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The Daily Show editor Cathy Trasborg has edited hundreds of episodes of the long-running late-night series, earning an Emmy Award for Best Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment) last year and three other nominations since 2020.

“I’ve learned the show a little bit better, the type of direction that we’re looking to go in, and what kind of comedic pacing they’re looking for in our field pieces, or our sketches,” Trasborg tells Gold Derby during our Meet the Experts: TV Editors panel when asked how her time on the show has evolved since her first episode in 2019.

“I started with the Trump administration in 2019, and we got a little bit of a reprieve with Biden, and now we're back with Trump again, and he's flooding the zone all the time with his news,” she adds. “So every day it’s changing. I don’t think I watched the...

Norm Lewis, Michael James Scott, Cameron Anika Hill, Terence Archie, Allison Blackwell, Troy Iwata, Michael Hartung and Meghan Murphy will star in La Cage aux Folles when the musical returns to The Muny this summer after nearly four decades. La Cage aux Folles, the hilarious romp that inspired the 1996 film The Birdcage, runs August 8-14. The production is led by Marcia Milgrom Dodge (director), Richard J. Hinds (choreographer) and Darryl Archibald (music director/conductor). The team also includes Matthew Buttrey (scenic designer); Bobby Pearce (Costume Designer); Adam Honoré (lighting designer); John Shivers and David Patridge (sound designers); Kylee Loera and Greg Emetaz (video designers); Tommy Kurzman (wig designer);...

“The Daily Show” is dedicating itself to a worthy cause: making comically rich billionaire Elon Musk even richer. At least Troy Iwata is.

“This man is barely worth $300 billion at this point, but we can change that,” the senior correspondent said on Thursday night. As he spoke, the light around him darkened and soft piano played, mimicking charity commercials. “For the simple price of $50,000, you can help a 53-year-old boy afford all the things he was already able to afford.”

It should be noted that Iwata started by asking the “Daily Show” audience for a measly $30,000 or, as he put it, “just 70,000 cups of coffee a day.” That number ramped up to $2.5 million by the end of the segment. It’s all in the interest of making sure “the richest man in America stays the richest man in America,” Iwata explained.

Repeatedly, host Jordan Klepper interrupted Iwata and tried to stop his plug.

John Oliver returned to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” to “welcome America to its monarchy era.” He had no real words of wisdom for us. No, no, no. Oliver showed up to “gloat.”

“America had it’s little fun, didn’t you? Experimenting with democracy. You fought so hard to get away from us — acting up, throwing all of that tea into the harbor,” the HBO “Last Week Tonight” host said while standing behind Jon Stewart, his former boss. “You told everybody that you were gonna be different. You weren’t going to turn out like your mean old dad, who was so horrible to you growing up. So we stepped back. We let you spend your wild teen years experimenting with your ridiculous ideas of checks and balances because deep down we knew that once you got that nonsense out of your system that you’d be back.

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The most romantic season of the year is finally here and as the temperature cools down, Netflix has the perfect way to bring the heat. We are talking about its collection of hilarious romantic comedy shows featuring quirky romantic stories and a lot of hilarious comedy. So, here are the best romantic comedy shows on Netflix you should check out right now.

Love Credit – Netflix

Love is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust. The Netflix series follows Gus and Mickey, two young people in LA coming out of a long-term relationship who meet because of a chance encounter and fall for each other but quickly realize that both of them have completely different points of view on love and life. Love stars Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust, Claudia O’Doherty, Mike Mitchell, and Chris Witaske.

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Kamala Harris may have lost election night, but Jon Stewart and “The Daily Show” took home a W. The Comedy Central live special was the most-watched episode ever on Paramount+ on its premiere day, outperforming the average “Daily Show” episode in 2024 by 275%, according to internal data from Paramount+.

The episode also performed well on social media, generating almost 40 million views and 4 million engagements. That viewership was a 83% increase compared to election coverage from “The Daily Show” in 2020, as well as a 160% increase in engagement compared to that same time. Additionally, the episode saw a 161% increase in social interest compared to a typical episode of “The Daily Show.” Jon Stewart’s monologue saw 472K engagements on TikTok alone, making it the No. 1 most engaged with election night video to come from the TV universe.

Walking into the 11th Avenue studio of “The Daily Show” on Tuesday night was instantly an odd experience. Typically, recordings for the Comedy Central staple are crackling with energy. People talk and laugh, quoting late night jokes or comparing their list of favorite correspondents. But on election night, the queue crowd wasn’t excited so much as tense as it filed in around 10:15 p.m. Et, when the first results were showing a lean in Donald Trump’s direction.

