Kal Penn: Last News

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

It’s been over a year since Trevor Noah stepped down from his longtime role as host of The Daily Show at Comedy Central. However, the network is finally teasing a new development for the popular show.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kal Penn hopes the second time’s the charm. The actor last week completed his second turn behind the desk of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” which has been seeking a successor to host Trevor Noah for the better part of a year, a process that was delayed by the recent Hollywood labor strikes. Penn joins comedians Sarah Silverman and Leslie Jones as well as Charlamagne Tha God as hosts who were invited to take one more crack at the assignment after doing a previous one.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kal Penn and Charlamagne Tha God will each take another stab behind the desk of Comedy Central‘s venerable “Daily Show” as the Paramount Global network keeps looking for a new permanent host. Charlamagne Tha God will lead the show during the week of December 4 while Penn will orchestrate things during the week of December 11, Comedy Central said Tuesday. The network has been conducting a protracted search for new talent since earlier this year, in a bid to replace the previous master of ceremonies, Trevor Noah.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

“Harold & Kumar” star appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, where he explained he didn’t speak much about his sexuality until the release of his 2021 memoir “You Can’t Be Serious” — partially because of an early, awkward misunderstanding with his manager. “You know, I shared my story with my brother and my parents first.

Governor Ron DeSantis is hitting back at President Joe Biden, who slammed the Sunshine State’s anti-transgender policies as “cruel” and “close to sinful.” The far-right Florida Republican is using a far-right extremist, one has been accused of promoting stochastic terrorism, to make his point.In a “Daily Show” interview with former Obama White House aide, actor Kal Penn, President Biden denounced Florida’s anti-transgender policies.“What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, ‘close to sinful,'” President Biden told Penn. “It’s just terrible what they’re doing.”READ MORE: DeSantis and Far-Right Falsely Blame Wokeness and Diversity as Reason Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed (Video)“It’s not like a kid wakes up one morning and says, ‘You know, I decided I want to become a man or I want to become a woman,” Biden added.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Brooke Shields is coming soon to a pair of earbuds near you with her first podcast — in which the actor, model and author explores pivotal moments in people’s lives. “Now What? With Brooke Shields,” produced by iHeartMedia, is set to launch Oct. 11, to be available on the iHeartRadio app and all major podcast platforms. In each episode, to be released weekly on Tuesdays, Shields will chat with experts, authors and celebrity guests about the things that “knocked them off their feet and what they did to get back up,” according to iHeart. “Every success and every setback is accompanied by a choice, and that choice is the answer to one question: ‘Now what?’”

Just three days after it was revealed that he was about to head into outer space, Pete Davidson is remaining on Earth.The 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star was revealed to be one of the six guests aboard the next flight of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company.Blue Origin announced on TwitterThursday evening that the flight of New Shepard originally scheduled for March 23 will now happen on March 29, and that Davidson will not be aboard. Grounded:Just three days after it was revealed that he was about to head into outer space, Pete Davidson is remaining on Earth Shuttle:The 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star was revealed to be one of the six guests aboard the next flight of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company Not aboard:Blue Origin announced on Twitter Thursday evening that the flight of New Shepard originally scheduled for March 23 will now happen on March 29, and that Davidson will not be aboard'Blue Origin's 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29,' the tweet began.'Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission.

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has added four new cast members to Peter Tolan’s upcoming comedy pilot “Belated.”Alongside previously announced series lead Kal Penn, the pilot will also star Ellie Taylor, Kaden Kearney, Amir Bageria (“Degrassi: The Next Class” “Grand Army”), and EaeMya ThynGi (“Motherland: Fort Salem,” “Bad Seed 2”).The half-hour series follows an unexpected intergenerational friendship between Sachin (Penn), a recently out man in his 40s, and Clay (Kearney), a 17-year-old trans teen, as Sachin and his ex-wife (Taylor) and children (Bageria and ThynGi) attempt to find their new normal.Tolan will write, direct, and executive produce the “Belated” pilot. Nick Alford of Cloudland will also executive produce. FX Productions is the studio. Variety exclusively reported the pilot had been set up at the basic cabler back in October 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Former MTV topper Van Toffler is back in a formal relationship with the company where he spent almost three decades as an executive. MTV Entertainment Group has signed a multi-picture deal with independent studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by Van Toffler, former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group. The pact follows MTVE’s collaboration with Gunpowder & Sky on Comedy Central’s Hot Mess Holiday movie, starring Kal Penn, which was recently nominated for two NAACP awards, and signals a push in that area for the ViacomCBS division.