Mel Brooks Recalls The German Accent That Won Teri Garr Her Immortal ‘Young Frankenstein’ Role

Gladiator II as “total Hollywood bullshit”.A feature by The Hollywood Reporter published today (October 30) makes a bid to separate the historical accuracies of the upcoming epic from its wilder sequences – like the use of sharks in a flooded Colosseum, which had already garnered praise (and disbelief) from viewers upon its reveal in the film’s trailer.Dr. Shadi Bartsch, a classics professor at the University of Chicago – and author of several books about ancient Rome – called it “total Hollywood bullshit.”“I don’t think Romans knew what a shark was,” she said, although adding that naval battles were held in the arena.On the use of rhinos in the Colosseum, Bartsch notes that a poem was once written in 80 A.D.

Due to insufficient ticket sales, Ginger root will no longer be performing at the Hollywood Palladium. The show has been moved to The Wiltern.

Primus have announced the “shock” departure of their drummer, Tim “Herb” Alexander.Remaining members Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde announced yesterday (October 29) via Twitter/X that Alexander had left the band “effective immediately”, via an email sent on October 17. “It came as a complete shock to all of us here in the Primus camp,” they wrote.“On the heels of a wonderful spring & summer of touring and some fabulous plans ahead, it has been a bit bewildering for us that Herb would so abruptly opt out,” the statement continued.“After several attempts to communicate with Herb, his only response was another email stating that he has ‘lost his passion for playing.’ As disappointing as that is, we respect his choice.”They go on to say that, as a result of Alexander’s departure, they’ve had to “make some tough decisions” about future performances.“We considered cancelling the annual New Year’s show, but after much talk Les and Ler have decided to pivot to an augmented version of Primus featuring members of Holy Mackerel and Frog Brigade,” they write, specifying that it will be “an exciting special, one-time event.”For their upcoming festival date with Tool, dubbed Tool In The Sand, in the Dominican Republic, their one-time touring drummer, Danny Carey, will step in.pic.twitter.com/bYYVn6dEWl— Primus (@primus) October 29, 2024Next year, the band are set to embark on the second leg of Tool’s Maynard James Keenan’s ‘Sessanta’ tour.

One of the most horrifying stories we’ve heard in a while just got… more unexplained.

Kelly Osbourne is loving her life as a momma.

The audience for the 2024 World Series just keeps growing.

Long before Erin Foster and Adam Brody debuted their hit mixed-faith series on Netflix, the pair nearly broke bread during Chrismukkah.

Martha Stewart opened up about her life with director R.J. Cutler for her Netflix documentary Martha.

Dancing On Ice's first pairing has been unveiled ahead of the 2025 series, with Love Island star Chris Taylor paired with skater Vanessa Bauer, who is a show favourite and has even bagged the show's coveted win before. Chris has begun training with Vanessa, and admitted via Instagram he couldn't be happier with the pairing as he shared snaps of himself and Vanessa on the ice. He wrote: "Bloody DELIGHTED to say me & Vanessa are skating together on @dancingonice 2025 …swipe to see how in sync we are(n’t…yet.

Faith-based Pinnacle Peak Pictures, previously Pure Flix Entertainment, is adding two new theatrical films to its international sales slate for AFM 2024, The Last Supper and Between Borders.

EXCLUSIVE: After seeing his first narrative feature The Inspection garner rave reviews in 2022, director Elegance Bratton is getting back behind the camera for By Any Means, a true-life crime thriller starring Oscar nominees Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter) and Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) for Hammerstone Studios, Thunder Road, Freedom Principle, and North.Five.Six.

Reddit stock zoomed 42% Wednesday after the tech firm posted a surprise quarterly profit, its first since going public last March.

EXCLUSIVE: Will Atlas has joined More/Medavoy Management. He will work as a manager representing writers, directors, and actors.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that cameras are rolling on the set of the Amazon MGM Orion Pictures’ feature take of the 3x Obie winning play, Is God Is with I’m a Virgo‘s Kara Young and Kindred‘s Mallori Johnson playing outcast twin sisters. Also starring are Oscar nominee and 3x Primetime Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown, Kill Bill‘s Vivica A. Fox and Moonlight actress and multi-Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe.

Imax shares nosed higher in after-market trading, up over 3% on solid numbers, new installations, and a roaring good outlook by CEO Rich Gelfond.

