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Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Played Oscar on The Office? All About the Cast Member Returning for The Paper
Oscar Martinez is back on camera, whether he wants to be or not — but we're thrilled to see Oscar Nuñez, the actor who plays him, on Peacock this fall. The beloved accountant from The Office has gotten a new job at The Paper, Peacock's upcoming comedy set in the same universe as the beloved mockumentary series. 20 years after they started following the employees at Dunder Mifflin, the documentary crew has found a new subject in the form of a struggling local newspaper. The Toledo Truth Teller is on the brink of revival thanks to an enthusiastic new boss (Domhnall Geeson), and Oscar is on staff. It's a big change for the former Dunder Mifflin employee — but what has Nuñez been up to since The Office ended in 2013? That actor has been quite plays Oscar on The Office? Oscar Nuñez. Born in Cuba and raised in New Jersey, Nuñez has a long history in comedy. Like fellow funny actors Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, and Melissa McCarthy, Nuñez was a member of L.A. comedy performers The Groundlings. Before getting cast on The Office, Nuñez was creator and star of Halfway Home, an improvised Comedy Central series co-starring Octavia Spencer, and guest-starred on shows including Reno 911! Oscar Nuñez has appeared in many TV shows including Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Since The Office ended, Nuñez has popped up in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Adam Ruins Everything, New Girl, iZombie, Liv and Maddie, Shameless, People of Earth, American Housewife, Mr. Iglesias, 9-1-1, NCIS: Los Angeles, Life in Pieces, Lucky Hank, The Goldbergs, as well as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. He has also lent his voice to a handful of animated shows including Firebuds, Solar Opposites, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, and Nuñez has co-starred with Sandra Bullock twice Nuñez played roles in both The Proposal (2009) and The Lost City (2022). In The Proposal, he played a resident of the small town of Sitka, Alaska who was not only a waiter and shopkeeper, but also a minister and stripper. In The Lost City, he played an island-hopping cargo plane pilot who he described as "a little crazy and eccentric." He also appeared in the 2017 Baywatch reboot and the 2022 Enchanted sequel Disenchanted, as well as two recent Christmas movies: A Christmas Mystery (2022) and Dashing Through the Snow (2023). Oscar Nuñez is married to Ursula Whittaker and has one child The actor has been married Ursula Whittaker, an actress and writer, since 2011. They welcomed a daughter named August Luce Nuñez on October 4, Oscar return on The Paper premiering September 4 You can see Nuñez revive his role as Oscar Martinez when Peacock releases the first four episodes on September 4. Watch the trailer below, and learn more about how is connected to here. Solve the daily Crossword
Express Tribune
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Watch: Trailer out for 'The Paper', 'The Office' spinoff set to debut soon on Peacock
NBC's hit mockumentary sitcom The Office returns in a new form with The Paper, a spin-off series that follows the employees of a struggling Midwestern newspaper. The new show premieres on Peacock with four episodes on September 4. The Paper centers on the Toledo Truth Teller, a newspaper sharing office space with a toilet paper company, as it tries to stay afloat amid budget cuts and an evolving media landscape. The series features Oscar Nuñez reprising his role as Oscar Martinez, a fan-favorite character from The Office, now working alongside a new ensemble cast including Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and Tim Key. In the trailer, Gleeson's character, Ned Sampson, arrives as the new editor-in-chief with ambitious plans to revive the newspaper's fortunes. He faces the challenge of motivating a diverse group of staffers, many of whom lack traditional journalism experience. When Ned asks the team how many have written for a paper before, answers range from 'I wrote a paper in junior high' to 'I've tweeted,' highlighting their unconventional backgrounds. Guest appearances in the series include Eric Rahill, Tracy Letts, Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch, Allan Havey, Duane Shepard Sr., Nate Jackson, and Nancy Lenehan. Co-created by The Office developer Greg Daniels and Michael Koman (Nathan for You), The Paper is executive produced by Daniels, Koman, original Office creator Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, and Banijay Americas. The series is produced by Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group. This new mockumentary maintains the comedic and satirical tone fans loved in The Office while exploring the challenges faced by modern journalism through its fresh storyline and characters.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Office' spinoff 'The Paper' premieres Sept. 4 on Peacock
