Courtney Stodden isn’t holding back anymore.
16.03.2022 - 02:25 / variety.com
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCourteney Cox knows a thing or two about sitcoms. She shot to fame as Monica Geller on the iconic “Friends” and starred for six seasons on “Cougar Town.”It’s no surprise she gets pitched a lot of half-hour comedies.
However, it’s rare she finds anything that appealing.“Usually they’re not challenging enough, or I find sitcoms just not that funny anymore,” she tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.But then came “Shining Vale.” It’s not exactly a sitcom, but a horror comedy series on Starz. She stars as Pat, a novelist with writers block who relocates with the family from New York City to Connecticut after her husband Terry (Greg Kinnear) learns she’s having an affair.
Pat, who is also a recovering alcoholic, believes their new home is haunted because she begins to see ghosts, including one played by Mira Sorvino. “Shining Vale” was co-created by “Friends” writer Jeff Astrof.
“I’m pretty sure this character was written for someone in their 40’s … but then they changed it to a woman in their 50’s, which is great because that’s when your midlife crisis really happens,” Cox says. “That’s when menopause, the whole thing, that’s when they keep blaming it on ‘Oh, it’s hormones,’ but it’s a lot more than that, and you know, that’s what I am.” Cox’s new series comes on the heels of the Emmy-nominated “Friends” reunion television special and Paramount’s box office hit reboot of the “Scream” franchise.
Cox, who returned as Gale Weathers in the Ghostface juggernaut, still can’t believe that the new film included the death of Dewey, played by Cox’s ex-husband David Arquette. “It was sad because Dewey is such a beloved character and he’s so goofy,”
.Courtney Stodden isn’t holding back anymore.
Do not expect Lisa Kudrow or Courteney Cox to compete in “Friends” trivia nights.
Courteney Cox is already getting pumped up for the next installment in the franchise!The 57-year-old actress recently revealed, during an appearance on the podcast , that she will be reprising her role as Gale Weathers in the next film in the long-running horror series.«I got the script yesterday,» Cox said on the episode. «I haven't read it yet, I just got it. I'm excited to read it.»The actress added that production could be starting in the next few months, telling Malkin, «I know they're going to start filming… I think, in June, in Canada.»«I don't know if I'm supposed to say anything!» she added with a laugh, before quipping, «Let me tell you the killer!»On Friday, the release date for the next movie was also revealed.
Courteney Cox is already getting pumped up for the next installment in the franchise!The actress recently revealed, during an appearance on the podcast , that she will be reprising her role as Gale Weathers in the next film in the long-running horror series.«I got the script yesterday,» Cox said on the episode. «I haven't read it yet, I just got it. I'm excited to read it.»The actress added that production could be starting in the next few months, telling Malkin, «I know they're going to start filming… I think, in June, in Canada.»«I don't know if I'm supposed to say anything!» she added with a laugh, before quipping, «Let me tell you the killer!»Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures announced in February that they had given the green light to move forward with the next installment of the horror franchise.
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(CNN)Please don't ask Courteney Cox to quote dialogue from "Friends" episodes.Despite the 10 seasons she spent on the massively popular series, Cox has reminded the world that she doesn't remember much about her time on the show.She recently told "Sunday Today" that her lack of memory put her at a disadvantage for last year's HBO Max "Friends" reunion (HBO Max is owned by CNN's parent company)."I should've watched all 10 seasons because when I did the reunion and was asked questions, I was like, 'I don't remember being there,'" Cox said. "I don't remember filming so many episodes."She said she'll sometimes catch episodes on TV and has no recollection.
Courteney Cox, Ed Sheeran, Elton John and Brandi Carlile delighted fans last year when they teamed up for a surprise cover.
Courteney Cox and her co-stars appeared in 236 episode of “Friends”, although she’s admitting she doesn’t remember a lot of them.
“Friends: The Reunion” in May 2021. “I should’ve watched all 10 seasons because when I did the reunion and was asked questions, I was like, ‘I don’t remember being there,’” she laughed. “Yeah.
Courteney Cox believes that women “go through a lot” once they reach a certain age.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe blunt opening title card of “Shining Vale” feels like a test: “Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression,” it reads, seeming to signal the beginning of a clunky show about Women and Depression — at least until the next sentence appears onscreen. “Women are also twice as likely to be possessed by a demon,” it says, a immediate and deliberate wink of self-awareness at an audience that might’ve already tried to write the show off.
Shining Vale, Starz’ new horror comedy co-created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and Jeff Astrof (Trial & Error), that’s the point. Leaning into clichés in order to answer the question “What if The Shining was a sitcom starring Courteney Cox?”, this eight-part series (served in bingeable, thirty-minute morsels) juggles jump scares and jokes at a rate of knots, whilst trying to dissect the ways in which women’s trauma is so often either demonised or dismissed out of hand.
Courteney Cox is opening up about falling in love.
Courteney Cox's audition for Bruce Springsteen's music video was awkward to say the least. During a recent chat on SiriusXM's , the 57-year-old actress recalled auditioning for Springsteen's 1984 video for «Dancing in the Dark.»«I thought I was in the wrong place,» Cox said of showing up to the audition and being surrounded by professional dancers. «I was like, 'I don't know what they're doing, but I can't even bend my leg.
There’s so much overlong TV out there in the streaming era, but the Starz horror-comedy “Shining Vale” has to be one of this year’s most damning, counter-intuitive examples. Because it needs to take up so much running time, its few good ideas about characters, alive and dead, lose much of their impact.
scream when she thought she encountered a ghost in her LA home.The “Scream” star, 57, recounted the horror tale on a recent episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — and shared why she felt she had to actually sell her Laurel Canyon pad because of it.Cox stars in the upcoming Starz horror-comedy series “Shining Vale,” and host Jimmy Kimmel, 54, asked her if she ever saw a ghost herself.“I didn’t believe it at first,” she said, adding that her house once was owned by burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, as well as singer/songwriter Carole King.The “Friends” actress then revealed that King, 80, came over to have a séance with her to banish the spirit from the property. However, Cox was too awestruck by the Grammy-winner to pay attention to their supernatural activity.