Helen Mirren dedicated a Jerusalem Film Festival life-time achievement award to actors around the world on Thursday, just an hour before a looming SAG-AFTRA strike was made official.
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Adam Sandler took to Twitter Friday to salute a high school golfer who has adopted the name of Happy Gilmore, a 1996 film starring Sandler in the title role.
The teen Gilmore came to public attention with the announcement that he’ll attend Indiana’s Ball State University and compete on the school’s golf team.
“Go get em Happy,” Sandler wrote on Friday. “Pulling for you.”
The film Happy Gilmore portrayed a high-strung hockey player who joins the pro golf tour to save his grandmother’s house.
The teen Happy Gilmore, whose real name is Landon, adopted “Happy” as a nickname when he began to compete in tournaments.
“My mom said it was before this, but I really remember it when I was like 9 years old,” he said in June 2022, per the Indianapolis Star. “Then when I was like 13, I started going by ‘Happy’ all the time.”
Gilmore announced his commitment to the Ball State golf program on Friday as part of the 2024 class.
“I am very excited to announce that I have committed to continue my academic and golf career at Ball State University,” Gilmore wrote. “I am very grateful for the opportunity Coach Fleck has given me! I would like to thank my family, my friends and coaches who push me everyday!”
Of course, carrying the name of a famous comedy movie has its moments.
“No matter where I play at, someone will see my scorecard,” Gilmore told GolfChannel.com. “So, when I shot an 88 at that [U.S. Open] local qualifier [earlier this year], I was really hoping no one would see that. That kind of blew up a little bit. There’s good and bad, I guess, but I have a really great attitude, and I don’t let anything bother me. Honestly, I love when I go through and read comments of people poking fun.”
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Helen Mirren dedicated a Jerusalem Film Festival life-time achievement award to actors around the world on Thursday, just an hour before a looming SAG-AFTRA strike was made official.
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“The Spectacular” (Dutton, out now). The novel follows Marian, a plucky young dancer in the 1950s, who defies her family’s expectations when she runs away from home to join the Rockettes — right as a mysterious bomber is terrorizing the city, leaving explosives in some of the Big Apple’s most iconic landmarks.Davis interviewed about a dozen Rockettes in the course of her research, but Lachenauer proved to be an invaluable resource, plying her with old programs and photos from her time there, as well as reading a manuscript and providing notes for Davis to make her tale as authentic as possible.“I was really intimidated because I don’t have a dance background,” Davis explains.
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Angelique Jackson WME Sports has added NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards to its growing roster of basketball talent. The agency will represent Edwards in all areas, on and off the court. After attending the University of Georgia, Edwards was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In his debut season, Edwards was named first-team All-Rookie, and in 2023 he was selected as an NBA All-Star. The 21-year-old guard has already made his entrée into Hollywood, making his acting debut with a supporting role opposite Adam Sandler in Netflix’s “Hustle.” “I’ve been locked in to giving everything I have to be the best I can be on and off the court, and no one is better equipped to support me and my family through this journey than WME Sports,” stated Edwards. “I’m excited about all we will do in basketball, entertainment, business and philanthropy, and as I look at the legacies of other WME athletes, I know there is no limit to what’s possible.”
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Adam Sandler and his family stepped out to attend the premiere of a new movie that he produced for Netflix!
Adam Sandler and his family stepped out to attend the premiere of a new movie that he produced for Netflix!
Nina Dobrev kicks up her heel behind her while leaning into longtime love Shaun White at the premiere of her new Netflix movie, The Out-Laws.
Adam Sandler is throwing his support behind a talented teenager who shares the name of one of the “SNL” alum’s most beloved screen creations, the titular hockey player turned golfer in 1996 comedy “Happy Gilmore”.
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