Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Bill Burr sat down with Variety for the inaugural episode of "Anatomy of a Joke," a new video series spotlighting stand-up comedians and the process behind one of their favorite punchlines. …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PM[SHARE]Friday, August 15, 2025
Denise Winkelman has set her first stand-up comedy special, "Bougie on a Budget," which will be available for purchase on Aug. 18, exclusively on Apple TV. In the special, produced by Comedy…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2025
Julia Fox is the latest guest star to join CBS' police procedural "Elsbeth." She will play a New York City "grief influencer" in the third season of the dramedy, a spinoff of "The Good Wife"…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2025
"Only Murders in the Building" is back with Season 5, debuting Sept. 9, and Hulu has released a trailer showcasing the comedy's new mystery " and its stacked cast. The half-hour series stars…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04PM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2025
"Expats" and "Good American Family" star Sarayu Blue has joined the cast of Netflix's upcoming adaptation of "Unaccustomed Earth," based on Jhumpa Lahiri's award-winning collection of short …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Bill Hader has finally revealed the real reason he skipped the "Saturday Night Live" 50th anniversary show, saying his crippling anxiety prevented him from participating in the primetime spe…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2025
"Midsommar" star Jack Reynor has joined Rachel Brosnahan in Season 2 of the Apple TV+ legal thriller "Presumed Innocent." The next installment of the series is based on Jo Murray's upcoming …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2025
Dan Levy's production company, called Not a Real Production Company, has tapped Anne-Marie McGintee as head of film and television. McGintee, who was most recently the vice president of scri…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2025
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's former co-stars and industry peers have paid tribute to the late "Cosby Show" star after he died in a drowning accident at age 54. "I love you, Malcolm," Tracee Ellis …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17PM[SHARE]Cheating CEOs are safe at Oasis concerts, reassured singer Liam Gallagher. "Do we have any lovebirds in the house?" the frontman asked the audience at an Oasis concert in England on Sunday. …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Neil Patrick Harris will host a new game show for Netflix titled "What's in the Box," which the streamer describes as a "massive guessing game" where each decision could lead to "life-changi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2025
Bert Kreischer is the star and co-creator of a new scripted comedy series on Netflix titled "Free Bert." The perpetually shirtless stand-up comedian plays a version of himself in the six-epi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 18, 2025
"My wife and I are both very cognizant of the fact that we don't want our kids to have trauma based on what I'm doing on stage," says Seth Meyers, whose latest stand-up special, "Dad M…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]"Night Court" star Melissa Rauch has spoken out about the cancellation of the NBC sitcom after three seasons, writing on Instagram, "We did everything in our power to find another home for i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:32PM[SHARE]Monday, June 2, 2025
Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are in the studio, putting the finishing touches on the Season 2 finale of "Poker Face," but it's the final cut of this magazine story they're worried about. …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2025
"When I was a kid, I always viewed my dad as larger than life," Mike Birbiglia says in the trailer for his upcoming special. "He was a doctor, and in his free time, he got his law degree. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2025
Ted Sarandos' latest interview started with a softball question: "Have you destroyed Hollywood?" "No, we're saving Hollywood," the Netflix co-CEO replied with a smile. On Wednesday in New Yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "A Real Pain" has added a few more cast members. Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu and Bernadette Peters have joined the untitled musical comedy,…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Mike Birbiglia's "The Good Life" has found a home at Netflix, which will release the one-man show on May 26. His fourth comedy special for the streamer, "The Good Life" sees Birbiglia open u…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 11, 2025
"Elle," the "Legally Blonde" prequel series, has found Elle's mom. June Diane Raphael has joined the Amazon Prime Video project as Eva, joining the previously announced Lexi Minetree as Elle…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Patrick Wilson is joining Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in the upcoming Apple TV+ "Cape Fear" adaptation. From creator and showrunner Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and S…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:06PM[SHARE]"Descendants" is going "deeper down the rabbit hole" with a fifth movie, Disney Branded Television announced Tuesday. Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker will reprise their roles as Princess Red …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:44PM[SHARE]Cole Escola, the playwright and original star of "Oh, Mary!," is returning to the hit Broadway show in the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln starting April 8. Escola will be joined by fellow o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:44PM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2025
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will bring Oz to the Oscars, as the "Wicked" duo are set to perform live during Hollywood's biggest night. Lisa, from this season of "The White Lotus" and the…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:47PM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2025
A comedy movie inspired by (and developed with) Green Day is being produced by Live Nation Productions. Titled "New Years Rev," the film is a coming-of-age story of three friends " played by…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Music's biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night. That's down 12% from last year's Grammys, which brought in 17.5 million viewers on CBS, per Nielsen Live + Same Day ratin…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:29PM[SHARE]Friday, January 17, 2025
Jim Carrey, Jennifer Coolidge, Kevin Hart, Stephen Colbert, Donald Glover, Mindy Kaling and Jordan Peele. These are just some of the A-list comedy stars who once auditioned for "Saturday Nig…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM[SHARE]Monday, January 13, 2025
What started as a goofy, groundbreaking play that debuted inside the Sing Sing Correctional Facility " and then inspired the Golden Globe-nominated movie "Sing Sing" " will return to the sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2024
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are reuniting for a new Broadway production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," directed by Jamie Lloyd. Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will play Vlad…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 18, 2024
A little over 10 years ago, David Adjmi was on an airplane, listening to Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," and picturing Robert Plant recording the vocals. "It's communicating desir…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:11PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Chicago icons Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper and Quincy Jones have teamed up to reopen and revitalize the Ramova Theatre, located in the South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport, after the …
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