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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Legendary improv and sketch comedy haven The Second City has named Ed Wells as chief executive officer. The former global head of media and education for Sesame Workshop joins the company to drive strategic growth in areas including content creation, distribution and consumer products. It’s a no-brainer for the incubator to comedy all-stars like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Jason Sudeikis, Eugene Levy and Keegan-Michael Key.  At Sesame, where Wells also served as executive vice president, he oversaw an aggressive international expansion for all things Elmo and Big Bird.

Amy Poehler has arrived! The 50-year-old comedian, director and writer made her grand entrance at the 74th Annual Emmy Awards on Monday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Poehler stepped out on the red carpet in an elegant sequined blue gown with a halter top and gold bracelets for each wrist. Though the beloved comedian certainly looked incredible, by the time the Emmys live broadcast aired, Poehler had already lost out in all of her nominated categories. Poehler was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for, losing to Peter Jackson's.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn today’s podcast news roundup, Dana Carvey and David Spade will be back for a second season of “Fly on the Wall,” revisiting iconic moments from “Saturday Night Live”; Apple Podcasts unveils two new charts for subscriptions; George R.R. Martin talks up “House of Dragon”; and more.Audacy’s Cadence13 extended its partnership with comedians Dana Carvey and David Spade, renewing their “Saturday Night Live”-focused podcast series “Fly on the Wall” for a second season, slated to launch in January 2023.

Only Murders in the Building (★★★★☆).The show ushers in several new notable guests, including Shirley MacLaine, Andrea Martin, Michael Rapaport, and Amy Schumer, playing a particularly daft version of herself. And, following a nearly flawless debut season, season two moves in a slightly meta direction, with its lead trio of sleuthing neighbors all acutely aware they’re trying to live up to the high expectations set by prior success.The series’ most successful component — the sparkling rapport between stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as murder-solving, podcasters Charles, Oliver, and Mabel — remains gloriously intact.

Only Murders in the Building is back and better than ever for its with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and . Not only are they on the hunt for another killer, but they're attempting to clear their names in the process. Cara Delevingne stars as Gomez's love interest (the two are also close friends and ), and Hollywood icon Shirley MacLaine guest stars in addition to Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, and others.

Clayton Davis Twenty-one individuals took turns gracing the stage of Studio 1A to host a week of the long-running “Saturday Night Live.” The 47th season seemed to be middle-of-the-road compared to former years, but the dominant showing of male performers in contrast to the female ones seemed to stick out more so this time around.The newest season kicked off in October with Owen Wilson, followed by Kim Kardashian. Eight celebrities took the “SNL” stage before Christmas break, and the only other woman to host during that period was Billie Eilish, who also served as the musical guest.

Thania Garcia After eight seasons of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson got his commemorative farewell from Eminem, who made a surprise cameo in a parody of his and Dr. Dre’s 1999 hit “Forgot About Dre.”For the season 47 finale of “Saturday Night Live” on May 21, Eminem made an appearance as part of a cut-for-time musical sketch in tribute to “SNL” producer Lorne Michaels.In the skit, Davidson raps about the legendary producer’s accomplishments, crediting him for promoting the careers of prominent comedians such as John Belushi, David Spade, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell.The sketch starts with host Natasha Lyonne approaching Davidson to tell him Michaels is upset because now that Davidson’s leaving, he won’t be able to fulfill his long-lasting wish of starring alongside the young comedian in one of his music video parodies.

When Rachel Dratch makes her entrance in the Broadway, all-female ensemble farce POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, audiences respond with an enthusiasm that feels like the greeting of an old friend. Best known for the 1999 to 2006 stint on NBC’s Saturday Night Live that saw her holding her own among some of the show’s most popular casts – Will Farrell, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers and Darrell Hammond were just a few of the all-stars during those seasons – Dratch created one of SNL’s most enduring characters with in Debbie Downer, a never look on the bright side type who could sink even the happiest occasion with a gloomy observation. “Did you factor in the loss of life at the hands of the African diamond industry?”, Debbie might say to a newly engaged family member, at Thanksgiving no less.

