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Seth Rogen recently spoke on his personal life-inspired comedy Superbad and if a movie like that could get made today. When inquired if comedy is harder to make in this day and age, the star responded, “The complaint that comedy’s harder than it used to be is not a valid complaint. Maybe it was too easy before. And why should it be? Why shouldn’t it be hard? I like that my job is hard, because I’m trying to do something that requires a huge amount of resources and people’s time and energy.” He added, “I’m constantly meeting teenagers who love Superbad and who think it holds up, and none of them are like: How f*cking dare you have said that?”

However, one group of people who had a problem with some of the humor was the very studio that was making it. Variety reports...

It was the response a studio head would love. On Friday night at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, Apple TV+ premiered the first episodes of its new Hollywood comedy The Studio to several rave reviews from attendees.

The result should not surprise historians of the annual Austin event. The Studio co-creator, director, writer, executive producer, and star Seth Rogen has enjoyed many successful launches at SXSW, including Knocked Up, Neighbors, Sausage Party, Long Shots, and Good Boys.

“The Studio is the best new TV series since the first season of Hacks. It is so clever and funny and well directed and perfectly acted. I can’t wait for everyone to see it,” wrote Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh.

Inverse editor Hoai-Tran Bui called The Studio, “Entourage, but for Film Twitter (positive). Really enjoyed seeing this with a crowd, whose laughter was so loud, I missed 20% of the dialogue.

Apple is taking a bite out of Hollywood this spring thanks to the comedy series The Studio.

On Friday, Apple TV+ released the first official trailer for the meta-comedy from co-creator, -writer, -director, -executive producer, and star Seth Rogen. “I am so excited about watching this trailer,” Rogen's character, Matt Remick, says in the opening moments of the teaser.

The Studio features Rogen as "the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes movies, it's...

The Original Pantry Café, an iconic Downtown L.A. landmark featured in Knocked Up, Snowfall, The Million Dollar Hotel and many of Michael Connelly’s bestsellers featuring Detective Harry Bosch — later portrayed by Titus Welliver on Bosch — has closed after more than 100 years.

The closure is a result of a dispute between new owners and the union representing the employees. The owners decided to close the restaurant after the two sides could not reach a labor agreement.

Customers waited for hours in line for a table on Sunday to get one last meal at the famous eatery, which was named Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 255.

The coffee shop was located at the corner of 9th and Figueroa near L.A. Live and Crypto.com Arena. It served coleslaw to all patrons no matter the time of day. The bread was delicious. Coffee was free until 2011.

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Despite releasing at the end of 2023, one of 2024's biggest sleeper hits at the box office was "Anyone But You," a romantic-comedy starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as former lovers who cross paths at a destination wedding and pretend to be a couple in order to placate their respective families. Given the film's financial success, it shows a potential bright future for the rom-com genre, which in recent years has struggled to have the success it once had throughout the 2000s with hits like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Knocked Up."

Thanks to "Anyone But You," there are a lot of audiences with a renewed interest in satiating their desire for a raunchy, laugh-out-loud rom-com, especially ones with the hard-to-resist enemies-to-lovers trope, a disastrous wedding, or perhaps a reinterpretation a well-known story in the modern era. We've selected 15 of the best movies like "Anyone But You," including some superb romantic-comedies from recent history,...

Measuring 5ft 8 ½ (174 cm), Katherine Heigl is much taller than the average American woman and wears a shoe size 9 (US).

Heigl vs. Dawson: A Height Comparison

Standing at 5 feet 8 ½ inches (174 cm), Katherine Heigl has a noticeable height advantage over Rosario Dawson, who measures 5 feet 6¾ inches (169.5 cm)—a difference of 1¾ inches (4.5 cm).

Katherine Heigl exudes sophistication in a burnt-orange blouse, wide-leg trousers, and pointed-toe pumps, while Rosario Dawson stuns in a blue lace midi dress paired with black peep-toe booties at CinemaCon (Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock)

Stepping in Style: Katherine Heigl’s Best Designer Shoe Moments

Katherine Heigl’s shoe choices perfectly complement her timeless elegance, adding just the right touch of sophistication to her looks. For example, see how she styled Casadei pumps with a form-fitting custom white cut-out Christian Siriano dress.

She once joked, “I totally wouldn’t mind being able to wave my hand head to toe and have,...

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One of the most stunning aspects that has highlighted The White Lotus Season 3 is the casting. This season has got some new guests who will be staying at the White Lotus resort. The audience has to watch how the story unravels.

