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UPI
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Lena Hall: 'Neighbors' sis opposite of Miss Audrey from 'Snowpiercer'
1 of 5 | Lena Hall's "Your Friends & Neighbors" wraps up its first season on Friday. Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ NEW YORK, May 30 (UPI) -- Lena Hall says Ali, the open-hearted, mentally ill woman she plays on Your Friends & Neighbors, couldn't be more different than the tough chanteuse she depicted on the post-apocalyptic Snowpiercer. "This is like the polar opposite of what Miss Audrey was. I went from 22-inch corsets to no corset at all. It's just sweatpants [to play Ali]," Hall, 45, told UPI in a recent phone interview. "It's a lot less time in the makeup and hair chair, which is nice." The energy of the characters is also very different, she noted. "Miss Audrey was so knowing and wise beyond her years and had 'queen' energy and Ali is the opposite. She's just trying to survive day-to-day," Hall added. "I guess they were trying to survive day to day on Snowpiercer, but Ali's just trying to survive day-to-day in the regular world built for someone who is not like her and she's got a great sense of humor about herself," she said. "She's very intelligent and she knows her flaws, but she hides everything with a big dose of humor and I like how real she is. I love how real she is and how down-to-earth she is." Wrapping up its first season on Apple TV+ Friday, the dark comedy series follows Coop (Jon Hamm), an unemployed hedge fund manager who turns to robbing his rich neighbors to keep up with his former lifestyle. Hall plays Coop's sister, a struggling musician who moves in with him because he can no longer pay for her to have her own apartment. Amanda Peet plays Coop's cheating ex-wife Mel and Olivia Munn plays Sam, the married woman with whom Coop is now having an affair. "I love that, in this show, it's like she's the one who's supposed to be broken, but she is probably the most normal one out of everyone," Hall said. Because Coop is always busy with his extracurricular activities, he doesn't have much time to spend with Ali, so she is closest to Coop's troubled son, Hunter (Donovan Colan). "She sees a lot of herself in her nephew," Hall said. "He is highly creative, musical, but also is having a hard time fitting into the world and he feels unseen. He says that in the show. He's feeling like he doesn't fit in and Alice sees that, for sure. She's there to kind of nurture him and make sure that he's protected in a way," she added. "They're connected." Unfortunately, Ali's naivete sometimes puts herself and her family in awkward situations. "There's a child-like innocence to her," Hall said of her character, who has a restraining order preventing her from stalking an ex-beau. "She's very smart. She's an adult, but she still holds this trust in everyone that most people don't have when they're older. So, she's not bitter," Hall added. "There's not a sense of, 'Everyone's trying to screw her over, right?'" So, of course, Ali blithely attends Mel's birthday bash with no resentment toward her because Mel left her brother for another man. "She's just like: 'You're cool and I still love you no matter what. We're still friends,'" Hall said of Ali's relationship with her former sister-in-law. "I'm going to be here, even though I don't fit in at all," she said of Ali's way of thinking. "Ali doesn't fit in anywhere. So, she's very much her own little microcosm and the one person who really understands her well is her brother and I think she probably had a really good relationship with Mel." Leading a double life tends to catch up with you.#YourFriendsAndNeighbors - Now Streaming Apple TV (@AppleTV) May 30, 2025 One of the most memorable moments from this season is Ali singing an acoustic version of the Thompson Twins' "Hold Me Now" at Mel's party, which Mel and Coop listen to from afar while they jump on a trampoline and remember better days together. "It's so cool to have this music that you're singing be a part of a scene and help lift it emotionally into a place that it needs to be," Hall said. "Ali is singing really about her own missed opportunity when she was supposed to get married. That was her wedding song. And [Coop and Mel's] marriage is falling apart. It's just a double meaning there." Hall said she sometimes is cast in roles that have a musical component, while other characters are tailored to her talents. "A lot of times, my comfort level of singing is much higher than my comfort level in acting," she said. "So, being able to sing in my comfort level then helps me walk into a character much better." TV, film star Jon Hamm turns 54 Jon Hamm attends the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 30, 2008. The "Mad Men" star said in an interview that he's "no Don Draper." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Chris Evans asks $6.99M for his LA home — featuring the gym where he toned up to become a Marvel superhero
