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, several of the show's stars are looking back at the beloved family drama. Melissa McCarthy, who got her start playing lovable chef Sookie St.

Hollywood came to Manchester on Monday as Fast Furious star Luke Evans and director Phil Allocco were spotted filming new movie 5lb of Pressure in Manchester. Welsh actor and singer Luke, 43, stars in the story of a man on a quest for redemption and the Northern Quarter was transformed for the scenes, believed to be set in Brooklyn, New York.

Jon Hamm's role in "Bridesmaids" was legendary, but it turns out that he was only in the film as a favor to a friend. That friend? Kristen Wiig. In discussing his Ted character in the 2011 film on SiriusXM's "Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw," Jon revealed that he signed on without a script, without a financial agreement or without even talking to his agents."I did that movie before there was a part, before there was a script, I said 'yes' to it. And [my] agents went, 'Oh, well, s***.

Jenny McCarthy has forged a successful career for herself over the last two decades and is happily married to Blue Bloods actor Donnie Wahlberg – but she's not the only star in her family.READ: Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg heartbroken after family deathThe Masked Singer judge is related to none other than Hollywood A-lister Melissa McCarthy! Despite the two women sharing the same surname, many fans are unaware of their family connection because they don't make public appearances together.WATCH: Nicole Scherzinger dazzles in red hot dress on The Masked SingerAccording to Melissa, she and her cousin live in "opposite worlds", but it was, in fact, Jenny who got the Ghostbusters star her first acting job with a cameo on MTV's sketch series, The Jenny McCarthy Show.Melissa went on to find fame as Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls and has starred in a string of blockbuster hits ever since, including 2011's Bridesmaids – which she won her first Oscar nomination for – and 2018's Can You Ever Forgive Me, which earned her a second Oscar nomination.SEE: Inside Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's impressive Illinois homeMORE: Melissa McCarthy's luxurious kitchen will leave you speechlessJenny has enjoyed success on the smaller screen, winning a new legion of fans thanks to her roles on The View and The Masked Singer.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Bobby Cannavale has signed with CAA.

EXCLUSIVE:  Laura Chinn’s teenage movie Suncoast starring Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson and Nico Parker has added Ella Anderson, Daniella Perkins, Amarr and Ariel Martin.

Jodi Benson is sending love to Halle Bailey, from one Ariel to another! The voice actress who provided the voice of Ariel in the 1989 animated film, “The Little Mermaid“, shared her praise for the 22-year-old after Walt Disney Studios dropped the trailer for its live-action adaptation during this year’s D23 Expo.

Jodi Benson is sending love to Halle Bailey, from one Ariel to another! The voice actress who provided the voice of Ariel in the 1989 animated film, , shared her praise for the 22-year-old after Walt Disney Studios dropped the trailer for its live-action adaptation during this year's D23 Expo.The first look at Bailey as Ariel starts with her navigating the ocean and fans seeing her vantage point as she swims past fishes and sea turtles. At one point in the trailer, Ariel stumbles upon a wrecked ship.

Ethan Shanfeld Disney made quite a splash at its D23 Expo last weekend with a first look at Halle Bailey’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” which earned over 104 million global views, Variety has learned exclusively. The clip takes viewers on a journey through the ocean before showing the shimmering underwater life of Ariel (Bailey), who teases her version of the iconic “Little Mermaid” song “Part of Your World.” “The Little Mermaid” teaser floated above those of all recent Disney live-action titles, including “Cruella” (68 million views), “Beauty and the Beast” (94 million views), “Alladin” (74 million views) and “Maleficent 2” (62 million views). Due to Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, “The Little Mermaid” metrics do not include views from the U.K., Ireland and Australia.

King Charles III, who arranged to visit his wife before she died from lung cancer last year. Joan Washington, who was a voice coach to celebrities including Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain, died in September last year at the age of 74. Swazi-English actor Grant, whose wife died eight months after she was diagnosed with lung cancer, praises the new King in his forthcoming memoir, A Pocketful Of Happiness.

Richard E Grant has praised King Charles III, who arranged to visit his wife before she died from lung cancer last year. Joan Washington, who was a voice coach to celebrities including Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain, died in September last year at the age of 74. Swazi-English actor Grant, whose wife died eight months after she was diagnosed with lung cancer, praises the new King in his forthcoming memoir, A Pocketful Of Happiness.

The writers behind ABC’s Black-ish, Apple TV+’s Pachinko, Disney’s Oscar-winning Encanto and Adam McKay’s satire Don’t Look Up are among the winners of the 46th annual Humanitas Prizes. The honors were bestowed Friday afternoon in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.

