Matthew Broderick says “the ’90s were hard” after success of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

Cooking Vinyl Publishing has signed a deal covering the songs catalogue of indie-rock duo Her’s, four years after they were killed in a car accident while on tour in the US.The deal has been agreed between Cooking Vinyl, the band’s record label and management company Heist Or Hit, and the families of the two band members, Audun Laading and Stephen Fitzpatrick. It is the first time that the songs in the catalogue have been published.“We are honoured to announce our new partnership with Cooking Vinyl Publishing in commemoration of the enduring musical legacy of Her’s, a fantastically unique duo that has left an everlasting mark on music fans across the world”, says Heist Or Hit’s Martin Colclough.“We’re incredibly proud to have witnessed the hugely positive impact that Stephen and Audun’s songs have made over the past four years”, he goes on, “and this new collaboration will enable us to preserve their musical heritage and continue to inspire future generations”.Cooking Vinyl Publishing Managing Director Ryan Farley adds: “We’re immensely proud to be entrusted with Stephen and Audun’s amazing songs at Cooking Vinyl.

Naman Ramachandran The third edition of Fragments Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 1) – set up as a platform for underrepresented filmmakers and as a showcase of films featuring unique individuals and minority groups – returns to London’s Genesis cinema and will open with Ken Loach‘s “The Old Oak.” The film centers on struggling pub The Old Oak, where tensions mount following the sudden arrival of Syrian refugees who have been housed in the area.

September has finally arrived, officially marking the end of meteorological summer and kickstarting autumn.

Lee Johnson reckons 'small margins' cost him his job at Hibs as the departing boss bids an emotional farewell to Easter Road.

The official matchday programmes for home nation games at Rugby World Cup 2023 France are available to order now from reachsportshop.com.

Italian producer and Lido habitué Mario Gianani is at the Venice Film Festival this year with Saverio Costanzo’s drama Finally Dawn which world premieres in Competition on Friday.

Now the new school term has started, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding families to open a Tax-Free Childcare account to save up to £2,000 per child on their annual childcare bills. Families can use their Tax-Free Childcare account to pay for any approved childcare including holiday, breakfast and after school clubs, childminders and nurseries.

EastEnders fans are wondering if a major return may be on the cards for Max Branning, as the Cindy Beale comeback storyline unfolds.

St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson has seen his side's impressive start to the season rewarded with a manager of the month award.

Richard Madeley has slammed “ridiculous” presenters who believed they’re more “special” than others because they’re on TV.

Wes Anderson arrived on the Lido this morning with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, his second film of the year and his latest Roald Dahl adaptation following 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. 

Survivor and Big Brother maker Banijay France has set its leadership team, with Sébastien Petiot and Delphine Plantive joining as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Editorial Strategy and New Business respectively.

Ben Shephard has wished his wife, Annie, a happy birthday on Instagram. Though the 48 year old doesn’t really share much about his personal life with fans, he posted a sweet message along with a lovely photo of Annie looking joyful as she smiled while out in the sun.

Denise Van Outen and Blue's Duncan James appeared on Good Morning Britain, where they shared a big and exciting collaboration announcement. GMB hosts Robert Rinder and Charlotte Hawkins first stated that Denise and Duncan looked “so sweet together” on Friday's episode, 1 September, before Denise joked about their news.

Tunisia has picked Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, which debuted in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars. 

Celebrity Masterchef viewers were left in tears after contestant Wynne Evans' heartbreaking story behind his dish.The semi-finalists were tasked with creating a meal which was inspired by a memory and the recollection behind Wynne's dish left some viewers fighting back the waterworks. When asked about the reason for his dish, Wynne said his was in honour of his Belgian grandfather who had to flee the country during the war. In honour of him and his story, Wynne cooked Boudin Blanc - creamy white sausage with chicken mince flavoured with truffle, nutmeg and thyme - Stomp (mash potato, carrots, leeks and bacon) and beer-braised chicory topped with an onion and Belgian beer gravy.

Money saving expert Martin Lewis has shared an exclusive discount code for the viral Ninja Creami ice cream maker.The kitchen appliance offers endless possibilities for homemade desserts, from smooth gelato and luxurious milkshakes to soft sorbets, guilt-free ‘nice creams’ and more.The Ninja Creami has fast become a TikTok favourite, with users sharing all of their favourite recipes online. It's no surprise the gadget been a hit this summer, as it allows you to whip up sweet frozen treats with minimal effort, and in hardly any time at all.

