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Netflix has revealed the official trailer and poster for the romantic comedy Our Little Secret, which will launch on the streaming service on November 27, 2024. In the film, two resentful exes are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings.

Our Little Secret stars Lindsay Lohan as Avery, Ian Harding as Logan, Kristin Chenoweth as Erica, Tim Meadows as Stan, Jon Rudnitsky as Cameron, Henry Czerny as Mitchell, Judy Reyes as Margaret, and Chris Parnell as the veterinarian.

Dan Bucatinsky as Leonard, Katie Baker as Cassie, Jake Brennan as Callum, Ash Santos as Sophie, and Brian Unger as Paul round out the cast. Stephen Herek directed the movie from a script by Hailey DeDominicis.

Lisa Gooding and Mike Elliott are the producers of the film, which was executive-produced by Lindsay Lohan and Joseph P. Genier.

“The movie is about a girl who’s dating someone,...

Netflix queen Lindsay Lohan is flexing her crown with the highly-anticipated holiday rom-com “Our Little Secret.”

In a classic comedy of errors, Lohan plays a woman who is trapped on a vacation from hell: Her new boyfriend’s sister is dating Lohan’s character’s ex, and the awkward foursome must make nice to not end up on the Naughty List.

The official logline reads: “Two resentful exes are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings.”

Ian Harding, Jon Rudnitsky, Henry Czerny, Judy Reyes, Dan Bucatinsky, Katie Baker, Jake Brennan, Ash Santos, Brian Unger, Chris Parnell, and Kristin Chenoweth co-star.

“Our Little Secret” also is a mini “Mean Girls” reunion with Tim Meadows. Both Lohan and Meadows also had roles in the recent “Mean Girls” musical adaptation that was released 20 years after the original film.

Lohan executive produces the film alongside Joseph P. Genier.

Lindsay Lohan's second career as a holiday B-movie star continues with Netflix's Our Little Secret. The Christmas-themed rom-com, which premieres November 27, follows her star turn in 2022's Falling For Christmas. “It’s so beautiful to be able to do films that are associated with holidays because it’s family time,...

Netflix has shared a first look at the romantic comedy Our Little Secret, which will begin streaming on the service on November 27, 2024. In the film, two resentful exes are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings.

Our Little Secret stars Lindsay Lohan as Avery, Ian Harding as Logan, Kristin Chenoweth as Erica, Tim Meadows as Stan, Jon Rudnitsky as Cameron, Henry Czerny as Mitchell, Judy Reyes as Margaret, and Chris Parnell as the veterinarian.

Dan Bucatinsky as Leonard, Katie Baker as Cassie, Jake Brennan as Callum, Ash Santos as Sophie, and Brian Unger as Paul round out the cast. Stephen Herek directed the movie from a script by Hailey DeDominicis.

Lisa Gooding and Mike Elliott are the producers of the film, which was executive-produced by Lindsay Lohan and Joseph P. Genier.

“The movie is about a girl who’s dating someone,...

Exclusive: Coming off a two-season run on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Molly Kearney has been tapped to star in CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot Dmv, from Dana Klein, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV and CBS Studios. As they make the transition from late-night to primetime with Dmv, Kearney is joining another SNL alum, Tim Meadows, who had been previously cast in the pilot alongside Colin From Accounts co-creator and star Harriet Dyer.

Prolific comedy director Trent O’Donnell (Ghosts) is set to direct and executive produce the Dmv pilot, written by Klein based on author Katherine Heiny’s short story.

Dmv is a workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the Dmv. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.

Kearney will play Barbara, the boss of this...

“SNL sucks now” isn’t as fresh a complaint as you might think. This sentiment was even a matter of public discourse way back in the early ‘90s, as evidenced by the not-so-cleverly titled 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, “Is Saturday Night Dead?”

The magazine wasn’t alone in expressing concern for the long-running comedy series during its 19th season. The New York Daily News noted that SNL would have to try and “find a desperately needed fresh sense of identity” following the loss of Dana Carvey and Chris Rock, and the announced departures of Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Rob Schneider.

