Adam Sandler
‘Big Daddy’ Turns 25: How Adam Sandler Proved His Star Power With the Comedy Hit
Twenty-five years ago, Adam Sandler’s Big Daddy wiped the floor with the competition. Sony released the comedy feature from director Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore) on June 25, 1999. The film opened to $41 million domestically en route to collecting $234 million globally ($442 million today) and holding the title as Sandler’s highest-grossing title domestically until […]
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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Starring Adam Sandler Officially Ordered by Netflix
It’s happening: Netflix has officially ordered a sequel to Happy Gilmore. The streamer announced at its upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday that it was moving forward with Happy Gilmore 2 with Adam Sandler on board to reprise his role as the titular rage golfer. The 1996 comedy stands written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy […]
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Debi Mazar Says She Regrets Turning Down ‘The Wedding Singer’ Role: “Made a Stupid Decision”
Debi Mazar is still mourning a role she passed on in the 1998 beloved rom-com The Wedding Singer. The actress revealed during a surprise virtual appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Friday that she turned down the opportunity to play Holly Sullivan, cousin and friend to Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore), in the movie also starring Adam […]
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Drew Barrymore Says Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel Is “in Process”
Drew Barrymore says she got Adam Sandler to confirm that he’s in the process of writing Happy Gilmore 2. Following comments that Christopher McDonald, who played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, shared in March that Sandler showed him a first draft of the sequel, Barrymore says she went straight to the source and texted her […]
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Joe Flaherty, Original ‘SCTV’ Castmember, Dies at 82
He drew laughs as Guy Caballero, Count Floyd, Big Jim McBob and others on the famed sketch comedy show after Second City stints in Chicago and Toronto.
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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Script in the Works From Adam Sandler, Says Original Film Star
Happy Gilmore star Christopher McDonald hopes that the Adam Sandler-led sports comedy is driving toward a follow-up. McDonald, who played villain Shooter McGavin in director Dennis Dugan’s 1996 Universal movie, said during an appearance Friday on Audacy radio show 92.3 The Fan that Sandler recently showed him a draft of the script for a Happy […]
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Adam Sandler on Why He Gets “Jumpy” Around Taylor Swift
Adam Sandler may be an icon himself but he admits he gets a bit nervous anytime he’s around global superstar Taylor Swift. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Sandler and host Conan O’Brien were talking about stars they idolized growing up, and how newer celebrities don’t typically have the same effect on […]
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Adam Sandler on His Most Serious Role Yet in ‘Spaceman’: Director “Didn’t Want Me Sounding Like Me”
Despite his place as a comedy icon, Adam Sandler is no stranger to dramatic roles; yet, his performance in new Netflix film Spaceman is likely the most serious work he’s ever done. At the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday, Sandler told The Hollywood Reporter how director Johan Renck “kept saying, ‘I want to see […]
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‘Spaceman’ Review: Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan Navigate Marriage Across the Universe in Absorbing but Trite Netflix Sci-Fi
Isabella Rossellini and Kunal Nayyar also appear in Johan Renck’s film of the Jaroslav Kalfur novel ‘Spaceman of Bohemia,’ featuring Paul Dano as the voice of an alien arachnid.
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Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano Talk Netflix’s ‘Spaceman’
Adam Sandler is the first to admit that he “rarely gets more than 8 minutes alone before I have to start doing something.” Despite the loneliness issue encountered by his character Jakub, an astronaut who ventures into space in Swedish director Johan Renck’s feature Spaceman, Sandler told journalists on Wednesday: “I recommend to all of […]
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People’s Choice Awards: Winners List
The 2024 People’s Choice Awards were handed out Sunday night. Simu Liu, who is a nominee for his performance as one of the Kens in Barbie, hosted this year’s People’s Choice Awards, which aired live on Feb. 18 at at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT simultaneously on NBC, Peacock and E! from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. […]
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Johan Renck on Sending Adam Sandler Into Orbit for Netflix’s ‘Spaceman’
In Spaceman, Adam Sandler joins a long line of lonely men lost in space, a proud cinematic tradition going back past Ryan Gosling’s First Man, Brad Pitt in Ad Astra, Sam Rockwell in Moon, and Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar to the crew in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris. The latest in this sci-fi linage, adapted from Jaroslav […]
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