Jon Stewart to miss ‘The Daily Show’ after COVID-19 diagnosis
The Daily Show will be without Jon Stewart Monday after the part-time host tested positive for COVID-19.
As he recovers, Michael Kosta will host the show at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy Central; each episode debuts the next morning on Paramount+.
Stewart will return to the anchor desk Aug. 12, ABC Audio has learned.
With Stewart anchoring Monday nights since his return on Feb. 12, the Emmy-winning program features a rotating series of hosts, including Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper and Kosta.
The Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni film It Ends with Us has been a smash hit, but could offscreen drama between the lead actress and her co-star producer-director prevent them from reuniting for the onscreen drama’s sequel?
With box office totals for the $25 million movie possibly reaching as high as $300 million before its run ends, Variety estimates, the movie has become the best-earning project for both leads — and will make a fortune for Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios production shingle.
There’s even a follow-up book to the original from Colleen Hoover called It Starts with Us, which technically could spin a sequel.
However, an insider tells the trade, “There’s probably no world where these two will work together again,” adding, “This is uncharted territory.”
Neither star has directly addressed the rumored bad blood, which some reports say stemmed from Lively overriding Baldoni on the final cut of the movie. Other whispers were that Baldoni was allegedly something of a bully on set. Lively also took flak for promoting a film about an abusive relationship as if it was a rom-com.
There’s also the matter of her husband, Ryan Reynolds, allegedly rewriting a scene without either telling Baldoni — and possibly while the Writers Guild was on strike in 2023.
Whatever the real story is, it’s obvious that a sequel to a blockbuster won’t be the no-brainer it usually is in Hollywood.
Baldoni’s abusive character, Ryle, has a smaller role in the second book, but he’s still a producer and the rights-holder on any potential follow-up, so he and Lively still would have to cooperate to get it made.
As for directing the sequel, he toldEntertainment Weekly at the movie’s premiere, “I think there are better people for that. I think Blake Lively’s ready to direct.”
Patrick J. Adams, who played Mike Ross on the streaming smash Suits, is suiting up to join the Yellowstone universe.
Adams has joined The Madison, the spin-off from series creator Taylor Sheridan that will star Michelle Pfeiffer.
Producers MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios also just announced that Elle Chapman, Beau Garrett and Amiah Miller have joined the cast of the show, which is described as “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.”
Adamswill play Russell McIntosh, “a young investment banker who has followed the life path set before him from the start.”
Chapman will play Paige McIntosh, “a somewhat self-centered woman who indulges in a luxurious New York lifestyle provided by her parents and investment banker husband.”
Garrettwill play Abigail Reese, “a resilient and sardonic New Yorker, who is a recently divorced mother of two,” and Millerwill play Abigail’s eldest daughter, Bridgette.