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Demi Moore is opening up about her film roles.

Abigail Lee The Variety Podcasting Brunch presented by YouTube at SXSW featured creators Sean Evans, Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neal and Marques Brownlee discussing their video content amidst YouTube’s 20th anniversary. The discussion, moderated by Variety‘s Clayton Davis, was a live taping of the Variety Awards Circuit podcast. Evans spoke about his YouTube series “Hot Ones,” which features celebrity guests answering questions while eating chicken wings.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor In a special live taping of Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast at SXSW, some of YouTube’s most influential creators sat down to discuss the platform’s evolution as it approaches its 20th anniversary this April. Joining the conversation were Sean Evans, Host of “Hot Ones” and Chief Creative Officer, First We Feast; Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, Hosts of “Good Mythical Morning” and Founders, Mythical Entertainment; and Marques Brownlee, Host of “Waveform Podcast.” Each reflected on their unexpected journeys to digital stardom and the changing landscape of content creation.

Hot Ones co-creator and host Sean Evans stopped by the Deadline Studio at SXSW 2025 to celebrate a decade of the hit YouTube series that has redefined celebrity interviews—one spicy wing at a time. Over the years, Evans has grilled some of the biggest stars in the world as they push through an increasingly fiery lineup of hot sauces while answering his meticulously researched questions.

Charli XCX is reportedly being eyed to play the White Witch Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming Chronicles of Narnia film for Netflix.According to Deadline, the multiple Grammy winner is among the top choices for the role and talks have been ongoing for a while, although nothing concrete has yet been agreed.In 2018, Netflix announced it would develop new series and film projects based on C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia novels, and Gerwig was brought on board in 2020 to adapt and direct.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube, 20 years after it launched and soon became the most massive video repository on Earth, has been an economic engine that powers a huge part of what’s known as the “creator economy.” Today, a class of entrepreneurial creators distributes their shows on the platform and take a cut of the revenue from ads served on their channels (a 55% share under YouTube’s standard deal). They have leveraged that footprint into other lines of business like merchandise, live events and more.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Sean Evans’ celebrity guests on “Hot Ones” have cursed at him. They’ve cried. They’ve expressed deep regret about agreeing to come on his show.

William Earl YouTube and Variety are teaming up to host the inaugural Variety Podcasting Brunch, presented by YouTube at SXSW, on March 8 in Austin, Texas. The Variety Podcasting Brunch will be headlined by Sean Evans, host of “Hot Ones”; Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, the hosts of “Good Mythical Morning“; and Marques Brownlee, host of “Waveform Podcast” in a panel discussion about how they are trailblazing storytelling and fan engagement across popular talk shows and podcasts.

Rob McElhenney may have been cut out of last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, but a previous acting experience of his blotted out from another film stung more.

Lady Gaga has revealed that she once considered “walking away” from music, saying she was “tested” in the past.The pop star appeared on the latest episode of the Hot Ones podcast, where host Sean Evans interviews celebrities as they eat increasingly spicy chicken wings.Towards the end of the conversation, Evans asked Gaga: “What’s the closest you’ve ever come to walking away?” This came after he put one of the singer’s past quotes to her, about how she’d “created this beautiful disco ball that’s somehow refracted and fractured”.The presenter continued, asking whether “a specific project or something more existential, or just the experience of being an artist” had led Gaga to rethink her career choice at any point.“That is an incredibly deep question to ask me in this panic mode,” she replied. “I missed the community that I had in New York [when she made it], and that was really hard. So there were definitely times where I felt like maybe I should walk away.“I know for sure that I never would.

Matthew McConaughey proposes a wild movie idea to Barbie director Greta Gerwig in his extremely star-studded 2025 Super Bowl commercial for Uber Eats.

Uber Eats’ latest Super Bowl 2025 ad combines previously featured Matthew McConaughey and Charli XCX with Martha Stewart in a new segment that explores the conspiracy football was invented to sell food.

Matthew McConaughey and Charli XCX have joined forces for an Uber Eats Super Bowl advert – watch it here.The ad is hooked onto the idea that American football is all a conspiracy to make people hungry. McConaughey portrays the ‘inventor’ of the sport, as well as the founder of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and former players Mike Ditka and Peyton Manning.Charli XCX, real name Charlotte Aitchison, led the celebrity cameos, with Kevin Bacon, Sean Evans, Martha Stewart and Greta Gerwig also making appearances.McConaughey goes through flashbacks to important moments in his own football history, from the development of the “pigskin” nickname to “make people crave bacon” with the Footloose actor to the founding of the Buffalo Bills with Hot Ones host Evans – over a plate of Buffalo wings, of course.We then travel to the present day, where Aitchison and Stewart are sat together.

Bad Bunny recently appeared as a guest on Hot Ones and chickened out of the hot wings challenge, claiming that he is looking out for his colon.The Latin superstar was the latest guest as part of First We Feast‘s series that sees celebrities interviewed whilst tackling a number of chicken wings covered in increasingly spicy hot sauces.“It’s a problem because they’re so fucking spicy but it’s really good,” Bad Bunny – real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – told Hot Ones host Sean Evans while starting to dive into the wings. “I should’ve asked my doctor before this shit.”The ‘Mia’ singer made sure to vocalise his concerns about the effect the spicy wings would have on him, saying: “I’m worried about my colon,” before adding: “I think I will be at the bathroom the whole trip from here to Puerto Rico.”To help cool down and calm Bentio’s face and mouth, Evans offered the singer ice cream to which Benito immediately lights up and responds with: “That sounds nice!” After taking a bite, the singer commented, “Ice cream! Is this coconut? Best idea ever.”After the ice cream break, the ‘NUEVAYoL’ singer decided to tap out and call it quits right after the famously tough Da Bomb hot sauce wing.

Hot Ones is bringing in the big bucks!

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in cash to a group of investors.

Hot Ones, the buzzy talk show where celebrities face questions and even hotter chicken, is under new management.

Ben Stiller is looking back at Zoolander 2 and still doesn’t understand why it didn’t match the first film’s success.

Demi Moore has a tried-and-true approach when choosing her next film roles — and it might not be what you think.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Donald Duck got a spicy sit-down on “Hot Ones.” VP Kamala Harris had no such luck. Not that it would have changed the outcome of the election, but the Harris campaign had wanted the Democratic presidential candidate to appear on “Hot Ones,” the popular chicken-wing-eating show on YouTube that has featured an array of celebrities blinking back tears as they sample increasingly piquant sauces and banter with host Sean Evans.

Although Maya Rudolph has hilariously appeared on three fictional episodes of YouTube‘s Hot Ones, don’t expect her to ever take the spicy challenge in real life.