The Latest Breaking News from Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore reunites with flight attendant who supported her

‘We sat in my galley, and you cried, and cried,’ flight attendant tells Barrymore

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Drew Barrymore fails to address writers’ strike controversy as talk show returns

‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ aired its season four premiere following weeks of criticism over the host’s decision to return during the writers’ strike

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

LeVar Burton to host book awards

The "Reading Rainbow" icon was announced as the host of the 2023 National Book Awards, taking place in November

Salon · Oct 14, 2023

‘I’ve had a bit of fun with it’: Katherine Ryan reveals she gets mistaken for Drew Barrymore

EXCLUSIVE: The Canadian comedian says it has happened ‘a few times’ and she has had to ‘set the record straight’

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Paul Harding, Justin Torres are among National Book Award finalists

Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres' multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

When do Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Kimmel and ‘SNL’ return? Plans unclear after writers’ settlement

Many films and TV shows remain on pause until two votes on the tentative deal between writers and studios.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 25, 2023

Here’s when your favorite show may return as writers strike is on the verge of ending

A tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry’s dual walkouts may be over soon

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Dancing with the Stars thrown into question after Veep actor Matt Walsh steps down over strikes

ABC is expected to postpone series

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

Drew Barrymore was America’s sweetheart – but her baffling video was a terrible misstep

Her decision to continue her talkshow amid the writers’ strike received such a backlash that she reversed it. But the holes in her ‘apology’ had already been laid bare, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Drew Barrymore's Hollywood labor scuffle isn't the first for her family

The talk show host reversed course after intense backlash over the announced return of her show. Barrymore's great aunt, actor Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in the 1920s.

WEKU · Sep 18, 2023