Whoopi Goldberg & Jasmine Guy Join Tracy Oliver Comedy ‘Harlem’ In Recurring Roles

Andrea Martin (Great News), Robert Ri’chard (Empire), Juani Feliz (Blue Bloods), Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls: The Musical) and Sullivan Jones (The Surrogate) are set for recurring roles on Amazon’s Harlem, the comedy series from Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and Universal TV. They’ll join previously announced Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy, who also recur.

EXCLUSIVE: The People Upstairs, the Spanish comedy which debuted at San Sebastian last year and is up for multiple Goya Awards in 2021, is getting the English-language treatment after producer David Permut, whose credits include Hacksaw Ridge and Face/Off, acquired remake rights.

Golden Globes Awards may have been virtual but that didn’t mean it was any less of a show. The show was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler - two American comedy giants familiar with iconic television and The Golden Globes - and broadcast live fromNew York City.

And that’s a wrap! Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood still pulled off making the 2021 Golden Globes a reality — and Us Weekly can’t get over some of the night’s biggest moments.

first-ever virtually telecast Golden Globes Awards in a huge “consider the circumstances” kind of way.Sunday night’s broadcast on NBC was, obviously, more technically challenging due to its coronavirus pandemic realities. That was immediately apparent when the audio cut out on Daniel Kaluuya — the very first award winner — leaving presenter Laura Dern momentarily speechless until Kaluuya’s audio returned about 10 seconds later.

Jane Fonda is this year's Cecil B.

Catherine O’Hara won her first career Golden Globe on Sunday night. At the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the actress took home the best actress in a television – musical or comedy prize.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterTheo James and Rose Leslie have been cast in the lead role of HBO’s upcoming series based on “The Time Traveler’s Wife.”Based on Audrey Niffenegger’s novel of the same name, the series tells the story of Clare (Leslie) and Henry (James), and a marriage with a problem — time travel.Clare is described as fiery, clever and unstoppable – and for most of her life she’s had an amazing secret.

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The Television Academy is reversing an earlier decision that would have combined the Variety Talk and Variety Sketch categories into a single all-encompassing category, that would see a show such as “Saturday Night Live” compete with the likes of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” or “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy have joined the cast of Tracy Oliver’s comedy series “Harlem,” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will air special documentary “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Corona Can’t Keep A Good Queen Down” on Feb. 26.Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy have been cast in recurring roles in “Harlem,” series from Tracy Oliver and also executive produced by Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Kim Lessing, Pharrell Williams and Mimi Valdés.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has closed a deal to acquire rights to Tracy Yvonne Productions’ reunion comedy Homecoming. Pic will be written by Tracy Oliver, Kevin A. Garnett & Dewayne Perkins. Oliver and Joy Ganes are producing.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has closed a deal to acquire rights to Tracy Yvonne Productions’ reunion comedy Homecoming. Pic will be written by Tracy Oliver, Kevin Garnett & Dewayne Perkins. Oliver and Joy Ganes are producing.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe series based on Sally Rooney’s book “Conversations With Friends” has cast Alison Oliver, Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn, and Jemima Kirke in four lead roles, Variety has learned.The Hulu-BBC Three series follows Frances (Oliver), a 21 year old college student, as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. Frances is observant, cerebral and sharp.

Whoopi Goldberg is exiting a project.

Whoopi Goldberg will not be reprising her role as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act The Musical.

Whoopi Goldberg won’t be falling back into the old habit after all: The View moderator has canceled plans to appear in an upcoming London revival of Sister Act The Musical due to the production’s pandemic-caused postponement.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla ABC has confirmed that it is picking up a new multi-camera comedy pilot, “Bucktown” hailing from ABC Signature studios and written and executive produced by Emily Wilson.“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in (presumably, Bucktown).