Jon Hamm Talks Being Typecast After Starring in 'Mad Men' & if He'd Revive the Hit Series

Naman Ramachandran The Royal Court Theatre has unveiled the full cast and creative team for “Giant,” a new play by Mark Rosenblatt exploring a pivotal moment in Roald Dahl‘s career, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Tony and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow will take on the role of Roald Dahl, as previously announced, joined by Olivier Award winner Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish publisher. The ensemble cast includes Rachael Stirling as Dahl’s fiancée Felicity Crosland, Romola Garai as Jewish American publisher Jessie Stone, Tessa Bonham Jones as housekeeper Hallie and Richard Hope as handyman Wally Saunders.

Jon Hamm has revealed that he become a mentor to James Gandolfini’s son following the Sopranos star’s sudden death.Gandolfini died of a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 51. His son Michael was 14 years old at the time.Now, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hamm has revealed that Michael “reached out” to him when the actor died, due to encouragement from his father.“He said, ‘My dad told me that you were a good guy,'” explained Hamm, noting that he was emotional about the interaction.

Variety and Canva have returned for the second annual Executive Interview Studio. Top CMOs and senior marketing executives participated in the studio and attended the festival. The Studio took place from June 18-20 at the Canva Villa, and Variety journalists moderated all conversations.

Jon Hamm is opening up about the possibility of starting a family.

“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm no longer wants to be your leading man—or at least, that’s the title of a new Hollywood Reporter story on the actor and where he’s at with his career. While Hamm didn’t necessarily go away in the ensuing years after “Mad Men,” he apparently was offered a lot and was picky about it.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender.

EXCLUSIVE: Micro Budget is a comedy feature about an aspiring director who recklessly moves himself and his nine-months-pregnant actress wife from Iowa to LA to shoot a low-budget indie movie and sell it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money”. Sound familiar?

Brent Lang Executive Editor Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren will team up for the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s“The Last Five Years.” The musical, a look at the flowering and dissolution of a romantic relationship, was first produced at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001. It later mounted an Off Broadway show and inspired a 2014 film with Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

June 1 Facebook post from the Charleston, W.V., Rock City Cake Co. doesn’t seem at all out of place.“Happy Pride Month everyone!” the post begins, accompanied by a rainbow retooling of the bakery’s logo.

Burnin up, etc, etc. Joe Jonas, almost-divorced dad of two, has a new gal pal. In the nine months since his split from wife , Jonas , though they called that off earlier this month.

The Selecter, has died.His death was confirmed by co-vocalist Pauline Black via the social media pages of their label Two Tone Records. The statement said that he died after a short illness.“The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen.

Licorice Pizza star Cooper Hoffman and HBO Industry actor David Jonsson are currently in the mix to headline Francis Lawrence’s take on Stephen King‘s The Long Walk for Lionsgate.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been sharing their thoughts on the news that Giovanni Pernice won't be returning to the ballroom this year. The news came as the BBC revealed which professional dancers will be returning to the ballroom later this year as the dance contest celebrates a major milestone.

Bon Jovi made their debut 40 years ago with their 1984 self-titled album featuring their hit “Runaway,” they were compared to the likes of Loverboy.Words like “characterless” and “nondescript” were used to describe their music in a review by the Washington Post, which called out Jon Bon Jovi’s singing as “high, hysterical screaming.”The review went on to slam his songwriting, saying: “He writes dumb songs about women.”And the review concluded with one final dig. And I quote: “The band’s brand of antiseptic hard rock only makes you want to cheer on all the more the undiluted heavy rockers like Motley Crue.”Ouch.

“The Morning Show” co-star months after their raunchy sex scene aired.“Jon Hamm, yes! That big, tall drink of water,” Aniston, 55, said during her Variety Actors on Actors interview with Quinta Brunson that came out Thursday. Hamm, 53, joined the cast of Season 3 of the Apple TV+ drama series. His character, tech billionaire Paul Marks, gets into a steamy romance with Aniston’s Alex Levy.

Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm reunited only two weeks after appearing together on “Saturday Night Live” — Wiig, a regular on the show from 2005 to 2012, joined the Five-Timers Club as the host, and Hamm, her co-star in “Bridesmaids,” appeared as a special guest. The pair had plenty to celebrate: This past season, Wiig starred as a would-be socialite trying to claw her way into the in crowd on Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale.” Hamm also played a gleefully ambitious character for Apple, as an Elon Musk-type billionaire attempting to become a media mogul on the third season of “The Morning Show.” But an even bigger turn came with Noah Hawley’s “Fargo” from FX, where his devious Sheriff Roy Tillman runs roughshod over all those in his way — after making a very memorable entrance. KRISTEN WIIG: What’s up, Hamm? JON HAMM: I have not seen you in forever, even though we just did the show together.

Cyndi Lauper has revealed the details of her upcoming farewell tour – find out more below.Last night (June 3), pop icon Cyndi Lauper took to social media to announce the dates for final tour, dubbed the ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour’. The tour will run between mid-October and early December and will see Lauper perform across North America.While she has teased that she will be joined by “special guests”, Lauper has yet to name anyone specific.Pre-sale tickets to Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour will go on sale tomorrow (June 5) with the code “CHORD”.

The stars of The Morning Show are together again!

Singer Cyndi Lauper has announced a farewell tour that will take her to 23 North American cities beginning this fall.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are co-stars in a new thriller, Wolfs!