#A Q&A with Mary Steenburgen

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Happiest Season (2020)

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Directed by: Clea DuVall

Produced by: Marty Bowen; Isaac Klausner

Starring: Kristen Stewart; Mackenzie Davis; Alison Brie; Aubrey Plaza; Dan Levy; Mary Holland; Victor Garber; Mary Steenburgen

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A Q&A with Mary Steenburgen

On Filmland, 'Last Man on Earth' and what she misses about Arkansas.

When Newport native and Hendrix College graduate Mary Steenburgen left Arkansas and built a formidable and decades-long acting career, she didn't just return home often — she spread the gospel, dragging her colleagues back to Arkansas with her for birthday parties and fundraisers. Now, as part of the board of directors for the Arkansas Cinema Society, she's lending her celebrity to the ACS endeavor, appearing in Filmland's panel discussions on the beloved absurdist post-apocalypse comedy of which she was a part, "The Last Man on Earth" (RIP), and joining her "Last Man on Earth" colleagues on a comedy panel and for a discussion after a screening of Will Forte's "MacGruber."

Because of your connection to (and support of) the Oxford American literary magazine, I once saw you on stage at the adjacent South on Main auctioning off an original lullaby –

Which we made good on!

That night, you sang and played accordion with guitarist Greg Spradlin on this fantastically sultry number inspired by a moment when you and your husband, Ted Danson, found yourself sitting behind Helen Hunt at a concert.

I forgot I did that! I think that's the one and only time that song's been performed. I think I called it "Helen Hunt," but the hook of it was "Everyone should dance like Helen Hunt," because she was so free at this concert and it was so impressive to me.

Maybe I'm conflating you with a little bit of your character on "Bored to Death," but I think a lot of people might think of you as being like that: free.

I'd have to make myself do that. I'd wanna do that and it would require me strong-arming my own psyche to do it. And I do that a lot! In fact, getting up there and singing that song is a perfect example of it. I have fought a true and sometime debilitating shyness my whole life, since I was really young, before I ever made a movie or did any of those things. And I remember my mom saying, "You know, I thought it would get better when you became famous." And it did not get better. I think I do things sometimes just to scare myself a little bit. Certainly singing that song that night would fall into that category, but for the fact that I was with somebody as talented as Greg, with whom I am not even in the same class of musicianship. But yeah, I believe in scaring myself.

You're coming to Filmland, in part, to talk about "The Last Man on Earth," which fans perhaps hoped would go the way of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and get picked up elsewhere after it was canceled on Fox.

I know! We're heartsick about it. So we're sort of having a series of funerals for it.

It's no wonder; there are viruses and astronauts, but it's approached with this absurdism and lightness that sci-fi-ish plots often don't get right.

No kidding.

What drew you to this project in particular?

Well, to be honest with you, I got a call from my manager who said, "You're being offered a show for FOX," and I thought [laughs], "Well, there's probably no way I'm gonna do it." And she said, "There's no part, but they'll create a part for you," and that really made me think I wouldn't do it. I learned a long time ago that I don't actually like it when people create parts for me. My job is to take the words and hopefully make them live and breathe, and not me, Mary. The one time this did work was "Justified," when I did the villain on the last season of "Justified;" Graham [Yost] and I had long conversations about her before it was really written, and then it was lovely.

Anyway, so I said, "Well, there's no part there; am I supposed to read something?" And my manager said, "There's a pilot, and there's a first episode, and they'll screen it for you." They told me it was Will Forte, and that really interested me because I've always been a huge fan of his, and "Nebraska" was so extraordinary. So they put on the pilot episode for us, and about three minutes in, I leaned over and said, "I definitely wanna do this." It was kind of love at first sight.

The four-year journey was just a journey of creativity. When [characters] Carol and Tandy were gonna get a divorce and they announced it to all of us, during rehearsal they said, "Gah, I wish there were someone playing, like, the Death March or something." And I said, "Wait, you mean 'dah, duht, dah-dah" [sings a snippet of Chopin's "Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor," the so-called "Funeral March"]. But [in the show's post-apocalyptic environment] we didn't have any stereos or any electricity, and I said, "Well, I have my accordion in my car. I could probably figure it out." And they went, "Wait, you play the accordion?!" And I said, "Well, yeah, I mean, I'm trying, and it's really rudimentary, but I could definitely play that." And then it became, 'Well, every time there's a funeral, Todd has to sing, and you have to play the accordion.'

