And the 2024 winner is...

One of the most anticipated films of the summer opens next week and “Evening” was tickled pink to interview the cast of “Barbie.”

Margot Robbie stars as Barbie and Ryan Gosling plays Ken, in a movie that spans both Barbie Land and the Real World. America Ferrera plays a human with a deep love for the iconic toy, Kate McKinnon plays Weird Barbie, Issa Rae plays President Barbie and Michael Cera plays Allan (based on a short-lived Mattel doll.)

"Barbie" is nominated for 9 Golden Globes and 18 Critics Choice Awards. It was also the highest-grossing film of the year, earning more than $1.4 million at the box office.

Watch the full "Barbie" interview here.

Likened to a feminist version of Frankenstein, the film follows the life of Bella Baxter - a re-animated woman whose brain is untouched. Emma Stone said if she could “unknow” anything, it would be her phobia about vomiting.

"I'm emetophobic, so I would like to unknow what vomiting is like and then never, ever vomit for the rest of time,” she said, laughing.

Her character has to re-learn everything, including how to move. While a memorable dance scene was choreographed, Stone said she and director Yorgos Lanthimos made up much of her movements as they went along.

"Poor Things" is nominated for 7 Golden Globes and 13 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "Poor Things" interview here.

Whether it's the novel, the Steven Spielberg 1985 adaptation or the Broadway musical, "The Color Purple" has become much more than just a story about sisterhood.

"This piece of literature--Corey Hawkins like to call it our poem, Danielle (Brooks) calls it our heirloom, I call it our Shakespeare, it's become a cornerstone of American culture," Taraji P. Henson said. 

Produced by Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders, the 2023 musical is a bold new take on "The Color Purple" with big set pieces, huge performances and sharp choreography.

"The Color Purple" is nominated for 2 Golden Globes and 5 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "The Color Purple" interview here.

She grew up performing for her middle and high school productions in Snohomish County, and now Lily Gladstone is on the precipice of an Oscar nomination.

In "Killers of the Flower Moon," she plays Mollie Burkhart - a member of the Osage Nation whose family is murdered for their oil rights.

Both her Oscar winning co-star (Leonardo DiCaprio) and director (Martin Scorsese) have said Gladstone is the heart of the film, and her Academy Award buzz is growing.

Lily Gladstone from "Killers of the Flower Moon" is nominated for Best Actress at both awards shows.

Watch the full "Killers of the Flower Moon" interview with Lily Gladstone here.

A new film generating Oscar buzz is loosely based on a Western Washington story that became a national tabloid sensation.

“May December” draws from the Mary Kay Letourneau case. She was a Burien teacher who made headlines in the 1990’s for pleading guilty to raping one of her 6th grade students. They later married and had two children.

More than a quarter century later, the story inspired the script for “May December,” directed by Oregonian Todd Haynes.

"Friends of mine, very dear friends of mine, beloved, brilliant friends of mine, were kind of obsessed with it. And so it was in the periphery of my awareness,” Haynes said.

But Haynes was drawn more to the script, which takes place 20 years after the crime and wedding. It asks the question: what would a marriage like that look like decades later.

"May December" is nominated for 4 Golden Globes and 3 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "May December" interview here.

You'll think before you honk after seeing where road rage takes Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in the Netflix series "Beef." 

"I will say that the shooting experience was gnarly," Yeun said. "(We) were holding a lot."

The dark comedy's emotional journey of angry obsession left its lead actors exhausted, even breaking out in hives after filming an intense scene in the wild.

"The more and more I think about it, it might have just been, like, something in the woods," Yeun said, laughing as he realized a case of nerves could also have been a simple case of rash.

"Beef" is nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "Beef" interview here.

Global phenomenon series “Ted Lasso” is back with more challenges, hope, love, and laughter for AFC Richmond.

As the team returns to the pitch in Season 3, owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) face projections they’ll finish the season in last place. Coach Lasso (Jason Sudekis) struggles with separation from his family. Nate (Nick Mohammed) has changed from a lovable underdog assistant coach into a mean-spirited head coach of an opposing team. Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) is undecided about his relationship with Keely.

And that’s all made clear in the first episode.

"Ted Lasso" Season 3 is nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 1 Critics Choice Award.

Watch the full "Ted Lasso" interview here.

The inner turmoil behind the stiff upper lip. For seven years Netflix's "The Crown" has entertained us by guessing what the British Royals were really feeling

"'The Crown' is very strongly rooted in the facts but what we don't know is what people say behind doors and what people think," said Dominic West, who played Prince Charles. "I think it takes a very good dramatist to do that in a convincing way."

Now series creator Peter Morgan and his team are wrapping things up with six final episodes centered on the Queen herself.

"It's emotional," said Imelda Staunton who plays Queen Elizabeth. "It's real. It's difficult. There's conflict. There's friendship. There's all the stuff that you want to mine for everything that it is worth."

The final season of "The Crown" is nominated for 4 Golden Globes and 3 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "The Crown" interview here.

The highly-anticipated animated film “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has two big western Washington connections.

Based on the decades-old Nintendo character, the film draws from every iteration of games featuring Mario (and later, his brother Luigi.)

Lake Stevens actor Chris Pratt stars as the title character, who was named after Seattle-based real estate developer Mario Segale. When Nintendo was first creating the Mario character (as part of Donkey Kong,) the company was working out of a Tukwila building Segale owned.

Charlie Day also stars Luigi and Keegan-Michael Key is their friend in the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad.

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 1 Critics Choice Award.

Watch the full "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" interview here.

It’s been the center of young adult canon for more than half a century, and now "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" is finally coming to movie theaters.

The book by Judy Blume helped shape millions of readers since its publication in 1970.

The film, set during the same year in New Jersey, stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, a sixth grader experiencing universal firsts: her first bra, first period, and first time questioning who she’s meant to become.

"There has been so much that has changed (since 1970), but still I think the experience of being an awkward, weird teenager has not changed at all,” Fortson said. "I think that's something that's going to remain timeless and a universal experience forever."

Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams stars as Margaret's mother Barbara and felt a personal connection to the story.

"Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" is nominated for 2 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" interview here.

It's hard to remember a time when Nike wasn't king, but in 1984 the Northwest company was in the shadow of Mount Hood and basketball shoe competitors Converse and Adidas.

"AIR" is the story of how everything changed when Nike partnered with Michael Jordan.

Ben Affleck directed the film and stars as Phil Knight, opposite longtime friend Matt Damon (who plays Sonny Vaccaro, the marketing executive who brought Jordan to Nike's attention.)

Viola Davis plays Jordan's mother Deloris, per the request of Jordan himself. He also told filmmakers about the importance of Nike executive Howard White (played by Chris Tucker) and former Olympics coach George Raveling (played by Marlon Wayans.)

"AIR" is nominated for 2 Golden Globes and 3 Critics Choice Awards.

Watch the full "AIR" interview here.

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