However, the two Ratliff brothers Saxon and Lochlan played by Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola respectively have created quite a buzz on the internet for their screen presence. Patrick Schwarzenegger has worked in a few TV series like Gen V and American Sports Story but in The White Lotus, he has got his first big role.

The Ratliff family enters the White Lotus resort. Credit: HBO

The presence of Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey as a dysfunctional couple is closer...

Judd Apatow has insisted an R-rated comedy could still be a huge box office hit.The 57-year-old actor - who has appeared in movies like 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' as well as producing the likes of 'Superbad' and 'Step Brothers' and more over the years - has insisted "one person with a great idea" is all that's needed to give the genre a revival by inspiring everyone to "do it again".He told Variety: "These things kind of swing back and forth."If someone made something as funny as ‘The Hangover’ right now, it would make a billion dollars, and everyone would be trying to do that."It ebbs and it flows, and hopefully it’ll flow soon.”Apatow also dismissed the idea that political correctness makes comedy harder than it was in the past.He said: "I don't think there's a content obstacle.

Love, laughs, and labor pains — these movies prove pregnancy is the ultimate plot twist.

I watched the new Amy Schumer comedy,“Kinda Pregnant” with my wife last night and it was (on the whole) a good time. First, it’s actually funny and second, it pays off the high concept in all the ways you want it to (more on this shortly). I love romantic comedies, and so it got me thinking about all the other rom-com pregnancy movies out there. Not that many get made (Hollywood is a male-dominated industry), but there are some excellent movies among the ones that did. Here’s my list of the top 7 pregnancy rom-coms you can stream right now.

Top 7 pregnancy rom-com movies you can stream right now

No. 7: ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

No. 6: ‘Kinda Pregnant’

No. 5: ‘Babes’

No. 4: ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’

No. 3: ‘Baby Mama’

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Seth Rogen is weighing in on his friendship with James Franco after his former friend revealed their relationship had ended.

In a new interview, Apple TV+’s The Studio star said he doesn’t pay much attention to social media buzz around him.

“Honestly, I absorb so little media that it really wasn’t on my radar,” Rogen told Esquire about Franco’s comments on their friendship.

According to the publication, Rogen was “not surprised to get that question, and he’s clearly not happy about it.” The magazine also noted his response was “all he wants to say about that.”

Rogen and Franco got their start in the business by starring on the NBC series Freaks and Geeks. They would go on to star in films like Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, This Is The End, The Interview, Sausage Party and The Disaster Artist.

However, things took a turn when,...

Judd Apatow took aim at President Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, the “It Ends With Us” litigation spree and himself in his opening monologue Saturday at the 77th annual DGA Awards.

Apatow, of course, riffed on how the country has taken a sharp turn to the right since the last DGA Awards, and he gently poked fun at Hollywood for its eager embrace of diversity and boundary-pushing issues that are now in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump and his far-right brigade of reformers.

“My new pronouns are ‘We’re fucked,’ ” Apatow said from the stage of the Beverly Hilton. The multihyphenate filmmaker and TV producer hosted the DGA Awards for the third year in a row, and the sixth time since 2018.

Commenting on how many rich and powerful figures have worked to curry favor with Trump, Apatow cracked, “I feel like I’m one compliment away from being Secretary of the Interior.

Jason Segel is best known for his role as the adorable boyfriend Marshall Eriksen in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. While he has been a household name because of the show, he finally got his feature film breakthrough with the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall (last name not related to Himym). He also wrote the script for the film.

One of the most iconic scenes in the comedy is his fully frontal n*de scene at the beginning of the film. Segel’s scene reportedly caught the attention of actor Harrison Ford when he was offered the role in Shrinking. Ford mentioned that he even sent Segel a note after watching his n*de scene in the film.

Harrison Ford sent a complimentary note to Jason Segel after watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Credits: Universal Pictures

Branded as a romantic comedy for guys, Jason...

Comedy filmmakers love a big lie. From Fargo to Tootsie to Overboard to Mrs. Doubtfire, the genre is packed with stories about a beleaguered protagonist coming up with an outlandish claim that quickly grows beyond their control. So Kinda Pregnant, out today on Netflix, is joining a long tradition: Lainy (Amy Schumer) is mistaken for a pregnant woman, decides to run with it, then makes a new friend and has to keep up the ruse. Schumer, who co-wrote the screenplay, is known for her joke-dense stand-up sets and for sexually frank movies like Trainwreck. The film has been released under Adam Sandler’s banner, Happy Madison, home of such past hits as, well, Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison. So when you hear that Sandler and Schumer have teamed up on a comedy about pregnancy, you might get a particular picture of what it’s going to be like. But here...

