Latest in Kal Penn

Kal Penn will host the 2021 Writers Guild Awards ceremony, to be held virtually March 21 from Los Angeles and New York. "I'm very honored that the Writers Guild, of which I'm a member, chose me to bring together a wildly diverse range of people, from liberal writers on the West Coast to liberal writers on the East…

During October, in the throes of the general election, Senator David Perdue deliberately mispronounced and mocked Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ name. This raised many eyebrows. Including members of the Asian community — particularly the South Asian community. In response to Perdue’s disrespectful behavior, South…

Atypical actor Nik Dodani and m Kamala Harris sister Maya Harris and niece Meena Harris have returned for Brown and Down: The Sequel to help motivate the South Asian community in Georgia to register and vote for the upcoming runoff elections. The video, which also features actors Kal Penn, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Manish Da…

Hollywood stars, political figures and more are celebrating the varying meanings and origins of their names after a video of GOP Sen. David Perdue mocking vice president candidate Kamala Harris’ name went viral. “Kamala or Kamala-mala-mala-mala, I don’t know. Whatever,” Perdue said during a Trump rally in…

The WGA East has signed Kal Penn Approves This Message to a guild contract after reports that the politically themed comedy-variety series "was being produced non-union," the guild said. Writers working on the series will now be covered under the WGA's minimum basic agreement. The show originally billed itself as an…

UPDATED: Freeform announced that its previously untitled Kal Penn-fronted election-themed series will now be called Kal Penn Approves This Message. After announcing the new show on Tuesday, Freeform shared that the series will make its premiere on Tuesday Sept. 22, which is also National Voter Registration Day. Kal Pen…

When CBS Friday announced a series order for Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds, the announcement included three key new cast members whose deals had closed after the coronavirus pandemic suspended all pilot production in mid-March, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow and Michael Cudlitz. Designated Survivor…

Last week, NBC pulled its freshman comedy Sunnyside from its Thursday night schedule and will air the fourth episode on Thursday, which will be the last on the linear network. The comedy co-created by Kal Penn and Matt Murray and executive produced by Mike Schur will air its remaining seven episodes on NBC’s digital…

During the Vanity Fair Summit, Patriot Act creator and host Hasan Minhaj and Sunnyside star and host Kal Penn stepped on to the stage for conversation dubbed “The Standup Citizen”. “We’re part of the Brown Illuminati,” Minhaj announced. Penn added, “Yes, Priyanka and Mindy were not available — but we’re here!” They…

Crypt TV is making a second installment of its short The Door in the Woods, which has garnered more than 25 million views on the horror- and monster-focused streaming platform since its launch last October. The new pic, The Girl in the Woods, has been greenlighted with Kal Penn joining as a guest star and Roxine…

There are two things that Kal Penn loves: making people laugh and America. This is reflected in his résumé, which includes the successful sitcom How I Met Your Mother, the cult stoner comedy Harold and Kumar franchise (which we will get to later), and his work in the Obama administration as an associate director in…

As usual, NBC has kicked off its pickups of new series with orders to pilots from its sister studio Universal Television. The network has picked up to series Memphis legal drama Bluff City Law, starring Jimmy Smits, from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris and producer David Janollari; and Queens immigrant comedy Sunnysid…