Kristin Cavallari once rejected Bobby Flay after the famous television chef slid into her direct messages!

What was Liam Payne like on the set of Building The Band? A new source is sharing some new insight!

New details have come to light about Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz‘s split!

Saoirse Ronan has opened up about her private chats with "dear friend" Paul Mescal regarding women's safety, following her powerful comments on The Graham Norton Show that sent social media into a frenzy.The acclaimed actress received praise after discussing gender-based violence while sharing the couch with an all-male lineup including Paul, Denzel Washington, and Eddie Redmayne. And chatting with Ryan Tubridy on Virgin Radio UK following the moment, Saoirse revealed her close bond with Paul, saying: "Paul being one of my very dear friends, I've had conversations like that with him before and he completely gets that and completely understands that." She reflected on the impact of her words, noting: "But I think the fact that there was a moment like that that happened on a show like Graham Norton, which is something that the entire nation channels and to watch and even overseas, it's something that people tune into, it seems to have had an accessibility which seems to have really gained traction, which I think is amazing." Saoirse highlighted the importance of the discussion, adding: "It's opening a conversation and again, hopefully it's allowing more and more women to just be like, well, yeah, actually, let's talk about our experience." The conversation she referred to involved Eddie discussing his training for 'The Day of the Jackal', where he learned to use a phone in self-defence.

Lottie Moss, the younger sister of supermodel Kate Moss, has announced plans to quit her lucrative OnlyFans career despite raking in a whopping £30,000 per month.The 26-year-old model made waves when she started creating risqué content for OnlyFans last year. However, Lottie now feels she's "growing up" and is ready to leave that chapter behind. Instead, she hopes to transition into a TV career and also plans to earn income through voice work with a podcast.

Paddy McGuinness has reportedly managed to keep ownership of his Cheshire mansion in the divorce proceedings with his ex-wife Christine.The couple split in 2022 but have remained living in the stunning home for the sake of their three children; 10-year-old twins Penelope and Leo and seven year old daughter Felicity. While Paddy is said to have gotten the house in the divorce, there is one unusual condition - that Christine and the children will remain living there.This is to keep stability in place for their kids, who have all been diagnosed with autism and have a strong need for routine.

Lucy Beaumont has issued a huge career update following her split from husband Jon Richardson.The pair, who share eight year old daughter Elsie, surprised fans earlier this year when they announced that their marriage had come to an end after nine years. Six months on from the split, 41-year-old comedian has landed a huge role on primetime TV and it has been revealed that she will be hosting the BBC New Comedy Awards 2024 final. Having helped launch the career of comedians including Peter Kay, Joe Lycett and Alan Carr, the award show will celebrate some of the hottest new names in UK comedy.

Mayor for Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has issued a statement following the announcement of the Labour government's first budget, with a major funding boost also announced for the region and it's transport network.

Lucie Joan Fagan had just returned to school after two years away when her mother received a knock at the door. It was her daughter's teacher.

An Arizona man is in jail after police say he stored his father’s dead body in a freezer in the backyard of his home… for FOUR YEARS! And during a significant portion of that time, the freezer apparently wasn’t even plugged into an outlet. Ew… On Friday, Joseph Daniel Hill Jr.

Salma Hayek is a woman of her own fortune.

here.Watch Reeves deliver the 2024 Budget speech below (skip to 39:17 for the business rates relief address).Last week, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) found that UK clubbing could be “extinct” by the end of the decade, with new figures showing that 37 per cent of all clubs across the country have permanently shut since March 2020 – an average of three clubs a week and 150 per year. If the trend continues, all spaces in the UK will have closed their doors by December 31, 2029.The NTIA also weighed in on today’s announcement, criticising the government and sharing that even though Reeves extended business rates relief for night-time economy businesses in the Autumn Budget by an additional two years at a reduced 40 per cent, the benefit is negated due to the tax hikes which threaten the sector’s financial stability.NTIA CEO Michael Kill said in a press release: “We are in one of the toughest trading environments the UK has seen in decades for our sector, fraught with a legacy of challenges from previous crises.“While the Chancellor has listened to our plight, the extended business rates relief is a minor concession amongst the array of tax increases and fiscal shifts, which will take some time to evaluate and consider regarding sector impacts.

