TV Review: ‘Forever’ Starring Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen
Spoiler alert: Do not read until you’ve watched the first season of “Forever,” which dropped in its entirety September 14 on Amazon. Though its first episode tries hard to convince us otherwise,...
View ArticleFred Armisen and Maya Rudolph on the ‘Simmering Secret’ of ‘Forever’
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Forever,” streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. The word “forever” is often used flippantly, but as the title of Matt Hubbard and Alan Yang’s new...
View ArticleAmazon Sets First-Look Production Pact With Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne
Amazon Studios has set a first-look pact with Animal PIctures, the newly formed production banner headed by Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne. The agreement calls for the pair to develop original series...
View ArticleNatasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph on Mortality — and the End of the World
Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here. Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph are two of TV’s funniest stars — and this year, both confronted...
View Article‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 45 Leads With Impeachment Sketches (Watch)
“Saturday Night Live” has returned with its 45th season, and it wasted no time diving into the polarizing political climate by adding to the discussion around Donald Trump’s impeachment with three...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Bless the Harts’ With Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph
One of the most reliable programming blocks on television belongs to Fox Sunday’s back-to-back animated shows, each of them a family comedy with its own specific tone and rhythm. And yet, it’s been a...
View ArticleSarah Silverman Wants Chelsea Peretti to Host Oscars 2020
While the majority of celebrants and celebrities didn’t seem too disappointed by the lack of host at the 2019 Academy Awards, Sarah Silverman is not most celebrities. “I miss the opening monologue and...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne (Full Video)
Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne are done waiting around for their chance to create something new on television. The only thing they’re concerned about is why it took them both so long to get behind the...
View ArticleNatasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph Get Deep on Life and Death
Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph got existential on Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” in a conversation about “Russian Doll” and “Forever,” the death-centric shows they respectively star in. “Speaking of...
View Article‘Saturday Night Live’: Maya Rudolph, Larry David, Woody Harrelson Return for...
Who can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election? “Saturday Night Live” took a crack at this tough political question in a democratic debate sketch in the Nov. 23 episode that saw the return of former...
View Article‘Saturday Night Live’: Maya Rudolph, Jason Sudeikis Appear in Democratic...
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its final episode of 2019 with a cold open sketch dedicated to the sixth democratic debate where moderator Judy Woodruff (Heidi Gardner) noted, “Just like ‘The...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne and Amazon Partner on Animated Series ‘The...
Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne’s Animal Pictures banner and “Russian Doll” supervising producer Cirocco Dunlap are teaming up on the animated series “The Hospital,” which Amazon has put into active...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph, Rachel McAdams and Olivia Wilde Help Honor Their Makeup Artists
It was an emotional evening on Wednesday at Variety’s Makeup Artistry Dinner with Armani Beauty at Sunset Tower in Los Angeles. Rachel McAdams, Olivia Wilde, Maya Rudolph, Chloë Grace Moretz and...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph and Nick Kroll on Emmys, Working During COVID and How ‘Big...
For Maya Rudolph and Nick Kroll, there’s a bit of déjà vu to this year’s Emmy nominations. Rudolph is back nominated again as guest comedy actress (“Saturday Night Live”) and character voice over...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph, Andy Samberg to Host Peacock’s ‘Baking it’ Competition Series
Fellow “Saturday Night Live” alums and Emmy award-winning actors Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg have been tapped to co-host Peacock’s new holiday culinary competition series “Baking It” from the...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph Becomes Second Black Woman to Win Back-to-Back Acting Emmys in...
Maya Rudolph has picked up a second consecutive guest comedy actress Emmy for “Saturday Night Live,” just hours after she picked up her second consecutive character voice-over performance Emmy. With...
View ArticleAmazon Orders Two Seasons of Animated Comedy ‘The Hospital’ With Maya...
Amazon has picked up the sci-fi animated comedy “The Hospital” for two seasons. The series was originally reported as being in development at the streamer in early 2020. Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne...
View Article‘Loot,’ Starring Maya Rudolph as a Billionaire Turned Philanthropist, Evokes...
In one of the only times anyone’s told Molly (Maya Rudolph) the hard truth in the decades since her husband (Adam Scott) became a billionaire, she’s stuck in a private jet hangar somewhere in the...
View Article‘Father of the Bride’ Star Diego Boneta Recalls Taking Guitar Lessons With...
Diego Boneta was 15 years old when he was close to starring in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” “They did the audition in Mexico City,” the “Father of the Bride” actor tells me on this...
View Article‘Loot’ Starring Maya Rudolph Renewed for Season 2 at Apple
“Loot” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple. The speedy renewal comes as the comedy series has aired five of its 10 episodes, with the sixth episode due to drop on July 15. The series stars Maya...
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