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Exclusive: Cole Webley, director of the acclaimed Sundance drama Omaha, starring John Magaro, has signed with Artists First for management.

Marking Webley’s feature directorial debut, Omaha follows a father (Magaro) who after a family tragedy, takes his two young children Ella (Molly Wright) and Charlie (Wyatt Solis) on a journey across the country, experiencing a world they’ve never seen before. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that things might not be what they seem. The film garnered rave reviews when it premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2025.

A Washington native currently based in Utah, where he shot part of Omaha, Webley frequently explores themes of family and connection despite differences in his work. He spent his formative years running a paper route and attending wrestling tournaments before beginning to direct commercials and short films. In 2021, his commercial “The Epidemic” won the AICP Advertising Excellence...

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The "Star Wars" prequels were once maligned but, thanks in no small part to the popularity of shows like "The Clone Wars," this era of the beloved franchise has been claimed by a younger generation of fans. Anakin Skywalker is now a marquee character and Hayden Christensen is welcomed by much of the fandom with open arms. That wasn't always the case, but as evidenced by his return in "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and "Ahsoka," it certainly is today. However, in another timeline, a radically different actor could have taken on this pivotal role.

Nick Swardson -- yes, the very same Nick Swardson who plays Terry on "Reno 911!" and has worked on several collaborations with Adam Sandler -- was among the names who auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones." Yes,...

Exclusive: The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey and her manager Gladys Gonzalez of John Carrabino Management have launched Strong Beach Productions.

The full-service company will look to take film and TV projects from conception through to delivery.

The duo have brought on executive Sophia Lucchesi who joins from Weimaraner Republic Pictures and New Mandate Films, where she was previously the Head of Development. There, she helped develop Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints for Fox Nation, The Commandant’s Shadow for HBO, Emmy-nominated The Survivor for HBO, and Hocus Pocus 2 for DisneyPlus. Prior to that, Lucchesi worked for Elizabeth Gabler at Fox 2000 and Paradigm Talent Agency in the TV Literary and Talent departments. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Gonzalez will continue as a manager at Jcm where she will continue to rep Danielle Panabaker, Francesca Eastwood, Amber Valletta, Charisma Carpenter, and others.

McLendon-Covey, well known...

The $100,000 Pyramid fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 8 Episode 1 episode titled Mark Duplass vs. Pete Holmes and Laverne Cox vs. Thomas Lennon!

Find out everything you need to know about the Mark Duplass vs. Pete Holmes and Laverne Cox vs. Thomas Lennon episode of The $100,000 Pyramid, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

The $100,000 Pyramid Mark Duplass vs. Pete Holmes and Laverne Cox vs. Thomas Lennon Season 8 Episode 1 Preview

The excitement builds for the upcoming episode of “The 0,000 Pyramid,” airing on ABC at 9:01 Pm on March 9, 2025. This episode promises a thrilling competition as celebrity contestants Mark Duplass, Pete Holmes, Laverne Cox, and Thomas Lennon take the stage. With their unique backgrounds and comedic talents, viewers can expect a fun-filled hour of entertainment.

Mark Duplass, known for his work in both film and television, brings his...

Exclusive: QC Entertainment, the company behind Get Out and BlacKkKlansman, has completed the Victoria, BC shoot on horror film The Casket Girls with four major additions to the cast: Mike Colter (Evil), Raúl Castillo (Smile 2), Matt Frewer (Perry Mason), and Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!).

As previously announced, Gabrielle Union leads the ensemble. Lennon also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Robert Ben Garant, his partner on Night at the Museum and numerous other projects, with revisions by Keith Cooper (Anything for Jackson) & Justin Dyck (Anything for Jackson), who directed the film.

The Casket Girls is inspired by true events involving a group of young women sent from France to New Orleans to become brides to French colonists in the early 1700s. They arrived with small chests, or “caskets” of their belongings, hence the name given by locals. According to legend, upon the girls’ arrival, the homicide rate in New Orleans rose dramatically,...

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a police procedural comedy series created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur. The Fox and later NBC series is set in New York City, and it follows a group of NYPD officers and detectives as they try to come to terms with their new commanding officer, Captain Raymond Holt. Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Andre Braugher, Dirk Blocker, and Joel McKinnon Miller. So, if you loved the interesting stories, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Psych Credit – USA Network

Psych is a police procedural comedy-drama series created by Steve Franks. The USA Network series follows Shawn Spencer, a young man with brilliant deductive skills who lies about being a psychic to become...

