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UPI
3 days ago
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Famous birthdays for July 20: Judy Greer, Sandra Oh
1 of 3 | Judy Greer attends the 28th annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15, 2023. The actor turns 50 on July 20. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 20 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- Macedonian leader Alexander the Great in 356 B.C. -- Poet Petrarch in 1304 -- Pope Innocent IX in 1519 -- Monk/botanist Gregor Johann Mendel in 1822 -- Explorer Edmund Hillary in 1919 -- Artist Nam June Paik in 1932 -- Writer Cormac McCarthy in 1933 -- Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in U.S. Congress history, in 1936 (age 89) File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI -- Actor Diana Rigg in 1938 -- Actor Natalie Wood in 1938 -- Artist Judy Chicago in 1939 (age 86) -- Musician John Lodge (Moody Blues) in 1943 (age 82) -- Musician Kim Carnes in 1945 (age 80) -- Musician Carlos Santana in 1947 (age 78) -- Musician Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) in 1952 (age 73) -- Musician Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) in 1956 (age 69) -- Actor Donna Dixon in 1957 (age 68) -- Musician Mick MacNeil (Simple Minds) in 1958 (age 67) -- Musician Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog) in 1964 File Photo by Jim Bryant/UPI -- Actor Dean Winters in 1964 (age 61) -- Actor Adam Godley in 1964 (age 61) -- Musician Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) in 1966 (age 59) -- Actor Josh Holloway in 1969 (age 56) -- Actor Sandra Oh in 1971 (age 54) File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI -- Actor Omar Epps in 1973 (age 52) -- Actor Simon Rex in 1974 (age 51) -- Actor Judy Greer in 1975 (age 50) -- Actor Charlie Korsmo in 1978 (age 47) -- Model Gisele Bundchen in 1980 (age 45) File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI -- Musician Mike Kennerty (All-American Rejects) in 1980 (age 45) -- Actor/filmmaker John Francis Daley in 1985 (age 40) -- Actor Osric Chau in 1986 (age 39) -- Dancer/Julianne Hough in 1988 (age 37) -- Actor Alycia Debnam-Carey in 1993 (age 32) -- U.S. Olympic figure skater Maia Shibutani in 1994 (age 31) File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI
Yahoo
11-07-2025
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‘The Office' Offshoot ‘The Paper' Sets September Release Date on Peacock
The Peacock mockumentary series 'The Paper' officially has a premiere date. The show, which serves as a followup to 'The Office,' will debut its first four episodes on Sept. 4, followed by two new episodes every Thursday through Sept. 25. More from Variety Cierra's Family Slams Fan Threats After Her 'Love Island USA' Exit Over Racist Post: The 'Attacks' Are 'Heartbreaking' and 'No One Deserves That Hate' 'Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series Casts Judy Greer, West Duchovny, Tory Devon Smith (EXCLUSIVE) 'Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series Adds Four to Cast The official logline for 'The Paper' states, 'The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.' The cast of the series includes Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Oscar Nuñez, who is reprising his role from 'The Office,' Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and Tim Key. In a trailer played at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation, it was revealed that the show takes place in the offices of the Toledo Truth-Teller. The documentary crew makes their way around the room, revealing that Oscar (Nuñez) is now working as an accountant for the paper. He is none too happy to see the doc crew again. Impacciatore plays the managing editor, while Gleeson plays an idealistic new employee. Greg Daniels, who developed 'The Office' for American television, co-created the series with Michael Koman. Both serve as executive producers along with 'The Office' creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as well as Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas (formerly Reveille). Universal Television is the studio. The American 'Office' took place in Scranton, Penn., and followed the staff of paper company Dundler Mifflin. It starred Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak, among others. The show has maintained its popularity long after leaving the airwaves and found new life when it became available to stream. Best of Variety Oscars 2026: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Wagner Moura and More Among Early Contenders to Watch New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts?
