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John Oliver decided to close this year’s season finale with fewer explosions and more star power. During the Season 8 finale Sunday night, the Last Week Tonight host called on his reliable celebrity friend George Clooney, a person he conjures almost every episode with the snap of his finger, to make him feel a little…

You’ve no doubt seen Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film Strangers on a Train, wherein two men exchange murder plots. Well, in a page right out of Hitchcock, Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell decided on Wednesday to pull their own criss-cross on late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon. Ferrell showed up in Reynolds…

On Tuesday, Apple unveiled the first official trailer for The Shrink Next Door, an anticipated limited series starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Kathryn Hahn and Casey Wilson, which debuts on Apple TV+ November 12. The eight-episode dark comedy based on the original Wondery podcast of the same name is inspired by true…

Apple TV+ has dropped the first trailer for dark comedy The Shrink Next Door, it’s upcoming eight-episode limited series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. Inspired by true events, The Shrink Next Door is based on the No. 1 new podcast of 2019 by Wondery and Bloomberg Media. It details the bizarre relationship…

20th Century Studios has signed a three-year first-look deal with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions for feature-length movies in the theatrical and streaming space. "We are thrilled to be working with Jessica, Will, and the rest of the team at Gloria Sanchez. They bring an incredible depth…

Early digital video player Funny or Die has been acquired by designer, activist and philanthropist Henry R. Muñoz III. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Judd Apatow and Chris Henchy co-founded Funny or Die in 2007. Ferrell and McKay appeared in one of the company’s first breakout clips, The Landlord. Muñoz bought Funny Or Die…

Houston Tumlin, who at 13 played the elder son of Will Ferrell's title character in 2006’s Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, died Tuesday night at his home in Pelham, AL. He was 28. Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans confirmed to Deadline that Tumlin died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Tumlin, in his…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit Voting for nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards finally starts today. And you thought this day would never come, right? In the longest season in the modern history of Oscar campaigning, we have now completed six months since the traditional…

The iHeart Radio Podcast Awards 2021 has named Office Ladies as its “Podcast of the Year” winner. A woolly Will Ferrell, who has The Ron Burgundy Podcast on the iHeart network, opened the show with a series of badly informed statistics. The awards were simulcast tonight on iHeart radio, YouTube and Facebook. The Office…

‘Tis the season to be political activists, at least from the perspective of the main cast members from the classic Christmas film, Elf. They are on board for a livestreamed table read from the film screenplay in support of the Democratic candidates in the crucial Georgia Senate runoff in January. Will Ferrell…

Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision, Mrs. Fletcher) is set as a lead alongside Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in Apple limited series The Shrink Next Door, based on the hit podcast by Wondery and Bloomberg Media. The series hails from director Michael Showalter (The Big Sick, The Lovebirds), writer Georgia Pritchett (Succession, Vee…

Saturday Night Live alum and announcer Darrell Hammond joined a number of Hollywood actors and figures who have honored Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery following his death on Saturday. While many shared their condolences and fond memories with the first James Bond, Hammond also paid tribute by sharing one of his…