July 10 (UPI) -- Peacock announced Thursday that The Paper will premiere on the streaming service Sept. 4. The Paper is the follow-up series to NBC's The Office. The premise sees the documentary crew that followed the Dunder Mifflin paper company for nine seasons on The Office make a new feature -- this time they are following a small-town newspaper office. Teaser art for The Paper features the name of the show's newspaper, The Toledo Truth Teller. Oscar Nuñez also reprises his role from The Office, Oscar Martinez. The Paper stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key. Eric Rahill, Tracy Letts. Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch, Allan Harvey, Duane Shepard Sr., Nate Jackson and Nancy Lenehan will guest star. Four episodes premiere Sept. 4, with two more to be released every Thursday in September. Peacock first ordered the series in May 2024.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Forget Likes, Finance Cares about Results, Says GroundTruth In First Brand Campaign
Punchy campaign comes from the marketer who made Wendy's famous for social clapbacks NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a world where marketers are too often cornered into presenting meaningless vanity metrics to skeptical finance teams, GroundTruth is shifting the narrative. With the help of Austin-based creative agency Bandolier Media, GroundTruth has launched "Real Business Results," a sharp, no-nonsense campaign that ditches likes, shares, and impressions in favor of what actually matters like foot traffic, sales lift, and market share. GroundTruth's platform is built around real-world consumer behavior, using location and purchase data to deliver media campaigns that connect digital ads to real business outcomes. But even with those capabilities, the company saw a disconnect between what marketers often measure and what drives boardroom decisions. That's where Bandolier Media came in. Comedy With a Finance POV To bring this concept to life, Bandolier cast actor Oscar Nuñez, best known for his role as the sardonic accountant on The Office, as the face of reason in a series of humorous spots. The campaign's five creative executions—"Likes," "Equation," "Impressions," "Budget," and "Like-Liker"—feature Nuñez in mock Zoom calls or meetings where he hilariously dismantles the flawed logic of marketing teams still clinging to vanity metrics. "Oscar delivers the message marketers need to hear: CFOs don't care about likes," said Brandon Rhoten, CMO at GroundTruth. "In billions of dollars of media spend, I've never had a finance team ask about engagement. They want results tied to revenue, not retweets." Rhoten rose to prominence as the architect of Wendy's trailblazing digital and social strategy, where he transformed the fast-food chain into a cultural icon known for its razor-sharp social clapbacks and fearless online voice. But even for a marketer fluent in social, Rhoten's message now is crystal clear: likes don't pay the bills, results do. Creative Built for Conversion, Not Clapbacks The campaign runs across LinkedIn, YouTube, digital out-of-home, streaming audio, and programmatic mobile, targeting agency and brand-side media buyers who are increasingly under pressure to tie spend to impact. It's B2B marketing that dials up the relatability while driving home a serious point: if your media doesn't move the needle, it's just noise. "Too much of B2B creative still assumes humor or emotion is off-limits. Not here," said George Ellis, Creative Director at Bandolier. "We built this campaign to feel like something marketers would actually want to watch, and, most importantly, act on." A Brand Platform That Lives Its Promise GroundTruth isn't just selling smarter media with built-in measurement, they're living it. With observed real-world behavior as their core differentiator, this campaign is a meta-demonstration of their value proposition. Every spot is a rejection of marketing vanity metrics, and a push toward media accountability. The launch marks another milestone for Bandolier, named one of Ad Age's Small Agencies of the Year for three consecutive years. Their work spans major national brands and homegrown DTC efforts alike, always with a sharp creative edge and a refusal to settle for bland. About GroundTruthGroundTruth is an advertising platform that drives in-store visits and other real business results. Using observed real-world consumer behavior, including location and purchase data, GroundTruth creates targeted advertising campaigns across all screens for advertisers. GroundTruth then measures how consumers respond to the campaigns, including if they physically show up to a store location or website, to understand the real business results generated by a brand's advertising. Learn more at About Bandolier MediaAn established Austin-based creative agency, Bandolier has been recognized three years in a row by Ad Age as a Small Agency Of The Year. Current and previous clients include national names like TikTok (also a B2B client), Scotts Lawn Care, Tito's Vodka, Duck Tape and Honeywell, plus local clients in the CPG space. The agency is also known for creating their own social media properties such as The Unemployed Wine Guy (600k followers), and the team also created and run Roasty Buds Coffee, a growing brand with $1M in revenue over the past two years. Links to Ads: EquationImpressionsLike LikerLikes Budget Images: Oscar Meme AdOscar #1Oscar #2GroundTruth Logo CreditsClient: GroundTruthBrandon Rhoten, CMO Agency: Bandolier MediaGeorge Ellis, CDLouis Montemayor, CDDaniel Stone, Account DirectorTrishia Daniel, Project ManagerNick Robalik, CD Production: The BearDirector: Berndt MaderEditor: Angie DominguezExec Producer: Elizabeth Spiva DP: Lee Phelan Media Contact:Ander View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE GroundTruth
