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Golden Globes host Jo Koy’s monologue was received poorly by both those in the room and many watching at home, but fellow comedians shared sympathy for their fellow comic — while also expressing discontent with his choice to blame his writers for the widely panned performance.

Comedian Laurie Kilmartin, who also hosts a podcast about the craft of comedy and wrote on “Conan,” was one of the prominent insider voices rising to Koy’s defense.

“This is a Terrible gig, this audience sucks,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) regarding the job Koy himself noted he was just hired for 10 days prior. “They’re famous, nervous and humorless, and 10 days is genuinely not enough time to write about 500 jokes, which is how many you need to find 15 suitable jokes.”

“She is right, if not lowballing it a little,” comedian Eliza Skinner told TheWrap. “It’s a wildly specific crowd — huge...

Eliza Skinner had no idea that her Disney+ series Earth to Ned would be permanently taken off the platform until a text on the show’s writer group chat in mid-May shared an article about Disney removing more than 70 films and series from its streaming services that month. Among the disappearing titles was the comedic talk show — which launched in 2020 with Skinner as head writer — centering on an alien welcoming celebrities to his spaceship.

Due to its classification as a streaming variety series, Skinner says the writers and performers weren’t receiving residuals, although the show’s team had heard rumors blaming Disney’s tax bill. But while her loss isn’t a financial one, Earth to Ned can no longer serve as a calling card to help land future gigs for Skinner, who also doesn’t own a physical copy of the show.

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Alexander Burchardt doesn’t look anything like Michael Hutchence. Yes, he’s handsome like the Inxs singer, and has a similarly defined jawline, but the resemblance stops there. But through happenstance and Hollywood magic, the 29-year-old web developer from Copenhagen recently became an unlikely stand-in for Hutchence in the second season for HBO’s wildly popular show Euphoria.

Like many other teenagers and twentysomethings, Burchardt had been binging the viral teen drama. He was a few episodes into the recently concluded Season Two when he saw one of the show’s most tragically romantic scenes,...

The outpouring of tributes flowed with love on Sunday upon the news of Nick Cordero’s death due to a devastating battle with Covid-19. Actors from Hollywood and Broadway expressed their support for Cordero, his wife Amanda Kloots and his son Eduardo.

“Rip Nick Cordero!” wrote actress Viola Davis on Twitter. “My condolences to you Amanda who fought and loved so hard….so sorry for his little one. My heart is with you. May flights of angels.”

Michael J. Moritz Jr., co-producer of the Tony-award winning Hadestown, took to Twitter as well. “I am so incredibly sad to lose such a wonderful friend and musical partner, #NickCordero,” he wrote. “Please consider donating to their [GoFundMe]. Amanda will need all the support and love we can offer.

“Devastating,” tweeted Lin-Manuel Miranda. “What a loss, what a light. Whole heart with Amanda and his family tonight.”

Actor James Monroe Iglehart wrote, “I will miss you.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s work on 2016’s hit “Sausage Party” resulted in one of Hollywood’s highest-grossing adult-targeted animated films. Now, the duo is teaming up to adapt the “Bubble” podcast into an age-appropriate animated movie with Sony Pictures Animation.

Variety reported that Sony Pictures Animation is developing the project, based on the 2018 podcast, with Point Grey and Matt Tolmach (“Jumanji: The Next Level”) producing.

Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, James Weaver, and David Manpearl are attached as executive producers, while podcast production company Maximum Fun and Jordan Morris, who created the “Bubble” podcast, are attached as co-executive producers. Morris will also write the script, according to Variety. Hunter, Shaffir, Tolmach, and Point Grey previously worked together on Hulu’s “Future Man” comedy series.

Sources close to production confirmed Variety’s report with IndieWire.

Rogen and Goldberg’s upcoming adaptation will mark their second venture into animated adult projects.

Sausage Party producers and Point Grey principals Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have reteamed with Sony and producer Matt Tolmach (who worked with them on Hulu’s Future Man series) to develop an adult animated film based on the 2018 podcast, Bubble, which was created by Jordan Morris.

Morris will adapt the screenplay. The 10-episode scripted comedy series hails from Maximum Fun. It centered around an unlikely group of monster killers, brought together by an Uber-like app called Huntr, that struggle to make ends meet and find love in a nightmarish version of the gig economy.

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The podcast featured Alison Becker, Keith Powell, Cristela Alonzo,...

The morning after the MTV Movie & TV Awards last week, actor Harold Perrineau tweeted a pointed question to the network and the show’s host: “Did you really hire Murray Miller as a writer after [he was] accused of raping a minor?”

Perrineau, the star of “Lost” and “Claws,” had a very personal stake in the matter: One of his daughters was the minor in question. But prosecutors have declined to prosecute Miller, a writer whose credits include HBO’s “Girls,” and he has denied any wrongdoing.

Miller’s situation raises questions about what should happen to Hollywood men publicly accused of serious crimes, but never convicted or charged: Should they be blacklisted forever? Or allowed to go back to work?