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This February, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the return of beloved shows like Invincible and Reacher to the much-anticipated teen romantic drama film My Fault: London. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

A Fish Called Wanda (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Credit – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Fish Called Wanda is a heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton from a screenplay by John Cleese. The 1988 film revolves around a group of thieves and con artists who team up to pull off the perfect heist, but things go horribly wrong because they all try to double-cross each other.

A Dwayne Johnsonaction movie that grossed $428 million is getting a new streaming home. Decades after making his WWE debut, Johnson is now one of the most recognizable movie stars on the planet. Following his jump to acting, Johnson appeared in a number of action movies, like The Rundown (2003), Faster (2010), Fast Five (2011), Snitch (2013), and Pain & Gain (2013). More recently, Johnson has embraced more family-friendly fare, but that doesn't mean he's left his action roots behind.

The mid and late 2010s saw the release of a handful of classic Johnson action movies, but the budgets got larger and they became action blockbusters instead of genre movies in the mid-budget space, reflecting the actor's growing star power. In addition to several Fast & Furious movies, Johnson starred in San Andreas in 2015 before going on to have a big year in 2018, starring in two buzzy titles. One of these titles was Skyscraper, which was ultimately a disappointment,...

From ‘Superbad’ to ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ these Apatow hits still hold up.

One of the big reasons I wanted to get into writing movies is because of Judd Apatow. His comedies are more than just funny – they’re heartfelt and genuine, with imperfect characters doing their best to get on with it. He helped popularize the “antihero” protagonist (Seth Rogan is a good example). Someone who’s not the brightest, not the most attractive, but their heart is in the right place… and they sure are funny. The prolific writer, producer, and director has a ton of hit movies to his name, but I want to give you my favorites. Here are the top 7 Judd Apatow comedies you can stream right now

Top 7 Judd Apatow comedy movies streaming right now

No. 7: ‘The Big Sick’

No. 6: ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’

No. 5: ‘Trainwreck’

No. 4: ‘Knocked Up’

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This January, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the intense biographical thriller series Lockerbie: A Search For Truth to the return of the hit British reality series The Traitors. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Peacock in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Alien (January 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Credit – 20th Century Fox

Alien is a sci-fi horror thriller film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. The 1979 film follows the crew of a spacecraft that intercepts a distress signal from a planet. They soon set out to investigate, but they are attacked by an alien entity that invades their ship.

Nothing brings out the stars quite like a Saturday Night Live Five Timers Club meeting. So when Martin Short joined the club this week, SNL put together one reunion after another as a parade of cameos came out to celebrate.

Short, a former cast member, finally joined the illustrious club this weekend. He first hosted in 1986 and has become SNL's "Mr. December" as each hosting turn has come during the holiday month.

The combination of Short's fifth time hosting, the Christmas episode, and this being SNL's 50th season created the perfect recipe for cameos. And SNL over-delivered in the cold open and in the process, organized several TV and movie reunions for fans to enjoy. In no particular order...

Paul Rudd and Martin Short represented Only Murders in the Building. While everyone (including us here at Last Night On) expected Steve Martin to show up, Martin Short quickly nixed those expectations.

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in January. The Peacock January 2025 schedule includes Here Come the Irish, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, The Traitors Season 3, and more.

Kick off the New Year with a look into the past with Lockerbie: A Search for Truth on January 2. Exploring events from the disaster and its aftermath, this new series starring Colin Firth provides an intimate account of a man, a husband, and a father who risks everything in memory of his daughter and the unflinching pursuit of truth and justice.

The Traitors Season 3

Dawn your cloaks for the season three premiere of the Emmy Award-winning Peacock Original The Traitors, hosted by Emmy Award-winner Alan Cumming. Tune in on January 9 at 6 p.m. Pt/9 p.m. Et for the three-episode premiere event of the nail-biting...

Seth Rogen is one of the more unique comedic actors out there right now. Unlike some professional goofballs, Rogen's career has also included some significant dramatic works. This has included, for example, serious roles in The Fabelmans and Steve Jobs. While he still brings his characteristic humor to all his roles, parts in dramatic films show his range. Rogen is also experienced both in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes, serving as a producer on a number of key projects including The Boys and Invincible.

