All posts tagged: Laurie

Hugh Laurie Roasts X Critic of House

Hugh Laurie Roasts X Critic of House

Published by Daniella Wilson

Perhaps Hugh Laurie wasn’t acting all that much while playing Dr. Gregory House? The 10-time Emmy-nominated British actor got a little bit tetchy after a social media user critiqued his show, the enduringly popular medical drama House. In a viral tweet, freelance journalist Janet Murray opined that the Universal Television-produced House was all rather formulaic and repetitive, to wit, episodes would follow the pattern of: “Patient has mysterious illness. Hugh Laurie (House) gets diagnosis wrong. Patient nearly dies.” Then: “Hugh Laurie gets diagnosis wrong again. Gets threatened with being fired. Patient nearly dies again.” And finally: “Hugh Laurie has last minute leftfield idea. Gets diagnosis right. Doesn’t get fired.” Murray concluded by scoffing, “Eight seasons of this?” The tweet has been viewed over a million times, but to Murray’s surprise, Laurie replied, in typical Gregory House fashion, to defend his show. “Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 …

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore

Published by José Betancourt

Daisy Scott is allegedly cursed. Three weddings she designed flowers for ended in divorce within a year. Mayor Kelly had a bad dream about a cloud over her shop. Word, as it tends to in small towns, has gotten around. By the time we meet her in The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore, Daisy is booking funerals instead of weddings, and her ex-fiancé has just walked through her door with his new fiancée, looking for venues. It is, as you might imagine, a Tuesday afternoon she did not see coming. This is the sixth visit to Gilmore’s fictional Dream Harbor, the New England town where a mayor forecasts the future via dreams, every small holiday warrants a festival, and the senior aerobics group chat functions as the central nervous system of local gossip. If you have already cried over Jeanie’s pumpkin spice latte or Iris’s scrambled eggs at the pancake house, you know the drill. Or if you haven’t, here’s the question: do you want to spend a few hundred pages in a …

Laurie Metcalf defends her choice to work on controversial producer Scott Rudin’s Broadway plays

Laurie Metcalf defends her choice to work on controversial producer Scott Rudin’s Broadway plays

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Laurie Metcalf has addressed her decision to work with Broadway producer Scott Rudin on two of his latest projects. Rudin, 67 — who faced explosive allegations in 2021 of abusive, violent and bullying behavior toward employees — is attempting a career comeback, serving as a producer on Broadway’s currently running Death of a Salesman revival and last fall’s Little Bear Ridge Road, which concluded its limited run in December 2025. Metcalf, 70, starred in both productions. The acclaimed actor has been a longtime collaborator of Rudin’s. Defending her decision to resume their working relationship in a new profile for The New Yorker, Metcalf turned to Rudin’s March 2025 interview with The New York Times, saying: “He talked about his therapy, he apologized, he owned what he said, he reflected on it. “He was in the process of rehabilitation. So I just …

Laurie Hernandez Says Her 2016 ‘Final Five’ Olympic Teammates Are Ready for Her ‘& Juliet’ Broadway Debut

Laurie Hernandez Says Her 2016 ‘Final Five’ Olympic Teammates Are Ready for Her ‘& Juliet’ Broadway Debut

Published by Daniella Wilson

Best friends forever! Laurie Hernandez made her Broadway debut in & Juliet at the Sondheim Theatre in New York City on March 17, and don’t be surprised if her 2016 “Final Five” Olympic teammates are in the audience. The two-time Olympic medalist joined the show’s musical ensemble in the featured dance role of Charmion for performances through June 14, 2026, and Madison Kocian, Simone Biles, and Aly Raisman can’t wait to grab a seat. “The moment my Broadway debut was announced, Maddie, Simone, and Aly texted our group chat to see when they could come,” Hernandez told ET. Taylor Hill/Getty Images “We haven’t landed on dates yet, but there’s been a lot of support there. It’s felt really nice.” From the gym to the stage, some things never change, including the athlete’s pre-show mindset. “Growing up, I had a lot of performance anxiety, so early on I had to learn so many different tools to cope with that and understand the way my brain works,” she shared. “I gained a toolbox, so whenever I was …

Robert Rauschenberg, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown Converge at BAM

Robert Rauschenberg, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown Converge at BAM

Published by José Betancourt

Avant-garde dance can be much sillier than it seems. I was reminded of this—much to my delight—at a recent rehearsal for Set and Reset, a collaboration between icons that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 1983. Trisha Brown did the choreography, Laurie Anderson did the music, and Robert Rauschenberg did the costumes and the sets. Talk about a dream team! This weekend, it’s back at BAM as part of an international tour celebrating Rauschenberg’s 100th birthday. Charmingly named “Dancing with Bob,” the tour runs through May, with a program that also includes Travelogue (1977). That piece was choreographed by Merce Cunningham and is being restaged by Trisha Brown Company—for the first time, by a professional dance company, since 1979. Meanwhile, another set Rauschenberg made for Brown’s Glacial Decoy (1979) is also on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis through May. Related Articles Set and Reset is not only the brainchild of three stars but also a moving portrait of collaboration itself. Here, there are no committees making bad decisions; rather, …

The Night Manager’s Hugh Laurie pays tribute to Apple TV+ series Tehran co-creator Dana Eden

The Night Manager’s Hugh Laurie pays tribute to Apple TV+ series Tehran co-creator Dana Eden

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie has taken to X to pay tribute to Tehran co-producer Dana Eden, who was found dead in Athens on Sunday. The producer, 52, was filming season four of the spy thriller in Greece, where local police have reported she had taken her own life.  International production company Donna and Shula Productions released a statement clarifying the circumstances of her death. “This is a moment of great sorrow for the family, friends, and colleagues,” it read. “The production company wishes to clarify that rumours regarding a criminal or nationalistic-related death are not true and are unfounded.” Hugh, 66, joined the Apple TV+ Israeli TV series in season three as Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector who becomes caught up in the action with leading Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan).  © Getty Images Hugh pays tribute to Dana Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Hugh paid tribute to Dana in a post that read: “Dana Eden, who co-created and produced ‘Tehran’, died on Sunday, seemingly by her own hand. It’s a …

Does Hugh Laurie appear in The Night Manager season 2?

Does Hugh Laurie appear in The Night Manager season 2?

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Night Manager season 2 is off to an explosive start on BBC One and iPlayer, giving viewers long-awaited details on the fate of Hugh Laurie’s sinister arms dealer Richard Roper. Given how season 1 ended, the highly memorable character had not been expected to play any major role in this sequel, with Laurie’s continued involvement limited to strictly behind-the-camera duties. However, the very first episode has already upended that notion with a fleeting appearance from the actor, which powerfully connects Jonathan Pine’s new assignment to Roper’s ugly legacy. It raises the question of whether a more substantial flashback could follow down the line, giving Laurie another chance to inhabit this juicy role – for now, we can only speculate (and hope). Read on for everything you need to know about Laurie’s on-screen appearance in The Night Manager season 2, and a refresher of what exactly happened to his once-untouchable character at the end of the first chapter. Does Hugh Laurie appear in The Night Manager season 2? Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman star in …