Long before Ben Stiller became a key figure in the screen-comedy boom of the 1990s, a top-notch director, an Emmy-winning TV producer, and the man who convinced Tom Cruise to yell “Take a step back and literally fuck your own face” while wearing a fat-suit, he was Jerry and Anne’s …
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Ben Stiller is donating the archives chronicling the careers of his parents, comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York. The pair appeared on television talk shows and variety programs —including 36 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, per a press release …
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More than 550 actors, directors, writers and musicians — including Jane Fonda, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal, Gracie Abrams, Spike Lee, Viola Davis, Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, John Legend, Janelle Monae, and Natalie Portman — have teamed up to relaunch the Committee for the First Amendment, a group originally formed in …
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To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance. But he’s also the son of one of the most beloved comedy duos of the Sixties and Seventies. And he’s honoring his family history with his …
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On the rink, he was a tough player who could have used a few skating lessons. On the green, however, Happy Gilmore’s killer slap shot helped him score the kind of long drives that could make Mike Austin scream profanity out of frustration. Hockey’s loss became golf’s gain, and Gilmore’s …
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CBS’ decision to end The Late Show in 2026 has left both Hollywood and viewers in shock. On Thursday,the network announced that it will end its late-night talk show, hosted byStephen Colbertover the past decade, in May 2026, amid financial issues at the network. Colbert himself responded during his monologue …
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Ben Stiller sat down with Zane Lowe for an in-depth chat about his upcoming projects, which include Season Three of his hit Apple TV show Severance and the fourth installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, which has added Ariana Grande to the cast. While Severance‘s second season just wrapped, …
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Ben Stiller has officially confirmed what pretty much everyone has known: Ariana Grande will indeed be part of the fourth installment of the Meet the Parents franchise next year. “I can’t really talk too much, I guess, at this point about the movie,” Stiller told The Today Show during a …
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Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore is hitting the green nearly three decades later to stage a golf comeback, and he’s bringing along a cavalcade of stars in the official trailer for Happy Gilmore 2. “Even when you’re at the top of your game, you can always shank one,”the failed-hockey-player-turned-golf-pro says, setting …
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Following last night’s Season Two finale, Apple TV+ has confirmed — unsurprisingly — that Severance will return for a third season. The news was announced Friday morning, March 21, after Ben Stiller, the show’s director and executive producer, tweeted at Apple CEO Tim Cook: “So some fansare asking for Season …
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