A lot of his dual behind-the-scenes and in-front-of-the-camera work extends to his comedy rolls. In both late 2000s movies Superbad and Pineapple Express, for example, Rogen both stars in and produces the film in some capacity. The same is true for other Rogen-featuring comedies including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, The Green Hornet, and 50/50. Rogen has continued this trend of both producing and acting,...

Despite their success in Hollywood, these celebrities faced setbacks and got fired from their TV or movie roles.MEGAAnne Hathaway – 'Knocked Up'mega

Knocked Up initially paired Seth Rogen with Anne Hathaway before the latter was replaced by Katherine Heigl due to her misgivings about the hit film.

According to reports, Hathaway was fired at the last minute after refusing to film a scene that depicted a woman giving birth. Other news outlets said she was the one who decided to depart from the project.

"I turned down [Knocked Up] because it was going to show a v----- – not mine, but somebody else’s – and I didn’t believe that it was necessary to the story," the Les Misérables star, 42, said.

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Charlie Sheen was infamously removed from the Two and a Half Men cast after he dropped a profanity-laced tirade against the show's co-creator Chuck Lorre.

Rusty and Audrey Griswold were famously played by a different actor in each of the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies, and that included some huge stars. The Griswold family’s patriarch and matriarch, Clark and Ellen, were consistently played by Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo across the whole franchise — even in the 2015 reboot, two decades after the last movie — but the kids were always replaced with new cast members in each subsequent sequel. It practically became a running joke throughout the series that Clark and Ellen’s kids looked totally different and aged inconsistently from movie to movie.

Part of the reason for casting new actors as Rusty and Audrey in the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies is that child actors age a lot faster than their adult co-stars. Whereas Chase and D’Angelo looked more or less the same in the 14 years between the original Vacation film and the fourth one, Vegas Vacation,...

The Sausage Party cast is star-studded, and thanks to the wide range of celebrity cameos playing foul-mouthed food items Seth Rogen's animated comedy remains as popular as ever. The raunchy comedy Sausage Party was not what anyone expected, an adult-animated movie about anthropomorphic food in a grocery store that believes that when they are bought, they will go to a better place where everything will be perfect. However, when one food item is returned and knows the truth, it turns the entire store upside down.

The cast of Sausage Party cast includes some of the biggest names in comedy movies. Many of them got their start together in Judd Apatow's movies and TV shows. What's more, the raunchy animated movie features many frequent collaborators also worked together on several movies and TV shows both before and after the Sausage Party release in 2016. There are also some other Sausage Party...

Regular collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have created Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio. Here’s the trailer.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2007 when they co-wrote smash hit comedy Superbad. It was a big year for Rogen, who also starred opposite Katherine Heigl in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up. Since then, they have written stoner comedy Pineapple Express and made the leap to big budget superhero films with The Green Hornet. They made their directorial debut in 2013 with This Is The End, following it up with 2014’s The Interview.

The pair have now created ten part Apple TV+ comedy The Studio.

The cast also includes Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Bryan Cranston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Dewayne Perkins.

Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, who previously wrote for Armando Iannucci’s Veep and created White House Plumbers, are showrunners and writers,...

Seth Rogen takes on the role of a Hollywood executive in the first teaser for “The Studio,” but realizes that the industry is not the glitz and glam he first fell in love with.

Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. Amidst a struggling movie business, Matt and his “core team of infighting executives” battle the changing industry, corporate higher-ups and passionate artists to continue making great films. Though it’s the job Matt has always wanted, it may be the end of the career he always dreamed of.

Rogen and Evan Goldberg co-wrote, directed and executive produced the Apple TV+ comedy, which marks their first directorial project in five years. The half-hour series, which premieres March 26, stars the “Knocked Up” actor alongside Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara.

“I got into this because I love movies, but now I have this fear...

Exclusive: After chronicling the BlackBerry’s rise and fall with Matt Johnson’s lauded IFC film of the same name, Jay Baruchel has come aboard to star in another true story, The Stunt Driver, a film chronicling the exploits of daredevil stuntman Ken Carter.

Reuniting Baruchel with Michael Dowse, the filmmaker behind his R-rated 2011 hockey comedy Goon, The Stunt Driver watches as “The Mad Canadian” Carter attempts to execute the boldest maneuver of his career during the 1970s, launching a rocket car off a 90-foot-high ramp across the St. Lawrence River. Covering a span of more than a mile, the stunt would have him jump from Canada into the United States. The film, which Dowse calls his “white whale project,” follows Carter’s quest to make his seemingly impossible dream a reality, chronicling his preparation for the jump and the absurd challenges he faces along the way.

Based on the...