It was a feeling that continued throughout the hourlong live special. What started as a fun way to spend the evening morphed into something akin to taking a sick dog to the park for one last game of fetch as the results came in. But the mounting dread permeating the studio audience highlighted one key insight: we still need Jon Stewart, perhaps now more than ever.

Of course, this unease...

Jon Stewart is live on The Daily Show and is aware that people, and particularly Democrats, are nervous.

“I know a lot of people out there feeling anxious. I want to assure you that that is very good for our ratings, so keep it up. Good work out there. Do not remove your eyes from the TV at all costs,” he said during the opening of the Comedy Central show.

Jon Stewart on election night: "We're all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place that we prefer it to be." #DailyShow pic.twitter.com/GBvaiGxNVR

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 6, 2024

Stewart kicked off his show with segments from Troy Iwata, Grace Kuhlenschmidt and Jordan Klepper.

Iwata was wearing a garbage outfit, covering the Trump campaign. “People are really sick of all the positive signs and just want to find out the results,...

Jon Stewart is officially staying at The Daily Show for another year. Comedy Central announced on Monday, October 28 — nine months to the day after the announcement of his return — that Stewart has agreed to extend his deal as host through December 2025. Stewart will continue as a once-weekly host each Monday, and the News Team correspondents will continue to share hosting duties for the remainder of the week. The exact last day of Stewart’s time on the show has not been shared, but viewers can expect him to stay through December 2025. The Daily Show’s News Team includes Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, and Desi Lydic alongside Dulcé Sloan and Lewis Black, with recent additions Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt. As previously announced, The Daily Show will air live on election night on Tuesday, November 5. Stewart will host the one-hour live special with contributions from the News Team.

In what surely comes as a heartbreaking disappointment to Donald Trump, Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J has endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

Speaking with comedian Troy Iwata for a recent segment on The Daily Show, Violent J confirmed that Harris is his preferred pick for the White House, saying “I want her to win because she’s a Democrat, and I love my mom.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, he learned how to pronounce Harris’ first name — calling it “fresh” — and weighed in on a number of hot-topic issues, like mass deportation, which he said “fuck no” to. “Now I remember why I hated Trump, that wall shit,” he said.

As for women’s rights, he believes in them (“they have the right to be the fuckin’ shit”), and as for environmental conservation, he thinks its time humans get over their superiority complex, saying,...

Few words pop up more frequently in 2024 election discourse than “vibes.” While the 2020 presidential contest was billed as an existential clash between competing visions for American democracy amid a deadly pandemic, its sequel has largely been defined by questions of weirdness (or lack thereof). Policy has taken a backseat as newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz seek to create an image that distances their ticket from both the apocalyptic rhetoric and airing of grievances that define Donald Trump’s campaign and the aura of doom that surrounded the final days of Joe Biden’s. As this week’s Democratic National Convention unfolds from Chicago, the party is seeking to project an aura of joy and optimism that directly contrasts with the bleakness and machismo that emerged from the Republican National Convention last month.

But are vibes enough? That’s the question that “The Daily Show...

No one at “The Daily Show” anticipated Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, even if they recognized a significant loss of momentum for him, but they certainly aren’t complaining about the switch to Kamala Harris as the DNC gets underway.

“It was very refreshing for us because we have been in the Joe Biden versus Donald Trump minds for five years now, so there wasn’t a lot more to plumb when it comes to jokes about them or the perspectives or thoughts about them,” co-executive producer and writer Zhubin Parang told TheWrap ahead of their run of shows from Chicago’s DNC.

He added, “Joe Biden was becoming a bit more depressing every day to talk about and to show a video of. So this made talking about the campaign a lot more fun. It suddenly felt like a real campaign, and a real battle, and a real match of foes,...

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, not to be mistaken for the 75th Emmys handed out earlier this year, are taking place in September, with nominations unveiled last month. Many of those big names are aboard today to participate in Deadline’s annual Contenders Television: The Nominees event, which kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.

Sign up for here for the livestream.

Follow along for panel coverage all day Saturday on Deadline and on social using the hashtag #DeadlineContenders.

Fallout star Walton Goggins, comedian Nikki Glaser, who broke out during The Roast of Tom Brady, Alan Cumming of The Traitors and Late Night’s Seth Meyers are among those confirmed for panel discussions, along with producers and directors including Jonathan Nolan, Francesca Sloane, Hiro Murai and Sarah Schechter.

The virtual event will give viewers and voters insight into how these stars and behind-the-scenes talent found out about their Emmy nomination, how...

Emma Roberts recently arrived at the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 9, looking absolutely stunning. Hand-in-hand with her boyfriend, Cody John, she exuded effortless chic, proving that a well-curated outfit can go a long way.

