Star Trek: Lower Decks is shipping off after five seasons. The animated series found a nice niche within the Star Trek fandom, even if it wasn't ever a smash hit with the entire fanbase. It provided many laughs for people, but it also gave a lot of names a chance to join Star Trek that they may have otherwise been unable to. One of those named is Jerry O'Connell.
O'Connell has been acting for a long time now. He got his big break as a child, starring opposite fellow Star Trek alum Wil Wheaton in Stand by Me. He then started to land major roles as an adult, like as a secondary character in Tom Cruise's Jerry McGuire, and as a lead in some less-than-memorable films like Joe's Apartment or Kangaroo Jack. He's also been a part of some other franchises' like the second film in the Scream franchise; the aptly named,...
O'Connell has been acting for a long time now. He got his big break as a child, starring opposite fellow Star Trek alum Wil Wheaton in Stand by Me. He then started to land major roles as an adult, like as a secondary character in Tom Cruise's Jerry McGuire, and as a lead in some less-than-memorable films like Joe's Apartment or Kangaroo Jack. He's also been a part of some other franchises' like the second film in the Scream franchise; the aptly named,...
- 12/13/2024
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die
With CBS’ The Talk soon coming to end, fans are starting to wonder what the last episodes are going to be like. Co-host Jerry O’Connell has recently spoken out about what it’s like working on the show during its final days. In particular, he addressed rumors on what the crew is going through as the show is reaching its final episode.
Jerry O’Connell Joined The Talk Back In 2021
O’Connell first came to prominence as a child actor in Stand By Me. He’s also had notable roles in shows like Sliders and Crossing Jordan, as well as films like Scream 2, Joe’s Apartment, Jerry Maguire, and Kangaroo Jack.
Back in 2021, O’Connell joined The Talk as a permanent co-host, filling in for Sharon Osbourne. He would also go on to perform hosting duties for Pictionary and The Real Love Boat, the latter of which he co-hosted with his wife,...
Jerry O’Connell Joined The Talk Back In 2021
O’Connell first came to prominence as a child actor in Stand By Me. He’s also had notable roles in shows like Sliders and Crossing Jordan, as well as films like Scream 2, Joe’s Apartment, Jerry Maguire, and Kangaroo Jack.
Back in 2021, O’Connell joined The Talk as a permanent co-host, filling in for Sharon Osbourne. He would also go on to perform hosting duties for Pictionary and The Real Love Boat, the latter of which he co-hosted with his wife,...
- 12/8/2024
- by John Witiw
- TV Shows Ace
We’ve talked before about Criterion, the home video company that celebrates the medium of film with prestige releases of great works of cinema, which they then use as bait to trap celebrities in their closet. Does someone want to check on Jude Law real quick and make sure that he got out okay?
Criterion also has its very own streaming app, the Criterion Channel, which allows subscribers to pay $10.99 a month in order to feel extra guilty for binging the entirety of Riverdale while the complete films of Ingmar Bergman remain untouched.
But the Criterion Channel doesn’t just contain foreign and arthouse classics, they’ve also expanded to include some less-obvious choices. Like how they included Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered in their Razzie-themed program earlier this year.
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Well, next month they’ll be streaming a whole new collection, one that showcases movies that were all...
Criterion also has its very own streaming app, the Criterion Channel, which allows subscribers to pay $10.99 a month in order to feel extra guilty for binging the entirety of Riverdale while the complete films of Ingmar Bergman remain untouched.
But the Criterion Channel doesn’t just contain foreign and arthouse classics, they’ve also expanded to include some less-obvious choices. Like how they included Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered in their Razzie-themed program earlier this year.
Play
Well, next month they’ll be streaming a whole new collection, one that showcases movies that were all...
- 11/15/2024
- Cracked
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
"If you went into a movie called 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and you were doing the stuff I was doing in that movie, would you be expecting while you were doing that movie that it was going to be huge?" Jim Carrey asked this to radio shock-jock Howard Stern in 1994 shortly after the actor's movie opened unexpectedly atop the box office. Stern bluntly responded with "No" but it was, in fact, a monster hit. It was one of three such hits that Carrey would be a part of that year, making it one of arguably the best years that any actor has had — from a commercial standpoint — in history.
