Tanya Mosley

You know, what's so interesting about you among so many things, Kate, is that we kind of have been following that road both in your experience as a mother, but then also your experience with your mother, Goldie Hawn.

Yeah.

watching that happen, your career blossom as a child of a famous actress and then you grow and come of age and then now you are in this position thinking about your kids.

But I wanted to ask you as it relates to the music side of you, you've called your music your Hudson side because your biological father is Bill Hudson.

And he was a vocalist for the Hudson Brothers, which was a variety and rock act from the 1960s, 70s.

Yeah.

You didn't grow up with him, though.

No.

Did you always know that your musical side came from him then?

Were you aware of that as a child loving music that, hey, this might be from my dad's side?

Yeah, definitely.

Because they were just listening to music, and you were, like, really into music.

You were dissecting it.

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If you're just joining us, my guest is Kate Hudson, Oscar-nominated actress, singer, and entrepreneur.

We're talking about her life, her family, and her most recent film, Song Sung Blue.

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Kate, your breakout role for which you earned your first Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win was as Penny Lane in Almost Famous.

And I actually want to play a scene from near the beginning of the film.