Chris Chalk has a history of starring in shows and films that have a loyal fanbase. He played Gary Cooper on the Aaron Sorkin series The Newsroom, Lucius Fox on the show Gotham and stars as Paul Drake in the HBO series Perry Mason. He also starred as Yusuf Salaam in Ava DuVernay's four-part series When They See Us based on the tragic true story about five teens from Harlem falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Recently, Chris made his feature film debut with Farewell which he made and starred in with his wife, actress K.D. Chalk.

Craig Melvin is a broadcast journalist for NBC. On the Today Show, he serves double duty as the news anchor as well as a co-host for the 3rd hour. He is also an anchor on MSNBC Live. He covered a lot of intense stories like the Charleston Church shooting in 2015 as well as the shooting of Michael Brown, the death of Freddie Gray and more recently the death of George Floyd. During our conversation, Craig opens up about how he copes with covering such intense and tragic stories, explains why 2020 is such a significant news year and pridefully discusses his South Carolina roots.

Whether it was starring as Liam Dempsey Jr. in the third season of Westworld on HBO, or popping up in shows and films like Newsroom and 10 Cloverfield Lane, actor and musician John Gallagher Jr. has a pretty eclectic career. All this is bolstered by the fact that he starred in the original Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, based off the album by Green Day. So it comes as no surprise to see Gallagher star alongside Gillian Jacobs in the new inventive horror film Come Play.

In real life, Kron Moore is charming, intelligent and sweet, but in Tyler Perry's soap opera The Oval? she plays Victoria Franklin, the volatile, manipulative and elegant first lady of the United States. The BET show ended its first season this summer, and Moore's performance stood out in particular. Moore also plays Dr. Bridget Chapel in the DC Universe show Stargirl on the CW?.

The young Irish actress Lara McDonnell has played a young Anne Brontë in a story about the famous writing sisters and the precocious Matilda in a musical version of Roald Dahl?s classic story. For Disney's live-action adaptation of Artemis Fowl, based on the popular kids series about a budding criminal mastermind, she plays Holly Short -- a police officer in a hidden, high-tech fairy world who pairs up with the young human to, of course, help save the world. One of the best parts of the role: learning to fly.

Peter Frampton's 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive! sold millions and gave us three Top 20 singles -- "Do you feel like I do?" "Show me the way," and "Baby, I love your way." But a degenerative muscle disease means the clock is clicking on his guitar playing days. We caught up with the rock legend to hear some of the stories he's included in his new memoir, "Do You Feel Like I Do?" -- including the crazy tale of how he met longtime friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Secret code names and a legendary guitar named Lucy were involved. 

Note from Patrick: You can watch The Way I See It on Fri. Oct. 16 at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC. The new documentary The Way I See It looks at former presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan through the eyes of photographer Pete Souza. During his time as an official White House photographer, Souza captured the profound, intimate, funny and dignified moments of two of the most iconic presidents in modern history. The Way I See It is directed by Dawn Porter who also made the wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble. Fortunately for us, both Pete and Dawn are my guests on I'm So Obsessed. We discuss why empathy is important for a leader to have, the passing of John Lewis, the significance of professional athletes protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and what it is like having President Obama officiate your wedding.

Kyle Bornheimer says he's "thrilled" to be part of the current "golden age of television" with roles in TV hits like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Breaking Bad. But he loves going to the movies, too. So with the world in lockdown and the fate of movie theaters uncertain, the actor says we should reboot theaters by offering subscription-based movie passes and showing TV season finales and notable episodes on the big screen too.

Sam Lansky is a writer, journalist and editor. His new book is Broken People: A Novel follows a writer named Sam as he seeks out a shaman to perform "open-soul surgery". The procedure can fix everything that's wrong with you in three days. The novel is a follow up to his 2016 memoir The Gilded Razor. We discuss both books as well as Sam's day job as an editor at Time Magazine. This interview was recorded in July.