So EW offered up “20 suggestions” for “how to fix the show.” Looking back at this list, it’s amazing how spot-on some ideas are in retrospect — while others are laughably dated and arguably awful.

For starters, writer Bruce Fretts (who sadly passed away in 2020) suggested handing over the reins of Weekend Update to David Spade,...

Colin From Accounts co-creator and star Harriet Dyer has been tapped as a lead opposite Tim Meadows in CBS‘ single-camera comedy pilot Dmv, from Dana Klein, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV and CBS Studios. Dyer’s casting would not interfere with her duties on the well-received Paramount+ comedy series Colin From Accounts, also produced by CBS Studios; the dates have been worked out so she will be able to do both should Dmv go to series and Colin From Accounts gets renewed for a third season.

Written by Klein based on author Katherine Heiny’s short story, Dmv is a workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the Dmv. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.

Dyer will play Colette. The driving examiner with a huge heart,...

Lin-Manuel Miranda will take over from John Mulaney in the Broadway cast of All In: Comedy About Love, with castmates including Jimmy Fallon, Hank Azaria and Aidy Bryant.

Mulaney will lead the cast, including Saturday Night Live stars Fred Armisen and Chloe Fineman, Girls5Eva‘s Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Richard Kind, for the first five weeks of the play. He is in the show from Dec. 11 through Jan. 12.

In addition to Miranda, Fallon, Azaria and Bryant, the cast for the second five weeks includes Andrew Rannells, Sam Richardson, David Cross and Tim Meadows. Miranda leads the cast from Jan. 14 through Feb. 16.

The play, written by Simon Rich and directed by Alex Timbers, will run at the Hudson Theatre.

Bryant is in the cast from Jan. 14 through Feb. 2. Rannells appears from Jan. 14 through Jan. 26.

Richardson appears from Jan. 14 through Feb. 2. Fallon appears from Jan. 28 through Feb. 2. Cross appears from Feb.

Is it possible that network television is so back? That's the immediate reaction to hearing CBS bought a new workplace comedy pilot starring Tim Meadows. Per Deadline, the sitcom is called Dmv, and Meadows "will play former high school English teacher Gregg, the examiner who likes to get through the driving tests,...

CBS’ comedy pilot Dmv is starting to staff up.

Tim Meadows will star in the single-camera show, which comes from CBS Studios and creator Dana Klein (Friends, CBS’ 9Jkl). As the title implies, Dmv is set in a department of motor vehicles office and follows the people who work there.

Saturday Night Live and The Goldbergs alum Meadows will play Gregg, a former high school teacher who now works as a Dmv examiner. Gregg likes to get through driving tests, and the day, as quickly as possible. Gregg has an uncanny ability to make dead-on observations of those around him, and he is sardonic, defeated and would love nothing more than to retire.

Dmv is one of three comedy projects CBS has has in various stages of development. The others are Eternally Yours, a show about a family of vampires from Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman that has...

Tim Meadows is set to star in the CBS comedy pilot “Dmv,” Variety has learned.

The single-camera comedy pilot was originally announced at the broadcaster in August. The show is based on a short story by Katherine Heiny. The official logline states that the show is “set at the place everyone dreads going most: the Dmv. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.”

Meadows will appear in the role of Gregg. Gregg is described as “a former high school English teacher. Gregg is the examiner who likes to get through the driving tests, and the day, as quickly as possible. An uncanny ability to make dead-on observations of those around him, Gregg is sardonic, defeated and would love nothing more than to retire.”

Meadows is best known...

Tim Meadows has been cast in CBS’s upcoming pilot “Dmv.”

The former “SNL” cast member is the first to join the cast of “Dmv,” which was ordered to pilot by the network in August. The single-cam workplace comedy, which hails from CBS Studios, is written by Dana Klein, who executive produces alongside Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling, Robyn Meisinger.

The official logline for “Dmv” is as follows: Based on award winning author Katherine Heiny’s short story, a single camera workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the Dmv. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.

Meadows will play Gregg, a former high school English teacher, who likes to get through the driving tests, and the day, as quickly as possible, per the official character description.

