Such an honor, such a pleasure. Stop that. To see you in person, to meet you, to be here. [laughter] no, we need to talk about ms. Parsons. Ingrid and i know each other, were friends, but you won an academy award, youve been nominated another time. Youve got four tony nominations. Five, five. Five tony nominations. [laughter] you made your broadwayty buy with ethyl merman. I did, yes. And just a long category, a long resume. And such an honor to meet you. Very long resume , getting longer all the time. And youre still going. Now youre the jury president. I am, im still going. Howd that come about . I dont know. Someone on the board who belongs to the Actors Studio where im, you know, an artistic director, called me up and said would i do it, and i said, sure, i would. Because its a wonderful festival, and you get to see films you are not going to get to see. I think harvards kind of taken over the hollywoods kind of taken over the big Film Festivals, you know . Hollywood has. And so its great to have Something Like this which is really socially conscious, interested in whats going on in the world and what were doing about whats going on in the world. So it seemed like a really wonderful thing to be a part of, and im very glad to be a part of it. So, ingrid, what year is it for the festival this year . This is the third year this year, yeah, already third edition. How many films do you have that will be screened as part of this . We will have 66 films at the festival this year. We have 19 features and 47 shorts. From 24 different countries. Now, the focus isnt that great . Yeah. Women in film and media . Howd that come about . Yes. I used to work as a journalist back in france and also in america, and ive always wanted to talk about the challenges that women in the Film Industry or Media Industry encounter. And, actually, preparing the difficult. It was a very difficult edition to produce, and it ties in with the subject, women in film and yeah. So hopefully we have about 21 directors, women directors that have, that are represented at the festival in this year. It was difficult to find, also, work made by women. Scenes. But its very difficult to find work, yeah. And the hardest part of films is getting the money to make them and getting them distributed. Easy part. Yeah. International. Because, you know, in europe the the government. Absolutely. And in this country its not the case. [laughter] lets talk about film making then versus now, ingrid, and the festival. Youre now a part of it, talking about emerging artists. Theyre using technologies oh, my gosh, i know, i know. Has it been interesting to see the full circle . Oh, its amazing. Its just amazing to watch it, yeah. And i did a film down in, the last one i think it was in austin with al pacino and david gordon green, and its just so totally different from the way we made films back in 66, is that when we did [laughter] god, thats a long time ago. And clyde. I was telling you off camera just the magnitude of that movie. Yeah. Remind everybody that you played blanche bare row who was sisterinlaw. You know, she married the brother. Hysterical. There oh, yeah. When you look at yourself ms. Parsons . Oh, gosh. I cant believe its me, you know . When i looked at it about, a oh, what an interesting performance. I couldnt even relate to it as my having done it. Did you meet her before, and did you ever get a chance to meet blanche . I wanted to meet her, because id done enormous research. It was a reallife story. I knew more about those people than anybody onset. And when i got there i said, warren, can i meet her, please . He said, i dont know, were trying to pay people,ing and all that stuff. And then i started shooting, and then he came and said the day after we started shooting you can go and see her. I said i dont want to see her anymore. Youd already gotten into character. My character just emerged on that first day. It was amazing, amazing. The scenes in the car with ms. Dunaway, you know, did you all know each other before . I had said to arthur penn, i was working with him in the theater when he asked me to do it, and i said he wanted another guy from the studio, dick bradford, to do that part. And dick couldnt do it. I said get gene hackman because gene and Dustin Hoffman and myself were doing a play up at the berkshire drama festival where arthur lives and where i first met arthur. He came and saw gene and said perfect, perfect. And faye i didnt know at all, wanting to be a big movie star, and warren i didnt know at all. No. Ingrid, whats it like to have estelle parsons, you know, heading up the jury . Its a dream, you know . I dont know if i have mended, like its yeah. I was very fortunate enough to talk to her the first time we met, and she was very excited right off the bat. I didnt have to prove anything. Well, were all interested in the same thing, arent we . Yeah, i think so, yeah. Yeah. Its our passion yeah. The films are amazing. Far, and theyre amazing