Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky On Cracking ‘Hacks’ & Cancel Culture’s Impact On Comedy – Crew Call Podcast

When the skilled dramatic actor Caroll O’Connor took a comedic turn as Archie Bunker in “All in the Family” in 1971, critics noticed the layered performance. Looking back decades later, Ronald Brownstein wrote in The Atlantic: “‘All in the Family’ commanded national attention to a degree almost impossible to imagine in today’s fractionated entertainment landscape.

Alexi McCammond, who was ousted as editor at Conde Nast’s Teen Vogue before she started the job after some insensitive past tweets resurfaced, has returned to her former home at Axios.

“straight, white men are not allowed to talk” amid society’s growing “woke-ness,” is said to have essentially cancelled comedian Carlos Mencia, as it is detailed in a profile on the podcaster for The New York Times on Thursday.

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NEW ORLEANS -- Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take the stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which returns this fall after a one-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Thursday.The 2021 festival is scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and Oct.

Warning: The following podcast contains spoilers about F9, opening Friday.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCritical Role gave fans a first look at the character art for upcoming Amazon original animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina,” created by Emmy-winning artist, animator and designer Phil Bourassa.CR is producing “The Legend of Vox Machina,” based on the popular role-playing collective’s first campaign. In 2019 Amazon Prime Video ordered a total of 24 episodes across two seasons after the project broke Kickstarter records.

Lisa Rinna live in a spectacular Beverly Hills mansion? Absolutely. Is it a home most people would pay very good money ($4 million, to be exact) to own? Also, absolutely.

Drake’s pool parties have taken a turn.

When it came to mounting Disney+/Marvel’s WandaVision which thrusts Avengers protags Wanda Maximoff and Vision into various sitcoms from Bewitched to Malcolm in the Middle, director Matt Shakman and production designer Mark Worthington took the advice of comedy legend Dick Van Dyke and ran parts of the production “like a play.”

“I love doing things that are about fashion,” Ryan Murphy tells us on the latest episode of Crew Call.

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jon Lovitz is speaking out about cancel culture.  The star joined the myriad of comedians talking about the current state of the genre now that comics face potential cancellation over past or present material.

Rob McElhenney is one of the hardest-working guys in TV right now. Not only is he one of the main stars of the history-making FX sitcom, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” which is about to begin production on episodes for Season 15, but he’s also the co-creator, co-writer, director, and star of the Apple TV+ series, “Mythic Quest.” And on top of that, he took the time out of his busy day in the writers room for ‘Sunny’ to join The Playlist Podcast.

Spoiler Alert: This podcast contains details about the first episode of Marvel’s Loki, which is available to stream on Disney+ staring today.

It was once said that a second season of the popular HBO series Big Little Lies wasn’t possible, that is until author Liane Moriarty came up with an outline for one.

Katt Williams is the latest comedian to speak out about cancel culture and its impact on the world of stand-up comedy.  The comic, 49, appeared on "The Joe Budden Podcast" to promote his upcoming film, "The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2," when the hosts asked him directly for his opinions on the current state of comedy and what cancel culture means for the future of the genre.