More from Mikey O'Connell
Roy Wood Jr. Has One ‘Daily Show’ Regret
The comic, who has has a new series, a new special and a new movie, is happy to take a look back — but he's also preoccupied with the future of media: "The idea of taking a chance on someone and just putting a motherfucker on TV? That's done."
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“I Lost My Home in the L.A. Wildfire. This Is What I’m Holding On To.”
THR writer Mikey O'Connell lost his house in Altadena, a neighborhood that taught him many things — perspective, gratitude and, most recently, that he's not so good in a crisis.
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Netflix Made Me Watch WWE — And It’s Betting $5 Billion You’ll Watch Too
A first-time wrestling watcher bears witness to the formal Hollywoodification of one of America's most absurd and strangely appealing spectacles.
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Reintroducing Bozoma Saint John
The flamboyant marketing exec (Apple, Uber, Endeavor, Netflix) attempts to rebrand ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ with some much-needed diplomacy — if only her castmates would listen: “Sometimes people aren’t looking for the solution. They just want to yell.”
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How Jessica Williams Found Herself By Not Being Jessica Williams
After a prominent turn on ‘The Daily Show’ and a buzzy podcast, the comedian says she got a lot of offers just to play herself. But that’s not the career the Emmy-nominated ‘Shrinking’ star envisioned.
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‘Hot Ones’ Maker Goes Independent in BuzzFeed Exit
Sean Evans and company cut an eight-figure deal, with backing from a consortium including Crooked Media and Soros Fund Management, as First We Feast becomes a self-run multi-platform media company and content studio.
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‘Y2K’ Filmmaker Kyle Mooney Gives the ’90s the Ending It Deserved
The 'SNL' alum talks about recapturing the era of teen movies... in a teen movie, with everything but an actual iMac: "I don't think Apple wanted their machines strangling people."
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Nicole Avant Wants You to Stop Whining
The producer, author and top Democratic booster has a new film — Tyler Perry historical drama 'The Six Triple Eight,’ coming to her husband Ted Sarandos’ Netflix — and some constructive criticism for her party: “People need a reality check.”
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The No-Longer-Quite-So-Simple Life of Nicole Richie
Twenty years after breaking out in the nepo baby reality show that launched a culture-defining genre, the wryly hilarious 43-year-old is juggling screen roles, a lifestyle empire, two teenagers, needy honeybees and now an operatic reunion with lifelong bestie Paris Hilton.
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Netflix, WWE Execs Preview ‘RAW’ Streaming Move, Address Tyson-Paul Fight Glitches
Buffering or not, streaming seems to be the future for wrestling: "The WWE was on UPN and then Nashville Network, which became TNN, which became Spike, which is now Paramount, which is now wholly irrelevant."
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Next Gen 2024: 35 Rising Hollywood Executives Under 35
THR's 31st annual tally of the most ambitious up-and-comers in the industry.
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Ronny Chieng, “No. 8” on the Asian-Guy Casting Wish List, Is Suddenly Everywhere
The comic, longtime ‘Daily Show’ correspondent and star of Hulu’s “Interior Chinatown” vows success won’t keep him from “shitting on” Donald Trump.
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