St. Denis Medical — Pictured: Wendi Mclendon Covey as Joyce — (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Having starred for many years on acclaimed comedies Reno 911! and The Goldbergs, Wendi McLendon-Covey has had plenty of occasions to laugh at work over the course of her career. Now, she’s playing the executive director of the titular hospital on the new comedy St. Denis Medical, and not only is she enjoying the laughter on the set, she’s also getting the feeling that the work she’s doing on a medical-themed show is important in helping to educate some of its viewers. For those reasons, she told us, working on St. Denis Medical has been one of the most satisfying experiences of her career. (Click on the media bar below to hear Wendi McLendon-Covey.) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Wendi_McLendon_Covey_St_Denis_Medical_.mp3 St. Denis Medical...

Exclusive: Aud Mason-Hyde, one of the breakouts of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has signed with Artists First for management.

A queer trans nonbinary actor from Australia, Mason-Hyde stars opposite Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in Jimpa, a semi-autobiographical family drama from returning Sundance filmmaker Sophie Hyde. The film follows filmmaker and mother Hannah (Colman) as she takes her nonbinary teenager Frances (Mason-Hyde) on a trip to Amsterdam to visit their beloved gay grandpa Jim, aka “Jim-pa” (Lithgow).

In his review of the film out of Sundance, Deadline’s Pete Hammond called Mason-Hyde “perfectly cast.”

Mason-Hyde’s additional credits include the award-winning indie 52 Tuesdays, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, the Aussie ABC six-part series F*&#ing Adelaide, and the 2022 short film Right Here that played the festival circuit in Australia and was nominated for a number of awards. Also a poet,...

Exclusive: Ashley Harrison has joined Artists First as a Manager, Deadline has learned.

Harrison was most recently at Motion Picture Talent Agent at CAA, working out of the agency’s Los Angeles office. During her time there, she worked on behalf of many of the world’s leading production companies, producers, and talent, including Taraji P. Henson, Andra Day, Octavia Spencer, Tiffany Boone, Tati Gabrielle, Babs Olusanmokun, Fantasia, Melina Matsoukas, Reggie Hudlin, Deniese Davis, The Obamas’ Higher Ground, State Street Productions and Jesse Collins Entertainment.

Harrison joined CAA in 2019 after being tapped to lead the Business Affairs team at FoxNext Games. She began her career as an Intellectual Property and Complex Business Litigation Consultant at StoneTurn Group in 2011. She graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Economics, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business with an Mba, and Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law with a Juris Doctor.

Ken Marino's career as an actor, writer, and director has been largely defined by two things: comedy and collaboration. After establishing himself via the MTV sketch comedy series "The State" with the comedy troupe of the same name (comprised of his closest friends and creative confidants), he went on to work on some of the funniest, most brilliant, and underrated TV and film projects to come out of Hollywood in the last two decades.

Much of his work is the result either of his own creative will or that of his former troupe-mates, the group having spread through the industry to wreak hilarious havoc. They often explore absurd angles on popular genres such as medical dramas and reality dating shows. At the same time, he's a familiar face on a smorgasbord of network sitcoms, as well as a few audacious dramedies you'll certainly want to add to your watch list.

The hilarious Cedric Yarbrough gives a powerful performance in Clint Eastwood's latest and perhaps final film, 'Juror No. 2,' and discusses working with the famed director for the film, which is now available on demand. He also touched on his classic show Reno 911! and much more in this wide-ranging interview.

In 'Juror No. 2,' a juror for a high-profile murder trial finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma that could influence the verdict and potentially convict, or free, the accused killer.

While St. Denis Medicals blend of workplace comedy and medical drama might be a fresh new concept, the sitcom is full of familiar faces. NBCs new sitcom St. Denis Medical follows the staff of the eponymous hospital as they attempt to keep the struggling institution running smoothly. St. Denis Medical is a workplace mockumentary sitcom that takes the premise of Scrubs and brings the style of The Office and Abbott Elementary to the project. This results in a sitcom that feels both original and familiar at the same time thanks to St. Denis Medicals added medical drama.

Related NBC's New Medical Mockumentary Sitcom Debuts With Strong Rotten Tomatoes Score

NBC's new medical mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical, which features a Superstore actor, debuts with a strong Rotten Tomatoes score.

The heroine of St. Denis Medical is Allison Tolmans Alex, a controlling Registered Nurse who spends the pilot trying and...

As seasonal depression and the constant stream of horrible news loom over the world, NBC has an answer to people's woes. The channel's new comedy St. Denis Medical currently has an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and promises fun, laughter and heartwarming moments. The series follows a group of doctors, nurses, and administrators at an Oregon hospital as they try to help the high-maintenance patients that come in each day.

