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Bill Maher, 68, on an episode of his “Club Random” podcast.Williams touched upon the idea when he mentioned legendary screen star Laurence Olivier covering his face with dark makeup for the 1965 film adaption of “Othello.”The William Shakespeare play centers around a Moor — a person of Muslim descent who lived in parts of Europe during the Middle Ages — military lieutenant who is fighting against the Ottoman Turks.“When he did ‘Othello,’ I fell out laughing,” Williams said.“He stuck his ass out and walked around because Black people are supposed to have big asses,” he continued. Maher then chimed in: “And Bradley Cooper thinks he’s got a problem with the nose.”The “A Star Is Born” director, 49, caught flack last year when he wore a fake prosthetic nose to portray composer Leonard Bernstein in his biopic “Maestro.”The costume sparked outrage among the Jewish community, who saw the nose as a stereotypical characterization of themselves.Williams went on: “I thought it was hysterical.

Jackie Chan got extremely candid about aging after turning 70 over the weekend. “Even before today, many friends have been reminding me: ‘Jackie, it’s going to be your 70th birthday,’ ” Chan wrote via Instagram under several throwback images on Sunday.

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who is black, will play Juliet opposite Holland’s white Romeo has elicited a barrage of hate-filled messages on social media since it was announced a week ago. The play is scheduled to open in London next month — and will reportedly head to Broadway after selling out in “in a ticket frenzy,” according to the Mirror.The show’s producers, the Jamie Lloyd Company, posted a message on Instagram speaking out against the “deplorable racial abuse .

“A Bit of Light.”Moyer, 54, directs Paquin, 41, in the indie movie, written by Rachel Callard and based on her eponymous stage play.It’s the second time that Moyer has directed Paquin in a big-screen movie following “The Parting Glass” (2018).He also directed her in episodes of “True Blood” when they co-starred on the HBO series as vampire Bill Compton and telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse from 2008-2014.“A Bit of Light” follows the journey of Ella (Paquin), an alcoholic mother living with her father (Ray Winstone) and dealing with self-loathing after losing her two daughters over her drinking — and the 13-year-old boy, Neil (Luca Hogan), who helps her see the “light” toward a better future.“Ella is at this excruciatingly mundane place after what she thinks is rock-bottom and realizes that the everday-ness of living with her choices and decisions is actually a level of rock-bottom she didn’t know existed yet,” Paquin told The Post.“Throughout the film we see her slightly coming out of her shell little by little … but she does a lot of things within her power to sabotage her own happiness.”Ella strikes up an unlikely friendship with the wise-beyond-his-years Neil, who she meets in the park where she used to take her daughters — and where she frequently goes to brood over her plight.Neil is an odd duck who speaks on an adult level (he addresses Ella’s father, Alan, by his first name) and appears to be friendless. He talks about his parents and older brother (who we never meet) but he always has time to materialize in Ella’s life (and the lives of other characters) at crucial junctures.“This strange, fabulous Neil is on a mission to help her put herself back together and get her life back on track,” Paquin said.

Drew Barrymore revealed on Friday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” that the movie’s co-writer and star, Adam Sandler, is working on a screenplay for “Happy Gilmore 2.”“Variety reports that Adam Sandler may have written the first draft for ‘Happy Gilmore 2,'” Barrymore said.“I want it. I need it.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón with a lawsuit over dismissed pedophile charges from a 2022 arrest.Gatt, 52, is seeking $40 million in damages after he was charged with engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines” in a now-dismissed suit.In court documents filed in federal court in California on Thursday, Gatt claims the defendants “publicly branded him as a serial pedophile,” which had a negative knock-on effect on his career. “Gatt was immediately cancelled and what had previously been a burgeoning acting career was destroyed,” the lawsuit alleges. “Gatt’s agent and PR representatives dropped him immediately, he was fired from two different movies in which he had already been cast, and he was also recast in a third movie in which he had been hired to play the lead role.”The “Thor” actor also alleges Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson held “personal bias and animosity” towards him — claiming she tried to “suborn perjury” to have Gatt’s $5,000 bail revoked.

battling Parkinson’s disease for decades, said he would love to be considered for roles to add to his impressive silver screen resume.“If someone offers me a part and I do it and I have a good time, great. I mean, the documentary was a big thrill,” Fox told Entertainment Tonight at the Michael J.

