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  • Daniel Radcliffe, Maya Rudolph, Edgar Wright join animated series

    By Express News Service

    Daniel Radcliffe, Edgar Wright and Maya Rudolph have joined the upcoming adult animated series Digman!, led by Andy Samberg. The show is set to begin streaming on Comedy Central on March 22. Digman! takes place in a world where archaeologists are celebrities, in which Andy Samberg lends his voice as Rip Digman, the central character of the show. 

    Other cast members joining the cast include Jane Lynch, Kane Lynch, Kyle Mooney, Cole Escola, Lauren Lapkus, Paul Rust, Joe Lo Truglio, Marc Evan Jackson, Harvey Guillén, Claudia O’Doherty, and Kerri Kenney, Clancy Brown, Rachel Kaly, Andy Daly, Lennon Parham, Carl Tart, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.Previously, the makers of Digman! announced Mitra Jouhari, Tim Robinson, Dale Soules, Guz Khan, Tim Meadows, and Melissa Fumero, as the cast members. 

    At the same time, Comedy Central also released a sneak peek along with a new trailer. Andy Samberg also serves as a co-creator of Digman! alongside Neil Campbell. The show is produced under CBS Studios, The Lonely Island’s Party Over Here, and Ali Bell.

    Daniel Radcliffe, Edgar Wright and Maya Rudolph have joined the upcoming adult animated series Digman!, led by Andy Samberg. The show is set to begin streaming on Comedy Central on March 22. 
    Digman! takes place in a world where archaeologists are celebrities, in which Andy Samberg lends his voice as Rip Digman, the central character of the show. 

    Other cast members joining the cast include Jane Lynch, Kane Lynch, Kyle Mooney, Cole Escola, Lauren Lapkus, Paul Rust, Joe Lo Truglio, Marc Evan Jackson, Harvey Guillén, Claudia O’Doherty, and Kerri Kenney, Clancy Brown, Rachel Kaly, Andy Daly, Lennon Parham, Carl Tart, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
    Previously, the makers of Digman! announced Mitra Jouhari, Tim Robinson, Dale Soules, Guz Khan, Tim Meadows, and Melissa Fumero, as the cast members. 

    At the same time, Comedy Central also released a sneak peek along with a new trailer. Andy Samberg also serves as a co-creator of Digman! alongside Neil Campbell. The show is produced under CBS Studios, The Lonely Island’s Party Over Here, and Ali Bell.

  • Maya Rudolph’s ‘Loot’ renewed for season 2

    By Express News Service

    Apple TV + has announced the renewal of its comedy series Loot for the second season. Featuring Maya Rudolph, the series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Loot is created, written and executive produced by Yang and Hubbard. According to the streaming platform, the synopsis reads, “Billionaire Molly Novak (Rudolph) has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion and a Giga yacht — anything her heart desires.

    But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom when she learns, to her surprise, that she has a charity foundation run by the no-nonsense Sofia Salinas (Rodriguez), who pleads with Molly to stop generating bad press.

    With her devoted assistant Nicholas (Kim Booster) by her side, and with the help of Sofia and the team — including mild-mannered accountant Arthur (Faxon) and her optimistic, pop-culture-loving cousin Howard (Funches) — Molly embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Giving back to others might be what she needs to get back to herself.”

  • American actor and comedian Maya Rudolph takes home Emmy for ‘SNL’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American actor and comedian Maya Rudolph won her second Emmy in the Best Comedy Guest Actress category thanks in part to her impersonation of US Vice President Kamala Harris in ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL).

    Rudolph’s submission for ‘SNL’ was ‘Host: Maya Rudolph’, which aired on March 27 on NBC as the 15th episode of Season 46.

    As per Variety, by taking home the trophy during Sunday’s 2021 Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, Rudolph became the first person in 20 years to repeat in the category.

    Jean Smart was the last person to accomplish the feat in 2000 and 2001. In the two decades since, Cloris Leachman, Kathryn Joosten and Tina Fey all won twice in this category, but non-consecutively.

    This year, Rudolph’s co-nominees were Jane Adams, Yvette Nicole Brown, Bernadette Peters, Issa Rae and Kristen Wiig. Rudolph also recently won her second voice-over Emmy for ‘Big Mouth’.

    With these wins, Rudolph also becomes only the second woman of colour and the fourth person of colour overall to pick up back-to-back acting wins in the same category from the Television Academy.

    Bill Cosby was the first to achieve this, with consecutive lead drama actor wins for ‘I Spy’ in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Charles S. Dutton became the second, winning a guest drama actor statue in 2002 for ‘The Practice’ and then the same race in 2003 for ‘Without A Trace’.

    Regina King was the first woman to do this, winning the supporting limited series/TV movie actress race first in 2015 and then again in 2016, both times for ‘American Crime’.

    “I feel really honoured to be a part of something like that,” Rudolph told reporters via Zoom backstage on Sunday.

    “I feel really honoured that I’m part of a legacy. … It’s wild to be part of any group of anybody or anything, and I think it’s especially sweet for somebody like me, who just really feels like I am very much my own person and my own thing. I’m just doing only what I know how to do, so it feels really good to be acknowledged in that way,” she added.

    In 2020, Rudolph won guest comedy actress for appearing as then-Sen. Kamala Harris in the Eddie Murphy-hosted episode of NBC’s late-night sketch comedy series.

  • Mj Rodriguez to star alongside Maya Rudolph in Apple comedy series

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: “Pose” actor Mj Rodriguez has joined Maya Rudolph-led yet-untitled comedy series set at Apple.

    The series, which hails from Alan Yang and Matt Hubbar, follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but 87 billion dollars.

    According to Deadline, Rodriguez will play Sofia, the hard-working executive director of the non-profit funded by her absentee billionaire boss, Molly.

    Rudolph, Yang and Hubbar will also serve as executive producers.

    Universal Television is the studio behind the project.

  • ‘Enchanted’ sequel ‘Disenchanted’ adds three names

    By Express News Service
    The sequel of Enchanted, titled Disenchanted, has cast Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jayma Mays. The actors will join the star cast that includes Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden.

    2007’s Enchanted was a satire on Disney animated princess musicals, a fish-out-of-water tale about a cartoon princess who is submerged in modern-day New York City.

    The film grossed over $340 million worldwide and was also nominated for three Oscars in the Best Song category for Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s tunes Happy Working Song, So Close and That’s How You Know.

    The sequel was announced at Disney Investor Day back in December by Sean Bailey, the President of Production at Disney Studios. According to Deadline, Rudolph, Brown and Mays will play evil characters with Rudolph playing the main antagonist.

    The sequel will also bring back music composer Alan Menken, with Adams, Menzel and Marsden also reprising their original roles.