Podcast: Be our guest at 'Beauty and the Beast' premiere

Welcome to a "tres Belle" — or very Disney classic — edition of Straight Up Hollywood.

Two of our intrepid podcast correspondents, West Coast entertainment editor Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) and entertainment reporter Carly Mallenbaum (@ThatGirlCarly), spill details on what it was like at the glamorous Hollywood premiere of Disney's live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. They also share insightful interviews with director Bill Condon, Emma Watson and Josh Gad. Gad talks about the revelation that his character, LeFou, is gay.

Then, TV reporter Bill Keveney (@billkev) dives into non-escapist TV, as FX's Cold War spy drama, The Americans, arrives for Season 5 with Russia back in the headlines as a U.S. adversary and ABC's American Crime addresses mistreatment of immigrant laborers in the third season of the anthology series.

We switch to a fun note for our Last Call, as Mandell takes us insidethe first Backstreet Boys concert during the band's Las Vegas residency.

If the podcast piques your interest, here's more coverage of Beauty and the Beast and American Crime.