Yet, it all started with a movie that, as Stern pointed out,...
"If you went into a movie called 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and you were doing the stuff I was doing in that movie, would you be expecting while you were doing that movie that it was going to be huge?" Jim Carrey asked this to radio shock-jock Howard Stern in 1994 shortly after the actor's movie opened unexpectedly atop the box office. Stern bluntly responded with "No" but it was, in fact, a monster hit. It was one of three such hits that Carrey would be a part of that year, making it one of arguably the best years that any actor has had — from a commercial standpoint — in history.
Yet, it all started with a movie that, as Stern pointed out,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Saldanha has signed with Range Media Partners. Saldanha is one of the principle creative forces behind the Ice Age and Rio franchises during his time at Blue Sky Studios, where his films grossed over $2 billion at box offices worldwide. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, first for the animated short Gone Nutty and more recently, the animated feature Ferdinand.
Saldanha was one of the first animators to join the Blue Sky Studios team of artists. After three years, he was the Supervising Animator for the talking and dancing roaches in the feature film Joe’s Apartment, and served as director of animation for the computer-generated characters in Fight Club. Soon thereafter, he teamed up with Chris Wedge to co-direct Blue Sky’s first animated features, Ice Age and Robots. After the success of Ice Age, Saldanha took the directorial reins on Ice Age: The Meltdown...
Saldanha was one of the first animators to join the Blue Sky Studios team of artists. After three years, he was the Supervising Animator for the talking and dancing roaches in the feature film Joe’s Apartment, and served as director of animation for the computer-generated characters in Fight Club. Soon thereafter, he teamed up with Chris Wedge to co-direct Blue Sky’s first animated features, Ice Age and Robots. After the success of Ice Age, Saldanha took the directorial reins on Ice Age: The Meltdown...
- 4/15/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based animation factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an animation division at Fox. Early on, the president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation in 1998 acquired Blue Sky Studios for the studio. The Westchester, NY-based animation company might have started as an adjunct to Fox’s Hollywood animation operation, but that changed when Meledandri gave Blue Sky the room to grow, and the result was the multibillion-dollar Ice Age franchise. Meledandri, who would start Illumination and hatch another multibillion-dollar franchise in Despicable Me. Here, he laments the decision by Disney to shutter Blue Sky and celebrates its origins.
Hearing the sad news of the closing of Blue Sky Studios brings back the memories of our journey together. It was 1996 and I was running the animation division at Fox.
Hearing the sad news of the closing of Blue Sky Studios brings back the memories of our journey together. It was 1996 and I was running the animation division at Fox.
- 2/16/2021
- by Chris Meledandri
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Sky Studios, the Disney-owned animation studio behind the Ice Age movies and many other animated favorites, will soon be shutting down. Formerly owned by 20th Century Studios, Blue Sky was famously acquired by Disney in 2019 along with all of Fox's assets. Now, it's been announced that the studio's run will officially come to an end with its last day of operations coming in April, largely due to financial setbacks caused by the pandemic.
"Given the current economic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close filmmaking operations at Blue Sky Studios," a studio representative told Deadline.
Around 450 employees at Blue Sky Studios will be affected by the shuttering of the company. Disney will reportedly work with the employees to explore open positions at other Disney-owned studios. The Blue Sky library and IP will also remain under Disney's control, as there are no plans...
"Given the current economic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close filmmaking operations at Blue Sky Studios," a studio representative told Deadline.
Around 450 employees at Blue Sky Studios will be affected by the shuttering of the company. Disney will reportedly work with the employees to explore open positions at other Disney-owned studios. The Blue Sky library and IP will also remain under Disney's control, as there are no plans...
- 2/10/2021
- by Jeremy Dick
- MovieWeb
Exclusive: Disney is shuttering Blue Sky Studios, the $5.9 billion global grossing former 20th Century Fox animation division which during its run churned out 13 features including the Ice Age franchise.
