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Reggie Watts Did Not Prepare for This
Reggie Watts has embarked on a time-travel odyssey back to the ’90s, and he’s hoping audiences will join him. On July 20, he’s rolling out his latest hour, which is set pre-Y2K and weaves together improvisational comedy and musical riffs to form what Rolling Stone has called a “vortex of surrealist entertainment.” Watts prefers the […]
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Emmys Nominate 22 Performers Featured in THR’s Annual Roundtable Series
The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Emmy roundtable series proved itself a must-stop on this year’s ever-crowded campaign trail. In fact, 22 participating performers saw their names announced Wednesday as the 2024 batch of Emmy nominations were doled out ahead of the Sept. 15 telecast. Among them: Jon Hamm, a double nominee for his roles in FX’s […]
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THR’s Guide to the 2024 Emmy Nominations: Everything You Need to Know
And we’re back. Just six months after Fox aired the strike-delayed, wildly anticlimactic, 75th Emmy awards, ABC is prepping for the 76th. Earlier today, the TV Academy revealed the 2024 Emmy nominees, who will convene on Sept. 15 at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The telecast, which will air live on both coasts, […]
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Jon Hamm Is Back and “It’s Very, Very Cool”
Jon Hamm is not simply back in the conversation, he’s a double Emmy nominee. Earlier today, the TV Academy recognized his work in both Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, where he did a season-long arc as the Elon Musk-esque tech billionaire Paul Marks, and FX’s Fargo, where he played the villainous Sheriff Roy Tillman, a […]
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Reality TV Has a Major Parity Issue
American Idol. Dancing With the Stars. Shark Tank. Survivor. They’re all major unscripted formats — and they’re all created by men. According to a new study, which was commissioned by content behemoth Banijay Entertainment in concert with Everywoman Studios and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, three in four reality TV creators are men. The […]
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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Stand-Up Comedy Roundtable
The six comedians who gathered for The Hollywood Reporter’s first-ever Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable had plenty to catch up on, from their early days on the circuit to their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy. Perhaps fittingly, they also had little trouble taking playful jabs at each other. The group — Mike Birbiglia, Alex […]
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Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and More ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Summer Guest Hosts Revealed (Exclusive)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! has lined up its summertime hosts. As is his annual tradition, ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel will take a summer hiatus, while his show continues with a rotation of guest hosts. This year’s lineup includes Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, as well as Jeff Goldblum, RuPaul and Martin […]
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“There Really Is Nothing Funnier Than a Fart Joke”: Ramy Youssef, Taylor Tomlinson, Alex Edelman and the Stand-Up Roundtable
The six comedians who gathered for THR’s first Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable insist they don’t worry about their comedy being fact-checked in this moment. Sure, the sextet — Mike Birbiglia, Alex Edelman, Jacqueline Novak, Jenny Slate, Taylor Tomlinson and Ramy Youssef — read The New Yorker profile of Hasan Minhaj from last September that said he exaggerated or […]
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Jon Hamm Doesn’t Want to Be Your Leading Man
In January of 2022, Jon Hamm starred in a commercial titled “Everyone But Jon Hamm.” The minute-long spot, for Apple TV+, played off the idea that everyone in the industry seemed to have a television show but him. When the concept was first pitched, Hamm hesitated. “I was like, ‘There’s a version of this that […]
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Shonda Rhimes Gets Into Business With Serena and Venus Williams, Tiger Woods
Shonda Rhimes’ obsession with golf will now extend beyond her own game. The TV creator behind hits Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Bridgerton is the newest investor in the Los Angeles Golf Club, the L.A. based team of the upcoming, tech-focused golf league, TGL, which aims to democratize the sport. Rhimes had read any early […]
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Bonnie Hammer Is Calling Bullsh**
Bonnie Hammer is, by her own estimation, agenda-free in a way that she never could be before. There’s no longer a boss to win over, no purview to extend. “In many ways, I actually work for nobody now,” she says as our late May dinner veers into hour three. Having spent a healthy portion of […]
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Shonda Rhimes Plans to Return to Her TV Roots — She Just Hasn’t Told Netflix Yet
Shonda Rhimes never really liked Los Angeles. Every time she’d walk outside her door, it increasingly felt like someone might want something from her. “It felt like I could give everybody I met a job — every waiter, every everybody,” says the prolific creator of juggernauts including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and, most recently, Bridgerton. In […]
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