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Principal photography has begun in Los Angeles on independent comedy The Dink, with tennis icon John McEnroe among additions to the cast.

Also joining the Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films project are Saturday Night Live’s Chloe Fineman, Patton Oswalt, Aaron Chen, Martin Kove, Chris Parnell and Christine Taylor.

Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris were previously announced to star in the film, which follows a washed-up tennis pro who is forced to play pickleball in an attempt to win his father’s respect. Red Hour’s Ben Stiller and tennis champion Andy Roddick play supporting roles.

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Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films have rounded out the cast for their pickleball comedy, The Dink, with seven additions: Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), Aaron Chen (Fisk), Martin Kove (The Karate Kid), Chris Parnell (Rick and Morty), Christine Taylor (Dodgeball) and seven-time Grand Slam tennis champion John McEnroe (Never Have I Ever).

As previously announced, Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Ben Stiller, and Andy Roddick will also star, with Josh Greenbaum (upcoming Spaceballs sequel) directing from a script by Sean Clements (Workaholics). Production kicked off in Los Angeles today.

The Dink follows a washed-up tennis pro who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball.

John Lesher and Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner, alongside...

Women In Film has named its Board of Directors EVP Syrinthia Studer as president, the organization announced today. Her tenure, which will commence next year, picks up following Amy Baer’s 9-year term as leader of Wif’s board of directors.

“I’m now thrilled to pass the baton to an extraordinary woman, executive, and a friend, Wif’s next Board President, Syrinthia Studer,” Baer said in a statement. “A 25-year industry veteran with a career spanning from marketing to development, and from film to digital platforms production in the U.S. and globally. Syrinthia is a bold and caring leader, and Wif has already benefited from her vast and diverse experience and extraordinary leadership skills as a Board member since 2018, and most recently, Executive Vice President of the Wif Executive Committee. She has a clear-eyed, ambitious, and exciting agenda for Wif in 2025 and beyond.”

Wif CEO Kirsten Schaffer added,...

In Paul King's "Paddington 2," High Grant played an egocentric actor named Phoenix Buchanan, a greedy villain given to flights of narcissism. Given what Jon Stewart has said about Grant, it might not have been a stretch for him to play such a character. Grant had a bad reputation and has taken to task by the press several times in the past for losing his temper on set. Most recently, Grant was reported to have yelled very harshly at a woman on the set of "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves." He assumed that the woman was a visiting executive and he was infuriated by her demands. As it turns out, the woman was an on-set chaperone for one of the film's child actors, and certainly didn't deserve a dressing down.

Grant was conciliatory afterward, however. He admitted immediately to "groveling," asking for forgiveness.

Back in 2012, however, Grant already recognized this about himself.

For today’s Gen-z kids, The Big Bang Theory and Friends might be some of the shows that they feel are iconic. But long back in the 80s, aired a show that changed the definition of sitcoms and grew a massive fan base across the US.

Yes, we are talking about NBC’s Cheers, which ran successfully from 1982 until its series finale in 1993. Critically acclaimed and loved by many during its original run, the series is one of the best sitcoms.

Cheers is hilarious, intelligent, fast-paced, heartfelt, peopled by unforgettable characters, and consistently good. The story revolves around a Boston bar, owned by Sam Malone (Ted Danson), a former relief pitcher, and has several other main characters, who either work in the bar or visit it regularly.

Decades later after its final run, let’s take a look at where some of the Cheers‘ major cast members are now!

Here...

As far as classic trilogies go, Back to the Future has to rank at the top of the pantheon. Yet, it’s always felt as if their third film, Back to the Future: Part III, which features Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly going back in time to rescue Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) from the old west, always went a little underappreciated by fans. Why?

Truth be told, as good as the two sequels are, neither quite manages to outshine the 1985 original, which ranks as perhaps the most impeccably crafted blockbuster of all time. For his follow-ups, Robert Zemeckis was ahead of his time in that he shot both movies back to back as one giant film, allowing him to release them six months apart, at Christmas of 1989 and the Summer of 1990. In fact, Back to the Future: Part II ended with a trailer for the third film.

Yet, at...