in what they say about life and the complex problems of life and the violence thats in, you know, killing us. And also about wonderful people, steven lang who has a wonderful show about medal of honor winners, has a film about him in it. All kinds of stuff, wonderfully varied program. Really great. Is it tough to turn away films . You know, i guess how tough is it, i should say, ingrid. I guess its the toughest part of the process. Our Selection Committee has to go through. We receive so many films every year, and especially this year is our third year, so more and more submissions are coming through. And its very tough, yeah. So thats why we had to expand, you know, the number of venues, the number of films to be able to accommodate good material. The goal is really to expand the festival so that more and more filmmakers get the chance to have their work seen. Now, when and where will the festival be held . So this year we have a wonderful educational partner that is Fashion Institute of technology,t. I. T. , so f. I. T. , so we will show films there. Okay. And beginning . From the 15th to the 18th of october. Okay. All right. Next week, yeah. You know, we have to say thanks because new york has clearly now become, you know, in everyones estimation the moviemaking capital, everyones doing more works here, even television. Yeah, yeah. So, you know, hats off to you, ingrid, and your staff and team thank you. For just keeping new yorks viability and name connected, you know, to such an interesting and legendary craft, you know . [laughter] we are not going to let you get out of here without one more special thing. You won your oscar for your performance be as blanche barrow, and joe and i found a clip oh, no. [laughter] look at you [laughter] oh ive never seen this. That is you. No, identify heard about it ive heard about it, but ive never seen it. Look at you. [laughter] my 30 dress from upper broadway. Did you have any idea that you were going to win, ms. Parsons . Yeah. [laughter] when we made the film, everybody on the set was saying youre going to get an oscar for this. Everybody on the set. Isnt that amazing . Yeah, look at that. That is you. Thank David Merrick who let me out of my broadway play so i could be here this evening, and little did he know what it would mean to me. I also, of course, want to express my great gratitude to arthur penn, my own particular we could not let you come without surprising you that we are so honored to have you here. Thank you. Come back. You have to come back. Good. Let you cohost with me sometime or something. Whoa. [laughter] thatd be great. And you, my dear, we will set up our dinner as soon as we can, but youre going to be busy for the next couple of weeks. I will. Catch the third edition of the chelsea Film Festival beginning on thursday, october 15th, and for more information, log on to chelseafilm,. Org. Coming up next, find out some of the big nam huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast . You got to know when to holdem. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money, when youre sitting at the ta. What . You get it . I get the gist, yeah. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent from food to fashion to seminars, even a live r and b concert, its one of the largest lifestyle expos in new york city. We can only be talking about circle of sisters, and it returns to the jacob javits sent on october 17th and 18th. To tell us more, de ja vu of quakes house, and laura stylez of ebro in the morning. You two are, like, fly today. [laughter] really fly. And for people who dont know de ja vu, what circle of sisters is all about, fill us in. Its our annual expo that is a day of unity, fun, music. Its something for the entire family. We call it circle of sisters because the sisters are going to bring the kids, the husbands, everything. But its a great day. You have panels and all kinds of booths and seminars and different vendors out there selling their goods. Its just a fun time. Laura, you this is your fist time with it . No, no. This is my second year. Its so much fun, and we have something for everybody. Right. First of all, im hosting the beauty panel okay. Essence. A good choice. Yes. And im so happy because last year i did it, and i couldnt believe the turnout. It was amazing, and we had so much fun. And its a beautiful way of introducing, you know, anyone who attends new products, tutorials, quick howtos. You go in there, and, first of all, youre going to leave with goodies. Always. Its just great. We have such a good time. And for the fellas, theres at at theres also the man cave. They have, i think, a basketball hoop, foosball, big screen tv. I was there last year, i helped chef madison cowan. Yes. I was helping with one of the demos. I cant cook, not to that degree. But i was chopping up stuff because i was there representing the station. It was a lot of fun. In addition to health and beauty, what are some of the other things