So there was an incredible life to the show that had to do with John Solomon and Will Forte who collaborated so beautifully together, and then they had amazing writers like Rich Blomquist, who's also coming to [Filmland.] There developed a true love among all of us, a true family thing. We just always had each other's backs, and cared about each other's families, and it's really been hard for us to let go of each other, which is probably one of the reasons they're literally taking two planes to come to Little Rock, Arkansas, for an event they don't know very much about. Some of it, I'm sure, is that they're being sweet to me, but part of it is that there was an unusually intense bond that formed. We went through stuff together. You go through a lot in your life in four years.

Last question: What are your favorite things to do or eat or drink or see when you're home in Arkansas? Like, what, if anything, do you get homesick for?

Oh, my gosh, I think you can tell by how often I come home that there's a lot I love and miss. Some of them are very simple things, like lightning bugs and storms and thunder and lightning. Believe it or not, even warm sultry nights. I miss the food. I miss my Aunt Frieda.

In terms of Oxford American, I do miss that literary tradition. I feel like there's just a sense in the South of poetry that doesn't exist anywhere else. The things people say, the language of it all. I miss the sound of the accents.

And then I miss very specific things, I suppose, in North Little Rock especially, where I'm from. I'm very close with my sister, Nancy, who I really adore, and she has a place in Heber Springs, so we're all gonna go fishin,' which is something I'd never be doing in L.A. I miss the caring and kindness of people. You know, the fact that people have time for each other there, and to ask about your family. I'm not saying nobody in L.A. does that — if that were true, all these people wouldn't be coming to Little Rock with me! But it is a faster world. It's bigger, and it's more anonymous. You have to work harder at nurturing relationships, just by the mere fact of the size of it. For me to go see Kristen [Schaal] — she lives near my son — it's an hour drive, even though we both live in L.A.

We're, of course, thrilled that you're coming back to Arkansas. And thanks for dragging everyone back with you.

Yes! And can I just say this? I really admire Kathryn Tucker and Jeff Nichols and all the people that are working to nurture filmmaking in Arkansas. When I was young, actors felt like mythological creatures that had nothing to do with my experience of living in Arkansas. They just didn't feel quite real to me. There was never a thought that I could stay in Arkansas and be an actor. I love the idea that filmmakers like Jeff Nichols and others can make these really wonderful films and use actors and crew from Arkansas. Hopefully, for a whole generation of young people, it will feel like a viable option for them to be a director or a writer or an actor or to be on a crew. I just admire that these guys did more than just talk about creating this. They really have created it.

A Q&A with Mary Steenburgen

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Entertainment Weekly, December

Cover: Wandavision -- Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision 

Page 1: Contents, Melissa Gilbert on the Little House on the Prairie Set in 1977 

Page 3: Sound Bites -- special holiday edition 

Page 4: Editor’s Note 

Page 6: The Must List -- Between the World and Me 

Page 8: The Orchard by David Hopen, Freaky 

Page 9: Chris Stapleton -- Starting Over 

Page 11: A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir, Let Them All Talk 

Page 12: Batman/Catwoman 

Page 13: Nomadland 

Page 14: Soul, December Games -- Marvel’s Spider-man: Miles Morales, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, Immortals Fenyx Rising 

Page 16: My Must List -- Kenan Thompson 

Page 19: First Take -- Bob Odenkirk in Nobody -- the Better Call Saul star plays an unlikely action here complete with a bloody good makeover in this thriller about a family man who decides to seek revenge after a break-in 

Page 21: Pedro Pascal and Christian Slater -- We Can Be Heroes 

Page 22: Cover Story -- Wandavision a wonderfully weird send-up of sitcoms of the past is Marvel’s key to the future 

Page 30: Untold Stories: Holiday Movies Edition -- an oral history of The Family Stone -- Thomas Bezucha, Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Dermot Mulroney, Tyrone Giordano, Brian White, Craig T. Nelson, Claire Danes

Page 36: Making the Scene -- The Muppet Christmas Carol -- fans of the Muppets’ 1992 take on Scrooge know a key scene is missing from the DVD version and it’s now the most beloved number ever left on the cutting-room floor, Closet Confidential -- Bridget Jones’ Diary -- Colin Firth and director Sharon Maguire reveal the secrets behind Darcy’s ugly sweater 