Actor Chris Evans has listed his hilltop Mulholland Drive home for $6.99 million. Evans, 43, purchased the Hollywood Hills home in 2013 for $3.52 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the listing. The property, originally built in the 1940s, spans 0.76 acres. 'After over a decade of amazing memories in his LA home, Chris is planning to move to the East Coast to be closer to family,' said Scott Moore of Christie's International Real Estate Southern California — who's exclusively representing the listing — in a statement. Advertisement 11 Evans, 43, pictured in April at the premiere of 'Ghosted' in New York City. FilmMagic 11 The hilltop home boasts views of Mulholland and Laurel Canyons and the Santa Monica Mountains. Noel Kleinman 11 Evans extended the backyard. Noel Kleinman Advertisement The 'Captain America' actor is a native of Massachusetts, where he grew up in the suburbs of Boston. Evans made more ties to New England after he tied the knot there in 2023, in a Cape Code ceremony with his now-wife, Alba Baptista. The couple reportedly own a home not far from Evans's hometown of Sudbury, multiple outlets reported. The Los Angeles property includes a roughly 4,600-square-foot main house and an accessory dwelling unit, encompassing four bedrooms total. The gated abode also comes with an outdoor pool and multiple patios. 11 A sitting room overlooks green vistas. Noel Kleinman Advertisement 11 The home includes large windows and multiple patios. Noel Kleinman 11 The modern kitchen. Noel Kleinman 11 A large bedroom. Noel Kleinman 11 The gym where Evans transformed himself into Captain America. Noel Kleinman Advertisement 'A lot of personal touches went on inside to home to embrace the views and bring warmth,' Evans said in the statement. 'On the outside, I have extended the backyard, brought in a lot of complementary landscaping that has enhanced the beauty of the view and made the yard into an entertainer's paradise.' The 'Knives Out' and 'Snowpiercer' star told the Journal in an email that the home's views of Mulholland and Laurel Canyons, and the Santa Monica Mountains, drew him into the 'stunning and inspiring' property. 11 Evans in the 2016 Marvel installment 'Civil War.' ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection 11 The backyard. Noel Kleinman 11 The yard is 'an entertainer's paradise,' according to the listing agent. Noel Kleinman Some of Evans's furniture is included in the sale, according to Moore, as well as his gym where he got in legendary shape for Marvel films. The gym is located in the property's accessory dwelling unit, which includes its own entrance, bedroom and kitchen. Evans is set to star in the upcoming A24 romantic comedy 'The Materialists' featuring Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal, out in June.
The Review Geek
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 3 Preview: Release Date, Time & Where To Watch
The Librarians: The Next Chapter The Librarians is back in this sequel/follow-up to the popular TNT series back in 2014. Here, we follow a new time traveling librarian from the past, Vikram, who unfortunately finds himself trapped in the present. Tasked with recovering lost artifacts and stopping a maniacal megalomaniac, a team of new librarians band together to clean up the mess he's made. Let the fun begin! If you've been following this one, you may be curious to find out when the next episode is releasing. Well, wonder no more! Here is everything you need to know about The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 3, including its release date, time and where you can watch this. Where Can I Watch The Librarians: The Next Chapter? The Librarians: The Next Chapter is available to watch on TNT. This is an exclusive original series, meaning it'll also be on the TNT website after broadcast too. For those in the UK and internationally, there's no word over what streamer will pick this one up. However, we could see a similar situation to Snowpiercer and if the show does well, Netflix or Amazon Prime are likely to nab the rights for this one. The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 3 Release Date The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 3 will release on Monday 2nd June at 9pm (ET/PT). Expect episodes to drop pretty close to this time each week. The Librarians should be available with subtitles from its release, with the chapters scheduled to clock in at around 50 minutes long each, which is consistent with the time-frame for the rest of the show. How Many Episodes Will The Librarians: The Next Chapter Have? Season 1 of The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a 12 episode series, so there are 9 more episodes to go after this one. Expect the story to continue developing and pick up in both action and tension. Furthermore, fans willbe happy to know that a second season has already been green-lit for this one too! Is There A Trailer For The Librarians: The Next Chapter? There is indeed! You can find a trailer for The Librarians: The Next Chapter below. What Happened In Episode 2? We've got the whole episode covered with our handy (and lengthy) recap, detailing all the big plot points and discussing the chapter with an accompanying review. You can find that link below! Read More: The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 2 Recap & Review What do you hope to see as the series continues to develop its storyline? What's been your favorite moment of The Librarians: The Next Chapter so far? Let us know in the comments below!
