The New York Islanders have hired Barry Trotz as their new head coach. President of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello announced the move Thursday at the NHL draft, two weeks after Trotz won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals and three days after he resigned from that job. Trotz reportedly agreed to a five-year deal […]
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Barry Trotz resigns as coach of Stanley Cup-winning Capitals
Barry Trotz abruptly stepped down as coach of the Washington Capitals on Monday after failing to agree to terms on a new contract, a stunning move that left the newly minted Stanley Cup champions without a coach with the draft later this week and with free agency coming up fast at the end of the […]
‘Barry’ and ‘Silicon Valley’ Renewed By HBO
HBO knows you want more Barry and Silicon Valley, and they’re going to give it to you. The network has officially renewed the two comedy shows for another season. Barry Renewed For Season 2 Barry, HBO’s super-dark comedy that’s garnered glowing reviews, will be back for a second season. HBO announced the Barry renewal today. The series stars Bill Hader […]
HBO Renews Barry and Silicon Valley
That was fast: HBO has renewed Barry for a second season, the network announced on Thursday. The pickup comes just three weeks into the Bill Hader hitman comedy’s freshman run. In addition, the premium cabler has renewed Silicon Valley for Season 6, ensuring that their Sunday night comedy lineup remains intact. RELATEDCable/Streaming Scorecard: What’s Renewed? What’s Cancelled? […]
How Barry Levinson got Al Pacino to perform at his peak for the HBO movie about Joe Paterno’s fall
Atsushi Nishijima/HBO Barry Levinson explains the key to getting a great performance from a legend like Al Pacino is casting great actors around him. Out of all the amazing actors he’s worked with, he reveals why he’s grateful most for how Robert Redford treated him on the set of “The Natural.” And Levinson opens up […]
HBO's Barry Premiere: Grade It!
Even trained assassins aren’t immune to the acting bug in HBO’s new comedy Barry, starring SNL alum Bill Hader as a bored hitman who gets seduced by the bright lights of Hollywood — or the San Fernando Valley, rather. When we meet Hader’s Barry, he’s in a hotel room with a dead body lying in […]
Bill Hader and Alec Berg on How ‘Fargo’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ Influenced ‘Barry’ [Interview]
Imagine you’re staring down the barrel of a gun, and the man pulling the trigger is the guy who played Stefon on Saturday Night Live. Of course in the world of Barry, no one knows Bill Hader from TV and he’s playing Barry, a professional hitman. On a job in L.A., Barry discovers an acting […]
‘Barry’ is a Bloody Great Showcase for a Killer Bill Hader [SXSW]
On Saturday Night Live, Bill Hader made his name as a ham. And a good one. As the show’s resident master of impressions (maybe the best the long-running series has ever seen), he was a key supporting player, the goofball who could conjure up an iconic figure with seemingly little effort, the wacky spice injected […]
‘Barry’ Trailer: Bill Hader is a Hitman Who Gets Bitten by the Acting Bug
Bill Hader is returning to Saturday Night Live to host the late night sketch series that kickstarted his career next month, and that’s mostly because he has a new HBO show to promote. Barry features Bill Hader in a new dark comedy series with shades of Dexter. The show sees the comedian playing a hitman […]
Jeremy Desai resigns as CEO of Apotex, the drug company founded by Barry Sherman
Dr. Jeremy Desai, the president and CEO of generic drug maker Apotex Inc., the company founded by deceased Toronto billionaire Barry Sherman, resigned on Friday.