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Kal Penn may be playing a speechwriter for the President of the United States on Designated Survivor, but the actor hasn't always had such rounded out roles – especially in his early career. In a series of tweets, Penn recalled when he was starting out as an actor and many of the parts he would audition for were…

Update 10:30 am Kal Penn’s fundraising page for Syrian refugees has surpassed its $250,000 goal, with $251,052 in donations by mid-Sunday morning. “I’m speechless,” Penn tweeted, noting that the amount is a hundred times more than the page’s original $25,000 goal. “How’s that for showing the world who we are?” The…

The lineup for the next installment of Masterchef Celebrity Showdown has been announced, with Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), Cheryl Hines (Son of Zorn), Jordana Brewster (Lethal Weapon, The Fast & furious series), Anthony Anderson (Black-Ish) and former NFL stars Ronde Barber and Tiki Barber among those joining the…

EXCLUSIVE: From The Lunchbox and Gangs Of Wasseypur producer Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, The Ashram is an English-language spiritual fantasy thriller set in the mystical world of Himalayan yogis. Production is just starting on the project, which has been kept under wraps in northern India. Ben Rekhi is…

Following a two-hour special that aired in January, Fox has ordered eight one-hour episodes of unscripted competition series Superhuman, with Kal Penn returning as host. The original special featured 12 ordinary people with extraordinary skills competing for a grand prize of $100,000. Penn, along with a guest panel…

House alum Kal Penn, Nikita leading lady Maggie Q, Californication‘s Natascha McElhone and Chasing Life star Italia Ricci are set to co-star opposite Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor, ABC’s straight-to-series conspiracy thriller drama about a low-ranking Cabinet member becoming President of the U.S. Penn, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Much like Freddy Krueger, mere death cannot silence the late Wes Craven. Case in point: North American rights to the crime thriller The Girl In The Photographs, the last film produced by the horror legend before he died, have been acquired by Vertical Entertainment, with plans to release the film sometime…

Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn is reuniting with the writers of the hit feature franchise, Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz, for Fair And Balanced, a single-camera comedy, which has been set up at ABC.  Written by Schlossberg and Hurwitz, Fair And Balanced, from Lionsgate TV, revolves around an aspiring NPR reporter…

EXCLUSIVE: Kal Penn has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The news comes the same day Fox announced that he will host Superhuman, a two-hour competition special set for January 4. The show will test the abilities of 12 ordinary people to use their extraordinary skills to win a $100,000 grand prize. Best…

Harold & Kumar alum Kal Penn is set to co-star opposite Tyler Labine in the upcoming third season of Hulu’s original comedy series Deadbeat. The supernatural comedy centers on Kevin Pacalioglu (Labine), a hapless but gifted medium who will go to any lengths to help New York's ghosts settle their unfinished business…

Garret Dillahunt is set to star opposite John C. McGinley in the youth baseball drama Rounding Third and appear with Aaron Paul in the thriller Come And Find Me. McGinley stars in Rounding Third as the win-at-all-costs coach of a kids baseball team on which his son plays. Dillahunt will play the new assistant coach…

EXCLUSIVE: Kal Penn has booked a lead role in The Girl In The Photographs, a horror pic from exec producer Wes Craven. The project is the first from Al-Ghanim Entertainment, the Kuwaiti-backed film financing and production company that launched in January. Craven protégé Nick Simon is directing from a script he…