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‘SNL’ Cold Open Spoofs Donald Trump’s Indictment
Saturday Night Live wasted no time in addressing some of the biggest news of the week with Donald Trump’s indictment for charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. James Austin Johnson returned to his Trump role, kicking off the cold open with a reference to […]
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Paramount Network President Says They’re “Very Confident” Kevin Costner Will Continue With ‘Yellowstone’
Speaking at a Yellowstone panel on Saturday night, Keith Cox, president of development and production at Paramount Network, addressed the elephant in the room concerning star Kevin Costner’s future with the show. “What I can say is our star, the face of our show and the executive producer, [we] are very confident he’s going to continue with […]
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Taraji P. Henson Joins ‘Abbott Elementary’ in Major Guest Role
Taraji P. Henson is joining Abbott Elementary. The Emmy-nominated actress will play Janine’s (Quinta Brunson) mom, Vanetta. The Empire star’s first appearance on the award-winning show will be in season two’s penultimate episode, airing on April 12. The episode, appropriately titled “Mom,” will see Brunson’s Janine preparing to take a solo trip over Memorial Day […]
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Coslough Johnson, Writer on ‘Laugh-In’ and Sonny and Cher Variety Shows, Dies at 91
Coslough Johnson, the Emmy-winning writer who worked with his late older brother, Arte Johnson, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and wrote for two variety shows toplined by Sonny and Cher, has died. He was 91. Johnson died March 23 of prostate cancer at a nursing facility in the Thousand Oaks area, his wife, Mary Jane, […]
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How ‘Party Down’ Pulled Off That Secret Cameo in the Revival’s Finale
[This story contains spoilers from the season three finale of Starz’s Party Down.] The revival of Starz’s cult-favorite comedy Party Down finally found a way to reunite Adam Scott’s Henry and Lizzy Caplan’s Casey. After much media discussion surrounded Caplan being unable to appear in the six-episode third season due to scheduling issues, the show […]
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Late Night Hosts Celebrate Trump’s Indictment: “Historic and It’s Funny”
The news that a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump broke shortly before many of the late night shows taped their Thursday night episodes, but most of the hosts were still able to get in a few jokes at Trump’s expense. The indictment came after a grand jury investigation into six-figure […]
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How Inevitable Foundation Developed Its “Aggressive” Solution to Pay Disabled Writers Not to Settle for Consulting Jobs
In 2021, shortly after founding Inevitable Foundation, their nonprofit to advocate for disabled screenwriters, Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska penned a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter explaining the “consultant trap” in which all too many scribes with disabilities find themselves. Rather than hiring them for the writers room, the industry tends to relegate such […]
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Ali Wong and Steven Yeun on Stepping into Executive Producer Roles for Road Rage Dramedy ‘Beef’
If Ali Wong and Steven Yeun have beef, it’s only on-camera. Together, the two star in Netflix’s upcoming comedy drama Beef, which follows two people consumed by revenge after a road rage incident. “It’s really scary to collaborate with people as a stand-up, when you have complete control of what you write, how you look, […]
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Brett Goldstein Details ‘Ted Lasso’ Cast White House Visit
When the Ted Lasso cast got invited to visit the White House, Brett Goldstein admitted that despite it being a “privilege” to be there, there was one ongoing issue he had to deal with: He didn’t know what to do with his hands. “It was amazing and it was an honor and it was a […]
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‘King of Collectibles’ Trailer Offers First Glimpse of Star-Studded Hobby (Exclusive)
On April 28, Netflix will take viewers inside the world of rare sports cards and collectibles with one of the industry’s best-known experts: Ken Goldin. Goldin and his team at Goldin Auctions will be the centerpiece of the newest transactional TV series, King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, a six-episode, half-hour series that offers a […]
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Batter Up! The Voice of the Dodgers on the Start of a New Baseball Season
Welcome to the 208th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Bachelor’ Creator Mike Fleiss Responds to Report of Investigation Into Racial Discrimination Amid Show Exit
Two days after news broke that The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss was exiting the franchise that premiered more than two decades ago, he has responded to a report that his departure followed an investigation into racial discrimination, with Fleiss acknowledging that he could have done more to engender diversity. Variety published a report Thursday stating […]
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Jason Ritter Reflects on How Alcoholism Battle Impacted Early Relationship With Melanie Lynskey
Jason Ritter is sharing how his struggle with alcoholism affected his relationship early on with Melanie Lynskey. During the married couple’s appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Wednesday, Barrymore asked Ritter when he knew Lynskey was the one. However, Ritter explained why it wasn’t necessarily “as cute of a story” as many may think. […]
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Amazon Recruits Former Marvel Bigwig in Push for Comic Book Films, TV Series
Amazon has recruited one of Marvel’s former bigwigs as the streamer plans a greater focus on comic book films and TV series. Joe Quesada, the former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and ex-Marvel Entertainment chief creative officer, has signed an exclusive first-look film and television deal with the retail giant. Under the deal, Quesada will focus on […]
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‘Star Wars’ Series ‘Skeleton Crew’ Enlists ‘Green Knight’ Director David Lowery
The crew for one of Star Wars‘ upcoming series continues to fill out. Green Knight filmmaker David Lowery is among the directors of Skeleton Crew, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The series wrapped production in recent months. However, news of who directed is just now coming out, with more expected to be revealed later. Earlier […]
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Lou Gehrig Series From Lorne Michaels in the Works at Apple (Exclusive)
Apple is turning its lens on the Iron Horse. The iPhone maker/streamer is teaming with Universal Television and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video to adapt author Jonathan Eig’s book, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, as a scripted television series, sources say. Dan Kay (the upcoming Spider & Jessie) is on board to […]
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