Hulu has a hit on its hands with “Only Murders In The Building.” Both critics and audiences loved the show’s first season about a trio of true-crime aficionados that create a podcast about a death in their Upper West Side apartment building. And the show indeed shines as a charming, parodic take on a murder mystery, with Steve Martin and Martin Short at their late-career best.

Kevin Spacey is preparing to make his return to starring roles in 1242 – Gateway To The West, a new film that will be available to buy at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.Also starring Eric Roberys, Christopher Lambert and Terence Stamp, the film will be one of several unmade projects seeking distribution as part of Cannes Market. Hungarian filmmaker Peter Soos will direct the film, with Aron Horvath and Joan Lane due to write the script (per The Independent).Although he appeared in Peter Five Eight and low-budget Italian indie film L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio last year, 1242 will represent Spacey’s first major role since since sexual assault allegations were brought against him in 2017.Actor Anthony Rapp first accused the actor of making sexual advances to him in 1986, with numerous other claims following.

event for the “Netflix is a Joke: The Festival.”The “Saturday Night Live” duo played a game during the “In Conversation” panel where they were asked, “Who is the most famous person to ever hit on you?”Fey, 51, revealed that Kevin Spacey took a liking to her after he hosted the NBC sketch show in 2006.“This is the kind of weird thing that used to happen to me. One time when he was hosting ‘SNL,’ at the after-party, it was late and Kevin Spacey tried to hit on me,” Fey told the audience.She went on, “I was like, ‘Who is this for? Who is this little performance for?'”Poehler, 50, joked that the “30 Rock” star “really blew it.”The “Parks and Recreation” actress also claimed that late Republican politician John McCain once tried to approach her.Spacey, 62, was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple men in 2017 while the #MeToo movement was at its all-time high.The two also dropped a juicy tidbit of gossip for the crowd, with Fey divulging that many years ago, she wanted to set up Poehler with actor James Marsden.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHardly a minute goes by on “Girls5Eva” without at least three jokes sharper than some comedies manage in an entire episode. And yet, the funniest moment of the Season 2 premiere (“Album Mode”) is a series of nonsensical words sung over a single close-up on a person struggling to remain on this earthly plane.

Will Smith has been announced for the fourth season of Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman.The actor’s appearance on the show however was filmed prior to his altercation with Chris Rock at the Oscars, so the incident won’t be addressed.In March, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and was subsequently banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years.The fourth season of Letterman’s talk show, set to debut on May 20, will also feature interviews with Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Kevin Durant, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Ryan Reynolds.

The stars and their outfits were out in full force for the Met Gala on Monday night. Despite what the pictures look like, not all the A-listers have the best time at the event. Demi Lovato once spilled about the experience they had at the Gala, calling it "unpleasant".

breakout star Josie Totah is putting life at Bayside on hold as she makes a hilarious guest appearance on Mr. Mayor.

The ladies of Girls5Eva step out for the second season premiere of the show held in New York City on Sunday night (May 1).

The Second City opened its doors in 1959 as a small comedy cabaret. It has since grown to become the world’s most influential name in improv comedy, boasting such prominent alumni as John Belushi, John Candy, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Eugene Levy, and many more.

Billy Crystal is official back on Broadway!

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is developing The Wolves of 125th Street, a half-hour comedy from writer-producer Grace Edwards (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Insecure), Tina Fey’s Little Stranger and Universal Television.

After many months, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have made it official.

Mean Girls (★★★☆☆) are reprising roles from the 2019-2020 tour, and their experience shows in the well-honed comedy and character work on display.As Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith — two of The Plastics, the pastel-pretty apex predators of the story’s high school jungle — Megan Masako Haley and Jonalyn Saxer know where all the laughs are. They nail Gretchen and Karen’s dramatic beats, too.And Mary Kate Morrissey, with the pipes to elevate every song she takes on, delivers snark without resting on stereotype in her portrayal of proud misfit Janis Sarkisian, eager to see The Plastics toppled from atop the North Shore High food chain.Janis might get her wish with the arrival of new student Cady Heron, played by Danielle Wade, also reprising her role from the previous tour.An American girl raised in Kenya, Cady hasn’t a clue how to navigate the social savagery of a suburban Illinois high school, but she learns fast from Janis and vividly gay fellow outcast Damian Hubbard, performed by Eric Huffman, another in the cast with an engaging take on their character and firm handle on the comic timing.Damian and Janis’ tutelage in numbers like “Where Do You Belong?” sets Cady up for finding popularity.

