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Owen Wilson Takes a Swing on a Second Chance in Golf Comedy Series ‘Stick' — Watch Trailer
Owen Wilson is getting his second chance by way of Apple TV+. The actor is leading sports comedy series 'Stick,' which he also executive produces. Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed 20 years ago amid a scandal. Yet Pryce finds a career resurgence thanks to scouting (and coaching and caddying for) a 17-year-old golf phenom (Peter Dager). The duo might be an unlikely pair on the green, but will this save Pryce both personally and professionally? The official synopsis reads: 'After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi (Dager).' The series is billed as being a 'heartfelt, feel-good sports comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before.' More from IndieWire 'Saturday Night Live' Highlights: Walton Goggins Clogs His Way into Our Hearts Mara Brock Akil Says Being Her Own 'First Audience' Led to Her Reinvention of Judy Blume's 'Forever' Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer, and Timothy Olyphant co-star. Real-life golf superstars Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley, Max Homa, and Wyndham Clark make guest appearances, with additional cameos from broadcasters Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman, Good Good's Matt Scharff, Brad Dalke, and Garrett Clark, and golf enthusiast Dan Rapaport. 'Stick' is created and executive produced by Jason Keller, who also is the showrunner. Ben Silverman for Propagate Content, Entertainment 360's Guymon Casady, Howard T. Owens, Rodney Ferrell, Drew Buckley, Lee Eisenberg, Natalie Sandy, Christopher Moynihan, Bill Callahan, Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, and Jaffar Mahmood executive produce. Faris, Dayton and Mahmood also serve as directors along with David Dobkin, M.J. Delaney, and John Hamburg. The sports comedy space has surged thanks to the success of other Apple TV+ series 'Ted Lasso.' This year also includes the premiere of 'Happy Gilmore 2' with Adam Sandler back as the titular hockey player turned golf star. Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, and more return to the roles they started in 1996 for the sequel. Glen Powell is getting into the game of sports series as well with 'Chad Powers,' which is inspired by Eli Manning's former sketch series. Powell co-created (and co-wrote the pilot episode for) the half-hour Hulu comedy with Michael Waldron, who also executive produces. Powell plays the title character who goes quasi-undercover as a college quarterback. The logline reads: 'When bad behavior nukes hotshot QB Russ Holliday's college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.' 'Stick' premieres on Apple TV+ June 4 with three episodes, followed by one new episode weekly every Wednesday through July 23. Check out the trailer below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
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16-05-2025
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7 new shows with the most Emmy potential after Upfronts
You've probably heard about several new shows this week. Upfronts—the mid-May period when networks pitch their new offerings to advertisers—wrapped up on Wednesday. And while the list of new projects isn't as robust as it once was in today's fractured media landscape, a handful of titles unveiled this week—whether newly announced or accompanied by fresh footage (most trailers shown to advertisers haven't been publicly released yet)—do sound promising. And if everything works out, maybe they'll find themselves on the doorstep of the Emmys in a year's time (or later). Here are seven shows from Upfronts that have the most Emmy potential. More from GoldDerby 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' revival finds new slayer, HBO's 'Task' trailer, Anna Sawai joins hot A24 crime thriller, and more news 'It keeps me on my toes': 'St. Denis Medical' star Allison Tolman on walking a fine line between zany and 'incredibly heartfelt' 'Forever' creator Mara Brock Akil on updating Judy Blume - and finding 'real intimacy' - in the age of social media (HBO) The last two times Mark Ruffalo worked with HBO? He won an Emmy both times. The last time Brad Ingelsby worked with HBO? Three of his actors won Emmys. So what we're saying is Task has the makings of an Emmy success. Ingelsby, who created Mare of Easttown, returns to the Philadelphia suburbs with this limited series about an FBI agent (Ruffalo) who heads a Task Force to end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey). Let's hope Kate Winslet shows up at the end to start an initiative. Task premieres in September. Disney/Daniel Delgado (Hulu) Glen Powell's football comedy will finally, uh, kick off on Sept. 30. Based on the character created by Eli Manning on Eli's Places, the series stars Powell as Russ Holliday, a quarterback who believes his career has been