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Jeffrey Dean Morgan to Star in Amazon YA Series "Sterling Point"
Yara Sameh Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass have been cast in Megan Park's upcoming Amazon Prime Video series 'Sterling Point,'. The young adult show was originally announced in January. Morgan and Duplass will appear in recurring roles as Joe and Steven respectively. They will appear alongside previously announced cast members Ella Rubin, Amélie Elisabeth Hoeferle, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Bo Bragason, and Keen Ruffalo. While the exact plot details are being kept under wraps, sources say the show follows a set of adopted twins (Rubin and Ruffalo) who travel to an island on a lake that was left to them by their estranged grandfather in his will. Morgan currently stars in the AMC series 'The Walking Dead: Dead City,' reprising the role of Negan that he first played in the mothership series. He also currently appears in the Prime Video series 'The Boys,' with that show prepping its fifth and final season. His other TV credits include 'The Good Wife,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' and 'Supernatural,' while he has been in films such as 'Watchmen,' 'Rampage,' and 'P.S. I Love You.' As an actor, Duplass' recently appeared in the shows 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' as Hades as well as 'Industry' and 'Dying for Sex.' He is known for his roles in shows like 'Transparent' at Amazon, 'Search Party' at TBS, and 'The Mindy Project' at Hulu. He and his brother Mark are also celebrated film and television writers and directors, including work on shows like 'Room 104,' 'Somebody Somewhere,' 'Animals, and 'Togetherness.' In film, Duplass has written and directed projects such as 'Cyrus,' 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home,' and 'Baghead' among others. Park created 'Sterling Point' and will direct, executive produce, and serve as co-showrunner. YA veterans Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will also co-showrun and executive produce under their Fake Empire banner. LuckyChap, which produced Park's film 'My Old Ass,' will executive produce under its first-look TV deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon MGM Studios will produce. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Arts & Culture Hawass Foundation Launches 1st Course to Teach Ancient Egyptian Language Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
'The Morning Show' star Mark Duplass opens up about battle with depression
Mark Duplass may be best known for playing Chip Black -- the fiercely loyal and often tightly wound executive producer on Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show" -- but offscreen, he's stepping into a different kind of spotlight as an advocate for mental health. The 48-year-old actor, writer and producer recently opened up about his decadeslong struggle with depression and anxiety, which he first addressed publicly in a candid Instagram post in October 2023. Alongside a smiling photo of himself, Duplass wrote at the time, "I have been struggling with anxiety and depression for most of my life…When I see pictures of myself like this one, I can see the fear and sadness behind the smile." In an interview with ABC News' Whit Johnson, which aired on " Good Morning America" Wednesday, Duplass said he didn't expect much from the post. "It's funny, I didn't really see it as something super personal," he recalled. "And I thought, you know, I'll just share this feeling I had. And it was really the response that people had, particularly a lot of men, that made me realize [that] men's mental health in particular might not [have] been as destigmatized as I thought it was." Duplass said his mental health challenges began in his teens, when he experienced panic attacks and tried to muscle through them alone. By his late 20s, he said it reached a breaking point. "I had no skills with which to deal with it," he said. "And I really did, I thought this might be it for me. I might never be normal again." Duplass said therapy and medication became pillars of his recovery, but he said managing his mental health involves more than just clinical treatment. "I learned that I got to get out of bed in the morning," he explained. "I need to make sure I'm sleeping eight to nine hours a night. I need to make sure I'm getting really good exercise. I need to make sure I'm eating healthy, and for me, and this isn't the same for everyone, I needed to demystify the medication." When asked whether he worried that opening up about his mental health journey could affect his career, Duplass admitted the thought crossed his mind. "I thought about it, you know. The last thing I would want is someone who's considering hiring me for a job to think, like, 'Oh man, what happens if he shows up and he's really depressed or anxious one day?'" he said. "I just want to say very clearly, like there is no shame in this. I was so scared to tell people what I was dealing with, and once I did, it deepened all of my relationships and helped my professional career, and that's something I didn't anticipate." Ironically, Duplass said that playing Chip -- a character often pushed to his limits -- feels like portraying a version of himself without the mental health tools on which he now relies. "Playing Chip on 'The Morning Show' is pure fun for me, because the good news is he's way more stressed out than I am," he said. "Chip is basically me without my mental health systems and the medication and what that would feel like." For anyone who is currently struggling with mental health issues, Duplass shared his message of hope, saying, "It's gonna be OK." "In season 2, I was having some mental health issues, and I said, 'Look, I'm struggling with a little bit of this.' And they were so wonderful and so accommodating," he said, adding, "You're probably feeling like there's no way I'm ever going to be normal again. My life is ruined, but that fog is a lie. It's not real. And you will rise above the fog, and it will lift."
