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Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Phineas and Ferb season 5 revival surprises fans with Jonathan Banks cameo and star-studded guest lineup
Phineas and Ferb is making a comeback next week with season 5, arriving on Disney Channel and Disney+ after a decade-long hiatus. The revival will continue to follow the adventurous Flynn-Fletcher family, along with their pet platypus's battles against evil. Known for its vibrant main cast, the show has also featured numerous high-profile guest stars over the years, including Ben Stiller, J.K. Simmons, and Seth MacFarlane. One of the standout moments in the new season is the cameo of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor Jonathan Banks. He voices the driving instructor overseeing Candace's driving test. In an interview with Screen Rant, creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh shared their excitement about Banks' role and other guest stars. Povenmire recalled a humorous anecdote from Banks about a scene in Beverly Hills Cop, while Marsh expressed admiration for Banks' extensive career and the joy guest stars experience by participating in an animated show that's family-friendly. The inclusion of such notable voices enhances the show's charm. Past guest roles have often played on the personas of the actors, like Seth MacFarlane's character Jeff McGarland. Side characters, known for their quirky humor, are a major strength of the series. With Povenmire and Marsh teasing even more surprising guest stars, fans can look forward to memorable new episodes. Overall, the new season promises to be full of fun and unexpected moments. The creators' enthusiasm and the involvement of acclaimed actors like Banks suggest this Phineas and Ferb revival could introduce some exciting twists, continuing to entertain old fans and new viewers alike.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Eddie Murphy Reveals Son And Martin Lawrence's Daughter Ditched Big Wedding Plans
Eddie Murphy is over the moon about the nuptials of his son, Eric Murphy, to Martin Lawrence's daughter, Jasmin Page. The "Beverly Hills Cop" star revealed that their kids skipped the lavish wedding plans and quietly got married in a small church ceremony. The unexpected reveal comes months after Martin joked in an interview that Eddie had handed him the wedding bill. Eddie Murphy's son and Martin Lawrence's daughter made their relationship public in 2021 before getting engaged in 2024. The comedy legend revealed the news during his debut appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, sharing that the couple got married "about two weeks ago" with no guests, just the two of them and a preacher. "They went off and got married at the church. They just had the two of them and the preacher. They had a quiet little thing," Eddie said. He noted that the newlyweds may still host a celebration later, but for now, they are officially married with zero fanfare. "I think we'll have a big party or something," he added. Eddie joked that Martin is off the hook financially, saying, "Everybody was making the big wedding plans, and then they decided they wanted to do something quiet with just the two of them." Confirming that now, his friend does not have to foot a big wedding bill, per PEOPLE. Martin is footing the bill for his daughter's wedding because, according to Eddie, it is only fair. Though both stars are multimillionaires, Martin revealed late last year that the groom's told him it was his turn to cover the wedding costs. The two comedy legends became in-laws after their kids, Jasmin and Eric, tied the knot in a quiet ceremony earlier this year. Speaking on Big Boy's "Neighborhood" in December 2024, the actor said Eddie had a pretty straightforward reason for passing the financial baton. "Eddie said I gotta pay for it. He said I gotta pay for it, 'cause he paid for his last daughter's wedding—like the last six weddings—but he said it's my turn now," Martin shared. As Men's Journal highlighted, the cost-sharing tradition typically falls to the bride's side of the family, though it is rarely enforced these days. Still, Martin was not bothered. "I don't mind," he noted. Before Martin joked about being stuck with the wedding bill, Eric and Jasmin were already celebrating a love story that looked straight out of a movie. The couple announced their engagement in late November 2024 with a heartfelt Instagram video that showed off the intimate moment. Per the clip, Eric filled a room with candles, roses, and petals scattered across the floor before getting down on one knee. Set to Eric Benét's romantic hit "Spend My Life with You," the video captured Jasmin's emotional reaction as she walked into the room, stunned by the setup. After Eric opened the ring box, Jasmin gasped, "It's beautiful. Oh my gosh," before saying yes and sealing the moment with a kiss. In the caption, the couple wrote, "11.27.2024. We're engaged!! God truly blessed us with a love that feels like destiny. We couldn't be more excited for this next chapter ❤️❤️. Special thank you to everyone who made this moment so beautiful!!" Turns out, it was not Murphy or Lawrence who played matchmaker for their kids. The 60-year-old's daughter shared that her relationship with Murphy's oldest son, did not start through their comedy legend fathers despite the two having starred in movies together and being longtime friends. "It wasn't even our dads," she said, adding that it was actually her uncle who introduced them. She and Eric first connected as friends. "We bonded on a lot of things. And over time, it just, you know, became more," Jasmin explained. By June 2021, the couple went public with their relationship. Eric posted a set of photos on Instagram with the caption, "Head over heels in LOVE with YOU." Jasmin followed with a birthday tribute calling him "my love," adding, "I'm so incredibly blessed to know you, to love you, and to have you by my side." Murphy's home life might look a lot different from the image many have of the comedy icon, and he does not seem to mind one bit. As The Blast reported, Butcher Murphy appears to hold most of the control in their marriage, even assigning household chores to the star. A source close to the couple shared that the 64-year-old "let her rule," and their arrangement seemed to be working for both of them. However, the dynamic reportedly raised some eyebrows among Murphy's longtime friends, who, according to the insider, joked that the father-of-ten had turned into a "yes man" behind closed doors. "Nobody ever thought they'd see him be a 'yes' man, but it's happened. It's a head-scratcher for his pals, but as long as Eddie's happy, they are happy," they added. With the wedding behind them and the bill settled, it looks like Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence's families are officially bonded; no big ceremony is needed.
