Revolutionary Biopic 'Better Man,' the TikTok Ban, and 2025 Ins and Outs | We're Obsessed

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Welcome to 2025, folks! Jodi is joined by Alexis Wilson in our first episode of the new year to first go over a few funny little things that have happened over the past two weeks, including Zendaya and Tom Holland getting engaged, Mrs. Fields of cookie fame being revealed to be a baddie, a Carrie Underwood stan account turning on her, and Club Chalamet’s busy month (0:45). Then, they name the United States government as Traitor of the Week for banning TikTok (22:37) and do a full deep dive on the bizarre and wonderful Robbie Williams (who?) musical biopic, ‘Better Man,’ throughout which he is depicted as a CGI chimp (35:35). Finally, in honor of the new year and all it can bring, they share their ins and outs for 2025 (1:03:18). If you wish to donate to those in our Ringer family affected by the L.A. wildfires, the three GoFundMe fundraisers below are for Alexis Wilson’s aunt and uncle, Chelsea Stark-Jones’s parents, and Yasi Salek, all of whom lost their homes. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-coach-arins-family-after-fire-loss https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-jones-family-after-devastating-fire-loss https://www.gofundme.com/f/yasis-house-burned-down-to-the-ground Host: Jodi Walker Guest: Alexis Wilson Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:05.6	My name's Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.
0:10.4	And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in Hollywood.
0:15.1	Every week, we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders to tell you what people in town are actually talking about.
0:21.7	We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was canceled overnight, which streamer is on
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1:19.9	Hello and welcome to We're Obsessed, a pop culture podcast here on the Ringer Dish Feed.
1:21.2	I'm Jody Walker.
1:23.8	This is our first episode back in 2025.
1:30.3	Things are rough out there in the world and things are rough out there for TikTok. But hey, Robbie Williams made a movie about his deeply British rise to exclusively British
1:37.8	stardom and he cast himself as a monkey. I honestly could not discuss such a wild turn of events with anyone other than
1:47.8	my favorite yapper, TikTok queen, friend of the pod, Alexis Wilson. Welcome back to the show.
1:54.8	How are you? I am doing as well as one can be when we're living in a world where Robbie Williams is a monkey.
2:01.9	That's correct.
2:02.5	You know, something has shifted, folks.
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