Celebrities are the hot ones, but they’re giving the cold shoulder to traditional media, at least in podcast form.

In the shifting landscape of Hollywood publicity, a curious paradox has emerged: the most press-averse celebrities are suddenly embracing the very medium that demands the most intimate conversation. The traditional press junket, with its rowdy hotel suites and rotating carousel of journalists armed with the same five questions, is giving way to podcasters.

Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio , who has spent decades perfecting the art of strategic media avoidance, recently settled into the surprisingly comfortable confines of Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s “ New Heights ” podcast to discuss “One Battle After Another,” his $130 million Warner Bros. epic that struggled to find its

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