Bill Hader hunts to find the blend of drama and comedy for “Barry”

Bill Hader is everywhere and seemingly capable of doing everything. Not only is he one of the most versatile performers… MORE
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Watch the season 2 trailer for HBO’s “Barry”

Bill Hader is Barry, the title character of HBO’s breakout dark comedy Barry. A hitman trying to leave that world… MORE
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Bo Burnham film Eighth Grade keeps winning awards; adds WGA win

Bo Burnham shocked Hollywood with another surprising win for Eighth Grade. Burnham won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Original Screenplay, with just a week until the Oscars. The winner of this award is often a contender for Best Picture at the Oscars, so Burnham’s win was especially meaningful. Eighth Grade wins despite 0 Oscar nominations The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did not nominate

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Bo Burnham beats frontrunner at DGA Awards

Bo Burnham beat out industry darling Bradley Cooper at the Directors Guild of America Awards. Burnham won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director on Saturday night, defying most people’s expectations. Many saw Cooper as a shoo-in for the prize, but Burnham has quietly racked up a series of trophies for his accomplishments with Eighth Grade. Before the DGAs, he won eight awards for

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Barry is “most evil bad-ass person” in HBO trailer

Bill Hader is back for Barry Season Two! HBO released a teaser for the second season of the award-winning smash hit. While there is no release date yet, the show returns this spring. In the short trailer, Barry is still caught struggling between his dreams of being an actor and his job as a former marine-turned-hitman. While Barry asserts “What I do is not who I am,” his acting teacher

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry the big comedy winners at 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards

The best comedy on TV in 2018 centers on a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. If only reality could imitate art now. But for tonight, congrats to Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which took home five Primetime Emmy Awards — including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Rachel Brosnahan), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Alex […]

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Episode #198: Bill Hader with Alec Berg, HBO’s “Barry”

Bill Hader was nominated for three Emmy Awards for acting during his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, has written for South Park, lent his voice to animated hits such as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Inside Out, and served up memorable supporting roles in the films Superbad, Tropic […]

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This week on TV: “The Standups” return and “Barry” is a hit

This Tuesday, Netflix returns returning for a new season of its half-hour comedy series, The Standups a series that is… MORE

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Chris Redd and Pete Davidson turn the Bill Hader love to 11 in this week’s “Saturday Night Live” promos

Bill Hader is returning to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. He’s out there making the press rounds in support… MORE

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Check Out the New Trailer for Bill Hader’s HBO Series ‘Barry’

Bill Hader heads to HBO next month with his very own show, Barry, and the network recently dropped a new trailer. Ordered to series back in 2016, the show stars Hader alongside Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Carrigan, and Henry Winkler. Hader plays “a low-rent hitman in the Midwest” who “begrudgingly travels to […]

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