CNN
5 days ago
- Business
- CNN
Eddie Murphy's son and Martin Lawrence's daughter are married
No doubt that had there been a wedding reception for these fathers to speak at the speeches would have been pretty funny. Eddie Murphy has revealed that his son Eric has married Martin Lawrence's daughter, Jasmin The 'Beverly Hills Cop' star shared the news Thursday in an episode of 'The Jennifer Hudson Show.' 'They got married like two weeks ago,' Murphy said. 'They went off…everyone was making the big wedding the plans and then they decided they wanted to do something quiet, just the two of them.' He also joked about the economic relief that the elopement provided Lawrence. 'Yeah, we're in-laws,' Murphy said. 'He don't have to pay for the big wedding now.' The couple announced their engagement in November. Murphy said the plan is to instead have a party to celebrate the nuptials. The elder Murphy and Lawrence are longtime friends who costarred in the 1992 film 'Boomerang' and 1999's 'Life.' Murphy told Hudson he and Lawrence have several ideas for reuniting on the big screen, including a dream of Murphy's to remake the 1963 comedy 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.'
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Eddie Murphy reveals on Jennifer Hudson Show that he and Martin Lawrence are now in-laws
Eddie Murphy has confirmed that his son, Eric Murphy, quietly tied the knot with Jasmin Lawrence, daughter of fellow comedian Martin Lawrence, making the two Hollywood legends in-laws. The 'Beverly Hills Cop' star shared the news during an appearance on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' on Thursday, telling host Jennifer Hudson that the wedding took place earlier this month. 'Actually, they got married, like, two weeks ago,' Murphy said. 'They went off … Everybody was making the big wedding plans, and they decided they wanted to do something quiet with just the two of them.' -Instagram. Murphy, 64, added that the ceremony was intimate and took place at a church with only the couple and a preacher in attendance. 'They just had the two of them and the preacher,' he said. 'They had a quiet little thing. So, I think we'll have like a big party or something.' Joking about who would have paid for a larger celebration, Murphy quipped, 'And he [Martin] doesn't have to pay for that big wedding now.' Eric Murphy, 35, and Jasmin Lawrence, 29, first announced their engagement in December 2024 after three years of dating. 'God truly blessed us with a love that feels like destiny,' the couple wrote in a joint Instagram post. The couple publicly confirmed their relationship in July 2021, when Jasmin posted a birthday message to Eric on Instagram, referring to him as her 'love.' With the marriage now official, Murphy and Lawrence — two iconic figures in American comedy — share more than just a decades-long friendship. As Murphy put it simply, 'Yeah, we're in-laws.'