Ben Stiller is due to produce and star in the pickleball comedy 'The Dink'. The 58-year-old actor will appear alongside 'New Girl' star Jake Johnson, 'Step Brothers' actress Mary Steenburgen, 'The Truman Show' actor Ed Harris and former tennis champion Andy Roddick in the upcoming flick, which follows a washed-up tennis pro (Johnson) as he finally relents and plays pickleball in an effort to save a club in crisis and earn his father's respect. As well as starring in the comedy, the 'Zoolander' actor's production company Red Hour Films will be collaborating with Rivulet Films on the movie.Stiller was last seen in the comedy-drama 'Nutcrackers' where he played a workaholic who leaves the city and travels to rural Ohio to care for his four orphaned nephewsThe movie marked Stiller's first film role in seven years, and previously revealed the...

With his first three films, director Josh Greenbaum has given us murderous, maraca wielding Jamie Dornan (Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar), Will Ferrell as a dog on a mission to bite his abusive owner's wiener off (Strays), and a properly touching road-trip movie (Will & Harper). And now, for the unpredictable filmmaker's next trick, he's set to tackle the world of pickleball in The Dink. And what's more, per THR's reporting, Jake Johnson is gearing up to lead the sports comedy, with Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris all lined up to co-star in the movie alongside him.

Written by Kevin Can F*** Himself scribe Sean Clements, The Dink will see Johnson star as an over-the-hill tennis pro who reluctantly picks up the pickleball paddle in order to save a local club and attempt to earn his father's respect. Who Stiller — a man who knows a thing...

Ben Stiller returns to the world of sports with an all-star cast for a new film. Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will re-team for the upcoming pickleball comedy, The Dink, which is set to star Jake Johnson in the leading role, with Mary Steenburgen (Book Club series) and Ed Harris (Pollock) also set to star. Ben Stiller (Zoolander) and former tennis champion Andy Roddick will have key supporting roles. Josh Greenbaum will direct the original screenplay from Sean Clements (Workaholics). Principal photography is set to begin in Los Angeles in November.

The Dink follows a washed-up tennis pro (Johnson) who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball.

John Lesher and Ben Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner alongside Rivulet...

For a long while, you couldn’t find Ben Stiller in front of the camera for a project. That doesn’t mean he has avoided Hollywood, as he has really grown into being more of a filmmaker at this point. But now, it appears Stiller is really ready to act more, as he has just signed on to star in a film called “The Dink.”

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According to THR, Ben Stiller is on board to produce and star in a new comedy film, “The Dink.” The film is directed by Josh Greenbaum and will co-star alongside Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris.

Continue reading ‘The Dink’: Ben Stiller To Star Opposite Jake Johnson In Josh Greenbaum’s Pickleball Comedy at The Playlist.

Fresh from Hulu’s acquisition of Toronto opening film Nutcrackers, Ben Stiller and Rivulet Films are lining up pickleball comedy The Dink to star Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris, with supporting roles for Stiller and tennis great Andy Roddick.

Principal photography is set to begin in Los Angeles in November, setting up the project as a potential AFM sales title. Josh Greenbaum, who helmed awards season documentary contender Will & Harper and the upcoming Spaceballs sequel for MGM, will direct the original screenplay from Sean Clements.

The Dink centres on a washed-up tennis pro played by Johnson, who starred...

Former tennis champion Andy Roddick will star alongside Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris in the upcoming pickleball comedy “The Dink.”

Josh Greenbaum, the filmmaker of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and the upcoming documentary “Will & Harper,” is directing the film. Ben Stiller’s company Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will serve as producers. Sean Clements wrote the screenplay for “The Dink,” which is set to begin principle photography this November in Los Angeles.

Johnson will play a washed-up tennis pro who is trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect. But in the process, he’s forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball. It’s unclear who anyone else is playing in “The Dink,” but Stiller will appear in a supporting role.

Rivulet will also be...

Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ben Stiller, Ed Harris and tennis pro Andy Roddick are ready to play some pickleball in Josh Greenbaum’s upcoming sports comedy “The Dink.” Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films are re-teaming to produce the film, which begins production in November in Los Angeles. Greenbaum is working from a screenplay by Sean Clements.

According to the official synopsis, “The Dink” “follows a washed-up tennis pro (Johnson) who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball.”

John Lesher and Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner alongside Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill. Johnson will also serve as a producer. Stiller and Rivulet’s most recent collaboration was “Nutcrackers,” a heartfelt comedy directed by David Gordon Green, that...

Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will re-team for the upcoming pickleball comedy, The Dink, which is set to star Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris.

Stiller and former tennis champion Andy Roddick will have key supporting roles.

Josh Greenbaum will direct the original screenplay from Sean Clements.

Pic follows a washed-up tennis pro (Johnson) who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball.

Cameras roll this November in LA.

John Lesher and Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner alongside Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill. Johnson will also serve as a producer. Stiller and Rivulet’s most recent collaboration, Nutcrackers directed by David Gordon Green,...

After their collaboration on Nutcrackers, Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will reteam for the pickleball comedy The Dink.

Jake Johnson has nabbed the leading role as he plays a washed-up tennis pro who, to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, does the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball. The cast includes Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris, while Stiller and former tennis champion Andy Roddick will have key supporting roles.

Johnson is coming off Self Reliance, his feature-length directorial debut that he also wrote and stars in. Josh Greenbaum will direct The Dink from an original screenplay from Sean Clements, with production to start in Los Angeles in November.

John Lesher and Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner, alongside Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill. Johnson will also produce. Stiller and Rivulet Films most...

Exclusive: The Laugh Factory is venturing into feature film production with the launch of Laugh Factory Entertainment; their first project being Adam Rifkin’s stoner comedy, Toad, which Deadline first told you about.

The new division will be led by new Laugh Factory President David Fuhrer, Head of Entertainment John Weiser and Laugh Factory founder Jamie Masada who are expanding the iconic brand beyond the comedy clubs into film, television, podcasts, digital content, and live events.

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Directed by Rifkin and co-written by the filmmaker with Piers Ashworth, Toad, follows the wild story of two naive slackers, Sam (James Paxton of Twisters) and Alex (Oliver Wyman of Feeling Randy), who are hired by a crime boss to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from LA to Vegas. When the desert heat causes the toads to suffer heatstroke, the two are inadvertently dosed when they give the toads CPR...

Dax Shepard is addressing the rumor that he and wife Kristen Bell are “Hollywood swingers.”

The Armchair Expert podcaster made an appearance during the Season 5 premiere of The Drew Barrymore Show, where she spoke about the rumor.

“There was the most exciting tabloid story that we were Hollywood swingers and we hosted swing parties, this was in the tabloids,” he explained.

“My favorite part of that happening was we got a lot of texts from other friends of ours saying, ‘How could you not have invited me to the swinger party?’”

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He explained that although their friends were “teasing, of course, because they know us and they know we are not hosting swinger parties,” he appreciated their humorous attitude about the whole situation.

“I just thought that was great to receive a text from [Jimmy] Kimmel saying, ‘My feelings are quite hurt that Molly [McNearney, his wife] and...

It’s hard to imagine a time when Ted Danson wasn’t on TV. After all, he spent a whopping 11 seasons playing Sam Malone on Cheers, six years as Dr. John Becker on Becker, and, more recently, took on the part of a 6,000-foot tall tentacled fire demon who's taken on the form of a 6-foot-2 silver fox in The Good Place.

Not to mention the fact that he regularly popped up on Curb Your Enthusiasm, effortlessly inhabiting what was perhaps his greatest role to date: Ted Danson.

Now Danson has a brand new show coming out: A Man on the Inside. While it may sound like the title of a self-help book written by Tobias Fünke, it’s actually a new Netflix comedy that reteams Danson with The Good Place and Parks and Recreation producer Mike Schur.

A Man on the Inside is reportedly an adaptation of The Mole Agent,...

Searchlight Pictures has brought on Pachinko creator Soo Hugh to write and direct a feature adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel Tender Is The Night.

LuckyChap, Putnam Pictures, Hugh and Margo Klewans’ Moonslinger Productions are serving as producers on the project.

Tender Is The Night was published in 1934 and was Fitzgerald’s fourth and final novel. It follows a glamorous and wealthy couple whose relationship unravels in a web of romantic entanglement, manipulation and deceit when they meet a young actress on holiday.

Searchlight vice president Richard Ruiz will oversee the project for the studio, reporting to heads...

David Lynch has been making movies since the 1960s, when he was an art student who wanted to see his paintings move. Since then, he’s become one of the most recognizable and beloved auteurs in cinema history, a filmmaker who enjoys remarkable success, given his idiosyncratic work.

