Harry Styles‘ new album is about to be released and he surprised some lucky fans at a Spotify Album Celebration Party!
05.05.2022 - 22:47 / variety.com
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMolly Shannon has never worked with David Mamet, and yet the “Saturday Night Live” alum credits the playwright with her career breakthroughs.In her new book, “Hello, Molly,” Shannon details the so-called “Mamet scam,” in which she and a friend pretended to work for the “Glengarry Glen Ross” director to secure meetings with Hollywood casting agents. It worked, and ultimately led to Shannon appearing on David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.”Shannon parlayed that opportunity into a decades-long career, most recently appearing on “The Other Two,” HBO’s hit anthology series “The White Lotus” and Showtime’s upcoming comedy “I Love That for You.”For Variety’s annual Power of Women issue, Shannon spoke about breaking into show business, her time on “SNL” and knowing when to ignore the “no.” What inspired you to write a memoir?I wanted to share my story and hopefully inspire people. It was very cathartic writing it.
And I also wanted people to laugh. I had a tough time when I was a kid, and I wanted to write about how you can get through some of that stuff and have resilience.Your book begins with a car crash that killed your mother, sister and cousin when you were only 4. What was it like to write about it?It feels vulnerable.
Writing that chapter was hard and almost felt like I was holding my breath when I was writing it. It was almost like, surgery, the precision, I really wanted to get it right how I remember it. I loved and admired my dad.
He had to pull himself up after he found out his wife and baby daughter and niece were killed. He raised us and did the best he could.You grew up in the suburbs, far removed from Hollywood. Did you have an idea of what it was like to break into show business?I
.Harry Styles‘ new album is about to be released and he surprised some lucky fans at a Spotify Album Celebration Party!
Nick Jonas is enjoying a day on the golf course!
Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael stick together on the red carpet at the premiere of Downton Abbey: A New Era held at the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday (May 15) in New York City.
Amber Tamblyn is celebrating her 39th birthday by fighting for reproductive freedom.
Mean Baby, and in it she talks about some traumatic moments from her past including multiple times she was raped.In excerpts from the book which were published in People magazine on Wednesday (May 11), the Cruel Intentions actor has opened up about her problems with alcoholism – which started at the age of seven – and how after a day of binge-drinking, she was raped by at least one if not two people.“I don’t know if both of them raped me. One of them definitely did,” Blair writes in the book, according to People. “I wish I could say what happened to me that night was an anomaly, but it wasn’t.
A final Norm Macdonald stand-up special could soon be coming to a streamer. According to the late comedian’s friend, David Spade, Macdonald secretly taped a dry run for a planned special before his death. Spade said he got emotional when he finally saw the footage among five of Macdonald’s closest pals, describing the jokes as "classic Norm stuff." "I definitely cried," Spade said during Wednesday’s episode of his "Fly on the Wall" podcast with Dana Carvey.
There’s a new Norm Macdonald Netflix special on the way.
Netflix. The exciting news was revealed Wednesday by fellow funnyman David Spade, eight months on from the “Saturday Night Live” star’s untimely passing.
Zac Efron really understood the impact of High School Musical‘s mass appeal when he was camping in Papua New Guinea.
Selma Blair is making some heartbreaking confessions about her past. The actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, has written a new memoir titled "Mean Baby," which is set to be released on May 17. In it, she detailed how her battle with alcohol abuse started when she was just 7 years old.
U2 leader Bono has announced his debut foray into the world of literature, slating a November release for his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.The 576-page volume is due to land on November 1 via publishing house Alfred A. Knopf (and in audiobook form via Penguin Random House), and, as its title implies, will explore the origins of 40 key songs in U2’s discography.
Ciara and Russell Wilson welcomed a new member of their family this Mother's Day! No, the 36-year-old superstar isn't expecting again, but she did reveal that her NFL husband bought her an adorable puppy for the holiday. Appropriately, the couple gave the puppy a name most fitting for the quarterback's new team -- Bronco.Ciara posted a video of the adorable new dog, calling it «the sweetest surprise.»«The kids call her Bronco Love Brownie :),» the singer wrote in her caption. «The sweetest surprise.
Neil Patrick Harris is single and ready to mingle in his latest series.
Darren Star has teamed up with co-executive producer Jeffrey Richman on the Netflix series,, starring Neil Patrick Harris. In the first official look at the upcoming comedy, Harris plays Michael, whose life is upended after his husband of 17 years suddenly leaves him and is forced to navigate New York City as a newly single gay man in his mid-forties. In addition to Harris, the series stars Tisha Campbell as Michael’s business partner, Suzanne; Emerson Brooks as TV weatherman Billy; Brooks Ashmanskas as art dealer Stanley; and Marcia Gay Harden as a socialite named Claire.The series should not be confused with the former star’s real-life marriage to David Burtka. The two celebrated their 17th anniversary last year, with Harris recalling on Instagram how his decision to go on his first date with Burtka was the “best decision ever.”, meanwhile, marks Harris’ first starring TV role since playing Count Olaf on Netflix’s and his acclaimed supporting appearance as Henry Coltrane on the HBO Max hit .
While Oscar-nominated actress Minnie Driver has been busy recording her podcast, “Minnie Questions,” starring in the new “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired “Rosaline” (out on Hulu this summer) and writing the just-released memoir “Managing Expectations,” her favorite role remains that of mother to son Henry, 13. “The best part of being a mom is seeing this baby grow into a kind, funny, thoughtful human and being present for every step of that evolution,” she tells Alexa.
Jennifer Grey admitted Johnny Depp was "crazy jealous and paranoid" throughout their one-year relationship. The "Dirty Dancing" actress opened up about her relationship with Depp in her upcoming memoir, "Out of the Corner." Depp and Grey first met in 1989 after being set up on a blind date by the actress' agent. "We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse.
It looks like Katie Holmes has a new man in her life!