nuked and subsequently disguises himself as Chad Powers to join a college team. Powell, who won a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the Hidden Figures cast, has been the It Guy of the moment for several years now and feels like he's on the precipice of individual industry recognition, so Chad Powers could be thing that opens the floodgates. If nothing else, he seems like a solid bet for a Golden Globe nomination at least. Scott Gries/NBC (NBC) The 30 Rock gang is back. Well, sort of. Producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock are reuniting with Tracy Morgan for their own comedy about a disgraced football star. Morgan plays the titular running back, who plans to rehabilitate his image to enter the Hall of Fame. Daniel Radcliffe plays the filmmaker who moves in with him to document the journey. The pedigree is there — Fey and Carlock have 12 Emmys combined — for voters to bite. Of note, however: Neither has been nominated since 2020, for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (in which Radcliffe appeared). Fey could break that duck this year with The Four Seasons. Reggie Dinkins, which could air as early as the fall, being a network series could hurt it — Fey and Carlock's Mr. Mayor for NBC was overlooked by the TV Academy — but NBC did produce a Best Comedy Actor nominee just four years ago with Kenan Thompson for Kenan. NBC (Peacock) Not to be confused with the Ron Howard film of the same name, The Paper, which premieres in September, is the Office spinoff that is not set at a paper company but a (news)paper. Created by Office showrunner Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, The Paper is a mockumentary chronicling the offices of a fledgling Ohio newspaper called The Truth Teller. Domhnall Gleeson stars alongside The White Lotus Emmy nominee Sabrina Impacciatore, while The Office's Oscar Núñez reprises his role as Oscar Martinez. The Office "only" won five Emmys from 42 nominations during its nine-season run, including Best Comedy Series in 2006, but it has remained a pop culture fave, so don't be surprised if The Paper hits. Peacock has also already tasted Emmy gold with wins for The Traitors and Judith Light (Poker Face). Eli Ade/MGM (Prime Video) The Creed-verse is expanding into TV. Produced by Michael B. Jordan, Delphi is set at the titular boxing gym and will focus on the young athletes training in the ring. Marco Ramírez (La Máquina) will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer. No word yet on a release date. The Creed films have been huge successes, and if Delphi lands (a punch), Emmy voters might take notice too. In terms of the film trilogy's Oscar record, Sylvester Stallone received the franchise's sole nomination for his supporting turn in the first film. Leon Bennett/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Untitled Dan Levy comedy (Netflix) Move over, Roses. Dan Levy is back with another small-screen family. The four-time Emmy winner — all for Schitt's Creek — will star in, executive-produce, and serve as showrunner for a new comedy about "two deeply incapable siblings who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime." Taylor Ortega (The Four Seasons, Another Simple Favor) and four-time Emmy champ Laurie Metcalf will star alongside him. The series is co-created by Levy and Rachel Sennott. Production on the eight episodes begin later this year, so it's unclear when the series will air, but this is Levy's first major series since Schitt's Creek swept the Emmys in 2020. Michael Buckner for Variety (Fox) Of Fox's three new scripted series, Memory of a Killer, which premieres midsesaon, sounds the most intriguing. Inspired by the Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer (La Memoire Du Tueur), the thriller follows a hitman who develops early onset Alzheimer's. Patrick Dempsey is making his TV return in the lead role and is looking for his Emmy nomination since 2001 for Once and Again (no, he was never nominated for Grey's Anatomy). The series' broadcast home could hold it back. The last time Fox generated a Best Drama Actor nominee was in 2011 for House star Hugh Laurie. But broadcast did earn a win in the category in the past decade, when Sterling K. Brown prevailed for NBC's This Is Us in 2017. Will Memory of a Killer be as big as This Is Us though? 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15-05-2025
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Jimmy Kimmel Compares Peyton and Eli Manning to the Menendez Brothers, Elicits Groans from the Audience
