Carol Burnett to Star in ‘Mrs. American Pie’ Alongside Kristen Wiig

Better Call Saul has recruited Carol Burnett for the final season of the show.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCarol Burnett is breaking bad.The comedy legend will appear as a guest star in the sixth and final season of “Better Call Saul,” portraying a character named Marion, AMC announced. It’s unclear at this point how Marion fits into the denouement of the complicated journey and transformation of series antihero Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) into Albuquerque’s notorious criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.“I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show,” Burnett, a six-time Emmy Awards winner, said in a statement.In addition to Burnett, as previously announced, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will appear in “Better Call Saul” Season 6 reprising their “Breaking Bad” roles of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, respectively, as the show draws to its conclusion.

“Better Call Saul” as a guest star for the second half of the final season.Burnett will play a character named Marion, and that’s all Sony Pictures Television and AMC have revealed about her character.“I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show,” Burnett said in a statement.“Better Call Saul” Season 6 was split in half, with the first batch of episodes completing their run in May.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ announced today that its documentary The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s “American Pie” will premiere exclusively on the streamer on July 19th, both in the U.S. and internationally, where the service is available. The film will also get an Academy-qualifying run in Los Angeles and New York City starting on July 8th, screening in Showcase Cinemas and associated theaters globally on July 14th and 17th.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorDark Star Pictures has acquired distribution rights in North America for Australian gay love story “Lonesome,” directed by Craig Boreham. Following its world premiere at the Seattle Intl.

The cast of Mrs. American Pie is filling up!

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has rounded out the cast of its original comedy series Mrs. American Pie with recurring stars Jordan Bridges (Old Man, Rizzoli & Isles), Kaia Gerber (American Horror Story), Jason Canela (The Rookie, Always Be My Maybe) Mindy Cohn (Facts of Life, A Nice Girl Like You), Julia Duffy (Newhart, Looking) and Claudia Ferri (Bad Blood, The Killing).

The hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor.

Laura Dern has added her voice to those demanding changes in US gun laws following the Uvalde School shooting. 

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ announced the casting of Amber Chardae Robinson (Stuber, Judas and the Black Messiah) as a series regular on Mrs. American Pie.

Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner Carol Burnett has joined the cast of Mrs. American Pie, the Apple comedy series starring Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Allison Janney, and Leslie Bibb, among others.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCarol Burnett has joined the cast of the Apple comedy series “Mrs. American Pie,” Variety has learned.Burnett joins previously announced series lead Kristen Wiig in the show, along with cast members Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Josh Lucas and Ricky Martin.The 10-episode comedy follows Maxine Simmons’ (Wiig) attempt to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society in the early 1970s. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, “Mrs.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorGeorge Shapiro, producer and longtime manager of Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, Andy Kaufman and other comedy stars, died May 26 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 91.Shapiro was co-founder and partner in Shapiro/West Associates, the prosperous talent management banner that helped assemble the mammoth NBC hit “Seinfeld” and numerous projects for Andy Kaufman.

a statement saying that the event would continue as planned. Prominent Republicans including former President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are slated to attend and give speeches.The gunman entered Robb Elementary School on Tuesday and killed 19 children and two adults.

In light of Tuesday’s deadly mass shooting in Texas, “American Pie” singer Don McLean announced that he will no longer be performing at this year’s National Rifle Association (NRA) Convention in Houston. “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” the 76-year-old rock star said in a statement, Fox News reported.

Finally! Someone with a backbone to stand up to their own team when enough is enough!

The upcoming National Rifle Association conference can say bye bye to Don McLean, who was scheduled to perform at the event but has announced he’s cancelling in light of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.