More from Lacey Rose
Netflix Taps Chris Rock, Matt Rife and, Yes, Tom Brady for Its Second Comedy Fest
Netflix is eager to laugh again — and flex its dominance in the stand-up arena. The streamer has formally announced a second installment of its Netflix is a Joke Fest, which will be held May 2 to 12, with more than 300 shows across 35-plus Los Angeles venues. The multi-day event quickly became the biggest […]
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Seth Rogen on ‘Platonic’s’ Future: “It Looks like We’re Going to Do More”
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne played a happily married couple to great success in the Neighbors films. But when the franchise’s director, Nicholas Stoller, approached them to star opposite each other in his and wife Francesca Delbanco’s Apple TV+ comedy Platonic, he was after a different dynamic. He was eager to trade on their chemistry […]
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It’s Quiet, Too Quiet, in Hollywood: Where Are the Deals?
Once the writers strike ended in late September, president of FX Entertainment Nick Grad and his colleagues began to clear their schedules. After a 148-day stoppage, the second longest in Writers Guild of America history, surely there would be a deluge of writers with fresh ideas and new spec scripts coming through, and Grad and […]
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Inside ‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail’s Carefully Curated L.A. Headquarters
Every room in Sam Esmail’s Los Angeles office bears the name of an author who he’s been inspired by — or, in his words, was “obsessed with growing up.” Walk down a hallway, and you’ll see Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Ellison, Sartre. When his Universal Television-set company, titled simply Esmail Corp., took over the building back in […]
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‘Jury Duty’ Breakout Ronald Gladden Inks Amazon Overall Deal
Ronald Gladden’s Hollywood journey isn’t over. The solar contractor-turned-breakout star of Amazon hit Jury Duty has inked a two-year overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios. As part of the new pact, he will produce, develop and star in a variety of content. “Words cannot express how excited I am to officially be a part of […]
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Why Sam Esmail Cast America’s Sweetheart Julia Roberts as a “Karen”
Sam Esmail is baffled by the desire for adaptations to be faithful to their source material. “That’s not the point,” says the man who brought us Mr. Robot and Homecoming. “The point is, you’re making a great film, and if you’re handcuffing yourself to the source material, you’re going to get into a lot of […]
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Ryan Seacrest Can’t Quit Radio, Inks New iHeart Deal (Exclusive)
The voice of morning radio in Los Angeles is staying put. iHeartMedia has inked a new three-year deal with Ryan Seacrest, bringing his contract through the end of 2027. Under the agreement, the omni-present entertainer will continue to be a core personality across all iHeartRadio platforms, hosting and producing its No. 1 L.A. morning drive-time […]
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The Boy Who Captured JFK From His Parents’ Basement
Ashton Gleckman had just completed his sophomore year of high school when his parents agreed to yank him out. By that time, their child prodigy was already scoring documentaries and running his own YouTube channel of original compositions from their Indiana home. As Gleckman tells it, he was given a guitar at age 6, and […]
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Inside ‘Fargo’ Creator Noah Hawley’s Austin Work Space
Noah Hawley had his sights set on being a rock star. In fact, the man who went on to create Fargo, Legion and FX’s upcoming Alien, started his career as a singer-songwriter with a band in his native New York City. Eventually, he tired of van-life and moved on, ultimately settling into a career behind […]
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Trevor Noah Sets New Netflix Special (Exclusive)
Trevor Noah left The Daily Show, but he had no plans of slowing down. In fact, within weeks of wrapping his seven-year run in December, he kicked off a still-ongoing, global stand-up tour, which he titled his Off the Record Tour. Now, Noah is making that set available as his latest Netflix special, which will […]
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Noah Hawley Has Been Offered the World, But ‘Fargo’ Keeps Calling
For the past 15 years or so, Noah Hawley has called Austin, Texas, home. Sure, he’s spent long stretches elsewhere — Calgary for FX’s Fargo, Bangkok for his forthcoming series Alien — but home, where his wife and two children (ages 16 and 11) reside, is 1,400 miles from Hollywood. And, as Hawley sees it, […]
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Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel Back as 2024 Host
Jimmy Kimmel will return to the Oscar stage once again. The ABC late night host has signed on to host the 96th Academy Awards, marking his fourth time in the role. The appointment is hardly surprising, of course, as Kimmel has decades of live TV experience and a longstanding relationship with Disney. “I always dreamed […]
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