One can say that the writing was always on the wall for Blue Sky, especially after Disney acquired 20th Century Studios and its assets in March 2019. However, the past year has been challenging for Disney on many fronts, of course due to the pandemic, not just on the studio side but with theme park closures and cruise line dockings as well. Sustaining a third feature animation studio was no longer viable for Disney given the current economic realities caused by Covid. The last day for Blue Sky will be in April. The number of Blue Sky employees being impacted numbers 450. Disney will be working with the employees at the Greenwich, Ct based animation house to explore open positions at the other internal studios.
One can say that the writing was always on the wall for Blue Sky, especially after Disney acquired 20th Century Studios and its assets in March 2019. However, the past year has been challenging for Disney on many fronts, of course due to the pandemic, not just on the studio side but with theme park closures and cruise line dockings as well. Sustaining a third feature animation studio was no longer viable for Disney given the current economic realities caused by Covid. The last day for Blue Sky will be in April. The number of Blue Sky employees being impacted numbers 450. Disney will be working with the employees at the Greenwich, Ct based animation house to explore open positions at the other internal studios.
- 2/9/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Things are moving along just as expected.
It's hard to imagine where this season is going to end, but on Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 Episode 7, Cameron and Donna brought their differences into the board room and out into the open, while Gordon and Joe joined forces again.
The latter part of that sentence brings me perhaps a little too much joy.
Frankly, I'm surprised at how things went down with Mutiny, but I think Boz said it best when he told Cameron that when she marches to the beat of her own drum, she risks losing the band.
Her constant reminder that she is Mutiny and without her there is nothing is not only crass, it's incorrect. Without her there wouldn't be the cornerstone code, but without Donna, there wouldn't be a company in the form it is today.
The problem is that Cameron, for all of the ways...
It's hard to imagine where this season is going to end, but on Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 Episode 7, Cameron and Donna brought their differences into the board room and out into the open, while Gordon and Joe joined forces again.
The latter part of that sentence brings me perhaps a little too much joy.
Frankly, I'm surprised at how things went down with Mutiny, but I think Boz said it best when he told Cameron that when she marches to the beat of her own drum, she risks losing the band.
Her constant reminder that she is Mutiny and without her there is nothing is not only crass, it's incorrect. Without her there wouldn't be the cornerstone code, but without Donna, there wouldn't be a company in the form it is today.
The problem is that Cameron, for all of the ways...
- 9/28/2016
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
You never know what's going to happen with an audition," actor Ted Levine remembers of the first time he portrayed Jame Gumb, The Silence of the Lambs villain also known as "Buffalo Bill." "I just pulled something out. It was scary. It felt kind of magical."
"I read with the three final guys who were going to be Buffalo Bill," says Brooke Smith, who played Catherine Martin, the U.S. senator's daughter whom Gumb abducts in the movie. "When Ted walked in, it was so crazily obvious. I asked him,...
"I read with the three final guys who were going to be Buffalo Bill," says Brooke Smith, who played Catherine Martin, the U.S. senator's daughter whom Gumb abducts in the movie. "When Ted walked in, it was so crazily obvious. I asked him,...
- 2/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Threesomes, sadomasochism and a penis montage … outspoken Danish director skips Copenhagen screening of sex addict film, as actor Stellan Skarsgård speaks up for long-time collaborator
• What do you think of the trailer for Nymphomaniac?
• Nymphomaniac still hardcore, even as Lars von Trier gives up final cut
Two years after being expelled from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi, Lars von Trier is back with a bang – or rather a series of them. The Danish director's latest production contains scenes of oral sex, anal sex and threesomes, together with an extended montage of penis types. Detractors be warned: Denmark's arch provocateur shows no sign that he is mellowing with age.
Von Trier's controversial new film, Nymphomaniac, charts the life of a sex addict from youth to middle age. The picture sparked outrage this week when its trailer was mistakenly shown to an audience of schoolchildren in Tampa,...
• What do you think of the trailer for Nymphomaniac?
