Long before John Candy became a household name outside of Canada, the comedian would occasionally adopt a persona that his friends and colleagues dubbed “Johnny Toronto.” Unlike the often shy, overly genial guy who used to disappear into the background of Second City ensemble scenes, Johnny was brash, bold, a …
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There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson. It is safe to say that there’s nobody else like Anatole “Zsa Zsa” Korda in his back …
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A little over two decades ago, Scarlett Johansson had a difficult time connecting with Bill Murray on the set of 2003’s Lost in Translation. In a new Vanity Fair interview, she says, “He’s such a different person now.” In the film, Johansson’s character, a lonely young woman, bonds in Tokyo …
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T he What About Bob? production crew was deep in the woods of the tiny Virginia town of Moneta when they heard a frightening sound they couldn’t quite identify. They were over three months into shooting the 1991 Bill Murray–Richard Dreyfuss comedy about a mentally ill man who becomes obsessed …
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Bill Murray opened up in a new interview about the incident that led to Being Mortal, Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, being shut down in what was described at the time as Murray’s “inappropriate behavior.” In a conversation discussing his new movie The Friend with The New York Times, Murray was …
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Bill Murray shouted out his Moonrise Kingdom co-star Bruce Willis on Monday, after Murray was asked about some of his favorite films to date. Appearing on Watch What Happens Live, Murray was asked by host Andy Cohen to rank four of the Wes Anderson films that he has appeared in. …
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“What’s going to happen to the dog?” This sentence is repeated close to a dozen times in The Friend, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s novel about a woman, a ghost, and a 180-pound Great Dane, and it’s the second biggest question that haunts this gently funny, deeply mournful movie. (It …
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Bill Murray expertly navigated a plate of spicy wings — with an assist from Pete Davidson — when the actor guested on the latest episode of Hot Ones. “Well, I do like spicy foods: When I go to an Asian restaurant, I look for the red stars, and when I …
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Bill Murray remembered Gene Hackman’s brilliant acting, and occasionally irascible temperament on the set of The Royal Tenenbaums, following the news of Hackman’s death. Murray happened to give two interviews yesterday where he spoke about Hackman, one to The Associated Press, the other on The Drew Barrymore Show. In both …
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Former Weekend Update anchor Bill Murray returned to Saturday Night Live on the show’s 50th anniversary special to list his top 10 anchors — none of whom were the man next to him, Colin Jost. First, Murray poked fun at how there has only been one Black anchor of the …
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