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punching up
Sept. 19, 2023
Did You Bid on the Union Solidarity Coalition’s Insane Auction? Plus, a Murder, She Wrote –themed picket, Bill Maher flip-flopping, and UAW president Shawn Fain fan cams.
By Bethy Squires
why so serious
June 23, 2022
The Trailer for Smile Boldly Asks, What If Smiling But Scary? This new horror movie is taking a benign, happy thing and making it ominous.
By Jason P. Frank
welcome to flavortown
Nov. 4, 2021
By Brooke LaMantia
unexpected duos
Nov. 4, 2021
Imagine Having Cardi B Officiate Your Wedding Another round of congratulations are in order for Kal Penn.
By Danielle Cohen
Kal Penn Is Engaged to His Boyfriend of 11 Years The actor came out while announcing his engagement to his longtime partner, Josh.
By Mia Mercado
hello lgbt community
Oct. 31, 2021
Kal Penn Comes Out, Shows Off Fiancé Josh “I discovered my own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people,” he said. “There’s no timeline on this stuff.”
By Bethy Squires
awards watch
Mar. 21, 2021
By Halle Kiefer
almost cancellations
Oct. 16, 2019
Things Are Looking Cloudy for NBC’s Sunnyside The show will be moved to NBC’s streaming platforms.
By Charu Sinha
NBC Elects to Order Kal Penn’s Immigration Comedy Pilot, Produced by Mike Schur Penn stars as a former councilman called to help a group of immigrants newly arrived in New York City.
By Halle Kiefer
in development
Oct. 9, 2018
By Megh Wright
trolling the trolls
Jan. 29, 2017
By Karen Brill
‘Harold & Kumar’ Writers and Kal Penn Developing ‘Fair and Balanced’ […] Kal Penn is teaming up with his former Harold & Kumar collaborators for a new comedy at ABC. According to Deadline, Harold & Kumar writers […]
By Megh Wright
casting couch
Oct. 13, 2015
By E. Alex Jung
sexiest healthcare alive
Dec. 12, 2013
By Maggie Lange
The President Calls Up Harold and Kumar to Say ‘Get to Work’
Hahaha. Good one, Prez. Nice tacit endorsement of marijuana. Other than promoting pot and eating multiple pizzas and drinking multiple soft […]
By Jesse David Fox
democratic national convention
Sept. 3, 2012
By Margaret Hartmann
Kal Penn Joins ‘Ex-Men’ Former Obama advisor Kal Penn has been cast opposite Chris Smith in CBS’s single-cam pilot Ex-Men. Penn will play Gil, a younger fellow who was […]
By Jesse David Fox
casting couch
July 25, 2012
Kal Penn Cast in CBS Comedy Ex-Men Not long after his Harold & Kumar co-star landed his own TV gig.
By Zach Dionne
Kal Penn: White House Interview Did Not Ask About Kumar He had to explain about a former job, “Fired for not being funny enough.”
By Andre Tartar
Kal Penn Brings U.N. Workplace Comedy to NBC
According to Deadline, Kal Penn’s U.N. show, a single-camera workplace comedy starring Penn as assistant to the U.S. ambassador, is headed to […]
By Halle Kiefer
trailer mix
Aug. 10, 2011
By Kyle Buchanan
Celebrate The Birth Of Baby Jesus With A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
And lo, unto us A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas was given. EW has the first details about the threequel, and so far it sounds amazing. […]
By Halle Kiefer
the industry
July 14, 2011
By Amos Barshad
the most important people in the world
Nov. 16, 2010
Kal Penn’s Parents Would Be So Proud Kal Penn’s back in at the White House.
By Nitasha Tiku
ink-stained wretches
July 4, 2010
Kal Penn Doesn’t Think Joel Stein Is Funny Actually, not a lot of people seem to think his recent column was funny.
By Mike Vilensky
kumar goes to washington
May 1, 2010
Kal Penn Definitely Maybe Getting Back to Politics After Harold and Kumar 3 After he finishes ‘Harold and Kumar 3,’ the actor says he’s done with movies for a few years.
By Stephanie Vallejo
gossipmonger
Apr. 21, 2010
crime blotter
Apr. 20, 2010
Kumar Robbed Kal Penn was mugged at gunpoint at 1:20 a.m. last night while walking in a neighborhood outside of Washington, D.C.
By Lane Brown
you saw it here first
Apr. 12, 2010
By Lane Brown
casting couch
Apr. 2, 2010
By Lindsay Robertson
Kal Penn to Ditch Obama for Harold and Kumar 3-D Penn fans Sasha and Malia will be happy, anyway.
By Lane Brown
kumar goes to washington
July 6, 2009
Will Kal Penn’s New Job Mean a Kumar-less Harold & Kumar Movie? “I’ve decided to take a step away from acting, so I hope that the folks who make the ‘Harold & Kumar’ films will respect my decision to work in public service.”
By Erica Orden
Kal Penn Currently in the White House Today is his first day on the job as the Associate Director in the Office of Public Engagement.
By Lane Brown
unemployment
June 4, 2009
Kal Penn’s White House Dreams On Hold Despite quitting ‘House’ a few months ago, Kal Penn has yet to start his job on the Hill.
By Mark Graham
shirking responsibilities
May 7, 2009
Kal Penn Saving Up Vacation Days to Make A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas The White House clearly has a more liberal vacation policy than we thought.
By Mark Graham
those were the 100 days
Apr. 29, 2009
Bailouts, Bankers, Brackets, and Bo: Obama’s First 100 Days Let’s relive all of the memorable moments we’ve already forgotten.
By Dan Amira
quote machine
Apr. 8, 2009
Busta Rhymes: Always Happy to Pose for a Nice Photo Plus: Kanye on what to say when you don’t know what you’re about to say.
By Emma Pearse
ignominious deaths
Apr. 7, 2009
House Shows Grey’s Anatomy How to Kill Off a DoctorOn last night’s show, a character died in a way that NOBODY SAW COMING. Spoilers ahead!
By Lane Brown
early and often
Apr. 7, 2009
Kumar Goes to the White House No, this is not a spinoff sans Harold. This is real life.
By Chris Rovzar
the industry
July 25, 2008
Harold and Kumar Are Hungry Again Plus, news about Emma Thompson, RoboCop, and Elizabeth Berkley in our daily trades roundup.
quote machine
Apr. 24, 2008
Weezer’s Publicist Begrudgingly Admits New Album Cover Is Not a Joke Plus: Kal Penn on ‘Indiana Jones,’ and Rufus Wainwright on the secrets of his songwriting.
In the Magazine
Mar. 31, 2008
Platt at Eighty One; Ago to Open In this week’s magazine: Platt on Eighty One, De Niro’’s new restaurant opens, and Starbucks’s problems are solved.
‘Harold & Kumar 2’ Trailer: Finally, Hollywood Takes On Guantánamo Bay Could this saga end with Kal Penn and John Cho invited to the White House?
‘Ugly Betty’: Has ABC Heard Our Pleas? Last week we were about to give up on Betty completely.
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