Tom's Guide
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
3 best Netflix comedies you (probably) haven't watched but should stream ASAP
State of the universe have you needing a laugh? Helpfully, Netflix's sprawling library of original content includes plenty of hilarious comedy movies for you to choose from. However, having too many choices can make it difficult to land on just one laugh-inducing title to turn on next, so we've made things easier for you by spotlighting a trio of comedies that you might've missed the first time around. These underrated Netflix movies span a comedic biopic on an eccentric stand-up performer, a crime comedy centered on two train-stealing sisters in rural Idaho, and a Duplass dramedy focused on two friends dealing with a shocking diagnosis. (It's a lot funnier than it sounds, trust us.) Here are three Netflix comedies you (probably) haven't seen yet but definitely should stream as soon as possible. If you loved seeing Keke Palmer and SZA ham it up on the recently released "One of Them Days," you'll likely enjoy "Deidra & Laney Rob A Train," a 2017 buddy comedy set following the hustle and hijinks of two titular teenage sisters (played by Ashleigh Murray and Rachel Crow, respectively) in small-town Idaho. With their mother Marigold (Danielle Nicolet) in jail and their younger brother at risk of being placed in foster care, the scrappy teens decide to plot a series of train robberies to keep themselves afloat and pay off their mom's debts. Anchored by believable sibling chemistry between its up-and-coming lead actresses, as well as memorable supporting turns by castmates like Tim Blake Nelson (as the Pacific Western detective investigating the train robberies), "Deidre & Laney Rob a Train" has a very strong 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's critical consensus praising the film as a "well-executed teen thrill ride supported by great performances and expert direction" by filmmaker Sydney "Deidra & Laney Rob A Train" on Netflix now Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. From "50/50" to "The Big Sick," scary medical diagnoses surprisingly make for funny movie fodder, and that's definitely the case with "Paddleton," a 2019 comedy-drama directed by Alex Lehmann, from a script by Lehmann and Mark Duplass. Duplass stars as Michael Thompson, a middle-aged California man recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. On paper, not exactly chuckle-worthy stuff—however, the predicament takes a wistfully funny turn when Michael and his neighbor-slash-best friend Andy Freeman (Ray Romano) set off on a road trip through the countryside to fill a prescription at a far-flung pharmacy, experiencing open mic nights and ostrich farms along the way. As with any comedy dealing with larger life-and-death themes, "Paddleton" has to navigate a tricky tonal balancing act through its 90-minute runtime, which the "quietly effective" film does — per Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a healthy 89% approval rating —" thanks largely to the strengths of its well-chosen leads." Watch "Paddleton" on Netflix now Legendary comic Eddie Murphy is responsible for some of the funniest and most successful comedies of all time, from "Beverly Hills Cop" to "Coming to America," from the "Shrek" franchise to "The Nutty Professor" movies. But one of his best, if not a household-name-level film, is "Dolemite Is My Name," a 2019 biographical comedy that sees Murphy portray Rudy Ray Moore, a real-life filmmaker and performer best known for his outrageous comedic character Dolemite. Set in the 1970s, the biopic chronicles Moore's rise from a struggling comedian in Los Angeles to his adoption of the obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego Dolemite, a hilariously chaotic creation that would end up proving naysayers wrong as the titular character becomes a Blaxploitation phenomenon. And as with any Eddie Murphy enterprise, there are countless laughs and absurdities throughout. With a stand-out turn by its iconic lead — not to mention a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess and Wesley Snipes — "Dolemite Is My Name" earned a stellar 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Watch "Dolemite Is My Name" on Netflix now
Los Angeles Times
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Mark Duplass
