Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer (Rachel Dratch) returned to ruin the mood for those looking to enjoy themselves during the show’s 50th anniversary special. Downer, who first appeared in 2004 and most recently showed up in 2020, first tended bar for Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore, and Ayo Edebiri. As …
Read More »SZA Tells Drew Barrymore 'You Gave Me Permission to Be Myself'
SZA is thanking Drew Barrymore for inspiring her. On Monday, the R&B star visited The Drew Barrymore Show and held back tears as she shared how the actress inspired the Ctrl song named after her. “It was inspired by you. It wasn’t just titled after you,” SZA told the talk …
Read More »Drew Barrymore Learns a Hard Lesson About Getting 'Soft and Gooey' With Martha Stewart
Drew Barrymore’s extremely up-close-and-personal interview style met its match in Martha Stewart during an interview today on the actress’ daytime talk show. Stewart was on hand to promote her new cookbook, and perhaps prompted by the description of a baked goods recipe, Barrymore tossed out the question, “What makes you …
Read More »'Smile 2' Proves There's Nothing Scarier Than Pop Stardom
Every horror movie franchise operates according to its own set of rules, so in the spirit of public service, we’ll offer a refresher on the parameters of filmmaker Parker Finn’s 2022 directorial debut Smile. There’s a supernatural parasite who feeds on trauma and attaches itself to an unwilling host. Side …
Read More »6 Things We Learned From Demi Lovato's New Documentary 'Child Star'
A generation of kids (myself included) grew up with Demi Lovato on their TVs. They watched as an eight-year-old Lovato painted shapes and counted kittens in her first acting gig, on the PBS series Barney & Friends. A few years later, they belted the lyrics to “This is Me” during …
Read More »Mia Farrow Opens Up About Actors Working With Woody Allen: 'I Completely Understand'
Mia Farrow shared how she felt about other actors working with the disgraced director and her ex-partner Woody Allen, in a CBS News Sunday Morning interview. Patti LuPone joined her for the interview, where they discussed their two-person play, The Roommate, that premieres Sept. 12. In 1992, Mia Farrow and …
Read More »Drew Barrymore Says She Regrets Being an 'Exhibitionist' in Her Youth, 'Playboy' Cover
Drew Barrymore wishes access to sexually-explicit images wasn’t so easy in the internet age. The actress and talk show host shared a “very vulnerable” essay on Instagram reflecting on the effects of technology on children, as said that she felt regret over her Playboy photoshoot from the mid-Nineties. “We, as …
Read More »Drew Barrymore's Head Writers Decline to Return to Talk Show
The Drew Barrymore Show will be returning (again) without its original writers. The show extended an offer to the three co-head writers, Chelsea White, Liz Koe, and Cristina Kinon, but they all declined. In the meantime, the show is interviewing with other writers to fill their spot, and will adhere …
Read More »The Celeb Apology Has Gotten Cringe
As long as there have been celebrities, there’ve been celebrity apologies. It’s a common cycle, one that’s fed the entertainment gossip pipeline for years: a famous person messes up, people are disappointed in them, and then they apologize, free to live in uncanceled bliss until, you guessed it, they mess …
Read More »Drew Barrymore to 'Pause' Daytime Talk Show Until the Strike Ends
Drew Barrymore announced Sunday that she will “pause” her daytime talk show until the ongoing writing strike is resolved. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore said in a statement posted on Instagram Sunday. “I …
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