The Hollywood Hang

Kirsten Sage Coleman (Emmy Winner, Euphoria) Sep 27, 2026 01:00:12 Welcome back to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we're hanging with Emmy-winning makeup artist Kirsten Sage Coleman, whose credits include Euphoria and collaborations with filmmakers like Sam Levinson, Barry Jenkins, and Boots Riley.Kirste

The Creator Gold Rush Sep 13, 2026 00:38:05 Welcome back to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we’re talking all things creator economy and why right now is the time for creators to make their move in Hollywood.From filmmakers turning viral content into proof of concept to brands becoming

Travis Braun (One Night Only) Aug 30, 2026 01:11:42 Welcome back to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we're hanging with Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and creator Travis Braun, the first writer to top the Black List two years in a row with Bad Boy and One Night Only. His feature debut, On

Monse (Horror Creator) Aug 2, 2026 01:04:30 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we get spooky with horror content creator Monse. With over three million followers across platforms, Monse has built one of the internet's biggest horror communities through creator interviews, s

Michael Vlamis (Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey) Jul 16, 2026 01:12:43 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we're hanging with actor, writer, and all-around good hang Michael Vlamis. You might know Michael from The CW's Roswell, New Mexico, and you can catch him now in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, play

What Hollywood Got Right (and Wrong) This Summer! Jun 1, 2026 00:30:50 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, to quote the poet Jason Derulo, we are riding solo. We talk all things Hollywood from the phenomenon that is Obsession to how AI is (still!) threatening the industry. Nic and Kristen give some exciti

Zachary Donohue (Passenger, The Den) May 31, 2026 00:52:05 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week we are joined by screenwriter Zachary Donohue, whose film Passenger is in theaters now! We get into how Zachary went from a lifelong horror fan to crafting one of the most exciting road horror films w

Haley Nicole Johnson (Obsession) May 16, 2026 01:00:52 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week, we are joined by producer and director Haley Nicole Johnson, whose film Obsession is now in theaters! We get into how Haley went from competitive dancer to one of indie film’s most exciting emerging

Mackenzie Barmen (Sixty Somethings & Future Oscar Winning Actress) Apr 26, 2026 01:10:08 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social & Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.This week we're joined by TikTok legend Mackenzie Barmen. You might know her from the videos that took over your FYP! Mackenzie is also a SAG-AFTRA/AEA actor, director, and producer based in NYC.In this episode

We're Back! (Season 2 of The Hollywood Hang) Apr 12, 2026 00:52:41 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.We’re back!Season 2 kicks off by catching up on everything Nic and Tepper have been up to since the last time we hung out. From being on set, to Nic’s wedding, to Tepper’s writing journey, and everything in betwe

Carolina Groppa (Angle on Producers, Sylvie's Love, Autism in Love) Dec 16, 2025 01:11:29 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.Carolina Groppa is an Emmy nominated producer. She was previously the Executive in Charge of Production at Issa Rae’s HOORAE Media and ColorCreative. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil and

Helen Shang (Welcome to Derry, Rings of Power, Avatar: The Last Airbender) Dec 9, 2025 01:09:19 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.Helen Shang was most recently a writer on seasons 2 and 3 of Netflix’s upcoming AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER series. Previously, she worked on HBO's WELCOME TO DERRY and two seasons of R

Nathan Ramos-Park (Five Blind Dates, Picture This) Dec 2, 2025 01:03:13 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.Nathan Ramos-Park is a half Filipino half Korean gaysian from Ohio. A former competitive pianist, vocalist, beauty pageant winner, and nationally competitive jump roper, as a Capricorn he’

Spencer Lackey (You Are Here) Nov 18, 2025 01:06:01 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.Spencer Lackey made his name in the online horror world, where his unsettling videos earned him millions of followers. With YOU ARE HERE, his new short film, he's taken a clear step fr

