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Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

It’s been over a year since Trevor Noah stepped down from his longtime role as host of The Daily Show at Comedy Central. However, the network is finally teasing a new development for the popular show.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kal Penn hopes the second time’s the charm. The actor last week completed his second turn behind the desk of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” which has been seeking a successor to host Trevor Noah for the better part of a year, a process that was delayed by the recent Hollywood labor strikes. Penn joins comedians Sarah Silverman and Leslie Jones as well as Charlamagne Tha God as hosts who were invited to take one more crack at the assignment after doing a previous one.

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kal Penn and Charlamagne Tha God will each take another stab behind the desk of Comedy Central‘s venerable “Daily Show” as the Paramount Global network keeps looking for a new permanent host. Charlamagne Tha God will lead the show during the week of December 4 while Penn will orchestrate things during the week of December 11, Comedy Central said Tuesday. The network has been conducting a protracted search for new talent since earlier this year, in a bid to replace the previous master of ceremonies, Trevor Noah.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs.

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!

“Harold & Kumar” star appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, where he explained he didn’t speak much about his sexuality until the release of his 2021 memoir “You Can’t Be Serious” — partially because of an early, awkward misunderstanding with his manager. “You know, I shared my story with my brother and my parents first.

Governor Ron DeSantis is hitting back at President Joe Biden, who slammed the Sunshine State’s anti-transgender policies as “cruel” and “close to sinful.” The far-right Florida Republican is using a far-right extremist, one has been accused of promoting stochastic terrorism, to make his point.In a “Daily Show” interview with former Obama White House aide, actor Kal Penn, President Biden denounced Florida’s anti-transgender policies.“What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, ‘close to sinful,'” President Biden told Penn. “It’s just terrible what they’re doing.”READ MORE: DeSantis and Far-Right Falsely Blame Wokeness and Diversity as Reason Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed (Video)“It’s not like a kid wakes up one morning and says, ‘You know, I decided I want to become a man or I want to become a woman,” Biden added.

During a wide-ranging interview with “The Daily Show” guest host Kal Penn, President Joe Biden knocked the state of Florida for its “cruel” and “close to sinful” treatment of transgender children.“It’s just terrible what they’re doing. It’s not like a kid wakes up one morning and says, ‘You know, I decided I wanted to become a man,’ or ‘I wanted to become a woman or I want to change,'” Biden said.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Brooke Shields is coming soon to a pair of earbuds near you with her first podcast — in which the actor, model and author explores pivotal moments in people’s lives. “Now What? With Brooke Shields,” produced by iHeartMedia, is set to launch Oct. 11, to be available on the iHeartRadio app and all major podcast platforms. In each episode, to be released weekly on Tuesdays, Shields will chat with experts, authors and celebrity guests about the things that “knocked them off their feet and what they did to get back up,” according to iHeart. “Every success and every setback is accompanied by a choice, and that choice is the answer to one question: ‘Now what?’”

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has added four new cast members to Peter Tolan’s upcoming comedy pilot “Belated.”Alongside previously announced series lead Kal Penn, the pilot will also star Ellie Taylor, Kaden Kearney, Amir Bageria (“Degrassi: The Next Class” “Grand Army”), and EaeMya ThynGi (“Motherland: Fort Salem,” “Bad Seed 2”).The half-hour series follows an unexpected intergenerational friendship between Sachin (Penn), a recently out man in his 40s, and Clay (Kearney), a 17-year-old trans teen, as Sachin and his ex-wife (Taylor) and children (Bageria and ThynGi) attempt to find their new normal.Tolan will write, direct, and executive produce the “Belated” pilot. Nick Alford of Cloudland will also executive produce. FX Productions is the studio. Variety exclusively reported the pilot had been set up at the basic cabler back in October 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Former MTV topper Van Toffler is back in a formal relationship with the company where he spent almost three decades as an executive. MTV Entertainment Group has signed a multi-picture deal with independent studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by Van Toffler, former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group. The pact follows MTVE’s collaboration with Gunpowder & Sky on Comedy Central’s Hot Mess Holiday movie, starring Kal Penn, which was recently nominated for two NAACP awards, and signals a push in that area for the ViacomCBS division.

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Kal Penn almost took former President Barack Obama to a strip club.The actor stopped by this week, where he recalled working in the White House during Obama's presidency. Penn, who was promoting his new book,, touched on his behind-the-scenes stories, including the one time he almost made plans to take President Obama to what he thought was a tapas bar, when it was actually a «topless bar.»«Here is what happened.

Kal Penn would love to have Cardi B officiate his wedding, but he and his fiancé, Josh, need to set the date first! During an appearance on the actor and former associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison recalled his Twitter exchange with the rapper when she agreed to serve as his wedding officiant after he mentioned seeing her on his flight.

Cardi B is putting the skills she's learned on her Facebook Watch series, , to real-life use! The rapper agreed to serve as Kal Penn's wedding officiant after he mentioned seeing her on his flight.On Wednesday, the actor and former associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison tweeted that he saw the «Up» rapper on a flight to Los Angeles.

Kal Penn, star of the Harold and Kumar film franchise,  Designated Survivor, House, and How I Met Your Mother has come out as gay in his new memoir You Can’t be Serious.  In a interview with People magazine, Penn, 44, discussed his  decision to come out, his partner Josh, and why he hadn’t made his sexuality publicly known before now.  “There’s no timeline on this stuff,” said Penn, who currently stars  on the CBS crime drama Clarice.

Kal Penn is engaged! The actor shared the news of his engagement and the story of his 11-year relationship with his longtime partner, Josh, in his new memoir, «I am engaged to a man and our families will be there for the wedding,» Penn revealed in a new interview with . «The big disagreement now is whether it's a huge wedding or a tiny wedding.

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As awards shows forge ahead amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Writers Guild Awards is opting for a virtual ceremony, replacing its traditional simultaneous bicoastal events. And the guild has enlisted writer-actor (and former White House staff member) Kal Penn to host.

It’s always tough to turn an iconic movie into a TV series — “Stay tuned for scenes from the next episode of ‘The Godfather’,” said no one ever — but “Clarice” is off to a solid, if unspectacular, start.“The Silence of the Lambs” sequel, premiering 10 p.m. Thursday (Feb.