NBA player and first-time actor Juancho Hernangómez knew of Adam Sandler before starring alongside him in Netflix's Hustle, but he wasn't exactly a longtime admirer. "Coming from Spain, I know his movies, of course, but I never was a fan," Hernangómez tells EW while enjoying the off-season in his native Spain. But when he met the Uncut Gems star, it was love at first sight. "From the first day we got through chemistry and fitting, we loved each other so much," Read More...
Boldly declaring that NBC needs to be, um, ”more better,” network Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced a fall schedule that sticks with low-rated critical faves (yay, Friday Night Lights!), promises loads of original programming (more Office and Heroes!), and offers four new dramas. After a season full of fan grumbling about long hiatuses (which were meant to answer the previous season’s grumbles about reruns), the Peacock will attempt to calm the masses with a whopping ”30 half-hours” of The Office (that’s five one-hour eps, plus 25 regular installments), 25 episodes of My Name Is Earl, and a 24-episode season of Heroes — plus a six-part ”spin-off” called Heroes: Origins that will introduce a new superhuman character each week. Read More...
NBC made four more pilot pickups, including a couple intriguing titles with similar overtones to major hits. First up, NBC ordered Free Agents as a cast-contingent pilot from Party Down‘s John Enbom, a workplace single-camera comedy about two quirky co-workers (at a Hollywood talent agency, no less — now that’s how you get power players to relate to your script). Both are on the rebound from relationships, one from a divorce and the other from the loss of a fiancé. Read More...