For many people, it won't seem possible that the year 2000 is 24 years ago, and even new time travel horror movies like Time Cut are taking audiences back to the early part of the new millennium. However, turn on your favorite radio station, and you'll be guaranteed to hear one of the most popular tunes from the 2000s. Also, walk down the street, and you'll likely see people strutting about in clothes that were first fashionable 20 years ago. The same, sadly, cannot be said about certain movies from the 2000s that barely anyone remembers or that may be better off being forgotten about.

If you can pinpoint one thing that has changed since the start of the 21st century, it's that some of these movies, no matter how popular they were at the time, have not aged well. Perhaps it's a comedy such as Bridget Jones's Diary with some gags that...

Paul Rudd’s Last 5 Films At The Worldwide Box Office (Photo Credit – Facebook)

American actor Paul Rudd, everyone’s favorite Mike Hannigan from the classic sitcom Friends, is everyone’s favorite, and people are very keen on knowing his secret to looking so young even at 55. He is also best known for playing the enigmatic Ant-Man/Scott Lang in the MCU. He played an important role in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. His idea of a time heist formed the base for the Og Avengers to bring back the population disintegrated by Thanos.

Paul made his acting debut in 1991 and then starred in the TV drama Sisters. He then gained recognition in the rom-com Clueless alongside Alicia Silverstone. Gradually, Rudd established himself in the comic genre and appeared in films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Over Her Dead Body, and more. He has also appeared in the drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

The 2007 teen comedy Superbad has an outstanding ensemble cast full of big-name stars. Most of Superbad's best quotes are from its three main characters, Seth, Evan, and Fogell aka McLovin, who are played by Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, respectively. Directed by Greg Mottola, Superbad is written by comedic partners Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, the latter of whom plays Officer Michaels in the film. The protagonists, Seth and Evan, are loosely based on Rogen and Goldberg and their real-life experiences growing up as seniors in high school in Vancouver, Canada.

Superbad was the 21st highest-grossing movie in 2007 with a domestic total of $121.46 million. It was a breakout movie for both Hill and Cera and is widely considered a landmark film in the modern comedy genre. It was the feature film writing debut of both Rogen and Goldberg, who went on to pen other classic comedy films...

Superbad 2 never happened because the film's writers, director, and cast weren't on board. The raucous teen sex comedy about best friends trying to lose their virginity was directed by Greg Mottola and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Superbad stars Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, and Rogen. The film featured two close high school friends and a senior party that gave them one last chance to spend time together before leaving for college.

Goldberg and Rogen began crafting the script while in their teens, and it is based on real-life events that happened to Rogen and Goldberg during their senior year at their Vancouver high school in the 90s. Superbad was both a commercial and critical success, grossing over $170 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). There was also almost a Superbad 2, because producer Judd Apatow said he had an idea for the story, but...

Judd Apatow lamented the state of the entertainment industry today, saying he’s witnessed a new Hollywood model that leaves little room for more grounded storylines.

Appearing on a new episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Superfly podcast, the three-time Emmy winner was asked about his thoughts on current streamer and studio approaches to the filmmaking business.

“I have a new theory, which is, everything is like in the newspaper business: ‘If it bleeds, it leads,'” Apatow explained. “Everything is doomscrolling because they don’t want you to shut anything off, so they’re obsessed with it being really intense. That’s why almost everything on the streamers is either about the biggest star in the world or a serial killer. Everything is a thriller, everything is intense.”

Carvey chimed in, adding that projects nowadays are also “hypersexual,” mentioning Nicole Kidman’s penchant for constantly appearing in...

Judd Apatow, the comedic mind behind hits like Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, recently revealed a Super Bowl-sized missed opportunity. Speaking on the Superfly podcast with Dana Carvey and David Spade, Apatow confessed he turned down a Lay’s commercial featuring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, stars of his 2005 breakout film. The commercial, as […]

Apatow Admits to Skipping Out on Super Bowl Lay’s Commercial Gold...

Katherine Heigl was on the rise of popularity when she stepped into the role of Dr. Izzie Stevens in Grey’s Anatomy. This show then further pushed her to international stardom, and she became a household name, all thanks to her brilliant portrayal. But in the midst of all the success, she made headlines but for all the wrong reasons when she criticized the writers of the popular medical drama.

This criticism also did not go well with the showrunner of the show Shonda Rhimes. And in an Oprah interview she made sure to slam the actress in her own way.

