{
  "id": 15009614,
  "title": "Kal Penn’s Busy Onscreen Year Includes Playing Anna Nicole Smith’s Doctor, A Gregg Araki Role & ‘Harold & Kumar 4’ In Works: “One Of The Funniest Scripts”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/kal-penns-busy-onscreen-year-includes-playing-anna-nicole-smiths",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T17:41:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/kal-penn-anna-nicole-smith-doctor-gregg-araki-harold-kumar-4-1237150531/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following years of juggling acting and political work, supporting the likes of President Obama and NYC Mayor Mamdani, Kal Penn is back in leading man mode. A day after wrapping his role in Gregg Araki’s The Decline of Fucking Western Civilization, Deadline caught up with the actor about his busy onscreen year that culminates with […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}