Los Angeles Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Preserving the George Floyd protest murals: L.A. arts and culture this week
This Memorial Day weekend marks the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's death. Floyd's murder under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer sparked a protest movement that reached the streets of cities across the nation. In Minneapolis, residents, activists and artists painted murals and messages on plywood boards used to protect storefront windows during the unrest. More than 1,000 of those pieces of art have been collected and preserved by the organization Memorialize the Movement. The Minnesota Star Tribune recently ran a fascinating profile by Dee DePass and Alicia Eler of MTM's founder and executive director, Leesa Kelly, along with two other community activists, Kenda Zellner-Smith, who created the group Save the Boards, and Jeanelle Austin, who started George Floyd Global Memorial, now called Rise and Remember. Together, the three women have dedicated themselves to ensuring the Floyd protest art remains visible and accessible to the public. A large portion of their time is spent on fundraising to pay for the costly storage of the boards. According to the Star Tribune, the rent on Memorialize the Movement's warehouse is $3,500 a month, and the group spends another $1,500 on utilities and staff. Fundraising for this kind of work may become more challenging with the Trump administration's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion — not to mention the possible elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. These headwinds have not dimmed the spirits of the women, who regularly stage exhibitions of the protest murals in places such as Minnesota's Carleton College, Normandale Community College, Franconia Sculpture Park and Roseville Lutheran Church, as well as Watermill Center in upstate New York, For more information on Memorialize the Movement, click here. I'm arts and culture writer Jessica Gelt taking a moment to reflect and remember. Read on for this week's arts news. Haven't yet made plans for Memorial Day? Go to a museum! Here's a quick sampling of places that are open on the holiday: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. See the new NHM Commons and the dinosaur Gnatalie. The NHM's sister operation at the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum also is open, same hours. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in L.A. will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can take in the new exhibition 'Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho,' centered on the filmmaker behind 'Parasite,' 'Mickey 17' and 'Snowpiercer.' Make a day of it and walk over to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena will be open its usual Monday hours, noon to 5 p.m. Times critic Christiopher Knight offers this exceptionally helpful guide to the collection. Unless it's Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day, the California Science Center in Exposition Park is always opens, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with free admission to the galleries. Bring kids to the just-opened interactive exhibition 'Game On! Science, Sports & Play' or the return of 'Dogs! A Science Tale.' The Huntington in San Marino will be open. 'Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits' (read Knight's praise for the show) and the Betye Saar site-specific installation 'Drifting Toward Twilight' are on view, and temperatures in those fabulous gardens should be lovely. Times theater critic Charles McNulty spent time in New York talking with Kimberly Belflower about her Tony-nominated play, 'John Proctor Is the Villain,' starring Sadie Sink from the Netflix hit 'Stranger Things.' The play, about students in Georgia reading Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' 'casts a mysterious spell that I'm still processing a month later,' McNulty writes. Meanwhile, back in L.A., McNulty praises a lovely revival of playwright Terrance McNally's musical adaptation of the 1994 film 'A Man of No Importance.' The film starred Albert Finney as a Dublin bus conductor obsessed with Oscar Wilde and amateur theater. The musical team behind 'Ragtime' — Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) — adds whimsical dimensions to the story. Of particular note, McNulty writes, is the 'graceful direction of the company's producing artistic director, Julia Rodriguez-Elliott,' who 'finds freedom