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AU Financial Review
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Owen Wilson's charm helps land ‘Stick' on the green
When Hollywood portrays sports on the screen, it's often represented in the comedy genre. Golf is particularly synonymous with humour. Separate from the idea that between strokes players drive around manicured links in a motorised cart fitted with Eskies, the game's sheer degree of difficulty – in the hooks and hacks of seasoned and casual players alike – makes it highly relatable for laughs. Think back to the Chevy Chase-Bill Murray '80s classic Caddyshack, or Tin Cup and Happy Gilmore in the '90s. Since then, golf stories have been absent from our screens. But as the split between the Saudi-backed LIV tour and the US PGA only serves to highlight greed and extreme wealth at the elite level, what better way to rehabilitate the sport's green-washed integrity than through a streaming comedy treatment?
Epoch Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
‘Stick': The First TV Golf Sitcom Hits Most of Its Marks
TV-MA | 10 episodes | Comedy, Drama, Sports | 2025 Having grown up with golf (my dad was a pro golfer), I'm particularly drawn to features about the sport. There haven't been many of them, and, of those, only a few are very good. There's 'Tin Cup' (1996), 'Caddyshack' (1980), and 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' (2005). That's pretty much it. Adam Sandler's 'Happy Gilmore' (1996) has a big cult following, but I didn't care for it as I don't care much for Sandler in general.
Los Angeles Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘Stick' creator Jason Keller takes a swing at the game of life through golf
On the most basic level, 'Stick' is about a prematurely washed-up golfer who takes a teen prodigy under his wing and on the road. Off they go in an RV to hit some big amateur tournaments, accompanied by the kid's mother and the old pro's irascible buddy. The kid gets to fall in love with a free-spirited lass. Adventures are had. Lessons are learned. But very little about golf takes place on a basic level (except maybe in 'Caddyshack'). The sport is rife with metaphors. Lay up or go for broke? (see also, 'Tin Cup.') Keep your cool under pressure or lose it in the sand trap? So it makes sense that 'Stick,' premiering June 4 on Apple TV+, uses the game of golf to take a swing at the game of life. The wash-up, Pryce Cahill (played by Owen Wilson), seeks redemption. Years back, he flipped out on the course, and his life has been in free fall since — he and his wife (Judy Greer) are getting a divorce, and their home is being sold. But then he meets the 17-year-old prodigy, Santi (newcomer Peter Dager), who he sees as the key to a second chance. Santi, meanwhile, knows he's good; when he pummels a ball, it sounds like a sonic boom. But his first coach was his hard-ass, now-vanished dad, and Santi now has trouble taking golf seriously or respecting his elders. These human elements intrigued series creator Jason Keller far more than anything that might happen on the links. 'I love golf, but I'm not good at it,' he said. 'I am routinely frustrated by it.' Frustration, of course, is a universal quality. So is disappointment. These are the elements that pushed Keller, who wrote the screenplay for the 2019 movie 'Ford v Ferrari,' to create 'Stick.' 'Long before the story was set on a golf course, I was really interested in exploring a character who had not lived up to expectations,' he said. 'I was interested in characters that had great promise but ultimately didn't achieve that promise. What happens to somebody afterward? How do they react to that? Do they let themselves be defined by not achieving that level, or do they try to reconcile that? Does it motivate them to excel in other areas of their life?' Wilson, who also readily admits his golf game isn't the strongest — 'My dad and my brothers played, but I was always intimidated by it' — sees another key parallel to life: As much as you seek perfection, you can never achieve it. 'There's a little bit of a chess thing with golf, in that you can never really master it,' he said. 'That can feel like life too. People talk about Tiger Woods winning the Masters by like 12 strokes and deciding his swing isn't quite right. Pryce talks about how the game takes and takes and takes. I think people feel that way about life as well.' Mariana Treviño, the Mexican actor who plays Santi's mom, Elena, agrees that 'Stick' is about dealing with hardships. 'Elena is in a moment in her life where she had a big disappointment,' she said. 'Her family broke down. Sometimes in life when something very strong happens to you, you just kind of shut out from the world. You think that you're going to protect that wound by just not moving too much from a place, or not directly confronting something that is painful.' If this all sounds a tad serious, 'Stick' really isn't. As with most anything starring Wilson, whose Texas/California cool works just fine in the series' Indiana setting (Keller hails from Indianapolis), 'Stick' feels easy and breezy even when it gets into heavy-ish themes. The tone suggests a riff on 'Ted Lasso' but with golf instead of soccer. Wilson and Marc Maron, who plays Pryce's grumpy, long-suffering best bud (who is dealing with grief of his own), keep up the steady banter of two guys who know each other's foibles and try to resist the urge to poke them. Zero, Santi's new friend and life guru played by Lilli Kay, is a self-described 'genderqueer, anticapitalist, postcolonial feminist,' and the series manages to have fun with her without making fun of her. Elena, meanwhile, is mildly suspicious of the whole endeavor, but she finds the aging white golfers amusing. She also likes the cash Pryce has thrown her way for the privilege of coaching her son. Put them all together in an RV, and on a series of golf courses, and you've got the makings of a modern family comedy. Except most of the 'family' aren't related. 