Because Lynch’s work is so personal, it has long been difficult for critics and fans to reach a consensus regarding which is his very best work. Every single one of his movies and TV series has value, and each one strikes different people in different ways. Indeed, even this writer finds himself changing his own personal ranking from time to time.

Like Lynch himself, his works are impossible to categorize and, thus, near impossible to rank, but we’ve given a go in order to celebrate the filmmakers long and celebrated career. We’re looking back at both his movies and...

Ted Danson's impact on Hollywood runs deep as he transcends genre and makes his mark on some of the most seminal comedies and dramas of the 20th and 21st centuries. Today, people might recognize his face from ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ or ‘The Good Place.’ Meanwhile, Danson made his mark on the sitcom genre early in his career with his iconic role as Sam Malone on ‘Cheers.’ Let’s take a look at some of Ted Danson’s most iconic work. Career Beginnings: Working His Way Up It’s incredibly common to need to work your way to stardom. This often includes guest spots or small recurring roles wherever you can find them, and any resume building is good resume building. Ted Danson was no different, but his start to acting was slower than most young stars. Standing at over six feet tall, Danson’s first love was basketball, naturally.

As the excitement of Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine‘s box office-breaking launch begins to simmer down, how the bloody buddy comedy affects the film industry has come to light. In addition to reinvigorating the Marvel Cinematic Universe for some fans, the Anne Fletcher-directed romantic comedy The Proposal, starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, is rising in popularity. The 2009 comedy, with its 45% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, quickly moved up the Hulu streaming charts to #15 in the U.S. following the release of Marvel’s latest blockbuster. Why? Well, that’s spoiler territory, my friends. If you want the details, read on. If not, see Deadpool & Wolverine in theaters, and then come back and read this article. We know you’re dying to learn the connection. How could you not?

In Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’s Wade Wilson meets a Deadpool variant named Nicepool, played by his alter ego,...

The comedic legend Bob Newhart has died at 94. You might know him from famous sitcoms like The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart. Or, if you’re much younger, he’s Papa Elf.

Newhart was 73 when he starred as Will Ferrell’s adoptive father in 2003’s Elf. With those adorable mustard yellow tights and that kelly green suit and hat, it’s bizarre that younger generations first became acquainted with Newhart when he was dressed as a Keebler elf, nearly getting squished when Buddy adoringly sat on his lap. Never mind...

Intro: Marriage. Divorce. Dating. Unplanned pregnancy. Psychological counseling. Gambling debts. Sexual awakening. Absentee fathers. Balloon animals. Cowboys. It’s all covered in the 1989 comedy Parenthood – which tells the stories of parents, grandparents, and a whole lot of kids. This led to Oscar nominations, financial success, and even a couple TV series follow-ups – and we’re about to hear all about it, because it’s time for Parenthood to be Revisited.

Set-up: Legendary producer Roger Corman gave Ron Howard his first shot at directing a feature film with 1977’s Grand Theft Auto. At the time, Howard was best known for his acting roles, having played Opie Taylor on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and then Richie Cunningham on many episodes of Happy Days. It was while he was working on Happy Days that he met the writing duo of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, as Ganz was a supervising...

Exclusive: Filmmaker Adam Rifkin is set to direct his next feature, the stoner comedy, Toad, which he co-wrote with Bank of Dave scribe Piers Ashworth. Cameras will roll this autumn in New Mexico.

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In the spirit of such pics like Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Toad tells the tale of two naive slackers, Sam (played by James Paxton of Twisters and Rifkin’s western Last Train to Fortune) and Alex (Oliver Wyman of Feeling Randy), who are hired by a frightening cartel boss to deliver a cardboard box from LA to Vegas for the tidy sum of $10k. The boys think it’s their lucky day. Instructed not to look in the box, the duo can’t contain their curiosity and as soon as they drive off the property they pull over and have a peek.

Netflix has plenty of action films as well as summer ones in its July 2024 slate, such as the Back to the Future trilogy as well as the first two Bad Boys films. Toby Maguire’s take on the web-slinging Spider-Man will also be available to stream at the beginning of the month.

Animated adventures, such as Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Trolls: Band Together and The Imaginary also abound. Harry Connick Jr.’s escape to Cypress provides another summer flick to look into available on the streamer July 19.

