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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ray Romano starred in one of television’s biggest sitcoms for 9 seasons and 210 episodes, but apparently Martin Scorsese was never watching “Everybody Loves Raymond.” During a recent interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast (via IndieWire), Raymond said that Scorsese had no idea who he was when casting him in the HBO series “Vinyl.” “Scorsese did the pilot and I had to go on tape for him,” Romano said. “The cool thing was, I went on tape and the response we got back was, ‘Yeah, Marty likes it. He’s in the running. And Marty wants to know who he is. He’s never seen him,’ And my agent was like, ‘So he’s never seen the show?’ And they go, ‘No, no, no, he doesn’t know who the guy is,’ which was a blessing because he didn’t have to erase the sitcom character from his mind.”

Ray Romano spoke candidly about a recent health scare in a new interview with the “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast.

Ray Romano is revealing some scary health news he recently received. "I just had to have a stent put in," he told Marc Maron on Maron's "WTF" podcast. "I had 90% blockage.

A close call. Ray Romano revealed that he had heart surgery to deal with a major blockage in his main artery.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for its 2023 Contenders Television award-season event, which wrapped over the weekend after a total of 40 scripted series showed off their wares in front of voters at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.

Ray Romano is opening up about a health scare he recently experienced. The  star was a guest on Marc Maron's  where he revealed he had an almost completely blocked artery in his heart and had to undergo a procedure. The actor had a stent put in his heart due to a 90 percent artery blockage.

The road to HBO’s Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark began during the pandemic, when the comedian began to share his grief with fans via instagram. The longtime comedian and podcaster was broadsided with the sudden death of his girlfriend, Lynn Shelton, and he needed a place to vent.

Brooke Shields can relate to the many women who have suffered from "terrifying" postpartum depression. Shields revealed that she almost crashed her car into a wall on California's 405 freeway after giving birth to her oldest daughter, Rowan, who is now 19. "I thought I was going to drive my car into the wall on the 405," she said in her documentary "Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby." "You see it [happening].

From a bachelor to a family man! Hugh Grant once said he didn’t believe in monogamy — but that was before he married Anna Eberstein.

Welcome back to my very irregularly scheduled podcast Deep Focus, where I, Playlist.net Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez, talk long or long-ish with different filmmakers, directors, writers, and actors. Today, my guest is none other than comedian/actor and podcaster extraordinaire Marc Maron.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Atari has signed with APA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. The pioneering video game company will work with APA to develop projects around its best known IP in the live-action, animation, and non-scripted film and television spaces. Atari celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022. The company’s most well-known games include classics like “Pong,” “Asteroids,” “Centipede,” and “Missile Command.” Its games are available on PC, console, and mobile platforms. In addition to games, Atari’s core businesses also include consumer hardware, licensing, and Web3.

 star and acclaimed comedian, has died. According to multiple reports, Belzer died early Sunday at his home in Bozouls in southwest France. He was 78. A cause of death for the actor is not yet known.Belzer stared as the beloved Detective John Munch on 1993's  before taking the role to where it perhaps became most notable, .

Marc Maron got candid about what happened during his audition for Avatar: The Way of Water.

Marc Maron wasn’t fond of his “Avatar” audition.

Zack Sharf “Avatar: The Way of Water” introduces Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin, a marine biologist working for the villainous Resources Development Administration. It turns out that role could’ve gone to none other than Marc Maron, had the actor and beloved podcast host’s audition not been completely “ridiculous.” Maron opened up on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast about his short-lived “Avatar” journey. “That was ridiculous. Why the fuck would I want that job?” Maron said looking back. “There’s this assumption that we’re going to do four ‘Avatar’ movies. Dude, I don’t even remember the first one! I don’t know what this all means to the world. [James Cameron] built this city down there [at his Long Beach studio]. There’s people doing acrobatics down there, people flying…it’s like Cirque du Soleil down there.”

EXCLUSIVE: APA on Wednesday announced the promotion of Talent Department Coordinators Lindsey Wirkus and Joe Amato to Agents in the department.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences attempted to quell the controversy over “To Leslie” star Andrea Riseborough’s unexpected Best Actress nomination after a Board of Governors meeting this morning. The organization sent a note to members saying no actions will be taken in this particular case, but they will continue to clarify regulations in this era of social media.

The surprise Best Actress Oscar nomination for Andrea Riseborough’s performance in the drama “To Leslie” is still causing some angst in Hollywood, given the project had little-to-no money and no traditional Oscar campaign behind it, shocking the industry in the process. Instead, a last-minute grassroots campaign to get the actress a nomination was fueled by peers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Sarah Paulson, Edward Norton, and others.

Marc Maron is standing by his To Leslie co-star Andrea Riseborough and lashing out at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its decision to conduct a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s Oscar nominees — a reaction to Riseborough’s left-field, grassroots nomination.

Speculation about potential Oscar-campaigning irregularities in the wake of this week’s nominations reveal has led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put out a statement today saying it is “conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees.”

Over the years, comedian Marc Maron has had stand-up specials on Epix, and a few on Netflix, including “Marc Maron: Too Real” and “End Times Fun.” Now he gets a coveted comedy special on HBO with “Marc Maron: From Bleak To Dark,” set to premiere on the network next month. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023: Filmed live at NYC’s Town Hall, “From Bleak To Dark” sees Maron cover a handful of touchy topics with his characteristic cynical charm.

Quite the clan! Eddie Murphy has welcomed 10 children over the years — and he’s spoken highly about each member of his blended brood.

Courtney Love is airing out old grievances involving Fight Club star Brad Pitt. 

Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast last week.The wealthy film producer and activist spoke with Maron about her new documentary that takes aim at her family’s company, called “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales,” as well as her family’s battle with addiction.Disney told Maron that while her great uncle Walt was a “chaotic genius,” he and his brother played up prejudices of the time. “They weren’t shy about delving into the stereotypes if it served them,” she said.The Post reached out to the Disney company for comment.The heiress noted that Disney positioned the wolf from the “Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf” as a a “Jewish peddler” and named one of the wisecracking black crows from “Dumbo” Jim Crow.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called out Disney when he made “Song of the South,” a 1946 film set in the Reconstruction-era American south that reinforced racist stereotypes.“When they made ‘Song of the South,’ people from the NAACP came to the studio and they said ‘please don’t do it this way.