“Hacks,” the divine comedy from creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky.
25.04.2022 - 19:35 / variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 came to an end on Friday night, and Willow Pill was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar. Willow Pill, a fan favorite from the beginning, beat out Lady Camden in a lip sync for the crown to Cher’s cover of ABBA’s “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.”While the grande finale Ru-vealed itself over 90 minutes, the filming took place a few weeks ago at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, home to the “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!” show, and it came in at just under the five-hour mark.This left room for plenty of fun gags that didn’t make the cut, and Variety was in the room where it happens for the uncut, unedited version.
A woman of many talents, Michelle Visage served as the audience’s MC. The finale filmed in bits and pieces, and audience members needed to move around.
For each interview, the contestants’ family members were rotated to the front row. In other moments, the stage needed to be set up for the next sequence. Visage took time to answer audience questions as the stage reset.
A fan asked who she would save, RuPaul or “Wendy Williams Show” co-host Leah Remini. Visage answered, “I’d take myself out of the equation and let them fight it out.” Is there a Visage-Remini talk show in the future? An enquiring fan wanted to know, to which she cryptically replied, “Watch this space.”And in between all of that, Visage also warmed up the audience, getting the crowd to practice their “Ooooohs,” “Ahhhs” and rousing applause.
“Hacks,” the divine comedy from creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky.
Jean Smart rocks a red hot outfit for the season two premiere of Hacks held at DGA Theater Complex on Monday night (May 9) in Los Angeles.
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Jean Smart ran away with awards season last year for her performance in HBO Max’s breakout comedy “Hacks,” winning the triple crown of best actress in a comedy at the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Emmys awards. With tough-as-brass Deborah Vance, a legendary stand-up comedian fighting to stay relevant and keep her Las Vegas residency, Smart and series co-creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W.
Michael Bublé is recovering after busting out some epic dance movies for the music video for his single, «Higher.» ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the «Feeling Good» singer in Las Vegas, where he's wrapping up his residency at Resorts World, about the music video and the injury he sustained because of it.«They broke me. Hayley, his girlfriend, Hayley, who was my dance partner in the video,» Bublé joked of Hough and his girlfriend, Hayley Erbert, who trained the singer for the music video.
Don't Worry Darling - a thriller from New Line production house, set in the 1950s and starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh - is set to be your darkest new obsession. Set to be released by in September 2022, it sees Styles and Pugh play a married couple, the latter of whom grows suspicious of her husband's behaviour as she witnesses violent acts. The mid-century utopian drama is bound to be full of nail-biting suspense, and we're here for it.
Harry Styles fans have gone wild after seeing a steamy trailer for his upcoming film, Don't Worry Darling.The trailer features the Watermelon Sugar singer in the role of Jack performing oral sex on Florence Pugh's Alice on a dining table, before they're seen sharing a steamy kiss in bed together.The trailer has caused a social media frenzy with fans taking to Twitter to show their excitement for the film. One person said: "People are definitely gonna watch it for Harry styles.
HBO series, which follows her dynamic with young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).In the second season, Deborah and Ava embark on a cross-country tour to test out their new stand-up material – joined by a roster of new guest stars, including Laurie Metcalf (The Big Bang Theory) as tour manager Alice who, as mentioned in the trailer, is nicknamed ‘Weed’ by Pete Wentz.Other new guest stars for the second season include Martha Kelly (Baskets), Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian) and Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm), while Margaret Cho and Devon Sawa will also make appearances.They’ll join returning cast members Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Christopher McDonald, Kaitlin Olson, Paul W. Downs, Poppy Liu, Rose Abdoo, Mark Indelicato, Meg Stalter, Angela E.
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are hitting the road!
EXCLUSIVE: After nearly two seasons heavily struck by the pandemic, RuPaul’s Drag Race concluded its fourteenth season with an in-person finale extravaganza held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Despite the return to the showy Drag Race pomp and circumstance, the Season 14 finale couldn’t quite match up to Season 13’s ratings.
If you watched the first season of the Emmy-winning and critically-acclaimed HBO Max comedy series “Hacks”—and you probably should if you didn’t, it’s a great conflict between two generations of comedians—you probably remember that things ended on a cliffhanger. The dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her young, entitled writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) is still very much touch and go.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Season 14 Grand Finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Nicolas Cage is going to be a girl dad. The 58-year-old actor revealed the big news during Thursday's episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show." "I am going to have a little girl," Cage told host Clarkson. "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" star explained that the name was inspired by his favorite Beatles song and his father, August Coppola.
Nicolas Cage is getting ready to welcome a daughter.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 14 ends this Friday, the show will be filmed live from Las Vegas, home to the “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live” extravaganza. “Las Vegas is a city in drag.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“RuPaul’s Drag Race” will crown its season 14 queen on Friday night, but for the first time ever, five will face off in the finale. They will each perform a solo number and then after a first-round elimination, the top two will face off in a lip sync battle.Before the top five remaining queens, Angeria Paris VanMichaels, Bosco, Daya Betty, Lady Camden and Willow Pill battle it out, they shared their finale red carpet looks.Lady Camden is the first British queen to appear on the main show.
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Can you believe it’s already been a year since the HBO Max series Hacks premiered?!