The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) have had some major headlines written about them over the past few months.
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“The Daily Show” guest host Dulcé Sloan isn’t buying it.To kick off her week guest-hosting the show, Sloan mocked Egyptian officials for their outrage, after they claimed the ancient queen was actually “fair-skinned” and Greek.“Oh, OK. Egypt is concerned about ‘historical accuracy.’ I didn’t hear you complain when all them ‘Mummy’ movies came out,” Sloan mocked. “What are you talking about? We got mummies coming back from the dead, chasing Brendan Fraser, and y’all don’t have a problem,” she continued.
“And then a Black woman plays Cleopatra, and all of a sudden it’s like ‘Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen! No. ‘The Mummy,’ that was real. This, uh-uh.'”Sloan went on to joke that Egypt must be worried that Netflix’s series is going to turn their cultural history into a “Blaxploitation film,” mocking what that would look like too.
But, in the end, Sloan conceded that Egypt can maintain ownership over the depiction of Cleopatra — provided they relinquish someone else.“So, OK, you can have Cleopatra. But then we get Jesus,” Sloan said. “I mean, it’s only fair.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) have had some major headlines written about them over the past few months.
Harrison Ford returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, picking up an honorary Palme d’Or before the world-premiere screening of Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Timothée Chalamet is gearing up to showcase his multiple talents on Wonka, a prequel musical film based on the characters from Roal Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Even without a once-in-a-generation strike or a Twitter bombshell, next week would already pose a challenge to media companies making their annual upfront pitches to ad buyers in New York.
Willie Geist is doing some fact-checking. The co-anchor spoke up about his love for but paused to ensure fans know the series is fictional. «I resisted it for a while, and then I watched it,» Geist said of the Apple TV+ series while answering fan questions on the After Show of. «It's just a great show,» he said. First released in 2019, follows the ups and downs of fictional hosts of a morning news show, much like Geist's work at NBC.
Staffers on late-night shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers can breathe slightly easier after the hosts and the networks worked out plans to pay crew after the late-night shows went dark.
EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comedian and actress Dulcé Sloan has signed with APA.
No more morning blues!
's eagerly awaited return with season 3 in the fall, Apple TV+ renewed the hit drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon for a fourth season. The news comes as the two stars recently wrapped filming on the new episodes, which continues to follow the interconnected lives and personalities that make up the titular a.m. talk show's team at a TV network struggling to modernize with the times. Season 3, which is directed by Mimi Leder and led by showrunner Charlotte Stoudt, features several new additions to the sprawling ensemble cast, including Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie as well as Tig Notaro, Stephen Fry and Natalie Morales in recurring roles. The upcoming season also sees the return of season 2 newcomers Julianna Margulies and Greta Lee, who will appear alongside Emmy-winner Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and others. While plot details are still under wraps, Witherspoon has dropped a few hints about season 3, teasing to ET that «it's really juicy and good» and that «there is lots of romance this year.» Not only that, but when it comes to all the new additions to the cast, she said they all «have just upped the game.» season 3 debuts in the fall on Apple TV+.
The Morning Show has been confirmed for a fourth season on Apple TV+.It comes ahead of the third series which is set to air later this year. The acclaimed TV drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon last aired in 2021.The next season is set to return with new showrunner Charlotte Stoudt along with new stars including Jon Hamm, Stephen Fry, Tig Notaro and Nicole Beharie.Aniston announced season 3 had wrapped filming in February via an Instagram post which, promised that there was “so much more to come.”A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston)Stoudt will be taking over from Kerry Ehrin, who developed The Morning Show and served as showrunner on the first two seasons.
The Morning Show is coming back for season 4!
The Morning Show continues.
William Earl One of Apple TV+’s biggest shows has been renewed early. “The Morning Show,” the newsroom drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, has received an early renewal for Season 4 on the streamer. Meanwhile, Season 3 is set to debut this fall. Witherspoon and Aniston are executive producers, with Mimi Leder directing and executive producing, and Charlotte Stoudt acting as showrunner and executive producer for Season 3. “The Morning Show” is produced by the Media Res, Hello Sunshine and Echo Films. Season 3 will introduce new cast members Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie, as well as the return of stars such as Julianna Margulies, Tig Notaro, Stephen Fry and Natalie Morales.
John Mulaney is opening up about the reasons he said no to taking over hosting duties on The Daily Show.
The Daily Show has had a busy six months after host Trevor Noah surprised everyone by announcing he was stepping down after seven years.
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.
“The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic — mostly because, according to Lydic, Greene herself radiates “stepmom energy.”At a hearing this week about COVID school closings, Greene put Teachers Union president Randi Weingarten in her crosshairs, asking the woman if she’s a mother. When Weingarten clarified that she is a stepmother, Greene later dismissed her insights because Weingarten is “not a medical doctor, not a biological mother, and really not a teacher.”“What the hell was that about? Listen Marjorie, you don’t get to decide who’s a mother or not,” Lydic bit back after watching the moment.
While CEOs often make cameos on the upfront stage in a bid to bolster the pitch to ad buyers, Byron Allen went a step beyond Wednesday by serving as emcee for his company’s lunchtime presentation.
apparently wasn’t even told.But a new report from The Daily Beast says that Carlson’s repeated use of the C-word “was a key factor in his demise.” During Tuesday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Lydic pulled up footage of Abby Grossberg, a former producer for Carlson’s show who is suing the network, in which she made the same assertion, saying she heard the “C-word all the time.”“They used the C-word … all the time? Like, how do you use the C-word at the office all the time?” Lydic marveled. “‘Oh, Susan’s taking lunch orders? Uh, tell that c— I’ll just have a c— salad, hold the c—.