Mean Girls and Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows is set to star in CBS’ comedy pilot Dmv, from the 9Jkl team of co-creator/showrunner Dana Klein, Kapital Entertainment and TrillTV and CBS Studios.

Written by Klein based on author Katherine Heiny’s short story, Dmv is a workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the Dmv. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.

As Deadline exclusively reported last month, CBS had given a pilot order to Dmv and has commissioned a development room for Eternally Yours, both produced by CBS Studios.

Meadows will play former high school English teacher Gregg, the examiner who likes to get through the driving tests, and the day, as quickly as possible. An uncanny ability to make dead-on observations of those around him,...

The NFL season kicks off Thursday with Baltimore traveling to Kansas City for a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship Game. And what could be funnier than a skybox shot of Brittany Mahomes accidentally spilling nachos into Taylor Swift’s lap? How about celebrating another year of your fantasy football humiliation with these five hilarious sketches in which Saturday Night Live skewers America’s favorite sport.

1 United Way

The kid that Peyton Manning flattened with a football is now grown up and married. Manning agreed to make a video for the wedding, telling the groom: “Jack, I threw a few touchdowns in my career, but for the most part, people who walk up to me on the street recognize me for hitting you in the back of the head. So thank you, Jack, for putting me on the map.”

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In addition to Rudy being one of the sappiest sports films ever made,...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child star Lisa Wilcox appears in an eerie new teaser for upcoming found footage film What Happened to Dorothy Bell? The coming-of-age horror film from writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr. is set to make its premiere later this month at Fantastic Fest 2024.

Watch the exclusive new teaser below.

The found footage film “follows Ozzie Gray, who, after uncovering disturbing revelations from her early childhood involving her late grandmother, Dorothy Bell, sets out to video document her investigation into these events. Seeking answers, she visits the library that Dorothy died in to try to communicate with her spirit. As her attempts become increasingly desperate, Ozzie unwittingly awakens something far more malevolent than she could have ever imagined.”

Asya Meadows and Michael Hargrove (Nia DaCosta directed and Jordan Peele produced Candyman) star alongside Lisa Wilcox.

Jonathan Zaurin’s deeply impressive crime drama is a striking exploration of guilt and redemption. Here’s our Derelict review.

We’ve been following Jonathan Zaurin’s film Derelict for a while now. The first trailer emerged earlier this year and we were immediately hooked by the black and white cinematography and were very excited to learn the film would be premiering at FrightFest 2024.

Naturally, I had to check the film out, but I’ve been waiting to write the review, just letting it simmer in my mind. I can’t say Derelict was what I expected it to be from the trailer or even the film’s opening act, but I was very, very impressed.

The film opens with home videos, vibrant with colour, introducing us to a pair of young girls and their dad. These scenes of happiness are contrasted by black-and-white scenes of a crime scene, with...

We’re heading back into the Silo — well, at least two silos, that is — in November.

It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday that Season 2 of the Rebecca Ferguson-led adaptation of Hugh Howey’s bestselling Wool, Shift and Dust trilogy will premiere Friday, Nov. 15 with the first episode (followed by weekly releases through Jan. 17, 2025).

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Rumer Willis has boarded director Rohit Karn Batra’s gun crisis drama, The Gun on Second Street.

The indie, which already stars Poppy Delevingne and Tom Arnold, follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. A violent scuffle quickly ensues as officer Tj Meadows III accidentally shoots and kills his partner, officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun.

Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, Meadows moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin’s widow, Kacie. Willis will play the role of Ashley Pullman, Meadow’s former partner with whom she shares a son.

The Gun on Second Street is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films, with Rikin Shah executive producing.

Rumer Willis is also set to appear in the upcoming feature Broken Trail, opposite Gbenga Akinnagbe and Jeff Fahey. Her other screen...

Say this for Saturday Night Live — if performers don’t have the goods, they don’t stick around for long. A number of talented comics didn’t get asked back for even a second season, including future stars Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate and Ben Stiller. But just because comics are good enough to earn multiple seasons doesn’t mean they can’t overstay their welcome. Here are four SNL performers who milked the show for all it was worth…

1 Kenan Thompson

Hear me out. Clearly, Thompson is an SNL Hall-of-Famer, logging more episodes and more sketches than anyone else in the show’s history. Bravo! But at this point, what does Thompson have left to prove?

