Seth Meyers Extends 'Late Night' Contract, Will Continue Hosting at NBC Until 2028

Sarah Jessica Parker is hard at work on the new season of And Just Like That!

Travis Kelce is putting all his free time to good use — with Taylor Swift!

Think The Munsters, but way more grim.

EXCLUSIVE: A group of filmmakers are launching an AI film and animation studio and has snagged some A-list advisors.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Everyone’s in the Emmy race, but the Television Academy has forced John Mulaney to make a change that may only benefit his awards run. Netflix‘s live smash “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A,.” featuring the Emmy-winning stand-up comedian celebrating the quirks and unique personality of his beloved city, was massively popular on the platform.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Emmy race just got a bit more spicy. Three popular YouTube web series have found their content creators taking a chance on themselves, which could significantly impact the Emmy race in some categories. The spicy chicken wing interview series Hot Ones, hosted by Sean Evans, has successfully petitioned to be included in the outstanding talk series category.

told Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday.The comedian, 49, and De Niro, 80, both appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” which reignited Handler’s love for the “Meet the Parents” actor.While being interviewed by Fallon, 49, Handler admitted that she was too shy to approach De Niro in-person at the studio.“I couldn’t even go near him backstage because his girlfriend’s back there, and I don’t want her to think that I’m making a move — but I want to make a move,” Handler said. De Niro is dating Tiffany Chen, 45, and they have a 1-year-old daughter named Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro. Gia is De Niro’s 7th child.

A homeowner was left stunned after a strange woman was taking a late-night dip in his hot tub.

The next project in Serena Williams‘ post-tennis career has been announced!

The GOAT Serena Williams has been tapped to host the 2024 Espy Awards, set for July 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Fresh from skewering his employer, Seth Meyers has been rewarded with a new contract at NBC.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large At the NBCUniversal upfronts, they saved the best for almost last: “Late Night with Seth Meyers” host Seth Meyers hit the Radio City Music Hall stage to throw out a few quips before introducing NBCUniversal ad sales chief Mark Marshall. Meyers came out swinging: “Hello and welcome to the NBC upfronts. If you’re looking for the Fox News upfronts, that’s happening outside a lower Manhattan courtroom,” he said to chuckles.

After an opening performance by a guitar-picking Jimmy Fallon — who sung about, among other things, how “next year I’ll be a hologram” — the NBCUniversal upfront got underway Monday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

William Earl administrator Maya Rudolph brought Beyoncé back to “Saturday Night Live,” reprising her impression in order to give Queen B another shot at the spicy chicken wing talk show “Hot Ones.” Opposite Mikey Day’s take on host Sean Evans, Beyoncé returns for the challenging talk show, cocky about the wings until they become uncomfortably hot. As things get more unbearable, she has increasingly difficult instructions for her assistant, played by Kenan Thompson.

Some very big Hollywood stars started off on Saturday Night Live!

Saturday Night Live has announced it will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year with a three-hour primetime special on NBC.The tribute will air live on February 16, 2025 – which is a Sunday – and will be part of a “celebratory weekend” for the show.No further details about the show have been shared, although earlier this year, creator Lorne Michaels did indicate plans for such a special.“We’re doing the 50th anniversary show in February of ’25, so I will definitely be there for that, and definitely be there until that, and sometime before that we’ll figure out what we’re gonna do,” he said.NBC ran a similar tribute for the show’s 40th birthday in 2015, featuring appearances from countless alumni from SNL history, including Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald and Tina Fey.A feature film about the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975 is also in the works. Titled SNL 1975, it is set to be directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air, Ghostbusters: Afterlife).The film will be based on real-life accounts based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan with “all the living cast, writers and crew”.Gabriel LaBelle from The Fabelmans will portray Michaels, while The Maze Runner’s Dylan O’Brien will play Dan Aykroyd in the film.

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner showed off some PDA during a late night out in London, England.

Brand-new series Bodkin has dropped on Netflix - the darkly comedic thriller is about a motley crew of podcasters who set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal Irish town. But once they start pulling at threads, they discover a story much bigger and weirder than they could have ever imagined. As our heroes try to discern fact from fiction — about the case, about their colleagues, and, most painfully, themselves — the series challenges our perception of truth and exposes the stories we tell ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.

EXCLUSIVE: Chloe East (The Fabelmans), Jacqueline Novak (Get on Your Knees) and Jennifer Grant (Babylon) have boarded Sony Pictures‘ romance A Big Bold Beautiful Journey from director Kogonada.