Mark Duplass offers a warning before he starts talking about his ideal Sunday. 'Be prepared,' he says. 'There's not gonna be a lot of leaving the house today.' The actor-director-producer has settled into a comfortable rhythm with his wife, Katie Aselton, their two kids and their pack of rambunctious dogs. For them, home is Valley Village, a neighborhood the couple quickly fell in love with. 'It's quiet, super family-friendly and very dog-oriented,' he says. Duplass' career, however, has been anything but quiet. He stars alongside Ellen Pompeo and Imogen Faith Reid in Hulu's 'Good American Family,' a ripped-from-the-headlines drama about the Natalia Grace case. Meanwhile, his series 'The Creep Tapes' was renewed for a second season on Shudder. Duplass also runs an independent film company with his brother, Jay, and is also a founding partner of the newly relaunched Vidiots, the nonprofit movie theater and rental shop in Eagle Rock. His nonprofit the Soul Points Fund, which he launched with Aselton in 2020 to support artists, recently shifted gears to help those affected by the Los Angeles fires. 'If there's one thing people in this town know how to do, it's tackle unexpected problems,' he says. 'It happens every day on a film set, so that kind of thinking is second nature.' For Duplass, Sundays are for slowing down. Here's how he'd spend his ideal day. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity. 7:30 a.m.: The T-Man rises Generally, I get up around 7:30. I don't really stay up too late on weekends. I'm not a big drinker. I deal with a lot of anxiety and depression. So I have very specific rhythms that I need to obtain, which is: Get a lot of sleep. So you're not gonna find me on a Sunday morning sleeping until 11 because I got off the rails. Daddy doesn't get off the rails anymore. First things first: Open the door, both the dogs are up. I am known in the house as 'the T-Man,' and what it stands for is 'the Treat Man.' But we can't say 'treat,' because if you say 'treat,' they'll freak the f— out. My sweet German shepherd-husky mix, Blue, circles me sweetly. Murphy, who's my pitty-Staffy mix, is a goddamn maniac, and he'll jump on me and lunge at me. I give them their absolutely disgusting beef liver treats. Then we go for coffee No. 1. I get one caffeinated coffee per day because, again, Daddy stays on the rails. I put a little chocolate in it, and I put a little cinnamon in it and I put a little raw sugar in it. Then I see who's up. Usually it's Molly, my youngest, who's 12, and Katie, my wife. My oldest daughter, Ora, who just turned 17, is probably still sleeping at this point. Breakfast is oatmeal with fresh blueberries almost every day. And then a second coffee — going into decaf mode at this point, which is fine for me. It's just as good. I just want the hot, brown ritual. 10 a.m.: Endorphins up We have a little home gym, and I do a 20-minute, brutal, fast-paced blast on the elliptical machine to make sure I get my endorphins up and my cardiovascular system going. The dogs come in there with me, because they know soon as I'm done with that, we're gonna go out for a walk. I take the two puppies and go for a 40-minute walk. I use that as a nice meditation. I usually listen to some kind of record. I'm not a playlist guy. I like the full artist's statement. I'll try to pull something from my past that will connect me to feeling 16 again or 23 again. Sometimes that's as ridiculous as the Spin Doctors record that I used to love, or sometimes it's one of my Indigo Girls records. 11 a.m.: Hot and cold plunges When I'm done with the walk, I've been heating up the hot tub. I do 104 degrees in the hot tub and 57 in the cold plunge, which, not to sound like a broken record, but that's good for the mental health and good for the body. Noon: Nothing goes to waste I'm 'the Leftovers Man.' I grew up in the suburbs of New Orleans with an extreme Depression-era mentality bestowed on me by my grandmother and my mother. You do not waste food, even if it's potentially rotting in the fridge. You just fry it up at intense heat in the pan and hopefully it kills the bacteria. Toward the end of the week, I'll bake a big chicken and the family will eat a third of it for dinner, and then I have that to pull from. I keep a very strategic group of frozen vegetables and frozen rice in my freezer that can be paired with the chicken and different kinds of sauces: 'Oh, maybe