Yahoo
10-07-2025
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‘Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series Casts Judy Greer, West Duchovny, Tory Devon Smith (EXCLUSIVE)
Peacock's upcoming series adaptation of the Elin Hilderbrand novel 'The Five-Star Weekend' has added three recurring cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. Judy Greer ('Stick,' 'The Long Walk'), West Duchovny ('Saint X,' 'Painkiller'), and Tory Devon Smith ('The Get Down,' 'Zoe Ever After') have all joined the series in recurring roles. The trio join previously announced cast members including: Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan, D'Arcy Carden, Harlow Jane, Timothy Olyphant, David Denman, Josh Hamilton, and Rob Huebel. More from Variety Elin Hilderbrand Gives Updates on Multiple Adaptations in the Works, 'The Perfect Couple' Season 2, and What Happened With 'Summer of '69' and 'The Identicals' Series 'Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series Adds Four to Cast Timothy Olyphant Joins 'Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series (EXCLUSIVE) The official description for the series states: 'Hollis Shaw (Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis's picture-perfect life—her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers. In an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed.' Greer will recur as Electra, while Duchovny will play Aubrey. Smith will play John Mark. Greer is repped by Artists First, CAA and Felker Toczek. Smith is repped by Gray Talent Group and McGuffin Management. Duchovny is repped by UTA, Untitled, Nelson Davis, and Shelter PR Bekah Brunstetter serves as creator, writer, and executive producer on 'The Five-Star Weekend,' with Beth Schacter also writing and executive producing. Garner will executive produce in addition to starring. Sue Naegle and Ali Krug executive produce via Dinner Party Productions, with Hilderbrand also executive producing. UCP is the studio. Dinner Party is currently under an overall deal with UCP. Best of Variety Oscars 2026: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Wagner Moura and More Among Early Contenders to Watch New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts?
Los Angeles Times
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Judy Greer
Chances are, you've seen (or heard) Judy Greer in one of her many roles over her prolific, multidecade career. She's played Maggie Lang in 'Ant-Man,' voiced Cheryl Tunt in the long-running animated adult sitcom 'Archer,' and appeared as Jennifer Garner's bestie in the 2004 rom-com classic '13 Going on 30' (the two are friends IRL too). She's also joining the cast for the second season of Garner's Apple TV series 'The Last Thing He Told Me.' Streaming now is Apple TV+'s heartfelt new golf comedy, 'Stick,' in which Greer plays Amber-Linn — not a best friend, but the ex-wife of former professional golfer Pryce Cahill, played by Owen Wilson. You don't have to be a fan of the sport to watch. 'Honestly, I'm not a golfer and I love it,' she says. As for her perfect Sunday, she'll stick close to Larchmont, where she's lived for 20 years. 'I travel a lot for work, so I don't always like to go far and wide on my weekends,' she says. 'My dream Sunday is to not actually exit the threshold, but today I'm going to.' And she'll get a lot done, from reading a'plenty to hitting up the farmers market and Dodger Stadium, taking in a movie and getting quality time with her husband, Dean Johnsen, her stepkids and her terrier mix, Mary Richards. 6:30 a.m.: A pot of coffee and reading in bed I get up at 6, 6:30, and not on purpose. My husband likes to sleep, so if the sun's out, I can read in bed. If not, sometimes I'll come downstairs and read and have coffee, and then when he wakes up, I'll go back up and we'll have coffee in bed together. I love to start my day with a pot of coffee in bed. The coffee maker, it's like a basic bitch, a Cuisinart coffee maker. We get this brand called Punk Bunny. That's our favorite kind of coffee. We did recently try the dark roast, but we both have decided it's too much for us. We're going back down to the medium dark roast. And I just put soy milk in it. Whenever I'm traveling for work and staying in these Airbnbs and apartments and stuff, there'll be a cappuccino maker, and we'll always be like, should we get one of those? and then we never end up doing it. If I go out to a cafe, like Lamill or Go Get 'Em Tiger on Larchmont, I'll get a cappuccino, but I don't need to be making cappuccinos in my house. 9 a.m.: Two loops around the Silver Lake Reservoir Then I would drive to the Silver Lake Reservoir, and I would walk around it twice, which is probably just under five miles. I would take my sweet dog — she's a really good walker, even though she's tiny. After my walk, I would make a parfait for myself at home. I also like to go and get the protein pancakes at Cafe Gratitude. That would be a really big treat. I don't love getting breakfast on Larchmont on Sundays because it's so crowded. 