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The stars of 'Only Murders in the Building' aren't above a little trash talk

From left, Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short attend the after-party for "Only Murders In The Building" Season 2 at Sunset Towers on June 27, 2022 in Los Angeles.

In this saturated true-crime market, innovation can be a challenge. Then Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez walked into the Arconia.

The trio's unique and surprising chemistry has fueled Hulu's comedy-murder mystery "Only Murders in the Building." And it builds in Season 2.

The famous whodunnit threesome — former TV star Charles (Martin), struggling Broadway producer Oliver (Short) and troubled artist Mabel (Gomez) — ever the podcast trendsetters, have become persons of interest in a fresh murder case.

The first season of the comedy introduced viewers to the three neighbors, all fans of a true-crime podcast, who banded together to solve a killing that happened at their Upper West Side co-op — launching their own podcast in the process. After solving the case, Charles, Oliver and Mabel now find themselves suspects in a fresh case: the murder of their co-op board president, Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell), whom Mabel found in her apartment, stabbed with a knitting needle.

In an interview this week, Martin, Short and Gomez talked about

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