J. Kim Murphy Peacock has released the first trailer for Season 2 of its original comedy series “Girls5eva,” which follows a ’90s girl group of the same name as they attempt to rise to pop star relevance once again.The trailer picks up with the characters played by Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry united behind a piano, ready to write an album that represents their own creative vision for the first time.

Saturday Night Live’s Five-Timers Club was long the gold standard for the show’s hosting elite, but there’s a growing group of Lorne Michaels’ favorites who’ve far surpassed that mark.

Girls5Eva is adding to the band in season two.

Carson Burton Peacock announced the newest slate of guest stars joining its original musical comedy series “Girls5eva” for Season 2.The guest stars include Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show”), Chad L. Coleman (“The Wire,” “The Walking Dead”), Drew and Jonathan Scott (“Property Brothers”), Heidi Gardner (“Saturday Night Live”), Hoda Kotb (“Today,” “NBC News”), Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs,” “Mean Girls”), Grey Henson (“Mean Girls the Musical,” “A Journal for Jordan”), James Monroe Inglehart (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), John Lutz (“30 Rock,” “Sisters”), Judy Gold (“Better Things,” “Search Party”), Mario Cantone (“And Just Like That,” “Sex and the City”), Pat Battle (“NBC New York”) and Piter Marek (“The Blacklist,” “Ugly Betty”).

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Mean Girls, the musical adaptation of Tina Fey’s iconic 2004 film, is now back in “fetch” action.The show’s First National Tour, which had kicked off in Buffalo in the fall of 2019, has finally resumed for a run including a three-week stop at the Kennedy Center.Fey adapted her screenplay to create a plucky and wry book further enhanced by songs as appealing as the story, all developed in hodgepodge pop pastiche fashion by Fey’s husband, composer Jeff Richmond working here with lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde).With Casey Nicholaw as director/choreographer, the musical Mean Girls moves with the same exaggerated, kinetic energy as that of an earlier Nicholaw production, The Book of Mormon.The show also calls to mind Dear Evan Hansen due to Scott Pask’s digitally driven set design, a marvel developed with video designers Finn Ross and Adam Young and using sophisticated and colorful projected LED imagery to frame scenes in the jungle, in school, and at home.Danielle Wade stars as Cady Heron, the Janus-faced heroine who works to infiltrate the “Queen Bees” clique led by Nadina Hassan as Regina George.Megan Masako Haley plays Gretchen Wieners and Jonalyn Saxer plays Karen Smith, while Eric Huffman is “almost too gay to function” as Damian Hubbard and Mary Kate Morrissey plays misfit sidekick Janis Sarkisian.The main cast is rounded out by Adante Carter as Aaron Samuels, Kabir Berry as Kevin G., Lawrence E. Street as Mr.

Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon are good friends, but turns out their families are way more intertwined than it seems! MORE: Drew Barrymore shocks fans with latest glamorous transformationThe late night host visited the morning show host on The Drew Barrymore Show, and the episode was filled with everything from laughter to tears.The two had revelatory conversations which included Jimmy's first impression of the star, just how far back their friendship goes, and a terrifying game where the two had to hilariously face their worst food fears if they lost a round of trivia.WATCH: Drew Barrymore sparks dating rumors after sharing cheeky moment with Sam HeughanMORE: Drew Barrymore pulls out all the stops in dazzling 'dress of my dreams'They first met in 2005, when she hosted Saturday Night Live and he was part of the show's iconic Weekend Update segment along with Tina Fey.