Michael Douglas.During a recent episode of the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” which examines celebrities’ ancestral backgrounds, Douglas learned, much to his astonishment, that he’s related to another famous actor.After the program produced all that it could via “paper trail,” it turned to genetics and compared Douglas’ DNA with other guests who had previously appeared on the show.Host and educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. had Douglas flip a page of a book to reveal the identity of his relative. He was astounded to find a photograph of Scarlett Johansson.“Ahh! Are you kidding?” the 79-year-old exclaimed.

Spotlight”).Running time: 102 minutes. Rated TV-14. On Netflix April 5.Or neither.That murky middle is seen in “Scoop,” a Dollar Store “Frost/Nixon” about Prince Andrew’s 2019 interview with the BBC in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking scandal.Director Philip Martin’s film is not poorly made, per se, but its efforts to make the exciting behind-the-scenes scramble to get the Duke of York on TV are for naught.

per The Independent. “His death was sudden and unexpected and no further details around its cause are yet available.” The Post reached out to Schiller’s reps for additional comment.

“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson got candid in a new interview about past sexual assaults he experienced while working as a model.“There are very few redeeming qualities to working in that industry. Let’s be honest, it’s like legalized sex trafficking,” Ritchson, 41, said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, which was published on Wednesday.

so serious?“Joker: Folie à Deux” has been given an R rating, according to the MPA’s daily ratings bulletin, for “some strong violence, language throughout, some sexuality, and brief full nudity.”The film, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, is a sequel to 2019’s “Joker,” which was also rated R but not because too much skin was bared.An R classification is fairly rare in the world of comic book movies. In the 33-flick Marvel Cinematic Universe, only “Deadpool” and “Deadpool 2” were slapped with it.Racy subject matter is slightly more common for the old DC Extended Universe (of which “Joker” and its sequel exist separately from): “Birds of Prey,” “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” and “The Suicide Squad” are all rated R.Despite requiring adult supervision for any ticket buyer under 17, “Joker” grossed over $1 billion worldwide — the first R-rated film to ever do so.

Kirsten Dunst is open to potentially doing a remake of the 2000 hit film “Bring It On” — under one condition.“People want us to make another ‘Bring It On,’ too,” Dunst, 41, told GQ in its April cover story, “[but] the script would have to be really good.” “I don’t know what our positions would be or whatever,” Dunst continued. “I talked to Peyton Reed, the director, about it.”The “Civil War” actress pointed out that ” ‘Mean Girls’ got redone” and women her “age are the most powerful viewers, in a weird way.”Dunst — who went viral when she tripped at the Academy Awards while taking a picture with her husband, Jesse Plemons — lamented the fact she was never asked to help produce the cult-classic film.

“Dumb and Dumber” movie on the horizon – but, Jeff Daniels told The Post, it’s not in the works. “I’ve heard nothing,” Daniels, 69, said while promoting his Prime Video show “American Rust: Broken Justice,” now in its second season, in which he stars as a small town cop. Regarding the occasional unverified report that “Dumb and Dumber 3” is in the works, Daniels quipped, “You’ve got to stay off the internet.”“I talk to Jim [Carrey] occasionally.