St. Denis Medical was created by some of the minds behind Superstore and The Office, and the show has a lot of other strong comedic talents behind it as well. The first two episodes aired November 12, and new episodes will premiere each week on Tuesday and streaming on Peacock the next day.

St. Denis Medical

Release Date November 12, 2024Main Genre ComedyCast Wendy McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Josh Lawson, Mekki Leeper, Kahyun Kim, Jeff Marlow, Allison Tolman, Kaliko KauahiSeasons 1 A Collection of Comedy...

Exclusive: Amplify Pictures has hired former CAA, Quibi and Picturestart exec Luke Esselen to take on a senior role as the international studio pushes into scripted.

Esselen has been named Senior Scripted Executive, reporting into Amplify’s Amsterdam-based Chief Content Officer, Rachel Eggebeen. He will be based in L.A., where Amplify is based, and be responsible for a slate of scripted projects that have an emphasis on ongoing series and franchises.

Amplify is looking to recreate the indie financing model it uses for its unscripted shows, which include HBO’s doc series 100 Foot Wave and the Smriti Mundhra-directed docs-series Bollywood Dance U, for scripted programming and Deadline understands several unannounced projects with talent attached are on the slate.

Esselen has held senior positions at Erik Feig’s Picturestart and short-lived short-form streamer Quibi. He previously worked as a talent agent at CAA. Before joining Amplify, he was VP of Television at Picturestart,...

TV’s mockumentary genre has taken on the doldrums of office life (“The Office”), the intricacies of blended families (“Modern Family”), and the fundamentals of elementary schools (“Abbott Elementary”). But now, NBC is about to go where no series set in the comedy verite format has gone before: a hospital. “St. Denis Medical” will premiere on November 12 on NBC and will stream later on Peacock. Watch the trailer above that introduces the medical characters played by Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman and more.

The minute-long video begins with Tolman’s supervising nurse Alex complaining, “A couple weeks ago I got a promotion. It came with a small pay bump and a large responsibility bump.” Tolman is a prior Emmy nominee for “Fargo” (2014) who most recently was seen on television shows like “Shining Vale,” “Gaslit,” and “Why Women Kill.”

We then see a clip of Mekki Leeper‘s newly hired registered nurse Matt,...

For his last installment of “Fingers the Pulse” before the 2024 election, Jordan Klepper knew he wanted people on the other side of the coin to experience the wild world of Trump rallies. What “The Daily Show” host didn’t expect was that he would unintentionally be showcasing a different side of Trump mania.

“Part of the premise built into this special is bringing outside people in to see it for the first time, because I’ve seen it for so long,” Klepper told TheWrap. “But we had quite a few [rallies] that were low energy, low turnout. People felt like they were going through the motions.”

Klepper made sure to note that every Trump rally is different. The mood of the event varies wildly based on the city the Republican nominee is appearing in and the conditions of the country at the time. He also noted that “Donald Trump gets a crowd.

It's been almost four years since the events of January 6th at the U.S. Capitol building, and people are still being sentenced for their participation in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election (also known as an insurrection or a coup). Perhaps the most famous of those individuals, aside from the QAnon Shaman, is the ever-mustached Jay Johnston, a long-time comedic mainstay who has been in the alternative comedy scene for more than 30 years. First famous for his work with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross on Mr. Show and then on Sarah Silverman's TV show, Johnston went on to become a big voiceover artist with roles in Bob's Burgers, Moral Orel, Mr. Pickles, Rick & Morty, and many more series.

More than 1,500 people have been charged in connection with the events of Jan. 6, and now Johnston joins their ranks, having been sentenced to one year and one day of prison time today,...

Exclusive: Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars) and Thomas Lennon (Unfrosted) have joined Weekend at the End of the World, an indie horror comedy co-written and directed by Gille Klabin.

The pair stars alongside the previously announced Cameron Fife and Clay Elliott. Details as to their roles are under wraps.

Recently wrapping production in Los Angeles, Weekend follows best friends Karl (Elliott) and Miles (Fife), who find themselves in a secluded cabin in the woods with what they think is an opportunity to get rich, with the only thing standing in their way being the end of the world.

The project marks the second outing for Gille Kalbin as director following the release of sci-fi thriller The Wave, starring Justin Long. Klabin, Elliott, and Spencer McCurnin wrote the script, with Hero Moves and June Street Productions producing.

Best known for starring on teen drama Pretty Little Liars, Bellisario’s feature credits...