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Thompson rarely develops recurring characters like Diondre Cole these days. Instead, he supports other cast members with the greatest comic reactions in the history of Studio 8H. A steady hand is always welcome,...

Live from New York, it’s another addition to the cast of Peacemaker Season 2! James Gunn is hard at work managing the rebirth of the Dcu. Still, he’s taking time out of his busy schedule to announce that Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows is joining the cast of Peacemaker. Gunn posted about Meadows joining Peacemaker on Instagram. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine guest star is all smiles in the photo while wearing a tye-dye Nike hoodie. Meadows looks thrilled to join the series, and we’re excited to have someone as funny as Meadows joining the cast.

Meadows plays the A.R.G.U.S. agent Langston Fleury for Peacemaker Season 2, joining the helmeted hero’s cohorts in the fight against evil. In addition to Meadows joining the cast, Deadline says Superbad filmmaker Greg Mottola is directing a few episodes of the new season. Gunn is smack dab in the middle of production on Superman,...

Exclusive: James Gunn has just announced on Instagram that Mean Girls and Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows is joining the second season of DC’s Max series The Peacemaker opposite John Cena.

Meadows will play Langston Fleury.

In addition, Deadline has separately learned that Superbad filmmaker Greg Mottola will be helming a few episodes. Gunn teased that he production on season 2 of Peacemaker back in April, with Gunn also helming some of the episodes.

Previously announced, Frank Grillo is reprising his role of Rick Flag Sr. the character he voices in Gunn’s upcoming animated series Creature Commandos.

Gunn is currently shooting Superman. Toward the end of the month, the production, which has been lensing in Atlanta, will move to Cleveland.

At one point during its run and the early days of streamer HBO Max, Peacemaker was a widely viewed series, and its Feb. 17, 2022 finale broke the record for...

Exclusive: Universal Pictures has rounded out the cast of its coming-of-age musical teaming director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams with four additions: Tim Meadows (Dream Scenario), Jaboukie Young-White (C’mon C’mon), Jamilah Rosemond (Rustin) and Jayson Lee (61st Street).

Details as to the roles of the newcomers are under wraps, as all roles so far have been. Set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977, the untitled film is inspired by the neighborhood where Williams grew up, and its Atlantis Apartments, in particular.

Kelvin Harrison Jr. leads an ensemble that also includes Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Halle Bailey, Brian Tyree Henry, Missy Elliott, and Janelle Monáe.

Written by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson, the musical will be produced by Williams and Mimi Valdés for i am Other, as well as Gil Netter for Gil Netter Productions. Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones and Director of...

A man spins a story in a doctor’s waiting room, sparking a fairy tale of loss and desperation

Film-makers Claire Coache and Lisle Turner are a couple who survived the horrific experience of losing two babies during pregnancy: one to a medical termination and one to miscarriage. With Cold, they transmute this trauma into a near-wordless performance of allegorical art, one that was filmed during lockdown first in an empty theatre and is now being distributed online for free in order to make the subject accessible to everyone. That’s both very noble and savvy because this discreet, extremely intimate film starring two barely known actors might have struggled to pull in paying customers considering the subject is so painful.

Janet Etuk and Jacob Meadows play a couple first met waiting in a hospital to be seen by a doctor, stressed and worried about the child she’s carrying.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been criticized for his remarks in a case about the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The criticism stems from Thomas’ questioning and his wife’s alleged involvement in the conspiracy surrounding the events leading up to the riot.

In the Supreme Court hearing on a case related to the Capitol riot, Thomas raised the question of whether the federal government had previously charged individuals with obstruction of an official proceeding in the context of violent protests. This statement received backlash on social media, with some critics interpreting it as downplaying the severity of the insurrection.

Former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin criticized Thomas, saying that his wife’s alleged connection to the conspiracy influenced his handling of the case. Thomas’ wife, Virginia Thomas, had conversations with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, where she urged him to overturn the 2020 election results. Virginia raised funds...