The 33-year-old American actress’ visit to the city was all about promoting her new Prime Video movie, Space Cadet. She made an appearance on the late-night show with guest host Kathryn Hahn.

The main cast of “Space Cadet,” featuring Desi Lydic as Dr. Stacy Kellogg, Andrew Call as Captain Jack Mancini, Kuhoo Verma as Violet Marie Vislawski, Josephine Huang, Yasha Jackson as Grace Jackson, Troy Iwata as Hector Kaneko, and Emma Roberts as Rex Simpson, is pictured during a training scene (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios)

Space Cadet is a fresh comedy-drama film available on Prime Video that follows a seemingly average young woman who unexpectedly finds herself vying for a spot...

We all know about the success stories in the startup world because if they were successful, that means that they are still around, and one way or another, we are using them, but there are also some spectacular failures in the world of startups. In fact, their failure was so spectacular that some people decided to make films and TV shows about them. So, if you are also interested in some of the biggest startup failures, here are the 5 best movies and TV shows based on true stories you can watch about them.

Blackberry (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – IFC Films

Blackberry is a biographical comedy-drama film directed by Matt Johnson from a screenplay co-written by Johnson and Matthew Miller. Loosely based on the 2015 book titled Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by authors Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, the...

Space Cadet features a diverse ensemble cast full of strange, unique characters. Emma Roberts plays Rex Simpson, a woman from Florida in her early 30s who dreams of being an astronaut and makes up for the lack of traditional qualifications with her smarts, passion, and drive. Space Cadet has romantic comedy elements, with Tom Hopper playing Logan O'Leary, Rex's superior at NASA's Johnson Space Center and her main romantic interest.

The 2024 romantic-comedy movie Space Cadet follows Emma Roberts as an unconventional hopeful astronaut with a hilarious supporting cast. The original Prime Video movie takes an interesting approach to the space movie subgenre through Roberts character and the rest of the astronaut candidates, comically referred to as Ascans. While Space Cadet is certainly a comedy with romantic elements, it has an important message and a lot of heart behind it. Space Cadet can make viewers laugh out loud and...

Emma Roberts has been in some iconic movies like Valentine’s Day, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Scream 4, We’re the Millers, and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. And ever since she first stepped into the world of American Horror Story in 2013, she has become one of the most recognizable faces in the horror genre, at least on the small screen. But it seems like she hasn’t had the same kind of luck when it comes to feature films since the 2015 film Nerve. And it’s not like she hasn’t tried. Roberts has done rom-coms, science-fantasies, action-horrors, straight-up horrors, and whatever categories Madame Web and UglyDolls fall into. However, I think she has come up with the ultimate test for her fans in the form of Space Cadet.

Liz W. Garcia’s Space Cadet tells the story of Rex Simpson, a girl living in Florida who aspires to go to space.

This July, beat the heat with the latest additions at Prime Video and Freevee!

It’s a light month for original series, films, and specials as we head into the summer lull, but there is still plenty to watch throughout the month: over 140 classic films between the two Amazon streamers will be added this month, from horrors such as the genre-changing “The Silence Of The Lambs” and last year’s newest “Evil Dead” franchise installment “Evil Dead Rise,” the first five films of the “Rocky” franchise, and comedies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Animal House,” “13 Going On 30,” and much, much more.

But after the majority of the film load drops on July 1, don’t forget to head back to the services’ additions throughout the month, including Season 2 of the critically acclaimed “Troppo,” the new “Legally Blonde“-like comedy “Space Cadet,” and a new documentary from award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter,...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for The Bear, Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 and A Quiet Place: Day One.

Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 premiere

Writer, director and star Kevin Coster debuted the first of his Horizon films in Los Angeles on Monday, alongside co-stars Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Luke Wilson and Jamie Campbell Bower.

Kevin Costner Sienna Miller

MaXXXine premiere

Filmmaker Ti West joined cast members Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon at the MaXXXine premiere in Hollywood on Monday.

Mia Goth and Ti West Elizabeth Debicki, Lily Collins and Halsey

The Bear premiere

Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edebiri joined their co-stars at the Los Angeles premiere of The Bear season three on Tuesday.

Jeremy Allen White Jose M. Cervantes,...

Jon Stewart is set to host live shows of The Daily Show following the closing night of the Republican & Democratic National Conventions.

The Comedy Central host will broadcast live from Milwaukee on Thursday, July 18th, and Chicago on Thursday, August 22nd.

Stewart will share hosting duties with the News Team throughout the DNC & RNC as part of the show’s Indecision 2024 election coverage.

The Daily Show will broadcast from the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee, Wi, throughout the RNC and the Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture in Chicago, Il, during the DNC.

