Donald Glover: Tina Fey told me I was a ‘diversity’ hire on ‘30 Rock’

Liz Lemon and Leslie Knope are leaving the TV screen and hitting the road.Starting April 27 at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will take off on their 14-show ‘Restless Leg Tour’ that will send them all over North America up until their final shows in Atlantic City on June 10 and June 11.At all shows, the “30 Rock” and “Parks and Rec” comediennes will “celebrate their 30 years of friendship with an evening of jokes, iconic stories and conversational entertainment.”“If this tour goes right, we can finally end this friendship,” Poehler and Fey cracked in a joint statement.And if you need last-minute tickets to see the ladies with ten (!) Emmy wins between them, we’re here to help out.Seats for all 14 shows are still available.While they’re not overwhelmingly affordable — we did find some tickets for only $77 before fees on Vivid Seats.Not a bad price to see two Weekend Update anchors at once.Want to catch Fey and Poehler’s ‘Restless Leg Tour’ live?Here’s everything you need to know about how to see your favorite gal pals this spring and summer.All prices listed above were found at the time of publication and are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available for all 14 shows can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Chrissy Teigen, Tina Fey, Daniel Radcliffe and more are lending their voices for a new adult animated comedy series, , from the producers behind and . The Netflix series will launch Friday, May 12, it was announced Tuesday.picks up «after Earth is destroyed by an alien attack, a rag-tag band of survivors has to start society over from scratch.

Netflix has set the full cast for Mulligan, its upcoming animated comedy series from Tina Fey, who also stars, and Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). In addition to Fey, Nat Faxon, Chrissy Teigen, Sam Richardson, Dana Carvey and Phil LaMarr have been cast as series regulars and Daniel Radcliffe, Kevin Michael Richardson Ayo Edebiri and Ronny Cheng will recur. The series will premiere Friday, May 12 on Netflix. See the character posters below.

Donald Glover's multimedia company Gilga has put out an open call for applications in nine different roles. The multimedia company was detailed in a recent GQ profile outlining Glover's vision for a production studio, incubator, restaurant, and beyond.

Donald Glover, otherwise known as Childish Gambino, is revealing details about “This Is America.”

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told GQ in a new video feature about his “most iconic” characters. “As like, a funny way of doing it.

Donald Glover has confirmed that Lucasfilm are discussing the possibility of a Lando Calrissian series for Disney+.The potential Star Wars series was first announced back in 2020, but further developments have yet to emerge.Glover is set to reprise the role of the titular character, having previously portrayed him in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars story.While the fate of the series is still uncertain, Glover recently confirmed in an interview that Lucasfilm is definitely interested in moving ahead with the project.Speaking to GQ, he said: “Lando is definitely somebody I’d like to hang out with. I mean we’re talking about it.

Malia Obama and Donald Glover will continue to work together in the future. In a new profile, Glover spoke about Malia and revealed that his new production company would be developing Malia’s short film, which she’s “creating.”Michelle Obama talks about Malia and Sasha and their changes over the yearsMalia Obama laughs alongside Joe Biden’s grandkidsGlover spoke with GQ magazine, sharing that his production company Gilga will be producing the short film. He also talked a bit about “mentoring” Malia, sharing a piece of advice with her.

While “Solo: A Star Wars Story” isn’t one of the premier films in the franchise, most people can agree that Donald Glover’s performance as a young Lando Calrissian is pretty great. And there have been rumors about more Glover in the galaxy far, far away, but no confirmation that it’ll happen.

Donald Glover has spoken candidly about his time working on 30 Rock, and said that Tina Fey told him he was a “diversity hire”.The actor and rapper, also known as Childish Gambino, was speaking during a new interview yesterday (April 4), when he explained how he got his first writing job, working for the US sitcom 30 Rock.According to Glover, he got the role back in 2006, back when he was still a resident assistant in Goddard – living in a dorm in New York City. However, despite performing well in his role, he consistently felt like an outsider.“It definitely didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there,” he told GQ.