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Is In 'The Office' Spinoff Cast? All About 'The Paper', Including How It's Connected to Dunder Mifflin
The Paper is hot off the presses! In May 2024, NBC announced a spinoff of The Office, but don't settle in for Scranton, Pa., just yet. The new show, The Paper, takes place in the world of The Office, moving the action to a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. The Paper is from Greg Daniels — who adapted the original U.K. version of The Office — and Michael Koman, co-creator of Comedy Central's Nathan For You. "It's about this struggling Midwestern newspaper that's much reduced from its glory days," Daniels previously told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's a fruitful premise." He continued, "There's a tremendous history for local papers. The villain here is the internet and the ability to look at everybody's news for free, and all the ad revenue going to Google." So how is The Paper connected to the classic NBC sitcom? Here's everything to know about the highly anticipated spinoff, including the release date, which Office star is returning to reprise their role and where to watch. The same camera crew that documented the employee antics at Dunder Mifflin is now focused on the team at The Truth Teller, a dying local newspaper in Toledo, attempting a revival with the help of volunteer reporters. The Office fans will instantly recognize a familiar face who made their way to Ohio: Oscar Nuñez, who played the beloved Oscar Martinez on the original NBC series. According to Variety, Oscar won't be a central character on the series, but he has been part of the script since the beginning. 'I told Mr. Greg Daniels that if Oscar came back, he would probably be living in a more bustling, cosmopolitan city,' Nuñez said at NBCUniversal's Upfront in May 2025, per Entertainment Weekly. 'Greg heard me and he moved Oscar to Toledo, Ohio — which has three times the population of Scranton. So, it was nice to be heard," he added. Nuñez is the only Office alum confirmed so far, but don't be surprised to see other returning actors. Former Office stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey — who host the Office Ladies podcast — revealed they stopped by the set of The Paper for a visit. "[Co-creator] Greg [Daniels] had invited us," Kinsey said during an appearance on the Today show in April 2025. "We showed up, and not only was Oscar there, but our crew, so many of these wonderful people — cause the crew was our extended family, and we're still really close with them." "And that was really moving to see," she added. In addition to Nuñez, The Paper will star Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore. Other members of The Paper newsroom include Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, Ramona Young, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman and Tim Key. During a June 2024 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carell revealed that before Gleeson accepted the role, he reached out to him for advice. "He's an excellent actor. And he actually called me and asked, 'Should I do this? ... Did you enjoy it?' I said, 'Of course,' " Carell recalled. That same May, the Four Seasons actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "excited" about the spinoff and no plans to return as Michael Scott. 'I will be watching but I will not be showing up. It's just a new thing and there's really no reason for my character to show up in something like that,' Carell said. The Paper will be released in September 2025, over a decade after The Office ended its nine-season run in May 2013. 'It's been more than ten years since the final episode of The Office aired on NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and build new generations of fans on Peacock,' Lisa Katz, the President of NBCUniversal Entertainment, said in a statement when the spinoff was announced. "This new series set in the universe of Dunder Mifflin introduces a new cast of characters in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling: a daily newspaper," she continued. A trailer for The Paper has not been shared, but NBC gave a first-look from the series. The picture features Gleeson, standing on a desk in the newsroom, as he tries to galvanize his team of reporters. Meanwhile, Nuñez, who is an accountant at The Truth Teller, sits at his desk in the background. Another shot from the spinoff was also posted on social media, featuring the outside of a building, presumably The Paper offices. The Paper will be available to stream on Peacock, joining both the U.K. and the U.S. versions of The Office, which are already on the platform. Read the original article on People
