Felipe Torres Medina, a writer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, organized a comedy writers picket outside 30 Rock in New York that saw the cream of the late-night crop turn up to fight for a “fair” deal.
12.07.2023 - 19:03 / deadline.com
Jimmy Fallon has entered the Emmy race.
The Tonight Show host’s game show That’s My Jam has landed a nomination in the Outstanding Game Show category, while Password, which he also exec produces landed a nom in the Outstanding Host For A Game Show for Keke Palmer.
It comes as game shows go primetime for the first time after the TV Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which runs the daytime Emmys, made the switch.
That’s My Jam will compete against ABC’s Jeopardy!, Wheel Of Fortune and Family Feud as well as CBS’ The Price Is Right.
Last year, Jeopardy!, The Price Is Right and Wheel of Fortune were all nominated (with Jeopardy! winning), alongside Family Feud and Let’s Make A Deal. Jeopardy! has won the category three years on the bounce.
In Outstanding Host For A Game Show, Palmer, who hosts NBC’s Password will compete against Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!, Steve Harvey on Family Feud and Pat Sajak on Wheel Of Fortune.
Last year, Steve Harvey won with Alex Trebek winning the previous three years before his death.
That’s My Jam has run for two seasons on NBC, going viral for segments such as Adam Lambert singing The Muffin Man as Cher, while Password launched last August and the first season’s episodes averaged 4.2M total viewers. NBC said it was the number one new show of summer 2022 and the most-watched summer alternative series premiere in two years. It has been renewed for a second season.
And the Password is… Emmy!! CONGRATS KEKE on the Outstanding Host For A Game Show nomination!!!!! You are the best!!! @KekePalmer #Emmys #Emmys2023 pic.twitter.com/QvQUYyNClh
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Felipe Torres Medina, a writer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, organized a comedy writers picket outside 30 Rock in New York that saw the cream of the late-night crop turn up to fight for a “fair” deal.
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Robert Downey Jr is opening up about missing out on a role in The Holiday.
Howard Stern that fellow Oscar winner Kate Winslet couldn’t hold back her contempt over his attempt to pass for an Englishman during a unique joint audition for Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday,” back in 2006, with Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. “[Jimmy and I] both got called in just as seat-fillers,” the “Oppenheimer” and “Iron Man” actor recalled. “Jack Black is getting his part and Jude Law is definitely getting my part, but [Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals, and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us.’”“I was like, I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point, and Winslet said, ‘That is the worst British accent I’ve ever heard in my life,'” Downey Jr.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Robert Downey Jr. and Jimmy Fallon crashed a recent episode of “The Howard Stern Show” and revealed they auditioned together for Nancy Meyers’ 2006 romantic-comedy “The Holiday.” Downey Jr. read for the part later played by Jude Law, while Fallon auditioned for Jack Black’s role. Both actors knew they weren’t Meyers’ frontrunner picks at the time, and Downey Jr. was well aware Jude Law was stiff competition. “We both got called in just as seat fillers…[director Nancy Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us,’” Downey said, adding that he felt he was a “shoe-in” to steal the part away from Law. “And I was like, ‘I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point.’ And Winslet said, ‘That was the worst British accent I’ve ever heard.’ And I was like, ‘I’ll check out now, but I’m taking the gummy bears from the minibar.'”
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Some minor changes ahead for ABC’s summer primetime unscripted schedule.
Jimmy Fallon and Robert Downey Jr.'s joint audition didn't go well. During an appearance on SiriusXM's , the 48-year-old late-night host and the 58-year-old actor recalled auditioning for .«We both got called in just as seat fillers and we saw each other,» Downey said.
and Goop’s newest skincare offering, Youth-Boost Peptide Serum. The event's attendees included, of course, the mother of Goop herself, her husband, Brad Falchuk, Jodie Comer, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Rachel Zoe, Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner, and her daughter, Apple Martin. It has that Apple, the 19-year old daughter of Paltrow and her consciously uncoupled ex-husband of Coldplay, looks exactly like her But at this Gucci dinner, Apple's 90s-inspired look made felt like an especially obvious nod to her mom. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Apple, in G.
Gwyneth Paltrow was all smiles posing arm-in-arm with her lookalike daughter, Apple Martin, and her mom, Blythe Danner, as the three generations united at a recent garden party. The sweet family moment came as the Goop founder co-hosted a dinner with Gucci and fashion stylist Elizabeth Saltzman at her home in the Hamptons, New York, on Saturday. The soiree served as a celebration of Gucci's Summer Stories collection and Goop's new skin-care product, Youth-Boost Peptide Serum.Paltrow, 50, looked stunning as ever in a printed two-piece set by Gucci with white sandals.
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