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  • 5 Celebrity-Creator Interviews the Internet Loved This Week (Sept. 25)

    5 Celebrity-Creator Interviews the Internet Loved This Week (Sept. 25)

    Key Highlights

    • Mashable rounds up the week’s best interview podcasts and creator-driven series, featuring high-profile guests across YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
    • Standout episodes include Drew Afualo hosting Saturday Night Live newcomer Grace Reiter, Willem Dafoe tackling Hot Ones, and Stephen Graham discussing Adolescence on The Romesh Ranganathan Show.
    • Mashable’s own Say More series goes behind the scenes of Dropout’s Game Changer finale with Sam Reich, Vic Michaelis, and Jacquis Neal.

    Top Creator Conversations Dominate This Week’s Digital Lineup

    The algorithm may be treacherous, but the signal is clear: this week’s most compelling interview content spans comedy, cinema, and the creator economy’s upper echelon. From Saturday Night Live‘s newest cast member to an Oscar-nominated screen icon, the conversation circuit delivered substantive, entertaining long-form dialogue across every major platform. Mashable’s editorial curation highlights seven flagship episodes alongside a rapid-fire roster of additional standouts, offering viewers and listeners a curated path through the noise.

    Breakout Creators and Comedy Heavyweights Lead the Pack

    The Comment Section with Drew Afualo: Grace Reiter pairs two Mashable 101 alums at the top of their game. Afualo, the TikTok powerhouse known for dismantling misogyny with surgical wit, welcomes Grace Reiter — the digital creator recently announced as a Saturday Night Live featured player. Their conversation traces the arc from childhood Jack Black fandom to premiere red carpets and the practical realities of securing a professional stylist. The episode illuminates how creator careers actually function behind the viral moments. Available on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

    Royal Court: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan brings the Best of the Best and Never Have I Ever star to Brittany Broski’s talk-show-meets-variety format. Ramakrishnan discusses the attribute she’d assign to Kirby, the grounding influence of friends and family, and her appearance on Recess Therapy. The result is a disarming, personality-driven exchange that showcases why Broski’s format has become a essential stop for young Hollywood. Watch on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

    Culinary Nostalgia and Cinematic Deep Dives

    Mythical Kitchen: Josh Johnson serves the comedian, Daily Show host, and Mashable 101 alum a “last meal” of staggering range: fruit slushes, giant charcuterie board, lychee milk tea boba, pad thai, New York-style pepperoni pizza, pumpkin soup, chicken and shrimp gumbo, and young coconuts served as soup. Halfway through, Johnson calls his mother to verify gumbo details, declaring, “someone’s doing it right out here.” The moment captures the show’s signature blend of culinary spectacle and genuine emotional resonance. Stream on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

    Hot Ones: Willem Dafoe finds the four-time Oscar nominee treating Sean Evans’s vegetarian gauntlet less as endurance test than victory lap. Dafoe traverses playing Hunter S. Thompson in Gonzo Girl, working with sled dogs in Togo, Martin Scorsese pitching him Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, the recurring motif of being buried alive across his filmography, and an early experimental theater piece involving nude hula dances. For more, Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko interviews Dafoe in the Say More studio alongside his Late Fame promotion. Watch on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

    British Podcast Royalty and Dropout’s Inner Circle

    The Romesh Ranganathan Show: Stephen Graham unites the Emmy-winning Adolescence star with one of Britain’s sharpest comedic interviewers. Graham walks through a career defined by Shane Meadows’ This Is England, Philip Barantini’s one-shot marvel Boiling Point, and the groundbreaking Netflix series Adolescence, while also touching on teenage breakdancing, fatherhood, and his new book Letters to Our Sons. The conversation exemplifies the podcast’s gift for eliciting candor from guarded artists. Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Instagram.

    Say More: Dropout turns Mashable’s own lens on the creator platform having a cultural moment. Following the Game Changer finale, Sam Reich pulls back the curtain on “Last Talent Standing,” while Vic Michaelis (Very Important People) and Jacquis Neal (Crowd Control) unpack Dropout’s biggest beats from the SXSW Say More studio. The episode doubles as industry case study and fan service. Watch on Mashable, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

    Rapid-Fire Roundup: The Internet’s Other Favorites

    The broader landscape delivered no shortage of appointment viewing: Call Her Daddy hosted Tinashe; Subway Takes featured Ms Rachel; Criterion Collection paired Karen O with Barnaby Clay; Therapuss with Jake Shane welcomed Carly Rae Jepsen; New Heights landed Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson; and Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster seated Sanjeev Bhaskar. Each represents a distinct flavor of the current interview economy — music, children’s media, film preservation, pop therapy, blockbuster reunions, and British comedy royalty.