Jimmy Kimmel made his feelings known about Peyton and Eli Manning's musical talents — or lack thereof! While delivering a monologue-turned-roast at Disney's 2025 Upfront on May 13, the late night host joked about the former pro-athletes' musical opening number. The Mannings — who were promoting the upcoming series Chad Powers, starring Glen Powell and inspired by Eli's character of the same name for his ESPN docuseries Eli's Places — started the show by singing an elaborate song where they used word play to insert their last name into a few of Disney's hit ABC shows, highlighting High Potential, Abbott Elementary and Paradise during the routine. The actors who star on those shows mentioned, including Kaitlin Olson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sterling K. Brown, joined the two onstage to play along and jokingly shut down any possibilities of the NFL greats joining their series. To wrap up the event, Kimmel, 57, took to the stage with a round of roasts, which included rival networks like CBS and NBC, as well as commentary on the Mannings' opening number: "I do want to thank the Manning brothers for finally answering the question, 'What if two jars of mayonnaise could sing?' The answer is, they can't," Kimmel said. "That was worse than what the Menendez brothers did," he added, as audience members groaned. "Too soon or too late?" The comedian ended his monologue with another jab towards Peyton and Eli, joking that the brothers would be singing another song if advertisers didn't give them more money. "Do give us money before we send them out again," he said, referring to the Mannings. Kimmel's joke came on the same day that Lyle and Erik were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them immediately eligible for parole. The brothers were serving a life sentence without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in their $5 million Beverly Hills home, but have long claimed the murders were committed in self-defense after years of sexual abuse by Jose. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The late night host's roasts weren't just reserved for the Mannings. He made a jab at NBC over the network's new portfolio of NBCU cable channels called Versant, saying it "sounds like something you subscribed to by accident." He even commented on his own network's lack of new shows. He pointed out that the only new show for ABC is a spinoff of another. "Which begs the question: What are we doing here? We risked our lives flying into Newark for this?" he teased. He closed his remarks with a heartfelt plea to advertisers to support a news show from the rival network, CBS. "I know it's not part of our multi-platform, but support 60 Minutes — they deserve it. You have the power, because you have the money. Support journalism. It's important, and it doesn't work without you." Read the original article on People
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14-05-2025
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Inside the Disney Upfront: 'Glen Powell, What Are You Doing Here?'
Professional athletes, like fine wines, only get better at public speaking with age. Patrick Mahomes and Saquon Barkley might need a little more time in the bottle. Booking the NFL stars to open Tuesday's Disney upfront was a clear win on paper, but it made for a rather low-energy opener. (Was Barkley's dialogue that lifeless when he was on the links with Donald Trump?) Fortunately, the duo was an outlier. After Bob Iger, who prophetically walked out to Bruce Springsteen's 'Burn to Run' made his second consecutive upfront appearance, the program proceeded with a slew of trailers, quite a bit of the Manning brothers, and the obligatory closing remarks from Jimmy Kimmel. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Snow White' Is Now Streaming: How to Watch Disney's Live-Action Remake Online Jimmy Kimmel Roasts His Employer and Boosts '60 Minutes' at Disney Upfront Krysten Ritter Joins 'Daredevil: Born Again' Season 2, Reprising Jessica Jones 'Bob Iger has passionately led Disney for 20 years,' remarked Kimmel, 'and reluctantly for three.' If there was a throughline to the forgivingly tight North Javits show, which clocked in at under 90 minutes, it was the media-savvy (albeit cheesy) Peyton and Eli Manning. They first showed up with a musical bit that inserted themselves into various ABC and Hulu series — 'High Peytentional,' 'Abbot Eli-mentary,' 'Only Mannings in the Building,' etc… — and then again to push their producorial effort: Hulu's upcoming Glen Powell series, Chad Powers. 'Glen Powell, what are you doing here?' asked Peyton. 'I can do anything,' he responded. 'I'm Glen Powell.' Apparently, 'anything' includes diminishing his now familiar charm with ugly prosthetics. As the trailer for Chad Powers explained, there is a twist in his comedy about a ruined quarterback who adopts a new identity to redeem himself on another team. 