Earlier this week, SAG-AFTRA released guidelines for members looking to “celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity” with the strike. Actors were advised to avoid costumes inspired by struck content — Barbie, Wednesday Addams, Marvel superheroes, etc. — and opt instead for generic characters like a ghost or …
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“I want to make one thing clear off the bat: Not a fan. Not a fan of the podcast,” offered Jon Stewart. “Tried to get through the first one. Not a fan.” Yes, the seventh episode of Strike Force Five, a Spotify podcast featuring late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, …
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The second season of the FX soccer docuseries Welcome to Wrexham poses an implicit question: Can a formerly floundering team recently purchased by two showbiz stars, a team that has made legions of new fans through a breakout TV hit, still be considered a group of scrappy, lovable underdogs? The …
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Wrexham AFC’s underdog story is returning to our screens soon. On Friday, FX revealed that Welcome to Wrexham — the documentary series based on the Welsh soccer club — will return for a second season on Sept. 12. The Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny executive-produced show is set to air …
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Nineteen years after starring as Elektra in the 2005 Daredevil spinoff, Jennifer Garner is returning to the role. On Friday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Garner will be playing the beloved superhero character in Deadpool 3, which is set to premiere in 2024. Garner played the character of Elektra in …
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Ryan Reynolds has his sights set on a new investment: Formula 1 team Alpine. Through his film production and digital marketing company Maximum Effort, Reynolds, Michael B. Jordan, and Rob McElhenney have acquired a 24 percent stake — worth around $220 million — in the Renault-owned team alongside two other …
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Who needs therapy when Ryan Reynolds has an entire original series dedicated to reading mind-soothing bedtime stories ASMR-style? Bedtime Stories with Ryan, the first launch from his content company Maximum Effort’s channel on Fubo, will arrive on June 20 and is, crucially, minimal energy. “You know the best part about …
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In what’s becoming a battle as spirited as any fisticuffs you’d see on the ice, the Weeknd, Snoop Dogg and Ryan Reynolds are all competing to purchase the same hockey team, the Ottawa Senators. Reynolds — already the proud owner of soccer club Wrexham A.F.C. — was the first to …
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It’s been a dreadful year — OK, few years — for romcoms. This year gave us Shotgun Wedding, a J.Lo-starring smorgasbord about a destination wedding overrun by pirates; You People, Kenya Barris’ tone-deaf interracial-dating romcom whose big kiss was faked by CGI; and Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher’s Your Place …
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Ryan Reynolds pulled out every possible stop he could think of to celebrate his buddy Rob McElhenney’s birthday Friday, April 14 — though the real gift was teaching us all how to properly pronounce the actor’s last name. With the help of songwriters/composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Reynolds staged …
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