'Hoops' Star, Producer Jake Johnson Explains Why He Cast Former Co-Stars

Jenna Johnson has officially kicked off rehearsals for season 29 of Dancing With the Stars, and she couldn’t be more excited about her celebrity partner.“I am so ecstatic,” the pro, 26, teased exclusively to Us Weekly on Thursday, September 10, about her mystery partner, who will be revealed during the premiere. “I immediately knew who he was.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAmazon Studios, Skydance TV and Paramount TV Studios have found their Jack Reacher.

Sarah Jessica Parker reveals “the documentary The True Cost really changed me”, in an interview with The Edit. The true cost of a bargain shirt could be human life.Produced by Livia Firth, the fashion force behind Hollywood’s increasingly popular Green Carpet Challenge, this documentary takes you inside the brutally harsh life of sweatshop workers.

Jack Quaid is joining the iconic Scream franchise!

WNBA players made a strong statement in honor of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man who was shot by a Kenosha, WI police seven times. The Washington Mystics took the court in white shirts that spelled out Jacob’s name on the front, and had seven bullet holes on the back, representing the seven times he was shot.

Camryn Clifford is speaking out to explain what happened to her husband Landon Clifford and how he died at the young age of 19.

BuzzFeed Celeb has unleashed all manner of celebrity awkardness in its YouTube series featuring stars reading thirst tweets that fans have written about them.

Jake Johnson has an out-of-the-box way of getting his and Erin Payne’s 6-year-old twin daughters to eat.“I’ve been with my kids a ton during this break [amid the coronavirus pandemic], and I find myself cooking meals,” the New Girl alum, 42, told Kelly Clarkson of his kids on Tuesday, August 25.

Lindsay Arnold is sitting out of Dancing With the Stars season 29 due to her pregnancy, but that doesn’t mean she’s not in the loop about changes being made.“They don’t know their partners yet. I don’t think they’re doing it like last year, though.

New Girl actor Jake Johnson has hinted that the show may return.Speaking on Slate’s Thirst Aid Kit podcast, Johnson opened up about the show’s abrupt ending in 2018, its continuing popularity on streaming platforms and how he’s been speaking to the show’s creator only recently.Johnson said: “When we were going away, Fox was being pretty cool and saying like, ‘We don’t want to cancel you, but nobody’s watching.’ So when we did our final season…Zooey Deschanel and I literally wrote an email to the

While “New Girl” may have wrapped back in 2018, a recent resurgence in viewers watching the show through Netflix has caused a lot of people to ask for more from the comedy series – including members of its cast.

Rob Riggle), a former NBA star; and his best friend Ron (Ron Funches, “BoJack Horseman”) is dating his ex-wife, Shannon (Natasha Leggero).“I liked the idea of doing an R-rated show and not watering it down, and just doing an animated series that was kind of gross-out and loud — and seeing if it would work,” Johnson, 42, tells The Post.“If you watch the first minute [of ‘Hoops’] and the tone is not for you, then turn it off, because it’s not going to get better,” he says.

Hilary Duff, The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and more used to film for the Disney Channel? Well, thanks to TikTok user Devin Davis (@devdeodav), an «Iconic Disney Stars Chain» was created that challenged former Disney stars to redo the promos… with a twist.Instead of drawing Mickey Mouse ears with an animated wand, Davis requested stars like Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Debby Ryan, China Anne McClain and more use their nose to make the shape, with a special effects

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThere is, pointedly, not very much to “Hoops.” Netflix’s new comedy, from creator Ben Hoffman and executive producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, has about as much ambition and patience as its lackadaisical, hotheaded main character.

Justin Kroll, Nellie Andreeva In her first major foray into TV series, Rachel Weisz is set to headline and executive produce Dead Ringers, a reimagining with a gender swap of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film.

Normal People‘s producers have revealed that they didn’t have to think too hard about casting Paul Mescal.The television adaptation of the beloved novel picked up four Emmy nominations, including one for Mescal for his portrayal of Connell and one for casting director Louise Kiely, who received a nod in Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special.Speaking in a BBC Three featurette ‘How We Made Normal People‘, the show’s producer Catherine Magee revealed: “Connell was actually cast

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticMovie theaters are still shuttered for the most part in what is usually blockbuster season, but some potentially big flicks just got some big bucks to shoot in California, eventually.Netflix’s Russo Brothers-directed The Gray Man, the Jessica Chastain starrer Losing Clementine and an untitled Jordan Peele project set at Universal were among the nine films allocated $50,053,000 collectively in the last round of Golden State tax credits.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Miramax TV has optioned the rights to Alka Joshi’s bestselling debut novel The Henna Artist for series development.