Month: July 2024

Will Ferrell will star in his first scripted TV comedy series for Netflix, titled GOLF.  The streaming service has picked up 10 episodes of the series, co-created by Ferrell, Ramy Youssef  (who will also star) and Josh Rabinowitz.

Ferrell will play a fictional golf legend in GOLF, while details on Youssef’s part are being kept under wraps. Netflix also stressed that GOLF should be capitalized, though it’s unclear if it’s an acronym

Youssef and Rabinowitz serve as showrunners, and executive produce alongside Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions; Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue for T-Street; and Andy Campagna for Youssef’s Cairo Cowboy.

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Heart announced it has postponed its 2024 Royal Flush Tour after Ann Wilson was recently diagnosed with cancer. The band’s team is working on rescheduling the dates in 2025, with more details to follow.

Wilson, who said she will be undergoing “preventative chemotherapy,” posted on social media: “I recently underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous. The operation was successful & I’m feel great but my doctors are now advising me to undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy & I’ve decided to do it. And so my doctors are instructing me to take the rest of the year away from the stage in order to fully recover. To the ticket buyers, I really do wish we could do these gigs. Please know that I absolutely plan to be back on stage in 2025. My team is getting those details sorted & we’ll let you know the plan as soon as we can.  Thank you for all the support. This is merely a pause. I’ve much more to sing.”

Wilson, 74, ended her post with: “Respectfully, this is the last public statement I’d like to make on the matter.”

Wilson’s cancer announcement comes weeks after she and her sister Nancy, 70, announced the cancellation of a string of June and July concerts in Europe (which had bee scheduled from June 20th through July 12th, featuring Squeeze) while Wilson underwent a medical procedure. At the time, the band cited that the singer had to have “a time-sensitive but routine procedure for which the minimum recovery time is six weeks.”  Cheap Trick was set to support the dates with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening and Bachman Turner Overdrive featuring Randy Bachman playing select stops.

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Netflix released the trailer for “Simone Biles: Rising” and shared that the four-part docuseries will begin streaming July 17, nine days before the Opening Ceremony at the Paris Olympic Games. Biles posted the teaser trailer on X, along with the caption: “can’t wait for y’all to see ”

‘Rising’ offers a look at Biles’ career after withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a case of “the twisties”(causing her to lose her sense of where she was in the air). Biles was expected to win multiple gold medals in Tokyo, including a second consecutive all-around title that would cement her GOAT status. But after mental health issues that worsened because of the isolating COVID restrictions, she withdrew from most of the competition.

The docuseries focuses on how she worked through her mental health struggles, and got back on track.   As Biles says in the 2-minute trailer: “I get to write my own ending.” Rio teammate Aly Raisman, who remains close with Biles, is also featured in the docuseries, and shared: “I know that she’s expected to win all the gold medals, but even the fact she’s trying to come back is really amazing.”

Biles, 27, just qualified for her spot on the U.S. Women’s Olympic gymnastics team after the final night of the Olympic trials on Sunday in Minneapolis, and told reporters at a press conference: “I think everybody probably looks at the team as, ‘OK, they went to Tokyo and this, this and this happened, and what are they going to do here in Paris?’ But for us, I know we’re stronger than what we showed in Tokyo. So, I think it has to be for us because it can’t be for anybody else, because that’s not why we do it. We do it for ourselves and the love for the sport and the love for representing the U.S. So, we’re gonna go out there and we’re gonna do our best … This is definitely our redemption tour. I feel like we all have more to give.”  Biles will be joined by Olympic teammates Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles (with whom she was part of the 2020 team) as well as newcomer Hezly Rivera.

All four episodes will stream on Netflix on the same day, July 17. Take a look at the trailer for ‘Simone Biles: Rising’ – here.

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Time Bandits, a new series starring Lisa Kudrow, is coming to Apple TV+ in July. The comedy adventure series is based on the 1981 film of the same name, with Kudrow starring alongside Kal-El Tuck, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, Rachel House, Kiera Thompson, James Dryden, Felicity Ward, Francesca Mills and Imaan Hadchiti.

Time Bandits takes viewers on “an unpredictable journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an 11-year-old history buff named Kevin. Together, they set out on a thrilling quest to save the boy’s parents — and the world.”  An official synopsis reads: “The Time Bandits witness the creation of Stonehenge, see the Trojan Horse in action, escape dinosaurs in the prehistoric ages, wreak havoc during medieval times, experience the ice age, ancient civilizations, the Harlem Renaissance, and much more along the way.”

The TV adaptation is created by Jermaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners) and Taika Waititi (Our Flag Means Death), and produced for Apple TV+ by Paramount Television Studios, Anonymous Content’s AC Studios and MRC.

Time Bandits is set to premiere July 24 on Apple TV+.

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San Francisco 49ers Christian McCaffrey and model/former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo were married in Rhode Island over the weekend. The couple began dating in 2019, and were engaged in April of last year.

A joint social media post from Vogue magazine and the bride read: “The model and former Miss Universe walked down the church aisle in Watch Hill, Rhode Island in a long-sleeve crepe crew neck ball gown with a voluminous skirt and button-lined back.”

Culpo, 32, wore a long-sleeved white Dolce and Gabbana gown and 16-foot-long lace veil, while McCaffrey, a three-time Pro Bowler, chose a traditional black tuxedo. The bride exclusively told Vogue: “When I think about Christian and what he loves and the moments that he thinks that I’m most beautiful, it’s absolutely in something like this: timeless, covered, and elegant.”

Per CBS Sports, McCaffrey was named to the cover of “Madden NFL 25.” Last season, he was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Pro, was selected to the Pro Bowl and was the NFL rushing yards leader. The 28-year-old helped lead the 49ers to Super Bowl LVIII, and became the first player in Super Bowl history to have 75 yards rushing and 75 yards receiving in the game.

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According to a report from People magazine (who was first to report the news), Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt are expecting their third child together.

Schwarzenegger shared pictures from a family outing on Friday which she captioned on her Instagram: “Things that make me happy: A gloomy morning followed by a barn visit ” Schwarzenegger was only seen in the first photo, with her back to the camera.

Schwarzenegger, 34, and Pratt, 45, welcomed daughter Lyla Maria, 3, in August 2020, who was joined in May 2022 by daughter Eloise Christina, 2. Pratt is also father to son Jack, 11, whom he shares with ex-wife Anna Faris.

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