Micky Dolenz reflected on how he was almost cast as Happy Days’ greaser sex symbol Arthur Herbert “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in a new interview. “I almost got it,” the actor told People. “Supposedly, it was between me and Henry [Winkler]. He remembers it, too. The story I heard is that he …
Read More »The Fonz Is Back: Henry Winkler, Ron Howard Celebrate 'Happy Days' 50th Anniversary
Ayyyyy! Henry Winkler and Ron Howard reunited at the 2024 Emmys on Sunday, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Happy Days. Dressed in black suits, Howard and Winkler stood behind a booth at their usual haunt, Arnold’s. Before channeling their fictitious characters from decades ago, Winkler acknowledged Howard’s recent Emmy for …
Read More »Anthony Carrigan on the End of 'Barry' and Playing Metamorpho in 'Superman: Legacy'
Anthony Carrigan was supposed to die in the first episode of Barry. And yet, his cheerful Chechen mobster in the crime-comedy series managed to survive for four seasons. “I was really rewarded with the opportunity to have this arc with Hank in which he starts off as this lovable goofball …
Read More »Sylvester Stallone Reveals Origin Story of the Name 'Rocky Balboa'
Over the past handful of years, Thom Zimny has emerged as one of the most prolific music documentarians around. A former editor on The Wire, Zimny won an Emmy for directing the Netflix film Springsteen on Broadway, reunited with Bruce for Letter to You, chronicled the life of Elvis Presley …
Read More »'Barry' Finale Is Filled With Blood and Disappointment
This post contains spoilers for the Barry series finale, “Wow.” “Denial, it’s tough.” This line by Monroe Fuches is perhaps the most important sentiment expressed at any point during these four seasons of Barry. The series began as a Hollywood satire, illustrating the thin line that exists between killing on …
Read More »'Barry' Finale: Henry Winkler on That Shocking Revenge Moment
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of Barry, which we recapped here. Henry Winkler had already had the acting career of a lifetime decades before he got cast to play hacky, narcissistic acting teacher Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry. As Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Seventies and Eighties …
Read More »Sarah Goldberg's 'Barry' Exit Interview: Sally's Finale Secrets and More
Week after week, in frantic monologue after frantic monologue, Sarah Goldberg delivered one of the greatest performances on TV in recent memory as Barry‘s self-obsessed actress Sally Reed, whose intensity occasionally unnerved even Bill Hader‘s titular hitman character. She scored an Emmy nomination for her performance in Season One —for …
Read More »'Barry' Plots Endgame With Most Action-Packed Episode of the Season
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Barry, “A Nice Meal.” “A Nice Meal,” the penultimate installment of Barry, opens with Barry hallucinating after an undetermined amount of time spent wearing the sensory deprivation goggles Jim Moss has placed over his eyes. There is darkness, then a glimpse …
Read More »'Barry' Recap: Is This the End of the Line for Barry Berkman?
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Barry, “The Wizard.” Barry spends a good chunk of “The Wizard” listening to different religious podcasts, pastor-shopping for a man of the cloth who will tell him it’s acceptable to murder Gene Cousineau. Eventually, he finds one — voiced, naturally, by …
Read More »'Barry' Jumps Forward in Time and Becomes a Huge Bummer
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Barry, “Tricky Legacies.” Last week’s “It Takes a Psycho” ended on a startling transition. One moment, we were seeing Sally deciding to run away with Barry; in the next, we were in a desolate Midwestern location where an older Barry and …
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