Find seven of the best new films on Netflix in July 2024 below:

The Back to the Future Trilogy – July 1

Back To The Future Part III, Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox, 1990, (c) Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

Michael J. Fox’s energy is unmatched as Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis’ science fiction trilogy, which also stars Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown,...

Woody Harrelson revealed on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast that he got into a motorcycle accident while he was driving to the studio to record the interview alongside his “Cheers” co-star and longtime friend Ted Danson. Harrelson collided with a Tesla and was thrown over his handlebars and over the hood of the car. He was wearing a helmet and avoided any potential head injury.

“A tumble is a fair term. I did go over my handlebars,” Harrelson revealed on the podcast following the accident. “I was honestly and embarrassingly passing this Tesla on the left that I felt was moving a little slow and I didn’t realize he was moving slow because he was taking a left. I was on a motorcycle.”

“I always feel like the shortest distance between two points in L.A. is a motorcycle. But today it proved not to be so...

Sandra Bullock Once Revealed BTS Details About Her Nak*d Scene With Ryan Reynolds From The Proposal( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are unparalleled in the comedy genre, and when they came together on screen for The Proposal, it was a blast. It had a lot of funny moments, and filming them was also a lot of fun for the actors. The Speed star once shared a behind-the-scenes detail from the rom-com when they had to film a sequence where Ryan was nak*ed. Scroll below to know more.

The 2009 movie starred Betty White, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, and others in the supporting cast. According to Box Office Mojo, it had a production budget of $40 million and earned $317.3 million worldwide.

There is a sequence in the film where Sandra Bullock attempts to find a towel after showering, leading her outside the bathroom. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds’ character strips...

There is nothing like having friends over for a good meal and conversation. That’s the basis for AMC Networks’ In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin. The series on AMC+ and IFC shows the renowned actor, writer, and entrepreneur Harry Hamlin cooking delicious dishes with his niece and Le Cordon Bleu School-trained chef Renee Guilbault for famous guests. The pair hosted a holiday special with a similar format, which ended up being just the appetizer for what was to come. Each of the five episodes brings in another star-filled dinner party including Hamlin’s wife Lisa Rinna (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), Ted Danson (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Mary Steenburgen (Book Club), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Tongayi Chirisa (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches) and Ed Begley Jr. (Better Call Saul) to name a few. Here Guilbault shares what it was like growing up with her Uncle Harry,...

Artists for a New South Africa (Ansa) was founded in 1989 by Alfre Woodard, Danny Glover, Mary Steenburgen, Blair Underwood, Cch Pounder and friends to support the quest to end apartheid.

Since its inception, Ansa has raised and granted over nine million dollars to effective African nonprofits, shipped more than 20 tons of books and medical supplies to poor communities and provided comprehensive, ongoing care to over 3,500 AIDS orphans for the last eight years. Ansa continues to work in the U.S. and Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, advance human rights, preserve the legacy and values of the struggle against apartheid and the brave men and women who led it, and build bonds between our nations through arts, culture and the shared pursuit of social justice.

“We will never forget those who stood by us in our darkest days…You have become a part of the progress we are making…We are...

Legendary entertainer Dick Van Dyke was as surprised as anybody when he arrived to record the CBS special “Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.” For our recent webchat he reveals, “I hadn’t seen anything until I got there, and they had built the old living room from the show. Behind us was the set from “Chim Chim Cher-ee” from “Mary Poppins.”

CBS had assembled an all-star musical tribute for the Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award winner’s to celebrate his 98th birthday last December. Van Dyke and viewers enjoyed big productions featuring songs from “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Mary Poppins, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Bye Bye Birdie.” Performers included Jason Alexander, Zachary Levi, Skylar Astin, Amanda Kloots, Amber Riley, Rita Ora, Beth Behrs, Tichina Arnold, Jojo Siwa, Weird Al Yankovic and Rufus Wainwright. In person tributes were offered by Rob Reiner, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Roma Downey,...

Exclusive: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Chris Jenkins’ animated family comedy 10 Lives, in partnership with Gfm Animation. World premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film featuring the voices of singer-songwriter Zayn Malik, Bill Nighy (Living) and more will be released wide in theaters on October 11.

The film introduces audiences to Beckett, a pampered and selfish cat who takes his life for granted until he loses his ninth life. But fate has a wild ride in store, thrusting him into a hilarious and eye-opening journey of self-realization.