    Why This Matters

    The concentration of A-list talent across creator-native platforms signals a structural shift in entertainment publicity. Traditional late-night and press junkets no longer monopolize long-form access; podcasts and YouTube series now command the deepest, most revealing conversations. For audiences, this democratization means better interviews in more accessible formats. For creators like Afualo, Broski, and the Mythical Kitchen team, it cements their status as essential cultural intermediaries. The recurring presence of Mashable 101 honorees — Reiter, Johnson, Afualo — across multiple shows also illustrates the growing cohesion of the creator ecosystem, where cross-pollination drives discovery and audience retention. Upcoming weeks will test whether this density of high-profile bookings sustains or reflects awards-season clustering.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where can I watch the Willem Dafoe Hot Ones episode?
    The episode is available on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok via First We Feast’s channels.
    Which platforms host The Romesh Ranganathan Show with Stephen Graham?
    You can watch or listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Instagram.
    What is Mashable’s Say More series covering this week?
    Say More goes behind the scenes of Dropout’s Game Changer finale with Sam Reich, Vic Michaelis, and Jacquis Neal, recorded at the SXSW studio.
  • Lady from iconic Arctic Monkeys’ music video starred in fan-favourite British TV present

    Lady from iconic Arctic Monkeys’ music video starred in fan-favourite British TV present



    The Arctic Monkeys are one of the vital profitable British bands of all time, so it ought to come as no shock that that they had large identify celebrities in a few of their music movies.

    Adolescence star Stephen Graham has been in two completely different Arctic Monkeys movies, while Paddy Considine appeared within the music video for Go away Earlier than the Lights Come On in 2006.

    Graham and Considine had been identified portions on the time although, even when they weren’t celebrities as they’re now. Graham had made his identify from Snatch and That is England while Considine had starred within the Oscar nominated movie In America.

    When Graham appeared within the music video for When The Solar Goes Down, nonetheless, he had a co-star, Lauren Socha, lengthy earlier than she grew to become a well-known face on TV.

    Socha appeared alongside Stephen Graham in her first ever on-screen position

    Lauren Socha, who went on to star in Misfits (YouTube/Arctic Monkeys)

    Lauren Socha is greatest identified for showing in Misfits, to the purpose the place most followers of the present assume that this was her first on-screen position.

    Earlier than that although she starred in When The Solar Goes Down alongside Graham, showing when she was simply 15 years previous, and likewise starred in a film The Unloved alongside Robert Carlyle.

    The Arctic Monkeys ended up creating a brief movie off the again of When the Solar Goes Down nonetheless, Scummy Man, a 16-minute film that expanded on the story of the music video.

    This revealed that Socha was taking part in a prostitute Nina hooked on medication who’s being managed by George, a ‘scummy man’ performed by Graham.

    It was properly acquired, with The Guardian giving it a 4 star evaluate and saying: “Excellent performing grimly however compulsively captures a cycle of dependency, human and narcotic.

    “Set amid abandoned warehouses and seedy neon-lit streets, it has harrowing however very actual scenes of injection, violence and, sometimes, glimpses of humour and lives lengthy since left behind.”

    Socha went on to star in Misfits however has since confronted authorized bother and moved to a very completely different profession

    Socha starred in Misfits because the scene-stealing Kelly (E4)

    The looks within the music video and subsequent brief movie clearly set Socha up properly as a result of she appeared in Misfits simply a few years later, turning into a cult traditional TV present and profitable her a BAFTA for her position as Kelly.

    She left the present in 2011 due partly to off-screen troubles, culminating in a 4 month suspended jail sentence after it was discovered that she had dedicated racially aggravated assault on a taxi driver in 2012. She’s gone on to intermittently seem in TV reveals and movies, together with a extremely acclaimed BBC comedy collection The Different One created by Holly Walsh, the creator of Amandaland and Motherland.