The days of Reno 911! on Comedy Central may feel like a thing of the past, but we may not need a time machine to visit Dangle, Wiegel, Garcia, Jones, Johnson, Williams, and Junior. When Reno 911! first went off the air in 2009, that seemed to lock up the mockumentary spoof. But it bounced back with support from everybody from Quibi to Paramount+, who invested in it through new episodes and even more movies. Nearly three years removed from the force’s final shift, there might be hope for more of Reno’s finest.

Speaking with MovieWeb, Thomas Lennon – who played short-short-sporting Lieutenant Dangle (pun most definitely intended) – said that he expects even more Reno 911! in the future, joking, “I can’t imagine we wouldn’t do more Reno 911! because we already have all the outfits, which is basically the hardest part. You can tell that we don...

We spoke with comedic actor Thomas Lennon amid the release of Chosen Family, his new movie from writer-director Heather Graham who also leads the cast. Lennon steals his scenes as Matt, the hilarious but supportive friend of Ann (Graham), a single yoga instructor trying in vain to connect with her new boyfriend's devilish seven-year-old daughter. It's the latest laugh-out-loud project in a long line of similarly comedic ones from Lennon, whom Comedy Central fans might remember best from the acclaimed mockumentary series, Reno 911! And it sounds like another reunion between its beloved cast is not exactly out of the question down the line.

"I can't imagine we wouldn't do more Reno 911! because we already have all the outfits, which is basically the hardest part," Lennon told MovieWeb. "You can tell that we don't really overthink it when we do it. If anything, we really underthink it quite a bit." He...

Julia Stiles is a woman whose efforts to remain sober prove troublesome amid her dysfunctional family in Chosen Family. The Golden Globe and Emmy nominee first found success with her turns in multiple William Shakespeare modernizations, including the Heath Ledger-co-starring 10 Things I Hate About You, Ethan Hawke's Hamlet and Tim Blake Nelson's O. Her star power has only grown since, including starring in the original Bourne trilogy with Matt Damon and in Dexter season 5 as Lumen.

Stiles stars in Chosen Family as Clio, sister to the film's protagonist Ann, just released from her latest stint in rehab after years of struggling with various addictions. Moving back in with their hyper-religious father and eccentric mother, Clio becomes consistently more frustrated with her sister's overbearing nature of making sure she doesn't go back to rehab, while their parents continue to support her with her various ideas of businesses she wants to form,...

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The iconic comedian Thomas Lennon speaks to MovieWeb's Will Sayre about his role in Chosen Family, a rom-com written and directed by Heather Graham, who stars with Lennon (and Julia Stiles). He also runs through the legacy of Reno 911! and other titles in his long career.

In Chosen Family, yoga teacher Ann cannot escape her manic family, miserable dating life and inability to say no, leaving her constantly trying to fix everyone else's problems.

Thomas Lennon reunites with Heather Graham on her return to the director's chair with Chosen Family. Having gotten his start in the iconic comedy troupe The State, Lennon is perhaps best known for his work as the co-creator and star of the Reno 911! franchise alongside his State collaborators Robert Ben Garant and Kerri Kenney-Silver. Beyond the improv police comedy show, Lennon has found success both in front of and behind the camera, co-writing the first two Night at the Museum movies with Garant, while also starring in everything from I Love You, Man to Bob's Burgers and The Odd Couple reboot.

Lennon stars in Chosen Family as Max, one of a group of close friends of Graham's Ann, and a chef gearing up to open a new restaurant with his wife, Frances. The movie primarily follows Ann as she looks to finally break her trend of dating lackluster men, striking...

Despite a lack of updates over the past few years, Reno 911! may not be completely over. The mockumentary is famously a Cops parody, showcasing the Reno Sheriff's Department as they attempt to intervene in various crimes and domestic issues. It is filled with raunchy humor, as the characters are not especially competent officers and generally struggle with the producers of their supposed documentary. It ran for eight seasons and starred numerous actors, including voice actor Wendi McLendon-Covey.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant about Chosen Family (2024), Reno 911! co-creator, Thomas Lennon, opened up about the show's future. Lennon admitted that he expects to see it return and believes that the cast would agree, no matter what they were working on. He had high praise for every star and their dedication to the show but cited Niecy Nash (Deputy Raineesha Williams) as especially devoted. Check out his quote below:...

With the original movie's star recently expressing her interest in a sequel, Thomas Lennon recalls the original scrapped plans for Taxi 2. Lennon and his creative partner, Robert Ben Garant, were brought on to rewrite the script for the remake of Luc Besson's hit action comedy of the same name, with the American version centering on skilled taxi driver Belle partnering with hapless NYPD detective Andy Washburn to stop a series of bank robberies carried out by skilled getaway drivers. Led by Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, Taxi was a solid box office success in spite of its critical panning.

