Bill Hader Pokes Fun at 'Barry' Co-Creator in Emmy Win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Laughs led to hardware forBill Haderduring Sunday night’sEmmy Awards!Hader won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his work as Barry Berkman onBarry.Though it was Hader’s big moment, he used his time on stage to praise — and poke fun at — his co-creator, Alec Berg, for helping him direct the HBO series, offering honest feedback and “molding his performance” as an actor.“I get asked a lot for the show, ‘How do you direct yourself?...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Edward Stewart

Bill Hader Recalls How 9-Year-Old Daughter Harper Hilariously Pranked Him in Front of Chris Pratt

Bill Hader’s daughter has no qualms about embarrassing her dad in front of other celebrities. Hader shares three daughters with hisex-wife Maggie Carey: Hannah, 12, Harper, 9, and Hayley, 7. Hader described how they get in their day-to-day jabs at their dad, especially while driving around Los Angeles with theSaturday Night Livealum. “I always know when a bus will pull up with my face on the side of it because in the back they all go ‘Ew, gross!...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · George Villa

Bill Hader says 'It Chapter Two' Is an Epic Horror Film That Feels Like 'Lord of the Rings'

As anticipation builds for the upcoming sequel to the 2017 blockbuster filmIt,Bill HadersaysIt Chapter Twowill be “massive” and “epic” in scope compared to the first one.Which of course is a feat unto itself, as the first film grossed over $700 million, but Haderrecently toldIndieWirethat he had seen “a good chunk” of the sequel and compared it’s grandiosity to the epic fantasy film,Lord of the Rings.“[Director] Andy Muschetti played me scenes, and just the scope of it is so big,” Hader said....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1027 words · Craig Ferguson

Bill Hader Says Carol Burnett Emailed to Tell Him They're Cousins: 'It's Been Really Exciting'

Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty; Todd Williamson/NBC/GettyBill Haderhas a special connection toCarol Burnett.While the two Hollywood actors are veterans in the comedy industry, anepisodeof PBS’Finding Your Rootsalso uncovered that Hader and Burnett are, in fact, cousins.“She emailed me,” Hader, 44, recalled toEntertainment Tonightabout learning the news.“Yeah, she emailed me and said, ‘Hey, we’re related.’ And I went, ‘What?'“The Emmy winner added that he and Burnett, 89, have kept in touch since learning of their familial connection, which he called “really exciting....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1346 words · Karen Rodriguez

Bill Hader Says His Girlfriend Helped Him Realize He Should Take His First Vacation in 10 Years

Photo: Amanda Edwards/FilmMagic Bill Haderis ready to take a break. TheBarrystar he hasn’t taken time off in a really long time, he told PEOPLE at Sunday’s season 4 red carpet premiere. “I need to take a vacation,” admitted theSaturday Night Livealum, 44. “Yeah. Yeah. I need to take a vacation.” When pressed about the length of his future trip, he said he didn’t know, but he is aware that it’s been a decade since he’s had some down time....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Benjamin Fischer

Bill Hader Weighs in on 'SNL' Dropping Shane Gillis After Racist Comments: 'Everybody Has to ... Grow'

Saturday Night LivealumBill Haderis sharing his thoughts afterSNLhired and then quickly cut comedianShane Gillisin the wake of viral clips of Gillis previously making racial slurs and homophobic remarks. Speaking to reporters backstage at the 2019Emmy Awardson Sunday night following hisoutstanding lead actor in a comedy series win, Hader, 41, said, “You shouldn’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, you know. But I think also, especially in comedy, you do stuff, six or seven years ago, that wouldn’t be okay now, and probably for good reason....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Amy Manning

Bill Hader Wins the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in 'Barry' : 'I Did Not Think This Would Happen'

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Bill Haderis taking home the gold! The actor, 40, won the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his HBO showBarryat the 2018Emmy Awardson Monday night. “I did not think this would happen,” Hader said during his speech. “I took classes at Second City L.A. I was taught there that you should always make the other people look good so I hired other great actors who made me look good....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Matthew Stein

Bill Hader's Dating History: From Anna Kendrick to Ali Wong

Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Over the years,BarryactorBill Haderhas been linked to a few leading ladies, most notably, some of his previous costars. Hader was previously married to filmmaker Maggie Carey from 2006 to 2017, with whom he shares three children. Though theSaturday Night Livealumnus has made headlines for his various romances, he previously told The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t talk about his dating life publicly to protect his daughters. “They just want me to be their dad,” Hader told the outlet....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 998 words · Amanda Rangel

Bill Hader's First Acting Job Was on 'Punk'd' But He Insists He Was 'Not Very Good'

During that 2005 episode, Hader prankedAshlee Simpsonand made her cry. Austin Hargrave “It was an art gallery and it was my dead brother’s artwork,” heexplainedonWatch What Happens Live withAndy Cohenearlier this year. “She put her jacket down and somehow the jacket caught on fire and set off the sprinklers and it ruined all the artwork. So we actually flooded this art gallery, and then I had to come out all wet, holding this artwork, like, ‘Look what you did!...

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Allison Brooks

Bill Hayes' Wife Susan Remembers LateDays of Our LivesStar: 'May We All Embrace Life with the Gusto of Bill'

Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes attend “Days Of Our Lives” 45th anniversary party at House of Blues Sunset Strip on November 6, 2010.Photo:Brian To/FilmMagic Brian To/FilmMagic Bill Hayes' wife Susan Seaforth-Hayes is mourning the loss of theDays of Our Livesstar. On Thursday, Seaforth-Hayes, 80, shared a heartfelt tribute to the late actor nearly a week afterhis deathon the couple’sjoint Instagram. She added: “May we all embrace life with the gusto of Bill Hayes- and enrich it with grace and love ♥️ xx Susan”...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Meghan Mcfarland

Bill Hewitt

Title:Former Senior WriterEducation:Central Michigan University, Delta College Title:Former Senior Writer Education:Central Michigan University, Delta College Bill Hewitt is a former senior writer for PEOPLE magazine. He left PEOPLE in 2009.He joined PEOPLE in 1989 and previously was a writer.Before joining PEOPLE, Bill worked as a news reporter for Booth American Co. and WBCM-AM (Bay City) in Michigan. Bill Hewitt is a former senior writer for PEOPLE magazine. He left PEOPLE in 2009....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Tammy Henderson

Bill Lee, Father of Spike Lee and Composer of 'Do the Right Thing,' Dead at 94

Spike Lee and Bill Lee in 2009.Photo:George Napolitano/FilmMagic George Napolitano/FilmMagic Spike Lee’s father Bill Lee, the musician who composed scores for the director’s films before a feud ended their working relationship, has died. Bill died on Wednesday morning in Brooklyn at 94, the Oscar winner confirmed onInstagram, sharing a link to hisNew York Timesobituary. The jazz bassist served as composer on several of Spike’s movies, includingShe’s Gotta Have It(1986) andDo the Right Thing(1989)....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Meghan Tate

Bill Maher Calls 'Barbie' Movie 'Preachy, Man-Hating' — But Also 'Fun'

Bill Maher / Margot Robbie in “Barbie”.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty, Warner Bros. Pictures Vivien Killilea/Getty, Warner Bros. Pictures Bill Maheris taking to social media to offer his — many and varied — thoughts onBarbie. On Twitter (now known as X) on Monday, the host wrote of the hitGreta Gerwigfilm, “I was hoping it wouldn’t be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie - alas, it was all three.” To clarify the latter assessment, Maher, 67, continued: “What is a Zombie Lie?...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Brandon Turner