River Gallo (Ponyboi, Every Body) Nov 11, 2025 00:57:00 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Social and Promotion by Rodrigo Caraveo.River Gallo (they/them) is a Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, writer, and intersex activist. Their feature PONYBOI premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Co

Rae Benjamin (The Witcher, In the Cut, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep) Nov 4, 2025 01:02:05 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Rae Benjamin is a TV/film writer and proud LA native. She finds humor in awkward, uncomfortable situations. Things that might not seem funny at first, things you maybe shouldn’t laugh at... and ultimately, things that have the p

Michael Waldron (Chad Powers, Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) Nov 4, 2025 01:00:25 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer.Michael Waldron is an Emmy award-winning writer from Atlanta, Georgia. He created and served as head writer and executive producer for Marvel and Disney+'s LOKI series and wrote Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE O

Maggie Levin (The Black Phone 2, My Valentine) Nov 4, 2025 01:06:04 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Maggie Levin is a genre writer & filmmaker with rock n’ roll roots. Recently, she wrote & directed her debut feature MY VALENTINE (Hulu/Blumhouse) and an original segment for V/H/S/99 (Shudder) which premiered at TIFF in

Michael Waldron (Chad Powers, Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) Oct 28, 2025 01:01:04 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Michael Waldron is an Emmy award-winning writer from Atlanta, Georgia. He created and served as head writer and executive producer for Marvel and Disney+'s LOKI series and wrote Marvel's DOCTOR STR

Maggie Levin (The Black Phone 2, My Valentine) Oct 21, 2025 01:06:57 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Maggie Levin is a genre writer & filmmaker with rock n’ roll roots. Recently, she wrote & directed her debut feature MY VALENTINE (Hulu/Blumhouse) and an original segment for V/H/S/99 (Shudder) w

Crafting a "Fantastic" Pitch Oct 14, 2025 00:45:11 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.

Reece Feldman (Wait, Your Car?) Oct 7, 2025 01:11:11 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Reece Feldman, aka @guywithamoviecamera, has quickly become the Gen-Z authority and aficionado in all things film, TV, and entertainment. His TikTok account took off as he was working on-set as a Productio

Roy Lee (The Long Walk, Barbarian, Weapons, A Minecraft Movie) Sep 30, 2025 00:47:17 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Roy Lee is a prolific Hollywood producer best known for bringing some of the most iconic genre films of the past two decades to the big screen. As the founder of Vertigo Entertainment, he has become a go-t

Ben Semanoff (Black Rabbit, Ozark, The Leftovers) Sep 23, 2025 01:14:28 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Ben Semanoff is a TV and film director. Most recently, his work has been featured in episode 5 of season 2 of FX’s The Old Man, episode 9 of season 3 of Yellowjackets, and Netflix’s new drama Black Rabbit,

Q&A #3 (Premieres, Networking, and Riz Ahmed!) Sep 9, 2025 01:16:28 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.

Q&A #2 (Season 1 is Already Over?!) Aug 11, 2025 00:54:53 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.

Franklin Leonard (The Black List) Aug 5, 2025 01:10:03 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia SphereFranklin Leonard is a film and television producer, entrepreneur, and cultural commentator. He's best known for founding The Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood's most popular unproduced scree

Clara Sterling (Comedian, Writer) Jul 29, 2025 01:27:56 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Clara Sterling is a comedian, screenwriter, and certified yapper. You may have seen her performing stand up around Los Angeles or haunting your tiktok FYP with jokes, social commentary, and all things Stri

Julia Yorks (1UP, The 7 Guys You Date Before Marriage) Jul 22, 2025 01:09:12 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Julia started her screenwriting career over a decade ago, as a staff writer on THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS. Since then, she’s written over 40 episodes of kids animated television across a dozen shows,

Kit Lazer (Movies Are Therapy) Jul 15, 2025 01:08:29 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Kit Lazer is a creator on Tiktok, Instagram, and YouTube, host of the Streaming Things podcast, writer, and life enthusiast that has a passion for stories. Follow him for TV and Film news, reviews, and bad

