127 stories by "William Earl"
There are no better actors for making beautiful music together than Kate Hudson and Jeremy Allen White. Hudson stormed Hollywood at 20 as the hippie muse of Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous." …
"Weekend Update" anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost brought their usual pop culture snark to "Saturday Night Live" on the Dec. 13 episode, and several topics have been of interest to Variety…
"Saturday Night Live" revealed their own version of Variety's "Actors on Actors" series on the Dec. 13 episode of the late night sketch show. The "SNL" spin was dubbed "Characters on Charact…
It doesn't matter how high you climb the Hollywood ladder, there's always room to grow. Ask Gwyneth Paltrow, the perpetual A-list star and fashion icon whose 1999 best actress win for "S…
The 2026 Golden Globe nominations are here, and with it are some wild, wonderful and unexpected picks…as well as some favorites that don't make the cut. Check out our list of the biggest s…
Donald Trump didn't throw much support behind Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in the cold open of the Dec. 6 episode of "Saturday Night Live." Colin Jost reprised his role as Hegseth, berating…
Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande have more in common than you'd suspect. He dominated pop culture as a Gen X comedy icon " with "Big Daddy," "The Waterboy," "Happy Gilmore" and more " before t…
Tig Notaro is planning another splashy collaboration with Zack Snyder. The actor and comedian was on the Dec. 1 episode of the podcast "On With Kara Swisher," where she spoke about her role …
It's Halloween night at Madison Square Garden, and a group of 20-somethings are deep into a sacred ritual: gabbing in the bathroom mirror with your girlfriends. They fluff their hair and …
Danny Seagren, a "Sesame Street" puppeteer who also appeared as an early iteration of Spider-Man on "The Electric Company," died on Nov. 10 at 81 years old. His cause of death was not listed…
Jonathan Groff and Bowen Yang shared a warm and flirty moment together during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Broadway and "Saturday Night Live" stars, respectively, did a dance number a…
The artwork Elton John has displayed on the walls of his home in the Hollywood Hills wasn't necessarily intended to reinforce a running theme. Yet you can't help noticing how some of the pai…
In 1985, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer decided to make it official. The creative partners were riding high off a pair of unlikely box office hits " "Night Shift," a raunchy Michael Keaton come…
Jeffrey Epstein's just-released emails were the topic of conversation on the cold open of the Nov. 15 episode of SNL. The sketch began with Ashley Padilla's portrayal of White House press se…
As Millennials hit the age where classic rock channels now include their music, it's no surprise that acts are striking while the nostalgia iron is hot. And what better way to recall your yo…
Kate Hudson doesn't often cry when she screens her own movies " she's too busy critiquing her work " but watching her latest film, "Song Sung Blue," was an exception. She was sitting in a da…
Jamie Lloyd had tried once before to lure Nicole Scherzinger to the stage. Several years ago, the renegade British theater director pursued the former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman to star in "E…
When Jamie Lee Curtis was shooting "Fierce Creatures" in London in 1996, Princess Diana came by the set with her two little princes. It had been a long day, and Curtis was on a much-needed p…
"What do we do, Wanda?" Wanda Sykes is onstage at the Chevalier Theatre in Medford, Massachusetts, launching into her newest material about the Trump administration, when a woman in the balc…
In March 2024, David Michôd was considering his options for the role of trailblazing boxer Christy Martin. It was a limited pool " the part, which involves both fighting in the ring and b…
Joe Hill's ambitious new novel " the 900-page killer dragon epic "King Sorrow" " is inspired by love. "I knew it was going to be the first book I was going to dedicate to my wife," Hill s…
Sabrina Carpenter delivered an NSFW performance on the Oct. 18 episode of "Saturday Night Live," when she sang her "Man's Best Friend" track "Nobody's Song" and didn't self-censor the lyrics…
James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump dropped by an episode of the junk food podcast "Snack Homiez" during the Sabrina Carpenter-hosted episode of "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 18. When asked …
"Saturday Night Live" Weekend update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che saw their desk crashed by former anchors Seth Meyers, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for a "Joke Off." The trio stopped by to …
The cold open of this week's "Saturday Night Live" brought in host Amy Poehler and her BFF Tina Fey to play Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, respectively. The sketch began by portraying part of Bo…