But MTV’s hiring also raised questions from people inside the production who were blindsided by his involvement. Several show insiders said Miller didn’t work with other writers, and that...

There’s little consensus around the best way for men accused of sexual harassment to apologize for past transgressions. Dan Harmon’s public apology on a recent episode of his podcast seemed to go over pretty well and comedian Eliza Skinner was kind enough to offer up a template for any accused men not sure what to say…

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With a highly searchable subject matter, there are a plethora of podcasts exploring the great unknown of human sexuality. Just type “sex” into the Apple Store search bar, and a slew of eyebrow raising titles come up, like “Sex Talk With My Mom” to “The Manwhore Podcast.” But how is one to choose, with only so much time on the morning commute or treadmill? For every engaging, funny, and informative sex podcast out there, there are twice as many skippable duds. Which is why we’ve searched the audio waves to bring you the very best sex-talk the podcast world has to offer.

Ranging from the hilarious and outrageous to the nerdy and informative, with a lot of overlap in between, these eight podcasts represent a diverse array of perspectives. We prioritized entertainment value, non-judgmental approaches, and feminist perspectives to deliver an enjoyable crash course in human sexuality. From long-running...

At the “Adam Ruins Everything Election Special” taping earlier this month in Los Angeles, even the warmup jokes had their eyes on politics. As standup comedian Jared Logan primed both the audience and the sound technicians for the ensuing show, he invited the audience to test laugh: “Imagine if Tim Kaine just told a joke.”

After 19 episodes of the truTV show already under their belts, Tuesday night’s special represents the most ambitious “Adam Ruins Everything” project yet: an hour-long examination (and in most cases, refutation) of some of the most commonly held refrains of this election cycle.

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It’s the culmination of weeks of nationwide touring and refining, all done during the midst of production on this year’s batch of “Adam Ruins Everything” episodes, which have been airing since late August. Conover, along with...

The Fashion Police strike started April 17, and now the show's writers are speaking out about their disappointment with Joan Rivers' lack of support to help them receive a fair agreement, including health insurance, a pension plan and industry-standard compensation, with E! Network. In a YouTube video posted by Writers Guild of America West, writers Jackie Beat, Dante, Eliza Skinner, Rob Nolan, Ned Rice, Todd Masterson and Bryan Cook describe how excited they felt when they initially started working for Rivers but were later disappointed by her unwillingness to help them receive standard labor benefits. The video begins with words

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The battle between the "Fashion Police" writers and the show's network E! is getting ugly.

About a month after 12 "Fashion Police" writers went on strike -- seeking payment for allegedly unpaid regular and overtime hours totaling $1.5 million, according to Deadline -- things are at a standstill.

The writers had planned a benefit show at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, CA for Wednesday, May 15 and one "Fashion Police" writer, Eliza Skinner, posted the below to Facebook days before the event:

E! bought 100 tickets to our benefit, we doubt they will show up, so Come Out. We suspect this is an attempt to make us look weak by keeping people from buying tickets, or by showing up and creating a hostile crowd. It's sold out online, but there will be plenty of tickets at the door if One Hundred E! Employees don't come. Please come - we're fighting for comedy writers and cable writers in general!

"Fashion Police" is in trouble. Twelve writers for the E! reality series, which stars Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos, have gone on strike, according to Deadline.

Earlier in April, the writers filed complaints with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement seeking payment for unpaid regular and overtime hours totaling $1.5 million.

At the time, one of the writers, Eliza Skinner, said in a statement, "The most I’ve been paid for a show has been for eight hours of work ... In reality, I put in anywhere from 12 to 32 additional hours on each show –- time I should have been compensated for."

In response, E! told Deadline, "E! values our 'Fashion Police' writers and we pay them fairly and in full legal compliance."

Just about two weeks later, the "Fashion Police" writers have gone on strike.

The half-hour series, which debuted in September 2010, has Rivers,...

E!'s beloved "Fashion Police" is all about the laughs. But the writers of the fashion commentary show are not laughing one bit: Eight writers have filed a claim with California state labor officials alleging that E! owes them over $1 million in back wages.

Deadline reports that the Writers Guild of America West has issued a formal statement on behalf of the writers on Wednesday morning, stating:

According to the writers, "Fashion Police" ignores the California laws that require an employer to pay hourly employees their regular wage rate for all time worked in an eight-hour period. In addition, the law requires paying overtime for employment beyond eight hours in any workday or more than 40 hours in any workweek.

One of the writers, Eliza Skinner, added, "The most I’ve been paid for a show has been for eight hours of work... In reality, I put in anywhere from 12 to...

Eight writers on E!'s reality show "Fashion Police" on Wednesday filed a claim with state labor officials alleging that they're not being fairly compensated for the hours they've been working. "The most I've been paid for a show has been for eight hours of work," said "Fashion Police" writer Eliza Skinner. "In reality, I put in anywhere from 12 to 32 additional hours on each show -- time I should have been compensated for. On top of that is all the unpaid overtime we regularly work. There are some shows where...