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Disney is preparing to facilitate the crossover event of the year, and not a Marvel superhero or piece of pre-existing IP is in sight.

Sony will be releasing the untitled Keke Palmer and SZA R-rated comedy on Jan. 24, 2025.

Angelique Jackson Keke Palmer and SZA‘s highly-anticipated team-up movie is coming to theaters next January. The TriStar Pictures movie — produced by Issa Rae‘s Hoorae, written by Syreeta Singleton and directed by Lawrence Lamont — will get a theatrical release on Jan. 24, 2025.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Fresh off her Emmy win, “The Bear” star Liza Colón-Zayas is hitting the campaign trail for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Colón-Zayas, as well as “In the Heights” star Anthony Ramos, will join Gov. Walz at a rally focusing on Latino voters on Sept.

The Abbott Elementary stars have arrived!

Tory Burch joined forces with Glamour to host a luncheon for some of the most talented TV actresses on Saturday (September 14) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Glamour and hosted their Emmy nominee's luncheon .'s Allison Janney and Leslie Bibb joined the ladies of Abbott Elementary (, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Janelle James), plus Aja Naomi King (), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Only Murders in the Building), Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show), Awkwafina (Quiz Lady), Louisa Jacobson (The Gilded Age) and more to toast their extraordinary achievements in television.Together they were joined by some of the industry's most notable executives, including Warner Bros. Television's Channing Dungey, 20th Television's Karey Burke, Apple TV+'s Michelle Lee, Universal Content Production and UIP's Beatrice Springborn, and Max's Sarah Aubrey.The celebration took place at Soho House Holloway in West Hollywood with guests adorning a variety of from recent collections, including SS25.

Katcy Stephan Actor, writer and social media star Joshua Neal has signed with ColorCreative, the talent management firm co-created by Issa Rae and Deneise Davis, and led by Talitha Watkins. The multi-hyphenate creator rose to popularity through his humorous short form internet content during the pandemic, with his videos amassing upwards of 10 million views. In just three years, he has accumulated 1.3 million followers on TikTok (@theejoshneal), 380,000 followers on Instagram and 124,000 followers on X.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large What a pinch-me moment for “The Bear” star Liza Colón-Zayas. After paying her dues for decades with stagework, one-off roles on TV shows and the occasional movie, she’s now an Emmy nominee. What’s more, she’s nominated in the comedy supporting actress field with icons like Carol Burnett and Meryl Streep.

Jack Dunn Over its three seasons, “Abbott Elementary” has won four Emmy Awards and landed 20 nominations, with nine of those nods coming from the upcoming 2024 ceremony on September 15. According to series star Chris Perfetti, much of the ABC sitcom’s success is due to the “very specific and very real” cast of characters developed by “Abbott Elementary” creator, actress and writer Quinta Brunson.

the ABC comedy series will crossover with another show during Season 4.“I’m not gonna tell you with who, or with what, or where, or when, but it’s really exciting and I think it’ll change television as we know it,” said Brunson, 34, as the crowd cheered over the weekend. The actress was joined by co-stars Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chris Perfetti, Lisa Ann Walter and William Stanford Davis when she shared the exciting news at the show’s panel.Walter, 60, joked that the crossover is with “House of the Dragon.”Brunson told Variety that she loved watching the 2006 crossover episode between “That’s So Raven,” “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” and “Hannah Montana” on Disney Channel, called “That’s So Suite Life of Hannah Montana.” “Those things are what reinvigorate TV viewers, TV watchers, and I think it’s always fun to find ways to reinvigorate our audiences,” she said.

EXCLUSIVE: Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow and Katt Williams have joined TriStar’s untitled buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and four-time Grammy-winning musician Sza. Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott and Patrick Cage will also star.

Now that the second batch of Emmy nominees has been announced, many TV watchers may want to play catchup after the double Hollywood strikes delayed the 2023 ceremony to January 2024, and the shows that came out between 2023 and 2024 will now be recognized in the second ceremony this year.

Abbott Elementary is one of the breakout US sitcoms of the decade.Created by Quinta Brunson, who also stars as teacher Janine Teagues, the mockumentary sitcom is set in an underfunded public school in Philadelphia, where a documentary crew is recording the lives of teachers who are trying their best against the odds.Along with Brunson, the show stars Tyler James Williams as teacher Gregory, Janelle James as principal Ava Coleman, Lisa Ann Walter as second-grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti, Sheryl Lee Ralph as kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard, and Chris Perfetti as history teacher Jacob Hill.The show has won four Emmys since it began in 2021, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for Brunson.The show was renewed for a fourth season back in February, shortly after the third season debuted in the US and following the Hollywood strikes.At the time of writing (July 10), an exact date hasn’t been released.The show, however, will be back as part of the 2024-2025 broadcast schedule at ABC, so it’s expected to return (in the US, at least) later this year.

Max has set a Thursday, July 18 premiere date for its new adult animated series Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, a spinoff of Harley Quinn. The series debuts with two episodes on July 18, followed by one new episode weekly through September 12.

Selena Kuznikov Max has released the official trailer for “Harley Quinn” adult animated spinoff “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!” The series will debut on Max with two episodes on July 18, followed with a new episode weekly through Sept. 12.

Abbott Elementary concludes its third season with a climactic payoff between Janine Teagues (Quinta Brunson) and Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams).Created by Brunson, the mockumentary sitcom is set in an underfunded public school in Philadelphia, where a documentary crew is recording the lives of teachers who are trying their best against the odds.Other cast members include Janelle James as principal Ava Coleman, Lisa Ann Walter as second-grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti, Sheryl Lee Ralph as kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard, and Chris Perfetti as history teacher Jacob Hill.The show has won four Emmys since it began in 2021, including Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for Brunson.In the season three finale, titled Party, Abbott Elementary significantly pushed forward the will-they-or-won’t-they relationship dynamic between Janine and Gregory.After the party at Janine’s ends, Gregory, who initially leaves, returns to her doorway after everyone else has left. The pair then passionately kiss, before Gregory shuts the door on the camera, and subsequently the blinds on the window, as the episode ends.While this isn’t the first time they have kissed, following the drunken encounter in season two episode Teacher Conference, this feels like a key turning point.

EXCLUSIVE: There will be quite a few familiar faces roaming the halls of Willard R. Abbott Elementary in the coming weeks.

Bradley Cooper just made a surprise appearance on a brand new episode of Abbott Elementary!

Abbott Elementary isn’t going anywhere.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Two years ago, the hashtag #EmmysSoWhite began trending when the Television Academy failed to award any major acting trophies to people of color. The pendulum has swung, with this year’s ceremony awarding a record-breaking number of POC across all major categories: drama, comedy, limited, reality and variety series — a first in the TV Academy’s history.