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Ryan Seacrest's Second Act.

The Comedy Actress Roundtable Serious talk from funny stars on male nudity (“Get your balls out, boys”), casting by bikini (“We love your work; we just want to see how tight your ass is”) and — the touchiest topic of all — the obligation to fight for pay parity.

“I’ve figured out what I’m better at and what I’m not so good at,” says Seacrest, photographed June 2 at Blade Lounge West in New York City. Find out which celebrity made him stumble all over his words at THR.com/video.

Brian Goldner

Hasbro’s CEO on the future of Transformers, Disney’s Princess bonanza and why buying a studio is ‘very compelling’ By Tatiana Siegel

4 mins

Can Al Jazeera Survive Rising Mideast Tensions?

Qatar’s $1 billion media giant is in peril as Saudi Arabia leads a blockade against a country Trump called a ‘funder of terrorism’

3 mins

Is Netflix Shifting Its Strategy? Wall Street Certainly Hopes Not

‘The rules are different,’ says one analyst of the streamer’s $6 billion-a-year content binge, even as CEO Reed Hastings says he wants to cancel more of its shows

3 mins

'Who Am I If Not The American Idol Guy?'

Ryan Seacrest spent a year trying to figure out what he should do post-Idol; then, days into his next act as host of Live With Kelly and Ryan, ABC announced the singing competition is coming back — thus began a fraught and frenzied negotiation to return him to the show that made him famous: ‘If I could do it forever, I would do it forever’

10+ mins

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