During a recent interview with Screen Rant for his role in the upcoming romantic comedy Chosen Family, Lennon was asked about Latifah's recent comments, in which she expressed her interest in making Taxi 2 with Fallon. The original movie's co-writer recalled that he and Garant were actually previously...

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FX's new drama, Grotesquerie, airs on the network on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Et and is available to stream next-day on Hulu. The series is written and created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken, and follows a string of grisly murders that "have unsettled a small community." Believing the killer means to torment her, Detective Lois Tryon seeks help from nun and journalist, Sister Megan. However, as they dive deeper into the horrific crimes, the duo uncovers more questions than answers.

Emmy Award-winner Niecy Nash-Betts stars as Lois alongside Courtney B. Vance, Lesley Manville, Micaela Diamond, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Raven Goodwin, and Travis Kelce. Nash-Betts is known for a wide range of projects such as Never Have I Ever, Claws, and The Soul Man. Still, Grotesquerie is not the actor's first time playing a police officer. She has...

Plot: A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community. Detective Lois Tryon feels these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her. At home, Lois grapples with a strained relationship with her daughter, a husband in long-term hospital care and her own inner demons. With no leads and unsure of where to turn, she accepts the help of Sister Megan, a nun and journalist with the Catholic Guardian. Sister Megan, with her own difficult past, has seen the worst of humanity, yet she still believes in its capacity for good. Lois, on the other hand, fears the world is succumbing to evil. As Lois and Sister Megan string together clues, they find themselves ensnared in a sinister web that only seems to raise more questions than answers.

Review: Think about the worst thing you could never unsee boiling in a pot. This line of...

Ryan Murphys Grotesquerie reunites him with some of his previous collaborators, and its also the first major acting role of a very popular football player. Ryan Murphy continues his work in the horror genre outside of American Horror Story and Monster with Grotesquerie, though this project quickly drew comparisons to American Horror Story in terms of its tone and way of approaching horror. However, Grotesquerie aims to take horror a bit further than previous Murphy projects have done, and for that, it brings old and new talents into the Murphyverse.

Grotesquerie follows Detective Lois Tryon, who is investigating a series of horrible crimes in a small community. The case turns out to be a lot more complex than Tryon thought, so she enlists the help of Sister Megan, a nun and Catholic Guardian journalist. To make it all more complicated for Tryon, she has problems with her family, while Sister...

The writing duo of Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant are best known for their work on comedies and family friendly projects: Reno 911!, Taxi (2004), The Pacifier, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Let’s Go to Prison, Balls of Fury, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Baywatch (2017), Night at the Museum, and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. But they’ve also written the horror comedy Hell Baby, and Garant has written the horror films The Veil and Jessabelle. So it’s not entirely off brand to hear that they wrote the initial screenplay for the upcoming horror film The Casket Girls, with Gabrielle Union (Breaking In) on board to star and executive produce.

Deadline reports that Justin G. Dyck will be directing The Casket Girls and has done script revisions with Keith Cooper (Anything for Jackson). Dyck has a lot of directing credits to his name, most of them being on romantic TV movies,...

Content warning: This article mentions an actor who was convicted of rape. It also includes spoilers for That '90s Show part 3!

That '90s Show part 3 debunks a theory that Hyde is Gwen's dad, confirming Cedric Yarbrough's character as her father. The popular theory connecting Hyde to Gwen was fueled by similarities between the characters. It's unlikely Hyde's fate will be addressed in That '90s Show due to the serious legal issues surrounding actor Danny Masterson.

That '90s Show part 3 finally disproved a major theory surrounding Steven Hyde and his fate after That '70s Show. Set over 15 years after That '70 Show's timeline, That '90s Show primarily follows the daughter of Eric and Donna, Leia, and her teenage friends in Point Place. Granted, several notable figures from the original show are prominent characters in That '90s Show, or at least have made cameos. Though that hasn't been...

Exclusive: James Paxton (Twisters), Christopher Marquette (Barry), James Urbaniak (Oppenheimer) and Rob Huebel (Transparent) are among those set to star in Grind, a four-part horror anthology from writer-directors Brea Grant (Torn Hearts) and Ed Dougherty (Paint It Black).

Recently wrapping production in Los Angeles, Grind‘s stories center around the gig economy, hustle culture, and the evils of late-stage capitalism.