Page 37: The Merriest Movies Years Ever -- Jeremy Arnold the author of the TCM book Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season reveals why 1947 and 2003 were prime years for yuletide films 

Page 38: Role Call -- Mary Steenburgen -- the Oscar winner is a holiday movie MVP and here we look back at the roles that put the Mary in Christmas 

Page 39: Behind the Music -- The Preacher’s Wife -- Whitney Houston’s rousing 1996 film boasts one of the all-time great Christmas movie soundtracks and producer Mervyn Warren tells how it came together 

Page 40: Investigation: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? It’s the debate that won’t die: does Bruce Willis’ 1988 action classic also qualify as a Christmas classic? With the help of some Die Hard alums we’re ready to settle this once and for all -- Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Dermot Mulroney, Zooey Deschanel, Mean Girls -- Christmas got a bit risque in the teen film’s memorial Jingle Bell Rock talent-show performance 

Page 41: 4 Things You Didn’t Know About Love Actually -- we actually unearthed some new tidbits from writer-director Richard Curtis about the much-discussed much-beloved Christmas rom-com 

Page 43: 3 secrets from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- it’s aired every year since 1964 but there are still some things you don’t know about the stop-motion Christmas special, 5-minute oral history -- Elf -- you’d better scurry for the story behind the film’s Baby It’s Cold Outside shower scene by Zooey Deschanel 

Page 44: Shondaland makes its Netflix debut December 25 with the swoony Bridgerton a Regency-era drama inspired by a series of romance novels 

Page 48: The Kane maker -- David Fincher and an all-star cast inhabit Old Hollywood for Netflix’s Manx the riveting behind-the-scenes story of Citizen Kane 

Page 52: In an era of rampant reboots it’s been awfully quiet on the Prairie so EW investigates why it’s taken so long for Hollywood to return to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved town on Walnut Grove in Little House on the Prairie 

Page 57: 2020 Gift Guide 

Page 66: News + Reviews  -- It has spurred sales and served as a balm for concert-starved fans but the best by-product of Verzuz is its celebration of Black excellence 

Page 70: Movies -- from modernized classics to fresh newcomers the Hollywood musical is back in style with a new inclusive look 

Page 73: Indie’s New Queen -- with another major and wild big-screen performance in Black Bear Aubrey Plaza is emerging as an art-house icon 

Page 74: Meet Your Maker -- Alan Ball -- the Oscar and Emmy winner behind American Beauty and Six Feet Under and True Blood brings his most personal project to the screen: the road movie Uncle Frank and here Ball shares his iconic cinematic and literary inspirations 

Page 76: Comedy of My Life: Melissa McCarthy -- the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner flaunts some Superintelligence in her fourth movie directed by husband Ben Falcone 

Page 78: The Shot -- Silver Linings Playbook -- inside the creation of a classic scene 

Page 80: TV -- after years as the grounding force on The Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco is now flying high as The Flight Attendant at the center of a juicy murder mystery 

Page 82: Class is back in session on Peacock where Saved By the Bell revival debuts 

Page 83: The Crown 

Page 84: Small Axe 

Page 85: Q+A with Bryan Cranston -- in the limited series Your Honor the Emmy winner is breaking bad again starring as a judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run 

Page 86: Unwrapping Christmas TV movies -- wisdom gleaned from a flurry of winters in Tinseltown 

Page 87: Role Call -- William H. Macy -- as he heads into the 11th and final season of Shameless he looks back on his most iconic projects, epic sci-fi series The Expanse is back with more cosmic chaos in season 5 

Page 89: What to Watch 

Page 96: Music -- Angus Young and Brian Johnson explain how AC/DC are back on track with a new album that honors late bandmate and brother Malcolm Young 

Page 98: Sam Smith 

Page 99: Q+A with legendary P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins sheds light on his new album and his enormous collection of top hats 

Page 101: The Playback -- Joni Mitchell Archives: Vol. 1: The Early Years -- before she became an icon Mitchell was performing at local radio stations and recording homemade demos 

Page 102: A Band You Need to Know -- Sault -- the mysterious U.K. group has dropped two timely album-of-the-year contenders, Stupid Questions with Josh Groban -- the multiplatinum-selling golden-voiced baritone returns with Harmony but can he sing his way out of this comedic jam