Only Murders in the Building has thankfully been renewed for a second season. Glorious winter coats, dry wit, podcasts and murder? Here we come!WATCH: Only Murders In The Building S1 | Official TeaserThe series saw the charismatic combination of Steve Martin and Martin Short paired up with Selena Gomez, not to mention a stellar cast of "oddball characters" played by stars including Nathan Lane, Aaron Dominguez, Amy Ryan, Tina Fey, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and James Caverly.The first season followed a group of neighbours in the prestigious Arconia building in New York City, who began investigating the murder of another resident by launching a podcast titled Only Murders In The Building after listening to one too many murder podcasts themselves.Of course, Charles Haden-Savage (Martin), Oliver Putnam (Short) and Mabel Mora (Gomez) found themselves entwined in the murder mystery in more ways than one.In the second season there's more than one mystery to resolve - and thankfully us Aussies will be able to keep up with the shenanigans in real-time, as the episodes drop at the same time as the US on Disney Plus. If you're not already signed up to Disney Plus, you can sign up here.Charles Haden-Savage (Martin), Oliver Putnam (Short) and Mabel Mora (Gomez) in Season 2 of OMITB.In the end, the murder of Tim Kono (Julian Cihi) appeared to be all wrapped up as Jan (Amy Ryan) confessed and the trio helped the detectives close the case.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe breakout Peacock hit “Girls5Eva” is dialing up the funny for season 2, adding veteran comedy actors Amy Sedaris and Neil FlynnSitting down at Variety‘s SXSW Studio in Austin on Saturday, series creator Meredith Scardino revealed that the beloved Sedaris and Flynn will star as the parents of Busy Philipps’ character Summer Dutkowsky — one of the members of the titular girl group fighting for a comeback.Sedaris is best known for her iconic Comedy Central series “Strangers With Candy,” as well as dozens of memorable film and TV roles in work like “Broad City” and “Maid in Manhattan.” She was also Emmy nominee for her crafting series “At Home with Amy Sedaris.”Flynn co-lead the long-running ABC sitcom “The Middle,” for which he was Critics Choice Award-nominated. He was also a recurring mainstay on “Scrubs.” His film credits include playing Lindsay Lohan’s father in “Mean Girls,” “Major League,” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia.” Scardino was joined in-studio by her lead cast Philipps, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sara Bareilles, and Paula Pell.When we last saw the women of “Girls5Eva,” they’d rocked a local Jingle Ball concert with their eponymous hit, which Scardino said provides a glimmer of professional hope for the next batch of episodes.“The bet paid off, because somebody in the crowd noticed them and gave them a small record deal.  So, this season is about them making their first album on their own terms,” she said.The group also gave credit for the show’s alchemy to executive producer Tina Fey, who was invaluable in putting the cast together.

Apple TV+ has signed an overall deal extension with Jonathan Tropper, the executive producer/showrunner of streamer’s original series See, starring Jason Momoa. In addition to continuing to shepherd See, currently in production on Season 3, under the new three-year pact Tropper will develop television projects exclusively for Apple TV+ through his banner Tropper Ink.

John Mulaney just reached a huge milestone – becoming an official member of the five-timers club as he hosted the latest episode of Saturday Night Live.

John Mulaney is being honored!

Proud papa! John Mulaney gave a shout-out to his girlfriend, Olivia Munn, and their son, Malcolm, during his Saturday, February 26, appearance on Saturday Night Live.

extended hiatus to accommodate NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage, with former “SNL” writer John Mulaney hosting for the fifth time.The comic addressed his recent rehabilitation from cocaine addiction in his monologue.“It’s wonderful to be in a place that’s always emphasized sobriety and mental health,” he cracked, while discussing his recovery.In the lead skit, Mulaney played a monkey who presided over a civil case where a woman was mauled by a monkey, as lawyers Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong appealed to the primate’s animal instincts to win the judge’s favor.The animal-related humor continued in a fake commercial as Strong and Heidi Gardner portrayed dog owners who got into a heated supermarket argument about the quality of their dog food. Mulaney played an impotent man who successfully pressured Gardner into spending $74 on a grass-fed poultry blend.One sketch lampooned the ever-evolving CDC mask mandates, as a group of politically correct people tiptoed around the effectiveness of mask-wearing at a dinner fraught with tension.“Did I have to dump my oldest friend just because he didn’t get a booster?” Mulaney asked, as his friends played by Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang recoiled in horror.A video by the “Please Don’t Destroy” comedy group video imagined a new COVID-19 variant that only had wonderful side effects.