Others in the cast of the indie include Barbara Crampton (Suitable Flesh), Vinny Thomas (Platonic), Aubrey Shea (Nashville), Courtney Pauroso (Reno 911!), Ify Nwadiwe (Grand Crew), Jessika Van (Seoul Searching), James A. Janisse (Scream), Sharlene Cruz (In the Summers), Jon Gabrus (101 Places to Party Before You Die), Teri Gamble (Mrs. Davis), Hannah Alline (Doom Patrol) and Gigi Saul Guerrero (Culture Shock).

Grant and Dougherty produced alongside Chelsea Stardust.

Most recently directing Torn Hearts, an Epix/Blumhouse horror pic starring Katey Sagal, Grant has...

“We did 11 hours to Munich, two hours to Milan, and then a two-hour drive,” veteran producer Stacey Sher explained this afternoon as she sat weary-eyed in a glass hotel suite at the Locarno Film Festival.

There are no direct flights from Los Angeles to the quaint Swiss town where Sher will be the guest of honor as she receives the festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Award for career achievement.

Best known as one of the enduring names of American independent cinema, Sher’s credits include 90s classics such as Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1995), Matilda (1996), Gattaca (1997), and Out of Sight (1998). She has also produced series like Reno 911! and the Emmy award-winning Mrs. America (2020). In 2021, she produced the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony alongside Steven Soderbergh.

Twice nominated for the Best Picture Oscar with Erin Brockovich and Django Unchained — both of which will screen this week in Locarno — Sher’s most recent credits...

Chino Xl, the rapper whose bold lyricism and relentless fearlessness garnered both respect and controversy throughout his career, has died at the age of 50.

In a joint statement released on Tuesday, the family of the New York rapper, born Derek Emmanuel Barbosa, confirmed that he had died at his home on Sunday morning. “Our father had many titles — King of Punchlines, Puerto Rican Superhero — but the most important one was Girl Dad,” his daughters wrote. “And what he gave us most in that role was his strength, straightforwardness, and ability to be super realistic.

Tacoma Fd is one of the funniest and wackiest workplace comedies ever made. The truTV series follows a crew of firefighters in one of the rainiest cities in America. The Tacoma Fire Department crew doesn’t put out many fires but has some of the funniest members out of any series. Tacoma Fd was canceled after its fourth season and while the hilarious story of the Tacoma Fd crew has ended here are some similar shows for you to watch next and laugh out loud.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Credit – NBC

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a workplace police procedural comedy series created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur. The Fox and then NBC series follows the story of Detective Jake Peralta and his fellow police officers as all of them get a new commanding officer, Raymond Holt, who tries to lead them to become the best police department in New York City. Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Andy Samberg,...

Brooklyn Nine-Nine boasts a stellar main cast of comic actors like Andy Samberg and Terry Crews, alongside memorable guest stars. Guest appearances from acclaimed actors in cop shows like Jimmy Smits add authenticity and depth to the show's comedic storyline. Stars like Zooey Deschanel and Craig Robinson make unexpected but enjoyable appearances, enriching the show's universe.

With a never-ending list of guests and recurring stars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has featured some iconic actors in its plot with recurring appearances and amusing cameos. Whether the show casts them due to their dramatic or comedic talents, each one of these stars contributes some additional flavor to a show that is already rich with content and star power. Premiering in 2013 and running for eight seasons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a comedic police procedural featuring seven NYPD detectives dealing with a new commanding officer.

The main Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast was a fantastic list of comic actors,...

Comic actor Martin Mull, who's appeared in a variety of memorable roles over the course of his career, has passed away. He was 80 years old.

The news was announced on Instagram by Maggie Mull, the actor's daughter. Including a photo of Mull with a canine companion, Maggie included a message sharing that her father had died on Thursday. She went on to describe how much he will be missed by not only his friends, family, and co-workers, but his animal pals as well.

"I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness," the statement reads. "He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers,...

The Locarno Film Festival will hand American producer Stacey Sher its Raimondo Rezzonico Award at this year’s edition, which runs August 7 – 17.

Sher will receive the award at the Swiss festival’s famous Piazza Grande on August 8. The tribute will include screenings of two titles from her career, including Erin Brockovich by Steven Soderbergh and Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino. On August 9, she will chair a panel conversation at the Forum @ Spazio Cinema.

The festival has said the award is handed out to honor “outstanding personalities who have played a major role in international production.”

Sher is one of the enduring names of American independent cinema. Her credits include 90s classics such as Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1995), Matilda (1996), Gattaca (1997), and Out of Sight (1998). She has also produced series like Reno 911! and the Emmy award-winning Mrs. America (2020). And in 2021, she produced the 93rd Academy Award ceremony with Steven Soderbergh.

