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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.

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‘I.S.S.’ Review: Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina Lend Gravitas to Low-Key Space Thriller

Michael Nordine author “Indie sci-fi thriller” aren’t words we get to say often enough, even if the reason why is obvious: Making aliens, rocket ships, and the cold vacuum of space look real is expensive. Tribeca Film Festival offering “I.S.S.” avoids that issue by taking place entirely aboard the International Space Station, which becomes the staging ground for a proxy war when a nuclear conflict breaks out between America and Russia. That premise wouldn’t have been out of place in a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, and “Our Friend” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, working from a Black List script by Nick Shafir, comes close to maximizing its potential with help from a stellar ensemble led by Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina.

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One small smell for a man, one giant stink for mankind: Why farts in space can be deadly

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino was part of space shuttle Columbia’s crew on a 2002 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, and he went to space again in 2009 on Columbia’s sister ship Atlantis.He explained that unpleasant bodily odours don’t dissipate the way they might do here on Earth.”Farts can kind of hang out,” Mike told Gizmodo. “There’s not as much airflow as on Earth.

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Foundry Literary + Media Co-Founder Peter McGuigan Launches Ultra Literary

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorPeter McGuigan, who co-created the New York literary agency Foundry Literary + Media with Yfat Reiss Gendell, has launched a new agency dubbed Ultra Literary.The move comes after the news last week that Gendell exited Foundry to form YRG Partners, taking Foundry agents Tanusri Prasanna, Peter Steinberg and Adriann Ranta Zurhellen and their clients with her. That agency will focus on representing publishing rights for writers and consumer brands.McGuigan’s client include Trevor Noah, Patrick deWitt, April Ryan, Ben Jealous, Bret Witter, Pamela Des Barres, Ellis Henican, Mike Massimino, Wesley Snipes, Andy Richter, Jeff Foxworthy, Robin Gaby Fisher and Frank Figliuzzi among others.

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Kal Penn, Fresh Off ‘Daily Show’ Run, Sees New Opportunities in Late Night

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