A driver who fled after leaving three people with life-changing injuries in a hit-and-run returned to his smashed-up car to grab suitcases - before flying off to Tenerife. Taylor Moss ploughed his BMW into an oncoming car while attempting to overtake a taxi, before hitting another vehicle.

Matheus Nunes wants to become part of Manchester City history after sealing a move to the Premier League and European champions.

Rylan Clark has been flooded with well-wishes to pass on to his mum after revealing she had been rushed to hospital. The BBC Radio 2 host made a statement after a period of silence on social media.

Billie Shepherd and Stacey Solomon have had something in common this week as both of their babies reached an exciting milestone at the same time. Former The Only Way is Essex star Billie took to Instagram and declared 'she's off' alongside a sweet video of baby Margot.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Mexico’s Teresa Sánchez, winner of a 2022 Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for acting in Juan Pablo González’s “Dos Estaciones,” is set to star in the follow-up, his sophomore outing “Warm Water.” Co-directed with Ana Isabel Fernández, co-writer of “Dos Estaciones,” “Warm Water” will also star Rafaela Fuentes, who played opposite Sánchez in “Dos Estaciones.” Set up at Mexico’s Sin Sitio Cine, whose partners are González, Ilana Coleman, Makena Buchanan and Jamie Gonçalves, “Warm Water,” produced by Bruna Haddad (“La Hija de Todas Las Rabias,” “Dos Estaciones”) and Gonçalves, will be brought onto the market at the San Sebastian Europe-Latin American Co-Production Forum, where it ranks as one of its highest-profile projects. In development and scheduled to shoot in fall 2024, “Warm Water” turns on Ana María, a renowned actress who, after a devastating break-up, reluctantly travels to the rural countryside in Mexico to lead an acting workshop.

Naman Ramachandran Production has commenced on British multiverse horror-thriller film “Parallel.” The film follows a detective’s journey through the pain of losing his son. As he navigates through a small British community veiled in enigma and fear, a hidden portal to a parallel realm offers a chance at reunion, blurring reality as secrets unfurl. The film is directed by Matthew Tibbenham (“Surviving Confession,” video game “Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom”).

Ellise Shafer Wes Anderson has confirmed that his Roald Dahl “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” anthology will eventually include three more short films of the author’s stories: “The Swan,” “Poison” and “The Ratcatcher.” During the Venice Film Festival press conference for the 37-minute “Henry Sugar” on Friday, Anderson teased the forthcoming “very, very strange” short films. “There’s another one that’s in the ‘Henry Sugar’ collection that’s called ‘The Swan,’ we’ve done that with Rupert Friend,” Anderson said. “We did a very old one called ‘Poison,’ which is one I always loved… And then we’ve also done a very, very strange one called ‘Ratcatcher,’ which is from a book called ‘Claud’s Dog,’ a kind of obscure Dahl book set in the Eastern part of England.

BreAnna Bell Netflix’s latest limited series starring Matthew Broderick and “Orange is the New Black” alum Uzo Aduba, “Painkiller” opened atop the top 10’s English TV list with 7.2 million total views. Thus, ending “The Lincoln Lawyer” Season 2’s second run in first place following the release of part 2. The procedural drama moved to No.

Jennifer Lawrence got to show off her comedic side in her latest film,, and the laughs kept going off camera as well! ET exclusively debuts the film's gag reel, which shows Lawrence — and, occasionally, co-stars Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick — flubbing lines and cracking up on set.The film stars the Oscar winner as Maddie, a reckless 20-something who answers a Craigslist ad placed by a pair of concerned parents. They want Maddie to «date» their son, Percy (Feldman), a socially inept 19-year-old who has so far expressed no interest in girls, parties or other teenage exploits, leading to some hilariously awkward moments.Check out the full bloopers in the video above!When ET spoke with Lawrence at the premiere in New York City back in June, she revealed another fun fact from set: that she got Feldman to defer his studies at Harvard University to take on the role in the raunchy rom-com.«I mean, when Andrew left his audition, the door closed and we all looked at each other and we were like, 'That's our — that's Percy,' and then they were like there's one complication, he's supposed to go to Harvard, and we were like, 'Is that a joke?'» Lawrence explained.«He was fully the character, so I called him and said, 'Andrew, I have really bad news, you're not gonna be able to finish your semester at Harvard,'» she continued.

