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Anna Marie Tendler is opening up about what happened amid her divorce.

Anna Marie Tendler is opening up about her divorce from John Mulaney — and how her dog saved her life. In a lengthy essay published to Elle T

Anna Marie Tendler, the death of her beloved French bulldog, Petunia, hit harder than many might have imagined. The artist and author recently penned an emotional op-ed for magazine about her beloved pooch and the role she played in helping Tendler move on following her very public divorce from comedian John Mulaney.Tendler and Mulaney both announced the news of Petunia's death in April after a series of health complications made it necessary to put her to sleep.

John Mulaney‘s ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler, opened up about experiencing a “mental health breakdown” before news broke of their split.

Steven Yeun stopped by THR for a roundtable discussion with Jason Segel, Tyler James Williams, Mo Amer, and John Mulaney last month to discuss their careers and upcoming projects.

Selome Hailu As it moves through its third (and rumored final) season, the popular Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” has achieved its highest weekly viewership as measured by Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings. The comedy was watched for 795 million minutes from April 24 to April 30, landing in the No. 6 position overall. It should be noted that this series high comes in comparison to previous weeks of Season 3 alone, as Apple TV+ viewership was not measured on Nielsen’s charts until this year. However, it remains a triumphant week for the streamer, which also has the Ana de Armas and Chris Evans-led film “Ghosted” on Nielsen’s movies chart for the second week in a row, this time at No. 8 with 181 million minutes watched.

Sophia Scorziello editor Author Salman Rushdie was honored by PEN America with the Centenary Courage Award at their 2023 Literary Gala Thursday. It was the first time the former PEN president was seen in public since he was severely wounded by a knife attack in August 2022. At 75 years old, the “Satanic Verses” author has survived numerous death threats and assassination attempts throughout the years in response to his literature. Rushdie took the stage at the event held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York front of 700 guests. He wore a pair of glasses with the right lens tinted black to protect his right eye, which was blinded in the knife attack. He began his speech with a lighthearted flare.

Colin Jost opened the PEN America Gala under the iconic model of a blue whale at the Museum of Natural History calling himself “a writer and a friend of writers” and “extremely fortunate to be here tonight surrounded by two things that might not be around much longer — writers and ocean life. This is the first time that a whale is not the most endangered thing in the room.”

Salman Rushdie is returning to the spotlight for the first time in nine months, when he was stabbed on stage at an event.

Comedian John Mulaney will be spending Christmas and New Year in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, according to a report.

tweeted her email notification.“The May 8 screening for ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ has been postponed,” the email from Bateman’s tweet reads.

to drop out of hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards just a few days before the live telecast is set to air—until you learn the reason why. In a statement published in , Barrymore said she will no longer be hosting the live show in solidarity with the writers' strike. “I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them, I will pivot from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards live in solidarity with the strike,” the actor and talkshow host said.

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Stewart is the latest star to cancel promotional duties as part of the writers strike.

John Mulaney is opening up about the reasons he said no to taking over hosting duties on The Daily Show.

John Mulaney and his ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler, are each memorializing their beloved French Bulldog.

Trevor Noah recently stepped down from “The Daily Show” after seven years as host, hired in 2015 when previous host Jon Stewart decided it was time to exit.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor John Mulaney is answering questions about being asked by Comedy Central executives if he was interested in hosting “The Daily Show” when Jon Stewart bowed out in 2015. During a recent appearance on Doug Herzog and Jen Chaney’s “Basic!” podcast, Herzog — who was president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, which oversaw Comedy Central, until 2017 — asked Mulaney if he recalled the conversation he had with then-president of Comedy Central, Kent Alterman, about potentially taking over. “I think we were floating your interest in that and you were very lukewarm as I remember,” Herzog said. Mulaney explained that he ultimately passed because, in part, his Fox sitcom “Mulaney” had just been canceled after only one season.

This is so sad!

John Mulaney and his ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler, are mourning the death of their dog, Petunia. Mulaney spoke at length about Petunia in his 2018 comedy special,, and she was beloved by fans across the internet. «Petunia, I loved you from the first moment I saw you. Rest in peace,» Mulaney wrote on Instagram Friday beneath a photo of the two of them.

Cheyenne Jackson is opening up about his sobriety.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WME has hired Carly Frankel as an agent in the digital department and Samantha Korn as an agent in the talent department focused on comedy, Variety has learned exclusively. Frankel will focus on the agency’s podcasting business, including the comedy, personal development, and narrative nonfiction verticals. Prior to joining WME, she was senior development executive at Wondery, having originally joined the company in 2019. In that role, she worked across creative and business development to identify original podcast concepts and to bring them to production. She was previously at Wondery where she most recently served as a senior development executive, working across creative and business development to both identify hit original podcast concepts and bring them to production. Following Wondery’s acquisition by Amazon Music in 2021, Frankel was instrumental in designing the company’s consolidated greenlight and deal protocols for original programming. She is based in WME’S Beverly Hills office.Korn comes from “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where she most recently served as a creative executive for Colbert’s production company, Spartina. Prior to that, she started her professional career at CAA and went to “The Late Show” to work for then-executive producer and showrunner Chris Licht. In addition to “The Late Show” and its associated specials, her credits include “Pickled” for CBS and “Tooning Out the News” for Paramount+. She is also based in the Beverly Hills office.