Also starring Mo Gilligan (The Lateish Show), Simone Ashley (Bridgerton), Sophie Okonedo (Slow Horses), Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) and Dylan Lewellyn (Derry Girls), the film is produced by Guy Collins and Sean Feeney. Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg will join the executive producers.

In addition to starring, Malik acted as executive music producer on the film, writing and...

Actor and entrepreneur Harry Hamlin is wearing yet another hat in an all-new series. This time, he’s hanging out in the kitchen with his niece, Renee Guilbault. Guilbault is a professional chef and will share her skills with her uncle as they prepare fabulous meals for their dinner guests. The series, “In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin,” features five episodes and premieres this week. You can begin streaming “In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin” on IFC and AMC+ on Wednesday, May 15 at 11 p.m. Et. You can watch IFC with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.

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SiriusXM today announced the launch of Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes), a new original podcast hosted by the Emmy Award-winning actors and friends. Premiering June 12, the podcast will see Ted and Woody reconnect 30 years after the end of their acclaimed sitcom “Cheers,” joined by a plethora of exciting guests.

You can hear the trailer below.

Each week on “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” Ted and (when he can find him) Woody will sit down with a special guest to dig beyond the career highlights and into the stuff of life that makes us who we are. While listeners can expect some fond reminiscences of their time on Cheers, the show will mostly serve as a freewheeling exchange of laughter and wisdom as the charismatic duo reconnect both with each other and with the talented friends they’ve made throughout their incredible careers. Listeners...

The podcast world has taken off in a way that no one thought. Our favorite stars of stage and screen are able to sit down and have candid discussions without flash and utilize their time for lengthy interviews. Enter Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson. According to Deadline, the duo, who were part of an ensemble cast on the Emmy-winning NBC hit comedy Cheers, will be reuniting to catch up with each other and friends for a podcast series called Where Everybody Knows Your Name. The apt title comes from the iconic theme song of the sitcom. The actors who portrayed Sam Malone and Woody Boyd will be premiering the podcast on SiriusXM on June 12.

The show doesn’t explicitly set out to be a Cheers retrospective, but there should no doubt be some reminiscing as the series is about Danson and Harrelson reuniting after years of different career paths and...

Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson reconnect 30 years after the end of “Cheers” — joined by a plethora of exciting guests — during their new original podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes).”

Premiering June 12, the podcast features Ted and (when he can find him) Woody sitting down with a special guest each week to dig beyond the career highlights and into the stuff of life that makes us who we are.

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“Though I’ve always dreaded small talk at a cocktail party, I’ve found that it is a genuine privilege to sit down with someone for a deep, uninterrupted conversation. With this podcast, we’ll do just that,” said Ted Danson. “And that I get to do it with Woody, my dear friend of many decades, is the cherry on top of the sundae.

Cheers stars Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson are reuniting for a new podcast and are bringing along a number of their friends.

The pair are to launch Where Everybody Knows Your Name for SiriusXM on June 12.

The series, which has been in development for some time, will feature guests including Eric Andre, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Laura Dern, Jane Fonda, Simu Liu, Megan Mullally, Conan O’Brien, Nick Offerman, Martin Short and Mary Steenburgen.

Some 30 years after the end of Cheers, the pair will reminisce about their time on the sitcom as well as speak with other celebrities about their lives.

The series is produced by Team Coco with Nick Liao, Adam Sachs, Jeff Ross, and Colin Anderson as exec producers. Harrelson will be involved original music alongside Steenburgen, Antony Genn and John Osborne.

You can listen to the trailer here.

“Though I’ve always dreaded small talk at a cocktail party,...

For some people, timing is everything, especially regarding life planning. The problem with meticulous plans is no one can account for the unknown, and a wrench in the works can throw the entire strategy out of whack. In Let’s Have Kids!, Emma and Phoebe decide to get pregnant simultaneously to navigate motherhood together. However, their friendship becomes tested when only one conceives, and the other is left on the sidelines. Karen Gillan and Zoë Chao lead Let’s Have Kids! as two best friends on opposite ends of a life-changing era.

Let’s Have Kids! is Black Adam and Due Date writer Adam Sztykiel’s directorial debut. Sam Richardson, Max Greenfield, K.J. Apa, Ed Begley Jr., and Mary Steenburgen co-star in the laugh-out-loud comedy. Sztykiel co-wrote the script with Elli Knaus, a producer on the project alongside Becky Sloviter.

