The project is from 20th Television, which hopes to find a new home for the pilot. The story is inspired by real-life Nets owner Joe Tsai. It was being developed by producing partners Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar. In the meantime, Chieng joined the cast of Interior Chinatown , a new series in the works for Hulu from 20th Television and creator/executive producer Charles Yu, who wrote the 2020 bestseller of the same name. Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu ( Jimmy O. Yang ), a background character trapped in a police procedural trying to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history. Chieng will play Fatty Choi, Willis’s best friend whose passions include video games and malted beverages. Chieng’s credits include The Daily Show, Young Rock , and Crazy Rich Asians . … [Read more...] about Hulu Not Moving Forward On Untitled Ronny Chieng Pilot About Brooklyn Nets General Manager
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Bill Maher Gets His Irish Up With A Warning To Those Who Want To Subdivide The US Into Separate Political States
Bill Maher celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Friday during his Real Time on HBO – or, as he referred to it, “Alcoholic Christmas” – by bringing up the dangerous parallels between the religious hatreds that fueled politics in last century Ireland and the turmoil in today’s United States between Democrats and Republicans. “You can’t think about the Irish without thinking about the division,” Maher said, harkening back to the violent rebellions that created a fractured society there. Now, the same level of intensity is bubbling between Democrats and Republicans here, he noted. “We used to pray for the nation. Now each side prays the other side doesn’t destroy the nation.” Taking excerpts from a speech former President Donald Trump gave recently at the CPAC convention, Maher noted how it reflected an almost Biblical level of intensity about smiting the other side. It was “big talk from a guy who can’t even shut up his girlfriends,” Maher joked, but then noted, “That’s … [Read more...] about Bill Maher Gets His Irish Up With A Warning To Those Who Want To Subdivide The US Into Separate Political States