The News Team includes Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, and Desi Lydic, alongside Dulcé Sloan and Lewis Black, with new additions Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt.

Related: ‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Says Donald Trump “Is Like A Corruption Mr. Magoo” & Wants To Know Why Jerry Seinfeld Is “Taking So Much Sh**”

The Daily Show...

The Daily Show is firming up its plans for coverage of the two major political conventions this summer — including a pair of live shows with Jon Stewart.

Comedy Central’s late-night show — which has enjoyed a sizable upswing in ratings since Stewart’s return in February — will go live on the final night of each convention: July 18 for the Republicans in Milwaukee and Aug. 22 for the Democrats in Chicago. Stewart will host the live episodes, moving from his usual Monday-night spot in the anchor’s chair to the end of the week.

The show’s news team will host the Monday to Wednesday shows (which will be taped a few hours ahead of their 11 p.m. Et/Pt airing) during the convention weeks as part of The Daily Show’s “Indecision 2024” coverage. Correspondents Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic will be on hand at both convention sites; Dulcé Sloan,...

Prime Video has revealed a new trailer for the upcoming Emma Roberts-led ‘Space Cadet.’

Tiffany “Rex” Simpson (Emma Roberts) has always dreamed of going to space, but life isn’t going quite as planned. Determined to turn things around, she aims high and with the embellishing touch of her supportive best friend Nadine (Poppy Liu), her “doctored” application lands her in NASA’s ultra-competitive astronaut training program. In over her head, Rex relies on her quick wits, moxie and determination to get to the top of her class. NASA program directors Pam (Gabrielle Union) and Logan (Tom Hopper) certainly take notice, but can this Florida girl get through training and into the cosmos before she blows her cover? Written and directed by Liz W. Garcia, Space Cadet is a comedy about the power of being yourself, following your dreams and shooting for the stars.

Written and directed by Liz W.

In the time-honored tradition of Private Benjamin, Legally Blonde and Disney Channel original Cadet Kelly, Emma Roberts stars in the new comedy about a ditzy socialite who gets in over her head when she joins an organization with incredible odds to overcome. Amazon MGM has just released the new trailer for Space Cadet, which has Roberts’ character Rex lying to become accepted into NASA, only to find that she got more than she bargained for. The film also stars Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu and Gabrielle Union, Kuhoo Verma, Desi Lydic, Sebastián Yatra, Yasha Jackson, Andrew Call, Troy Iwata, Josephine Huang, Dave Foley, Sam Robards and Joshua Harto.

The official synopsis reads,

“Tiffany “Rex” Simpson (Emma Roberts) has always dreamed of going to space, but life isn’t going quite as planned. Determined to turn things around, she aims high and with the embellishing touch of her supportive best friend Nadine...

Jon Stewart and the rest of The Daily Show stars plan to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions with their special Indecision 2024.

Comedy Central’s late-night political talk show will hit the road this summer, continuing its coverage of the presidential election, which dates back to the 2000 election.

The Daily Show will air a full week of shows from the RNC in Milwaukee (July 15-18) and the DNC in Chicago (August 19-22), respectively, airing weeknights at 11 p.m. Et/Pt.

Notable presidential candidates and influential political figures who have joined the show over the years include Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gretchen Witmer, John McCain, Nikki Haley, Rand Paul, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Larry Hogan and Lindsey Graham among others.

Related: How ‘The Daily Show’ Is Thriving Post-Trevor Noah With Return Of Jon Stewart, Revolving...

It’s been six years since Comedy Central’s The Daily Show last brought on a new correspondent, but it’s making up for lost time—by naming three.

Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt are now officially full-fledged correspondents.

As regular viewers already know, all three have been familiar faces on The Daily Show for several months now.

Iwata and Kuhlenschmidt both first appeared on the show last October in in-studio “remote” pieces. Johnson first appeared on air in February with a pre-taped report on sneakerheads’ reactions to Donald Trump’s release of Trump-branded shoes, but has been a writer for the show since 2017.

Tds had not added a new face to its correspondent lineup since 2018, when Jaboukie Young-White was hired. (Young-White departed in 2021.)

The Daily Show’s current format sees Jon Stewart at the desk on Monday nights—at least through the election—while a roster of...

Exclusive: After finding its new host in the returning Jon Stewart, The Daily Show is staffing up.

The Comedy Central series has signed up three new correspondents to its news team: Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson, Grace Kuhlenschmidt.

They are the first new correspondents to join the show in six years, since the arrival of Jaboukie Young-White, who joined in 2018 and left in 2021. The last new correspondent still on the show was Dulcé Sloan, who joined in September 2017 (Jordan Klepper returned in December 2019 having previously been featured on the show).

