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Daily Mirror
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Jennifer Lopez romcom fans could 'watch all day' now streaming free
The film has just been made available on BBC iPlayer Jennifer Lopez fans can now enjoy a beloved romantic comedy film at no cost, which also features a barely recognisable Game of Thrones star. The 2022 release Marry Me is an American romantic comedy drama that viewers describe as "funny and charming". The film has now arrived on BBC iPlayer today (July 11) and is entirely free to watch. Jennifer Lopez stars as Kat Valdez, alongside Owen Wilson (famous for The Internship and Zoolander) as Charlie Gilbert, and Chloe Coleman (who appeared in Avatar) as Lou Gilbert. Game of Thrones favourite John Bradley also appears in the role of Colin. The English actor appears almost unrecognisable from his portrayal of Samwell Tarly in the HBO series. The plot centres on Kat Valdez, whose wedding arrangements fall apart after discovering her fiancé Bastian's betrayal. In response, she impulsively decides to marry a complete stranger from the audience upon learning of her partner's infidelity, reports the Daily Record. According to the BBC iPlayer description: "Singer Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez) is about to marry her fellow superstar Bastian in a live broadcast in front of a global audience of millions when it turns out he has been unfaithful. Instead, she picks Charlie (Owen Wilson), a total stranger in the crowd, and marries him." The romantic comedy continues to win over audiences, with glowing reviews flooding in. One enthusiastic viewer commented: "Love it need 2nd one best so cool best movie ever love it makes me smile everything I could watch all day and night." Another chimed in with praise: "Cute movie. I really liked it, great music. I mean it's stereotypical romcom but still just watch it knowing it's nothing fancy but decent." A third shared their enthusiasm: "Amazing romcom with a different view something that I haven't really seen before the music is good too." Meanwhile, a fourth penned: "Marry Me is comprised of pure feel-good movie magic. The cast is amazing, the story is endearing as can be, and the characters immediately win your heart. Marry Me is a perfect getaway." On Google reviews, a viewer expressed their affection for the genre: "Just a sweet, lovely rom-com! I learned that all the fame and money still can't buy true a priceless commodity."
San Francisco Chronicle
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
ACT's ‘Co-Founders' asks who gets a seat at the globe's most elite table
If 'Co-Founders' were pitching itself to you at a start-up accelerator for musical theater, you'd add your name to series A. The world-premiere musical has what the industry might call a compelling value proposition. Arena-ready voices, winsome actors, rhyme-stuffed hip-hop lyrics and eye-catching design fuse to tell the kind of Bay Area story that doesn't get much air time, written by Bay Area artists, to Bay Area audiences. You might have seen the hit TV show 'Silicon Valley' or films like 'The Internship' or 'The Social Network,' but you probably haven't seen a musical in which an Oakland Uber driver and his ride-or-die both have their own apps as part of a traveling salesman's wagon of side hustles. Or a tech story with Black coders at its center, one that acknowledges how 'global governments have missed the mark on AI for people of color.' If 'Co-Founders' is still in beta as of its Wednesday, June 11, opening night at American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater, it represents exactly the kind of art San Francisco's flagship theater ought to be seeding. Adesha Adefela, Ryan Nicole Austin and Beau Lewis' show is new, hyperlocal and concerned with some of our era's foremost questions: Who gets a seat at the globe's most elite table, and when you're bursting with talent, whose agenda do you serve? In act one, 'Co-Founders' excels. As Oakland coder Esata (played by Aneesa Folds through June 22 and Angel Adedokun thereafter) struggles to get into Y Combinator knockoff the Xcelerator, the writers model how to use the tools of musical theater. Whenever Esata's in a moral dilemma, she decides what to do through song — and the lyrics don't explain what happens. Instead, director Jamil Jude shows us, with video (by David Richardson and Frédéric O. Boulay) that doesn't render the act of coding in that deadly manner of a person sitting statically in a chair in front of a monitor. There's one opaque projection screen behind Esata, and another, see-through one in front of her, at the lip of the stage. On the front one, little buttons for her to click and pop-up notifications for her to fret over, while her code, say, whooshes by behind her. For us in the audience, the overall effect is like watching a movie on a big screen while texting with your friends on a small screen — in a mesmerizing fashion. It's refreshing to see a work of theater not disdain or fight with modern entertainment consumption habits but embrace them. Meanwhile, Folds' tsunami-strong voice summons all the feeling of wailing into a pillow, but with the tender musicianship usually only orchestra players get credit for. And when she teams up with Conway (Roe Hamtrampf), who is just as white and nerdy as Michael Cera, his bright tenor could melt stone. When she and her mother (Adefela) duet, their voices amplify each other like rocket-boosters, their timbres resembling ice blankets, then balm, then redwoods. 'Co-Founders' turns more predictable in its second act. Conflicts between money and values follow well-trod paths, with superfluous characters and songs. There's an underdeveloped dead dad subplot, plus rifts and reconciliations so inevitable they might as well have highway mileage signs. Then there's a villain that could have been either interesting or campy but falls short of both. Still, magnetic performances make up for a lot. Austin, as Esata's cuz Kamaiyah, is one of those actors who can steal a scene as a waiter in a party's background. She looks at her watch, picks her nails, sniffs and reacts to what's in a wine glass, and it's a thousand times more interesting than anything else onstage because she's telling us about who Kamaiyah is and what kind of world she's a part of. This party is starchy, but Kamaiyah's at least going to get her jollies by either scoring some wine or judging attendees for their taste. That's just the Oakland hustle, Kamaiyah might say. The musical that contains her isn't a unicorn yet, but it has Kamaiyah's same scrappy spirit — an underdog or a bucking bronco busting into the ring on sheer chutzpah.
Perth Now
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Force is strong in Gosling, new Star Wars maker says
Ryan Gosling will bring a "uniquely cool ethos" to the Star Wars franchise, according to Shawn Levy. The actor recently joined the cast of the much-anticipated Star Wars: Starfighter and Levy, the movie's director, is confident Ryan will bring a unique vibe to the iconic film franchise. "If you can have Ryan Gosling in anything you make, do that, because that's going to make the thing so much better and cooler," Ryan told People. The director of The Pink Panther, Date Night and The Internship says he cannot wait to pair the Hollywood star "and his kind of uniquely cool ethos with Star Wars". Levy confirmed Ryan had joined the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter during a Star Wars Celebration event in Tokyo earlier in April. "I had heard at one point that my movie was going to star Ryan Gosling and, believe me, that would be a dream come true for me. So today, I just wanted to tell you here in this room that that rumour is 100 per cent true," he told the audience at the event. The filmmaker also teased some plots details about the upcoming movie. "(It's) not a prequel, not a sequel, just gives us the Star Wars DNA that we love but with an adventure that's all new. A world we haven't seen on-screen." Meanwhile, Hayden Christensen is convinced that Ryan will do a great job with his Star Wars movie. The 44-year-old actor previously played Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in the Star Wars film franchise, and Hayden has backed Ryan to excel in his new role, describing the movie star as "awesome". "I don't think he needs any advice. He's awesome," Hayden told Entertainment Tonight of Ryan. The actor recently had dinner with Ryan and he's already "excited" to see his Star Wars film. Hayden, who appeared in the Star Wars' prequel trilogy films, said: "I got to have dinner with him last night, and I know he's really excited to now be in the Star Wars family, and I'm excited for his film."