Selena Gomez has only praise for her “Only Murders in the Building” co-star Steve Martin.Gomez, 31, posted a photo of herself on Instagram watching the new Apple TV+ documentary about Martin called “Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces,” which premiered March 29 and tracks Martin’s life as a comedian and actor.“It pains me to know how many people may not know truly about Steve’s life,” she wrote on her Instagram story. “He’s truly an icon and tried and never gave up … my dear friend you are extraordinary.”“Steve!” is directed and produced by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville and includes never-before-seen footage, along with new interviews with Martin and insight into his stand-up and film careers.Gomez, who’s starred with Martin, 78, and Martin Short, 74, in “Only Murders in the Building” since 2021, has not been shy about her praise of both men.On March 26, she posted a tribute on Instagram under a photo of the trio laughing together.“I want to thank @stevemartinreally and Marty (who hates social media) for truly being the most kind, gentle, warm and powerful influences in my life,” Gomez wrote.“You have shown me a level of class, intellect and humor that doesn’t seem to be easy to find anymore.“You guys are truly best friends to me forever.

Rebel Rising,” the “Pitch Perfect” actress, 44, told the Sunday Times of London that Sacha Baron Cohen, her co-star in “The Brothers Grimsby,” made her feel “laughed at and degraded” on set nearly a decade ago.The Aussie performer previously claimed that Baron Cohen, 52, sexually harassed her during the making of the 2016 comedy.

helmed by former “GOT” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.“It feels like David and Dan [Weiss] in ‘3 Body Problem’ have given me a whole new type of character to play. And, that cast off some of that Samwell Tarly persona, and some of the things that you associated with that character.”He added, “I think that if I was to go back to it now, it would feel like a bit of a step backwards.

Actor Gene Hackman was seen out on a dinner date in New Mexico on Thursday, using a cane to walk and holding the arm of his wife, Betsy Arakawa.The couple dined at Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen in Santa Fe, where the legendary actor has lived since the 1980s.Earlier in the day, Hackman, who turned 94 in January, was spotted grabbing a cup of coffee and an apple pie from a local Speedway store.Ever the outdoorsman, he sported hiking pants, a checkered shirt, gray vest, a cap and shades.Although the “Unforgiven” actor and Arakawa, a 62-year-old pianist, got married in 1991, they’re rarely seen together in public. The pair was last photographed 21 years ago in a much more glamorous setting — on the red carpet of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards.At that glitzy Los Angeles ceremony, Hackman received the Cecil B.

Lauren Graham aka Lorelai Gilmore is going on a six-show ‘Have I Told You This Already Book Tour’ with actor Sam Pancake in support of her New York Times best-selling story collection with the same name.In the book, “Graham shares personal stories about her life and career — from her early days spent pounding the pavement while waitressing in New York City, to living on her aunt’s couch during her first Los Angeles pilot season, to thoughts on aging gracefully in Hollywood,” according to her website.“I had so many jobs at the same time,” Graham explained on the Today Show. “I didn’t expect it to be as hard as it was at times…you have to earn New York’s respect.”As of now, last-minute tickets are available for a handful of the “Parenthood” star’s shows.Based on our findings, prices start anywhere from $30 to $61 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.Want to see how much it will cost to catch one of TV’s wittiest actresses live this spring?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Lauren Graham’s ‘Have I Told You This Already Book Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all available tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Alfred Molina was first on Broadway nearly 30 years ago in “Art,” but admits he still gets butterflies when he hears the stage manager announce on a Saturday: “Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s Saturday night on Broadway!”“You kind of go, ‘F – – k! What a dream come true,” the British actor, 70, told the New York Post with a laugh during a recent interview.The Tony nominee is back in New York starring opposite Steve Carell in a Lincoln Center production of the Chekov classic, “Uncle Vanya.”And yes, he knows that there is a segment of people who immediately think of Russians ensconced in weekend dachas endlessly moaning about their existence, when they hear the name Chekov.“I would say I know what you mean,” he shared. “There is an element about that.

a potential third installment of the “Top Gun” franchise in a new with interview with ScreenRant.The producer, 80, and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski approached Tom Cruise with a “wonderful” idea, and proudly stated that the action star “really liked it.”“Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and [Cruise] said, ‘I really like that,’ so we’re developing it,” Bruckheimer told the outlet. “But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy.” “He’s doing ‘Mission: Impossible’ right now; he’s got a picture after it,” continued the producer.