Iwata and Kuhlenschmidt joined the show in October 2023 and Johnson, who was previously a writer on the show, made his on-screen debut in February. The move to official correspondents just happened, despite being on the show for a few months.

They join Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Michael Kosta, Lewis Black, Klepper, and Sloan. However, the new trio will not be sharing...

When it comes to Daily Show field pieces, most everyone can agree that Stephen Colbert was the master.

So when the master creates a ten point list for how to create a successful field piece, you better believe other Daily Show correspondents pay attention.

In fact, according to current Tds staffers Desi Lydic and Troy Iwata, Colbert’s tips have become required reading for all new Daily Show news team members.

In Monday’s episode of The Daily Show: Ears Edition podcast, Lydic described how an email Colbert once wrote to Rob Riggle has been passed down from one generation of Daily Show correspondents to another.

“Rob passed it along to Al Madrigal, and Al passed it along to Jordan [Klepper], who passed it to us,” Lydic explained to Iwata. “And then we passed it to you.”

Iwata revealed that he’d actually received the email from three different people: Lydic,...

Just how big a deal is Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show desk? John Oliver, the former Daily Show correspondent turned HBO Last Week Tonight host, compared it to NBA legend Michael Jordan’s return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995 after retiring from the game.

“Jordan’s back!” Oliver quipped in an interview with NBC’s Willie Geist.

Oliver was caught as off guard as everyone else with the news, which broke in the middle of the interview with Geist.

“I mean, that’s, that is a surprise,” Oliver said. “That’s a show that needs a host. He certainly is a very, very good one. So yeah, it’ll be exciting to see what he does.”

But he also added that the show “should appoint a permanent host” after Stewart’s run, naming former Peacock host Amber Ruffin and former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. as strong contenders.

The Daily Show continues to add funny folk to its roster.

The Comedy Central series introduced another new face last night, Grace Kuhlenschmidt.

Kuhlenschmidt is a stand-up comedian, actress and writer, who recurred in the final season of Max’s Search Party and was in the first season of Peacock’s Killing It.

During last night’s show, hosted by Desus Nice, Kuhlenschmidt was introduced in a skit alongside contributor Michael Kosta. Now that we have an answer to the question of whether one should take $500,000 or lunch with Jay-Z (Jay said take the money), the duo were answering the question themselves.

Kuhlenschmidt said that you should “definitely have lunch with Jay-Z” as he “probably has Beyonce’s phone number”.

Kuhlenschmidt, who was recognized as a New Faces: Creators by Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, also appeared in the first season of Showtime’s Ziwe and wrote for Audible podcast Hot White Heist,...

The Daily Show is currently going through a lineup of guest hosts as it continues to search for a permanent one.

Last night, the Comedy Central show debuted a new twist – two hosts behind the desk.

Correspondents Michael Kosta, who has been hosting this week, the show’s first week back since the writers strike, and Ronny Chieng joined forces on Thursday night’s show.

It marked the first time that the show had two hosts behind the desk, a strategy that has been proposed as a new format going forward.

Last year, Deadline revealed that The Daily Show was considering hosting duos and trios to replace Trevor Noah with correspondents including Desi Lydic as a potential contender.

Chieng, who has starred in movies including M3gan and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, said, “Tonight, you’re getting two hosts for the price of one.”

“Are they...

“The Daily Show’s” Michael Kosta has a problem with Scholastic’s new book censorship policy. Under this new guideline, schools can opt to exclude what have been called diverse titles from their Scholastic Book Fair. Those titles include any book that explores race, gender and sexuality, including biographies of Malala and LeBron James.

“So now bigots can just check a box and all the books will be removed? C’mon guys, if you’re going to be racist and sexist you can’t also be lazy,” Kosta said on Thursday night.

The late night host encouraged parents to “put the work in.”

“Who knows? Maybe if you took the time to read these books that you think are so terrible, actually absorb them, you might just find out that all kids books are terrible,” Kosta said.

The show, video of which you can watch above, then cut to “The Daily Show” correspondent Troy Iwata,...

Exclusive: Spotlight casting director Paul Schnee is making his directorial debut in a comedy-drama TV series.

Schnee has directed all episodes of Mother, May I Have a Kidney?, which comes from Filipino-American showrunner Veronica Reyes-How, who is also writing. Schnee’s casting credits also include Winter’s Bone and The Girl on the Train. Production just wrapped.

The show stars Doug Plaut (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Emmy winner Tina Benko (The Greatest Showman), Darius de Haas (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Charlotte Ray Rosenberg and Troy Iwata, and also features Myra Lucretia Taylor, Lydia Gaston, and Drew McVety.

Executive producers are Reyes-How and Plaut for Goldfish Pajamas. Producers are Benjamin J. Murray and Michael Christensen for Incline Productions. Casting is by Rachel Goldman.

