Search Party continues to build its stacked Season 5 cast as Kathy Griffin joins the HBO Max dark comedy in a recurring role, Deadline has confirmed.
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early and Meredith Hagner. The first three seasons followed best friends Dory (Shawkat), Drew (Reynolds), Elliott (Early) and Portia (Hagner) through a messy private investigation, semi-accidental murder, absurd cover-up and sensational trial. In Season 4, Dory was held prisoner by her psychotic stalker (Cole Escola), forcing Drew, Elliott and Portia to again become a search party – but this time for Dory.
The Emmy-winning My Life on the D-List comedian will recur as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Clare McNulty’s Chantal under her wing as a codependent apprentice. Season 5 will see Dory enter a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn, played byJeff Goldblum.
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early and Meredith Hagner. The first three seasons followed best friends Dory (Shawkat), Drew (Reynolds), Elliott (Early) and Portia (Hagner) through a messy private investigation, semi-accidental murder, absurd cover-up and sensational trial. In Season 4, Dory was held prisoner by her psychotic stalker (Cole Escola), forcing Drew, Elliott and Portia to again become a search party – but this time for Dory.
The Emmy-winning My Life on the D-List comedian will recur as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Clare McNulty’s Chantal under her wing as a codependent apprentice. Season 5 will see Dory enter a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn, played byJeff Goldblum.
- 8/11/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Kathy Griffin has joined the cast of “Search Party” for its fifth season, Variety has learned exclusively.
Griffin will recur in the HBO Max comedy as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”
“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us. She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a joint statement.
The fourth season of “Search Party” ended with Dory’s (Alia Shawkat) friends thinking she died in a house fire after she was held prisoner in that house’s basement. However, in the final moments of the episode, she awoke on a medical gurney, gasping for air and saying she “saw everything.”
It looks like it won’t take long for her to reunite with her friends,...
Griffin will recur in the HBO Max comedy as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”
“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us. She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a joint statement.
The fourth season of “Search Party” ended with Dory’s (Alia Shawkat) friends thinking she died in a house fire after she was held prisoner in that house’s basement. However, in the final moments of the episode, she awoke on a medical gurney, gasping for air and saying she “saw everything.”
It looks like it won’t take long for her to reunite with her friends,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Kathy Griffin never expected the 2017 photo of her holding a bloody Donald Trump mask to go viral — and then nearly end her career.
“I was like, ‘This will maybe show up on some blog,’ ” the comedian, 58, tells People in this week’s issue.
The image ended up costing Griffin endorsement deals, a comedy tour and her longtime gig as the co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper. She also received death threats from Trump supporters, as did her then 97-year-old mom Maggie and her sister Joyce, who was in hospice care for end-stage cancer.
“My...
“I was like, ‘This will maybe show up on some blog,’ ” the comedian, 58, tells People in this week’s issue.
The image ended up costing Griffin endorsement deals, a comedy tour and her longtime gig as the co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper. She also received death threats from Trump supporters, as did her then 97-year-old mom Maggie and her sister Joyce, who was in hospice care for end-stage cancer.
“My...
- 8/2/2019
- by Kate Coyne
- PEOPLE.com
Though friends like Sharon Stone advised Kathy Griffin to leave the country after a controversial photoshoot involving a bloody image of President Donald Trump nearly ended the comedian’s career two years ago, she never thought about fleeing.
“It will piss some people off to hear me say this, but I’m an American girl,” Griffin, 58, tells People in this week’s issue.
“I am American all the way. I complain a lot about sexism and misogyny, but I’m well aware there are many, many countries where I could not do this for a living,” she says. “I am...
“It will piss some people off to hear me say this, but I’m an American girl,” Griffin, 58, tells People in this week’s issue.
“I am American all the way. I complain a lot about sexism and misogyny, but I’m well aware there are many, many countries where I could not do this for a living,” she says. “I am...
- 8/1/2019
- by Kate Coyne, Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
Two years ago, a controversial photoshoot involving a bloody image of President Donald Trump nearly ended Kathy Griffin’s career.
When the photo of the comedian, now 58, holding up a Halloween mask of the President with ketchup poured on it to resemble blood went viral, she lost endorsement deals, a comedy tour and her long-standing gig as the co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper.
Soon Griffin began to receive death threats, and so did her then 97-year-old mom Maggie and her sister Joyce, who was in hospice care for end-stage cancer.
“I felt guilty,...
When the photo of the comedian, now 58, holding up a Halloween mask of the President with ketchup poured on it to resemble blood went viral, she lost endorsement deals, a comedy tour and her long-standing gig as the co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper.
Soon Griffin began to receive death threats, and so did her then 97-year-old mom Maggie and her sister Joyce, who was in hospice care for end-stage cancer.
“I felt guilty,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Kate Coyne, Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
It seems that the bad blood still runs deep between Kathy Griffin and former pal Anderson Cooper. While promoting her upcoming comedy-documentary, Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, in an interview with “Am to Dm” on Wednesday, the outspoken stand-up star addressed the recent death of Cooper’s mother, famed socialite heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, going so far as to assert her bond...
- 7/18/2019
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Outfest has unveiled its programming lineup, including appearances by Kathy Griffin, Trixie Mattel, Angelica Ross and Robert Englund, for its 37th version on July 18-28.
Officially titled the 2019 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, the event opens at the Orpheum Theatre with the “Circus of Books” documentary and closes at The Theater at the Ace Hotel with family comedy “Before You Know It” from Hannah Pearl Utt (who also co-wrote and stars), featuring Judith Light alongside Alec Baldwin and Mandy Patinkin.
Films are from 33 countries and in 26 languages, and more than two-thirds of the titles are directed by women, people of color and trans filmmakers.
“As my tenure comes to an end I am most proud of Outfest’s increased visibility in Hollywood and our ever-growing stature within the industry,” said executive director Christopher Racster. “Outfest Los Angeles continues to shine a spotlight on those stories we must see and...
Officially titled the 2019 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, the event opens at the Orpheum Theatre with the “Circus of Books” documentary and closes at The Theater at the Ace Hotel with family comedy “Before You Know It” from Hannah Pearl Utt (who also co-wrote and stars), featuring Judith Light alongside Alec Baldwin and Mandy Patinkin.
Films are from 33 countries and in 26 languages, and more than two-thirds of the titles are directed by women, people of color and trans filmmakers.
“As my tenure comes to an end I am most proud of Outfest’s increased visibility in Hollywood and our ever-growing stature within the industry,” said executive director Christopher Racster. “Outfest Los Angeles continues to shine a spotlight on those stories we must see and...
- 6/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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