New York Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
How Hollywood almost screwed up ‘Die Hard,' ‘Grease' and ‘Saturday Night Fever'
It was 1977, and Barry Diller — just a few years into his tenure as CEO of Paramount Studios ‚ was sitting down for a preview of 'Saturday Night Fever' at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles when a publicist leaned in to give him a piece of advice. '[John] Travolta's the problem,' the publicist hissed at him, according to Diller's new memoir, 'Who Knew,' out Tuesday. 'He's a television person. You don't put a television person in a movie. The kid just doesn't put asses in seats.' Diller, who was just 35 at the time and still trying to prove himself in the industry, recalls thinking, 'Well, not old Hollywood asses.' 12 In his new book, 'Who Knew,' Barry Diller shares stories from his decades working in Hollywood. 12 Diller writes of how people told him that John Travolta was wrong for 'Saturday Night Fever.' When the movie was a massive hit, Diller was vindicated. Courtesy Everett Collection The movie opened nationwide just two weeks later, becoming an overnight blockbuster. 'There were vast lines around the block at every theater across America,' Diller writes. Paramount, which had dropped to a distant fifth place among the major studios after Diller took over, jumped to No. 1 again. For Diller, it was sweet vindication, especially given how many former executives from Paramount were 'actively mocking' him 'as a parvenu who was destroying their institution,' Diller writes. But during his 10 years with the studio — from 1974 to 1984 — he championed some of the most beloved films of the last century, like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' 'Terms of Endearment' and 'Beverly Hills Cop.' He also, he writes, oversaw his fair share of bombs, including William Friedkin's 'The Sorcerer' — a bloated, over-budget 'nightmare' from 'The French Connection' director that demonstrated 'the sheer perversity of some Hollywood luminaries.' And then there was 'The Last Tycoon,' starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Jack Nicholson and Robert Mitchum and directed by Elia Kazan of 'On the Waterfront' fame. 'What could go wrong?' Diller asks. 'Everything. I knew it wasn't going to work when I saw the first assemblage.' 12 Diller championed some of the 20th century's most beloved films, including 'Beverly Hills Cop' with Eddie Murphy and Taylour Paige. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection But 'Saturday Night Fever' changed 'how movies got made,' Diller writes. The script wasn't pitched as a project for a pre-established A-lister. 'No stars, no pedigree, no package, no nothing — just a good idea,' Diller writes. Even director John Badham, a mostly unproven TV guy, was a risk. 'All these Frankenstein-like parts came together while all those around us thought we were amateurs,' Diller writes. 'It was heady stuff, and quite a shock to the naysayers.' Before coming to Paramount, Diller had cut his teeth at ABC during the 1960s and early '70s, where he invented the Movie of the Week and the miniseries. 12 Diller was CEO of Paramount when iconic films such as 'Terms of Endearment' were made. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection But the movie industry offered him a new challenge. Unlike TV, it was a business 'where ego and self-promotion corroded everything,' Diller writes. Even his boss, Charlie Bluhdorn, ran the company 'like an old-time emperor.' Diller remembers that Bluhdorn would call him randomly with ridiculous ideas for new movies that he was certain would become 'the blockbuster of all time,' Diller writes. Like 'the tale of Sitting Bull and Hitler at war with each other.' Diller trusted his instincts, which weren't always correct. The movies he championed at Paramount were often 'just darts thrown at the board,' he admits. 'I had to pitch and roll with whatever came my way. That made me a mark for every promoter and rascal in the film industry.' 12 Not all of Diller's movies were big successes. He writes that 'Lipstick' with Margaux Hemingway was 'the essence of putting lipstick on a pig.' Courtesy Everett Collection Some of his lesser achievements include 'Lipstick' with Margaux Hemingway ('the essence of putting lipstick on a pig,' he writes), 'The Big Bus' ('a parody of disaster movies that ended up just being a disaster'), and Roman Polanski's 'The Tenant' (a 'small film that had an even smaller audience'). Even Diller's successes came with controversy. During an advance screening of 'Marathon Man' in San Francisco in 1976, the audience became irate during the notorious 'Is it safe?' scene, in which the Nazi villain (played by Laurence Olivier) tortures Dustin Hoffman's character with dental instruments. Viewers weren't 'prepared for such invasive violence to sweet Dustin's teeth,' the author writes. 'They shouted and booed at what we were doing to them, and many charged up the aisles, enraged.' Diller claims he had to be evacuated from a movie theater for his own safety. 12 Diller writes of the controversy surrounding a scene in 'Marathon Man' where Dustin Hoffman is tortured with dental instruments. Courtesy Everett Collection Some of his most ambitious projects, like a 1976 remake of 'King Kong,' were almost derailed by bad decisions behind the scenes. It was brought to him by the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis, who insisted 'he'd acquired the remake rights, but of course, being Dino, he really hadn't,' Diller writes. One day De Laurentiis called him and announced, 'I've found the actress to play [the lead in 'King Kong']. She's right now a model with no acting experience, but I'm sure she'll be a star.' Diller was hesitant but curious, and asked if they should give this up-and-coming model a screen test. 