Why ‘Hacks’ Wouldn’t Work Without Ava as Deborah Vance’s Prickly Foil

Dionne Warwick is the latest celebrity to speak out in support of Britney Spears.

Dionne Warwick has joined calls for the end of Britney Spears‘ conservatorship.Spears has been in a conservatorship since 2008. Last week (June 23) she gave landmark testimony in which she said she wanted the “abusive” arrangement to end without further evaluation.The veteran soul singer addressed Spears’ fans directly in a video message posted to her Twitter on Wednesday (June 30) in which she urged that the pop star be freed from “13 years of bondage”.“My heart goes out to Britney Spears.

The Recording Academy and former president/CEO Deborah Dugan have reached a settlement over her acrimonious departure last year just 10 days before the Grammys.

Longtime fans of Reese Witherspoon know that apart form being an accomplished actress and producer, she is a dedicated mother to her three kiddos — sons Tennessee James Toth, 8, and Deacon Reese Phillippe, 17, and daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, 21. Ava is undoubtedly her mom’s mini-me.

Taylor Swift‘s ex-boyfriend Conor Kennedy, 26, showed off his new girlfriend Ava Dash, 21, at a fundraiser for Keshet, an organization that campaigns for equality for LGBTQ people in the Jewish community, in the Hamptons on Friday June 18. The event was their first public outing as a couple! In the photos from People, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE, Ava wore a sexy sheer star-patterned black dress with a black and red corset over it.

The picture of Las Vegas at the forefront of a person’s mind is filled with casinos and luxury hotels, but for HBO Max’s Hacks, production designer Jonathan Carlos wanted to show a more varied image of what Las Vegas is like. He was in charge of recreating the style and feeling of different parts of Las Vegas while shooting in California.

Reese Witherspoon is a fan of her daughter Ava Phillippe’s other half Owen Mahoney.

Ava Phillippe is giving fans a rare peek inside her relationship with boyfriend Owen Mahoney!

Reese Witherspoon, 45, has a lot she’s accomplished in her life. In addition to her successful acting career that includes an Oscar win for Walk the Line, Reese owns a clothing company, Draper James, and is the co-founder of a successful media company, Hello Sunshine, that has produced a number of her hit shows, including Big Little Lies, The Morning Show and Little Fires Everywhere.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticWhat is it like to take on the role of a standup comic? For all that she seems fearless on HBO Max’s “Hacks,” Jean Smart felt nerves.In Variety’s Actors on Actors TV issue, Smart spoke to “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang — a comic in real life, unlike Smart’s fictional joke-slinger — about what it took to bring the Joan Rivers-esque comedian Deborah Vance to life.“I always thought it would be fun to be a standup comic, but I always also thought it would be

MTV’s Teen Mom 2 alums Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer are building their dream home, and the father-of-three has ripped his shirt off in a new video. The couple, who have documented the building process on their IG page downhomedeboers, posted a clip on June 13 which showed Cole sitting on the grass while painting a pattern using a stencil.

Jean Smart on the HBO Max series, is no Liberace. She loves antiques and excess, but it’s all pretty tasteful in its own very Deborah Vance way, with some smashing contemporary art pieces.When it came to envisioning the comic’s mansion, production designer Jon Carlos leaned toward the type of luxe glamour seen in interiors by L.A.

SPOILER ALERT - Stop reading now if you don’t want to know what happened in the season one finale of Hacks!

a second season, a decision that co-showrunner and executive producer Lucia Aniello said the creators kind of “forced” onto HBO. By the end of Season 1’s final episode, Deborah (Jean Smart) is gearing up for a nationwide tour of a new hourlong stand-up routine, and she’s bringing her begrudging assistant Ava (Hannah Einbinder) along with her.

Following its premiere on HBO Max in May, Hacks became a runaway hit, generating awards buzz and swiftly landing a Season 2 renewal. While the comedic two-hander’s success hinged on chemistry between its stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, it also has a great deal to do with the sharp scripts penned by series creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticHad “The Misfits” been made 22 years earlier — say, in the sweet spot between James Bond globe-trotter “The World Is Not Enough” and the release of Guy Ritchie’s “Snatch” — chances are, audiences would’ve had a pretty good time watching “Die Hard 2” director Renny Harlin’s idea of a cutting-edge heist movie.