    Lauren Socha in 2024 (TikTok)

    In 2020 nonetheless it was revealed that Socha had taken on a brand new job working in a care dwelling helping aged residents in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Socha posted on X: “Second week working in a Care dwelling. Completely like it, and really feel proper at dwelling. Pretty bunch of individuals additionally.”

    The actor has gone quiet on social media since then, most just lately posting about her two youngsters on TikTok in 2024.

  • Stephen Graham shares 4 phrase remark Snoop Dogg made to him at Golden Globes



    Stephen Graham revealed how a remark from rap icon Snoop Dogg made his night.

    The Kirkby-born actor has a night to recollect on the Golden Globes on Sunday night (11 January), taking house the award for ‘ Greatest Efficiency by a Male Actor in a Restricted Sequence, Anthology Sequence or a Movement Image Made for Tv’.

    Graham claimed the award for his main position as Eddie Miller within the Netflix hit present Adolescence, which made headlines for its episodes being shot in a single take.

    It was one of many present’s 4 wins on Sunday, additionally taking house the ‘Greatest Restricted Sequence, Anthology Sequence, or a Movement Image Made for Tv’, whereas Owen Cooper received ‘Greatest Efficiency by a Male Actor in a Supporting Function on Tv’, and Erin Doherty received ‘Greatest Efficiency by a Feminine Actor in a Supporting Function on Tv’.

    Adolescence cleaned up on the Golden Globes (Amy Sussman/Getty Pictures)

    For Graham, who additionally wrote the British-produced sequence, it was his first Golden Globe win, and an evening he’ll always remember for a number of causes.

    Amidst the Netflix restricted sequence’ lap of honour, Graham took a second to share an encounter on the evening which genuinely left him satisfied.

    It is uncommon to see a seasoned actor grow to be so star struck, however when the Brit mirrored on his assembly with Snoop Dogg, that is precisely what we noticed.

    Talking backstage, the 52-year-old stated of the ‘Gin & Juice’ rapper: “I met Snoop Dogg, I forgot to say it on the market, and he shook my hand and seemed me proper within the eyes and he simply stated ‘You a motherf***in’ gangsta.’ My life is full.”

    Who would not be over the moon after that encounter?

    Snoop himself additionally made headlines on Sunday evening, as he admitted to being ‘excessive as a motherf**ker’ whereas guffawing and presenting the inaugural ‘Greatest Podcast’ class, which went to Amy Poehler for her podcast Good Hold.

    Viewers can have observed throughout the ceremony that Graham was stunned to be introduced an award in any respect, showing genuinely stunned when his identify was referred to as because the award winner.

    The group erupted, with the actor and present creator needing to calm himself earlier than accepting his award and praising his fellow nominees in addition to the Adolescence forged and crew who helped to make the present one of the crucial watched of 2025.

    Graham additionally made a heartfelt tribute to his household on-stage (John Shearer/WireImage)

    His speech was notable as Graham despatched an emotional message to his household which surprised the room into silence.

    Turning to his spouse whereas on stage, he said: “You saved my life.”

    The actor then turned the eye to his youngsters, including: “To my two stunning children, Grace and Alfie – I like you to the moon and again ceaselessly.”

  • Stephen Graham’s spouse made stunning cameo in Adolescence and she or he stars in various his exhibits

    Stephen Graham’s spouse made stunning cameo in Adolescence and she or he stars in various his exhibits



    Stephen Graham’s spouse Hannah Walters appeared in new Netflix drama Adolescence, which has been gaining rave critiques from critics and audiences alike.

    It follows the aftermath of the homicide of a younger woman (Emilia Holliday) the place the police reckon the killer was her classmate Jamie (Owen Cooper), who asks for his dad Eddie (Graham) to be his applicable grownup and be by his aspect.

    Take a look at the trailer:

    

    Becoming a member of Graham within the forged are some actors he is labored with earlier than, together with A Thousand Blows co-stars Ashley Walters and Erin Doherty, alongside together with his spouse.

    Hannah Walters seems within the second episode of Adolescence because the instructor Mrs Bailey, who speaks to scholar Jade (Fatima Bojang) about punching one other pupil.

    They then focus on the homicide and Jade’s relationship along with her household.

    Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters have produced and starred collectively in various initiatives, together with Adolescence (Jeff Spicer/Getty Photos)

    Followers of Stephen Graham will seemingly have recognised his spouse as she’s appeared in various different productions he is been concerned in.

