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T22 WHATS UP! July 10 - 16, 2022 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon I read that President Biden has been dealing with a rapid turn- over of his staff. Of course, the White House tried to spin it like, "Hey, look at all the new jobs the president is creating!" Uber released their annual Lost and Found Index, which reveals the items reported lost by pas- sengers. Glasses, phones, keys were some of the most common ones but — get this — five peo- ple left behind their dentures. Apparently, some people like to go for a ride because they love the feel of the wind in their gums. There's a new trend on TikTok where people are making "healthy Coke" by mixing fla- vored sparkling water with bal- samic vinegar. It really shows the lengths Coke drinkers will go to avoid Pepsi, don't you think? I heard about a man who is suing American Airlines after they mistakenly gave his name to po- lice in connection with a rob- bery at an airport shop and he spent 17 days in jail. Even worse, since going from American Air- lines to prison was an upgrade, he was also charged for it. The Late Late Show With James Corden You may be wondering why there wasn't a Jan. 6 hearing to- day [June 15]. The committee has to cancel it because their au- dio-visual team is understaffed and overworked .... To be fair the Jan. 6 Committee's audio-visual team is just Liz Cheney, a guy from the Geek Squad and a plas- tic bag full of dongles. A four-day work week pilot pro- gram is currently taking place in London. For six months, thou- sands of British workers will test out the new schedule with no cut to their pay .... A four-day work week in London: when Bo- ris Johnson heard this, he was like, "Doubling my work week?! No thank you!" As you may remember, McDon- ald's stopped doing business in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. So, a McDonald's fran- chise owner purchased the res- taurants and has reopened them under a new brand. The new brand name translates to "Tasty and that's it" .... Leave it to Vladimir Putin's Russia to make burgers and fries some- how sound like some kind of implied threat. A pest control company in North Carolina is offering $2,000 if you volunteer your house so that they can study a new pest-removal technique. To get the money, all you have to do is let them release 100 cock- roaches into your house .... They're looking for five to seven homes to do this, which means somewhere out there there is a guy with like 700 cockroaches just waiting. Jimmy Kimmel Live! [During the Jan. 6 hearings] we learned that Trump did not call in the National Guard to stop the attack. He made that up when he said it. We also learned that when his supporters were breaking in windows, chanting "hang Mike Pence," Trump was watching on TV and said, "May- be they have the right idea" .... Mike must have been crapping his Pence while this was hap- pening. [In response to the Jan. 6 hear- ings] the Republican House Ju- diciary Committee today tweet- ed "All. Old. News." Yeah, that was also Eichmann's defense at Nuremberg: "Guys, it was 1943!" "Old News" isn't a defense. Though I guess the fact that they didn't call it "fake news" is prog- ress. Late Night With Seth Meyers According to a new poll, Presi- dent Biden's approval rating is at 40%, meaning his approval rat- ing is the only thing inflation hasn't touched. Elon Musk tweeted today [June 15] that he just voted Republican for the first time, but only be- cause there were no candidates running as Sith. A man in the U.K. recently got a tattoo on his feet that looks like a pair of shoes. Said the man, "It hurt, but not as much as the un- derwear." LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Dear Hahn: Last year, Kath- ryn Hahn's Emmy-nominated performance as villainous Ag- atha Harkness in Disney+'s Mar- vel series "WandaVision" was widely acclaimed by fans and critics, who are eager to see more from the veteran character actress. There is certainly more to come, since a spinoff titled "Agatha: House of Harkness" is in the works. Next up for Hahn is a role in Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," which is due out in theaters later this year, but after that, the actress will be front and center in a new limited series that was recently greenlit by Hulu. An eight-episode drama, "Tiny Beautiful Things" is the story of a woman (played by Hahn) who, per the logline: "re- luctantly becomes Dear Sugar — an anonymous, revered ad- vice columnist — when her own life is falling apart. Told in multi- ple timelines with astonishing intimacy, nerve and candor, she excavates the beauty, struggle and humor in her own life to show us that we are not beyond rescue, that it's our stories that will ultimately save us." The limited series, which was handed a straight-to-series or- der, is based on the 2012 book by author Cheryl Strayed that was previously adapted for the stage by "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002) star Nia Vardalos. "Little Fires Everywhere" showrunner Liz Tigelaar adapted Strayed's book for TV and will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer — a title she'll share with Reese Witherspoon (among many others). It's worth noting that Wither- spoon both starred in and execu- tive produced the 2014 film ad- aptation of Strayed's second novel, "Wild." Witherspoon and co-star Laura Dern ("Jurassic Park," 1993) each earned an Os- car nomination for their perfor- mances in that film, which was directed by late Canadian film- maker Jean-Marc Vallée ("Dallas Buyers Club," 2013). The three — Witherspoon, Dern and Val- lée — teamed up again in 2017 for HBO's "Big Little Lies." Dern has also boarded "Tiny Beautiful Things" as an execu- tive producer via her Jaywalker Pictures production company, which she founded with produc- ing partner Jayme Lemons. Resistant 'Rust': "American Rust" is here to stay — at least, for another season. Back in January, Showtime an- nounced it had canceled the freshman drama starring Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom") and Maura Tierney ("ER"). Fortu- nately for fans and the produc- tion crew, the series, which is based on a novel by Philipp Meyer, is getting a second chance, courtesy of Amazon's Freevee. Amazon's premium, free (ad- supported) streaming service has opted to revive "American Rust" for a second season, but technically, this is the series' third stop: it was first ordered straight to series at USA Net- work in 2017 before being scrapped and later picked up by Showtime in 2019. The series centers on the sheriff (Daniels) of a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania, the first season chronicling his conflict when the son of the woman he loves (Tierney) is ac- cused of murder. Both Daniels and Tierney will return for Sea- son 2, as will writer and execu- tive producer Dan Futterman. "'American Rust' is exactly the type of gritty and engaging sto- rytelling Amazon Freevee audi- ences love, and we could not be more excited to bring this pres- tige series to our customers, free of charge," Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, the co-heads of content and programming for Freevee, said in a statement. "We can't wait to dive in with Boat Rocker and Dan Futterman to continue the story that intrigued audiences during the first sea- son, and to see the evolution of characters so expertly portrayed by Jeff and Maura in this next chapter." Hawke returns: Fresh off his role in Marvel Studios' Disney+ series "Moon Knight," Ethan Hawke is now developing a new TV crime drama that is "coming soon" at Showtime. Written by Tony winner Jez Butterworth ("Ford v Ferrari," 2019) and adapted from a novel by Richard Price, "The Whites" was initially set as a film adapta- tion but is now moving forward as a limited series starring Hawke. The four-time Oscar nominee will also serve as an ex- ecutive producer — as he did on his previous collaboration with Showtime, the limited series "The Good Lord Bird." "The Whites," which was shopped around to broadcasters and streamers in April, is de- scribed as follows: "Every de- tective is haunted by their White Whale, the perpetrator who got away because the jus- tice system failed. Billy Graves (Hawke), once a rising star in his department and former member of a group of well-re- spected cops called the "Wild Geese," walks away from NYPD Homicide and joins the Night- watch division, where his cases end when he clocks out — but his past comes calling when a seemingly straightforward mur- der case involving a White Whale unfolds, threatening his career, enduring friendships and family." Stay in the loop with Show- time for more information as it's released. Kathryn Hahn to star in "Tiny Beautiful Things" STARS ON SCREEN