Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller’s ‘Nutcrackers’ to Open Toronto Film Festival
Nutcrackers, David Gordon Green’s heartfelt comedy starring Ben Stiller, is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 5. The TIFF opener — marking Stiller’s first starring role in a movie since Mike White’s Brad’s Status and Noah Baumbach’s Netflix family drama The Meyerowitz Stories in 2017 — will have a world premiere […]
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‘Severance’ Season 2 Sets Release Date, Unveils Teaser Trailer
Severance season two is returning to the office. The second installment of Apple’s workplace thriller will return in January 2025, the streamer announced Wednesday. The 10-episode season will be released weekly over the first two months of the new year. A brief teaser released Wednesday unveiled the date and takes fans back to the iconic […]
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Ben Stiller on the Israel-Hamas War and the Need for Global Peace: “Human Suffering Must End”
Ben Stiller is speaking out about the Israel-Hamas war, more than nine months after the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7. In an opinion essay published Thursday by Time magazine, the Emmy-winning actor explained why he felt obligated to share his stance on the ongoing conflict, the rise of antisemitism and the need […]
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David Soul, ‘Starsky and Hutch’ Actor, Dies at 80
David Soul, who starred alongside Paul Michael Glaser on the 1970s’ ABC buddy cop show Starsky and Hutch and had a No. 1 hit with the song “Don’t Give Up on Us,” has died. He was 80. Soul died Thursday after “a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” his wife, Helen […]
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Ryan Reynolds to Receive Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award at Bring Change to Mind Gala
Glenn Close’s Bring Change to Mind nonprofit is putting the final touches on its 11th annual Revels & Revelations fundraiser, selecting Ryan Reynolds to receive the night’s highest honor. The veteran actor, producer and entrepreneur will receive the Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award, an honor that is awarded by the late legend’s children, Zak, […]
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Hollywood Flashback: Bob Odenkirk Scored an Emmy With ‘The Ben Stiller Show’
Bob Odenkirk has been nominated for best lead drama actor six times for Better Call Saul, including for this year’s final season of the AMC series. If he were to win an Emmy for Saul Goodman’s swan song, it wouldn’t be his first: Odenkirk, who initially made a name for himself in sketch comedy, has […]
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Bill Murray, Ben Stiller and 30 More ‘Saturday Night Live’ Castmembers Who Became Movie and TV Stars
From bees, “wild and crazy” guys and cheeseburger-slinging cooks to “Wayne’s World” hosts, Spartan cheerleaders, “two a-holes,” “Californians” and songs about Chanukah, wishing it was Christmas today, chopping broccoli and a gift in the form of a certain body part in a box, Saturday Night Live has featured multiple memorable sketches over its nearly 50-year […]
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‘High Desert’ Canceled at Apple TV+ After One Season, Patricia Arquette Says
The Apple TV+ series High Desert will not be returning for a second season, according to show lead Patricia Arquette. The actress, who starred as Peggy, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the news in a video, with the caption, “It stinks.” “A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there […]
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‘High Desert’ Star Patricia Arquette Talks Personal Connection to Addict Series, Why One Scene Maybe Went “Too Far”
[This story includes spoilers from the first three episodes of Apple TV+’s High Desert.] Patricia Arquette is continuing her relationship with Apple, but her new comedy, High Desert, is much different than last year’s Severance. In the half-hour series High Desert from co-creators Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe-House, the Oscar winner plays Peggy, […]
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Patricia Arquette Goes From Drug Dealer to Private Investigator in Apple’s ‘High Desert’ Trailer
Patricia Arquette needs a change of pace, not to mention a car that isn’t crumpled, in the first full trailer for Apple TV+’s High Desert. The eight-episode dark comedy series is set to launch May 17 from director Jay Roach and executive producer Ben Stiller. Arquette stars as Peggy, a former drug dealer and recovering […]
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Ben Stiller, Jesse Eisenberg, Sally Hawkins Circling ‘Semplica Girl Diaries’ From ‘Paddington 2’ Star Richard Ayoade
British comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker Richard Ayoade looks to have attracted an A-list lineup for his third feature in the director’s chair. According to sources, Ben Stiller, Jesse Eisenberg and Sally Hawkins are all in negotiations to star in dystopian comedy The Semplica Girl Diaries, which Ayoade has adapted from George Saunders’ short story […]
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Vince Vaughn Weighs In on Possible ‘Dodgeball’ Sequel: “The Studio Likes It So We’ll See Where It Goes”
Last month, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story star Justin Long got fans buzzing when he revealed that Vince Vaughn had an idea for a sequel to the 2004 comedy that was just waiting for Ben Stiller’s stamp of approval after he was uncertain about doing a follow-up. At Wednesday night’s premiere for his new comedy […]
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