Will Arnett
Kovert Creative Taps Publicist Rosy Baker to Join Firm’s Talent Team
Rosy Baker has started the new year with a new gig. The publicist has joined the talent team at Kovert Creative, a marketing, communications and entertainment firm. She’ll work out of Kovert’s Los Angeles office and focus on adding to the agency’s talent client roster, which includes stars like Jimmy Kimmel, Jack Black, Wanda Sykes, […]
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‘Next Goal Wins’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Soccer Film Sacrifices Sincerity for Self-Conscious Humor
Starring Michael Fassbender, the 'Jojo Rabbit' director's latest feature dramatizes the historic comeback of the American Samoa soccer team.
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Toronto: Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ Gets Rousing Standing Ovation
Taika Waititi’s underdog soccer comedy Next Goal Wins brought a Toronto Film Festival audience to its feet, with particular applause showered on the real-life characters, coach Thomas Rongen and transgender soccer player Jaiyah Saelua, who were in the house for the world premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Sunday night. “That’s the most […]
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The 40(ish) Most Important People in Podcasting in 2023
Written by Seth Abramovitch, Gary Baum, Kirsten Chuba, Mia Galuppo, Chris Gardner, James Hibberd, Caitlin Huston, Rebecca Keegan, Mikey O’Connell, Sydney Odman, Lacey Rose, Julian Sancton, Alex Weprin and Abbey White. Additional reporting by J. Clara Chan. It is the best of times and the worst of times for podcasting. In 2023, the industry put […]
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‘Twisted Metal’ Review: Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz in Peacock’s Fast, Fun Video Game Adaptation
The pair lead the cast of the post-apocalyptic series co-starring Thomas Haden Church, Neve Campbell and Will Arnett.
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Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ Set for Toronto Film Festival World Premiere
Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins is set to receive a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The soccer comedy directed and co-written by the New Zealand filmmaker is set for a Nov. 17 release from Searchlight Pictures after bowing in Toronto. Based on a 2014 British documentary of the same name from Mike Brett […]
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Steven Spielberg Comments on Daughter Destry Following in His Footsteps With Directorial Debut on Project “With Respectable Budget”
Steven Spielberg says “it’s exciting for the whole family” that daughter Destry Allyn Spielberg is following in his footsteps by closing a deal to make her feature directorial debut. The subject came up when the Fabelmans filmmaker dropped by the Smartless podcast to chat with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. On the new […]
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Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ Pushes Release to September 2023
Audiences will have to wait a bit longer for Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins to take the field. The Searchlight Pictures soccer comedy is pushing back its theatrical release from April 21, 2023 to Sept. 22, 2023. Searchlight announced the date change Wednesday. Based on a 2014 British documentary of the same name from Mike […]
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‘Lego Masters’ Renewed for Fourth Season on Fox
Fox is going to continue playing with Lego. The network has renewed its competition series Lego Masters, hosted by Will Arnett, for a fourth season. Fox has also picked up a second edition of the short-run spinoff Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular ahead of its Dec. 19 premiere. Both are set to air in the 2023-24 season. […]
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SmartLess Media Sets New Podcasts With Jameela Jamil, Rob Corddry and ‘Will & Grace’ Stars
SmartLess Media’s expansion has begun. A year and a half after signing a lucrative deal with Amazon, SmartLess co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett and their newly formed media company are rolling out offerings from Jameela Jamil, Rob Corddry, Amy Schneider, Rex Chapman, Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack. Their slate, a collection of original podcasts made […]
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Emmys: 10 Things the TV Cameras Missed
On Monday evening, the biggest names in television gathered at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater for the 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. With so many A-listers in one room, most of the best moments — from star interactions to standing ovations — often go unseen on the live telecast. The Hollywood Reporter was on the […]
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Lizzo, Jonathan Van Ness, Padma Lakshmi and THR’s Reality Roundtable Talk Guilty Pleasures, Crying on Camera and Underboob Sweat
The level of talent (and comic timing) at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Reality Emmy Roundtable was in no short supply, but there was still a moment of giddy reverence when one particular participant entered the chat. Will Arnett (Fox’s Lego Masters), Nicole Byer (Netflix’s Nailed It! and ABC’s Wipeout), Padma Lakshmi (Hulu’s Taste the Nation and […]
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