    She appeared all through the run of This Is England, whereas she and her husband additionally each appeared within the likes of Boiling Level, Time and the latter two Pirates of the Caribbean motion pictures.

    Whereas she and her husband met whereas coaching as actors, Hannah Walters has additionally loved a extremely profitable profession as a producer engaged on the quick movie Pop, each the function and collection of Boiling Level, A Thousand Blows and now Adolescence.

    In a latest look on The Graham Norton Present, Graham credited her with arising with the concept to get Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight on board with for A Thousand Blows.

    “I used to be like, ‘you’ve got bought no likelihood’,” the actor stated after she’d first recommended getting him on board with the venture, however defined how she quickly bought him on board.

    Stephen Graham’s spouse Hannah Walters is amongst his co-stars in Adolescence, she additionally produced the hit collection (Netflix)

    “She went ‘belief me, watch, I am gonna get this made’, and I used to be like ‘alright love’.

    “She despatched it to Steve, the {photograph}, and three or 4 days later I used to be within the kitchen making her a cup of tea… and she or he simply went ‘oi, come right here’. I stated ‘what’. She went ‘come and take a look at this’.

    “I seemed and she or he had a response from Steve saying ‘I actually adore it, I wish to get entangled and I would love to jot down it’.”

    Again in 2020 they’d based the corporate Matriarch Productions collectively, and up to now Graham has stated that attributable to his dyslexia Walters has learn scripts for him and helped him select initiatives.

    When he starred within the pandemic drama Assist she learn the script and instructed him it was ‘wonderful’.

    Adolescence is obtainable to stream now on Netflix.

  • Stephen Graham provided to undertake This Is England co-star Thomas Turgoose after household tragedy

    Stephen Graham provided to undertake This Is England co-star Thomas Turgoose after household tragedy



    The British actor might go down as one of the vital proficient in historical past, however he is additionally identified for his caring nature and assist for others within the trade.

    The 51-year-old is thought to have supported actress Jodie Comer, additionally from Liverpool, early in her profession, to the purpose the place she thanked him in her BAFTA speech in 2019.

    Graham, who’s the star of latest Netflix hit collection Adolescence, needed to look forward to his profession breakthrough, discovering it in 2006 along with his function as Combo in This Is England.

    

    Following his function within the drama, he would go on to star in enormous movies comparable to The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and The Irishman, amongst different notable titles.

    However other than starring in hit movies and TV collection, the actor can be identified for creating sturdy relationships with forged members on his tasks.

    Certainly one of these actors was Thomas Turgoose, who performed Shaun Fields in This Is England.

    Aged simply 13 on the time, he performed a younger boy that turned concerned in a gang of skinheads, of which Combo (Graham) was a part of.

    Whereas he begins out by idolising the gang member, his violent and racist nature is finally realised by {the teenager}.

    Away from the display screen although, Turgoose was present process a troubled time at house, as his mom Sharon handed away attributable to lung most cancers.

    Graham is thought for being supportive of his co-stars (Jeff Spicer/Getty Pictures)

    In consequence, the movie was devoted to her, as he recalled on a 2021 episode of the Personal Elements podcast, including: “Stephen Graham promised my mum he’d look out for me.

    “Everybody concerned in That is England are household to me.”

    Following the tragic loss, he was set to maneuver in along with his estranged father, earlier than Graham and Meadows provided to provide him a house.

    “When my mum died I moved in with my dad and I did not know him, so Shane Meadows and Stephen Graham have been going to undertake me if issues did not work out with my dad,” Turgoose defined.

    Regardless of the rocky interval, Turgoose went on to star in additional instalments of the movie collection; This Is England ’86 in 2010, This Is England ’88 the 12 months after, and This Is England ’90 in 2015.

    However his life might have very practically gone one other means totally.

    You might recognise Turgoose as Shaun from This Is England (FilmFour)

    Turgoose claimed that he was destined for jail earlier than touchdown the function as Shaun, revealing: “I used to be destined for jail. Shoplifting issues I did not want.

    “There was a ironmongery shop in Grimsby that I used to steal spray paint from for no cause.”

    The actor finally married his long-term associate Charlotte Revell in 2018, and invited a number of This Is England co-stars, together with Graham.

    In a publish on Instagram, the 33-year-old shared a photograph of himself and his bride along with his co-stars, merely captioning it: “Household.”