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Yahoo
6 days ago
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Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin in first look at Season 5 of ‘Only Murders in the Building': Everything to know
Only Murders in the Building is back for more sleuthing. On Wednesday, Hulu announced that Season 5 of the award-winning hit show, starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin, will premiere on Sept. 9 with a three-episode debut. New episodes will then roll out weekly. The streamer also shared a first look at the new season. More from Gold Derby 'South Park' creators strike deal for 50 more episodes, streaming on Paramount+ 2025 Emmys: These are the episodes every Best Comedy Guest Actress/Actor submitted Here's everything we know so far. The case According to the official synopsis, the new season kicks off with a shocking death: Lester, the beloved doorman, dies under suspicious circumstances. Refusing to believe it was an accident, Charles, Oliver, and Mabel launch their own investigation, soon uncovering a dangerous web of secrets tied to powerful billionaires, old-school mobsters, and the eccentric residents of their Upper West Side apartment building. The cast Aside from Gomez, Martin, and Short, and kitty-loving costar Michael Cyril Creighton, the Season 5 ensemble will feature the usual impressive roster of guest stars, including Meryl Streep, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Richard Kind, Nathan Lane, Bobby Cannavale, Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Téa Leoni, Keegan-Michael Key, Beanie Feldstein, Dianne Wiest, and Jermaine Fowler. The awards The show is up for seven Emmy Awards this year, including Best Comedy Series and Short for Best Comedy Actor for his portrayal of Oliver Putnam. Earlier this year, Short received the comedy acting prize and the cast received the Best Comedy Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Overall, the show has been nominated 57 times over the first four seasons, winning seven total, including Lane receiving the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Teddy Dimas. Best of Gold Derby 'Five new life forms from distant planets': Everything to know about 'Alien: Earth' as new trailer drops Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Click here to read the full article.
Forbes
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
'Bad Shabbos' Creators Talk Influences Behind Jewish Comedy Film
'Bad Shabbos' The commonly cordial greeting you're likely to hear every Friday night and Saturday as Jewish people around the globe observe the Sabbath goes comically wrong in director Daniel Robbins' Bad Shabbos (now playing in select theaters nationwide). One of the funniest Jewish-themed comedies ever made, the movie centers around an engaged interfaith couple, David (Jon Bass) and Meg (Meghan Leathers), whose parents are about to meet for the very first time over a traditional Friday night Shabbos dinner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As if tensions weren't running high enough, the evening affair becomes even more hectic with the unexpected arrival of a dead body, turning the weekly day of rest into one of side-splitting tsuris and sparking a mad scramble to figure out what to do with the corpse before Meg's straight-laced Catholic parents (Catherine Curtin and John Bedford Lloyd) arrive from Wisconsin. The end result is a hilarious and heartfelt exploration of faith, family, and foreskin. Yes, really. 'There's a whole tier of comedies I love like Meet the Parents, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Birdcage. And this movie pulled a lot from those," Robbins says over a joint Zoom call with co-screenwriter, Zack Weiner. 'The impetus," the filmmaker explains, "was to make an amalgam of the comedies we loved [as kids]. We've grown frustrated that the comedies recently just have such an air of fake-ness. I like SNL, but a lot of them just feel like an SNL sketch. The movies we grew up watching have a real grounded-ness to them and more of an edge. They also have more visual jokes, they don't just rely on improv-ing dialogue.' Weiner also cites Death at a Funeral, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, a pre-problematic Woody Allen, and his own family mealtimes as inspiration. In fact, the idea for the project began to take shape after Bad Shabbos producer Adam Mitchell heard about Weiner's mother playing a harmless prank on an unsuspecting dinner guest. 'We had a friend and his girlfriend come over," Weiner recalls. "My mom was serving my friend's girlfriend with progressively smaller plates and cups, while everyone else was eating off normal cutlery. Our producer heard about it and thought it was pretty funny. He called and said, 'That's an interesting [setup] for a movie. What if the prank went wrong and there was a accidental murder instead of a slightly offended girlfriend?'" 'When you find writers [to work on] something that's personal and so in their world, it always comes across on the screen,' adds Mitchell on a separate call. 'It was just the perfect match of writers and material.' Weiner continues: 'Daniel and I had been talking about an accidental murder movie in an apartment before that, but we couldn't figure it out. And when it was [decided that it would be]Mitchell proved instrumental in getting the acting ensemble together through New York-based casting directors Seth White, Cody Beke, and Daniel Frankel. 'It was just a process of getting people to read the script,' states the producer. 