Netflix’s Painkiller charts the birth of the opioid crisis in the US through the story of pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, who created the drug OxyContin.Created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the miniseries follows the origins and impact of OxyContin across the US, a painkiller drug which was widely marketed without any concerns for its side effects and addictive qualities.A synopsis describes the show as “an examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans”.The show stars Uzo Aduba as Edie Flowers, an investigator pursuing Purdue Pharma over its marketing, alongside Matthew Broderick as the company’s president Richard Sackler. Other cast members include Sam Anderson, Taylor Kitsch and Carolina Bartczak.Just as a trial against Purdue Pharma gets underway, the judge announces the company has settled the matter out of court, with Purdue agreeing to “plead guilty to one count of fraudulently misbranding OxyContin”.

New Yorker article, “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” and Barry Meier’s book, “Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic.” It retells the opioid crisis from several different perspectives, including billionaire Richard Sackler (Broderick) and his team at Purdue Pharma (Sackler has denied responsibility for the crisis); Edie Flowers (Uzo Aduba), a lawyer working for the US attorney’s office in Roanoke who’s investigating the drug OxyContin; Glen Kryger (Taylor Kitsch), a family man with a small business who gets hooked on OxyContin after he’s injured at work; and Shannon Shaeffer (West Duchovony), a new recruit to the Purdue sales team who begins having doubts. “Back in 2003, I was working at the New York Times and we got a tip that there was this new drug called OxyContin that was running wild on the streets of all these small towns,” Meier, a consulting producer on the show, told The Post.

As of last year, over a million people have died of opioid overdoses in the United States. The central culprits, as outlined in Netflix’s latest miniseries, “Painkiller,” are Purdue Pharma and the “non-addictive” prescription drug they marketed to anyone with a pulse and a toothache: OxyContin.

Aramide Tinubu While Fentanyl now dominates headlines as the drug wreaking havoc on our society, back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was OxyContin that led conversations about the impact of overprescribed opioids. Formulated, produced, marketed and sold by the family-run organization Purdue Pharma, Oxy quickly grew in popularity because it was marketed as a safe, “non-addictive” opioid. Oxy was then pushed onto patients through respected healthcare professionals who were misinformed about the drug and profited greatly from prescribing it.

Netflix's latest limited series is a fictionalised re-telling of a drugs crisis which has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans since the late 90s.

Netflix original series to become a summer hit looks set to be the drug drama Painkiller, fronted by Matthew Broderick – you can find episode details below.The series takes on the ever-headline-making prescription drugs crisis that continues to grip America and other parts of the world. Broderick plays a slick pharmaceutical executive, Richard Sackler, while Uzo Aduba’s Edie Flowers is the government lawyer set on taking him down.An official synopsis for Painkiller reads: “A fictionalized retelling of events, Painkiller is a scripted limited series that explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin.“An examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans, Painkiller is based on the book Pain Killer by Barry Meier and the New Yorker magazine article The Family That Built an Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.”The first season of Painkiller comprises six one hour episodes that chart the battle between the good guys (Flowers and the Feds) and the big bad (Sackler and his Pharma company).As with many TV series on Netflix, the series will have its entire season released in one go as of Thursday, August 10.

is back… and taking things to the theater!The third season of Hulu's lauded mystery-comedy series debuts on Tuesday, Aug. 8, with the first two episodes, and only ET has an exclusive first look at the second episode of the upcoming season, in which the show's central trio — Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) — return to their true-crime podcast to tackle the shocking death of Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), the star of Oliver's triumphant directorial return to Broadway.In ET's exclusive clip, Oliver, Charles-Haden and Mabel arrive at Ben's funeral, only to realize that they've been downgraded on the guest list to «Overflow 3,» a basement room where lesser attendees are watching the live stream of the funeral being held upstairs in the actual cathedral.«I was sent here by mistake,» Oliver insists.

Matthew Broderick has been an actor since his early teens, but it was his role in the 1986 John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" that made him a star. In a new interview with The Guardian, Broderick opened up on the impact it had on his career. "I mean, yeah, I did have nice early success.

Matthew Broderick is looking back at his career.

told The Guardian. “It’s always a hard adjustment for child actors, young actors. People see the kid out of ‘Leave It to Beaver’ grown up and they don’t buy it — they want to see little Beaver.”“People associated me with younger roles, but I wanted them to come with me and get used to the fact that I’m wrinkly.