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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Shrinking Season 3 Release Date Could Be Sooner Than Expected After This Update
The release date of Shrinking Season 3 could arrive sooner than fans expect, given the recent update shared by Apple TV. The first season of the series premiered on Apple TV+ on January 27, 2023, and consisted of 10 episodes, concluding on March 24, 2023. The sophomore season, comprising 12 episodes, streamed between October 16, 2024, and December 24, 2024. Its third season was renewed in October 2024. Apple TV officially announces Shrinking Season 3 filming wrap after Michael Urie's update Apple TV officially revealed that Shrinking Season 3 has wrapped production through a video featuring stars Jason Segel and Harrison Ford. Seemingly addressing the cast and crew of the series, Ford says in the video, 'You guys are the best. The very, very best at what you do, and how you do it. And how you make people feel is just f——- amazing. I love this place. I love working with you guys. I hope we can all get back here and do it again.' This prompts Segel to say, 'Yeah, buddy.' However, Ford jokingly responded, 'I wasn't talking to you.' He then took his jacket from Segel and walked off. This came a few days after Segel and Ford's fellow cast member Michael Urie announced Shrinking Season 3 filming had wrapped through his Instagram handle. He shared a photo with another castmate, Devin Kawaoka. In the caption, Urie teased that he could not 'wait for you to see what's in store for Brian (Urie), Charlie (Kawaoka), and the whole gang.' Notably, production for Season 3 began in February this year. Given the release pattern of previous seasons and what Urie posted, we can assume that Shrinking Season 3 could arrive in the last quarter of 2025. Returning cast members for Season 3 include Segel as Jimmy, Ford as Dr. Paul, Urie, Kawaoka, and Jessica Williams. Some of the new additions for the third season are Jeff Daniels, Michael J. Fox, and Sherry Cola. The post Shrinking Season 3 Release Date Could Be Sooner Than Expected After This Update appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Shrinking' star Michael Urie reacts to first Emmy nomination: ‘Wow, it was good'
Michael Urie got the best wake up call of his life. The actor was fast asleep when his phone began ringing and he soon learned he had been nominated for an Emmy for his role on Shrinking. "I was totally asleep. We had a night shoot last night. I went to bed at 4 a.m. My phone was buzzing and that's what woke me," he told Gold Derby. "I was like, 'Is it good news or is it condolences? What's happening?' And wow, it was good." More from Gold Derby Emmys 2025 nominations by the numbers: 9 surprising fun facts Kathy Bates aims to become the oldest Drama Actress winner in Emmys history, surpassing Glenn Close His nod for best supporting actor in a comedy series comes alongside the show's first-ever nomination for comedy series. Harrison Ford, who plays Paul Rhoades, a senior therapist struggling with Parkinson's disease, also earned his first Emmy Award nomination for his performance. The series garnered additional recognition, with Jason Segel nominated for Best Comedy Actor and Jessica Williams receiving a nomination for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. Urie will compete against Ford, Ike Barinholtz (The Studio), Colman Domingo, (The Four Seasons), Jeff Hiller, (Somebody Somewhere) Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear), and Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) After hearing the good news, Williams was one of the first people Urie connected with. "Jessica and I were FaceTiming and I was still in bed and I had a sleep mask," he says, adding that he is in awe of Williams' comedic timing. "Her brain has a line to God or something. She comes up with the funniest ad libs and so quickly. She's an incredibly skilled improviser and comedian." Urie says he's also learned a great deal from watching Ford on set. "He is a consummate actor. He's prepared. He always has an idea. He's always on time. He has this gruff persona, but it's not real. He's really actually a softie and he loves people and he loves talking to people. He's very curious. But the thing I've learned the most from him is how he interacts with the camera itself. He tells so many stories with his face and they're subtle," says Urie. On the show, Urie plays Brian, the funny best friend of Segel's character and he says he loves his character's imperfections the most. "He's a mess of a guy. He's lovable and has great love for people, but he's a narcissist and he is very self-centered and he knows it. He sort of rejects therapy even though he's surrounded by therapists all the time and he makes mistakes," he says. And while the show delivers plenty of laughs, it also tackles serious topics like mental health, Parkinson's disease and grief. Urie hopes by doing so, it will open up important conversations and encourages viewers to seek support when needed. "What I want people to get out of the show is the permission to ask for help—to go to those who love you or professionals if you have a problem, whether it's a medical problem or an emotional issue or just a personal problem with somebody. There are resources." Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Cristin Milioti, Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Williams, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actress interviews Click here to read the full article.
Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Harrison Ford fans in disbelief over him landing his first Emmy Award nomination at 83
Harrison Ford landed his first-ever Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Dr. Paul Rhoades in the second season of Apple TV+ series Shrinking on Tuesday - just two days after celebrating his 83rd birthday. The Indiana Jones and Blade Runner alum is up for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series as the grieving therapist suffering from Parkinson's disease in Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein's critically-acclaimed dramedy. Harrison isn't alone either as he'll have to battle his Shrinking co-star Michael Urie, who plays Brian the lawyer, for the same exact honor when the live ceremony airs September 14 on CBS/Paramount+. But Ford faces the most competition against The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who already won the supporting actor Emmy for the past two consecutive years. Other strong contenders include SNL's Bowen Yang, Somebody Somewhere's Jeff Hiller, The Four Seasons' Colman Domingo, and The Studio's Ike Barinholtz. The Chicago-born grandfather-of-three made history as the second oldest nominee in that category after The Kominsky Method actor Alan Arkin scored a nod at age 86 in 2020. Over on the social media platform X, Harrison's fans reacted to the news like user @DeSciJeremy tweeting: 'Took em long enough to recognize this GOAT [greatest of all time].' X user @chiefflips shared a meme of John C. Reilly looking confused with the caption: 'What?! How is this possible?' 'He's the best character on that show,' remarked X user @SteveRosenheim1. 'Harrison Ford proves it's never too late to be recognized,' X user @barfield_gina tweeted. 'True talent shines across every stage and every age.' X user @ElarRealm agreed: 'Greatness doesn't age - it evolves. Harrison Ford's first Emmy nod at 83 reminds us that legends keep rewriting the rules.' 'To be fair, the guy was a huge movie star for most of his career,' X user @TheUnrealPeterG tweeted. 'At a time when doing TV would have been considered a step backwards.' Shrinking also scored nods for outstanding comedy series, Jason Segel is up for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, and Jessica Williams is up for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series. Ford previously called his gig on Shrinking as a 'the best job I've ever had.' 'I live half an hour away. I go home and I sleep in my own bed,' the Oscar nominee gushed during PaleyLive's An Evening of Shrinking on December 12. 'I'm in the same town as my wife and children and I'm doing really smart, intelligent storytelling with incredibly talented people.' Harrison isn't alone either as he'll have to battle his Shrinking co-star Michael Urie (R), who plays Brian the lawyer, for the same exact honor when the live ceremony airs September 14 on CBS/Paramount+ Harrison - whose films have grossed over $9B worldwide - has always 'enjoyed humor' and the 'construction of jokes' because his late father Christopher was a joke teller. 'When I was thinking about becoming an actor, I was ambitious for both kinds of work — serious drama and comedy,' Ford explained to Vanity Fair on October 10. 'I found myself doing both and not really distinguishing much between them. I think I think with the same actor's head about a joke as I do about a serious or emotional scene.' On October 17, Apple TV+ renewed Shrinking for a third season, which commenced production in February. 'I think I've been public about saying the first year is about grief, the second year was about forgiveness, and third year's about moving forward,' co-creator Bill Lawrence told Deadline last December. 'What we really care about, Brett and me, both with our family connections to Parkinson's, is an accurate and inspiring representation of what people that have to deal with that s*** go through, and what it means moving forward. I think that will be touching and hard to watch, and if I knew where it ended, I wouldn't tell you, but I can be honest and say I don't know where it ends yet.' The 56-year-old showrunner continued: 'People have gotten over the main part of the mountain of dealing with grief and forgiving themselves and forgiving each other. So, in the third year, again about moving forward, I think every single character, even right now, just from me saying that generic thing, you would probably go "Hey, I was thinking about it." 'He's the best character on that show,' remarked X user @SteveRosenheim1 'Harrison Ford proves it's never too late to be recognized,' X user @barfield_gina tweeted. 