Beloved comedian actor Martin Short has finally won his first SAG Award. Short received the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series for playing Oliver Putnam, the sometime Broadway director and murder-solving podcast co-host on the Hulu comedy “Only Murders in the Building.” Unfortunately, Short couldn’t attend the ceremony, so […]
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “The Killing Season,” the Season 2 premiere of “1923,” now streaming on Paramount+. Anyone who steps foot on the Dutton clan’s front porch better have a good reason for being there. If they don’t, they are bound to be greeted by the barrel of a shotgun. That’s how […]
Rob Corddry (“Childrens Hospital,” “Bookie”) is set to join AMC’s Silicon Valley project from “Succession” and “Bad Sisters” writer Jonathan Glatzer, alongside stars Billy Magnussen (“Made for Love”) and Sarah Goldberg (“Barry”). Corddry is a series regular on the show, playing the character Tom Ruffage. The untitled series which is about a tech CEO (played […]
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “Ghostfellas,” the Season 4, Episode 13 of CBS’s “Ghosts.” “Ghosts” star Rose McIver’s first-ever TV directing gig had a bit of everything: A 1980s flashback. A Mafioso storyline. Ghostly mind games. And even a heist. “It was cool to have a twist and a genre bent to the episode,” […]
Colman Domingo, Pamela Anderson, Quinta Brunson, Ralph Fiennes and Zoe Saldaña are among the stars set to serve as presenters at this Sunday’s 31st annual SAG Awards, Variety has learned. They’ll be joined by Ayo Edebiri, Drew Starkey, Edward Norton, Gillian Anderson, Jack Quaid, Jessica Williams, Jodie Foster, Joey King, Keri Russell, Kerry Washington, Kumail […]
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 2 of “The Masked Singer,” “Shrek Night,” which aired February 19 on Fox. Oscar De La Hoya earned a Grammy nomination back in 2001 for best Latin pop album — so he does know a thing or two about singing. But nonetheless, he faced tough competition on […]
More than 30 years after they worked together on the seminal coming-of-age TV series “My So-Called Life,” star Claire Danes and creator Winnie Holzman are aiming to reunite, Variety has exclusively learned. HBO is developing the family drama “The Applebaum Curse,” which would come from Holzman and star Danes. Per the logline, “The Applebaum Curse” […]
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Mickey,” the Season 7, Episode 7 of ABC’s “The Rookie.” Jenna Dewan never expected to stick around on “The Rookie.” But after Dewan signed on to the ABC police procedural for a multi-episode arc in 2021, the actress’ fun-loving firefighter Bailey Nune immediately made an impression by […]
Humanitas has started accepting submissions for its 2025 Humanitas Prizes, as well as its New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Awards. A nonprofit that seeks to “honor and empower writers of film and television exploring the human experience,” Humanitas last year honored projects including “Hacks,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Black Cake” and Ava DuVernay‘s “Origin” in nine juried […]
(Updated with new information from Dan Aykroyd’s reps.) “Saturday Night Live” icon Dana Carvey has frequently returned to Studio 8H this season to play President Joe Biden, and even revived his famed Church Lady character in December. So why wasn’t he seen on Sunday’s “SNL50: The Anniversary Special”? Variety has learned that Carvey had been […]
Mindy Kaling is ready to step back in front of the camera. After both writing and starring in “The Office” and “The Mindy Project” (which she also created) early in her career, Kaling took a break from acting in recent years to focus on building a string of successful TV series — not to mention […]
Nationally syndicated talker “Tamron Hall” has been renewed for a seventh season, Variety has learned. The daytime strip, which has become Disney’s second longest-running syndicated talker (behind “Live with Kelly and Mark”) has been picked up for another season by major market ABC-owned TV stations and Hearst Television. That gives it a firm go for […]
John Mulaney took the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special on a five-decade journey through the ups and downs of the show’s New York City home base. Starting with the 1975 birth of the series, Mulaney’s star-studded medley began with convincing former cast members Pete Davidson and David Spade that the grimy 1970s was still […]
Amazon’s Prime VIdeo has landed exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Bible epic “The Chosen,” as well as previously announced unscripted spinoff “The Chosen In The Wild with Bear Grylls.” It’s part of a new wide-ranging deal between series producer 5&2 Studios and Amazon MGM Studios, which also includes a theatrical release component for the next two […]
Vince Gilligan created one of the most iconic antiheroes of all time: “Breaking Bad” baddie Walter White, as played by Bryan Cranston. But Gilligan created the chemistry teacher-turned-meth-dealing-Heisenberg as a cautionary tale, not someone to aspire to. With so many bad actors now in power in real life, Gilligan says it’s perhaps time to shine […]
“Shōgun” dominated with three wins at the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday evening — including best drama, while “Hacks” scored two on the TV side, including best comedy. In film, “Anora” and “Nickel Boys” scored big wins, giving both entries a bit more momentum as Oscar voting ends on Tuesday. “Anora,” coming off Critics Choice, […]
As “The Chosen” Season 5 prepares to premiere in theaters next month, creator/exec producer Dallas Jenkins has unveiled three key art posters — shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz — to promote the upcoming eight episodes. Jenkins and series star Jonathan Roumie shared the posters while on a press tour stop in New York’s Times Square […]
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 1 of “The Masked Singer,” “Lucky Season 13,” which aired February 12 on Fox. Cedric the Entertainer got that name for a reason: He’s more than a comedian and actor. In college, Cedric was in singing groups, crooning harmonies with others. “And when I started to perform, […]
Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy has sent a note to staffers addressing the Kanye West Yeezy.com advertisement that ran in three of its markets, including Los Angeles’ KTTV Fox 11, during the Super Bowl. The spot caused outrage as West has been regularly posting antisemitic messages on his social media while also proclaiming himself […]