Posts by Nathan Pine
Ruby Karp Special ‘I Don’t Trust Adults’ Sets Streaming Premiere Date
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Ruby Karp has announced that her new special, I Don’t Trust Adults, will begin streaming on Veeps at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 10. Performed Off-Broadway at SoHo Playhouse over the course of six weeks, Karp’s I Don’t Trust Adults tells the story of six different adults who caused the self-described “failed child star”…
Read MoreFired Exec Chris Aronson Sues Paramount For Millions Citing Age Discrimination
Pretty sure David Ellison and Paramount need another legal battle right now like a perpetually sore Ethan Hunt needs to hear about what near fatal mission he should or should not accept. Yet, in what may end up revealing more twist and turns than another Mission Impossible sequel, that’s exactly what the Warner Bris Discovery…
Read More‘Hacks’ Talk Show Legend Merrill Markoe Recalls Life On Letterman
Editor’s note: In 1980, Merrill Markoe became the head writer for The David Letterman Show, which won a Daytime Emmy. She then went on to share three Primetime Emmy wins for her work as the original head writer on Late Night with David Letterman. And before all that, in 1978, she was part of Mary Tyler…
Read MoreChris Yost & Eric Heisserer Set As Showrunners On Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl has found its showrunners. The Peacock drama series, which is an adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s popular science fantasy LitRPG (role-playing game) books, was handed a straight-to-series order in June. Chris Yost and Eric Heisserer have been named co-showrunners. Yost was previously named as writer of the project, which comes from Seth MacFarlane’s…
Read MoreSupreme Court Order Allows Construction To Continue On Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom
The Supreme Court ruled that construction could continue on Donald Trump‘s White House ballroom, sidelining lower court orders to halt the project. Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order on Friday that stays a preliminary injunction issued by a district court judge in April. The stay will be in effect “pending further order of the…
Read MoreJason Blum To Host ‘Paranormal Activity’ Broadway Performance
Things will start to go bump in the Broadway night next week, and one horrormeister will be there as theatergoers witness it. Jason Blum is set to host a special performance of the play Paranormal Activity on Wednesday, August 26, at the August Wilson Theatre. The Blumhouse founder is a producer on the show, which…
Read MoreThe Next Celebrity Shoe Trend Is… Going As Barefoot As Possible
I guess it’s time to let our dogs out. While freaky ugly clear shoes have been taking over the trend cycle this summer, we just unlocked the freakiest of them all: barefoot sandals. Margaret Qualley debuted Chanel’s lace-up leather heel cap “sandals” for the London premiere of the Ridley Scott film The Dog Stars. Don’t be…
Read MoreBunnie Xo Shares Update on Baby Plans After Jelly Roll Divorce
The Story of How Jelly Rolly & Bunnie Xo Met Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll‘s love story began in Las Vegas. As she recalled on Bussin’ With The Boys, she met the singer in August 2015 when he performed at the Las Vegas Country Saloon. This was before Jelly Roll was famous. At the time, he was…
Read MoreHBO Max Jimmy Olsen ‘Superman’ Spinoff Gets Series Order, Title, Cast
It’s official: HBO Max has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order to its long-in-the-works Jimmy Olsen Superman spinoff series, from DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television. The half-hour comedy has been titled The People v. Gorilla Grodd, which also is a meme. Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen and Jimmy Tatro as Gorilla Grodd headline the series,…
Read MoreNew York Is Now The Capital Of Tech Jobs, Edging Out SF Bay Area For First Time In Annual Survey
New York City now has the most tech jobs of any market in the country, edging the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in an annual survey. Commercial real estate firm CBRE ranked New York at the top with 394,300 tech jobs, compared with the Bay Area’s 375,730. It’s the first time New…
Read MoreNew ‘Serendipity’ Movie: Michael Showalter Directing For Amazon
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Showalter is set to direct a modern retelling of cult-classic romantic comedy Serendipity for Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, Deadline has learned. Script is by Marc Klein, who wrote the original film, with casting underway. The film will be produced by Showalter and Jordana Mollick for Semi-Formal Productions, alongside Simon Fields, who produced the original. Jonathan…
Read MoreMeghan Markle Making Acting Return in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix Show? All the Details Amid U.K. Move
“I don’t see it as giving anything up,” she told the BBC in 2017. “I just see it as a change.” As she noted, “For me, once we hit the 100-episode marker, I thought, you know what? I have ticked this box, and I feel really proud of the work I’ve done there, and now…
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