• Nymphomaniac still hardcore, even as Lars von Trier gives up final cut
Two years after being expelled from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi, Lars von Trier is back with a bang – or rather a series of them. The Danish director's latest production contains scenes of oral sex, anal sex and threesomes, together with an extended montage of penis types. Detractors be warned: Denmark's arch provocateur shows no sign that he is mellowing with age.
Von Trier's controversial new film, Nymphomaniac, charts the life of a sex addict from youth to middle age. The picture sparked outrage this week when its trailer was mistakenly shown to an audience of schoolchildren in Tampa,...
- 12/5/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 31 Oct 2013 - 07:01
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
- 10/30/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Major Crimes wraps its first season tonight.
News
Bryan Fuller says that Mockingbird Lane still could become a series depending on how well the Halloween special does. Fuller says that NBC's issue was whether the series could appeal to a broad audience, and if enough people tune in for the special, the network would reconsider. I'm still hoping Mockingbird Lane can pull a Nightingales, only without removing all the interesting parts of the pilot when becoming a series.
I'm fascinated with TV shows that get cancelled without airing an episode, whether that be the train wrecks that look so bad the network rethinks its decision over the summer, like the Scott Baio comedy Rewind, or shows that left to wither unaired over the season like Still Life. Now the Dane Cook comedy Next Caller can join those ranks. Considering how awful Next Caller looked, I'm relieved.
Did you expect Tyra Banks...
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Bryan Fuller says that Mockingbird Lane still could become a series depending on how well the Halloween special does. Fuller says that NBC's issue was whether the series could appeal to a broad audience, and if enough people tune in for the special, the network would reconsider. I'm still hoping Mockingbird Lane can pull a Nightingales, only without removing all the interesting parts of the pilot when becoming a series.
I'm fascinated with TV shows that get cancelled without airing an episode, whether that be the train wrecks that look so bad the network rethinks its decision over the summer, like the Scott Baio comedy Rewind, or shows that left to wither unaired over the season like Still Life. Now the Dane Cook comedy Next Caller can join those ranks. Considering how awful Next Caller looked, I'm relieved.
Did you expect Tyra Banks...
- 10/15/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Yesterday, we released NBC's full schedule for the 2011-2012 TV season, which included six new comedies. Today we have new trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes interviews from the shows Free Agents, Best Friends Forever, and Bent. Take a look at all of these new videos below.
Free Agents
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Free Agents - Free Agents is a crooked workplace/romantic new comedy from creator John Enbom (Party Down) and Emmy Award-winning director Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle) based on the cult U.K. series of the same name that explores the trials and tribulations of two public relations executives on the rebound. Alex (Hank Azaria,...
Free Agents
Click to watch Free Agents Trailer!
Click to watch Big Night of Sex!
Click to watch Alex and Helen in Lobby!
Click to watch Emma Talks to Helen About Meeting Guys!
Click to watch Hank Azaria Interview!
Click to watch Kathryn Hahn Interview!
Click to watch Behind-the-Scenes Footage!
Free Agents - Free Agents is a crooked workplace/romantic new comedy from creator John Enbom (Party Down) and Emmy Award-winning director Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle) based on the cult U.K. series of the same name that explores the trials and tribulations of two public relations executives on the rebound. Alex (Hank Azaria,...
- 5/17/2011
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Jerry O'Connell has a habit of portraying the most obnoxious characters the film industry has to offer. It's something I've grown quite numb to over the year's, but thanks to Piranha 3D that numbness has warn off and I'm aware more than ever of O'Connell's seemingly natural ability to bug the heck out of me.
For those of you who missed out on the boobs and blood fest, in Piranha, O'Connell plays Derrick, an over-the-top dirty film director with two things on his mind, himself and getting his shot. Okay, I can understand the necessity to include an excessive amount of nudity in order to draw in a crowd, but that in no way give writers Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg the right to include a character so damn annoying. Perhaps if O'Connell would have toned it down just a notch, Derrick could have been a little more than just...
