Introducing the Smackdown Panel for '00
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 8:49AM Have you lined up your screenings to play along at home with the Supporting Actress Smackdown? The Smackdown and its companion podcast arrive in two weeks time. This next episode discusses the films and performances of 2000 so we'll be watching Almost Famous, Pollock, Chocolat, and Billy Elliot. Your votes count so hurry up and get them in. Let's meet your fellow panelists, shall we?
VELLA LOVELL
Vella Lovell is an actress currently living in Los Angeles. She currently stars as “Mikaela Shaw” in Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s “Mr. Mayor” on NBC, alongside Ted Danson and Holly Hunter. Prior to that, she is most well known for her role as “Heather Davis” on the Emmy Award winning CW show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Other TV/Film credits include Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Grace and Frankie, Dollface, Younger, Girls, and the 2017 romantic comedy The Big Sick. Vella is also a stage actress, appearing in plays at The Geffen Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, and Shakespeare in the Park. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb]
NICHOLAS D'AGOSTO
Nicholas D’Agosto is an actor and podcaster living in Los Angeles, California with his wife, son and dog. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, he graduated from Marquette University with degrees in History and Theatre. His most recent starring turn came in the critically-acclaimed NBC TV comedy Trial & Error opposite John Lithgow and Kristin Chenoweth. Other notable credits include: Gotham, Masters of Sex, The Office, Final Destination 5, Fired Up!, Rocket Science and Election. His podcast “God & Other Delicacies” is a one-on-one discussion regarding God, belief, non-belief and other delicate subject matter in an open and welcoming environment. “How and when were you introduced to the idea of God in your life?” Find it anywhere. [Twitter | Instagram | Podcast | IMDb ]
KYLE BUCHANAN
Kyle Buchanan is a pop culture reporter at the New York Times, where he writes a column about award season called The Projectionist. He has been named "Journalist of the Year" at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and previously served as a senior editor at Vulture. His first book, about the wild making of the modern action classic Mad Max: Fury Road, will be published later this year by William Morrow. [Twitter | Instagram]
And two regulars from Team Experience...
ERIC BLUME
Eric has written and directed countless comedy shorts featuring the top actors in the business. He's directed half-hour specials for Comedy Central and Spike, as well as commercials and branded content for Wendy's, Popeyes, JCrew, Experian, etc. Plus written or directed content for Netflix, MTV, TBS, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, and many other platforms. He's planning to direct his first feature, the gay YA film Advantage, this fall.
HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of Gurus of Gold, Critics Choice, and the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Slate, Towleroad, Tribeca Film, and Winq.
If you are a working actor, a renowned critic, film historian, a novelist, a comedian, or an arts professional of some kind, chances are good that he has meant to invite you to a Smackdown panel, or would have if he happened to know you were obsessed with actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]
Kyle Buchanan, Nicholas D'Agosto, Smackdown, Vella Lovell
Reader Comments (19)
Welcome panelists! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on 2000!
Looking forward to hearing from this great lineup!
d'Agosto's nipples in Masters of Sex are unforgettable.
Big fan of Nicholas D'Agosto, so excited to see him here! Looking forward to the panel!
Great panel. I’m super excited for this year since it was my first to avidly follow awards season, first year hosting an Oscar party, and first year to do a top ten list. Having fun rewatching old favorites and watching films I never got around to from the year.
Kyle's reporting is always very good and he's hilarious on twitter too
Wow!! I love Vella and Nicholas! What a round-up!
Great panel. Looking forward to Vella and Nicholas' takes!
Big fan of Vella's - her deadpan character Heather on Crazy Ex Girlfriend was a fave in this house!
Wow, a panel of hotties!
I hope they are Marcia fans.
Exciting line-up. Hope we get some Marcia love! It's always been funny to me how she was seen a suprise/semi-upset when once she was nominated she was so clearly better than the other nominees, none of whom had real narratives behind them except Hudson.
Big crush on Nicholas. I'm happy he's on this episode!
Hi, Eric!
Vella Lovell -She's, she's beautiful.
#whiteboysummer
What an awesome lineup!
I love Kyle's thoughtful film coverage. Excited to hear his take on BSA 2000.
Vella was awesome in CXG, and d'agosto will always be Larry Felch from Election for me. I want to know how he did that perfect "spit take" at the end of Election. The aerodynamics of his saliva were impressive.
Even though Kate Hudson's career never took off the way we all hoped after this nomination, I still root for her. I always find her engaging on screen.
Aww, Nicholas D’Agosto!
He’s so good in Rocket Science and Masters of Sex!
Doubly excited now! :)
Question: With the talk of the ‘final’ season, does that mean that years like 2011-2015 won’t be covered? Or were they done on another site?