Page 103: Epitaph -- Eddie Van Halen 

Page 104: Books -- Ernest Cline returns with Ready Player Two the sequel to his 2011 blockbuster and 2020′s most secretive novel 

Page 106: Comedians Rachel Bloom and Michelle Buteau have new memoirs but first they chat about bullying and Dick Jones and how Julia Roberts likes her eggs 

Page 107: High Anxiety with Cazzie David -- the writer and daughter of OG angster Larry David broadcasts her own neuroses in the essay collection No One Asked for This and here shares her deepest fears 

Page 108: The weirdest year in publishing history wraps up with an all-virtual literary awards season and here we break down the titles with their eyes on the prize 

Page 110: Screenwriter and director ad novelist John Ridley offers an alternative perspective in The Other History of the DC Universe 

Page 112: The Bullseye

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From the trenches: Other Worlds 2019

Art by Lauren Kitching

As always, Austin’s own Other Worlds delivered a fantastic collection of top notch films. Of the 20 or so selections for this years festival, I managed to see 10 of them plus the live recording of the podcast Science Vs Fiction.

Here’s my quick recap.

Thursday

Dreamscape (35TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING) LAUNCH FILM

The flawed, pioneering film, a staple of late 80s/early 90s cable, has aged well despite some terrible acting by pretty much everyone not named Sydow or Plummer.

Friday

Afterlife

The powerful, intelligent Dutch film Afterlife ponders the choices we make and the very perceptions of what we know to be true, while confirming that parents often make the most unreliable narrators of all. Sanaa Giwa delivers a virtuoso performance as the tortured Sam.

Afterlife also presages a common thread throughout the festival: the usage of time travel tropes.

Time After Time (40TH ANNIVER. SCREENING)

Another staple of 80s cable, Time After Time details the first ever fictional meeting of H. G. Wells and Jack the Ripper. The tense, intelligent film, deservedly so, is often lauded as on the true classics of time travel cinema. Malcom McDowell in one of his few heroic roles, David Warner at his creepiest best, and Mary Steenburgen in only her second screen appearance, ground the film with their excellent performances. Perhaps the only flaw lies in neophyte Nicholas Meyer’s direction, which at times feels like TV movie-of-the-week. Thankfully, his near perfect script overcomes any of the firs time director’s shortcomings.

The film was screened to honor Meyer, who was in attendance, with the Defender of the Universe Award. In the q&a following the film, Meyer revealed that Jenz-Luc Goddard’s legendary Alphaville served as an inspiration and scenes that were cut from the original screenplay showed up in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Lake Michigan Monster

A big disappointment, the ludicrous Lake Michigan Monster has some genuinely funny moments but as is often the problem with movies of this ilk, it goes on too long and the jokes get tiresome.

I actually walked out on this one, which I very rarely do.

Saturday

I Am Human

I Am Human has everything an excellent documentary should: a fascinating subject shown in an intelligent and respectable manner. Directors Taryn Southern and Elena Gaby share the origins of the world’s first “cyborgs.” We become immersed within three people whose lives have been irrevocably altered by brain implants. The hopeful movie serves as a nice contrast to our increasingly bleak dyspotic reality.

LIVE FROM OTHER WORLDS FILM FEST – IT’S “SCIENCE VS FICTION”

The live taping of the Science Vs Fiction podcast featured Time After Time and a discussion on time travel tropes. Film critic Scott Weinberg and Steven DeGennaro, a doctor of astrophysics, entertained and informed with film and physics tidbits. Both men enjoyed the movie but had some serious questions about the time travel elements. The interaction with the audience primarily dealt with naming time travel movies and various opinions.

Dead Dicks

One of the best films of the festival, Dead Dicks is a creative, top notch sci-horror hybrid filled with existential dread, humor, and a fascinating brother-sister dynamic. This superior Cronebergesque film offers an excellent meditation on depression. Highly recommended!

The Ascent

Any positive thoughts of the Saturday festival garnered by the first two films were quickly squashed by the terrible The Ascent. This soulless film breaks one of the central tenants of action filmmaking, it is dull. Littered with stereotypes and predictability, the action scenes all have the feel of a poorly executed video game, with excessive use of first person viewpoints and lack of clarity as to what exactly is going on. The ascent of the title itself delivers little originality either. Those you expect to die, do and those who you don’t, survive. The core “war is hell” message is clumsily and amateurishly delivered. Many, many films have delivered similar storylines with far superior results. Easily the worst film of the festival.