Jessica M. Thompson (The Invitation, The Light of the Moon, The End) Jul 8, 2025 01:07:27 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Jessica M. Thompson is an Emmy-nominated Australian-Maltese filmmaker who made her feature writing-directorial debut with "The Light of the Moon", which won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at SX

Jennifer Harrington & Tara Anaise (Housekeeping, Dark Mountain, Shook, Queer for Fear) Jul 1, 2025 01:01:08 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Writer/Director Jennifer Harrington’s (DGA/WGA) most recent scripts, HELL’S BELLES (Hollywood Reporter), and THE END OF LIZ AS WE KNOW IT (Hollywood Reporter), were sold to Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures

Q&A #1 (How Do I Get a Manager?) Jun 23, 2025 00:49:46 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.

Michael P. Shawver (Sinners, Black Panther, Creed) Jun 17, 2025 01:08:20 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Originally from Rhode Island, editor Michael Shawver developed an early working relationship with director Ryan Coogler during their time at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

Alex Convery (Air) Jun 10, 2025 01:11:42 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Luke Hellyer. Music by Stevia Sphere.Alex Convery is a Chicago-born screenwriter and USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate best known for writing Air (2023), the critically acclaimed film about Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan. After landing

Kyra Jones (Queens, Woke) Jun 2, 2025 01:14:14 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Edited by Christian Gatica. Music by Stevia Sphere.Kyra Jones (she/her) is Black queer comedy writer, transplanted from the Windy City and currently based in Los Angeles. She is an alumna of Northwestern University, where she majored in Theatre and Gen

Warner Bailey (Assistants Vs. Agents) May 21, 2025 00:41:18 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Warner Bailey is the creator of Assistants Vs. Agents (AvA), a meme page-turned-media company he founded while an assistant at WME in 2018. AvA has secured partnerships with major brands and studios, including Amazon MGM Studios,

Colby Day (Spaceman) May 13, 2025 00:56:40 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Colby Day is a filmmaker and playwright. Recently named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Screenwriters to Watch,” Colby wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film, SPACEMAN directed by Johan Renck (Chernobyl), starring Adam Sandle

Adam Faze (Boy Room, Keep the Meter Running) May 6, 2025 01:11:33 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Adam Faze is the co-founder and CEO of Gymnasium, the studio behind viral short-form series like Boy Room and Keep the Meter Running. In just two years, the six-person team has generated nearly a billion views across TikTok, Inst

Pierce Brothers (The Wretched) Apr 29, 2025 01:12:48 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.The Pierce Brothers’ horror film THE WRETCHED opened in drive-in theaters on May 1st 2020 by IFC Midnight and was the #1 movie in the US for six consecutive weekends, making it the first film to hold that record since the release

Meredith Dawson (Everybody Still Hates Chris, Four Weddings and a Funeral) Apr 22, 2025 00:43:34 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Dawson got her break as a writer on two Mindy Kaling series, Champions and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She most recently was a Co-EP on Everybody Still Hates Chris, the reimagined animated version of the Chris Rock live action s

Reagan Yorke Apr 14, 2025 00:54:25 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.Reagan is a director / content creator who translates major studio film productions to social media through behind the scenes footage and personal interviews. Reagan and her co-director, Jillian Smith, also run a production compa

Helena Hawkes (Wolf Man) Apr 8, 2025 01:12:59 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere. New Mexico native and multi-hyphenate, Helena Hawkes is a jack of all trades. Through her keen understanding of writing, directing, poetry and painting, she entrenches her readers in tonally rich worlds typically centered around

Let's Hang! Mar 30, 2025 00:25:52 Welcome to The Hollywood Hang! A podcast about the highs, lows, and hell nos of this crazy industry. Hosted by Nicolas Curcio & Kristen Tepper. Music by Stevia Sphere.

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