well, well have panels, like laura said, shes doing the beauty panel, im doing one called hustle and flow, how to build your business empire. And its women taking over doing entrepreneurial things. A lot of women have skills they arent really utilizing as far as getting the money end on the return. You might be able to braid hair, cook cakes or whatever, so were going to talk about that. Then we also have panels that talk about relationships, we have several celebrities coming by. We have one about females who are in charge, were going to have rosalynn brewer from sams club, were going to have gayle king stopping by for some things. And, oh, my cohost from quakes house, earthquake, will be interviewing bobby brown to talk to him as well. Oh, wow. Thats going to be very interesting. Now, is that open . Will people be able to absolutely. These are the main stage things that are going on. And even if you leave and come back, you can do that. But dont forget at night we thats Tamar Braxton and the legendary chaka khan. Oh, wow. Its so much fun. And also you never know whos going to show up. Right. Right. Celebrities come and hang out. Youll see them in the crowd going to booths and just taking everything in. Its a great time. Why is it so important to make sure that, you know, sickle of sisters and other circle of sisters and other type things continue to be making an imprint, you know . Let me tell you, the first time i didnt even know what to expect. You go in there, i walked in there, and im like, okay, im going to go meet a couple people. Its a complete experience. Yeah. The panels are amazing. Its a great learning experience, and you go in, they introduce you to new products. Its amazing. Its very empowering, some of the panels and some of the people i developed relationships with people that i would never in a million years thought i would even be able to connect with. Right. And like laura was saying, its something for everyone. The man cave, the women will be around, but we have kids stuff too. The disney booth, let them get all that energy out so by the time they go home, they are played out. Saturday and sunday, doors open at 10 a. M. Well let you know, i was happening around all of the cooking demonstrations uhoh. Im always looking and trying to pick be up something. Lets get everybody caught up. Whats going on with quakes house . Its doing excellent. Were having a great time in the afternoons, 37, make sure you are checking us out. We are doing all kinds of stuff. Well be broadcasting as well, quake will be out there. Everybody. Well be taking pictures and having a good time. Were in the streets right now. And laura, ebro in the morning . We will be broadcasting live, well be at circle of sisters, and were just having an amazing time still, you know, pranking people with ride or die you know what . [laughter] i listened to that when i was on good day, you know, in the morning. One of our photojournalists would have his phone set to when the pranks would come up, so wed be switching back and forth, you know . [laughter] listening to and, oh, no, a prank call. Want you to know that were siblings in the field of this industry absolutely. Thats great. We have such a good time in the studio, and i love when people tell me sometimes, laura, youre like my friend in my head. I love that. Isnt it cool . I love being able to connect with everybody. We want to remind everybody that circle of sisters returns to the jacob virginia jets center on Javits Center on stick hasan minhaj is starring in homecoming king beginning on october 15th, and here is to tell us about it. The genesis of the whole project is homecoming king is a hybrid comedy and storytelling show, a oneman show that im bringing here off broadway to new york city, october 15th through november 15th. And it kind of started from this story that i told on a very Popular Radio Program on npr. I told the story about how i snuck out of my house and tried to go to prom and how it went awry. And the reaction to it was incredible, so we built this show around the story, and the storys from, like, my life and childhood and growing up. We describe it as the story of new brown america. [laughter] yeah. Look, the country now isnt black, it isnt white, its drake. Right. [laughter] and the race discussion needs to be nuanced into sort of all of these sort of topic that is we talk about growing up this sort of web 2. 