Shonda Rhimes Bashed Katherine Heigl for Her Comments on Grey’s Anatomy Writers Shonda Rhimes | Credits: Peabody Awards | Cca 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

Dr. Izzie Stevens quickly gathered a huge fan following as soon as the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy was out in the open. Throughout the course of the show, the...

Exclusive: Euphoria’s Maude Apatow has set the leads for her feature directorial debut, Poetic License, bringing aboard Andrew Barth Feldman (No Hard Feelings), Cooper Hoffman (Saturday Night), Leslie Mann (This Is 40) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) for the film penned by Raffi Donatich.

Marking the first produced project for Jewelbox Pictures, Apatow’s recently launched production company with longtime collaborator and friend Olivia Rosenbloom, on which we were first to report, Poetic License follows Liz, a former therapist and soon-to-be empty nester, as she becomes the unexpected point of tension between two inseparable best friends and college seniors, Sam and Ari. Liz is forced to reexamine her life as the boys’ friendship unravels in a fierce competition for her affection.

No word on the roles today’s quartet will be playing. Producers include Jewelbox Pictures, Apatow Productions, and Levantine Films.

Perhaps best known for her role...

Ken Jeong has always been a scene-stealer — even as a chorus member with no lines in a Duke University production of “Kiss Me Kate” when he was 18. “I still have the review in my office; it says, ‘Did I mention Ken Jeong, a puckish performer in the chorus who best watch his back if he keeps stealing scenes from the principals?’” recalls the actor. “So, I think it’s always been in my DNA.”

Jeong has never lost that playful quality as he moved from an actual doctor to stand-up comedian to film and TV doctor (“Knocked Up” and “Dr. Ken”) and into several of the most popular movies of the last 20 years. In addition, he’s managed to maintain a reputation as one of the most lovable and adored personalities on TV thanks to appearing as himself in hits like “The Masked Singer” and hosting “I Can See Your Voice.

Judd Apatow is one of the most impactful directors in the comedy genre, having helmed some of the biggest comedy blockbusters of the 2000s. As a result, it is natural for Apatow to have a sense of humor that sets him slightly apart from most directors. However, Apatow surprised everyone when he harnessed this humor to take multiple digs at none other than Tom Cruise.

Judd Apatow hosted the 2023 DGA Awards (Credit: The Tonight Show | YouTube).

When Apatow took the stage at an awards night, the director could not stop firing shots at Cruise, who is one of the biggest commercial stars in Hollywood at present. Apatow spared no expense while roasting Cruise, going so far as to insult one aspect of the actor’s life that it is surprising Cruise did not retaliate. Here is Apatow’s worst insult aimed at Cruise.

Judd Apatow Brutally Roasted Tom Cruise Over...

Romantic comedies regularly share common tropes, themes, and the same actors in different roles, yet the two romantic comedies, also known as twin films, replicate the same storyline. Released in 2011, No Strings Attached, starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, hit theaters in January, and Friends With Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, was released six months after No Strings Attached in July. Although these two rom-coms share an identical plot depicting the conventional friends to lovers trope, both films also include differences to somewhat distinctively set each other apart, yet one movie stood out more than the other.

No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits explore two different friendships, as both pairs agree to a casual, physical relationship, omitting any emotional ties or serious commitments. These two romantic comedies perfectly mirror each other, depicting the same story about the complexities of navigating a non-committed relationship, yet the only minimal differences are the characters,...

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As winter approaches we are all in need of something spicy to watch to make our temperature rise and if you are a fan of romantic comedies, then we have the perfect recommendations for you. From critically acclaimed movies like Rye Lane to iconic romantic comedy movies like Knocked Up, Hulu has everything you need. So, here are the 8 best R-rated romantic comedy movies available on Hulu right now.

If you want to watch more R-rated romantic comedy movies here are some more recommendations for you available on Netflix and Max (formerly known as HBO Max).

Punch-Drunk Love Credit – Sony Pictures

Punch-Drunk Love is an absurdist romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The 2002 film follows Barry Egan, the owner of a bathroom supply business, who suffers from violent outbursts despite being shy and timid.

The Los Angeles City College Foundation has zeroed in on a comedy star to take home an award named for icon Rodney Dangerfield. At the foundation’s upcoming gala — set to take place at L.A.’s Skirball Cultural Center on Oct. 23 — actor, writer and producer Ken Jeong will be feted with he Rodney Respect Award.

The gala, which will carry at theme of Celebrating the Caregivers as a nod to Lacc’s Radiologic Technology, Nursing and Public Health Science programs, will also see Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ executive director of external affairs Ellen Zaman honored with a humanitarian award and Wesley Health Centers and Jwch Institute CEO Al Ballesteros with a distinguished alumnus prize. The program will feature a musical performance by Lacc’s renowned student artists.