'Yes,' De Laurentiis allegedly told him. 'But first I want to have her breasts augmented.' The model was future Academy Award winner Jessica Lange. 12 Diller gave an up-and-coming young model named Jessica Lange a chance when she was cast in 'King Kong.' ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Sam Spiegel, the legendary producer of classics like 'On the Waterfront' and 'Lawrence of Arabia,' approached Diller about adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, 'The Last Tycoon.' During his meetings with Spiegel, who Diller describes as 'a true satyr,' he learned more than bargained for about the producer's sex life. 'He often said — and it was hard to know if he was joking — he only liked to have sex with virgins and, if he could find them, lesbian virgins,' writes Diller. Run-ins with directors could be hostile, and sometimes costly. After his 1978 epic 'Days of Heaven,' Diller paid auteur Terrence Malick an enormous sum — $500,000 (or $2.5 million in 2025 dollars) — to, in Malick's words, 'just experiment with things.' 12 After director Terrence Malick (above) squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars, Diller cut him off. Penske Media via Getty Images Every four or five months, Diller would call the director for an update, and get little beyond, 'I'm making progress.' Occasionally Malick would give him some vague sense of his next film, like 'I've got this idea to follow a paraplegic in New Mexico in a footrace.' But beyond that, Malick wouldn't give details, declaring that it was a 'secret.' Diller finally cut off Malick's salary. 'It would be twenty years before he directed another movie,' he writes. The author's handling of actors could also be a minefield. He got into hot water with Robert Redford after Paramount used a shirtless photo of the star embracing Faye Dunaway in a full-page ad to promote the political thriller 'Three Days of the Condor' in 1975. Redford called Diller and insisted that 'the ad had 'disrobed him' in front of his kids,' he writes. The actor asked for the ad to be taken down immediately, but Diller declined. 'And that was the last we saw of Robert Redford for five years,' he writes. 12 Diller and Robert Redford (above) clashed after the studio used a shirtless photo of Redford to promote 'Three Days of the Condor.' Courtesy Everett Collection After the huge success of 'Saturday Night Fever,' Princess Margaret requested to meet John Travolta 'for tea' during her visit to Los Angeles. Diller made the request to Travolta, who responded, 'I don't do tea!' He was finally cajoled into meeting the royal at the Beverly Wilshire. 'And when he came back, he said, 'She hit on me!'' Diller writes. He admits that has hasn't always had the best movie judgment. Diller thought 'Grease' was a terrible follow-up project for Travolta — even producer Robert Evans agreed, imploring Diller to 'burn it' before the footage ruined the actor's career — and pushed Travolta to star in 'American Gigolo' instead. Travolta resisted because he was wary of the 'somewhat gay subtext.' (The role eventually went to Richard Gere, and 'Grease' was a huge hit.) 12 Diller (third from left) has long run in powerful circles. In 1983, he mingled with Bill Sheinberg (from left), Sid Sheinberg, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and David Geffen. Berliner Studio Inc/Shutterstock Cocaine was rampant in the movie industry during the '70s and, Diller writes, Paramount's sets were no exception. During his visit to Robert Altman's production of 'Popeye,' starring Robin Williams, Diller realized that 'everyone in our made-up village — and I mean everyone! — was completely coked out.' He eventually discovered that his own driver, an affable New Yorker named Mario, was also a major cocaine dealer, 'particularly to all my friends,' Diller writes. 'I always wondered why they insisted that Mario drop me off first after our nights out. Once I left, Mario would open his trunk and deal out the drugs.' 12 After joining 20th Century Fox as CEO, Diller objected to Bruce Willis being cast in 'Die Hard.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection In 1984, Diller joined 20th Century Fox, where he served as CEO until 1992. One of his first projects was 'Die Hard' — and he immediately objected to the casting of Bruce Willis. 'Who cares about Bruce Willis?' he scolded the casting director. 'No one really likes Bruce Willis!' But Willis would soon prove to be the least of his worries. Producers Joel Silver and Larry Gordon asked to use an office tower owned by Fox for a pivotal final 'blowout' scene. 'We won't hurt anything,' they assured Diller. 'It'll only be one night.' Later that evening, Diller received a call from the studio's real estate division, screaming that the filmmakers were 'destroying our building!' He drove to the shoot and realized it wasn't an exaggeration. Diller confronted Silver, who just shrugged and said the scene had been 'more complicated' than they anticipated, and they'd need 'about two weeks' to finish their cinematic destruction. 12 Diller is married to fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg. Bloomberg via Getty Images Diller changed his tune after seeing a rough cut of the film, telling the director, 'Don't touch a f–king thing. This is not a good movie. This is a great movie.' But he still wasn't enthusiastic about Willis, insisting the star's face not appear in any of the advertising. 'No one likes him,' Diller continued to declare. 'After they see this movie, they're gonna love him, but coming in, they don't like him.'