Discussing Sher’s honor,...

U.S. producer Stacey Sher — whose credits include Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight” as well as Steven Soderbergh’s “Erin Brockovich,” “Out of Sight” and “Contagion” — will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Prize, which celebrates a producer who epitomizes the indie ethos.

“Few producers can claim that their films not only drastically altered the landscape of American independent filmmaking, but also seemed to define the tenor of an entire decade,” the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema said in a statement. It noted that Sher – with her producing partners Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg – shepherded “such paradigmatic films of the 1990s” as “Pulp Fiction” (1994); “Get Shorty” (1995); “Matilda” (1996); “Gattaca” (1997); and “Out of Sight” (1998).

“Meanwhile her credits this century are no less impressive,” the statement added, “given that they include an expansion and deepening of her collaborations with Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh,...

US producer Stacey Sher will be presented with the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.

Sher has more than two dozen producer credits including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight and Erin Brockovich.

She has also produced TV shows like Reno 911! and the Emmy award-winning Mrs. America. She was also responsible, with Soderbergh, for the production of the 93rd Academy Award ceremony.

Most recently, Sher produced the upcoming A24 thriller, Heretic, starring Hugh Grant, and Chris Pine’s directorial debut, Poolman.

Giona A. Nazzaro,...

Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for the Rookie season 6 finale.

While The Rookie season 6 finale featured several characters from the cancelled Feds spinoff, Niecy Nash-Betts did not reprise her role. Showrunner Alexi Hawley explained that Nash-Betts is busy working on "high profile" projects. Hawley expressed interest in continuing to feature the Feds characters wherever possible on the show.

The showrunner of The Rookie has explained the absence of one notable Feds character in their recent season finale. Feds was a spinoff of the flagship show following the oldest rookie to ever join the FBI Academy and featuring a cast that included Niecy Nash-Betts, Frankie Faison, James Lesure, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis, and Kevin Zegers. The spinoff show only ran for one season before being cancelled by ABC. Ahead of the already renewed The Rookie season 7, the recent season 6 finale featured cameos from several Feds characters, though former lead character...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for The Stranger!

DeHaan's return to villainy in The Stranger is a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase film in Los Angeles. DeHaan's portrayal of Carl E. as a pure evil villain offered a refreshing departure from his previous roles in which he played people with tragic backstories. DeHaan found unique ways to embody Carl E., from costume choices to online research on his co-star for added realism.

Dane DeHaan returns to his villainous ways in The Stranger. DeHaan quickly became a breakout star in 2012 with his roles in the superhero twist, Chronicle, the crime drama Lawless, and the epic crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines. The decade since has seen him take on everything from more protagonistic parts in the horror-comedy Life After Beth and the titular hero in Luc Besson's adaptation of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets to such villains as Harry Osborne...

Josh Gad will direct a big Chris Farley biopic produced by Lorne Michaels. Paul Walter Hauser will play Farley in a film that blends comedy and drama. Hauser, who has balanced comedic and dramatic roles throughout his career, aims to portray the real Chris Farley, adding depth and showcasing Farley's true persona. Hauser has dreamt about playing Farley for multiple years and has a distinct vision for the biopic.

The legendary comedian Chris Farley is getting the biopic treatment, with Lorne Michaels producing. The film is set to be Josh Gad's directorial debut and is written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, a writing team with a long history who have penned The Spectacular Now, The Disaster Artist, (500) Days of Summer, The Fault in Our Stars, and more. Farley will be played by Paul Walter Hauser, famous for the titular role in Clint Eastwood's film Richard Jewell and...

Wendi McLendon-Covey has transitioned successfully from live-action to animated voiceover work, featuring in Big City Greens, M.O.D.O.K., and Elemental, among others. She enjoys the authenticity in kids' animation, appreciating Big City Greens' portrayal of real-life situations like co-parenting in particular. McLendon-Covey found the industry's quick judgment of projects like Elemental frustrating and emphasizes the importance of giving movies and shows space to grow.

After years of garnering acclaim in the world of live-action comedy, Wendi McLendon-Covey has begun building an incredible roster in the animated genre. The Emmy nominee made her proper acting debut in the beloved Comedy Central show Reno 911! as Deputy Clementine Johnson, starring in the original six seasons of the show, as well as the 2007 Miami movie and returning for the Quibi season 7 revival, Roku Channel's season 8 and two Paramount+ specials.

McLendon-Covey would find her breakout role in 2011's Bridesmaids and would...