On Wednesday, an Arizona grand jury indicted 18 of Donald Trump’s allies for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

Boris Epshteyn, a former White House aide who has remained one of Trump’s closest advisers, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows are three of 18 indicted allies. Their names were redacted in documents released, but court officials confirmed that they were included in the group charged.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) announced the indictment Wednesday night. She focused on the 11 people who acted as pro-Trump electors in Arizona.

“A state grand jury made up of everyday regular Arizonans has now handed down felony indictments for all 11 Republican electors as well as several others connected to this scheme,” Mayes stated.

“These are serious indictments, but this is the first hurdle the state must pass in our constitutional criminal justice system,...

Tim Meadows and Stephanie Beatriz have been cast in key voice roles for the upcoming animated comedy/sci-fi feature film “Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture,” directed by Michael Skolnick (“The Gliksmans”).

Mack Williams of Pig Apple and Michael Bitton of 14th Street Music have also signed on as Animation Director and Composer, respectively.

Beatriz and Meadows join previously announced cast members Andy Richter and Matt Walsh, who will also serve as creative producers, as well as Seth Green, Pamela Adlon, Lou Ferrigno and Clare Grant (“Hanky Panky”).

Andy Richter, Matt Walsh

“Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture” is written and produced by Skolnick, Keegan Cotton, Jordan Lewandowski and Seth Morton.

Set in a 1960s idyllic American town, the film centers on a young boy named Harry, who is convinced that his dad, a chair designer, was abducted by aliens. Determined to prove his theory, Harry runs away from home...

Hot on the heels of an episode that saw host Kristen Wiig and a cadre of guest stars participate in a series of warmly received recurring sketches, Saturday Night Live looks to be at it again.

According to a show insider, another classic recurring character is set to return tonight—and it won’t be played by host Ryan Gosling or anyone on the show’s current cast.

With that tantalizing tip, it’s on to the speculation portion of this post. Between the news of the week, characters Ryan Gosling interacted with in his first two hosting stints, and one other interesting breadcrumb left by the show, which characters seem most likely to make an appearance?

One obvious but somewhat probably unlikely possibility is an appearance from Tim Meadows as O.J. Simpson. Meadows played Simpson throughout the show’s 20th season when Simpson’s trial was a recurring sketch.

Lindsay Lohan is reuniting with Tim Meadows for a new Netflix film.The 'Mean Girls' actress will once again share the screen with Meadows - who played Principal Duvall in the 2004 classic - for upcoming Christmas rom-com 'Our Little Secret'.The film - which is being directed by Stephen Herek from a script by Hailey DeDominicis - will follow two bitter exes played by Lohan and Ian Harding as they're forced to spend Christmas together after finding out their new partners are actually siblings.The cast will also feature Jon Rudnitsky, Chris Parnell, Dan Bucatinsky, Henry Czerny, Katie Baker, Ash Santos, Jake Brennan and Brian Unger, but their roles are yet to be confirmed.Production is currently underway, with the project making up part of her partnership with the streaming platform.It follows fantasy rom-com 'Irish Wish', which followed a bridesmaid attending a wedding between her best friend and love of her life.

You’d be forgiven if you thought butter was a carb, just like it’s totally understandable if you didn’t know the new “Mean Girls” is a musical.

Paramount, which released the movie over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, chose not to explicitly market it as a song-and-dance spectacle, according to the studio’s president of global marketing and distribution Marc Weinstock.

“To start off saying musical, musical, musical, you have the potential to turn off audiences,” he says. “I want everyone to be equally excited.”

The PG-13 film triumphed in its box office debut with $33 million over the four-day weekend. But despite the cultural prominence of Tina Fey’s 2004 comedy, which propelled Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried to stardom, Weinstock’s job – selling the masses on (and clearing up any confusion about) “Mean Girls” – was trickier than trying to make fetch happen.

The story is the same,...

Joyce Randolph, the last living member of The Honeymooners, has died. Randolph, who portrayed Trixie Norton in all 39 original episodes of The Honeymooners, was 99. Her death was announced on Jan. 14 by her son, Randolph Charles.

