It Happened In Hollywood
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It Happened In Hollywood

by The Hollywood Reporter

On this podcast, Seth Abramovitch, senior writer at The Hollywood Reporter, takes you behind the scenes of the indelible pop culture moments that shaped Hollywood history — with special guests who were actually there. In a town where everything old is eventually new again, Seth gives listeners a front-row seat to the way things were. Welcome to IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD!Theme music composed by: Paul Masvidal and Sean Malone

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1
Jane Alexander & Lynne Littman: ‘Testament’
41:02 Mar 17, 2026
2
Mira Nair: Salaam Bombay!
36:22 Dec 19, 2025
3
Larry Smith: 'Eyes Wide Shut'
51:49 Nov 24, 2025
4
William Petersen: 'Manhunter'
40:49 Nov 24, 2025
5
Adrian Lyne: ‘Jacob’s Ladder’
27:23 Oct 1, 2025
6
Patty McCormack: ‘The Bad Seed’
56:56 Sep 26, 2025
7
Philippe Rousselot: ‘Diva’
41:25 Sep 17, 2025
8
Rob Reiner: ‘This is Spinal Tap’
43:57 Sep 10, 2025
9
Charlie Kaufman: 'Synecdoche, New York'
1:00:25 Sep 4, 2025
10
Kenneth Lonergan: 'You Can Count on Me'
1:11:21 Jul 23, 2025
11
Sean Baker & Darren Dean: 'Prince of Broadway'
50:50 May 12, 2025
12
David Chase and Alex Gibney: ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’
47:27 May 7, 2025
13
Charles Burnett: 'Killer of Sheep'
37:11 Apr 22, 2025
14
Pam Grier: 'Jackie Brown'
1:14:47 Apr 3, 2025
15
Amy Irving: 'Crossing Delancey'
43:08 Mar 14, 2025
16
Patrick Wilson: 'Little Children'
41:24 Feb 26, 2025
17
Nancy Olson: ‘Sunset Boulevard’
51:18 Feb 6, 2025
18
Bob Gale: 'Back to the Future'
1:04:36 Dec 14, 2024
19
Chad Stahelski: 'John Wick'
47:19 Nov 16, 2024
20
Kevin Smith: 'Chasing Amy'
1:11:51 Oct 19, 2024
21
John Carpenter: 'They Live'
32:25 Oct 9, 2024
22
Jennifer Kent: ‘The Babadook’
43:27 Sep 18, 2024
23
Emile Hirsch: ‘Into the Wild’
58:08 Sep 14, 2024
24
Penelope Ann Miller: ‘Big Top Pee-wee’
33:52 Sep 4, 2024
25
Iain Softley: ‘Hackers’
40:01 Jul 27, 2024
26
Casey Affleck: ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’
1:15:33 Jul 18, 2024
27
Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly: ‘Bound’
47:55 Jul 2, 2024
28
Tom Tykwer: 'Run Lola Run'
35:47 May 10, 2024
29
Karyn Kusama: 'Girlfight'
54:40 Apr 30, 2024
30
Walter Murch: 'Return to Oz'
46:53 Apr 3, 2024
31
Stockard Channing: 'Six Degrees of Separation'
46:17 Mar 27, 2024
32
Michael Phillips, Tony Bill and David S. Ward: ‘The Sting’
1:12:20 Mar 20, 2024
33
Stephen Frears: 'Dangerous Liaisons'
41:35 Mar 13, 2024
34
Greg Mottola: 'The Daytrippers'
51:23 Mar 6, 2024
35
Stephan Elliott: 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'
57:11 Feb 21, 2024
36
Ed Zwick: 'The Last Samurai'
49:26 Feb 14, 2024
37
Jerry Zucker: ‘Airplane!’ and ‘Ghost’
1:04:31 Jul 6, 2023
38
Steven Lisberger: ‘TRON’
1:23:49 Jun 28, 2023
39
Richard O’Brien: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show'
59:25 Jun 21, 2023
40
Julie Taymor: 'Across the Universe'
1:33:11 Jun 14, 2023
41
Gregg Araki: 'The Doom Generation'
1:04:42 Jun 7, 2023
42
Matthew Broderick: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
1:05:02 May 31, 2023
43
Penelope Spheeris: 'Wayne's World'
1:07:25 May 24, 2023
44
Alex Cox: 'Repo Man'
52:30 May 17, 2023
45
Terry Gilliam: 'Brazil'
1:29:49 May 10, 2023
46
Season 4 is Coming on May 10th
2:14 May 3, 2023
47
Julian Fellowes: 'Gosford Park'
1:10:53 Dec 6, 2022
48
John Sayles: 'The Brother from Another Planet'
1:06:34 Nov 29, 2022
49
Griffin Dunne: 'After Hours'
55:05 Nov 22, 2022
50
Edward Packard: 'Choose Your Own Adventure'
57:08 Nov 15, 2022
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