7 episodes

Go behind the velvet rope with USA TODAY entertainment reporters Andrea Mandell, Bryan Alexander, Carly Mallenbaum and Bill Keveney. Each week they'll dish on what really happens during A-list interviews, their craziest Hollywood encounters and the movies and TV shows you should be watching.

Straight Up Hollywood USA TODAY

    • TV & Film
    • 4.3 • 4 Ratings

Go behind the velvet rope with USA TODAY entertainment reporters Andrea Mandell, Bryan Alexander, Carly Mallenbaum and Bill Keveney. Each week they'll dish on what really happens during A-list interviews, their craziest Hollywood encounters and the movies and TV shows you should be watching.

    Rolling out the red carpet for 'Black Panther'

    Rolling out the red carpet for 'Black Panther'

    This week the gang talks about a wild 'Black Panther' premiere and previews the Super Bowl episode of 'This is Us.'

    (Photo: Jesse Grant, Getty Images for Disney)

    • 25 min
    Let's talk Oscar nominations

    Let's talk Oscar nominations

    This week we're joined by our friends from the Motheship podcast to discuss the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards.

    (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

    • 16 min
    The hottest 2018 TV buzz you need to know, now

    The hottest 2018 TV buzz you need to know, now

    TV reporter Bill Keveney just got back from two weeks of TV panels and previews. From Rose McGowan's reality show to the 'Grey's' spinoff, we've got your 411.

    • 25 min
    Globes: Oprah wins big but after-parties lose steam

    Globes: Oprah wins big but after-parties lose steam

    You've read all about the Globes by now, but you haven't heard what it was like inside the ballroom when Oprah spoke. In this episode, we also explain why the after-parties were kind of a downer after the red carpet blackout.

    (Photo: Paul Drinkwater, NBC)

    • 16 min
    Flipping the TV calendar to 2018

    Flipping the TV calendar to 2018

    This week USA TODAY's Bill Keveney and Carly Mallenbaum look ahead to new television in 2018.

    • 21 min
    Presenting our 2017 pop culture nightmares

    Presenting our 2017 pop culture nightmares

    USA TODAY's L.A. entertainment team reveals our best and worst interviews of the year. Come for our most painful moments, stay for the time Tiffany Haddish spilled crazy secrets to writer Carly Mallenbaum.

    (Photo: Will Heath, NBC)

    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

jeffmasters1 ,

Great pod

I love Andrea. She's so smart. Everyone look up pictures of her. She looks like Amal.

Bebedondena ,

Lots of potential!

I love the idea of the podcast, however, I have a hard time listening with both of the host's Valley Girl way of speaking and vocal fry.

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