Conversations with Friends and Normal People, author Sally Rooney has been hailed as one of the great chroniclers of millennial life. Now the Irish writer, 30, has shared an eminently sensible and empathetic view of what fame is really like in 2021.
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Angelique Jackson Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho have signed on to lead Hulu’s upcoming queer teen movie from director Sammi Cohen.Blanchard will play Paige, an aspiring artist who’s thrust out of her comfort zone when forced to join the track team captained by her longtime crush, but she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate, ultimately discovering what real love feels like.
Cravalho will play AJ, an elusive track star who has always lived in the shadow of her twin
.Conversations with Friends and Normal People, author Sally Rooney has been hailed as one of the great chroniclers of millennial life. Now the Irish writer, 30, has shared an eminently sensible and empathetic view of what fame is really like in 2021.
Monica Lewinsky says she's had to relive the darkest time in her life while serving as a producer on Ryan Murphy's FX show, . In , Beanie Feldstein takes on the role of Lewinsky, a 22-year-old White House intern during Bill Clinton's presidency, who disclosed to her friend, former Defense Department employee Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), that she had a relationship with the president that was sexual in nature.
Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph on a cooking competition series? Sign us up! Peacock announced Wednesday that the two will host the streaming service’s new holiday competition series “Baking It”.
Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg are teaming up for a new Peacock series!
Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph on a cooking competition series? Sign us up! Peacock announced Wednesday that the two will host the streaming service's new holiday competition series .The six-episode holiday competition series will feature eight teams of two talented home bakers who will join Maya and Andy’s winter cabin for a celebration of culinary holiday traditions.
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) and Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) are heading to the kitchen. They’ve been tapped as hosts of Baking It, Peacock’s six-episode holiday baking competition series, from the creators of Amy Poehler’s Making It crafting competition series.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Fellow “Saturday Night Live” alums and Emmy award-winning actors Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg have been tapped to co-host Peacock’s new holiday culinary competition series “Baking It” from the creators of the crafting competition show “Making It.” Their former “SNL” cast member and friend, Amy Poehler, executive produces via her Paper Kite Productions banner with Nicolle Yaron.“Baking It” is a six-episode baking series in which eight teams of two talented home bakers join
Lucy Lawless has been wanting to work with her co-star, Renee O’Connor, ever since the series ended in 2001. “For 20 years,” she tells ET’s Matt Cohen.
Angelique Jackson Hulu’s upcoming queer teen love story, directed by Sammi Cohen, has rounded out its cast.Emmy and SAG Award-winner Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”), Tyler Alvarez (“Never Have I Ever”), Michelle Buteau (“First Wives Club”), Aasif Mandvi (“Evil”), Teala Dunn (“All Night”) and Isabella Ferreira (“Love, Victor”) join previously announced stars Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho in the movie.Written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, the movie follows an aspiring young artist
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFor Maya Rudolph and Nick Kroll, there’s a bit of déjà vu to this year’s Emmy nominations. Rudolph is back nominated again as guest comedy actress (“Saturday Night Live”) and character voice over performance (“Big Mouth”), two categories she won last year.
Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Maya Rudolph stepped back into Studio 8H to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in March, expectations were extremely high. Not only is she a beloved former cast member, she has been portraying Vice President Kamala Harris (and won her first Emmy for the effort last year).
American Love Story. “When Ryan Murphy came to us with these two spinoffs and the stories for American Sports Story and American Love Story, we immediately jumped at the opportunity,” John Landgraf, Chairman of FX, said in a statement released on August 13. “What began with has spawned some of the best and most indelible programs of our generation, most notably which created a beautiful partnership between Ryan, Brad [Falchuk], Nina [Jacobson], and Brad [Simpson].
AMERICAN SPORTS STORY American Sports Story is a scripted anthological limited series focusing on a prominent event involving a sports figure and re-examines it through the prism of today’s world, telling that story from multiple perspectives. The first installment of American Sports Story is based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc from the Boston Globe and Wondery.
Ryan Murphy’s American Story banner is expanding further with the greenlight of two new spinoffs. FX and 20th Television have closed a deal for American Sports Story and American Love Story spinoff limited series from Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson. The series orders were announced Friday during FX’s TCA day.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVRyan Murphy is expanding his television footprint once again, with another installment of the “American Crime Story” franchise (tentatively titled “Studio 54: American Crime Story”) in development at FX, as well as two new limited anthology series, “American Love Story” and “American Sport Story.”The first installment of “American Love Story” will tell a scripted tale about John F. Kennedy Jr.
Christy Carlson Roman co-starred with Shia LaBeouf for three seasons of the “Even Stevens”, and is opening up about her experience as a teenage Disney Channel star in a candid new video.
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the season finale of FXX’s Dave.