'Jon Bass came on board early. We got it to him, and he really liked it. Once that happened, other pieces started to fall into place." From there, Bad Shabbos was able to enlist the talents of David Paymer (Ocean's Thirteen) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) as David's parents, Ellen and Richard; Milana Vayntrub (This is Us) as David's sister, Abby; Ashley Zukerman (The Lost Symbol) as Abby's jerk of a boyfriend, Benjamin; Theo Taplitz (Little Men) as David and Abby's younger brother, Adam; and a scene-stealing Cliff 'Method Man' Smith (Power Book II: Ghost) as quick-thinking doorman Jordan. 'The agents liked it and then shared it with [their clients],' Robbins says. 'Kyra said it was one of the only times she laughed out loud reading a script. It was really that simple. None of us had an in and thankfully, these actors had faith in us, because we haven't made anything at a big scale. So it was nice that they trusted the material and their gut. They all deserve so much credit for signing on.' 'There was something for each character to do, and that was really the strength in it — of each character being really funny and quirky in their own way, [while] bringing something different to the Shabbat table,' adds Mitchell. 'There's no weak roles, really, because everybody was funny in their own way." 'Bad Shabbos' The producer adds that casting as many Jewish actors as possible was of the utmost importance because the entire goal was 'to paint a picture of a dysfunctional, but authentic, Jewish family in Manhattan, with characters that people can relate to. People have been coming up to us and [saying how they relate] to every one of the characters in some way; seeing their mother in the mother or their father in the father." That commitment to authenticity is what imbues Bad Shabbos with a universality that appeals to everyone, not just Jews — much in the same way My Big Fat Greek Wedding tackled Greek Orthodox traditions. 'The goal was to do that in a Jewish setting,' says Robbins, who also wanted to present a different viewpoint on everyday Judaism beyond the usual 'Hasids doing crimes or treating it as a light joke. Seeing authentic portrayals, where religion does add warmth and meaning to life was nice. Christians love the movie, because they're really relating to that aspect of it." 'Whether you're Jewish or not, you can relate to having these family dynamics," agrees Mitchell, '[from] sibling arguments to parents bickering … It's not trying to say too much. It's just an old school, chaotic hijinks, family comedy that we don't see as much of anymore." Bad Shabbos debuted to rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival last fall and even went on to nab the event's coveted Audience Award. 'It was only supposed to be three screenings, and then we sold out all three. It was such a hit, that they gave us two extra screenings,' Mitchell says. 'That kickstarted [the whole thing] and gave us the belief that it's a film that should be seen in the theaters … If we could hit the targeted market, then we could do enough business. So far, it's coming to fruition.' After Tribeca, the title began a limited theatrical release in southern Florida last winter (in order to take advantage of 'the snowbird season,' notes the producer) before landing a nationwide rollout deal from Jewish-focused distributor Menemsha Films. As of this writing, Bad Shabbos is closing in on $1 million at the domestic box office — a seriously impressive feat for any small-scale indie production, especially one made by filmmakers in their early 30s who don't have access to a multi-million dollar marketing budget. "We're don't have Super Bowl ads or any major advertising in that way,' Mitchell says. 'So it's been inspiring to see people in cities across the country coming and selling out shows, just [through] old school word of mouth.' ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 19: Adam Mitchell and Daniel Robbins attend the 25th Atlanta Jewish Film ... More Festival "Bad Shabbos" opening night premiere at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on February 19, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by) Seeing the film in a theater setting isn't just financially advantageous to the makers, it also enhances the experience for the viewer. "Some movies are twice as good if you see them in a crowd," says Robbins. 'This one is like five times [better] because it was [rigorously] tested in the crowd … We probably did over 10 test screenings and then a lot more smaller ones. We'd have Google Sheets, getting responses, having a lot of non-Jewish audience members to figure out what's clicking, what's not, where they might get lost. And we got to a place where play is equal in both crowds." Should the film up doing gangbusters — or 'supernova," as Robbins puts it — the team isn't opposed to making a sequel, which would most likely revolve around 'everyone traveling to Wisconsin for the wedding and what goes on there,' muses the director. 'We'd have to change the genre. So while this one was a dead body thriller, the next one might be more of a mystery-type film. But we'll see…' 'There have also been calls about … remakes in certain ways or stage adaptations; people who are interested in buying the rights in other areas,' Mitchell concludes. 'So you might see some sort of spinoff, or adaptations in other countries or other formats coming as well. There are conversations being had right now. I think because of how strong the concept is, it will live on through this movie, and potentially through a couple other formats or languages or remakes — and maybe a sequel as well. But yeah, I think there will be more to come.' Bad Shabbos is now playing in select theaters. Click here for tickets!
