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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with D.C. author and American University professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who just earned an NAACP Image Literary Award for her harrowing novel "Take My Hand." It explores the tragic true story of the Relf sisters, ...
‘Wakanda Forever’ hairstylist Camille Friend
‘Wakanda Forever’ hairstylist Camille Friend
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Camille Friend, the Oscar-nominated hair stylist from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," which is up for five Academy Awards on Sunday. They discuss her approach to designing the intricate hairstyles of Letitia Wright’s Shuri and Angela ...
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates Oscar week by flashing back to this 2016 conversation with Alicia Vikander, who was fresh off double Golden Globe nominations for "Ex Machina" and "The Danish Girl," the latter of which won her the Oscar for ...
Jessica Chastain (Part 1)
Jessica Chastain (Part 1)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates Oscar week and International Women's Day by flashing back to his interview with reigning Best Actress champ Jessica Chastain when she visited Washington D.C. in 2016 to promote her political thriller "Miss Sloane." They ...
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates Oscar week by flashing back to this 2016 conversation with Emma Stone just months before she won the Academy Award for "La La Land." You'll also hear a conversation with "La La Land" director Damien ...
Chadwick Stokes of Dispatch
Chadwick Stokes of Dispatch
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Dispatch frontman Chadwick Stokes, who performs live at Rams Head in Annapolis, Maryland on Wednesday. They break down Dispatch songs from "Out Loud" to "The General," as well as other projects like State Radio and ...
Gunther
Gunther
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther as "Friday Night Smackdown" hits Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. tomorrow night. They discuss his journey from growing up in Vienna, Austria to nearly winning the "Royal Rumble." ...
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Rogers
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Fred Rogers, who died on Feb. 27, 2003. Jason spoke about the legacy of Mr. Rogers with Nicholas Ma, son of Yo-Yo Ma and producer of the 2018 documentary ...
‘All That Breathes’
‘All That Breathes’
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Sean Carroll, executive producer of the HBO Max bird documentary "All That Breathes," which will compete for Best Documentary Feature next month at the Oscars. They discussed how his local production company, Tangled Bank Studios ...
‘Winter on Fire’
‘Winter on Fire’
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley marks the one-year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine, sparking a brutal war that continues today. He spoke in 2016 with filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky about his Oscar-nominated documentary “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom,” chronicling the Ukrainian ...