'True talent shines across every stage and every age' X user @ElarRealm agreed: 'Greatness doesn't age - it evolves. Harrison Ford's first Emmy nod at 83 reminds us that legends keep rewriting the rules' 'To be fair, the guy was a huge movie star for most of his career,' X user @TheUnrealPeterG tweeted. 'At a time when doing TV would have been considered a step backwards' Shrinking also scored nods for outstanding comedy series, Jason Segel (R) is up for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, and Jessica Williams is up for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series Harrison did not receive awards attention for his role as patriarch Jacob Dutton in the eight-episode second season of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone spin-off 1923 on Paramount+ 'Alice is supposed to go to college, and Sean still lives in a pool house, and Jimmy met Cobie Smulders. We always put easter eggs for what people need to work on the next year.' Harrison did not receive awards attention for his role as patriarch Jacob Dutton in the eight-episode second season of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone spin-off 1923 on Paramount+. On the personal front, Ford is 23 years older than his third wife Calista Flockhart, but they've been happily married for 15 years after originally meeting during the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. The Captain America: Brave New World actor and the three-time Emmy nominee are proud parents of 24-year-old son Liam Flockhart Ford, who graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts in 2023. Harrison is father to two sons - Ben, 58; and Willard, 56 - from his 15-year marriage to first ex-wife Mary Marquardt, which ended in 1979. Ford also fathered two children - son Malcolm, 37; and daughter Georgia, 35 - from his 20-year marriage to late second ex-wife Melissa Mathison, which ended in 2004.
New York Times
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Tonys 2025 Live Updates: ‘Buena Vista Social Club' Wins 3 Early Awards
Harvey Fierstein has won four Tony Awards in his career, including honors for both writing and acting. On Sunday he will add a fifth to the list, with an award for lifetime achievement. Here's what to know about Fierstein's notable performances and writing — and that voice — as he accepts the award. It all started with 'Torch Song Trilogy.' 'Torch Song Trilogy,' a four-hour portrait of a drag performer written by and starring Fierstein, opened on Broadway in 1982. It was a landmark production for a generation of gay men: 'A play in which the gay character was smart, funny and fully alive? A revelation,' Stuart Emmrich would write in The Times decades later. Fierstein won two Tonys with the show, one for best play and one for his performance. 'Torch Song' was revived on Broadway in 2018, this time with Michael Urie in the lead role of Arnold. (A character sometimes known as, naturally, Virginia Ham.) 'Originally, the gay men came in disguise,' Fierstein said about the play's audience earlier this year, in an interview with New York magazine. 'When we did it again, they came to the theater owning the show.' He's made a career confronting gender norms onstage. After 'Torch Song' came 'La Cage aux Folles' in 1983, with a Tony-winning book by Fierstein and music by Jerry Herman. It was the first Broadway musical, The Times noted then, to put a gay relationship at the forefront — here, between a drag nightclub's impresario and its star. Fierstein has also written the books for 'Newsies' (2012) and 'Kinky Boots' (2013), and revised the book of 'Funny Girl' for its 2022 revival. Fierstein's breakthrough as a musical performer came in 2002, with 'Hairspray.' He played the larger-than-life Edna Turnblad, a 1960s housewife whose peppy daughter helps her come fabulously into her own. Fierstein won a Tony for the role, and in 2016 reprised his performance in a live, televised rendition of the show. 'Edna is not just a cross-dressing sight gag,' Ben Brantley wrote in his 2002 review. 'She's every forgotten housewife, recreated in monumental proportions and waiting for something to tap her hidden magnificence.' And about that voice. Here are just a few of the ways The Times has characterized Fierstein's distinctive timbre over the years: 'throaty,' compared to a 'frog' or 'foghorn,' 'all the old 'gravel' clichés don't come close,' and 'sounding as he does, he should be driving a cab.' In an interview around his 2022 memoir, 'I Was Better Last Night,' Fierstein had a simple explanation. 'My father had the same voice,' Fierstein said. 'It's enlarged secondary vocal cords. It's the most boring answer.'