11 a.m.: Hit up the Larchmont Village Farmers Market My husband and I, we're not cooks or chefs or anything. We have a couple go-tos at the farmers market: There's the soup guy who has the frozen soup, and I like to get flowers and usually berries. We don't really eat meat, but once in a while we'll treat ourselves to salmon. My husband will make salmon on the grill, so he'll get fish from the fishmonger and sometimes those Parmesan crisps he really likes (and then I eat them, even though he is like, they're for me). If we're thinking of making a big salad or something, we'll get salad stuff. But again, we're not those people, even though we really want to be those people. Noon: Stop at Chevalier's Books Then I would walk down to Chevalier's, our little local bookstore, and say hi to everyone who works there and wander around a bit. I have so many books and it's a problem, but then there's usually something there that just came out that I'm really excited about, and so I'll get it. I've lately been buying hardcovers because it's kind of fun to have a first edition of something that could potentially win the Nobel Prize or Pulitzer. My husband was like, 'The thing about you is you buy a lot of books, but you do read them.' So I'm not just randomly buying books. I'm reading a book by Barbara Kingsolver right now called 'Unsheltered.' That one I think I probably swiped out of a little library on a dog walk because it's definitely not brand new. I just finished 'Martyr!' [by Kaveh Akbar] and I was so blown away that I almost didn't even want to read another book for a while. 1 p.m.: A quick dip in the pool, some shopping and Dodger Stadium Now, we're coming home, and we're going to rinse off in the pool, which is gross, but I don't care. And then we're decking ourselves out in our Dodger gear and we're going to go to Dodger Stadium and we're going to watch the Dodgers win at Dodger Stadium. We would meet my stepkids there and the four of us would watch the Dodger game and they would have some beers and probably some nachos. I'd sit with my peanuts and Diet Coke, and we would watch the Dodgers. I love Sundays at the ballpark because it's fun, it's chill, it's tons of families. Dodger Stadium has really become one of my favorite places in Los Angeles. It's just a really beautiful place. Sometimes I'll walk around the whole loop of the stadium, just get my steps in, wander around and see everybody, and see all the food. 4 p.m.: An afternoon movie and the best popcorn Mann Chinese [TCL Chinese Theatres] is where my husband and I mostly go to the movies because it's weirdly closer to our house, but kind of a pain in the ass because it's really touristy. But now we know where to park and how to get in and out really quickly. So we've got it down. I'm probably going to get myself into a lot of trouble now, but we pop our own popcorn. This is husband territory; he makes it on the stovetop with kernels and coconut oil. We're an Orville Redenbacher family. I'm not ashamed to say we have tried all the fancy popcorn kernels, but honestly, I feel like Orville gives you the best pop, so that's what we buy. Oh, I'll show you something dorky. Hold on. [Greer disappears and returns with a large Ziploc bag.] I usually sneak it in my tote bag. I love having popcorn in the movies, but the movie popcorn is usually not super good for us. Sometimes I will also sneak in some dried mangoes, and usually I'll still buy a Diet Coke. I feel guilty not buying anything. I love that big theater. It's just so beautiful. There are such great movie theaters in L.A., such old theaters, and that one is so historical. I've been to a bunch of movie premieres there too. But probably I prefer it when I'm just like a citizen watching a movie. 7 p.m.: Pasta for dinner I would finish my day by going to dinner at Osteria Mamma and getting — I don't want to get in trouble for this, because they took it off the menu — their pasta pomodoro. Sometimes I'm just like, 'Can you just make me the pasta pomodoro?' It's just so good. My husband gets the cacio pepe, which they make tableside in this huge cheese wheel, which is bananas, and I like their tricolore salad. We usually split that. Yeah, we'd have a nice little cozy dinner and not have to cook on a Sunday night. We didn't really buy much at the farmers market anyway, let's be honest. 8 p.m.: Watch a little TV or read in bed Sometimes we're watching a show and we'll watch an episode, or we'll just go to bed and read in bed. I like to ascend around 9. This week, I've been really tired, so I've been going up at 8:30. I'm like, the sun is still out. But by the time I'm done with all my ablutions and the flossing and all the things, it's definitely almost dark. I get cuddly with my dog and read for a little while, and then, yeah, lights out by 10, but that's even sometimes a little bit late. On a Sunday, I want to get a really good night's sleep before Monday morning.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Stick' On Apple TV+, A ‘Ted Lasso' Style Sports Comedy Series Where Owen Wilson Plays A Washed-Up Pro Golfer