A source said the show is attracting attention of streaming platforms and an acquisition deal could follow shortly. We hear...

There are nearly 500 anti-lgbtq+ bills currently advancing through state legislatures. Many bills specifically target drag shows or other public performances–censoring or outright banning them. Of course, there are also plenty of Don’t Say Gay bills, bathroom bills, and other anti-trans bills circulating in this country. It’s a terrifying time to be queer. Such lawmaking creates an atmosphere of fear, hate, and violence, and it’s difficult to find joy. Joy, such an elusive experience these days. But I found the joy I so desperately needed recently with Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse’s Summoning Sylvia, one of the year’s most important releases.

The film tells the story of a group of gay friends on a weekend retreat to celebrate Larry’s (Travis Coles) upcoming nuptials. Reggie (Troy Iwata), Kevin (Noah Ricketts), and Nico (Frankie Grande) bankroll a three-night stay in a creepy Victorian-style home, where allegedly...

Now available on VOD and Digital HD on all major platforms from The Horror Collective, our latest Q&a is with Summoning Sylvia co-star Troy Iwata who tells us all about the new LGBTQ horror comedy:

What drew you to Summoning Sylvia and the character of Reggie?

Troy Iwata: I actually auditioned for Kevin originally, sent in an audition tape for that and then just got an offer for Reggie so I was like…ok. Any opportunity that offers a refreshing glimpse into queer representation I’m all for. First off I was obsessed with how funny the script was and the blending of genres was enticing as well. I loved that it was a story that took place after the coming-out process, after the self-discovery and acceptance process. There’s an entire life that happens after all of those journeys for queer people and it’s light and beautiful...

Headed to select theaters on Friday, the horror-comedy Summoning Sylvia will soon thereafter be released on at-home VOD outlets on April 7 courtesy of The Horror Collective.

While you wait, check out the official trailer below.

The cast of Summoning Sylvia includes Travis Coles (Superstore), Michael Urie (Younger), Frankie Grande (Henry Danger), Nicholas Logan (I Care a Lot), Troy Iwata (Dash & Lily), Noah Ricketts (American Gods), Sean Grandillo (Scream: The TV Series), Camden Garcia (Station 19), and Veanne Cox (You’ve Got Mail) as the titular specter.

Summoning Sylvia tells the tale of Larry, who has been kidnapped by his three best friends for a bachelor weekend getaway at a haunted house. As they sashay through the dusty corridors, the comrades recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago: a murderous woman named Sylvia slaughtered her son and buried him beneath the house’s floorboards.

But then Larry remembers that...

Stars: Travis Coles, Frankie Grande, Troy Iwata, Noah J. Ricketts, Nicholas Logan, Michael Urie, Veanne Cox | Written and Directed by Wesley Taylor, Alex Wyse

A gay bachelor party gets mysterious when the group of men recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago. A woman, Sylvia, slaughtered, and buried her son beneath the floorboards. But things get even worse when Larry remembers he was supposed to be bonding with his soon-to-be brother-in-law, and as he invites him over, the séance begins.

If you hadn’t guessed from that synopsis above, Summoning Sylvia is a comedy horror and thankfully, what it does best, is actually be funny. There are lots of jokes on stereotypes, which could often seem as an easy joke or perhaps lazy but it doesn’t feel like that here at all. The two writers have to take credit for that (Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse...

Summoning Sylvia: "The Horror Collective is excited to announce the North American theatrical and Tvod release of their LGBTQ horror comedy Summoning Sylvia. Written and directed by Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse, the hair-raising romp tells the story of a gay bachelor party that takes a spooky turn when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned. The Horror Collective will release Summoning Sylvia in theaters nationwide March 31, 2023 and on Cable VOD and Digital HD April 7, 2023.

The cast of Summoning Sylvia includes Travis Coles (Superstore), Michael Urie (Younger), Frankie Grande (Henry Danger), Nicholas Logan (I Care a Lot), Troy Iwata (Dash & Lily), Noah Ricketts (American Gods), Sean Grandillo (Scream: The TV Series), Camden Garcia (Station 19), and Veanne Cox (You’ve Got Mail) as the titular specter."

Synopsis: "Summoning Sylvia tells the tale of Larry, who has been kidnapped by his three best friends for a bachelor weekend getaway at a haunted house. As...

Entertainment Squad has acquired the new LGBTQ-themed horror comedy Summoning Sylvia for worldwide distribution under its The Horror Collective banner.