For those of you who missed out on the boobs and blood fest, in Piranha, O'Connell plays Derrick, an over-the-top dirty film director with two things on his mind, himself and getting his shot. Okay, I can understand the necessity to include an excessive amount of nudity in order to draw in a crowd, but that in no way give writers Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg the right to include a character so damn annoying. Perhaps if O'Connell would have toned it down just a notch, Derrick could have been a little more than just...
- 9/2/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- Cinematical
We've started calling Caprica "mourn porn" at my house because it has become so chilling and real that it almost feels voyeuristic to watch it. Of course, try explaining that to someone who's never seen Caprica or BSG: "It's about how a choir boy blew up a train that caused two teenage girls' souls and/or avatars to get trapped inside a robot body/virtual world, and then how their surviving parents — with the help of a gay mobster and a femme fatale nun — went simultaneously nuts and destroyed the entire universe."
'Cause, yeah — that sounds real.
Actually, that may be the most terrifying thing about Caprica. Like maybe we're all going about our lives making sure we use ecologically-friendly light bulbs, and taking our cloth bags to the grocery store, and just generally being kind and paying it forward, and somewhere on earth there are five or six crazy-rich...
'Cause, yeah — that sounds real.
Actually, that may be the most terrifying thing about Caprica. Like maybe we're all going about our lives making sure we use ecologically-friendly light bulbs, and taking our cloth bags to the grocery store, and just generally being kind and paying it forward, and somewhere on earth there are five or six crazy-rich...
- 3/22/2010
- by StuntDouble
- The Backlot
Yesterday, Amanda Graystone smoked cigarettes. Lots of them. She got bored, so she turned on the window video. She slouched around all day. When the sun went down, she slouched around all night. Someone stopped by the house and told her some terrible news about a member of her family. She said she didn't believe the news, but it was clear she did. This all happened on last night's episode of Caprica, the eighth episode of the season, but it also happened way back in episode 2. (The visitor was Agent Duram instead of Vergis, but they said the same thing:...
- 3/20/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Why are we interested in The Invited? Well, not only does Ryan McKinney's supernatural thriller mark the triumphant return of the evil ouija board - a device I thought long since deserted by the horror genre - it also has one of the strangest cast line-ups we've seen in a while. Lou Diamond Phillips, Pam Grier and Megan Ward (who I last saw in that MTV cockroach musical thing, Joe's Apartment).
The trailer starts off kind of slowly, but amps up the tension quickly by showcasing some great sepia-toned shots of the 20s, blood soaked possessions and even quick glimpses of a monster. The last shot in particular, which is reminiscent of Poltergeist, is especially creepy.
Synopsis:
A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.
The trailer starts off kind of slowly, but amps up the tension quickly by showcasing some great sepia-toned shots of the 20s, blood soaked possessions and even quick glimpses of a monster. The last shot in particular, which is reminiscent of Poltergeist, is especially creepy.
Synopsis:
A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.
- 10/19/2009
- QuietEarth.us
I grew up reading Charlotte's Web and watching Mister Ed and the Francis (the Talking Mule, with Donald O'Connor) movies on TV, so I have a very warm spot in my heart for talking animals. They can inspire wondrous flights of fantasy, lift the spirits with good-natured humor, and lead to a deep and abiding respect for nature and the environment.
Of course, watching the Yogi Bear cartoons once made me think I could take on a black bear foraging for food at our family's camping site in Yellowstone National Park -- I was six years old and had to be physically restrained -- so I can see the down side as well. Still, dozens of animated films have made it abundantly clear that it's possible to lend human voices to the animal kingdom without dumbing the material down to idiocy and, when done right (Babe, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey,...
Of course, watching the Yogi Bear cartoons once made me think I could take on a black bear foraging for food at our family's camping site in Yellowstone National Park -- I was six years old and had to be physically restrained -- so I can see the down side as well. Still, dozens of animated films have made it abundantly clear that it's possible to lend human voices to the animal kingdom without dumbing the material down to idiocy and, when done right (Babe, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey,...
- 10/3/2008
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
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