The new Apple TV+ series Stick is ostensibly a comedy, but the first episode seems to delve more into the sincerity of Owen Wilson's man character than try to concentrate on laughs. That's OK, because the show does have lots of potential for both laughs and feelgood vibes. Opening Shot: As we see a sweeping view of a golf course, a voice waxes poetic about the moment when you're on a golf course, 'Heaven and earth meet, and the world as you know it ceases to exist.' The Gist: Pryce 'Stick' Cahill (Owen Wilson) is using this as a sales pitch to a customer at the golf store where he works; he's canny about saying the most expensive driver is too much for the customer, but that just makes the customer want the $1200 club even more. Pryce used to be one of the top golfers on the planet, winning tournaments, even taking a Grand Slam tourney or two. But he hasn't golfed in many years, not after an on-course meltdown that is easily found on YouTube. He's struggling financially, looking for his boss to front him the commission for selling the club. The Corvette he drives is beaten up. One of the ways he makes money is to run hustles with his former caddie Mitts (Marc Maron). In the house he used to share with his ex-wife Amber-Linn (Judy Greer), he lives among piles of mail and other messes. Amber-Linn is determined to sell the house and give him $75,000 of the proceeds to give them both a fresh start, but Pryce doesn't want to sell, probably because he has no idea what he'll do or where he'll go. One day at the local driving range, Pryce sees Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager), a teenager, smacking the living heck out of the ball, with straight and true drives he hasn't seen in ages. While Santi says he doesn't want to golf, he does sneak on the range during breaks from his supermarket job. Pryce thinks that Santi can go pretty far and damn near stalks the kid and his mother Elena (Mariana Treviño), trying to convince them that he can take Santi to the U.S. Amateur Open later that year. Elena is on board after looking up Pryce's history, but wants $100,000 up front, and she'll be on the road with Pryce and Santi. Now Pryce needs to convince Amber-Linn to give him more money after selling the house. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Stick reminds us of the plot of films like The Scout and Million Dollar Arm. It also seems to have the same feelgood vibe as Ted Take: Created by Jason Keller (no relation), Stick has a bit of an Owen Wilson problem. We know that Wilson can be funny, given that he's been in funny movies for most of his career. But there's something about the way he plays Pryce that's skews as more sincere and earnest than funny. Perhaps it's because, by the end of the episode, we have an idea why Pryce melted down on the course and his marriage fell apart. But through his depression is still this belief that he can coach Santi to capture the heights he failed to reach, and that's what seems to pervade the first episode. You notice the contrast when we see Maron as Mitts. Don't get us wrong; Maron's acting skills are exponentially better than they were during his eponymously-named IFC show a decade or so ago, and when he talks about how much of an emotional hit he took after his wife died, we feel it. But when Mitts is supposed to be funny, Maron consistently delivers laughs in the first episode. But just as Wilson's sincerity poses an issue in the first episode, what we hope is that carries things going forward, as Pryce's magical thinking is going to need to keep Santi and Elena pushing forward as things on the amateur circuit get more intense. Sex and Skin: Nothing in the first Shot: After watching some old family videos, Pryce grabs his clubs, goes out a patio door, and kicks it Star: Judy Greer, all day long, though her charm is equaled by Mariana Treviño as Pilot-y Line: When Santi's supermarket manager keeps dropping f-bombs, Pryce keeps saying things like, 'Isn't there a no swearing around customers policy?' Our Call: STREAM IT. The first episode of Stick is definitely bumpy but there is potential, mainly because Wilson can't help but make Pryce Cahill a character to root for, and Maron can't help but be funny. Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn't kid himself: he's a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Fast Company and elsewhere.