'I'm gonna do a Mrs. Doubtfire, but with football,' the character explained. The clip played very, very well in the room — as did most of what Disney chose to share over the afternoon. It was an interesting tactic compared to the three presentations during Monday's marathon upfront week opener. Disney leaned hard on trailers of upcoming scripted efforts, including Ryan Murphy's The Beauty (FX), Ryan Murphy's All's Fair (Hulu) and Noah Hawley's take on the Alien franchise: FX's Alien: Earth. It's hard to say exactly which trailer played best in the cavernous room, but from my angle, most of the excitement — and unquestionably, much of the presentation's budget — was for Alien: Earth. After ominous eggs were wheeled around the room and the franchise's familiar Xenomorph made a jump-scare appearance on stage, the long-awaited first look screened to enthusiastic applause. The Disney presentation shrewdly played up franchises and IP more than numbers. There were actually quite a few of those — none, in fact, in ad sales chief Rita Ferro's remarks that promised media buyers 'flexibility and value' among Disney's various ad-friendly tools. The first stat offered was halfway through the presentation when Auli'i Cravalho, voice of Moana, noted that her original film had logged 1.4 billion hours streamed on Disney+. Its sequel was already at 139 million hours in just two months. The morning's news of ESPN's streaming offering was reiterated by Stephen A. Smith. 'I have to contain my excitement,' Smith deadpanned, before his spiel for the reimagined app's integration into the Disney bundle. Kim Kardashian offered a remote 'hello' before the trailer for All's Fair, Joe Buck got in one of the week's several digs at a certain former Patriots' coach — 'The show will end with Bill Belichick and his friend singing 'My Endless Love'' — and the cast of The Bear came out to plug the industry darling's upcoming fourth season. It wasn't the entire cast so much as the three of them with other Disney projects to hype. Ayo Edebiri voiced 'Envy' in Inside Out 2, Ebon Moss-Bachrach is among the leads of Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming 20th Century Studios biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere. Iger doesn't need an excuse to walk out to the Boss as his intro music, but, on Tuesday, he certainly had one. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
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05-05-2025
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Hawk Tuah Girl Addresses Crypto Scandal: 'It Really Hurt My Feelings'
Haliey Welch, the viral figure who became known as 'Hawk Tuah Girl,' is sharing her latest thoughts following the cryptocurrency scandal that led her to disappear from the limelight for several months. In a recent Vanity Fair interview, Welch addressed questions about the crypto crash in December of her meme coin $HAWK, which led investors to file a lawsuit in New York against its creators. Welch became ubiquitous last summer after her on-the-street interview with Tim & Dee TV in which she described a supposedly surefire way to excite a man in the bedroom. More from The Hollywood Reporter Why Top Auteurs Like Sean Baker Worship Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep" Glen Powell to Star in Judd Apatow Comedy About Fallen Country Music Star Glen Powell On His New Line of Organic Sauces That Will "Change Every Kitchen Staple, Starting with Walmart" 'I hate that that's even a thing,' Welch told the publication about the crypto controversy. 'Half of those people that done it were, like, my fans. They trusted me, like, guiding them to it. And I don't know … It really hurt my feelings when it turned out the way it did. I wish it hadn't have happened.' Following the December scandal, Welch opted to step back from public life — including not releasing episodes of her podcast Talk Tuah, which she launched in September in the wake of her newfound fame — until returning to social media in late March. Back in December, she posted that she was 'committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable, and resolve this matter.' In the new interview, Welch said, 'I see things a lot differently than I used to. My eyes are open a lot wider.' Regarding lessons she would impart to other viral stars, Welch noted, 'Definitely be careful what you tie your name into and who you trust.' She went on to say that she would like to see her podcast continue to evolve. 'I'm hoping my podcast gets rebranded in the way I'm seeing it in my head — the vision I've got. And I hope it grows,' Welch said. When asked to specify what she would like to change, she replied, 'Just making it more girlier and more authentic to me.' Welch was also asked about her interest in acting, given that she is set to appear in the forthcoming Hulu comedy series Chad Powers that stars Glen Powell. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that she had turned down roles in several horror movies. 'It was definitely something I would do again,' Welch said about picking up acting gigs. 'It was so much fun. The whole team was great. I honestly think I could do it. I don't know if I could do a whole movie by myself because that's a lot of work and lines to remember. But I don't know. Bits and pieces, just popping in here and there — I think that would be so much fun.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