Written and directed by Wesley Taylor (Smash, The Spongebob Musical) and Alex Wyse (Marvel’s Iron Fist, Masters of Sex) – who together created the Emmy-nominated digital series Indoor Boys – the film will have a day-and-date release in select theaters and on most major Tvod streaming platforms this spring.

Summoning Sylvia tells the story of a gay bachelor party that takes a spooky turn when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned. The warm and whimsical Larry has been kidnapped by his three best friends for a bachelor weekend getaway at a haunted house. As they sashay through the Victorian corridors, the comrades recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago: A murderous woman named Sylvia slaughtered her son and buried him beneath the floorboards. All seems fine and spooky until...

Today, Prime Video revealed the first-look of Emma Roberts as Rex in the new Amazon Original movie ‘Space Cadet’, which has just wrapped production. Space Cadet will be an extremely fun, very light-hearted coming of age story

Directed by Liz W Garcia from her own original screenplay, the film follows Florida party girl Rex (Emma Roberts), who turns out to be the only hope for the NASA space program after a fluke puts her in training with other candidates who may have better resumes, but don’t have her smarts, heart, and nerve.

Previously announced to star alongside Roberts are Poppy Liu, Gabrielle Union, Tom Hopper, Colombian pop star Sebastián Yatra, David Foley, and Desi Lydic. Prime Video is also excited to announce the additional casting of Kuhoo Verma, Yasha Jackson, Troy Iwata, Andrew Call, and Josephine Huang.

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Prime Video today shared the first-look image of Emma Roberts in the new original romcom Space Cadet.

Directed by Liz W. Garcia (The Lifeguard) from her own original screenplay, the film follows Florida party girl Rex (Roberts), who turns out to be the only hope for the NASA space program after a fluke puts her in training with other candidates who may have better resumes, but don’t have her smarts, heart, and nerve, the synopsis reads.

Previously announced to star alongside Roberts are Poppy Liu (Hacks), Gabrielle Union (The Inspection), Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy), Colombian pop star Sebastián Yatra, David Foley (The Kids in the Hall), and Desi Lydic (Awkward). Additional casting includes Kuhoo Verma (Plan B), Yasha Jackson (The Flight Attendant), Troy Iwata (Dash & Lily), Andrew Call (Z: The Beginning of Everything), and Josephine Huang.

Space Cadet will launch on Prime Video in more than 240 counties...

The romance is over for Dash & Lily. Netflix has confirmed the series will not be returning for a second season.

Austin Abrams and Midori Francis starred in the holiday romantic comedy series, from Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and Nick Jonas’ Image 32.

Described as a whirlwind Holiday romance, the series revolved around cynical Dash (Abrams) and optimistic Lily (Francis) who traded dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they passed back and forth at locations all across New York City, finding they had more in common with each other than they would have expected.

The season 1 finale, which aired in November 2020 and now serves as the series finale, saw Dash (Abrams) and Lily (Francis) finally kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve at NYC’s famed Strand Bookstore.

Based on the YA book series Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares from authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the series...

Hippies and techies square off in a battle for the ages in the upcoming film, Burning Man: The Musical, which will premiere August 27th via Broadway on Demand.

The new musical comedy tells the story of Molly, a recent graduate with a job at a tech company, who ventures to Black Rock City, where Burning Man is held each year. Unbeknownst to Molly, however, her new employer is bent on destroying Burning Man, and when she’s tasked with finding drugs for her boss’ exclusive party, Molly ends up embarking...

Travis Coles and Michael Urie are starring in “Summoning Sylvia,” a LGBTQ+ horror comedy.

The feature film recently wrapped production, and its previously unannounced cast also includes Frankie Grande (“Henry Danger”), Nicholas Logan (“I Care a Lot”), Troy Iwata (“Dash & Lily”), Noah Ricketts (Frozen), Sean Grandillo (“Scream: The TV Series”), Camden Garcia (“Station 19”), and Veanne Cox (“You’ve Got Mail”). “Summoning Sylvia” was written and directed by Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse, who previously created the Emmy-nominated digital series “Indoor Boys.”

“Summoning Sylvia” centers on a gay bachelor party that takes a spooky turn when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned. Larry (Coles) and his three best friends Nico (Grande), Reggie (Iwata), and Kevin (Ricketts) take off for a weekend getaway at a haunted house. But Larry forgot he’d promised his fiancé Jamie (Urie) that he’d entertain his mysterious future brother-in-law Harrison (Logan) that same weekend. After he...

