Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Maggie Winters will debut her new comedy special, "Marguerite," on March 17 on YouTube. The stand-up hour comes from a partnership between Abso Lutely Productions and comedy talent incubator…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
Harry Styles will serve as host and musical guest of "Saturday Night Live" on March 14. It's the second time the Grammy winning pop star will pull double duty on the NBC sketch comedy series…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Mark Normand has set his next stand-up comedy special at Netfilx. Titled "None Too Pleased," the hour will debut on the streamer on March 17. Normand filmed the special at the Boulder Theate…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Morgan Jay has added another stop in his Goofy Guy Tour. The guitar-slinging stand-up comedian will perform at the Greek Theatre on Sept. 12, marking his biggest show in Los Angeles to date.…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Ryan Gosling will return to Studio 8H on March 7 for his fourth hosting stint on "Saturday Night Live." The Oscar-nominated actor will promote his upcoming movie "Project Hail Mary," which b…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
James Van Der Beek, the actor known for playing Dawson Leery on "Dawson's Creek" and for numerous other TV and film roles, died on Wednesday. He was 48. Van Der Beek was diagnosed with color…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:31PM[SHARE]Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall embark on a steamy love affair in the trailer for Netflix's "Vladimir," a TV adaptation of Julia May Jonas's novel of the same name. The eight-episode series, ou…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Chris Fleming is making his HBO comedy special debut. His next stand-up hour, "Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace," will debut on the cabler and HBO Max on Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. The special, tap…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Daniel Sloss will hit the road again with a 34-city North American tour in support of his new stand-up hour "Bitter." The Scottish comic will first play Los Angeles on May 8 as part of the N…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2026
Catherine O'Hara, a veteran actor who starred in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Best in Show," has died, her manager confirmed to Variety. She was 71. According to her agency CAA, O'Har…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
Mandy Patinkin is the latest to join Amazon Prime Video's series adaptation of "God of War." He will play Odin, "the most powerful Aesir god." Per the character description: "Odin, the All-F…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:29PM[SHARE]Ari Emanuel will release his first memoir, "Roll the Calls," on Sept. 22. From publishing house Knopf, the book is advertised as "fiery" and "furious," with the super-agent spilling his insi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Flight of the Conchords will spread its wings once more, as Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are set to reunite at Netflix Is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles. The performance, which will tak…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2026
"Daily Show" host Michael Kosta will play a different type of anchor on Tracy Morgan's "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins," premiering on Jan. 18. Kosta will guest star on the upcoming NBC…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
In what is now a post-Golden Globes tradition, host Nikki Glaser went on "The Howard Stern Show" to reveal the jokes she left on the cutting room floor. Among the bits that didn't make it in…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:21PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 11, 2026
In a triumphant full circle moment, Seth Rogen has won his first Golden Globe. His win for best actor in a TV comedy comes months after his showbiz satire "The Studio" set an entire episode …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:55PM[SHARE]Jean Smart has won the Golden Globe Award for best performance by a female actor in a comedy television series. It's her third trophy for playing Deborah Vance in HBO Max's "Hacks," as she a…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:41PM[SHARE]Nikki Glaser returned to the Golden Globes stage with a fresh monologue that jabbed at Leonardo DiCaprio, the Epstein files and CBS News. Right out the gate, she addressed one of this year's…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2026
"Saturday Night Live" is ringing in the new year with three new episodes in January, led by first-time hosts Finn Wolfhard, Teyana Taylor and Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd. They'll be joined by res…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Nick Kroll, Sam Richardson, Jason Mantzoukas and Vanessa Bayer will star in a new Netflix comedy titled "A Hundred Percent" from Gabe Liedman, the creator of "Q-Force" and showrunner of the …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PM[SHARE]Friday, January 2, 2026
In a revealing new documentary about his life and career, Chevy Chase alleges that he suffered physical abuse as a child at the hands of his mother and stepfather. In "I'm Chevy Chase and Yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PM[SHARE]Jasen Kaplan, a contestant on the reality dating series "Finding Prince Charming" and a makeup artist for celebrities including Eva Longoria, Cyndi Lauper, Bethenny Frankel and Kelly Osbourn…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 1, 2026
A brief chapter in Chevy Chase's illustrious comedy career is his ill-fated late-night talk series "The Chevy Chase Show," which ran on Fox for six weeks in 1993 and was cancelled after scat…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor best known for playing the corrupt state senator Clay Davis on "The Wire," died on Tuesday in New York, Variety has confirmed. He was 71. His manager, Brian Lieb…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:52PM[SHARE]Friday, December 26, 2025
A new documentary reveals that Chevy Chase was put into a coma for around eight days after he experienced heart failure during the pandemic. It was reported in 2021 that the now-82-year-old …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 25, 2025
Martin Scorsese honored the late Reiners in an essay published in The New York Times, writing, "Rob Reiner was my friend, and so was Michele. From now on, I'll have to use the past tense, an…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:02PM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2025
Sarah Sherman's debut comedy special is titled "Live + In the Flesh." But she's also in blood, guts, goo and a heap of NSFW prosthetics. At the beginning of the hour, which debuts Dec. 1…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2025
Max Amini has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The comedian and actor is coasting off a 2025 global tour, where he performed 150 sold-out shows across 19 countries, and is se…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Mo Willems' beloved children's books series are coming to the small screen, as Paramount+ has greenlit "The Pigeon Show! Starring the Pigeon" and "The Elephant & Piggie Show." The two an…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Cheryl Hines expanded on why she hasn't spoken to "Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star Larry David since the series finale in April 2024, saying, "I think he's mad … because Bobby's in the admin…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:55AM[SHARE]Diana Ross will ring in the new year as the 2026 headliner for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." From Times Square, the disco legend will anchor a lineup of 39 artist…
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