Jeremy Allen White isn't interested in becoming the next big superhero. The Bear actor revealed in a recent British GQ interview that he once "had a meeting for a kind of Marvel-y movie" but it quickly went sour because he "had an attitude." "I think I played it all wrong," White, 32, told the outlet, recalling how he asked executives to "tell me about why I should do your movie" in the first place.
In the ’50s, America’s moral guardians were calling rock & roll the devil’s music. All they needed was proof. On May 22, 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis provided it for them when he revealed he had a new bride, Myra Gail Brown, who just happened to be his 13-year-old cousin. The ensuing scandal virtually halted his career overnight. At the time, Lewis, 22, was hotter than Elvis, with such hits as ”Great Balls of Fire” and ”Breathless.
Jerry Seinfeld may be one of the most famous funnymen of all time, but he doesn't think highly of the current state of comedy. In a new interview with The New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick for The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast, Seinfeld diagnosed what he sees as the current problems with trying to create funny movies and TV shows. In both his standup comedy and his beloved self-titled sitcom, Seinfeld has made a career out of plumbing the humor of everyday life experiences.
Image credit: Marc Stamas/Getty Images[/caption] Jerry Seinfeld is really, really ticked off. The comedian penned a letter to The New York Times in response to TV critic Neil Genzlinger’s Monday column about the abuse and overuse of one of Seinfeld’s favorite words: ”really.” ”Really, Neil? Really? You’re upset about too many people saying, “Really?”? I mean, really,” Seinfeld writes. The amusingly outraged letter to the editor, which uses the word ”really” 10 times, comes to the defense of the ”lazy” comedy writers who use the word that Genzlinger claims is ”undoing 2,000 years’ worth of human progress.
Jesus admitting he’s ”a bit gay,” an adult man in diapers, and a chorus line of tap-dancing Ku Klux Klansmen are just some of the characters you’ll meet in this outrageous (and outrageously successful) musical celebration of the trash-TV show. Now in London’s West End after premiering at the National Theatre there, it’s exactly what it says on the label — a modern opera by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee that is as musically literate and inventive as it is verbally scabrous.
Jesse L. Martin is speeding his way to a new series. After eight seasons playing sage father figure/detective Joe West on The Flash, the actor is stepping down from being a series regular to star in a new NBC pilot. But don't worry — EW has confirmed he is still expected to appear in "multiple episodes" of the recently-renewed season 9 of the CW's Arrowverse series. As of now, Martin is one of only four original series regulars left on The Flash after eight seasons — along with Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, and Danielle Panabaker.
Each week during The Golden Bachelor, host Jesse Palmer will answer a few questions about the widower's "journey" to find love. Today, Jesse shares his thoughts via email about Gerry's "you're the one" conversation with Leslie, and what it was like to talk about sex with the Golden Bachelor, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Prior to your sit-down with Gerry in Costa Rica, when was the last time you heard the phrase "knock boots"? JESSE PALMER: That would be listening to R&B group "
Jesse Williams is never one to avoid a hot-button issue. The former Grey's Anatomy star is an outspoken activist and advocate, but he's wading into a new debate with his latest role starring in a buzzy Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out. EW has an exclusive first look at the production, which opens April 4, and stars Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Suits' Patrick J. Adams alongside Williams.
Jimmy Fallon learned an important lesson about men on Friday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, courtesy of Jessica Alba: they don’t like having sweaty butts. While discussing her husband Cash Warren and his apparel company Pair of Thieves, Alba revealed the Pair of Thieves underwear line comes with a no “swass” guarantee. “He makes undies that have no swass. Do you know what that means?” Alba said to Fallon.
Jessica Chastain and RuPaul's Drag Race queen Ginger Minj bow at the altar of Tammy Faye and her dedication to the LGBTQIA+ community. EW's exclusive interview between the drag superstar — who previously played the legendary televangelist on the Snatch Game celebrity impersonation challenge — and the Oscar-nominated Eyes of Tammy Faye star sees the pair expressing mutual adoration for the late religious figure's devotion to uplifting people with HIV and AIDS throughout the 1980s.