in Wilde's iconoclastic example.' Arnold Schoenberg arrived in L.A. after fleeing Nazi Germany in the mid-1930s, and the composer eventually found himself in a meeting with MGM producer Irving Thalberg about scoring 'The Good Earth.' This encounter provided the genesis for Tod Machover's opera, 'Schoenberg in Hollywood,' which staged its West Coast premiere at UCLA's Nimoy Theater. Times classical music critic Mark Swed was present and wrote this review, noting at the end that despite all of his contributions to the city's cultural ecosystem, Schoenberg does not have his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Theatre Producers of Southern California, a trade group representing nonprofit theaters, is raising alarms about Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed $11.5-million cut to the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, which was only recently instituted after years of efforts by struggling arts organizations. 'We understand that the state faces a challenging budget deficit and are prepared to support you in making difficult decisions,' board vice president Beatrice Casagran said in a statement. 'However, the proposed clawback of 100% of the state's entire investment in the Payroll Fund will eradicate six years of bipartisan legislative efforts to address cascading negative impacts that have led to dire economic instability for workers in the live arts.' The Actors Equity Assn., under its president, Brooke Shields, also opposes the proposed cuts. 'At a time when the arts are under attack in Washington, D.C., it's deeply disappointing to also be fighting funding cuts again in Sacramento. California, which now ranks 35th in the nation in arts funding, cannot be a leader in the arts if it continues to cut arts funding year after year,' Shields said in a statement. Concerned voters can ask their senators to sign on to the letter opposing the cuts by state Sen. Ben Allen to the Senate Budget Committee. They also can ask their assemblymembers to sign onto the letter by Assemblyman Matt Haney to the Assembly Budget Committee. Los Angeles Opera is staging a costume shop sale for the first time in more than a decade, and the public is invited. Expect handmade outfits from shows such as 'Carmen,' 'The Magic Flute' and 'Macbeth.' A news release about the event describes the offerings: 'From 16th-century finery to fantastical creations, this sale includes complete costumes in all sizes, along with wigs, accessories, shoes, jewelry, masks, headpieces and more, each piece a work of art designed by visionaries such as Julie Taymor, Constance Hoffman, Gerald Scarfe and Martin Pakledinaz.' The fun gets going in the lobby of Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at 9:30 a.m. on June 21 and lasts until 3 p.m. The Washington Post reports that former Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter is defending the finances of the organization prior to President Trump's takeover. Rutter's leadership has been under attack by the center's new interim director, Ric Grenell, who accused her and other former executives of 'fraud' during a speech at the White House last week. 'I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center being made by people without the context or expertise to understand the complexities involved in nonprofit and arts management, which has been my professional experience for 47 years,' Rutter said in a statement to the Post. — Jessica Gelt The headlines out of Cannes this year feel a bit subued, if not bleak. But leave it to Times film critic Amy Nicholson to open her latest Cannes diary with a Samoyed walking the red carpet in a ruffled gown. And because I love him and I miss him, I also point you to The Times' former Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, Justin Chang, who has this stellar coverage.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Mickey 17' to stream May 23 on HBO Max
May 16 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. announced Friday that Mickey 17 will stream on Max beginning May 23. The film stars Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, who gets a job that requires him to repeatedly die. Bong Joon Ho, who is best known for directing the 2019 film Parasite and the 2013 feature Snowpiercer, penned the script and served as Mickey 17's director. Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo also star. Edward Ashton's book, titled Mickey7, served as the movie's inspiration. Mickey 17 opened in theaters in March.
