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The Woman Who Helped Bring Australian Comedy to the U.S.
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (367+ words) Princess Pictures founder Laura Waters on her work with Chris Lilley and why being the tallest poppy isn’t always smart Princess Pictures founder Laura Waters may be responsible for bringing Australian comic Chris Lilley (Summer Heights High, Ja’mie: Private School…...
🎧The 'Hacks' Creators Take a Final Bow
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (196+ words) My chat with Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky about a record-setting season and sticking the landing → Subscribe on Apple Podcasts → Watch on YouTube The co-creators of Hacks have known all along how they wanted to end the show....
'Lost' Producer: I Gave L.A. 33 Years. Now I’m Leaving — Here’s Why
1+ week, 3+ day ago (286+ words) An Emmy winner’s new chapter, even as ‘the 7-year-old boy’ with dreams ‘hates 56-year-old me for making this choice’ Javier “Javi” Grillo-Marxuach is best known as one of the Emmy Award-winning producers of Lost and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal:…...
James Burrows Knew When ‘We Got Nothing’ And How to Fix It
3+ week, 1+ day ago (288+ words) On the ‘Cheers’ co-creator’s gift for wringing out the funny – and the six words that stuck with me all these years later Rob Long spent four seasons writing on Cheers, the iconic ’80s sitcom that lasted 270 episodes. Today’s Martini Shot podcast…...
☀️ Hollywood's Testosterone September at the Box Office
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (671+ words) AMAZON’s new regime ditches sci-fi series / NETFLIX revives ’70s Pacino pic / VERSANT enters microdrama biz Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at [email protected]), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to…...
'Deli Boys' Lets Its Female Star Go Full Tony Soprano
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) Poorna Jagannathan says her character ‘topples every single kind of paradigm on what a South Asian woman should be’ In the Running: Emmy Contenders in Conversation with The Ankler is a special series featuring Ankler Media awards editor and Prestige…...
Exclusive: 'SNL UK' Showrunner & Cast on Surviving the Skeptics
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1453+ words) James Longman, Celeste Dring, Emma Sidi and Jack Shep respond to the show’s critics and that Trump Truth Social post I covered the Cannes Film Festival and market with Ashley Cullins and Katey Rich, and I wrote about YouTubers hijacking…...
Surprise! Fox Village Theater’s Comeback Starts This Summer
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (330+ words) Scoop: Programmer Grant Moninger updates me on his big plans for the historic venue Good news all around from the world of theatrical exhibition. My beloved Fox Village Theater in Westwood Village reopened on Wednesday for the premiere of Billie…...
☀️ WB's Big Sean Baker 💰, NETFLIX's 2 New WWII Pics
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (766+ words) Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at [email protected]), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Where Tim Cook is gonna have to start paying for…...
‘South Park’ Rebellion & the Gaslighting of Hollywood
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (108+ words) Trey Parker and Matt Stone poke a bear as our industry leaders cower ‘South Park’ Rebellion & the Gaslighting of Hollywood Trey Parker and Matt Stone poke a bear as our industry leaders cower Okay, so we can’t all make videos…...