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When Harry Met Sally for a new advertisement – check it out below.Today (February 10), during the 2025 Super Bowl, global condiments brand Hellman’s aired an advertisement that saw Ryan and Crystal remake one of the most famous scenes from their 1989 classic in which they’re both at a diner when Ryan’s character fakes an orgasm, drawing the shock and attention of everyone around them.For the new Hellman’s ad, Ryan is seen pouring mayonnaise onto a sandwich before taking a bite and once again faking an orgasm. The trailer ends with a waiter going up a cameo-making Sydney Sweeney, who says in a throwback to the original film: “I’ll have what she’s having”.Check out the ad below.The iconic duo from #WhenHarryMetSally, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reunite in Hellman's #SuperBowlLIX commercial with Sydney Sweeney pic.twitter.com/sCUX1vciUT— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 10, 2025Last year, director Rob Reiner revealed that the film was originally supposed to conclude with a much more emotionally downbeat ending.

Although it failed to captivate critics and audiences alike amid its initial release, Mixed Nuts has all the makings of a holiday classic.

Meg Ryan has shared her thoughts on a 2003 BBC interview that went down as one of British TV’s most awkward encounters.

Lauren Coates David Letterman has launched “Letterman TV”, an 24/7 channel streaming all things Letterman, exclusively on Samsung TV Plus. Starting today in the United States and Canada, the channel will stream “The Late Show With David Letterman”, curated moments, interviews and never-before-seen commentary from Letterman. “Dave’s show was the original viral video,” said Walter Kim, Executive Producer for digital at Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants, Inc.

Selome Hailu Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Zeus. The role was originally played by Lance Reddick, who died at age 60 shortly after production wrapped on Season 1.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Delia Ephron invented a term — discardia — for indulging without guilt at New York City’s too-many tempting eateries. “It’s a game you play with yourself. You can buy anything you want to eat, but then you have to throw it away halfway through,” she says over a cappuccino and a slice of almond cake at a Greenwich Village hotel.

If nothing else, Delia Ephron’s autobiographical romantic comedy Left on Tenth, opening tonight on Broadway, proves that Ephron, like her late sister Nora, can find the feel-good in even the most unlikely places. In Left on Tenth, that would be the oncology ward of a Manhattan hospital.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Lynda Obst, who had producing credits on high-profile films including “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Flashdance” and “Adventures in Babysitting,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 74.

Ex-Wife—she didn’t put her name on the cover. The story is a thinly-veiled retelling of Parrot’s own , and at the time of its publication—the dusk of the Jazz Age, a blissful few months before the stock market crash—readers went wild trying to discover who wrote the scandalous book and just how much of her real-life experience she poured into its pages.Nearly a century later, with a jazzy new cover and the author’s actual name in bold letters, tales of divorce dominate the best-seller list.

Kathy A. McDonald Vintage residential buildings are often the digs of choice for Manhattan’s cultural class.

doesn’t begin until Meg Ryan says it does—and she just kicked off the season with her coziest offerings yet.On September 27, the attended Loewe’s spring-summer 2025 runway show in Paris wearing the coolest take on grey sweatpants and a bathrobe that I’ve ever seen.First let’s talk about the jacket. As writer Marilyn La Jeunesse wrote for in 2022, “Is it really a movie without a structured dad coat or oversized blazer?”Layered over a pale yellow button-up with botanical details, Ryan topped off her ’fit with what appears to be a cross between Loewe’s and a terrycloth robe—a piece Annie Reed would have absolutely devoured.Meg Ryan at Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024.Meg Ryan at Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024.Speaking of the patron saint of the grey sweatsuit, Ryan paired her tailored coat and dress shirt with a billowing pair of sweats that feature exaggerated pockets and folded draping around the ankles.It's an elevated version of Annie Reed’s iconic cinched joggers from Sleepless in Seattle.Meg Ryan as Annie Reed in Sleepless in Seattle (1993).Frankly, I’ve never been so tempted to spend what I assume will be hundreds of dollars on loungewear, though I’m not sure if I’m more attracted to the sweatpants themselves or to the way they drape over Ryan’s chunky black boots.Perhaps I’ll mull it over a warm cup of tea and my annual Nora Ephron .It's TikTok's favorite autumnal aesthetic.By signing up you agree to our (including the ), our and to receive marketing and account-related emails from Glamour.

red carpet host Laverne Cox ahead of the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. “They’d be talking about downsizing,” he said.

Francis Ford Coppola is among those being honored by the Directors Guild of America at its upcoming DGA Honors ceremony.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Meg Ryan will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of her contribution to the art of film. Ryan will also present her latest film, “What Happens Later,” a romantic comedy that she directed and wrote, and in which she stars opposite David Duchovny.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Gaby Hoffmann, best known for her work on Amazon’s Transparent and HBO’s Girls, has signed with Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment for management.

When Harry Met Sally… has revealed that the film was originally supposed to conclude with a much more emotionally downbeat ending.Rob Reiner, who also helmed This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and Stand By Me, has revealed the reason for the last-minute switch to the classic 1989 romcom’s finale in a new podcast interview.During an appearance on CNN’s Who’s Talking with Chris Wallace, Reiner disclosed that the original script, which was written by the late Nora Ephron, did not see Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) getting hitched at the end.“I had been married for 10 years,” said Reiner. “I had been single for 10 years, and I couldn’t figure out how I was ever going to be with anybody, and that gave birth to When Harry Met Sally…”“I hadn’t met anybody, and so it was going to be the two of them seeing each other after years, talking, and then walking away from each other,” he continued.Reiner had been married to fellow film director Penny Marshall (Big, Awakenings) from 1971 to 1981, but had been single for several years before making this film.In the end, the film concluded with Harry running towards Sally at a New Year’s Eve party and spilling out his love for her.

The ending of When Harry Met Sally was not how it was initially conceived, and director Rob Reiner is opening up about what changed his mind.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Hudson appeared on “The View” and reflected on the recent 20th anniversary of her iconic romantic comedy “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” The genre has lost much its box office dominance in the decades since Hudson first linked up with Matthew McConaughey to the tune of $105 million at the domestic box office and $177 million worldwide. For comparison’s sake, the just-released rom-com “Anyone But You,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, has earned a decent $38 million and counting worldwide.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Julia Roberts is an icon of the romantic-comedy genre, but there’s one famous rom-com the Oscar-winner happened to turn down: Nora Ephron’s 1998 classic “You’ve Got Mail.” Roberts revealed the scoop during a recent appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” Ephron’s film memorably paired Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the story of business rivals unaware they are falling in love with each other online. “You’ve Got Mail” marked the third Hanks-Ryan romantic comedy after “Joe Versus the Volcano” (1990) and “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), the latter title also being directed by Ephron.

Todd Gilchrist editor “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Punch-Drunk Love” and four more films from Columbia Pictures will make their 4K Ultra HD debut Feb. 13, 2024, via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol.

At the end of Meg Ryan‘s beguiling and grown-up new romantic comedy What Happens Later, a simple dedication card shows on screen that says “To Nora.” And for star, director and co-writer Ryan, that says it all. After an eight-year absence from the screen, Ryan has returned, both in front of and behind the camera, to a genre that made her a huge star thanks also in large part to the late great Nora Ephron, whose trio of collaborations with Ryan — When Harry Met Sally (directed by Rob Reiner), Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail — truly defined what a joyful experience a romantic comedy could be when in the right hands.