Angela Santomero knows kids. She's helped create popular kids programming for TV networks PBS and Nickelodeon, including Blue's Clues and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Now that COVID-19 has kids spending even more time in front of their screens, she offers some ideas for helping parents make the right choices for guilt-free screen time. 

Macy Gray has won awards for her singing, starred in TV shows and movies and even used her distinctive raspy voice to give life to a video game character. But in 2020, she decided to do something different: She set up a nonprofit called MyGood to offer financial aid to families who've lost a loved one to police brutality and need help for everything from counseling to funeral costs.

The Netflix show Warrior Nun is about an orphaned teen who is chosen as the Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns. It has a Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Daredevil vibe. Finnish actor Kristina Tonteri-Young plays Sister Beatrice on the show and describes her character as a tactician who is calm, intelligent, emotionally reserved and also queer.  During our interview, Tonteri-Young discusses how her training as a ballet dancer helped her learn fight choreography and how filming Warrior Nun was a crash course on all things film and TV. We also talk about how the show smartly approaches themes like empowerment, individuality, good vs. evil and religion vs. science. Tonteri-Young even opens up about growing up in Finland, going to school in London and learning to surf at Rockaway Beach, NY.

In Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, David Castañeda plays Diego, or No. 2, one of seven kids born on the same day and brought together by an eccentric billionaire who trains them to use their unlikely superpowers to save the world from impending doom. Castañeda learned to convincingly throw knives. But he also got fans to root for a character, and his dysfunctional family, as they learn to embrace their flaws and work together.

Mari Takahashi's life reads like the origin story for a comic book character. For 10 years, she was a professional ballet dancer. Then she took an acting gig for a YouTube video which launched her into a different career doing sketch comedy and playing video games for the YouTube behemoth Smosh. She also co-founded the channel Smosh Games and is now on her own as an entrepreneur. Oh, and she was on the CBS show Survivor, specifically the "Millennials vs. Gen X" season.

The new documentary The Way I See It looks at former presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan through the eyes of photographer Pete Souza. During his time as an official White House photographer, Souza captured the profound, intimate, funny and dignified moments of two of the most iconic presidents in modern history. The Way I See It is directed by Dawn Porter who also made the wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble. Fortunately for us, both Pete and Dawn are my guests on I'm So Obsessed. We discuss why empathy is important for a leader to have, the passing of John Lewis, the significance of professional athletes protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and what it is like having President Obama officiate your wedding.

Paris Hilton is a name many people know, even if they don't know much about her aside that she's famous. The new YouTube documentary This Is Paris aims to change that by showing the woman and entrepreneur behind the "that's hot" persona. When the film begins we see her in a sound booth recording a voiceover and going in-and-out of her signature Paris personality and voice. It's amazing and surprising to witness. During our interview, Hilton discusses This Is Paris and talks about how participating in the film helped her deal with her abuse she suffered in her teens and how she hopes to empower others. We also discuss her 19 different product lines, The Simple Life and how she handles privacy in her life.

Trying to describe Reggie Watts is a bit like trying to explain the majesty of the Aurora Borealis. But, I'll try. Draw a triangle and label the points comedian, musician and bandleader. Then place a point outside that triangle and label it actor. Finally, sketch a circle through the triangle and name it beatboxer. Somewhere between all those points or outside them is Watts.  You might know him from his 2016 Netflix special Reggie Watts: Spatial, his time on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! or from the The Late Late Show with James Corden. Now he has his own app which has one of the most amazing names: WattsApp by Reggie Watts?. We talk about his new app. We also go deep on Reggie's love/hate relationship with technology and what it was like for him to interview Jack White indoors while being filmed by drones. He also opens up about his relationship with James Corden.