Daily Mail
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sutton Foster's pal dishes on her relationship with Hugh Jackman after Deborra-Lee Furness broke 'secret agreement' with actor
Sutton Foster is 'happy' despite her boyfriend Hugh Jackman being accused of 'betrayal' by his estranged wife. On Sunday, the Broadway star, 50, made her first public appearance since Deborra-Lee Furness, 69, filed for divorce from Jackman. Walking the red carpet at the annual Drama Desk Awards in New York, Foster clearly wanted to avoid any personal talk and awkwardly dodged questions concerning her romance with the 56-year-old actor. However, Michael Urie, who played Foster's on-stage lover in Broadway production Once Upon a Mattress, gave details on the new relationship in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail. Urie, 44, said: 'I mean, she's my colleague and my friend, and I love her and I know that she's a really great person and she surrounds herself with really good people, like, all the time.' Directly addressing Foster's romance with Jackman, with whom she went public in January, Urie continued: 'I believe in her and I believe that she's happy.' When asked if he believes the pair are a good match, Urie said: 'They seem great. I love him. He's cool. He's very cool. He came around and saw the show.' Urie, who is in a relationship with Ryan Spahn, added that Foster and Jackman are so compatible that he thinks they should team up on Broadway. The actor said: 'I say they should do Much Ado About Nothing. That would be amazing. They would be amazing in that together.' The Shakespeare play is notably centered around two couples who fall in love despite the challenges put in front of them. Controversy started to swirl around Jackman when, in September 2023 he and Furness announced their separation after 27 years of marriage. Rumors soon followed that the actor had already jumped into a new relationship with his The Music Man co-star, Foster. At Sunday's awards ceremony, Foster had been nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical for her role in Once Upon A Mattress, but she lost out to Jasmine Amy Rogers from Boop! The Musical and Audra McDonald from Gypsy. Urie continued: 'Playing her prince, getting to be a leading man is a complete dream. She made me better. Every night was different. We played, we were like kids, but I got to grow up before your eyes. It was a dream. I didn't want it to end.' When asked if the play could return, he added: 'Maybe! Who knows. I would do that show with [Foster] in a barn. I don't care where we go. I would go anywhere with her.' Foster is currently on a solo tour promoting her music while Jackman has his own solo show at Radio City Music Hall and is currently wrapping up his off-Broadway play, Sexual Misconduct Of The Middle Classes. On Friday, Jackman was spotted in public for the first time since Furness gave a blistering interview about her feelings of 'betrayal' to the Daily Mail. Despite the comments the actor seemed in high spirits and showed off a big smile as he signed autographs and took photos with fans. The appearance came two days after Furness opened up about her 'traumatic journey of betrayal' in the wake of her divorce filing last month. Furness said: 'My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,' she said. 'It's a profound wound that cuts deep, however I believe in a higher power and that God/the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working FOR us.' She continued: 'This belief has helped me navigate the breakdown of an almost three-decade marriage. I have gained much knowledge and wisdom through this experience. Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose. 'It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom.' She concluded her statement by adding the 'one thing' she has learned, which is 'that none of this is personal.' Jackman is yet to release his own statement on the split, but a source told the Daily Mail that he has been left 'extremely disappointed' by Furness's words as he believed they had an 'understanding' that they would not publicly trash one another. The insider said: 'There was no stipulation that she could not address this but there was an unwritten understanding that she would not trash him to the press. 'She got around this by not naming him - instead focusing on how she felt.'
