Judy Blume: Last News

“Tha God Honest Truth” and featured sketches, social experiments and A-list guests, including Vice President Kamala Harris.It’s back now as “Comedy Central’s Hell of A Week with Charlamagne Tha God,” with Josh Lieb, a former executive producer of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” brought on board to help steer the ship.Charlamagne (aka Lenard McKelvey) — a radio Hall of Famer who co-hosts the nationally syndicated “The Breakfast Club” on Power 105.1 with DJ Envy and Angela Yee — spoke to The Post about “Hell of A Week” and about its mission going forward.Why was the show rebranded?The rebrand is literally because that’s what corporate wanted. They do these focus groups and research groups and testings … “Hell of a Week” reads more like a weekly late-night talk show than “Tha God’s Honest Truth.” I’m always a student and trying to learn and I’m also trying to win — so if the network comes to me and says, “We think that with a tweak like this more viewers will come to the show and realize it’s a weekly late-night talk show” … I’m gonna trust the experts.Will the focus on a panel format impact the way you host the show?“I actually think [the panel format] makes me looser because I really do enjoy conversations in a community and I love … exchanging ideas and debating.

The Peabody Awards has announced the sophomore season of its We Disrupt This Broadcast podcast, along with a star-studded lineup of guests.

We’re getting the first look at Forever, Netflix‘s upcoming drama series starring Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone. The streamer dropped the first teaser Thursday at its Next on Netflix 2025 event.

Selome Hailu “Forever,” the 1975 coming-of-age novel by Judy Blume, is the inspiration for Netflix‘s newest teen drama. The series is named after Blume’s classic book about two high schoolers losing their virginity, but it isn’t a beat-for-beat adaptation. Instead, “Forever” is described as “an epic love story of two Black teens exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other’s firsts, set in Los Angeles, 2018.” As previously announced, the cast will be led by Lovie Simone as confident track star Keisha Clark and Michael Cooper Jr.

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Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds may be a boy, and a Canadian, and a member of Gen X, but thanks to wife Blake Lively, he has the heart of an American millennial girlie, and we’re so grateful.In an Instagram post, praised the many ways Reynolds has taken his wife’s interests to heart, posting a picture of the two of them kissing followed by a video montage of Reynolds, as Deadpool/Wade Wilson, making references to millennial pop culture.“Tell me Deadpool’s married to a millennial girl in real life without telling me…” says to the camera before the montage starts. It includes the masked merc listening to Avril Lavigne, referencing Harry Potter and Frozen, listening to Celine Dion (while striking a pose from ’80s classic Flashdance, but we won’t hold that against him), calling a goth girl “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” name-dropping Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony, saying his hair is a “summer balayage,” and referencing Judy Blume (a classic for all ages but, again, go with it).This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In the caption, Blake Lively enthused over her husband embracing her interests, writing, “Brb I’m buying milky pens to write your name on my hand @vancityreynolds.” She noted that her own movie, , is coming out soon, but she’s not competitive, and in fact thinks women should see Deadpool & Wolverine when it hits theaters, continuing, “It’s hard not to encourage my ladies to spot all the ways we’ve influenced @deadpoolmovie I’ve never been more proud.

It was 1984 and the author of bestselling children’s books including “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,” “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Blubber” was invited to appear on CNN’s “Crossfire,” a news entertainment show co-hosted by liberal journalist Tom Braden and conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan. As the guest, Blume sat between them, smiling anxiously at the camera.Buchanan kicked off the conversation. “Ms.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) has signed on to star alongside Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz in Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller for Sony Pictures, based on the books by Charlie Huston.

Angelique Jackson When Karen Pittman calls for our early-morning interview, she’s noticeably perky for someone who wrapped filming at 2 a.m. the night before. She’s in the midst of shooting “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s seminal — and controversial — 1975 novel about two teens’ first love and intimacy.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Katherine Mallen Kupferer, one of the breakout stars of “Ghostlight,” has signed with Fusion Entertainment for management. “Ghostlight” premiered at Sundance and will be released across the country this summer by IFC Films and Sapan Studios.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Anthony Hemingway has boarded the Netflix series adaptation of the Judy Blume novel “Forever” to direct multiple episodes, Variety has learned exclusively. The series stars Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. and hails from creator Mara Brock Akil.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has rounded out the cast for Forever, adding Xosha Roquemore (Captain America) and Marvin Lawrence Winans III (Abbott Elementary) as series regulars opposite Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone in the upcoming drama series from Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil. Additionally, five have been cast in recurring roles. They are Barry Shabaka Henley (A Star is Born), Ali Gallo (Unhuman), Niles Fitch (This is Us), Paigion Walker (All American) and E’myri Crutchfield (Fargo). In addition to Simone and Cooper, they join previously announced Wood Harris and Karen Pittman.

My guest this week is Karen Pittman. She’s hit the headlines lately for her reported departure from the Max show And Just Like That…, and in this episode of 20 Questions on Deadline she explains why she won’t be back for Season 3.

EXCLUSIVE: Adriyan Rae lands recurring role on Netflix’s Forever created by Mara Brock Akil.  

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Karen Pittman — who played Dr. Nya Wallace on “And Just Like That” since the “Sex and the City” revival premiered in 2021 — will not return for Season 3. After two seasons on the “Sex and the City” revival series on Max, the streamer announced that Pittman would not reprise her character for the upcoming season, due to scheduling conflicts.

EXCLUSIVE: A fan-favorite character is leaving And Just Like That… Karen Pittman, who played Nya Wallace in the first two seasons of the Sex and the City sequel, will not be returning for the upcoming third season of the hit Max series.

Karen Pittman (The Morning Show) and The Wire alum Wood Harris are set as leads opposite Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone in Forever, Netflix’s upcoming drama series from Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Given the current dismal political and cultural climate as well as streaming services’ massive appetite for celebrity driven content, it comes as no surprise that the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival is chock full of portrait documentaries. Frida Kahlo, Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross and Tammy Faye are just a few of the boldface names that are being examined in various docus featured in the Sundance nonfiction lineup. The festival is no stranger to star-driven docus.

Nick Clement The way an actor approaches and prepares for a role can be different with each project, and in some instances, the material presents specific obstacles that make the experience even more personally fulfilling or transcendent. This is true for actors of any age but is especially notable for a trio of younger talent in this awards season. One of the year’s best performances arrived in last summer’s coming-of-age dramedy, “Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret,” from the now-15-year-old Abby Ryder Fortson.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Get in, loser. We’re riding with Rachel McAdams because she’s still Queen Bee. Since she’s become a mother, life has changed.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Kelly Fremon Craig‘s adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which marks the first time a book penned by YA icon Judy Blume has made it to the big screen.