John Mulaney found an unexpected refuge. The 40-year-old comedian, who did a two-month stint in rehab back in 2021, found himself in search of a place to live when he came to Los Angeles after getting clean and sober.On Tuesday's episode of , Mulaney revealed that he spent several weeks in the late-night host's guest house after his time in rehab. Mulaney shared that over the years Kimmel had frequently offered up his guest house for anyone who might need it.«Most people have homes, so they take that and go, 'Oh, Jimmy, you're a mensch.' I must have filed it away.

John Mulaney is opening up about his intervention.

His Netflix comedy special Baby J marks his return to the spotlight after battling substance abuse, and John Mulaney’s time in rehab is something he’s willing to talk about—in unapologetic detail.

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Comedian John Mulaney has had a lot on his mind recently–and he’s spilling all the details in his comedy shows. A former Comedy Central and Saturday Night Live staff writer, John Mulaney’s net worth and fame skyrocketed after the release of his first two Netflix specials: 2015’s The Comeback Kid and 2018’s Kid Gorgeous. He repeated that success with the release of his third Netflix special, John Mulaney: Baby J., in 2023.

John Mulaney is opening up about the intervention that saved his life.In his new Netflix comedy special, , Mulaney got candid about the changes in his life over the last few years, including a stint in rehab and the intervention with his famous friends that got him there.Mulaney admitted that he was addicted to a cocktail of drugs, and was heavily using cocaine when a group of 12 friends in the comedy community gathered together in person in New York and over Zoom, under the guise of «dinner with a friend from college,» to encourage him to enter rehab.Calling it the "'We Are the World'" of alternative comedians over 40," Mulaney said everyone from Fred Armisen to Nick Kroll were on hand to voice their concern over Mulaney's well-being.In addition to Armisen and Kroll, he said Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Natasha Lyonne were at the intervention.«Let me just call this out now, I don't mean to be weird. It was a star-studded intervention. It was, like, a good group,» Mulaney told the sold-out crowd.

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John Mulaney is opening up about the intervention that saved his life.

his divorce and the birth of his son with Olivia Munn — as well as the pandemic.He burst into song about the weird years, singing, “We all went to rehab, and we all got divorced, and now our reputation is different. No one knows what to think.

John Mulaney is opening up about the intervention that saved his life.In his new Netflix comedy special, , Mulaney got candid about the changes in his life over the last few years, including a stint in rehab and the intervention with his famous friends that got him there.Mulaney admitted that he was addicted to a cocktail of drugs, and was heavily using cocaine when a group of 12 friends in the comedy community gathered together in person in New York and over Zoom, under the guise of «dinner with a friend from college,» to encourage him to enter rehab.Calling it the "'We Are the World'" of alternative comedians over 40," Mulaney said everyone from Fred Armisen to Nick Kroll were on hand to voice their concern over Mulaney's well-being.«Let me just call this out now, I don't mean to be weird. It was a star-studded intervention. It was, like, a good group,» Mulaney told the sold-out crowd.

Alison Herman TV Critic Late in his newest special “Baby J,” John Mulaney spins a yarn about a desperate quest for cocaine. In the summer of 2020, the comedian bought a brand-new Rolex, then pawned it at a steep discount to get some hands on some quick cash. “As you process and digest how obnoxious, wasteful, and unlikeable that story is,” Mulaney concludes, “Just remember: that’s one I’m willing to tell you.” There’s a lot Mulaney isn’t willing to tell us — at least, not yet. The stand-up has never been particularly personal in his work, instead favoring Seinfeld-style observation and sketches (“Saturday Night Live,” “The Sack Lunch Bunch”) that stand on their own. When Mulaney did discuss his own life, it was either a childhood memory recalled from a healthy distance or an anecdote about his then-stable, long-term partnership with his girlfriend-turned-wife. Even these details were jumping-off points for broader bits about buying real estate or dads’ obsession with World War II, not occasions for deeper disclosure. 

Selome Hailu Puberty can only last so long. “Big Mouth” has been renewed for Season 8 at Netflix, which will be the animated comedy’s final installation. Additionally, “Big Mouth” spinoff “Human Resources” will end with its previously greenlit second season. This makes “Big Mouth” Netflix’s longest running original series, excluding kids and family programming. Previously, “Grace and Frankie” and “Orange Is the New Black” shared that title with seven seasons each. Inspired by the childhoods of Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg, “Big Mouth” follows a group of friends and their hormone monsters as they navigate adolescence, human sexuality and coming of age. Kroll starred alongside John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas and Ayo Edebiri (whose role was originally played by Jenny Slate). Season 6 debuted in 2022, while Season 7 will come in 2023 and 2024.

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John Mulaney is opening up about the incredibly scary time in his life right before he got sober.

John Mulaney is recalling an intervention he had right before entering a rehab facility in 2020. On Tuesday, Mulaney was a guest on "This Past Weekend with Theo Von" and detailed the intervention. "I remember I walked into my intervention.