The Little Mermaid has been unveiled.The teaser was premiered at Disney’s D23 Expo, which is currently taking place in Anaheim, California today (September 9).The Little Mermaid will see singer Halle Bailey of duo Chloe X Halle take on the lead role of Ariel. The one-minute-23-second-long teaser gives a first look at her in the part, featuring the actor swimming through the ocean with a shiny blue tail.Bailey also can be heard singing a part of ‘Part Of Your World’ in the teaser.

Walt Disney Pictures has been pushing forward with heaps of “live-action” remakes of classic films from their extensive film library, and one of the more recent attempts has been a modern spin on the hit 1989 film “The Little Mermaid.” The film wasn’t just popular with kids but made a strong impression on adults as well, as it ended up winning Oscar statues for Score and Best Song. This makes sense why Disney recruited singer Halle Bailey to play the live-action version of the mermaid princess, Ariel, along with hiring veteran director Rob Marshall (“Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides“) to helm the musical after tackling feature adaptations of “Chicago” and “Into The Woods.” We’ve all been curious about the project and finally landed our first look at the live-action remake thanks to the studio’s panel at D23 Expo and the very first teaser trailer.

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey as Ariel!

Gregg Goldstein Most independent producer/financiers would be glad to have one hot title up for sale in Toronto. Limelight arrives this week with three: the Jane Fonda/Lily Tomlin-led comedy-drama “Moving On,” plus a pair of distinctive coming-of-age dramas, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” and “Wildflower.”   Now Limelight is developing the script for a comedy tentatively titled “Coachella,” written by Andy Siara (“Palm Springs”) and Joey Siara. The feature centers on teens who tell their parents they’re going on a church trip, but sneak off to the famed desert music festival instead. The Siara brothers are loosely drawing on their experiences playing the fest with their indie rock band, The Henry Clay People. (Andy, creator of Peacock’s “The Resort” and writer of an upcoming Apple Studios sci-fi comedy starring Andy Samberg, is repped by UTA, LBI Entertainment and Morris Yorn. Joey is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment.)

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Scott Patterson has recalled how he felt "objectified" while filming a scene for Gilmore Girls. The actor, who played Luke Danes on the popular show from 2000 until 2007, revealed on a recent episode of the I Am All In with Scott Patterson podcast that he felt uncomfortable during a sequence shot for the third season when Lauren Graham's character Lorelai and Melissa McCarthy's Sookie note that his bottom has a "nice shape to it". Reflecting on the moment, Scott noted that he found the scene to be "disturbing".

Scott Patterson did not enjoy his body being "objectified" while filming the hit television series "Gilmore Girls." On a recent episode of his podcast, "I Am All In With Scott Patterson," the star detailed a scene from Season Three when Lorelai, played by Lauren Graham, and Sookie, played by Melissa McCarthy, commented on the "nice shape" of Patterson’s character Luke Danes' behind. "Objectifying somebody's body part? Yeah, that was disturbing," Patterson said. "It is infuriating because you're being treated like an object.  "And it's disturbing, and it's disgusting, and I had to endure that through that entire scene and many takes … It was the most disturbing time I have ever spent on that set.

Gilmore Girls has to have been basically the most wholesome thing to some out of The WB and CW, right? Butt one star looking back on it sees the show differently…

Meghan Markle is celebrating another year around the sun as she turns 41 on August 4. The Duchess of Sussex is known for using her birthday to highlight causes close to her and on her 40th birthday she released 40x40.

shelving of DC’s “Batgirl” continues, as at least six different movies billed as Max Original films have been quietly removed from HBO Max in recent days.Some eagle-eyed Reddit viewers were first to notice the absence of the titles, all of which were exclusively released for streaming and skipped theaters. Those movies include including the Anne Hathaway films “The Witches” and “Locked Down,” the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Superintelligence,” the Seth Rogen comedy “An American Pickle,” the Dylan Sprouse sci-fi romance “Moonshot” and the Sundance drama “Charm City Kings.” Additionally, a remake of “House Party” from LeBron James’ Springhill Entertainment that was originally meant to debut on HBO Max on July 28 did not launch and was scrubbed from the release calendar.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarner Bros. Discovery has been quietly culling content from HBO Max — including several Warner Bros.

The Simpsons will parody Stephen King’s classic novel It in a special singular Treehouse Of Horror episode.Details of the show’s upcoming 34th season were teased at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday (July 23) where executive producer Matt Selman announced that one of the two Halloween episodes in the next season will be dedicated entirely to a parody of It.This marks the first time a Treehouse Of Horror special of The Simpsons will have a single story instead of the usual three vignettes.Speaking to Variety, Selman said: “We’ve never done a single fantastical, scary, dark story, told over the scope of the 20 minutes and 40 seconds that is an episode.“I think the fans are going to be really excited. Certainly the tattoos already exist of Krusty as Pennywise.

