H. Alan Scott

Newsweek's H. Alan Scott breaks down all the twists and turns on reality TV this week.

"Knowing that I'm on the show without my pants on is also, well...[most] people get their big break with pants on," Asher Grodman says about his part on CBS' Ghosts.

"I was constantly exerting a lot of energy to play her, because she is so different from me," Mikey Madison tells Newsweek about her film 'Anora.'

"It's very, very hard to resist seeing things in dollar value. In fact, I would argue, and I think the book argues this, it is almost impossible," Rumaan Alam tells Newsweek.

"It is really funny to actually be in a position where I can literally say, 'I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV,'" Zachary Quinto tells Newsweek about NBC's 'Brilliant Minds.'

Nick Jonas' 'Big Imagination' Guides His Choices: 'Want to Do It All'

Remembering Bob Newhart: A Master of Comedy When you're a kid obsessed with comedy, your personality quickly gets defined by the comics you love. For me, that comic was Bob Newhart, but it didn't start with Newhart. I was in fifth grade reading Ellen DeGeneres' book My Point... And I Do Have One. I could not get enough of DeGeneres' material. (This was before she came out on he

When you’re a kid obsessed with comedy, your personality quickly gets defined by the comics you love. For me, that comic was Bob Newhart, but it didn’t start with Newhart.I was in fifth grade reading Ellen DeGeneres’ book My Point... And I Do Have One. I could not get enough of DeGeneres’ material. (This was before she came out on her sitcom Ellen or her talk show.) My teacher that year, Mr. Parsons, encouraged my interest in comedy. One day, after I likely attempted, probably poorly, to do a De…

Andrew McCarthy Reexamines the Impact of the Brat Pack in 'Brats'

Is Taylor Swift a Role Model? It Depends on Who You Ask Can we talk about Taylor Swift for a moment? Last week an opinion piece by John Mac Ghlionn was posted to Newsweek titled "Taylor Swift Is Not a Good Role Model." Well, it sent the internet into a tizzy. (And it blew up my phone because everybody was texting me about it.) It basically said that Swift isn't a good role