Jon Stewart Sets Production Team For Apple Series

In Ireland today, Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart are celebrating an Oscar nom for Best Animated Feature.

. Here's everything to know about this year's : If you're not familiar with his work, is a South African-born comic who had toured internationally but wasn't exactly a household name when Jon Stewart named him as his Daily Show host successor.

Jon Stewart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and more let Tucker Carlson have it on Mar. 11, less than 24 hours after the he mocked women serving in the military by bashing their new uniforms and hairstyle requirements. Now, a group of celebs, military officials, and women in the service are calling the Fox News host a “terrible, terrible person” for his sexist comments, which caused the Pentagon’s top chief to feel “revulsion.”

At the 25th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, production designer Stuart Wurtzel will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the guild announced today.

Chris Willman Music WriterEmmy-winning television producer Lena Waithe (“Twenties,” “Boomerang,” “The Chi”) is taking a big step into the music sphere, partnering with Def Jam Recordings to start up a new label, Hillman Grad Records, with the goal of what Def Jam describes as “leveraging opportunities across music, TV and film… to capitalize on the cultural significance generated when these worlds meaningfully intersect.”Although no artists signings were announced as part of the public launch

Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o are about to be co-stars!

A decade ago, seeing an A-list film actor star in a TV series was practically unheard of. Nowadays, it’s just another day in Hollywood.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNatalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o will star in a series adaptation of the Laura Lipman novel “Lady in the Lake,” which has been ordered straight-to-series at Apple.The series will be co-written by Alma Har’el and Dre Ryan, with Har’el writing the pilot. Endeavor Content is the studio.

Several months ago, it was reported that b was set to star in a new Apple TV+ series, “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” The series, much like almost every Apple TV+ project, is yet another attempt by the streamer to use an A-list star to attract viewers. But now, we know who’s starring opposite Jackson and who is behind the camera, leading us to put ‘Last Days’ near the top of our most anticipated TV list.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDominique Fishback has signed on to co-star with Samuel L. Jackson in the Apple drama series “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” Variety has learned.In addition, Ramin Bahrani has come onboard to direct and executive produce the limited series, which is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley.Jackson stars as Grey, a 91 year old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself.

Jim Sheridan, the six-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and director of titles such as My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, is working on a documentary series on the notorious convicted fraudster and bogus lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano.

EXCLUSIVE: Condé Nast Entertainment president Agnes Chu has tapped industry veteran Helen Estabrook as Head of Development & Production for Features and Scripted Series. The new role is part of Chu’s ongoing revamp of the organization, prioritizing a global entertainment strategy and growing a film and television business leveraging the company’s portfolio of global brands and IP.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMalala Yousafzai has signed a multi-year programming partnership with Apple TV Plus.Under the deal. her original programming for the streamer will cover dramas, comedies, documentaries, animation, and children’s series.

The Night Shift star Eoin Macken has been tapped as the male lead opposite Natalie Zea in NBC’s drama pilot La Brea. Another NBC series star, Chicago P.D.‘s Jon Seda, is one of two actors, originally cast in the project a year ago and released in June, who have been brought back to reprise their role, along with Chiké Okonkwo.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered a new anthology series from “GLOW” creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch with an all-star cast attached, Variety has learned.The show, titled “Roar,” will star Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merrit Wever, and Alison Brie. The anthology is described as a series of darkly comic feminist fables.

Saturday Night Live this month.Joined by musical guest Jack Harlow, the show will see Rudolph returning to the show which she has a long history with.Last year, Rudolph won an Emmy Award for her regular guest role portraying US Vice President Kamala Harris, alongside Jim Carrey as Joe Biden.“I’m so grateful, always, to be a part of that place,” Rudolph told Jimmy Fallon of her time on SNL recently.“And then like, when in my wildest dreams did I think there would ever be a candidate that looks

Elizabeth Stewart is among the star stylists who have made pivoting to virtual awards-season dressing look effortless. For Sunday’s Golden Globes, she talked to The Hollywood Reporter about working with nominees Viola Davis and Amanda Seyfried.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWagner Moura has signed on to star opposite Elisabeth Moss in the Apple series “Shining Girls,” Variety has learned.The series is an adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel of the same name. Moss plays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJon Stewart has lined up the key creative team for his upcoming Apple current events series.Brinda Adhikari, Chelsea Devantez and Lorrie Baranek have all joined the untitled show.