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At a live taping of the WTF podcast in 2011, Marc Maron groused to Bill Hader that most comics had to fight for years to find their voices, while Hader simply knew what was funny about him. Given Hader’s outstanding tenure at Saturday Night Live, jammed full of idiosyncratic oddballs and a rare Emmy nomination, […]

In 1993, after taking a summer off to attend film school at NYU, Daryl Hannah wrote, directed, and produced the short film The Last Supper, which won a Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. But it took until now for her to make her full-length feature directorial debut: Paradox, a low-fi, sci-fi western musical […]

A 19-year-old “American Idol” contestant’s first kiss with Katy Perry was far from a teenage dream. The pop star — currently moonlighting as an “Idol” judge — locked lips with contestant Benjamin Glaze during his audition after he admitted he’d never been kissed — and now the troubadour says he really wishes she hadn’t. “I […]

Even Queen Elizabeth herself, the human embodiment of poise and restraint, would likely find herself angry to discover that the actress who plays her on Netflix’s The Crown earned less than her male counterpart during the first two seasons of the critically acclaimed period drama. The revelation came during a panel discussion about the series […]

ABC is giving some of its top unscripted hits a moment in the sun. The network has handed out early renewals for The Bachelor, Dancing With the Stars, America’s Funniest Home Videos and the Fred Savage-hosted Child Support. The pickups come as ABC typically waits until May to hand out additional season renewals for all […]

HBO is re-teaming three of the driving forces behind “Big Little Lies” for the its next big miniseries. The pay cabler has ordered “The Undoing” from Nicole Kidman, David E. Kelley, and Bruna Papandrea. Kidman will executive produce with her Blossom Films partner Per Saari and star in the adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel […]

A prominent Los Angeles Republican power broker and fundraiser who has been linked to two ongoing political scandals is co-hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump on the occasion of his first official visit to California as president. Elliott Broidy, the deputy national finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, is set to preside over a […]

All eyes will be on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on May 19 as the royal couple gets married at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. This year’s big royal wedding will be a spectacle to behold, with guests traveling from around the world to witness the special moment for the American actress and her […]

Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” will have its world premiere at South by Southwest on Sunday night. The Warner Bros. release was widely speculated to be this year’s “secret secret” at the Austin film festival, which made an official announcement about it in an email over the weekend. “We are thrilled to be premiering Ready […]

Barack Obama’s recent sit-down with David Letterman may not be his only cameo on Netflix. The former president is said to be in advanced talks with the streaming outfit to produce original series in what would be his first big move after exiting the White House in 2017. The news was first reported Thursday by […]

Iron Man director Jon Favreau is set to executive produce and write a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm president said in a statement: I couldn’t be more excited about Jon coming on board to produce and write for the new direct-to-consumer platform. Jon brings the perfect mix of […]

Catherine Hand remembers that when she was 14 years old, her father Lloyd Hand, a longtime aide and chief of protocol under President Lyndon Johnson, asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up. She was sure, she said, she wanted to go into the entertainment industry. “Not the law?” he asked, possibly […]

After having her heart broken on national TV — and winning over America’s hearts — “The Bachelor” contestant Becca Kufrin has been named “The Bachelorette” for Season 14 of ABC’s reality dating show. Kufrin was named “The Bachelorette” on the “After The Final Rose” special, which aired Tuesday night, as part two of “The Bachelor” […]