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The social campaign was led by\u00a0<em>Variety\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0social media team, Antonio Ferme and Harper Mays, with support from Online Managing Editor Zack Sharf.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2362\">Lil Nas X Opens Up About Bipolar Diagnosis and Improved Mental Health: \u2018Black, Gay and Bipolar? I\u2019m Living Life on Extreme Hard Mode\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cFrom Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow cracking up over their memories from \u2018Friends\u2019 to Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn speculating about where their \u2018Scandal\u2019 characters would have ended up, \u2018Actors on Actors\u2019 continues its remarkable run as one of the Internet\u2019s most viral and talked about interview series,\u201d said Ramin Setoodeh, Variety\u2019s co-president and co-editor in chief. \u201cYou can stream all 13 new episodes now on the CNN app or Variety\u2019s YouTube channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis season\u2019s \u201cActors on Actors\u201d conversations were moderated by Kate Aurthur, editor-at-large; Daniel D\u2019Addario, chief correspondent; Matt Donnelly, senior entertainment and media writer; and Selome Hailu, entertainment writer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2360\">Walter Parazaider, Chicago Co-Founder, Flutist and Sax Player, Dies at 81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tExecutive producers for \u201cActors on Actors\u201d include Setoodeh, Donna Pennestri, Amy Entelis and Seth Marumoto. Supervising producers include Nicholas Stango, Seth Marumoto and Ryan Robinson. Producers include Georg Kallert and Rob Schroeder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2358\">Laika Animation Studio Becomes a Certified B Corporation; Meets Standards for Social and Environmental Performance (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSee all the pairings from this season below:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennifer Aniston (\u201cThe Morning Show\u201d) and Lisa Kudrow (\u201cThe Comeback\u201d)\u00a0WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Keke Palmer (\u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u201d) and Sharon Stone (\u201cEuphoria\u201d)\u00a0WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Kit Harrington (\u201cIndustry\u201d) and Peter Dinklage (\u201cThe Lowdown\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Kerry Washington (\u201cImperfect Women\u201d) and Tony Goldwyn (\u201cHacks\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Paul Anthony Kelly (\u201cLove Story\u201d) and Patrick Ball (\u201cThe Pitt\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Bowen Yang (\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d) and Rachel Sennott (\u201cI Love LA\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Bryan Cranston (\u201cMalcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair\u201d) and Rhea Seehorn (\u201cPluribus\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Tracy Morgan (\u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins\u201d) and Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez (\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Josh Hutcherson (\u201cI Love LA\u201d) and Elizabeth Banks (\u201cThe Miniature Wife\u201d)\u00a0WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Sally Field (\u201cRemarkably Bright Creatures\u201d) and Noah Wyle (\u201cThe Pitt\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Claire Danes (\u201cThe Beast in Me\u201d) and Richard Gadd (\u201cHalf Man\u201d)\u00a0WATCH <\/li>\n<li>Colman Domingo (\u201cEuphoria\u201d) and Sarah Pidgeon (\u201cLove Story\u201d)\u00a0WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Lee Curtis (\u201cScarpetta\u201d) and Mariska Hargitay (\u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d)\u00a0WATCH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variety&#8217;s &#8216;Actors on Actors&#8217; Season 24 drew over 178 million social media views, breaking the franchise record for Emmys season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1077,2009],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","tag-actors-on-actors","tag-variety"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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