Joyce Randolph was a New York City icon

Born in Detroit in October 1924, Randolph got her start in acting when she landed a part with a touring theater company. By 1943, she had moved to New York City, intent on becoming a stage actor. She appeared in several stage productions before landing roles on TV. Randolph’s big break came on The Jackie Gleason Show, but she is best known for her part on The Honeymooners. After the series ended in 1956, Randolph appeared sporadically in TV and films but seemed focused on other endeavors.

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She married her husband, Richard Charles, in 1955. They welcomed one child in 1960. Randolph and Charles remained married...

Joyce Randolph, the last of the surviving cast members of The Honeymooners, has died. Her son confirmed her death, of natural causes, at her Manhattan home on Saturday night to the Associated Press. She was 99.

From 1955 to 1956, over what is known as The Honeymooners’ “Classic 39” episodes, Randolph starred as Trixie Norton, the patient, supportive wife to doltish sewer worker Ed Norton, played by Art Carney. Together as the Nortons, they were the upstairs neighbors and de facto best friends to loudmouthed bus driver Ralph Kramden and his long-suffering wife Alice,...

Have you ever wondered what the cast of classic TV shows made? While they certainly didn’t earn what current-day stars are earning, plenty of big contracts floated around during the golden age of television. The cast of The Honeymooners was paid pretty well when all things are considered, but there were some pretty big salary discrepancies on the set. So, how much are they making, and what would that look like in today’s money?

Jackie Gleason made the most out of the cast, followed by Art Carney

Jackie Gleason, the famed actor best known for portraying Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners, was the creative mastermind behind the series. Because he came onto the show as the resident creative with the name recognition to draw a crowd, he understandably made much more than anyone else. According to several sources, Jackie Gleason’s CBS contract was worth $11 million, but that wasn’t his money,...

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie, the wife of Art Carney’s goofy sewer worker Ed Norton, on the classic sitcom The Honeymooners, has died. She was 99.

Randolph, the last surviving member of the famous foursome that also included the stars Jackie Gleason (as Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden) and Audrey Meadows (as Ralph’s level-headed wife, Alice), died Saturday at her home in New York, her son, Randy, told TMZ.

Gleason spotted Randolph doing a commercial for Clorets and hired her to play Trixie on his DuMont network variety show Cavalcade of Stars, which premiered in 1951 and featured the Kramdens and the Nortons — neighbors in a rundown Bensonhurst apartment building — in a recurring skit.

Randolph continued on CBS’ The Jackie Gleason Show and then on The Honeymooners when it was spun off in 1955-56 as a half-hour sitcom recorded in front of a live audience. That season is known for...

Tina Fey has revealed the one stipulation that she and Tim Meadows had about reprising their roles in the new Mean Girls movie.

It’s been nearly 20 years since Fey and Meadows initially starred as Ms. Norbury and Principal Duvall, respectively, in the 2004 film. But they decided to return as their iconic characters in the new movie musical adaptation, based on the 2018 Broadway musical, as long as they didn’t have to sing.

“I am reprising my role as Ms. Norbury because we thought, well, teachers work for a long time. So it might make sense if Tim and I did it,” Fey recently told People magazine. “So I called Tim and I was like, ‘Will you do it? I’ll do it if you do it.’ And we said, ‘Yes, as long as we don’t have to sing.'”

The actress-comedian added of working with Meadows again, “It was fun.

Avantika plays Karen Shetty, Angourie Rice plays Cady Heron, Renee Rapp plays Regina George and Bebe Wood plays Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls from Paramount Pictures. Photo: Jojo Whilden/Paramount © 2023 Paramount Pictures.

Get ready for another “full circle film”, an IP (intellectual property) that began in one medium, was adapted to another, and then returns to that original medium. One of the more recent Broadway trends, along with the “jukebox musical”, has been taking an often beloved feature film and adapting it into a big splashy stage musical. And when they’re big hits, then bring the musical take to the big screen. Back in 2005, The Producers did the big “whip-around” when the musical based on the 1967 Oscar-winning classic played (briefly) at the multiplex. A couple of years later saw the tune-filled return of Hairspray. Just a few weeks ago (it’s still playing in many markets) The Color Purple did much the same,...

