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Podcast: Go behind the scenes of Rob Lowe's epic Comedy Central roast


What better way to spend your Labor Day than with behind-the-scenes gossip on the R-rated Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe? It makes for true holiday grilling.

On this episode of Straight Up Hollywood, the podcast that takes you behind Hollywood's velvet rope, entertainment reporter Carly Mallenbaum (@thatgirlcarly) dishes on what really went down at the August Los Angeles taping. Rob Lowe was central target and conservative pundit Ann Coulter took a brutal comedic beating.

The actual Roast of Rob Lowe airs 10 p.m. Monday on Comedy Central.

Keep listening for scoop on Sully, the new movie hitting theaters this weekend starring Tom Hanks. West Coast entertainment editor Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) talks about what it was like sitting down with Hanks, director Clint Eastwood and the real pilot, Captain Chesley Sullenberger himself.

And, if you’ve been glued to NBC’s American Ninja Warrior, stick around for some solid intel on the most successful female competitor of all time.

Happy listening!