In 1994 and 1995, Kenny "The Jet" Smith won back-to-back NBA Championships playing for the Houston Rockets. Since retiring, he can be seen on the Emmy-Award winning TNT show, Inside the NBA alongside Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. The program has turned from being just a show about basketball into its own phenomena. YouTube is littered with clips and outtakes that have thousands if not millions of views. But it was when Kenny's annual summer basketball camp for kids in North Carolina was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic that he came up with the idea for the Jet Academy (named after his nickname "The Jet"). Over the course of our conversation, Kenny talks about how building the Jet Academy made him obsessed with live streaming technology. We also discuss his two NBA Championships, The Last Dance about Michael Jordan, "The Bubble" and of course what it's like working with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal on Inside The NBA.

Jimmy Wong plays Ling, one of a trio of new recruits who team up with Chinese warrior-in-disguise Mulan in Disney's live-action remake of the 1998 animated musical. Wong talks about celebrating Asian culture, combating stereotypes in his viral YouTube music videos and how video games help us level up in IRL.

It?s 2020 and Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back in the new film Bill & Ted Face the Music. The movie catches up with the Wyld Stallyns frontmen 29 years after Bill & Ted?s Bogus Journey. Face the Music is simultaneously ridiculous, funny, sweet and proof that a 90s-style comedy can work in 2020. It also captures the essence and joy many of us experienced watching 1989's Bill & Ted?s Excellent Adventure. On this episode of I?m So Obsessed, my guests are Alex Winter, better known as Bill S. Preston Esq., and Scott Kroopf, who produced all three Bill & Ted films. They discuss the cultural appeal of Bill and Ted, the ingenious casting of Bill and Ted?s daughters, the hysterical performance Anthony Carrigan from HBO?s Barry gives as a robot and how they paid tribute to George Carlin.

Katori Hall is best known as the Olivier award-winning playwright behind the play The Mountaintop which fictionalized the last night in Martin Luther King?s life. The 2011 Broadway production featured Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. King and Angela Bassett in the role of Camae. Hall's latest project is the series P-Valley on Starz and couldn't be more different from The Mountaintop. The show is set in a strip club in the South and follows the lives of the dancers who work there. It's all about their relationships with themselves, each other and with their customers. Hall opens up about the show, going to strip clubs as a woman and the amount of athleticism it takes to pole dance. She also discusses working on the Broadway show Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and why Turner hates the song What's Love Got to Do with It.

As part of a publicity stunt for his 2000 comedy Ready to Rumble, Scream star David Arquette was crowned a heavyweight champion by the WCW. Wrestling fans spent 18 years mocking him about it. So he decided to make his pro wrestling debut and show them how serious he is about a sport he truly loves. 

After gaining attention for his turn as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy, the wrestler-turned-actor talks on our I?m So Obsessed podcast about why being a dramatic actor is so important to him. And why no one can touch his lunchbox collection.

The final episode of The Sopranos aired on HBO on June 10, 2007 and yet 13 years later the show has found a new popularity with an entirely new generation of viewers watching it during the pandemic. To guide them through the world of New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano, cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa better known as Christopher Moltisanti and Bobby Bacala respectively host a weekly podcast called Talking Sopranos. The two break down a single episode of The Sopranos and share new insights and untold stories about working on the iconic series. During an in-depth conversation, Imperioli and Schirripa open up about the legacy of James Gandolfini, rewatching the show as well as share their favorite character names from The Sopranos.

The new Epix documentary series Helter Skelter: An American Myth takes a visceral and revealing look at Charles Manson in order to dispel the larger-than-life myths that grew around him over the years.  In an in-depth conversation about the series and Manson, Leslie discusses finding never before seen footage of the Manson Family and how this story eerily reflects the political and social issues of today. Lesley Chilcott is the award-winning producer of films like Waiting For Superman, An Inconvenient Truth and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. She also directed the documentaries Watson and CodeGirl.

Comic Nish Kumar hosts the news-based topical comedy show Hello, America. The show is made in Britain for an American audience and is available on Quibi. We talk in-depth about Hello, America. Nish reveals just how much the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the global protests against police brutality have changed the show. He also explains why, as a comedian, it's worse to have bread thrown at you than to be booed off stage. This interview was recorded in mid-July.