In a profile published today, Donald Glover gave GQ’s Mark Anthony Green his take on the generally lukewarm, sometimes angry public attitude toward the third season of Atlanta. The season, which aired in March 2022, six months before the premiere of the series’ fourth and final series (which received a much more favorable critical response), was an experimental endeavor. Set in Europe and regularly exploring tangential storylines, it often meandered far afield from the show’s central plot.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Malia Obama is staying in the Donald Glover business. As part of a new GQ cover story on the “Atlanta” creator, Glover revealed that his newly-created production company, Gilga, is developing a short film with Malia Obama, the eldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama. GQ confirmed Malia is “creating” the short film. It’s unconfirmed at this time if Malia will direct the project. Malia already has experience working with Glover as part of the writer’s room of his buzzy Amazon Prime Video series “Swarm,” which debuted March 17 on the streaming platform. Malia had a writing credit on the show’s fifth episode, “Girl Bye,” alongside series co-creator Janine Nabers.

Donald Glover is stepping into a new era of his career, one where he helps foster «the freshest entertainment and art» with Gilga, his new production company/incubator/cultural library. In an interview for 's first-ever Global Creativity Awards issue, Glover explains that the company is named after Gilgamesh, the mythic Mesopotamian hero who angered the gods. «Gilga is like Erewhon for culture,» the 39-year-old tells the outlet, referring to the high-end California supermarket. «I want to work with the best people in every medium.

Emily Longeretta Ever since she was little, Ego Nwodim has loved performing. In fact, that was why she was a ballerina for 10 years. Eventually, she stumbled, begrudgingly, into an improv comedy class and fell in love with it. Never in her wildest dreams did she think she’d be making millions laugh on a stage as big as “Saturday Night Live.” Nwodim, who joined the show in 2018, is set to host Variety’s Power of Women event in New York on April 4. When did your love for comedy begin? It started long before I could name what it was. I grew up watching “Martin” and “In Living Color,” but I grew up in a Nigerian household, so it was like, “These are TV shows you’re watching.” I didn’t know they were called comedy because they weren’t introduced to me that way. I think truly being able to name that it was comedy, I feel like such a late bloomer in that regard. I didn’t really even know that was a career option until 15 years ago.

Thania Garcia Emile Mosseri is slated to score the new Amazon original series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” created by Donald Glover, Hiro Murai and Francesca Sloane. The new show — which is based on Doug Liman’s 2005 film of the same title (scored by John Powell) — will star Glover himself, opposite Maya Erskine, Parker Posey and Wagner Moura. Mosseri served as a composer of films such as “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” “Homecoming,” “When You Finish Saving the World,” and “Minari,” for which he won best original score at the Academy Awards in 2021. He was also nominated for a Grammy in the best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella category for the song “Infinite Love” from Miranda July’s “Kajillionaire.”

Black creatives’ struggle in the media world can often feel quite stark. “Swarm,” the new Amazon prime series from the collective minds of Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, is in its first week of release at the time of writing.

The author who inspired “Mean Girls” is considering taking legal action.

Swarm, the new Amazon Prime Video TV series created by Donald Glover.The seven-episode show follows Dre (played by Dominique Fishback), whose obsession with a pop star plunges her into a dark world.Obama is credited as a staff writer on all seven episodes of the new show and wrote the teleplay to its fifth episode, titled ‘Girl, Bye’.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Glover’s co-creator and Atlanta writer-producer Janine Nabers praised Obama’s work. “Some of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so funny,” she said. “She’s an incredible writer.

Donald Glover has shared a new EP created in conjunction with his new horror TV series Swarm.The new Amazon Prime Video series was created by Glover alongside Janine Nabers, and features Billie Eilish in her acting debut.The series follows a young woman named Dre whose obsession with one of the world’s biggest pop stars as well as an unexpected trauma involving her sister, Marissa (Chloe Bailey), sets her on a dark journey across the country.As Dre continues on her increasingly violent path, she encounters characters played by Damson Idris (Marissa’s boyfriend, Khalid) as well as Byron Bowers, Kiersey Clemons, Paris Jackson, internet personality Rickey Thompson, Rory Culkin and American Auto breakout X Mayo.New music from Glover was shared in the show’s trailer, and now a full six-track EP has been released in conjunction with the show landing on Amazon.The songs see Glover collaborate with the show’s fictional star Ni’jah (Nirine S. Brown) and features contributions from Fam Udeorji, Teo Halm, Jeff Kleinman and others.Listen to the ‘Swarm’ EP below.Back in January, Glover spoke about whether or not his musical alter ego Childish Gambino was retired during an interview at the Golden Globes 2023.“I’m making music right now,” he told Laverne Cox.