Issa Rae & La La Anthony To Produce Horror Comedy ‘Juju’ For Universal; Angelica Nwandu To Pen, Thembi Banks To Direct

Karl-Anthony Towns reflected on the impact of his mother’s death after his team’s season-opening victory against the Detroit Pistons.

Actress Elizabeth Banks spoke out against "Stand Your Ground" laws in a series of tweets Friday, writing they only "endanger your neighbors." The "Mrs. America" actress and "Press Your Luck" game-show host recalled an incident from childhood when she and some friends were playing hide-and-seek in their neighborhood and they hid behind a tree in a neighbor’s yard.

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Storer has been tapped to direct the Universal wedding comedy Worst Man starring Colin Jost and Pete Davidson. The idea is based on an original idea pitched by Jost, Matthew Bass and Theodore Bressman.

Angelique Jackson London Hughes is a “Hot Mess” — at least on screen — as the British comedian is set to star in a new comedy under the same title for Universal Pictures, produced by Will Packer Productions.“Hot Mess” will be written by Noushin Jahanian, based on an idea from Jahanian and Hughes. Will Packer and James Lopez will produce through their Will Packer Productions banner, with Johanna Byer serving as executive producer.

Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Banks, Billie Jean King, Katie Couric and more empowering glass ceiling breakers joined forces with Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker for Human Rights Day to celebrate women breaking boundaries and to inspire & support others on the journey to a monumental first.

Indie studio Monarch Media announced on Wednesday that Chris Pratt is set to star and produce their upcoming comedy “The Black Belt,” with Randall Green (“Space Jam: A New Legacy”) writing the screenplay.The coming-of-age film will star Pratt as an eccentric uncle who trains his shy teenage nephew in the ways of karate.

Forget about Elf on the Shelf — all we want for Christmas is Garcelle on Pharrell, or Hanks on Banks, or “Grease” on Reese!

Garcelle Beauvais, Elizabeth Banks and Reese Witherspoon took to Instagram to participate in a hilarious new trend — posting photos of themselves with other stars whose names rhyme with theirs. It started on Tuesday with Beauvais reposting a meme of herself sitting like a doll on Pharrell's shoulder.

Karl-Anthony Towns revealed on Friday, December 4, that he has lost six more family members to COVID-19 since his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died while battling the virus in April.“I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,” he said, according to ESPN. “Last night I got a call that I lost my uncle.

You would think that perhaps HBO would have the inside track on landing a new series produced by Issa Rae and Adam McKay, right? Well, even though HBO is the home for Rae’s “Insecure” and various McKay projects including “Succession,” the premium network still found itself in a bidding war with some serious competition for the new half-hour comedy series, “Nice White Parents.

Karl-Anthony Towns is opening up about how coronavirus has taken over his family, and resulted in not just his mom’s passing, but six other family members as well.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIssa Rae and Adam McKay are teaming up to adapt the Serial Productions podcast “Nice White Parents” into a half-hour series at HBO, Variety has learned.The project has received a pilot commitment at the premium cabler.

Glamour, I was not going to pass it up. “I remember hearing a quote from Nas when I was in high school that for every three dollars he makes, he saves one dollar, invests one dollar, and spends one dollar,” Rae tells me. Rae has tried to live by that advice ever since, but it's not just about where you invest those dollars, it's about where you spend them, too.

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are teaming up for a new Netflix comedy series!

has booted two campmates out of the castle for a second night in a row as Russell Watson and Jessica Plummer were sent home.They follow Beverley Callard and Victoria Derbyshire who with just six celebrities remaining in the run-up to Friday’s series final.It runs for a slightly shorter time this year, which means that there aren’t enough days left in camp to evict one celebrity at a time.He gave such an incredible performance but @russellthevoice’s time in Camp is up! He may not be King of the

Netflix has given a 16-episode series order to God’s Favorite Idiot, a workplace comedy from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, with Falcone and McCarthy set to star and executive produce. Michael McDonald (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Nobodies) is attached to direct and executive produce.

Naman Ramachandran “The Diam Diam Era Too,” the sequel to current release “The Diam Diam Era” by Singapore superstar Jack Neo, and period thriller “Precious is the Night” are among the upcoming releases from regional mini-conglomerate MM2 Entertainment.The company revealed a host of titles for 2020-21 release at the ongoing Asian Television Forum, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival.The “Diam Diam” films continue the story of Neo’s 2016 two-parter “Long Long Time Ago” that followed