Actress Lindsay Lohan made a surprise appearance at the ‘Mean Girls’ premiere in New York City. The original ‘Mean Girls’ star on Monday night celebrated the premiere of the musical movie with writer-producer Tina Fey, who reprises her role as Ms. Norbury from the 2004 comedy classic, and Angourie Rice, who takes on Lohan’s role as Cady Heron.

Lohan and Fey were joined by original cast members Daniel Franzese, who starred as Damian Hubbard, and Rajiv Surrendra, who played rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, reports ‘Variety’.

Will any of them make a cameo in the film? “I couldn’t possibly say, but we do have some fun cameos,” Fey told ‘Variety’ on the pink carpet.

“Ashley Park is in the movie, Tim (Meadows) is in the movie – we have some fun influencer friends. But you’ll just have to come see it this Friday.”

Additional ‘Mean Girls’ stars and creative team...

When former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he hired Ken Block’s data mining firm to try and find evidence to back up the wild allegations Trump and his campaign were making about voter fraud. Instead, Block found none, and now his work could be used to help prosecute Trump.

“I’ve received subpoenas from both Jack Smith’s federal investigation into potential crimes related to Jan. 6 and also Fani Willis’ investigation of potential election crimes committed in Georgia,” Block told Rolling Stone in an interview. “All of my...

A federal appeals court has rejected Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia election interference case out of state court.

The court ruled that Meadows, who served as chief of staff under Donald Trump, will have to stand trial in Atlanta. While Meadows could appeal his ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, the case is still likely to be held in Fulton County.

Meadows thought he would get a more favorable jury pool in federal court and argued that his role as chief of staff allowed him to do almost anything on Trump’s behalf.

Meadow’s appeal was heard by Chief Judge William Pryor and Circuit Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Nancy Abudu. All three voted to reject his plea.

“Meadows cannot point to any authority for influencing state officials with allegations of election fraud,” Pryor wrote regarding his decision. “At bottom, whatever the chief of staff’s role...

A binder containing highly classified information regarding Russia’s efforts to meddle with the 2016 election disappeared from the West Wing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency —- and has never been found, according to a report from CNN.

The binder, described as 10 inches thick and containing a trove of information on the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” Russia investigation, was moved from the CIA’s headquarters to the White House days before Trump left office so the former president could declassify its contents.

According to a Jan. 2021 White House...

Donald Trump can still be restricted in what he says witnesses as well as lawyers and court staff, and their families, in his federal election conspiracy case, an appellate court ruled on Friday.

The three-judge panel largely upheld Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order in the proceedings, with the exception that the restrictions do not apply to Special Counsel Jack Smith, a frequent Trump target who he has labeled “deranged.”

The judges also set parameters for the type of restrictions on Trump’s comments about attorneys and court staffers, writing that it applied in cases where his statements “are made with the intent to materially interfere with, or to cause others to materially interfere with, counsel’s or staff’s work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is highly likely to result.”

Read the Trump appellate court ruling.

Trump’s attorneys argued that the gag order,...

Dead Man’s Shoes and This is England director Shane Meadows used his BAFTA David Lean Lecture to discuss impostor syndrome and Paddy Considine’s improvizational skills.

Talking about his 2013 music doc Stone Roses: Made of Stone, the cult indie film director said: “It’s that impostor syndrome I’ve always had — and I’ve still got it to some degree — that you’re almost like, ‘I’m not deserving of that. How could I take on a concert film?'”

In the event, Made of Stone, which followed the British band The Stone Roses reuniting after 16 years, was released to acclaim — one of several critical triumphs in Meadows’ career.

Meadows said the experience taught him that treating a major production in “those little incremental stages” was key. “It’s like this little acorn that started to blossom, and once you actually realize when you’ve got an amazing team of people,...

"Jaws" is an immortal classic, but decades on from its 1975 release, several of the movie's principal players have left us. Peter Benchley, the source novel's author and the film's co-writer turned shark conservationist, passed in 2006. Robert Shaw, who played the shark-hating fisherman Quint, died in 1978, a mere three years after the premiere of "Jaws." Shaw still left his mark on film history thanks to his masterful monologue about Quint's experience during the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.