0 millennial, obamas america. Its kind of what the show is. Our experience cupid of put onto the kind of put onto the stage. Its great for teenagers or children and parents. Everybodys been really supportive of it, so we devoted to a full month to it. When did you say this was something i wanted to put out there . You could have kept this very personal memory to yourself. Yeah. Now youre sharing it with the masses. Look, one of the most powerful things about story telling is it inspires others to tell their story. I told this story on a whim, and i didnt realize the reach that that radio show had. So many people reached out to me, and they were like, hey, ive been through something similar to this, i went through this growing up. I know im indian, but im not a i was like, look, all i can do is share my narrative with the world. We launched on our web site, homecomingkingshow. Com, you can get tickets to the show, and theres a feature where you can share the story. Hey, you share your story. Tell me about what youve been through. Thats pretty cool. And i think a lot of times the discussion that we have in pop culture and media, theres not specifics to it. And if you put sort of a picture and a name and a story and narrative to things, it kind of humanizes all of us. Now, we know comedy can be used to take the sting out of, you know, sensitive topics and issues. Yeah. Were there tough moments that you had to bring to light since it is autobiographical and you work your comedy around it . Times when you didnt necessarily smile then but now you can laugh about it . Yeah, yeah. Look, i i this comedy i think comedys a pressure release valve on life. Good description. And in laughter and tears, those are two sides of the same coin. So when you kind of ive been able to look back at some of those Life Experiences with hindsight and be like, oh, that was interesting or funny. Its kind of a roller coaster ride, youre going to do both. You going, you know, jon stewart said, youre gonna laugh, youre gonna cry. Its going to give you the whole roller coast every 06 emissions. Where are you from, and howd you get started . I grew up in davis, california, right outside of sacramento. You can tell how small it is when sacramentos your point of reference. [laughter] im not trying to fire shots at sacramento [laughter] thats where i grew up. Its a small, agricultural town and just known for fields and sadness, and thats pretty much it. Its the bike capital of the world. Theres 2. 6 bikes per person sox thats to how popping davis is. Okay. The backdrop of the whole narrative, i call it anytown america. Its where a lot of people grew up. Unless you grew up in chicago or los angeles, the rest of the country is kind of just suburbs, cheesecake factories and malls. Yeah. Thats really all america is. [laughter] so when did you break into show business . When did you transition . I started in college. And i started birdies appointed my parents and not, you know, becoming a doctor or lawyer following the traditional route. Yeah. And what i did is, you know, disappointing your parents is kind of like, youve got to just do it one day at a time, and eventually they, the venom went into their system, and theyre like, all right, fine, we give in. You can be a comedian. I started in college, and i started doing open mics, and i really fell in love with it, yeah. So growing up in davis, california, just outside of sacramento, who were your role models, you know . When you said, okay, i want to enter this field, who did you look to to mold yourself upon . Growing up and during high school, i didnt have cable television, so i had no idea what standup comedy was. When i went to college, i was part of the t3 generation. We had very highspeed internet. You want to see the simpsons . Yeah. Heres all of it in a minute. Here is, like, every Richard Pryor album, every chris rock album. I saw chris rock never scared, and it just blew my mind. He was talking about race and war and politics, and i was like, oh, man, and all these people are listening. I thought it was a great medium to sort of just be honest. I was, like, man, i was never able to do this when i was working at officemax. Have you ever met him . Ive actually met chris rock. How do you tell it was, i was too nervous to be like, hey, man, youre the reason why i kind of got into this business. Maybe one day ill do it. You should, you should let him know, you know . I feel thats a lot, to go up to him and let you know what hed like it. You never know, 50 years may come up to you and say the exact same thing. Sure, yeah. Where can we see the oneman show . You can see the homecoming 15th at the cherry lane theater here in new york city. Homecomingkingshow. Com, you can share your story, bring a loved one. Itll be really, really great. Im really excited. And youre still with the daily show . Is hows it going . Trevor what, right . Its great. We no longer have our jewish, you know, yoda in jon stewart. We now have this great mixedrace man of the future, trevor noah. The shows great, weve maintained that core cast. So the daily show that you still love and knew for years and year is still there. We just have a new host in the seat, and its really great, man. Its like jon gave us the keys to the car, but hes let aring us drive it, and we dont have the hide it. Drive safely. Thank you. Appreciate it. To learn more, go to fox5ny. Com and like us on facebook as well as follow us on twitter. Youre on twitter, right . 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