Stars: Austin Abrams, Midori Francis, Dante Brown, Troy Iwata, James Saito, Leah Kreitz, Keana Marie, Glenn McCuen, Ianne Fields Stewart, Diego Guevara, Patrick Vaill, Jodi Long | Directed by Fred Savage, Pamela Romanowsky, Brad Silberling

Does it get any more festive than snow in New York? I know many, many people have the lifelong dream of spending Christmas in the Big Apple and I have to admit that it is a dream that I also share! The closest I am probably ever going to get to this dream was the opening moments of the new Netflix original series Dash and Lily which involves a panning camera which showing the classic New York buildings complete with snow falling from the sky!

Dash and Lily follows all the conventions of your classic teenage ‘relatable’ series; for example the contrast between Dash who hates Christmas with a passion, against Lily who loves the festive period.

(Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Netflix’s “Dash & Lily” through its finale.)

Eagle-eyed “Dash & Lily” fans who have already binged their way through the show’s eight-episode first season know that while Dash (Austin Abrams) and Lily (Midori Francis) spend the show running around New York City at Christmastime, completing dares while they fall in love via notebook with a little help from their friends, one key character only makes it outside twice: Lily’s brother, Langston.

“No, you are as observant as I am,” Troy Iwata, who plays Langston, said of his character’s self-imposed house arrest over winter break. “On our first day, when we went through the script, I went up to (creator Joe Tracz), who wrote it, and I was like, ‘So Langston literally never leaves his room?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah.’ So I said, ‘Great, I have some ideas for costuming.

(Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Netflix’s “Dash & Lily.”)

For Troy Iwata, his new Netflix holiday rom-com “Dash & Lily” is more than just a love letter to Christmas and New York City — it’s also a love letter to the queer and mixed-race communities that the gay actor, who is half-Japanese and half-Jewish, belongs.

“I think our show, it’s very refreshing for me to be able to represent both the queer community, but also the mixed-race community,” Iwata told TheWrap. “I think that our show does a really wonderful job of very unapologetically portraying Langston in that way.”

“Dash & Lily” focuses on the title characters, played by Austin Abrams and Midori Francis, who have a whirlwind romance at Christmastime in New York when Dash discovers a mysterious notebook left by Lily at her favorite bookstore, The Strand, to try to find her perfect match.

Most romances rely on chemistry to work on screen, which requires actors to actually be in scenes together. So what are two stars to do when the plot of the romance requires them to rarely even meet?  Dash & Lily's Midori Francis and Austin Abrams took some inspiration from their characters. In the new holiday-themed Netflix series, Lily (Francis) is hoping for a little romance in her life, so she and her brother Langston (Troy Iwata) leave a clue-filled journal in a bookstore. Dash (Abrams) finds it, and without ever meeting, he and Lily begin a romance played out in a journal full of clues, dares, and secrets that they leave for each other all over NYC.  Since Dash and Lily don't meet Irl...

This Dash & Lily review contains no spoilers.

With a big, beating heart and a surprising amount of insight, Netflix’s series Dash & Lily is here to remind us of the world outside and the magical feeling of falling in love in the “before-time.” Based on the young adult book series Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares from Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (who wrote Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) Dash & Lily continues in the proud tradition of Netflix romcoms and Netflix holiday fare of small-scale stories with warmth.

Lily, a shy teenager who’s sick of being the only one without a partner, optimistically puts a red moleskin notebook in New York’s famous Strand bookstore among some of her favorite books (Salinger) for a fellow bookworm to find. Inside the book is a puzzle and a dare, which heartbroken loner Dash finds and is eager to solve.

The truest litmus test for how someone feels about the Christmas season is a simple question: is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” a sad song about holiday loneliness, or a sweet song about persevering to celebrate life’s everyday joys? The genius of the song is that it equally serves both the glass half full and the glass half empty perspectives, which find themselves battling it out every December for ultimate superiority.

“Dash & Lily,” based on Rachel Cohn and David Levithan’s YA novel “Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares,” hinges on this exact conflict. Unfolding over the platonic ideal of a New York City Christmas week, “Dash & Lily” tells the story of an aggressively sweet teen romance between cynical Dash (Austin Abrams) with optimistic Lily (Midori Francis) as they each try to convince the other why Christmas sucks/rules. It’s never in doubt which side...

Vertical Entertainment has released the trailer for What Lies Below. In the footage, we learn that mom's new boyfriend is not exactly who he seems to be. The mystery thriller was directed and written by Braden R. Duemmler, and it will be available On Demand starting December 4th. While the release date isn't too far away, the footage makes it seem like a Halloween release would have been ideal for What Lies Below. Most people spent the majority of their Halloween indoors and this seems like it would have been a good addition.

What Lies Below focuses on Liberty, a socially awkward 16-year-old, who returns from two months at camp to a blindsided introduction of her Mother's fiancé, John Smith. His charm, intelligence, and beauty paint the picture of a man too perfect to be human. One can tell right from the start that something is off with Mr. Smith,...