One Hollywood A-lister failed to score any points with Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling.
The pair remember in an interview for the new season of Netflix's "Running Point" waiting in line at theVanity Fair Oscar Partyfor the magazine’sfamed portrait studio.
"An A-list, male celebrity cut us in line for the portraits," series co-creator Kaling says. "He big-timed us."
"We don't really see him as A-list anymore," adds star Hudson, 47.
Kaling, 46, agrees. "I didn't know Kate that well. I'd met her at, like, a Christmas party at Reese Witherspoon's," the Emmy-nominated writer/producer adds, before acknowledging her weighty name drops. "We hadn't really chatted. But I remember thinking, 'I'm so annoyed,' and I just looked at her, and I was like, 'I'm just going to go and talk to her about it.' "
Hudson declared the move "not cool," and Kaling knew, "OK, I like her."
"The best part about that moment was that the person realized they were cutting in front of two women, who had been waiting there, and realized that it was the wrong thing to do but did it anyway," Hudson shares. "That was where we were like, 'Wow.' … And we bonded over that."
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"And that pettiness has inspired a series, called 'Running Point,' " Kaling jokes, "and we are here to talk about the second season."
We rounded up the 10 very best new and returning TV shows debuting in April and May this year. From highly anticipated sequels to quirky little newbies, see the list. 'The Testaments' airs April 8: The world of Gilead returns in this sequel to Hulu's hit "The Handmaid's Tale," which is based on Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel expanding the dystopian world. Starring "One Battle After Another" breakout Chase Infiniti, the new series offers a look at Gilead from a different perspective: that of a teen girl and daughter of one of the rich and powerful Commanders. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
'The Boys' Season 5 (Prime Video) airs April 8: Amazon's cynical, graphic and deeply irreverent take on superheroism returns for its fifth and final season this spring, and things couldn't be worse for the limited number of "good guys" the series offers. Our heroes like Hughey (Jack McQuaid) are imprisoned under Homelander's (Antony Starr) tyranny, and all hope seems to be lost. But Karl Urban's Billy Butcher may be back to save the day in the end. The sure-to-be-epic finale will stream May 20.
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'The Miniature Wife' (Peacock) airs April 9: In one of the most upfront metaphors for marriage TV writers have come up with yet, this new Peacock series sees a husband accidentally "be-little" his wife: that is, shrink her to minuscule proportions, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"-style. The already desperately unhappy couple, played by Elizabeth Banks and "Succession" alum Matthew MacFadyen, must now deal with the consequences, both silly and serious, of the sci-fi tomfoolery.
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'Big Mistakes' (Netflix) airs April 9: Beloved as David of"Schitt's Creek," Dan Levy stars and pens this ridiculous mix of comedy and crime in which a snarky brother and sister pair find themselves mixed up in organized crime after a case of mistaken necklace identity.
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'Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair' (Hulu) airs April 10: Everybody's favorite snarky sitcom family returns in this nostalgic revival of Fox's classic "Malcolm in the Middle," which ran on the network from 2000-2006. Bringing back Frankie Muniz's Malcolm, of course, the new series also has gray-haired dad Hal (Bryan Cranston, flexing his comedy muscles again), mom Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Malcolm's boisterous siblings (Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield return as the two oldest siblings but younger brothers Dewey and Jamie have been recast).
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'Euphoria' Season 3 (HBO) airs April 12: It's been more than four years since the second season of HBO's shocking teen drama "Euphoria" last aired, and a lot has changed. Its young stars have become some of the biggest names in Hollywood, garnering big budget hits and Oscar nominations that almost makes you forget they found their footing on HBO's gritty drama in the first place. But Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, Maude Apatow and more will all be back for the third (and what might be the final) season.
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'Beef' Season 2 (Netflix) airs April 16: Netflix's heated and Emmy-winning series about rage and feuding returns for a second season with an entirely new set of characters and a new "beef" at the center of all the melodrama. Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan play a married couple managing an elite country club who have reached the point of mutual hatred, and when one of their fights turns physical one night, they are unlucky enough to be witnessed by two of the club's employees.
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'The Boroughs' (Netflix) airs May 21: Think "Stranger Things" meets "The Thursday Murder Club." Matt and Ross Duffer of "Stranger" fame executive produce this sci-fi drama set at a siloed retirement community that claims to have all the amenities an AARP member could need: multiple golf courses, single story homes and companionship in those lonely golden years. The only problem? There's also aliens or monsters or some other supernatural entity out to get them.
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'Spider-Noir' (Prime Video) airs May 27: Nicolas Cage stars in this comic book adaptation that goes for a different tone than most adaptations of your friendly neighborhood Spidey. Cage plays Ben Reilly, a private investigator in 1930s New York ... who also happens to be a spider-superhero. Based on the "Spider-Man Noir" Marvel comics, the series takes its genre inspiration seriously and will stream in both color and black-and-white versions.
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'Star City' (Apple TV) airs May 29: A deep-cut spin-off of one of Apple TV's original (and very best) shows, "Star City" is set in the alternate-history world of "For All Mankind," in which the Soviet Union beat the United States in the competition to put a man on the moon. The original show's opening moments see its characters watching a Russian step on the moon, and that one historical change sets off a butterfly effect creating a whole new history for mankind.
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See the list of 10 new TV shows to watch this spring
We rounded up the 10 very best new and returning TV shows debuting in April and May this year. From highly anticipated sequels to quirky little newbies, see the list.'The Testaments'airs April 8:The world of Gilead returns in this sequel to Hulu's hit "The Handmaid's Tale," which is based on Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel expanding the dystopian world. Starring "One Battle After Another" breakout Chase Infiniti, the new series offers a look at Gilead from a different perspective: that of a teen girl and daughter of one of the rich and powerful Commanders.
Yes, Netflix has 10 new episodes, out April 23. A refresher on the February 2025 finale: Isla (Hudson), president of the Los Angeles Waves basketball team, split with her perfect-on-paper fiancé Lev (Max Greenfield). She also shared a kiss with her crush Jay (Jay Ellis), the team's former coach, now headed to Boston to be closer to his kids.
Isla's b-ball acumen led the team to the playoffs. But they lost in Game 7, fueling Isla's hunger for a championship in Season 2. Isla also must deal with the return of her brother Cam (Justin Theroux), former team president, and find a new coach.
Edits on the upcoming season coincided with Oscar nominations announced in January. Hudsonearned a nod(her second) for her role in"Song Sung Blue,"inspired by a real-life Neil Diamond tribute band.
"I don't think enough people know that the day that she was nominated for an Oscar, that morning, she had to come in to edit this show, because she's an executive producer," Kaling says.
"Dave Stassen, our showrunner was like, 'She's obviously not going to come in this morning, as she shouldn't. She should be drinking Bellinis and [talking] to press and everything.' And she showed up at, like, 8:30 in the morning and edited.
"She's a real producer, she's a real storyteller, and we just feel so lucky to have her."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling 'bonded' over male A-lister's slight
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