Best Of: Kate Hudson / Stellan Skarsgård
Fresh Air
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4.3 • 36.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Kate Hudson is up for an Oscar for her role as Claire in the film ‘Song Sung Blue,’ starring opposite Hugh Jackman as one half of Lightning & Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute band. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about pursuing singing late in her career. We also hear from Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard. He’s earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film ‘Sentimental Value.’ He’ll talk with Dave Davies about his many roles over the years -- from 'Dune' to 'Good Will Hunting,' and 'Mamma Mia!' and recovering from a stroke that impaired his ability to memorize lines.
David Bianculli reviews a new documentary about Paul McCartney in his decade after the Beatles.
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| 0:14.5 | From W.HYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. |
| 0:21.3 | Today, Kate Hudson. |
| 0:23.4 | She's up for an Oscar for her role as Claire in the film Song Sung Blue, |
| 0:28.0 | starring opposite Hugh Jackman as one half of Lightning and Thunder, |
| 0:31.9 | a Neil Diamond tribute band. |
| 0:33.8 | And she can sing. |
| 0:35.5 | Look at the night, |
| 0:46.4 | and it don't seem so lonely, we fill it up with only two. |
| 0:50.8 | We'll also hear from Swedish actor Stellen Scarsgaard. |
| 0:55.3 | He's won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film, Sentimental Value. He'll talk about his many roles over the years and recovering |
| 1:00.9 | from a stroke that impaired his ability to memorize lines. And David B. and Cooley reviews a new |
| 1:06.8 | documentary focusing on Paul McCartney and his wings years. That's coming up on Fresh Air |
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| 1:41.4 | Tanya Mosley. My first guest is Kate Hudson. She's up for an Oscar for her role as Claire in the film's Song Sung Blue, starring opposite Hugh Jackman as one half of Lightning and Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute band. Here they are together singing Neil Diamond's 1971 hit, Solomond. |
| 2:02.6 | Take my hands, sweet long, walk with me this day. |
| 2:10.1 | In my heart I know I will never stray. |
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