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Stick, Apple TV+’s new golf comedy starring Owen Wilson, does not come with the tagline “For fans of Shrinking and Ted Lasso.” It doesn’t need to: Between the cuddly yet poignant mood, the found-family ensemble, the focus on flawed but generally non-toxic male role models and the overall Dad TV vibe, there’s no mistaking who its target audience is meant to be. But familiarity isn’t necessarily a drawback when it comes to comfort viewing, and certainly not for a rookie that can play the game nearly as well as the old pros. While not, at this point, quite as ambitious as its actual tagline (“Take a big swing”) might suggest, its assured tone, fat-free storytelling and, most especially, winning cast could give Stick everything it needs to develop into the platform’s next big crowd-pleaser. Stick The Bottom Line'Shrinking' and 'Ted Lasso' fans, this one's...

King Princess’ first inkling that she might end up an actor came from a deck of tarot cards (“You’re going to act,” the clairvoyant informed her). The second clue was the WME agent who kept calling and calling. In other words, the signs, both celestial and otherwise, were all there — she just wasn’t quite ready to see them. “I ignored everyone for as long as I could,” says the indie pop star, born Mikaela Straus. “I was in full music mode.” But a few years — and a minor creative crisis — later, the idea started to feel less far-fetched. At 26, with two albums, a Coachella slot and a Saturday Night Live debut under her belt, King Princess found herself questioning what came next. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she grew up surrounded by music — her father, Oliver Straus,...

Rapper and actor Kid Cudi testified Thursday that he believes Sean “Diddy” Combs was behind the bombing of his Porsche in 2012 and that the mogul trespassed in his Los Angeles home after the fallen rap and fashion icon learned both men were romantically involved with R&B singer Cassie Ventura. Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, took the stand on Thursday in Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan, where the mogul’s team of attorneys is defending him against federal prosecutors who allege in a five-count indictment that he created a criminal enterprise to facilitate his abuse and exploitation of women, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct. Combs is accused of acts including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice. He pleaded not guilty and has said he is innocent of all crimes...

A movie armorer convicted in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie Rust was released from a New Mexico prison on Friday after completing an 18-month sentence. Prison records show Hannah Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants to return home to Bullhead City, Arizona, on parole related to her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Gutierrez-Reed also is being supervised under terms of probation after pleading guilty to a separate charge of unlawfully carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment. Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer for Rust, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024. Gutierrez-Reed has...

"With a cinematic oeuvre characterized by quiet observations, poetic depth, and a special sense of change and landscape, Sinke has been one of the most distinctive voices in Dutch cinema." The 63rd edition of the Viennale, the Vienna film festival, will this year feature a retrospective on Dutch director Digna Sinke, including her latest film Hemelsleutel (Key to Heaven). In cooperation with the Dutch distributor Verde Films and curated by Gerwin Tamsma, a former programmer of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Viennale, which has just named German director Christian Petzold its new president, will showcase her filmmaking through 13 movies. “With a cinematic oeuvre characterized by quiet observations, poetic depth, and a special sense of change and landscape, Sinke has been one of the most distinctive voices in Dutch cinema since the 1970s,” the Viennale said. “Digna Sinke will be present in person at the...

The 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' director said that it's about "finding the right emotional balance" for the 'Top Gun' films. Christopher McQuarrie gives an update on Top Gun 3. McQuarrie, who was a writer-producer on 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, was a guest on the most recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, posted on Monday, where he told Josh Horowitz that he already has the ideas set for the third installment. “Is Top Gun 3 harder to crack in some ways than Top Gun: Maverick?,” Horowitz asked, to which McQuarrie responded, saying, “No, it’s already in the bag.” Horowitz followed up by asking, “You’ve cracked it?” And the Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning director said, “Yeah, I already know what it is.” Related Stories Movies 'Lilo & Stitch' Box Office Mayhem: All the Records Broken as Pic Zooms Past $400M Globally Movies 'Lilo & Stitch' Blows Up Memorial Day Box Office With...

Nearly five months after the devastating wildfires that burned much of the Pacific Palisades and Malibu — as across town Altadena faced a similar fate — the famed Pacific Coast Highway is finally reopened to visitors. It’s a welcome announcement this holiday weekend, following months in which Malibu’s beachside businesses that were lucky enough to remain standing were blocked from the majority of their customers. And many have been struggling for most of the year as a result. “If you leave Malibu and you’re anywhere else, the world has moved on. There’s no awareness that, oh, the city is still in this 911 catastrophic situation,” says Malibu Farm owner Helene Henderson, acknowledging the Malibu Pier hotspot’s business has been down at least 50 percent — and more on the weekdays — since the January fires. Because even though Malibu Canyon and Kanan Dume Road have remained open for...

A24 is shutting down its stand-alone in-house documentary arm, a division that was behind titles like Netflix doc The Deepest Breath and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City. In all, five roles will be impacted by the move. Among those affected is the well-regarded non-fiction exec and producer Nicole Stott, who headed the mini-major’s non-fiction arm. Stott joined the company from Concordia Studio where she served as the co-head of non-fiction, working on Oscar and Emmy-winning titles like Summer of Soul, Boys State and Still: A Michael J. Fox Story. Emily Osborne, who served as head of production and joined A24 from RadicalMedia, was also impacted by the scale-back of the division. The non-fiction team will be staying on long enough to aid in the transition of ongoing projects. Upcoming non-fiction titles include the Death Match wrestling doc from the Philippou Brothers, the filmmakers behind Talk to Me, and true...

This year, we saw supporting performances that popped in major returning dramas like The White Lotus and Severance, and also in newcomers like The Residence and The Day of the Jackal. Stars from Emmy contenders spoke to THR about the role they covet, the scene that spiked their anxiety and what their character would do in a recession. Elizabeth Banks ‘The Better Sister’ (Prime Video) My favorite thing about my character Shamelessness. More specifically, that she has outed almost all of her secrets so nobody can weaponize them against her. That’s powerful. And the most frustrating thing She has terrible taste in men and fashion. The scene that spiked my anxiety Drowning in the ocean . I’m not a strong swimmer, and who knows what’s in the water? We pulled out a dirty diaper! The show I’d love to do a crossover episode with: The White Lotus. I might end up dead but the...

According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” In his tell-all memoir, Who Knew, the power player recalls a time when the Grease star was attached to star in the Paul Schrader written- and directed-movie before he had to step away. In his book, Diller writes that Travolta told then-Paramount Pictures president Michael Eisner he couldn’t lead the project because he was grieving the death of his mother and then-girlfriend Diana Hyland. “He slumped down in a chair in Michael’s office, started to cry and said, ‘I can’t do American Gigolo. I’m too sad. I’m still in mourning. It’s the wrong thing for me to do. You have to let me out of it,’” Diller, who was the CEO of Paramount at the time, writes. “Michael came down to my office and said, ‘John’s just left, and...