Actor Tyler James Williams. He plays Gregory Eddie in the ABC sitcom "Abbott Elementary", a stoic first-grade teacher at an underfunded Philly public school. Williams' career began as a child actor. For four seasons, he played the role of a young Chris Rock in the semi-autobiographical TV show, "Everybody Hates Chris." Williams also starred in movies like "Dear White People" and "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" and shows like Season 5 of the AMC horror drama "The Walking Dead."

Diarra Kilpatrick is a write, actor, and star of the new series Diarra from Detroit. It is a dark comedy about a public school teacher going through a divorce who decides to hit the dating scene. When a guy she meets on Tinder ghosts her, Diarra goes on a hunt to find out why — and winds up embroiled in a decades old mystery.

In the new series Ripley, Andrew Scott plays a con artist with no conscience. Scott is best known for his role as the "hot priest" in the comedy series Fleabag. And he played Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, in the British series Sherlock.

Julio Torres, is a comic, actor and writer. You may know him from his comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central, from the short films he used to do on "Saturday Night Live," his bits as a correspondent on "The Tonight Show" and as a writer and actor on the HBO series "Los Espookys." Now he's making his debut as a movie director with his new satirical film "Problemista," which he also wrote and stars in. Emma Stone is a producer of the film. Isabella Rossellini is the narrator. RZA co-stars.

Ruffalo's up for an Oscar for Poor Things, a bawdy, dark comedy set in Victorian times. The film is a departure from his work in films like Zodiac and Spotlight. Originally broadcast Feb. 13, 2024.

Stone had her first panic attack at age 7. She says acting helps with anxiety, because it draws on her "big feelings." She's nominated for an Oscar for Poor Things. Originally broadcast Jan. 31, 2024.

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.