Karen Gillan made a splash as Amy Pond in the...

Exclusive: Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and Zoë Chao (Nightbitch) will lead the cast of Let’s Have Kids!, a feature comedy from MRC that’s heading into production this week.

Marking the directorial debut of Black Adam and Due Date scribe Adam Sztykiel, pic’s ensemble also includes Sam Richardson (The Afterparty) Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), K.J. Apa (Riverdale), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Sheldon) and Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen (Nightmare Alley).

Let’s Have Kids! tells the story of lifelong best friends Emma and Phoebe, who decide to try to have their first babies at the same time so they can navigate the Great Unknown of motherhood together, but find their friendship is deeply tested when only one of them gets pregnant. Sztykiel and Ellie Knaus wrote the script and will also produce alongside Becky Sloviter (Palm Springs) — the recently appointed President of Miramax Motion Picture Group,...

Across the sprawling city of Los Angeles — within feet of children’s bedrooms, playgrounds, office buildings, and places of worship — there’s an oil well, exuding toxins that put nearby residents at risk of asthma attacks, reproductive issues, and multiple types of cancer. The evidence stacked against Big Oil is alarming, and after more than 130 years since drilling began in the town of flowers and sunshine, the Los Angeles city council unanimously voted to phase out drilling in January 2021.

In response, oil and gas companies collected enough signatures for a referendum to challenge the legislation.

“When Jane Fonda calls, you show up,” explained John Legend, tickling the ivories in front of a large crowd of glittery art lovers, environmentalists and celebs. “Wouldn’t you?”

The large artist, art collector and celeb crowd mingling in the white chandelier-strewn tent behind Gagosian Gallery made it pretty clear they not only would, but did. Fonda, along with gallerist Larry Gagosian and Christie’s, organized the evening, titled “Art For a Safe and Healthy California” — an art sale to support California’s grassroots fight against Big Oil, in an attempt to protect neighborhoods from toxic oil drilling. With so many years of activism and fundraising dedicated to feminist, pacifist and environmental issues — organizing, fundraising, holding benefits, walkouts, protests, not to mention getting arrested four times — Jane Fonda is now going up against Big Oil.

Nothing the lifelong rights fighter can’t handle, of course.

“What’s more important than the destruction of our planet?...

At the inaugural Academy Awards in 1929, native Pennsylvanian Janet Gaynor made history as the first American-born performer to win an Oscar by taking the Best Actress prize for her body of work in “7th Heaven,” “Street Angel,” and “Sunrise.” Over the subsequent 95 years, 215 more thespians originating from the United States won the academy’s favor, meaning the country has now produced 68.1% of all individual acting Oscar recipients. Considering the last decade alone, the rate of such winners is even higher, at 70.3%.

At this point, 96.8% of American-born acting Oscar victors have hailed from one of 34 actual states. Of those constituting the remainder, three originated from the federal District of Columbia, while four were born in the territory of Puerto Rico. New York (home to 49 winners) is the most common birth state among the entire group, followed by California (34), Illinois (13), Massachusetts (11), and Pennsylvania (11).

Bearing in mind our specific birthplace focus, the 16 states...

Da’Vine Joy Randolph celebrated winning her first Oscar with her girl squad backstage at the Oscars at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.

Randolph posed with her Oscar with Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Steenburgen, Regina King, Lupita Nyong’o and Rita Moreno.

Randolph stunned in a blue gown while posing with her fellow actresses. Curtis wowed in a black gown, Steenburgen sported floral prints, King went with orange, Nyong’o twinned with Randolph with light blue and Moreno stunned in fluffy black.

The Holdovers star was in tears when she grabbed her first Oscar for best supporting actress in a motion picture.

Randolph noted in her acceptance speech the importance of being true to oneself.

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“For so long, I’ve always wanted to be different,” she said. “And now I realize, I just need to be myself.”

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By delivering performances that add up to almost four and a half hours, the four acting Oscar winners of 2024 came within six minutes of setting a new academy record for highest single-year screen time average. Ultimately, they landed in fifth place with a mean of one hour, four minutes, and 57 seconds, thus becoming only the 12th winning quartet (and sixth in 10 years) to exceed 60 minutes.

