Kevin Hart Makes Bigger Leap Into Drama With Netflix Thriller ‘True Story’: ‘I Know I Can Do It Well’

Netflix loves Adam Sandler, Adam Sandler loves comedian Kevin James, therefore the next Happy Madison production for Netflix, the company where Sandler has set up shop, is the high school football comedy “The Home Team” starring Kevin James and that Taylor Lautner kid from “Twilight” who we haven’t seen in years.

, more than 10 celebrities participated in the latest edition of the show's «Mean Tweets» segment, and had epic responses to the rude social media messages.«Well Tom Holland is an absolute wanker,» the 25-year-old actor read, before responding with a shrug and epic comeback, «And he's also Spider-Man.»«This is just wrong,» Kevin Hart complained before reading the mean message targeted at him. «Shaq's penis is Kevin Hart,» the tweet read.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSteven Spielberg has a simple reason for why he made sure Latino characters were played by Latino actors in his “West Side Story” adaptation.“This is the way to do it,” the director said Tuesday at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “This is the way we are in this world.

Kevin Hart’s wine knowledge has been put to the test.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIf the idea of Kevin Hart as Arnold Jackson — the 8-year-old played by Gary Coleman on “Diff’rent Strokes’ — sounds perfect on paper, wait until you see tonight’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience.” When the 5’4” Hart stands next to the 6’4” John Lithgow — who fills Conrad Bain’s role as Arnold’s adoptive father, Mr.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen “West Side Story” star David Alvarez was serving in the U.S. army, he held tight onto a secret.

Bringing back classic TV has never been this much fun.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Talk about a warm welcome. Brian d’Arcy James tells me that Steven Spielberg surprised him during his first day of shooting on the much-buzzed-about “West Side Story” remake.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNaya Rivera’s “Glee” co-stars are reuniting for their second annual fundraiser in her memory.The Snixxmas Charity, named after the late actor’s annual holiday party, raises money for Alexandria House, transitional housing program in Los Angeles for women and children in emergency shelter.A livestream event with several cast members, including Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Heather Morris, Vanessa Lengies, Harry Shum Jr.,

The headline, the pitch, the reason “True Story” exists is that it presents global superstar Kevin Hart as we haven’t seen him before. Which is true.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticMany of our greatest comedians have something hard and unrelenting under the surface. The pursuit of laughs can be mercenary; there’s a reason that standups, on a good night, will say that they “killed.”

Kevin Hart, never shy about his ambition, now brings the subtext of a comedy career to the surface.

Dave Chappelle has been taking a lot of heat over material that some have dubbed homophobic in his recent Netflix special “The Closer”, but fellow comedian Kevin Hart has got his back.

The New York Times.The “Ride Along” star described his close friend as a “brother,” and said Chappelle has been a supporter of the LGBTQ community — despite criticism that the “Chappelle Show” star’s comments in “The Closer” were homophobic and transphobic. “That man don’t have a hateful bone in his body.

Kevin Hart is known for getting an audience to laugh, but his latest project is taking a much darker turn than fans are probably used to.

Angelique Jackson Who says superheroes can’t walk on four legs? If you’ve ever wondered who fights crime when The Man of Steel is busy — Dwayne Johnson has your answer.In the upcoming animated movie “DC League of Super-Pets,” Johnson voices Superman’s furry best friend Krypto the Super-Dog, who teams up with other superhero pets to fight crime while their owners are otherwise engaged.In the new trailer, viewers got their first peek at Johnson’s take on the powerful pooch in the movie, written

Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?Kevin Hart is set to play Arnold Jackson in an ABC special which will recreate episodes of the iconic sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.”The network will air the 90-minute program, titled “Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” on Dec. 7.

ABC will soon bring remakes of the classic sitcoms “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts Of Life” to screens with a third installment of its “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” franchise.Jimmy Kimmel made the announcement Thursday on his late-night show, saying the “Diff’rent Strokes” update will feature John Lithgow as Mr. Drummond, Kevin Hart as Arnold, Damon Wayans as Willis, and Ann Dowd will play Mrs.