Michael Curran: Celebs Rumors

Kanye West will not be on the ballot in Wisconsin for November’s U.S. presidential election, state officials have decided.West announced his presidential bid last month, on a ticket he calls the Birthday Party and has been gathering signatures to get on the ballot in states where the nomination process was still open, including Wisconsin.However, at a hearing on Thursday, Wisconsin election officials decided the rapper did not receive the 2,000 valid signatures required by the deadline at 5 pm on 5 August.The 5-1 vote from a panel of three Republicans and three Democrats rejected the argument by West’s attorney, Michael Curran, that the campaign had until 5:01 p.m.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nebula has set the cast for its upcoming short film from “Night of the Coconut” director and popular video essayist Patrick Willems, “The Dinner Plan.” A dark comedy about a guy with a rare food allergy who’s trying to make it through a stressful dinner party at his boss’s house, the cast includes “The Tick” star Griffin Newman, “American Fiction’s” Miriam Shor and “Severance” star Zach Cherry, among four other stars. Per the logline for “The Dinner Plan,” “When he’s pressured into attending a dinner party hosted by his boss, a man who suffers from a rare food allergy must navigate the most stressful night of his life with one primary objective: just don’t throw up in front of everyone.” Actors joining the ensemble cast for the project include Newman, Shor, John Hodgman (“Dicktown,” “The Daily Show,” “The Tick,” “Coraline”), Eudora Peterson (“Fantasmas,” “Problemista”), Geoffrey Cantor (“Madam Secretary,” “House of Cards”), Cherry and Cindy Cheung (“The Sinner,” “Dying For Sex”).