Volition

Thankfully, the next flick was vastly superior. Initially a noir about a man afflicted with clairvoyance, Volition morphs into a bug nutty time travel thriller. While things get away from director and co-screenwriter Tony Dean Smith, the viewer won’t care as the picture delivers the goods with some excellent and creative scenes. The flaws will largely go unnoticed until the final credits roll. A great way to end my Saturday.

Sunday

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

One of the most underrated of all Trek films delivered again. Preceded and followed by a lengthy discussion with Nicholas Meyer.

After the film, Meyer’s signed copies of his new Sherlock Holmes book The Adventure of The Peculiar Protocols.

After We Leave

Another disappointment, the meandering and seemingly pointless After We Leave joined The Ascent as one of the worst films of the weekend. The predictable movie was unmemorable.

As I was very tired, I almost decided to call it quits following After We Leave, but very glad I decided to return for a last film.

The Final Land

The German filmmaker Marcel Barion, in his first film, crafts an outstanding story, full of wonder and paranoia. Taking place primarily within the confines of a tiny old spaceship, conflicts erupt as two disparate men struggle to find a new home. The Final Land is a brilliant atmospheric film that incorporates the best of elements of science fiction, both hard and soft. Barion achieves magnificent, mindblowing vistas from outside the ship using only traditional effects. With nary a dull moment and an ideal science fiction ending, The Final Land comes highly recommended!

That’s wrap on another excellent Other Worlds festival.

Only about 350 days until the next one. Can’t wait!

From the trenches: Other Worlds 2019 was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

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Back to the Future 3 (Rewind Collection)

JB Hi-Fi Exclusive Rewind Collection Comes in A Numbered Collectable VHS Case Including Collector Cards & Exclusive T-Shirt Transfer.

1000 Copies Only so Grab Yours While Stocks Last!

Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are joined by Oscar winner gen in this rousing, full-throttle conclusion to the epic time-travelling adventure trilogy from the powerhouse team of Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis. Fulfilling a long-time fantasy, Doc Brown has decided to live in the Old West of the 1880s. But when he's in dager of meeting an untimely end, Marty travels back into the past to rescue him. There's just one problem: Doc is so smitten by schoolteacher Clara Clayton (Steenburgen) that he's become a little...distracted. Now, it's up to Marty to keep Doc out of trouble, get the DeLorean running, and put the past, present and future on track so they can all get back to where - and when - they belong!

Bonus features:

-Deleted Scene

-Tales from the Future: Third Time's the Charm

-Tales from the Future: The Test of Time

-Archival Featurettes

-Behind-the-Scenes

-FAQ's About the Trilogy

-Q&A Commentary with director Robert Zemeckis & producer Bob Gale

-Feature commentary with producers Bob Gale & Neil Canton

-ZZ Top "Doubleback" Music Video

-Back to the Future: The Ride

-Theatrical Trailer

Director - Robert Zemeckis

Actors - Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen

Film Genre - Adventure

Label - Universal Sony Pictures P/l

Audio - English (DTS-HD 5.1)/German (DTS 5.1)/Japanese (DTS 5.1)

Subtitles - English for the hearing impaired/German/Japanese/Danish

Running Time - 118

Aspect ratio - 1.85:1

Region Coding - B (Blu-Ray)

TV Standard - HD

Rating - PG

Consumer Advice - Mild themes, violence and coarse language

Year of Release - 1990

Primary Format - Movies/TV - Blu-Ray

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Kristen Stewart Joins The Cast Of Happiest Season For Virtual Q&A

Kristen Stewart Joins The Cast Of Happiest Season For Virtual Q&A

Hulu released a Q & A for their new film, Happiest Season. Kristen Stewart was joined by her castmates Mackenzie Davis, Daniel Levy, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Mary Steenburgen, and Mary Holland for the virtual conversation. During their chat, the cast spoke about their holiday traditions, filming, winter, family, and so much more. Happiest Season is available on Hulu now.

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All the wisdom from Mindy Kaling’s books

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All the wisdom from Mindy Kaling’s books

Actress addresses concerns such as impostor syndrome and confidence in her two memoirs

FILE — Actress, comedian, and writer Mindy Kaling in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 31, 2016. In her books “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” and “Why Not Me?”, Kaling offers guidance and anecdotes to young women. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

“Let’s go over my plan, shall we?” said Mindy Kaling into my ear. I was halfway into her second audiobook, Why Not Me?, and Kaling was describing her expectations for the show she was developing.