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
AMC's Flagship Lincoln Square Theater Open For Business After Flooding In Massive NYC Rainstorm
AMC Entertainment's flagship AMC Lincoln Square theater on the Upper West Side is open and running most auditoriums after severe rain in New York caused a pipe to break and water to spew, canceling late showtimes on Monday. The storm impacted the theater's lower levels, not the Imax auditorium, which is on the top floor of the vertical construction. More from Deadline Studios Decry Cinemas' Ad-Filled Preshows As AMC Warns Of "25-30 Extra Minutes": Here Are The Consequences For Movie Biz AMC Entertainment Raises Fresh Cash To Shore Up Balance Sheet Amid Resurgent Box Office AMC Says New NCM Preshow Ads Don't "Negatively Influence Moviegoing Habits" 'The heavy downpour caused damage to a roof pipe, which led to a significant amount of water coming into a portion of the lower levels of the building,' the world's largest circuit said. Lincoln Square is one of the highest grossing locations in the nation. 'The theater is open today. Impacted auditoriums and other affected areas of the theatre will remain closed as remediation work is underway. Refunds will be issued automatically for tickets purchased to affected showtimes,' the company said. No other AMC theaters in the city were impacted. 'Not the Lincoln Square AMC! Why couldn't the flood take the AMC Empire instead!' said one social media post referring to the Times Square location. Users posted video of what looks like a geyser of water flooding a lower floor lobby. The flooding got the amc Lincoln square 🥲 — Bri'anna🍿 (@LaNoireDe) July 15, 2025 More than two inches of rain fell on Central Park within an hour on Monday night, a near record for the city, according to reports, in a downpour that flooded subways and caused major transit disruptions. Two people were killed in New Jersey after their car was swept into a brook. NJ Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency. The New York City subway on a rainy day—because nothing says 'world-class city' like flooded platforms and trains.#Newyork #newyorkcity #flood #FloodWarning — Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) July 15, 2025 Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far 'Street Fighter' Cast: Who's Who In The Live-Action Arcade Film Adaption 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Emmys, Oscars, Grammys & More
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Politics
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Youth Baseball Coach Says He Caught ICE Questioning Kids At Practice
A New York City youth baseball coach said he intervened to inform armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers of his players' constitutional rights after the officers approached kids during a practice at a local park last month. Youman Wilder, a founder of Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that practice was wrapping up at Riverside Park in New York's Upper West Side when he saw several officers — armed with guns and Tasers — walking up to players, asking them where they and their parents were from. 'I just stepped in and said, 'This is very inappropriate to ask these kids anything,'' explained Wilder, noting that he advised the agents that the players would implement their Fifth Amendment rights. Wilder, who claimed that one agent referred to him as 'another YouTube lawyer,' said the agents then 'kept changing the goalposts.' In a separate interview with New York-based news site West Side Rag, Wilder said the officers began talk of 'obstruction of justice' on his part, entertained the idea of cuffing him and claimed that if the kids — 11 U.S. citizens in middle and high school with African, South American and Mexican families — 'were here legally [then] what do they have to lose by answering' questions. 'It's all about civics. If you don't know your rights, they will trample on them,' explained Wilder, adding that there was 'no moment of hesitation' when it came to pushing back at the officers. Wilder, who holds a master's degree in law, told Wallace that it shouldn't take someone with his educational background to know people's rights and stressed that such an encounter could 'happen to anybody.' Wilder — a coach of over 20 years in the Upper West Side who has worked with dozens of draft picks and a number of players in Major League Baseball — said there's now just one kid showing up to practice, which is at a new location and time since the encounter. He choked up as he expressed his disappointment with the 'cowards' who were nearby and didn't intervene, noting that he fears predominantly-Latino schools in the area will be agents' next target. He added that people have to continue 'speaking up.' 'The only way you can protect people is understanding that the Constitution has a role. And we have to rely on that. And we can't cherry-pick it,' Wilder said. ICE is set to receive billions of dollars in additional funding since President Donald Trump signed his 'big, beautiful bill' into law earlier this month. Already, immigration arrests in the New York City area have reportedly 'rapidly accelerated' in recent weeks as the president looks to deliver on his mass deportation agenda. ICE has turned its attention to immigrants with no criminal history since May, according to The City in an analysis of federal records provided by the Deportation Data Project. HuffPost has reached out to ICE, which was not immediately available for comment. Trump Held On To Flashy Gold FIFA Trophy... Leaving Soccer Champs With A Replica Trump Leveled A Baffling Threat At Rosie O'Donnell — Experts Explain Why It's Truly Terrifying Trump Mocked For Claiming 'Big Beautiful Bill' Helps Ugly Rich Guys Stay Married
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Livvy Dunne Wanted Babe Ruth's Old Apartment. The Co-op Board Said No.
New York City co-op boards can be notoriously difficult to get past. It's not just about being rich and successful: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Calvin Klein and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. have all been rejected. But the social media influencer and former gymnast Olivia Dunne was still shocked that she faced the same fate when trying to buy Babe Ruth's former apartment on the Upper West Side. Ms. Dunne, a New Jersey native known as Livvy, shared her story with her eight million TikTok followers this week. 'I was gonna pay with cash, like I wanted this apartment bad. Like it got to the point where the realtor was so confident,' she said. Ms. Dunne, 22, continued: 'Then the week that I'm supposed to get my keys to my brand-new apartment, I get a call, the co-op board denied me. So pretty much the people in the building voted to not have me live there.' The apartment at 345 West 88th Street would have been Ms. Dunne's first real estate purchase, she said in the video. She had visited with her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, the star Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, who, like her, was an athlete at Louisiana State University, where she made millions through endorsement deals. Ms. Dunne's representatives and the building's management office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Under the co-op structure, boards tend to have lots of power, more than those of condos. They have the right to turn down any applicant, as long as it's not for reasons that are discriminatory or have to do with self-dealing from a board member. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
