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Desi Lydic on hosting The Daily Show and Jon Stewarts return

Thursday, August 15

Desi Lydic is back hosting The Daily Show, and it's been a pretty good summer for the first-year anchor. She scored her first Emmy nomination as part of the revolving hosting team for the nightly Comedy Central news/satire series, one of several hosts who share time at the... Read More.

Jon Stewart to miss The Daily Show after COVID-19 diagnosis

Monday, August 5

The Daily Show will be without Jon Stewart Monday after the part-time host tested positive for COVID-19.As he recovers, Michael Kosta will host the show at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy Central; each episode debuts the next morning on Paramount+.Stewart will return to the... Read More.

Britney Spears biopic set from Wicked director Jon M. Chu

Thursday, August 1

Britney Spears' life is getting the musical biopic treatment.Universal Pictures has won the rights to the pop superstar's bestselling memoir, The Woman in Me. Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu is attached to direct the film, with producer Marc Platt developing.Britney first shared news of... Read More.

Cher, Jon Stewart, more celebrities react to Joe Bidens decision to drop out of presidential race

Monday, July 22

Celebrities from across the entertainment spectrum are reacting to President Joe Biden announcing that he is exiting the 2024 presidential race, ending his campaign to defeat former President Donald Trump, and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as... Read More.

James Cameron, Kate Winslet + others mourn Jon Landau: Oscar-winning Titanic producer dead at 63

Sunday, July 7

Jon Landau, the affable Oscar winning producer of Titanic, and a decades-long collaborator with that landmark film's director James Cameron, has died at 63.Landau, who also worked with Cameron on the blockbuster Avatar franchise, as well as films produced by the filmmaker, including Robert... Read More.

Jon Stewart to host special post-presidential debate episodes of The Daily Show

Tuesday, June 11

The Daily Show will return with Jon Stewart at the anchor desk following the forthcoming presidential debates between President Joe Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.The political face-offs are scheduled for June 27 and Sept. 10; The Daily Show's special coverage will air... Read More.

Jon Hamm on branching out from Mad Men, how one exec said hed never be a TV star

Thursday, June 6

As part of its annual Drama Actor Emmy Roundtable, The Hollywood Reporter gathered actors Jon Hamm, Clive Owen, David Oyelowo, Matt Bomer, Callum Turner and Nicholas Galitzine to talk about their industry, their careers and some of their early... Read More.

Report: Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi — Jon Bon Jovis son — are married

Friday, May 24

Stranger Things have happened: Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, the son of Jon Bon Jovi, married in secret over the weekend of May 18, People magazine has learned.It's not clear where the nuptials took place. In March, Brown's Stranger... Read More.

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to back GOP-championed Laken Riley Act

Thursday, May 9

(WASHINGTON) -- Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester will continue his efforts to distinguish himself as a border security hard-liner on Thursday by becoming the first Senate Democrat to back an immigration bill that has been championed by Republicans in both chambers of Congress.On Thursday... Read More.

Report: Succession’s Jeremy Strong in talks to play Springsteen manager Jon Landau in Nebraska film

Wednesday, May 8

Succession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he’ll... Read More.

Crazy Rich Asians is Broadway bound with Jon M. Chu to direct

Wednesday, April 17

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures — the division that translated movies including Beetlejuice and Elf into Broadway musicals — will be doing the same with its 2018 hit Crazy Rich Asians.ABC Audio has confirmed that the blockbuster's director, Jon M. Chu, is aboard for the... Read More.

Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling and Jon Hamm steal some of Kristen Wiigs SNL “Five-Timers” shine

Monday, April 8

As is tradition, members of Saturday Night Live's Five-Timer's Club, including Paul Rudd, wanted to welcome host Kristen Wiig to the fraternity on Saturday night.But like people do with any exclusive club, some other names tried to sneak in."I'm... Read More.