“My natural assumption was that NBC would put my new show on the air as part of a revitalised ‘Must See TV’ and make 200 classic episodes — no lazy clip shows — finishing with a 90-minute finale that everyone agreed was a sweet and satisfying send-off,” she said. “I would emerge from the show’s legacy as a modern version of Larry David and Mary Tyler Moore, retiring to a tasteful mega-compound on Martha’s Vineyard, where I would write plays and drink wine with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen at least several times a week.”

The only thing her elaborate daydream didn’t prepare her for? “The slightest setback.”

Kaling’s books, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), released in 2011, and Why Not Me? from 2015, aren’t self-help, but her anecdotes and advice helped ease much of my anxiety as a young professional woman of colour.

Is Everyone Hanging Out came out while Kaling was still playing Kelly Kapoor on The Office and includes reflections on her childhood and her early 20s, when she was still living in New York, trying to break into television. Why Not Me? is more emotionally candid; Kaling laments that, in her 30s, she often goes to weddings, which she hates (“when you are a bridesmaid, you are required to be a literal maid for the duration of the wedding”), just to see her friends.

In another chapter, she explains her “weird as hell” relationship with B.J. Novak; “B.J. and I are soup snakes,” she said, an Office reference to a gaffe by Michael Scott, who misreads “soul mates” in his handwritten note to his love interest, Holly.

I burst out laughing when I heard Kaling rattle off the details of her wildly idealistic predictions.

You’ve got to adapt.

Real-life trajectories are rarely as neat as the ones you map in your head. NBC, which aired The Office and had long been Kaling’s dream network, passed on her project. “It’s weird when you feel your dream slipping away from you,” said Kaling, adding the quip, “Especially when you have no other dreams.”

When I started applying for jobs, I landed an interview at my dream magazine. For the first time, I was confident in my edit test, because I knew the publication, which caters to a diverse demographic, would see value in my ideas. After meeting with the editors, I was convinced I’d get the job; even more, I thought it was the only job in media I might have a chance of getting. But they didn’t hire me. I had a fixed view of my career, so the deviation felt like a setback.

I ended up at Glamour; Kaling’s show, on Fox, and later in Why Not Me?, after experiencing the whiplash of seeing The Mindy Project cancelled and immediately picked up by Hulu, Kaling emphasised the importance of adaptability. She said that’s all show business was: “transitioning panics,” from losing a job to having more work than you can handle; from being afraid your dreams won’t come true to realising they’ve changed.

Want confidence? Earn it.

In Why Not Me?, Kaling also addressed ambition and her conflicting feelings about wanting to leave The Office. “I had a dream job; was I ungrateful to wonder what more there might be for me? Or complacent if I didn’t?” she asked. “And who was I to try to seek anything better?”

Kaling joked that she was finally experiencing “white people problems,” because of the privileged position she was in, but her feelings echo the struggle of many women of colour in all-white spaces: to convince themselves they’re worthy of their dreams when their environment and society says otherwise. I struggle with this, too, and a recent study found that for people of colour, the effects of impostor syndrome — feeling like a fraud in your field despite high achievement — are compounded with discrimination or a lack of representation in the workplace. These factors combined cause higher levels of anxiety and “discrimination-related depression.”

Kaling advises on dealing with impostor syndrome in the last chapter of Why Not Me? She recalls a Q-and-A in Manhattan a year earlier, when a young Indian girl asked her where she gets her confidence from and Kaling gave a lackluster reply. She reconsiders here, for the sake of “that girl who went out of her way to be vulnerable in front of so many people.”

“Confidence is just entitlement,” she said, adding that, though the word has gotten a bad rap, “Entitlement is simply the belief that you deserve something.”

Kaling’s advice is to earn your confidence by studying your craft and working hard; “I’m usually hyper-prepared for whatever I set my mind to do,” she said, “which makes me feel deserving of attention and professional success.”

Finally, claim your dreams.

Though in the introduction of Is Everyone Hanging Out, Kaling said she is only “marginally qualified to give advice,” I disagree. It was fun listening to her precipitate the events of her life in her essays. In Is Everyone Hanging Out she mentions the Ocean’s franchise when listing movies she’d like to reboot; she co-stars in the women-led version of Ocean’s 8. In Why Not Me?, she said that she hopes her next book will be about starting a family, as well as her “awesome movie career.” She now has a daughter, Katherine.

