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Whitney Cummings has responded to allegations that comedian/actor Chris D’Elia harassed underage girls on social media, saying she’s “devastated and enraged by what I’ve read and learned.” Cummings played the girlfriend of D’Elia on NBC’s 2011 series Whitney, a role that Cummings had said she wrote for D’Elia. “This…

Comedian and producer Whitney Cummings has no patience for the “foolish dorks” who tried to extort money from her over a topless photo that Cummings accidentally shared – then quickly deleted – on social media in April. Cummings beat the grifters today by retweeting the image to her 1.3 million followers. In a series…

EXCLUSIVE: Whitney creator and 2 Broke Girls co-creator Whitney Cummings has signed with UTA. The multihyphenate comedian, actor, writer, producer and director Cummings is best known for creating and starring in her self-titled NBC series Whitney, as well as co-writing and co-creating the Emmy-nominated series 2 Broke…

Martin Short has signed on to the cast of Good People, Amazon's half-hour comedy pilot from Empire co-creator Lee Daniels and 2 Broke Girls co-creator Whitney Cummings — who also stars — Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios. In addition to Cummings, he joins previously announced Lisa Kudrow and Greg…

Friends alumna Lisa Kudrow is set to star in and executive produce Good People, Amazon’s half-hour comedy pilot from Empire co-creator Lee Daniels and 2 Broke Girls co-creator Whitney Cummings, Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios. Written by Daniels and Cummings, Good People revolves around three generations…

EXCLUSIVE: 2 Broke Girls co-creator Whitney Cummings has teamed with Empire co-creator Lee Daniels for a timely half-hour comedy, which is in development at Amazon. The untitled project, co-created and co-written by Cummings and Daniels and starring Cummings, hails from Fox 21 TV Studios and Amazon Studios. The comedy…

#WhyIDidntReport is top-trending worldwide on Twitter today since shortly after President Donald Trump switched to Slut-Shaming the professor who alleges his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. “Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?” Trump tweeted this…

EXCLUSIVE: Cedric The Entertainer (star of the new CBS comedy The Neighborhood), comedian and actress Whitney Cummings, Ken Jeong (upcoming Crazy Rich Asians and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween), and Jermaine Fowler (currently seen in Sorry To Bother You) have been added to the setlist for The Opening Act. Saturday Nig…

UPDATED 11:15 AM: Whitney Cummings will not be back as executive producer/co-showrunner of Roseanne for the show’s 13-episode eleventh season, with executive producer/co-showrunner Bruce Helford taking the reins as the sole showrunner. “Whitney just had too much on her plate to commit,” Helford told Deadline. “But…

EXCLUSIVE: The Female Brain, a romantic ensemble comedy about modern-day relationships, is making its world premiere Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Directed by and starring comedian Whitney Cummings and written by her and Neal Brennan, the pic also stars Sofia Vergara, Toby Kebbell, James Marsden, Lucy…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben-Hur‘s Toby Kebbell, X-Men‘s James Marsden and Bad Teacher‘s Lucy Punch have joined Sofia Vergara and others in the cast of Whitney Cummings’ comedy The Female Brain. Based on the book by neuro-psychiatrist Louann Brizendine, Female Brain looks at the inner workings and complex power of brain chemistry…

Whitney Cummings will star in and make her directing debut with The Female Brain, a relationship comedy she co-wrote with Neal Brennan. Based on Louann Brizendine’s nonfiction book, the film looks at couples who demonstrate the workings of primal neurology in their romantic relationships. Black Bicycle Entertainment…