EXCLUSIVE: Master, Black Monday and Girls Trip star Regina Hall has signed with APA for representation. She follows her longtime agent at ICM Andrew Rogers who was recently named Global Head of Talent at APA.

the struggling streamer’s quarterly earnings report Tuesday was that it lost fewer subscribers than it expected to — 1 million instead of 2 million. Pop the cork, losers! While it is possible that third quarter results will look somewhat rosier thanks to the enduring fandom surrounding the show “Stranger Things,” that lil bump will be a short-lived distraction from the inevitable:Netflix has lost the streaming wars.Disney+ has “Star Wars,” Marvel and “Avatar”; HBO Max boasts DC Comics, “Harry Potter” and “Godzilla.” Woebegone Netflix — sigh — touts migraines starring Melissa McCarthy.“Stranger Things,” you say? The Duffer Brothers’ popular sci-fi series has just one more season to go, now that its once adorable stars’ voices have become deeper than James Earl Jones’.  “The Crown”? Who cares?In any case, Netflix desperately needs more than one reliable megahit to stay afloat.

Netflix juggernaut Stranger Things could not be dislodged from the top spot in Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming rankings.

Duke of Sussex, who quit royal duties in 2020 to move to California with the former Suits star. There, they scooped up a $100million Netflix deal and gave interviews slamming their old life in the UK. “It feels like it’s all become too much for him, especially with the Netflix crew everywhere.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“Hey Alexa, what’s another word for ‘creepy’?”In a demo that has drawn comparisons to dystopian series “Black Mirror,” Amazon revealed that it has developed a way for its Alexa voice assistant to replicate the speech of a dead relative — based on less than a minute of recorded audio of the original person.The ecommerce giant showed off the new technology Wednesday at its re:MARS conference, Amazon’s global artificial-intelligence event for machine learning, automation, robotics and space. In a video demo shown at the event, a young boy says, “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me ‘The Wizard of Oz’?” — whereupon a synthesized voice of the grandmother emanates from an Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker.

Amy Schumer is explaining why she let go of her doula following the birth of her baby boy, Gene. 

Chris Hemsworth is opening up about his role in Ghostbusters, and revealed that he was worried his career would be over after it.

In a nondescript house on a nondescript block in Burbank, California, a “pathologically honest” man named Clark (Ben Falcone) feeds his cats dinner. One won’t come inside, so he heads to his backyard to retrieve it.

In the beloved NBC sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry Seinfeld often displayed his genuine obsession with breakfast food. A rotating collection of cereals can be seen in almost every episode in Jerry’s kitchen set, and his character is constantly seen eating cereal throughout the day.

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are one of Hollywood's funniest couples, having shared side-splitting scenes in films like and, and creatively collaborated on, and many more. Now, in their new Netflix series, — created and written by Falcone — the pair finally get to portray a couple, albeit an unusual one. They play coworkers, Clark and Amily, who fall for each other while Clark is coping with the ethereal aftermath of a near-death experience. «It just felt like an easy thing to write, since I've already lived it,» Falcone joked with ET's Kevin Frazier about the new series. «Just like, me being lazy.»In all seriousness, the actor and producer said it was «really fun» getting to work closely with his wife of 16 years on the new project.«It kinda hearkened back to some of those moments of doing or a scene or two in ,» he recalled.

“Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story.”Seinfeld, 68, is starring, writing, directing and producing the origin story of the breakfast pastry — his first film in 15 years.He last lent his acting chops on the silver screen in 2007’s “Bee Movie.”On Wednesday, the Netflix movie’s delicious cast was announced and includes A-list stars that sound de-lite-ful.Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant, James Marsden, Jack McBrayer, Tom Lennon, Adrian Martinez, Bobby Moynihan, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater and Sarah Cooper are set to appear in the comedy, the Wrap reported.The flick will take watchers back to 1963 Michigan, and will chronicle the food manufacturing companies, Kellogg’s and Post, who are cereal enemies.“[It is] a tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar and menacing milkmen,” the logline for the movie said.The story follows the two brands as they compete to devise a pastry that will transform how kids eat breakfast for generations to come.Seinfeld co-wrote the film with Spike Feresten and Barry Marder and came up with the project idea during the coronavirus pandemic, Deadline reported last year.“Stuck at home watching endless sad faces on TV, I thought this would be a good time to make something based on pure silliness,” he told the publication.