Her books teach, in a nutshell, that “it’s cool to want more,” and have helped me stop questioning whether the life I envision for myself is too improbable or far away. Her life is proof that I just might get there.

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Diane Keaton on Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda & Mary Steenburgen

Published on May 17, 2018

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People, February 22 -- part 2 of 2

Page 28: Fluffy friends prove that cats and dogs can get along, a teen who walked 7 miles to work is surprised with a free car

Page 31: People Picks -- Judas and the Black Messiah

Page 32: Minari

Page 33: It's a Sin, Foo Fighters -- Medicine at Midnight, Q&A -- Jason Biggs

Page 34: French Exit, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Page 35: Young Rock, Kenan, One to Watch -- Clarice's Rebecca Breeds

Page 37: Books

Page 38: The Love Issue -- Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen -- after 25 years of marriage, the stars reflect on what draws them closer every day and why they're looking forward to growing old side by side

Page 44: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi -- married for 12 years the couple open up about their unshakable bond and how they've learned that true love conquers all

Page 52: Al Roker and Deborah Roberts -- the network news power couple open up about how his cancer diagnosis made them even more grateful for each other

Page 60: Happily Ever After -- how three couples found the love of their dreams -- Ben and Tina Gibson used embryo donation to have children and learned true love is timeless

Page 61: After 62 years high school friends Don and Peggy Wilson began video chatting and found a deep connection

Page 62: For Robby Vargas-Cortes and Eric Vander Lee, a COVID vaccination became a proposal and a moment of needed joy

Page 65: Animal Matchmakers -- these couples found each other with a little help from their four-legged friends

Page 68: Love Story turns 50 -- Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw remember their movie magic

Page 70: Christopher Plummer -- an actor for the ages -- even though it was a colossal success The Sound of Music didn't set the star's heart singing -- his real triumphs came later

Page 72: Robin Thicke -- after a roller-coaster decade defined by loss and divorce, the singer opens up about finding purpose and healing in fatherhood

Page 76: Into Thin Air -- a airline executive goes missing -- six months ago Jake Cefolia's car was found abandoned in an Illinois forest preserve and he hasn't been seen since

Page 79: Laura Linney -- what I know now -- the actress opens up about fame, falling in love and the joy of becoming a mom later in life

Page 83: Beauty -- Drew Barrymore on the power of lipstick and a good hair day

Page 85: Food -- Vegan chef Mary McCartney (and daughter of Paul McCartney) hosts the new streaming series Mary McCartney Serves It Up -- recipe for Roasted Tomato and Butter Bean Toasts

Page 87: Second Look -- Mardi Gras 2021 Grand Marshal for the Parade at Home Order Big Freedia

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Allison Janney

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The Arkansas Cinema Society broadens its offerings in year two

With Filmland, the sequel.

Like its inaugural year, the Arkansas Cinema Society's annual Filmland event has just about everything an Arkansas film lover could want: drama, comedy, overlooked gems, a preview screening of a likely future Oscar contender and a large slice of the best of homegrown cinema. The event runs from Thursday, Aug. 23, to Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Central Arkansas Library System's Ron Robinson Theater. Find tickets at arkansascinemasociety.org.

To kick things off Thursday night, acclaimed director Richard Linklater will show one of his more overlooked films: 1998's "The Newton Boys," starring Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio as bank-robbing brothers. After the screening, ACS co-founder Jeff Nichols will discuss the film with Linklater.

It's a fitting way to start the event. As a filmmaker, Linklater is who fellow filmmaker Nichols points to as his definition of success. "Success isn't necessarily box office or critical reviews — obviously those things are important — success is the impact that you have on culture and the conversation at large," Nichols said, noting the varied number of times Linklater has made that sort of impact with films like "Slacker," "Dazed and Confused," "Before Sunrise," "Bernie" and "Boyhood." "To have someone who multiple times has entered the stream of that conversation — the zeitgeist — is what I call ultimate success."