'They're a sort of a found family, and they are all very different personalities,' Keller said. 'But ultimately they are what each other needed, and none of them knew it. I think that's the beauty and the fun and the heart of the show. We're watching a group of people that don't fit together at first, and then they realize they needed each other. I hope that warmth and the feel-good element of that is felt by audiences.' But that sense of major disappointment, and the question of how to turn the page, still lingers over the story. Keller is intimately acquainted with that kind of challenge. He was 25, newly arrived in Hollywood, when doctors discovered a benign brain tumor. It was successfully removed, but the subsequent nerve damage meant Keller had to retrain his brain to let him walk again. Now 56, he says he 'didn't realize what a gift that hard experience was. I became very grateful for being physically healthy.' Keller used that sink-or-swim experience to write his 'Stick' characters. 'Everybody has a point in their life that just brought them to their knees,' he said. 'It could be a divorce or the death of a loved one. We all face these personal tragedies or challenges. What do you do with them after you go through 'em and survive 'em? That's the real question.' Even Santi, the youngest character in 'Stick,' has been burned by life. 'He's scared, and he has every reason to be,' Dager said. 'His father left him.' And he responded by building a hard shell and walking with a swagger. Dager embraced the whole package. 'I fell in love with his past but also his soul and the way he protects himself with the humor he uses as a defense mechanism,' Dager said. 'And then once we get to know him and he starts to fall in love and he starts to trust people, you really see the kid. You see who he actually wants to be.' And if you do happen to be a golfer, if you know a birdie from an eagle, an iron from a wood, 'Stick' doesn't skimp on the sports stuff. It might even inspire you to go out to the garage and excavate that moldering set of clubs. Or not. 'The golfers I've shown it to have connected to it and appreciated it at the level of the sport,' Keller said. 'And the others who have seen it who are not golfers seem to be responding to it at a purely emotional character level. I think they're connecting to it. We'll see if we got it right. I hope we did.'
Business Insider
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Blue Nile Mother's Day deals: Engagement rings, earrings, and more
Mother's Day is coming up fast, and an elegant piece of jewelry is the perfect gift to show your appreciation. Blue Nile offers some of our favorite jewelry and makes the buying process easy with its wide variety of options and sizes. Plus, the current Blue Nile Mother's Day Sale is offering great markdowns on all of the pieces we now, Blue Nile is offering discounts of up to 40% off select jewelry, including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings. We usually only see Blue Nile deals this good around the holidays and Black Friday, so you'll want to take so many beautiful pieces of jewelry on sale, the options might be overwhelming. Luckily, we're here to help. Ahead, find the best deals from the Blue Nile Mother's Day Sale for every style and price point. Remember to get shopping soon if you want your gifts to arrive in time for Mother's Day. Effortlessly classy and chic, these studs will instantly elevate any look. Choose from 14K white or yellow gold depending on your preference. A simple pair of diamond studs are timeless. These ones come in a variety of sizes, ranging from ⅕-karat to 2-karat diamonds. These colorful earrings add a beautiful pop against a simple outfit. They're also perfectly sized for everyday wear. Choose from blue or pink sapphires, rubies, or emeralds. A Blue Nile lab-grown diamond takes point in this simple pendant, drawing attention to your neckline with a beautiful shimmering stone. The chain is available in 14K white or yellow gold. Available in both 14K yellow and rose gold, this simple design is perfect as a stand-alone necklace or with added engraving. The length is also adjustable to suit different necklines. A classic tennis necklace is always a perfect gift. This one is available in either 14K yellow or white gold, and you can get the matching tennis bracelet for the complete look. This subtle, delicate bracelet is made from real freshwater pearls in a setting made famous by Rene Russo in the movie "Tin Cup." It's bound to become an everyday favorite in her jewelry collection. This tennis bracelet, laden with lab-grown diamonds, is an incredibly chic addition to your bracelet collection. With 14-karat yellow and white gold options, there's something for every style. The sparkling stones take center stage in this ring's floating setting, designed with a platinum band that can be upgraded to white gold for an upcharge. This ring consists of three unfixed bands that slot together into an elegant single piece. It's the perfect unique piece that will go with anything you wear. As of the time of writing, the Blue Nile Mother's Day Sale is live and will continue until May 13, so you still have some time to shop. That said, it's safer to order sooner rather than later if you want your jewelry to arrive in time for Mother's Day on May typically see the best Blue Nile deals of the year during major shopping events like Black Friday, but these Mother's Day deals are still worthwhile. In general, Blue Nile sales are rare, so now's a good time to shop whether you're looking for a gift for Mother's Day or an upcoming milestone like a birthday or see what you're looking for here? Browse the full Blue Nile Mother's Day Sale for more check out our roundups of the best 1-800 Flowers coupons, UrbanStems coupons, and FTD coupons for deals on Mother's Day flowers.
