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- Yesterday32 min
Percy Jackson's Leah Sava Jeffries: Percabeth, Filming Cheetah Girls, & Her Rapping Skills
Percy Jackson and the Olympians star Leah Sava Jeffries sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to talk about Season 3, her new role in Cheetah Girls: Next Gen, and why she ships Percabeth but not her and Walker. She also talks auditions, her rap skills, and how she handled the pressure of playing Annabeth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Street Fighter's Callina Liang: Her Favorite Video Game, Carrying Around Nunchucks, & Chun-Li
Callina Liang, who plays Chun-Li in the 2026 Street Fighter movie, sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to chat about her Chun-Li workout routine, what video game she wants to see become a movie, meeting with Blumhouse, and the Christmas cards she receives from Lucy Liu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 25, 202632 min
ATEEZ's Hongjoong: The Secret 9th Member, The Grammys & If He'll Go Solo
ATEEZ's captain Hongjoong sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to talk about life pre-debut, how ATEEZ almost had 9 members, his plans for a solo album, The Grammy Awards, and his thoughts on American fans embracing K-Pop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 14, 202631 min
Joey King: Practical Magic 2, The Kissing Booth, Uglies 2 Rumors, & Her Experience as a Child Star
'Practical Magic 2's Joey King sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola and reveals if we'll ever get a Kissing Booth 4 or an Uglies 2 movie, the DM she received from Gypsy-Rose Blanchard after 'The Act', and how she became an actor at such a young age.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 21, 202633 min
Madelyn Cline: Her Favorite Meme, Dropping Out of College, & Closing the Outer Banks Chapter
Outer Banks' Madelyn Cline sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola and talks being chronically online, dropping out of college, her fear of small spaces, and if she was ready for Outer Banks to end. Plus, an appearance from her set buddy, Rodney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 31, 202632 min
Obsession's Inde Navarrette: Fame, X-Men, Oscar Buzz, and What Video Games She's Playing
Obsession's breakout star Inde Navarrette sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to discuss what projects she wants to take on next, why she deleted her Twitch streams, working odd jobs, being approached to voice a video game, and her love for Zara Larsson and Britney Spears.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jun 26, 202636 min
Yunjin from LE SSERAFIM: Her Crazy Pre-Debut Story, Almost Quitting K-Pop, and Friendship with KATSEYE
Huh Yunjin from LE SSERAFIM joins Variety's Up Next with Tiana DeNicola for her very first podcast, opening up about everything from her unexpected journey into K-Pop, her upbringing, learning Taylor Swift songs on her dad's guitar, and nearly enrolling in college the day before she got the call to join LE SSERAFIM. She shares what it really means to be a Korean-American idol writing her own music, the sisterhood behind the group's iconic chemistry, and the deeply personal creative process that shaped their new album "Pureflow Pt. 1"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- May 29, 202631 min
Cara Delevingne: Sobriety, Coming Out as a Lesbian, New Music, and Her Drag Queen Cats
Cara Delevingne sits down for Variety's Up Next ahead of her debut album release. She talks about coming out as a lesbian, three years of sobriety, and what it took to finally let herself make music — including crying in the shower. She also opens up about her girlfriend, sending Taylor Swift her music video, and the very long names she has for her cats.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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