Last year, when Nichols and co-founder Kathryn Tucker announced the creation of the ACS, Nichols said he wanted to model the new venture on the Austin Film Society, founded by Linklater in 1985. The AFS hosts regular screenings, provides grants to filmmakers and teaches people how to make movies. When Nichols moved to Austin in 2002 with no money and no movies under his belt, the AFS was where he found his community. Nichols said he plans to let Linklater "talk about Austin Film Society's creation and where it's gone, so people can look into the future of what [the ACS] could be with the right kind of community and support."

Nichols and Tucker have grand visions for the ACS, but already in year two it's broadening its focus. "This is only our second August event, and I see it as a progression from the first in terms of starting to reflect the bigger, broader goals of the Arkansas Cinema Society," Nichols said. "Part of that is seeking out the work of Arkansans and providing a platform for it. It's about kicking off the idea of this Homegrown series."

That's what ACS is calling its plan to host screenings of local films throughout the year. At Filmland, four of the highest profile features will screen along with a handful of top Arkansas short films (in full disclosure, I was on a committee that selected the Arkansas films). The features screening Aug. 24 are "The Revival," the debut feature from Jennifer Gerber, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival's executive director, about an illicit love affair between a Southern Baptist preacher and a drifter; "Dayveon," the debut feature by Amman Abbasi (see Q&A page 17), about a 13-year-old boy who falls into a rural gang; and "Antiquities," the feature adaption of Daniel Campbell's award-winning short (see page 18), featuring Mary Steenburgen. On Sunday, there'll be an encore screening of "Antiquities," an Arkansas shorts program and a showing of "All the Birds Have Flown South," the debut feature from Josh and Miles Miller, starring Joey Lauren Adams.

The Saturday slate is another change of pace for Filmland. It's all comedy during the day and documentary at night. Nichols credits Steenburgen, an ACS board member whom he describes as "a colossal figure" in the industry (see Q&A on page 16), for securing the lineup, which includes actors and writers she worked with on the acclaimed Fox comedy "The Last Man on Earth": Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist and John Solomon. Forte and his writing partner Solomon will also screen their SNL action-comedy "MacGruber," which they co-wrote with director Jorma Taccone (of "The Lonely Island" fame), who'll also be in attendance. Nichols will get a post-screening interview assist from Steenburgen and her husband, Ted Danson, after the "MacGruber" showing. Saturday night, Matthew Cooke's documentary, "Survivor's Guide to Prison" explores the U.S. prison system through the eyes of two wrongly convicted men. Cooke and producers David and Christina Arquette will talk about the film afterward (Christina Arquette's maiden name is McClarty; she's a Hope native; see Q&A on page 19).

Filmland closes Sunday with its first premiere screening. "Operation Finale," about Israel's pursuit of Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), the Nazi mastermind of the Holocaust, plays a few days before its limited release. Producers Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will participate in a post-screening discussion with Nichols. Berger was a producer for "La La Land" and the one onstage at the Oscars who told the audience, "We lost, by the way." He's got a number of high-profile projects in the pipeline. Kavanaugh-Jones, along with Sarah Green, is one of Nichols' producing partners. "He's the reason 'Shotgun Stories' got finished and the reason 'Take Shelter' got off the ground," Nichols said of Kavanaugh-Jones. "To be able to hear these two guys talk, I just want people to understand, you're not talking to the producer who did amazing things in the '80s, you're talking about two guys who are going to change things now."

Nichols, who hosted a special seminar on writing for film last year for ACS and plans to host one on directing sometime in December, wants to schedule an event geared toward producers down the line.

As a bonus to eventgoers who stick around on Sunday, before "Operation Finale" Nichols will show his new short film, inspired by Lucero's "Long Way Back Home," from the band's recently released ninth album, "Among the Ghosts." Nichols' brother Ben Nichols is Lucero's lead singer. Like all of Nichols' movies, this one stars Michael Shannon, who here plays a shady, slick-haired man who returns to Memphis looking for his two ne'er-do-well brothers (played by Scoot McNairy and Garrett Hedlund). The Nichols brothers will discuss the film, too.

For an event that's all about getting people together to talk about film, the after-parties are a key element. They're all downtown and all feature music. Ticketholders get in free; each party has a $15 cover otherwise. Of special note, Ben Nichols plays a rare solo show at Stickyz on Sunday and Phoenix, which headlines the Saturday after-party at Revolution, is an in-demand classic rock cover band from Las Vegas, not the French indie pop band led by the guy who's married to Sofia Coppola.

The Arkansas Cinema Society broadens its offerings in year two