Chiwetel Ejiofor is known for his roles in Children Of Men, Dirty Pretty Things, Kinky Boots, The Martian and Doctor Strange. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Oscar for his performance in 12 Years A Slave and nominated for an Emmy for his performance in Dancing On The Edge. Chiwetel also wrote, directed and acted in the 2019 film The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. On this episode of I'm So Obsessed, Chiwetel talks about starring with Charlize Theron in the new Netflix film The Old Guard. We also discuss immortality, how he longs for a place in the English countryside as well as his relationship working with Denzel Washington on the Inside Man and American Gangster. Chiwetel also explains working with all the Benedicts on Marvel's Doctor Strange.

Tyler Shultz is the grandson of former Secretary of State George Shultz. He is commonly labeled a whistleblower for helping bring awareness to the unethical and outright bad things that happened behind the scenes at the health technology company Theranos. In a new podcast series that is now out on Audible called Thicker Than Water, Tyler opens up and tells his side of the Theranos story. The series is unique because it feels like you're in a coffeeshop with Tyler as he talks about everything that happened. A large part of the series revolves around stories Tyler has never shared before about Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and his grandfather who was an early champion of the blood-testing company.  His story borders against the best soap operas, movie thrillers and legal dramas out there today. 

Catherine Hardwicke, who's given a voice to teen issues in movies from Thirteen to Twilight, introduces us to Aisha, a bi-racial teen who discovers she's not quite human in the new sci-fi TV series Don't Look Deeper on Quibi. The mystery unfolds, 10 minutes at a time.

When you hear the name Mark Duplass, the question isn't what does he do, but rather what hasn't he done? The actor, writer, director and producer, known for his roles on The League, The Mindy Project and the film Bombshell, received an 2020 Emmy Award-nomination for his role as Charles "Chip" Black on the Apple TV Plus series The Morning Show.  It's not the first time Duplass has won acclaim. In 2018, he and his brother Jay won an Emmy Award for producing the hit Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country. The brothers will continue working together on both scripted and unscripted podcast series they're creating exclusively for Spotify. And if that's not enough, the pair oversee the brilliant and inventive HBO anthology series Room 104 which is currently in its fourth and final season.  In our interview, Duplass talks in-depth about Room 104 including starring in the fourth season premiere as a fictional obscure 90s rocker named Graham Husker. He also discusses working with Dave Bautista on an episode called Avalanche. He describes Bautista as giving "one of the most beautiful performances we've had on the show."

Veena Sud is the driving force behind the shows The Killing, Seven Seconds and her new Quibi show The Stranger. We talk about Black Lives Matter, the need for more diversity in Hollywood, how working on MTV's The Real World prepared her to be a show runner and her deep love for Skyline Chili.

You likely know Romola Garai from her roles in films like Atonement, Amazing Grace and Glorious 39 as well as the BBC mini-series Emma and The Hour. She has been nominated for a BAFTA and two Golden Globe awards. Earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Garai premiered the horror film Amulet which she wrote and directed. Amulet is a chilling and striking horror movie and marks Garai's debut as a feature filmmaker.

Talia Shire has created iconic women characters in two of the most popular movie franchises in history, The Godfather and Rocky series. Shire opens up about working with Sylvester Stallone to tell the story of two "discarded people" who find each other, about how streaming services and tech are giving new life to box-offices misses, including her 1980s cult classic Rad, and about why she's ready to help Silicon Valley come up with a plan to teach creativity. 

Dan Lanigan is the host of the Disney Plus show Prop Culture. We talk about what's it like going into a Disney Archives Prop warehouse, getting to see the amazing costumes and props from films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Who Framed Roger Rabbit and what it's like working with Dolph Ludgren on the reality/game show Race to the Scene in which contestants went to the locations of famous films and recreated stunts from movies like the Terminator, E.T. and Pulp Fiction.

