‘Community’ star Joel McHale responds to Chevy Chase criticism

Ringo Starr has opened up about the “emotional” experience of creating The Beatles‘ upcoming “final” song ‘Now And Then’.The legendary drummer teamed up with his former bandmate Paul McCartney to make the last-ever track to feature all four members of the band, with the help of AI technology. It’ll be released globally at 2pm GMT this Thursday (November 2).John Lennon first wrote and recorded a demo of ‘Now And Then’ with just his piano and vocals in the late ’70s.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large And this time I have some backing: McHale himself. I recently got the most unusual pitch in my email: With the SAG-AFTRA strike ongoing, McHale can’t talk about the upcoming “Community” movie, his Fox sitcom “Animal Control,” or really, almost anything. But he can talk about Klondike ice cream bars.

Chase Sui Wonders has a new man in her life!

Selome Hailu Everyone loves a villain. The series premiere of “House of Villains,” which aired on E! on Oct. 12, reached an audience of 1.2 million viewers over a course of seven days of multiplatform viewing.

Selome Hailu Channel 4 in the U.K. has acquired the television rights for “Animal Control,” the Joel McHale-led comedy that debuted on Fox in February. The series will air on E4, a linear channel operated by Channel 4 that targets the adults 18-34 demographic.

Fox‘s Animal Control is headed to Channel 4 in the UK.

The Chevy Chase Show” premiered Sept. 7, 1993, on Fox — a week after “The Late Show With David Letterman” dropped on CBS — and was canned six weeks (and 29 episodes) into its run.Chase, whose movie career was on the skids after a string of flops (“Nothing But Trouble,” “Memoirs of Invisible Man”) was not Fox’s first choice to host its first foray into late-night following “The Joan Rivers Show” — which lasted seven months from October 1986 to May 1997 — and “The Wilton-North Report,” a hybrid sketch-comedy/talk show that aired for four weeks.Fox wanted Dolly Parton as its late-night star but her manager, who also represented Chase, recommended him. Chase, who was 18 years past his initial “Saturday Night Live” fame, was reportedly paid $3 million, and Fox spent another $1 million renovating the Aquarius Theater in LA — renaming it The Chevy Chase Theater.

Joel McHale is responding to recent comments made by his Community costar Chevy Chase about the show, which Chase left one year before it ended in 2014.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Joel McHale was asked by People magazine to weigh in on Chevy Chase‘s recent diss of “Community,” the NBC sitcom they starred on together as series regulars for four seasons (McHale continued with the show for two additional seasons), to which McHale said: “He stopped hurting my feelings in 2009.” Speaking on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, Chase said “Community” wasn’t “funny enough for me, ultimately,” adding: “I felt a little bit constrained. Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.” Asked about his character, millionaire Pierce Hawthorne, Chase added, “I didn’t mind the character.

Chevy Chase‘s recent comments about their comedy “Community.”The 80-year-old “Saturday Night Live” alum made headlines last month on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast where he said the show “wasn’t funny enough.”McHale, 51, told People recently that Chase “stopped hurting my feelings in 2009.”“I was like, ‘Hey, no one was keeping you there,'” he continued. “I mean, we weren’t sentenced to that show.” “It was like, ‘All right, you could have left if you really wanted that.’ But yeah, you know Chevy.

Joel McHale is reacting to comments former co-star Chevy Chase made about their show Community.

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 10, Episode 4 of “The Masked Singer,” “2000s Night,” which aired Oct. 11 on Fox. Michael Rapaport had never sung in public until “The Masked Singer.” Now, he can’t stop. Rapaport was unmasked on Wednesday as the Pickle, the latest costumed celebrity to go home on the hit Fox unscripted series.

House of Villains, E!’s new series featuring reality TV baddies such as Vanderpump Rules’ Jax Taylor and The Apprentice’s Omarosa, is looking to “lean into the comedy” of the genre, according to its exec producer.

It wouldn’t be horror movie season without a couple of trailers for slashers, right? With Eli Roth finally making his “Thanksgiving” trailer from “Grindhouse” a full-blown feature film, it’s safe to assume audiences don’t need another holiday-set slasher this year. Not so fast.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has promoted Lamar Chase to SVP, Current Programming. Reporting to EVP Current Programming Marie Jacobson, who heads the indie studio’s current scripted series department, Chase will continue to work alongside Morgana Cabrera-Rosenberg who was promoted to SVP, Current Programming in March.

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from the Season 3 finale of Hulu‘s Only Murders In The Building.

Would you like a silent action film with little to no dialogue, or would you like the return of action-giant John Woo to the stage of American action cinema? And hey, how about both? Because that’s what you’ll get in Lionsgate’s “Silent Night,” a nonstop, action-packed thrill ride starring Joel Kinnaman (“The Killing,” “RoboCop,” “Suicide Squad”), with Catalina Sandino Moreno (“Barbarians,” “The Affair”), and Grammy award-winning musician and actor Scott Mescudi (aka “Kid Cudi”)  READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 60+ Most Anticipated Movies To Watch “It was a very smart script, and the story really touched me [because] I have three children,” Woo, whose legendary action bonafides include 1989’s “The Killer” and 1997’s “Face/Off,” told Entertainment Weekly this week.

Game of Thrones is the sort of industry dominating, pop culture titan that comes around every so often and totally changes the game. And while the characters fought for the Iron Throne, the show made its stars wealthy in real life.

chase, this actor is not always about keeping it politically correctChevy Chase cemented himself as a pioneer of the TV comedy world — starring in programs like “Saturday Night Live,” “Community” and the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” film series.However, the 79-year-old comedian has made a reputation for himself for being quite difficult in Hollywood — with several controversies and feuds erupting throughout his career.Chase made headlines when he fought with fellow “SNL” member Bill Murray while filming an episode in 1978 and the two came to blows in costar John Belushi’s dressing room.The issue occurred when the “Lost in Translation” star, 73, reportedly made a rude comment about Chase’s tumultuous marriage to Jacqueline Carlin.The “Caddyshack” actor then bashed Murray’s physical appearance and the duo got into a brawl.“Billy Murray and I came to fisticuffs, but we never really ended up hitting each other,” Chase said when asked about Murray in a 2010 interview with Esquire. “We tried, but Belushi got in the middle and we both ended up hitting John.