Lacc’s Rodney Dangerfield Institute was founded in his honor in cooperation with widow Joan Dangerfield, the honorary chair of the Rdi advisory board.

Warning: Contains spoilers for Season One of Shrinking

AppleTV+’s Shrinking, which returns for its second season today, has a provocative premise: Would clients actually be better off if their therapists decided not to lead them toward the insights that would improve their lives, but rather just told them straight up what to do?

The show’s seeming position on this is somewhat inconsistent. Most patients are portrayed thriving when their unorthodox therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel) bosses them around. But Season One ends with therapy client Grace (Heidi Gardner) pushing her emotionally abusive husband off a cliff, after telling Jimmy about her fantasy of doing that, to Jimmy’s enthusiastic affirmation; he’s under the impression that she’s being hyperbolic, but still! You might think a connection to the criminal case might lead Jimmy to abandon his new proactivity; you’d be wrong.

But, all of that is beside my point,...

The impressive performances of Shrinking's star-studded cast helped the comedy become a hit series. Shrinking season 1 received a 91% critical score and an 87% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with both critics and general audiences impressed by the series' balance between comedy and the exploration of a heartfelt story. Season 1's success led to Shrinking season 2 being greenlit, with the series becoming one of Apple TV+'s most well-regarded comedies.

Created by Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence, and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking tells the story of a therapist, Jimmy, who takes an unorthodox approach to helping his patients by telling them what he really thinks about their problems. While this leads to many comedic situations, the series also explores difficult topics and emotions, as Jimmy, his daughter, Alice, and their loved ones grapple with the death of Jimmy's wife, Tia. Even though Jimmy is the main character, many others in his life, including his colleagues,...

Before she became world-famous for porking the president, adult film star Stormy Daniels was a comedy character actor best recognized for always playing the sex worker Judd Apatow needed for whichever movie centered around horny man-children he was shooting that month.

Here in 2024, the iconic comedy filmmaker behind most of the best funny films of the 2000s isn’t shy about his political leanings. Anyone who follows the Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin director on Twitter knows exactly how he feels about former president Donald Trump and the dubious morals Trump claims to represent. However, Apatow wasn’t always such an outspoken figure in the political sphere, much like how Daniels didn’t plan on becoming an election-night commentator for the U.K.’s Channel 4 news along with their disgraced former prime minister Boris Johnson. But while Apatow chose to become more politically active in his later career,...

Exclusive: Primetime Emmy nominee Alan Tudyk has signed with Artists First.

The multi-hyphenate continues to be repped by Gersh Agency and UTA for voice over.

Tudyk recently reprised his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story role of K2SO in the second season of Disney+’s Andor.

The Juilliard School alum is also voicing Doctor Phosphorus in Max’s upcoming DC animated series, Creature Commandos. Tudyk also plays Hei Hei in Disney Animation’s upcoming Moana 2.

Most recently he starred as the lead title role on the Amblin/SyFy series Resident Alien from David Dobkin and Chris Sheridan, which was Syfy’s highest-rated new drama in more than eight years with the premiere pulling in nearly 10 million viewers.

Tudyk starred in the role of Mr. Darling in David Lowery’s Peter Pan for Disney opposite Jude Law, Jim Gaffigan, and Yara Shahidi.

When it comes to Disney, Tudyk’s...

Iris Apatow has signed with Sugar23 for representation following a highly competitive pursuit.

Next up, Apatow stars alongside Douglas Booth and Alison Pill in Young Werther, an adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Classic The Sorrows of Young Werther for director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, which premiered at TIFF 2024.

Apatow is currently in production on the upcoming women-led survivalist action thriller Ballerina Overdrive. Apatow stars opposite Uma Thurman, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, and Maddie Ziegler in the 87North and Gulfstream Pictures production.

An in-demand young talent, Apatow’s previous film work includes Judd Apatow’s Netflix film, The Bubble, opposite Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Leslie Mann; Sausage Party, This Is 40; Funny People; Knocked Up and the short film Vodka, which debuted at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

On the series side, Apatow can be see starring alongside Rob Lowe and Sian Clifford in Netflix’s...

Disappointing news for fans of Apple TV+'s small-screen take on Time Bandits here, as the streamer has decided not to move forward with a second season.

Deadline broke the news, which comes almost a month after the 10-episode first season of the family-friendly sci-fi comedy series ended its run.