Newly crowned Best Actor and Actress champs Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) are credited with a whopping 81% of their foursome’s screen time total, respectively clocking in at 1:53:10 and 1:37:19 and outpacing all of the 2024 nominees by at least four minutes. Supporting honorees Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) gave the fourth and sixth shortest nominated performances of the year, reaching individual screen times of 23:50 and 25:29.

Considering this group’s screen time percentages,...

Jamie Lee Curtis, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar last year for her work in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” had a whirlwind Oscars night on Sunday.

Posting about her Academy Awards night on Instagram, the iconic scream queen wrote that she flew in, took part in the ceremony, left to get a burger at In-n-Out and then flew out. (The blurry selfie above is hers.)

Now that’s how it’s done.

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Curtis was at the ceremony to help present the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her work in “The Holdovers.” (It’s Oscar tradition to have the previous year’s recipient present that year’s winner.) Curtis was one of several past winners there to introduce the new crop of nominees, and was joined onstage by Regina King, Lupita Nyong’o,...

Sunday’s Oscar telecast delivered a rare moment in the sun for some of Hollywood’s most unsung heroes: Personal publicists. And while TV viewers might’ve wondered why they got so much love, those in the audience at the 2024 Oscars might argue the shine was due to a classic case of reverse psychology.

At precisely 4 p.m. inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, David Alan Grier took to the stage with a microphone in hand to make pre-show announcements. “Good evening and welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 96th Academy Awards,” said the veteran star with a clock ticking over his shoulder on the big-screen with less than three minutes and 40 seconds before showtime. “Y’all are going to be hearing from me for the rest of the night, but for the next minute, enjoy seeing me. Feast your eyes upon my body. I’m a real zaddy.”

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At the 96th Oscars, it truly was an honor just to be nominated. In the smartest and classiest move of an enjoyable Oscar night that clocked in decidedly under the allotted time—not that it should be hard to get the job done in three and a half hours—the presentation of the acting categories allowed each of the nominees to be recognized and congratulated before the envelope was ever opened. Gracious, yes. Emotionally effective, even more so. Tears were shed among the contenders for the first award (supporting actress) while past recipients read heartfelt testimonials: Jamie Lee Curtis (last year’s winner), a stunning Rita Moreno, Regina King, Lupita Nyong’o and Mary Steenburgen. The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph was overcome even before taking the stage for her expected yet satisfying win. Anticipation grew through the night as viewers wondered which ...

Aside from delivering some surprise victories and actually ending on time, the 2024 Academy Awards had plenty of terrific attributes to celebrate. From rousing presentations and passionate acceptance speeches to downright thrilling song performances, here are four of the best moments from the 96th Oscars on Sunday, Mar. 10.

Tremendous Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress presentations

Oscar fanatics were thrilled when the ceremony’s producers announced that they would be reviving the acting presentations last seen over a decade ago, in which five past winners assemble to introduce and honor the current nominees. The presentations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress certainly didn’t disappoint in regard to who showed up and the reactions of the nominees. Jamie Lee Curtis, Regina King, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o and Mary Steenburgen toasted this year’s supporting actresses while Sally Field, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron and Michelle Yeoh were on hand to present Best Actress.

The 96th Oscars are underway at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood, where the best in cinema is being celebrated.

Emma Stone won the Oscar for Best Actress for Poor Things, while Cillian Murphy won the Best Actor award for his role in Oppenheimer.

It was a big night for Oppenheimer as it took the top award of the night, winning Best Picture, with director Christopher Nolan also taking a trophy for his work in the film.

Winners of the night included Robert Downey Jr. in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Downey Jr. won his first Oscar tonight after being nominated three times at the Academy Awards.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph took the night’s first award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in The Holdovers.

The films competing for the Best Picture Oscar are American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall,...

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her phenomenal performance in The Holdovers. The Paul Giamatti film has been one of the most critically acclaimed features of 2023 and won numerous awards across all the reputed events. While Randolph’s win was expected given her performance in the award season so far, her acceptance speech has won many hearts.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb

The category of Best Supporting Actress was filled with some iconic performances this year, such as Emily Blunt from Oppenheimer and America Ferrara from Barbie. However, Da’Vine Joy Randolph dominated the award season by winning every best-supporting actress award in the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit, and SAG awards.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar acceptance speech wins hearts Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers

Da’Vine Joy Randolph played the role of a cafeteria manager and a grieving mother,...