Of course, the biggest winner of "Jaws" was director Steven Spielberg, who entered the production of "Jaws" as a scrappy young upstart and turned it into his first rung while climbing the Hollywood lader. Spielberg is the most influential American filmmaker of his generation and the ones that have followed. He's never lost his magic touch either, so we can only hope and pray he stays with us even longer.

In the years since then,...

Mark Meadows is being sued by the publisher of his book, who has accused the former White House chief of staff of violating an agreement with All Seasons Press by making false statements regarding Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 election.

The company filed the lawsuit after ABC News reported that Meadows received immunity to testify before a grand jury in the investigation into Trump’s false election fraud claims.

“Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff under Donald J. Trump, promised and represented that ‘all statements contained in the work are true and based on reasonable research for accuracy,’ and that he ‘has not made any misrepresentations to the Publisher about the work,'” the publishing company wrote in the suit.

“Meadows breached those warranties causing Asp to suffer significant monetary and reputational damage when the media widely reported… that he wanted President Trump against claiming that election...

Mark Meadows’ book publisher has sued the former Trump administration chief of staff over breach of contract allegations relating to false claims he made regarding the 2020 Presidential Election.

In the lawsuit filed Friday and obtained by Rolling Stone, book publisher All Seasons Press (Asp) alleged that Meadows had originally “promised and represented that all statements” in his 2021 memoir The Chief’s Chief were “‘true and based on reasonable research for accuracy,’ and that he ‘has not made any misrepresentations to the Publisher about the Work.'”

The publisher claimed that...

Since the summer, Donald Trump’s legal teams have been wracked by one abiding fear: betrayal.

On one front, the former president’s inner circle has fretted about how many co-defendants in the Fulton County criminal case — or co-conspirators in the special counsel probes — might turn against him, accept a plea deal, and cooperate with the prosecutors. But lingering beneath the fear of disloyalty lies another, darker fear about whether anyone anyone still working in, or close to, Trump’s inner orbit could already secretly be working with prosecutors.

For months,...

Mark Meadows has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith in exchange for immunity from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against Donald Trump.

According to ABC News, the former White House chief of staff has testified under oath at least three times, twice before the special counsel’s office and once to a grand jury, regarding the investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows reportedly testified that he had told the former president the election was lost and,...

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A Few Good Men (AMC+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Columbia Pictures

Synopsis: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore star in Rob Reiner’s unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one’s conscience. Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who’s teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Moore) in a politically explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier,...

Mark Meadows burned so many papers in his office fireplace during his final months as Donald Trump’s chief of staff that his wife had to dry clean his clothes to rid them of the “bonfire smell,” according to his former senior aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s new memoir.

Hutchinson served as a key witness in the House committee’s investigation into the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. Her book, Enough, was published on Tuesday and included incriminating details about other members of the Trump administration.

The ex-Meadows aide previously testified to the House committee that she had seen her boss burning documents in his office upwards of a dozen times, and wrote in her memoir that she “would sometimes find [Meadows] leaning over the fire, feeding papers into it, watching to make sure they burned.”

She went on to mention that Meadows burned papers so frequently that his wife commented on...

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleges Rudy Giuliani groped her while they waited backstage during Donald Trump’s speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021.

Hutchinson, who worked in the White House as an assistant to former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was a key witness in the Jan. 6 Committee’s investigation into the events of Jan. 6.

According to a review by The Guardian, in her upcoming book — titled Enough — Hutchinson delves into further detail regarding her personal experiences on Jan. 6, including a disturbing interaction with Trump’s former attorney.

A judge denied former Donald Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows‘ bid to move the Georgia criminal case against him from state to federal court.

Meadows, Trump, and 17 others were charged in August by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a sprawling Rico indictment resulting from a lengthy investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.

In the notice of removal filed last month, Meadows’ attorneys argued that since “the conduct giving rise to the charges in the indictment all occurred during his tenure and as part of...