‘Silicon Valley’ Star Thomas Middleditch on Lewd Finale Joke: ‘My Favorite...
“Silicon Valley” star Thomas Middleditch joined TheWrap‘s inaugural Emmy Season Party to talk about his breakout comedy role, upcoming film and that lewd scene in the HBO season finale. “There needed...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Bosses Break Down TV’s Smartest Dick Joke
This story originally appeared in EmmyWrap: A Golden Year Whatever happens at the Emmys, HBO’s “Silicon Valley” will go home with at least one honor: It is the only Emmy-nominated series this year with...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Season 2 Teaser Is a Drug- and Energy Drink-Fueled Gutbuster...
HBO’s sleeper startup hit “Silicon Valley” sent up its namesake brilliantly in its first season and, with the release of its Season 2 promo on Friday, it appears due for another round of programmer...
View ArticleMichael Bolton Remakes ‘Office Space’ in His Own Image (Video)
OK, so maybe Michael Bolton is a semi-talented “ass clown.” “When a Man Loves a Woman” singer Bolton recently took time out from soothing the nation’s soul with his honey-coated pipes long enough to...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Bosses on How Show Handles Key Character’s Death – And TV’s...
“Silicon Valley” Season 1 concluded with one of the most epic scenes in sitcom history — and definitely the biggest hand job joke to ever grace to small screen. So how do showrunners Mike Judge and...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ EP on the Fun of Mining Comedy Out of the Tech Industry’s...
The more you research Silicon Valley, the funnier it gets, according to Alec Berg (“Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), executive producer of HBO’s tech-culture skewering “Silicon Valley,” which...
View Article‘Veep’ and ‘Silicon Valley’ Renewed by HBO
“Veep” has been elected to another season. The comedy series, which stars “Seinfeld” alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus, has been renewed for a fifth run, the network said Monday. HBO also said that the Mike...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Premiere Scores Series High Ratings
Everyone loves musical chairs — throw in dragons, and it’s game on for adults. The “Game of Thrones” Season 5 premiere episode landed a series-high 4.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic; the fantasy...
View ArticleThe Latest on the ‘Silicon Valley’ and Hollywood Divide: Periscope It
It was some weird kind of coincidence that on the day that TheWrap hosted its first event for Silicon Valley executives in northern California on Friday, the entire cast of “Silicon Valley” was hanging...
View ArticleHacking Comedy: How Silicon’s ‘Valley of the Dudes’ Keeps the Laughs and...
This story originally appeared in TheWrap Magazine Emmy Comedy-Drama Series Issue. Talk to the cast of HBO’s series “Silicon Valley,” and eventually the conversation will come around to the dick joke....
View ArticleJennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender Stage ‘Big Lebowski’ Live Reading in...
While Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender are in Montreal shooting “X-Men: Apocalypse,” the duo shed their mutant skin for a different collaboration on Friday night. The stars participated in a...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Adds Erin Breen in Recurring Role (Exclusive)
Erin Breen has joined “Silicon Valley” in a recurring capacity, TheWrap has learned. Breen will co-star as Jan, a new salesperson hired by the Pied Piper team, in the upcoming season of the HBO comedy....
View ArticlePGA Awards TV Nominations Include ‘Game of Thrones,’‘Mad Men,’‘Transparent’
The final season of AMC’s “Mad Men” will compete against stalwarts like HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and Showtime’s “Homeland” for best episodic TV drama at the 27th annual Producers Guild Awards, the PGA...
View ArticleMaya Rudolph, Adrianne Palicki To Present at Texas Film Awards
Maya Rudolph, Ellia English and Adrianne Palicki have been named as the presenters at the Texas Film Awards, joining honorees Michael Barker, Carol Burnett, Jesse Plemons and Chandra Wilson. Mike Judge...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ EP Alec Berg Tells How Twitter’s Ex-CEO Dick Costolo Made...
“Silicon Valley” is not just one of the funniest shows on TV, it’s also one of the smartest. Given the subject matter, it kind of has to be. Executive producers Mike Judge and Alec Berg are both bright...
View ArticlePETA Blasts ‘Silicon Valley’ Explicit Horse Sex Scene as ‘Arranged Rape’
Sunday’s episode of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” included an eye-poppingly graphic scene of two horses having sex, but PETA was not amused. In fact, the animal-rights group denounced the widespread practice...
View Article‘Idiocracy’ Creators Plan Anti-Trump Ads Starring Terry Crews
The 2016 election is about to get even more entertaining — if 20th Century Fox allows it, at least. “Idiocracy” screenwriter Etan Cohen told BuzzFeed he’s teaming up with co-writer and director Mike...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt, Paul Rudd’s ‘Nerdland’ Picked Up by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Samuel Goldwyn Film has picked up the North American rights to Chris Prynoski’s animated movie “Nerdland.” Samuel Goldwyn will release the film in theaters in December 2016. “Nerdland” features the...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Season 4 First Look: Richard Is Quitting (Video)
The trailer for the fourth season of HBO’s “Silicon Valley has been released, and it guarantees the show will start off with a bang when it returns in April. “I’m quitting,” says Thomas Middleditch’s...
View Article‘Silicon Valley’ Cast Reveals Why Season 4 Has Ties to ‘Game of Thrones’...
The fourth season of HBO’s hit comedy series “Silicon Valley” returns this weekend, and the cast says fans can expect an upcoming “crisis of morality” which causes Richard to leave the group behind....
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