this can be a soy-based meal' or, 'We're going to take it more to Mexico for this one.' And I make a big stir-fry. And usually two or three people in the family partake of that. 2 p.m.: The village Vidiot This is where the day in my 'ideal' Sunday would shift a little bit. [On an ideal Sunday], I would go to Vidiots for either a 2 or a 4 o'clock movie. Vidiots is my church. Sometimes they're playing a family-friendly Japanime movie we all want to see — some of the family will come with. Or the Mubi Microcinema in Vidiots is showing second-run art-house movies. I just feel so good there. It's connected to my whole life. There was a view-and-brew second-run art-house cinema in New Orleans called Movie Pitchers that I went to for years in high school. I went to college in Austin and, of course, we had Alamo Drafthouse. And I lived in New York, so I've always had a theater like that. 3:30 p.m.: A strategic cold one You got the Fosters Freeze next to Vidiots in case you want to do something nasty to yourself after a screening. Or, one of my favorite things to do is have a drink around like 3:30 or 4 o'clock at the pinball bar [Walt's] on an empty stomach, so I can get a relatively cheap buzz on without putting too much alcohol in my body. And then have dinner so it doesn't have any mood damage or hangover damage for me. And I can still remember who I was — that New Orleans kid at 14 years old who did so many drugs. So. Many. Drugs. I can't believe I'm here. 4:30 p.m.: Zankou and Rummikub with the folks My parents live in Pasadena, and we're very, very close with them, and they're very close with my kids. They're in their late 70s. My dad's gonna turn 80 this year. You ever watch a movie and someone's dying at the end of it, and they're like, 'Man, I just wish we could have had more memories like that one trip we took here'?' There's not just one memory with my parents and my brother and his family. We have hundreds, and they're great. So there's no making up for lost time, but I just selfishly want more of it. All this time we spent together has now fully taken the pressure off. It's not like, 'We've got to go to Europe and do it all up.' All we want to do together is: My parents come over, I order Zankou Chicken, and we will play Bananagrams or Rummikub or there's a puzzle going on. We'll look at some old videos of when the kids were younger, which they love to do. And it's really boring in the best way — it's very comforting. 7 p.m.: 'Alone' in a crowd So I do some dishes, and Ora, my oldest, will scatter to go work on an audition or talk to her boyfriend. Katie and I will put on 'Alone' on the History Channel. It's the slightly low-rent, Canadian version of 'Survivor.' You learn a lot about berries and ethical hunting. But more importantly, you have a lot of personalities who have not really had the luxury, or in some cases, horror, of existentially facing themselves. 9 p.m.: Rekindling his love of books When you have kids, something funny happens, which is, when they're very young, you get them in bed, and then you race to get in bed yourself, because you're constantly trying to store up sleep because you know they're gonna wake you up. My wife and I have stayed on that schedule, even though we don't have to anymore. Our kids are 12 and 17, but we love just getting into bed around 9 o'clock or so. We get our books. I love my Kindle because I've got it connected to my Los Angeles Public Library account. The public library — they make you wait. So there will be a book I really want to read, and it'll be like an eight-week waiting list, and then when it comes in, it's like Christmas. Then I go into the bathroom, brush my teeth, and take my very important 20 milligrams of citalopram — [an] SSRI — which keeps Daddy on the rails. I've been taking that for 16 years. And I take a little probiotic because I am 48. I say five little things as I close my eyes before I go to bed that I am either grateful for or excited about for the next day, which is self-help 101, as basic as it comes, but that s— works. Just to sit there in bed and say, 'I'm gonna open the door, and those frickin' dogs are going to be so happy to see me, and I'm gonna be able to bring them joy. So even if the whole day goes to s— tomorrow, I'm gonna have this wonderful little interaction with these little puppies that I love.' I try to center myself before I zonk out.