Evy Poumpouras worked as a secret service agent during the Clinton and Bush administrations and she was on the Presidential Protective Division for President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. She was recognized with a U.S. Secret Service Valor Award for her work as a first responder in the 9/11 attacks and she now is a journalist, co-host on the Bravo show Spy Games and author. In her book Becoming Bulletproof, Evy uses her training and experience as a secret service agent to teach you how to protect yourself, strengthen your mental resilience and confidence, as well as read people, influence situations and live fearlessly.

Rhett & Link made viral videos before that was a thing, Now they host the massively popular YouTube show Good Mythical Morning which has 6.1 billion views and 16.4 million subscribers as of this recording. Rhett & Link talk about Good Mythical Morning and adapting it to work during the pandemic, their podcast Ear Biscuits and what's it's like dipping their toes into the world of TikTok.

Allison Tolman is the Emmy-award nominated actress who played the role of Molly Solverson in the first season of the FX series Fargo as well as portraying Jo Evans in the sci-fi/thriller ABC show Emergence. Allison opens up about her early career doing commercials and theater work, how Fargo changed her life and she schools us on how to make a cappuccino at home using a glass jar.

Show creator Austin Winsberg tapped into his love of musical theatre to create a TV show with an unusual heroine. Her superpower: being able to hear people's innermost thoughts in the form of musical dance numbers, based on an eclectic, extraordinary playlist. 

Writer, director and producer Jeff Schaffer worked on some of the biggest TV shows of all-time. He was a writer on Seinfeld and is a writer, director and producer on Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as one of the co-creators of The League. During our wide ranging interview, he talks about his new Netflix show that he made with his brother called Brews Brothers, working with Lil Dicky on the FXX show Dave and how he came up with the idea of the Festivus pole.

Mark Ellis is a stand-up comedian and host of the Rotten Tomatoes YouTube show Versus where he pits two movies or TV shows against each other to see which one better. For example there is a Jaws vs. Jurassic Park episode and one that pits The Office against Friends. We talk about his career as a comic, his passion for films and how being a stand-up on the road prepared him for sheltering in-place alone.

Emmy Award-nominated actor Dylan McDermott talks about how he prepared for his role in the Netflix show Hollywood which included having underwear specially made for his character. He also opens up about his mother playwright Eve Ensler, what The Practice means to him now and what it's like having to halt production on the Venus and Serena Williams biopic King Richard because of the pandemic.

D.J. ?Shangela? Pierce opens up about her new HBO show We're Here, being a 3-time contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, and working with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born.

The Reno 911 Star Cedric Yarbrough talks about filming new episodes for the new streaming service Quibi, The Boondocks, BoJack Horseman and his stage show The Black Version where the cast improvs black versions of famous films.

Radha Mitchell has had an expansive career, but it's her work in horror, sci-fi and psychological thrillers that stand out. When she's not playing strong, independent women on screen, the award-winning actress spends time with her two favorite gadgets: her robot vacuum and her food composter. 

Crazy Rich Asians and Silicon Valley star Jimmy O. Yang talks about his first ever stand-up special, his role in the new Steve Carell comedy Space Force and his top picks for hot sauce.

Award-winning actress Laura Prepon helped hook the world on binge-watching and women's stories with Netflix's Orange is the New Black, but she's also a director and best-selling author touting Mom Squads and the joys of fixing up frozen foods.

In this episode of I'm So Obsessed, CNET Editor Connie Guglielmo talks with Bill Pullman about playing a detective in the crime series, The Sinner, about growing oranges and building community with orchards, and about why he's obsessed with bringing the work of a famous American painter to life using tech.

In this episode of I'm So Obsessed, CNET Editor Patrick Holland talks with actor, comic and show host Joel McHale about his podcast with fellow Community alum Ken Jeong, his Tiger King after show special on Netflix and his knife collection.

CNET editors Connie Guglielmo and Patrick Holland ask notable actors, artists and creators to talk about everything from their work and career to upcoming projects to what gets them through the day. We also get them to get real -- and tell us what they're obsessed with. Why? Because life's too short for boring interviews.