Amy Poehler
Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Wins With $57.4M as ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Scores Record $53M Start and ‘Horizon’ Bombs
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third weekend with a hearty $57.4 million, enough to scare off Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One after a closer-than-expected race. Moreover, Inside Out 2 is celebrating crossing the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales in record time for an […]
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Box Office Preview: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Jumps on Tracking, Now Eyeing $90M U.S. Opening
Emotions are running high at Pixar and Disney as they open Inside Out 2 at the global box office this weekend, including a jolt of excitement over a last-minute bump in tracking. On Thursday, Hollywood’s leading tracking service the National Research Group upped its domestic opening forecast for the summer’s first animated tentpole from $85 […]
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‘Inside Out 2’ Review: Pixar’s Psych Studies Pay Off Big Time in Delightful Sequel Set in Turbulent Early Adolescence
Amy Poehler is back as the voice of Joy, with a new whirl of emotions represented by Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Paul Walter Hauser.
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Amy Poehler Says Being Part of ‘Inside Out’ Has “Changed Me a Lot”
Nine years after exploring the emotions of 11-year-old Riley, Inside Out 2 made its debut in Los Angeles on Monday, rolling out a whole new range of feelings as Riley becomes a teenager. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust from the original film are still in the mix, but now are joined by Anxiety, Envy, […]
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How Small Talking Changed the Course of Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair’s Careers
In January 2022, Casey Wilson was a guest on The Deep Dive, a podcast hosted by her longtime friends and frequent comedy collaborators June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair. The episode kicked off what the pod was calling their Lifelong Learners Series, an only moderately satirical moniker for their discussions dedicated to everything from […]
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Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler on Making Out for ‘Parks and Rec’ Blooper Reel: “Everybody Hated It”
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are no strangers to committing to the bit. Poehler shared that she and Offerman used to make out while filming Parks and Recreation in an attempt to get the moment into the show’s blooper reel. “Nick and I used to do a thing every year for the blooper reel where […]
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Amy Poehler on Being an Airport Dad, Her Tina Fey Tour and Voicing Joy (Again)
Amy Poehler has spent much of this past year traveling around the country performing with best friend and comedy partner Tina Fey, and it gave her the chance to dig into one of her life’s passions: an airport routine. “I take my travel very seriously,” she says. “There’s a trend on TikTok where people make […]
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‘Inside Out 2’ Trailer: New Emotions Voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, Ayo Edebiri Enter Riley’s Head
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has dropped another teaser trailer with three new animated characters voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, Ayo Edebiri and Adèle Exarchopoulos sharing main character Riley’s (Kensington Tallman) now-teenage mind. Joining Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness and Lewis Black as Anger are Maya Hawke as Anxiety; Edebiri’s new and perpetually jealous animated […]
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Amy Poehler Set for CinemaCon Vanguard Award
Amy Poehler is heading to Las Vegas. The multi-hyphenate has been selected to receive CinemaCon’s Vanguard Award during the convention’s closing night Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace on April 11. Poehler joins a roster of honorees that includes Lupita Nyong’o (Star of the Year) and Shawn Levy (Director of the Year). For Poehler, […]
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Joe Biden Jokes That Taylor Swift Endorsement Is “Classified Information”
President Joe Biden said a potential 2024 endorsement by pop superstar Taylor Swift is “classified information” during a joke-filled 10-year reunion appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday night. “I will tell you, she did endorse me in 2020,” a grinning Biden added about Swift, amid widespread conspiracy theories that the singer and […]
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‘Ally McBeal,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘Martin’ Casts Reunite for Emmys Ceremony
Ally McBeal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cheers, Martin and The Sopranos were among the beloved television shows celebrated with cast reunions at the 2023 Emmys ceremony. In honor of the Primetime Emmy Awards marking its 75th anniversary, castmembers from a number of notable series reunited to present awards at the ceremony that was held Monday at the […]
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Have a Special Tradition When Touring Together
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been friends for decades, dating back to the start of their comedy careers in Chicago in the 1990s. Fey began writing for Saturday Night Live in 1997, eventually becoming the show’s first female head writer. Poehler joined as a castmember in 2001, and together, they eventually became the first […]
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