Despite mostly positive reviews, (the series earned a pretty decent 78% on Rotten Tomatoes), Time Bandits did not attract enough viewers, and even though Apple TV+ does not share viewership data, the fact that the show was unable to crack Nielsen's Top 10 streaming rankings clearly factored into the streamer's decision not to renew it for a sophomore season.

We got word that Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi and frequent collaborator Jemaine Clement were in the process of developing a reimagining of Terry Gilliam's '80s sci-fi classic back in 2022, with Friends alum Lisa Kudrow set to star.

Noting the recent trend of Ben Affleck’s “Air,” Matt Johnson’s “Blackberry,” Eva Longoria’s “Flamin’ Hot,” and, though perhaps a bit on the silly side, Jerry Seinfeld’s “Unfrosted,” there seems to be an increasing market for stories about consumer goods and marketing. Deadline announced Wednesday that the latest to get in the act are Judd Apatow and Steven Spielberg with a picture called “Cola Wars,” all about the rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

“Cola Wars,” which Spielberg will produce and Apatow will direct, is written by Jason Shuman and Ben Queen. Shuman is best known for co-creating the series “Acapulco” on Apple TV + and was an executive producer on “Winning Time,” another nostalgia-soaked based-on-reality project about the peak years of the Los Angeles Lakers. Queen’s credits include “Cars 2” and “Cars 3.” The project is set up at Sony.

The story of “Cola Wars,” much like “Air,...

Judd Apatow and Steven Spielberg are to team up for 'Cola Wars'.The 'Knocked Up' filmmaker is to direct the movie about Pepsi's attempts to challenge Coca-Cola during the 1980s with the legendary 'Jaws' helmer on board as a producer through his Amblin Entertainment company.The movie delves into the Cola Wars as Pepsi tried to challenge Coca-Cola's long reign as the world's top cola with key events including Michael Jackson's hair being set on fire when a stunt for a Pepsi advert went awry in 1984 as well as Coca-Cola's disastrous introduction of 'New Coke' the following year.'Cola Wars' is in development at Sony and is being written by Jason Shuman and Ben Queen and it is thought to be similar to the film 'Air', which was directed by Ben Affleck and told the story of how Nike were able to transform their...

Judd Apatow directs, Steven Spielberg produces, as Sony moves ahead with Cola Wars, a movie about Coca Cola and Pepsi’s battle.

Just recently, we covered a report which looked at how Judd Apatow, the one-time king of Hollywood comedies, was struggling to get original projects off the ground. It’s been a few years since Apatow’s period as a director and ‘super-producer’, during which he shepherded lots of popular comedies through the studio system.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has selected Apatow to direct Cola Wars. It’s a drama that will recount the fierce battle between industry titan Coca Cola and upstart Pepsi in the 1980s.

We first learned of the project back in February, along with the claim that Sony had paid more than a million dollars for a pitch. Not the script mind, just the pitch. Jason Shuman and Ben Queen will be drafting the screenplay.

Progress on Cola Wars is bubbling up, as the Sony Pictures feature has attached Judd Apatow to direct with Steven Spielberg to produce, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Apatow is set to helm the film that is still in its initial stages of development after the studio bought a pitch for the project earlier this year. Cola Wars is set to focus on the battle for soda supremacy that kicked off in the mid-1980s as Pepsi aimed to challenge Coke’s longtime dominance in the soft drink space.

Jason Shuman and Ben Queen are working on the script. Spielberg is producing Cola Wars through his company Amblin Entertainment, with Maia Eyre overseeing the film for Sony.

Shuman co-created the Apple TV+ series Acapulco and served as an executive producer on the HBO show Winning Time. Queen earned credits for his writing work on the animated sequel The Addams Family 2...

We’re guessing Judd Apatow isn’t a Dr. Pepper fan. The “Knocked Up” filmmaker is attached to direct “Cola Wars,” a film about the battle for market share between Coca Cola and Pepsi to become America’s favorite soda, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

Tag-teaming with him on the project is none other than Steven Spielberg, who will produce the film through his Amblin Entertainment production banner.

The individual adds that at this point, “Cola Wars” is in very early development stages, with Apatow and Spielberg joining based on a pitch that Sony acquired back in April.

The writers for the film are Ben Queen and Jason Shuman, who co-created and writes the Apple TV+ series “Acapulco” and was also a producer on the canceled HBO series “Winning Time.”

Few other details are available at this early stage of development, but Deadline, which first reported the news,...