Netflix in the UK.My Wife, My Abuser: Captured On Camera was first aired on Channel 5 earlier this year, and features video footage of the abuse suffered by Richard Spencer at the hands of his then wife, Sheree, alongside written testimonials, audio recordings and photographs.It led to his wife, a former prison boss, pleading guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, according to the Radio Times.She was jailed for four years at Hull Crown Court in March 2023. The offences that she was found guilty of took place between 2016 and 2021.Many fans took to X/Twitter to give their reaction to the docuseries after watching it on Netflix.“That ‘My wife, My abuser’ on Netflix is genuinely one of the hardest watches ever.

R.E.M. have shared a new lyric video for their 1986 hit ‘I Believe’, as part of their ‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’ campaign to encourage people to vote.In the lead-up to the US election next week (November 5), the band have been vocal about the importance of voting.

Jane’s Addiction.It follows the band making headlines in recent months for their reunion and subsequent fallout, which occurred when a fight broke out on stage between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro. Following the incident, they subsequently cancelled their remaining dates and confirmed a hiatus.Since then there’s been little sign of activity, despite a single called ‘True Love’ which they quietly released in September, following the announcement of their indefinite break.Now, though, Supreme have announced a Fall 24 collaboration with the band.

Daft Punk‘s 2003 anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar is coming to cinemas worldwide later this year.Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi – under the supervision of veteran manga artist Leiji Matsumoto – Interstella 5555 was produced as a visual companion to the duo’s 2001 album ‘Discovery’, with its entirety serving as the soundtrack to the film, which contains no dialogue.Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo conceptualised Interstella 5555 with regular collaborator Cédric Hervet. The film only received a limited theatrical run in 2003 after its Cannes Film Festival premiere that year.

Jude Law has confirmed that there is no new Fantastic Beasts film “on the horizon”.In a new Variety interview, published today (October 30), the actor – who portrayed a young Albus Dumbledore in the second and third Fantastic Beasts films – speculated on the future of the franchise, revealing that he knows it’s “certainly on hold.”“My guess would be that, now that they’re doing ‘Harry Potter’ as a TV show, they’ll probably put their energy into that,” he tells Variety. “I certainly haven’t heard that there’s anything on the horizon.”He also spoke about playing the role, which was portrayed by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter films, along with Michael Gambon in all remaining films of the franchise: “To play him and to really feel a sense of his extraordinary powers, I found a nice place in myself.

The Lathums have announced the release date of their upcoming album ‘Matter Does Not Define’, alongside a UK and Ireland tour for 2025. Find all the details below.The Wigan rock band gave fans the first taste of their yet-to-be-released third album earlier this year with the single ‘No Direction’.

The Graham Norton Show that went viral.In an interview with Virgin Radio UK, Ronan – in conversation with host Ryan Tubridy to promote her new film Blitz – reflected on her Graham Norton appearance.On the variety show, Ronan was joined by Gladiator II stars Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal, along with Eddie Redmayne, who appeared to promote the upcoming miniseries The Day Of The Jackal.Redmayne stars in it as The Jackal, a shadowy assassin-for-hire who’s also being chased by British intelligence. The actor discusses the intensive training required for the role – he notes that he learned about using a phone as a self-defense weapon in case of danger.Mescal picks up on it – but jokes about the silliness of using a phone in such a situation, to which Norton joins in.

Stevie Nicks has urged musicians to use their platforms as a way to encourage people to go and vote.The rock icon and former Fleetwood Mac member appeared as a guest on MSNBC’s talk show Morning Joe and opened up to Mika Brzezinski about why she thinks her musical colleagues should be encouraging more people to vote.After being asked by Brzezinski “What can others, female rockers, singers, icons, are there any who you can name that can do more at this moment, isn’t this the moment when we should be leaving it all on the stage?,” Nicks responded: “Well you know, if you really think about it, no matter who really wins, it’s not over. Right, I mean the government, whatever, we have to figure out a way to bring back Roe v.

Slipknot fans have reacted to the band’s new ‘S’ logo on their recent merch drop, with many less than happy with the design.Corey Taylor and co took to the band’s official social media accounts to share some new limited-edition pieces of merch they have released which include a variety of t-shirts, tank tops and long sleeves.