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Trump: Why My Crush on Debra Messing Turned to Hate

WILL AND NO GRACE

In a new book, “Apprentice in Wonderland,” Trump reveals why Messing—an outspoken critic— lives rent-free in his head, and secrets of his turn as NBC’s biggest star.

Martin Pengelly | Published Jun 18, 2024

Debra Messing Bakes a Cake in ‘Birthday Candles’ on Broadway

SET TO REPEAT

The “Will and Grace” star plays a woman who ages 90 years before our eyes in the comedy-drama. But will she ever finish baking her damn birthday cake?

Tim Teeman | Published Apr 10, 2022

Inside Biden and Harris’ Very Weird Pre-inauguration Concert

COME TOGETHER

The virtual “We the People” concert featured Cher lip-synching, Barbra Streisand in V.O., a handful of random celebrities, and... a DJ dance party.

Kevin Fallon | Published Jan 17, 2021

Debra Messing Backs Out of Baldwin Roast Amidst Trump Feud

MIA

The “Will & Grace” star will no longer be roasting SNL’s presidential impersonator on Comedy Central.

Matt Wilstein | Published Sep 07, 2019

Jimmy Kimmel Goes Off on Trump’s Debra Messing Obsession

‘THE MESS’

The late-night host is utterly fascinated by the president’s bizarre fixation on the ‘Will & Grace’ star.

Matt Wilstein | Published Sep 06, 2019

Whoopi Goes Off on Debra Messing: ‘You Don’t Have the Right’

‘THINK ABOUT IT’

“Listen, the last time people did this, people ended up killing themselves,” Goldberg said, referring to Joseph McCarthy’s Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s.

Matt Wilstein | Published Sep 03, 2019

Debra Messing Blasts E! On Air Over Time’s Up Hypocrisy

CALLED OUT

The ‘Will & Grace’ star dragged E!—while being interviewed on E!—at the Golden Globes for paying Sadler’s male co-host double the former host’s salary.

Kevin Fallon | Published Jan 07, 2018

Inside Jack & Karen’s Unforgettable ‘Will & Grace’ Duet

MEMORY LANE

Before Thursday’s revival season premiere, we talked to Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes about their emotional duet in the original series finale: “I cried my eyes out.”

Kevin Fallon | Published Sep 28, 2017

Debra Messing ‘Dismayed’ Over Megyn Kelly Interview

‘THAT’S A FAIL’

Claims she “didn’t know it was [Megyn’s show] until that morning.”

Why ‘Will & Grace’s’ Big Gay Success Story Was So Unlikely

Must See TV

Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and the cast of ‘Will & Grace’ on why their show worked at a time when America didn’t seem ready for a Big Gay Sitcom. (Thanks, Rupert Everett???)

Kevin Fallon | Published Sep 26, 2017