Exclusive: Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Chelsea Frei (The Moodys), and Larry Joe Campbell (The Orville) have been set for guest star roles in the forthcoming second season of Fox’s popular workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Joel McHale.

Others set to appear in S2 guest roles, as previously announced, include Ken Jeong, Sarah Chalke, and Krystal Smith.

Premiering last February, the show created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. McHale plays Frank, an opinionated, eccentric Animal Control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. A former cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he’s so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals.

Barbie, Poor Things and Saltburn took the top film prizes at the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at NeueHouse in Hollywood.

Poor Things costume designer Holly Waddingham won for Period Film, and Saltburn‘s Sophie Canale took Contemporary Film. The night’s first film prize went to last year’s biggest film, with Jacqueline Durran winning for Barbie.

Waddingham and Durran also are up for the Best Costume Design Oscar, vying against Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon and Oppenheimer.

Since the guild launched its awards show in 1999, the Academy Award for Costume Design has gone to a period film every year but thrice, with only Mad Max: Fury Road (2016), Black Panther (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023) bucking the trend.

The 2023 Cdga saw Elvis, eventual Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery take the top film awards. But Ruth E. Carter...

With all due respect to “The Good Fight,” the new Paramount+ Super Bowl spot starring Patrick Stewart may be the finest thing Paramount+ has ever done.

The one-minute, 58-second “Hail Patrick” ad, from creative agency Droga5, is the 15th commercial in the “A Mountain of Entertainment” series. Paramount+ first introduced “Paramount Mountain” three years ago at Super Bowl Lv; Stewart was waiting for his colleagues at the summit back then.

Those ads were…not great — but “Hail Patrick” undoubtedly is. In it, Stewart is in the trenches at base camp but still the group’s leader, which tees up a double meaning to the commercial’s title.

We open on Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa attempting to toss a grappling hook to the top of Paramount Mountain. It falls a bit short. This is, after all, a mountain of entertainment; it is no easy task.

“If it were a football,...

The recent ad campaign for Paramount+ has been a mite surreal. In them, a group of fictional characters, each from various Paramount-owned properties, find themselves lost on Paramount Mountain -- a desolate and snowy place -- wondering how they might escape. The ads are fun, as there are few places where one might see Peppa Pig and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen interacting with Beavis and Butt-Head. Several of the spots were narrated by Patrick Stewart and, throughout the campaign, featured cameos from "Survivor" host Jeff Probst, Captain Pike from "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as played by Anson Mount, Dora the Explorer, James Corden, Bumblebee the Transformer, Snooki, DJ Khaled, Diane Lockhart from "The Good Fight" as played by Christine Baranski, Lieutenant Jim Dangle from "Reno 911!" as played by Thomas Lennon, and many, many others. In one of the more recent ads, Sylvester Stallone appears as his...

What can one do when stuck on the metaphorical Paramount Mountain other than sing with Creed?

On Wednesday, Paramount Plus shared their fever-dreamish Super Bowl commercial starring Drew Barrymore, Patrick Stewart, Miami Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa, Peppa Pig, and Arnold from Hey Arnold as they figure out how to get over a snowy mountaintop.

“If it were a football, I’d be able to reach the top,” Taogvailoa says after throwing an anchor.

“What about a football-shaped head?” suggests Stewart, looking at Arnold from Hey Arnold. “We throw the child.”

Knuckles from Sonic agrees,...

Thomas Lennon voices Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, honoring Robin Williams' legacy. Lennon's distinctive voice brings a stately and presidential quality to Teddy Roosevelt's character. Night at the Museum fans will always remember Robin Williams' final scene, a tear-jerking and inspirational moment that brings hope and happiness.

Teddy Roosevelt is a recurring character in the Night at the Museum film franchise, and in Night At The Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again a new actor replaces the late, great Robin Williams in the role. The Night at the Museum franchise includes four films: Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), and the animated Night At The Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022). The series follows a night guard at the American Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come to life.

Ben Stiller starred in...

“I accept this award on behalf of every black and brown woman who has gone unheard yet overpoliced, like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor,” said Niecy Nash-Betts in a passionate acceptance speech at tonight’s Emmy Awards.

Nash-Betts won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie for her role, noted above, of Glenda Cleveland in Netflix’ Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, who got the brush-off from police when she tried to alert them to the horror down the hall.

“My job is to speak truth to power, and baby I am going to do it until the day I die,” she said.

In the series, Cleveland knew that really bad things were happening in Dahmer’s apartment alerting the police to the smell, the screams, but her calls were repeatedly and condescendingly dismissed, which just about breaks her heart. In one horrific scene,...