A League of Their Own’s D’Arcy Carden Says Cast Would Huddle Around Rosie O’Donnell to Ask Movie Trivia: ‘It Was Pretty Magical’

Before Annabelle and Jigsaw, there was Chucky. The original Child’s Play movie was about an infamous murderer named Chucky who prolonged his life (and heinous deeds) by transferring his soul into a Good Guy doll, wreaking havoc on unsuspecting kids.

Michaela Zee editorThe African American Film Critics Association held its fourth annual AAFCA Awards on Saturday to honor outstanding work in television. During the ceremony, Courtney B.

, there’s a certain kind of swagger required. And for D’Arcy Carden, the only way to bring that to the screen was to channel George Clooney. “Playing cool and confident and sexy is really hard,” the actress, who first garnered breakout attention thanks to her Emmy-nominated turn as Janet on, tells ET.

Prime Video series of the same name.The result is entertaining enough and should win over nostalgic fans — but it’s not quite a home run.Now streaming, “A League of Their Own,” has a similar premise to the movie, which starred Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna, and Jon Lovitz. Created by Will Graham (“Mozart in the Jungle”) and Abbi Jacobson (“Broad City”), who also stars, the series is set in 1943 and follows the Rockford Peaches, a women’s team in the new All American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed because World War II has threatened the existence of Major League Baseball with men off fighting overseas.The series begins with Carson Shaw (Jacobson) taking a train from Idaho to Chicago for baseball tryouts.

BreAnna Bell In light of its Aug. 12 premiere, producers behind Amazon’s “A League of Their Own” spinoff series admit they’ve already started making plans for a Season 2 – which could be starting sooner than you’d think.“We’ve already started writing and bringing the story for Season 2.

Thirty years after Penny Marshall’s home run hit film “A League of Their Own” (1992) hit TV screens, a reimagined series that has the heart of the story will do the same. Created by Abbi Jacobson who also stars in the series and Will Graham, the TV show broadens the scope of storytelling that captures the women who went to play baseball while the men were away for World War II.The series does still center around the Midwestern All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, with four teams: the Rockford Peaches, Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox and Racine Belles. Will a good deal of action takes place on the diamond, more lies beyond the dugout and bases.

A League of Their Own (★★★★☆), Amazon’s sweeping, 1940s-set dramedy created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, doesn’t rehash or reprise characters made famous in Penny Marshall’s beloved 1992 film. Dottie, Kit, Doris, and “All the Way” Mae aren’t in the lineup, and neither is Tom Hanks’ irascible Jimmy Dugan, manager of the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.Of course, there’s still no crying in baseball — the movie’s best-remembered quote does earn a reprise — and the spotlight is still on the Peaches of Rockford, Illinois.

Abbi Jacobson is making A League of Their Own — her own. The Broad City alum is accomplishing what she set out to do by exploring topics of sexuality and racism in her new Prime Video adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name.

is the TV series adapted from Penny Marshall’s classic 1992  film about the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in the 1940s. Co-created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, who also stars as catcher Carson Shaw, the series widens the lens to explore the authentic and diverse lives of the league's many players, with season 1 largely focused on the women that made up the Rockford Peaches. But it also feels very familiar, capturing the essence of what made the movie, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, such a long standing favorite. In fact, there are several homages and Easter eggs or what D’Arcy Carden, who plays Peaches player Greta, calls “little kisses to the movie” that many fans will instantly recognize.

Madonna’s Mae Mordabito in the 1992 film, Rosie O’Donnell has returned to the famed women’s baseball franchise in a role created specifically for the Prime Video series.Creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, who also stars as Rockford Peaches catcher Carson, as well as the cast -- including D’Arcy Carden and Melanie Field, who play Mae and Doris prototypes, Greta and Jo, respectively — open up to ET about the inspiration behind O’Donnell’s character, how her role played into a key moment in season 1 and what it was like having her on set. “I mean, Rosie being in the show is huge,” says Roberta Colindrez, who plays Peaches pitcher Lupe, adding that “she was the most gracious, cool, generous co-star.”[: Some spoilers for season 1 of ]With the series wanting to expand upon the film to include the untold queer stories of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), Jacobson couldn’t help but acknowledge O’Donnell’s own impact on the LGBTQ storytelling landscape.  “We were trying not to do a lot of cameos on the show to really differentiate it from the film, but because we are telling a lot of these queer stories and Rosie is like, a huge part of queer history, of American history, it just felt so special to have her not only approve of the show but wanna be in it and really wanna play a character that’s so different from the one that she is in the film,” Jacobson says, revealing that O’Donnell stopped by the writers’ room early in the production on season 1.

A League of Their Own” TV show, streaming on August 12.The show is a reboot of the classic baseball flick from 1992, but instead of the all-star team of Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell, this TV series adaptation will star a brand new lineup.Abbi Jacobson of “Broad City” fame, who co-created the show with Will Graham, stars in the series. Also in the dugout are Nick Offerman, Chanté Adams, Kelly McCormack and more.

Rosie O’Donnell says she has regrets about how she treated Anne Heche in the past following the actress’ scary car crash.

Rosie O'Donnell is showing remorse. The comedian took to TikTok to share her thoughts on Anne Heche's car crash, saying, "Feeling bad that I made fun of her when she was talking to Barbara Walters about having a relationship with space-aliens, you know?" O'Donnell is referencing a 2001 ABC News interview where Heche claimed she had an alternate personality, named "Celastia." In the interview, she showed Walters the secret language she utilized to communicate with God.  The former talk show host added, "I wonder if she's ok? I think it's a miracle she didn't kill anyone … and I hope she survives.

Inspired by the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which operated from 1943 to 1954, Penny Marshall’s 1992 film “A League of Their Own” is a ’90s comedy classic starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, and Madonna. It spawned a short-lived television show of the same name and was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012 for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”  READ MORE: The Best TV Of 2022… So Far For many people of a certain age, the film was not just a foundational text but a movie so ubiquitous in their lives that they can’t remember life without it.

In case any TV fans missed Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell’s explosive on-air fight more than a decade ago, the two former View cohosts are dredging up their old drama now.

Rosie O'Donnell says her daughter, Vivienne, is «right to say» she didn't have a «normal» upbringing, because it's true!The actress posted another TikTok video on Friday and said she knew what her 19-year-old daughter was talking about when Vivienne posted her own TikTok video that triggered their fun back and forth.«Listen, I knew what she was talking about,» Rosie says in her video. «It's not normal to have three lesbian mothers and have one of them be famous and get in a fight with the president for five years or more.»O'Donnell added, «She's right to say that it wasn’t a normal upbringing like all of her friends, and it’s OK. You’re allowed to express your feelings in our family, even if you do it online in a funny manner.

Gallery: The Duchess of Sussex turns 41 today! It's 10 things you didn't know about the remarkable Meghan Markle! (BANG Showbiz)She asked: “Vi Vi, what do you mean I didn’t do anything normal? “I did normal things. I’m normal. I’m totally normal.