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George Clooney braved a sinus infection and a rainstorm on Thursday night for the Venice premiere of Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” which soaked in an 8.5-minute standing ovation. Clooney walked the red carpet on the Lido with his co-star Adam Sandler, who made a rare appearance in a tux. The two leading men play a Hollywood power couple of sorts …

Noah Baumbach’s best work is invariably personal. Though none could be called strictly autobiographical, films like The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story, Frances Ha and The Meyerowitz Stories all bear the unmistakable signs of lived experience — of family, marriage, parenthood, friendship or milieu. It’s possible that in his latest feature, Jay Kelly, co-written with Emily Mortimer, the pampered …

Adam Sandler on Playing Against Type in Noah Baumbach’s Dramedy ‘Jay Kelly’: ‘Holy S—, I Can’t Believe I’m Getting This Gift’  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Adam Sandler, best known for broad comedies like “Happy Gilmore,” “Billy Madison” and “Big Daddy,” relished in the opportunity to play against type and take on a dramatic role in Noah Baumbach’s dramedy “Jay Kelly.” In the film, Sandler portrays a straight-shooting manager to a spiraling movie star Jay Kelly (George Clooney). “Being in this movie and not just trying …

Turns out, Adam Sandler didn’t necessarily have just one person in mind when crafting a scathing lyric about an antisemitic musician in his Saturday Night Live 50th-anniversary special song, “50 Years.” In the emotional, funny, and at times cutting ditty meant to appropriately commemorate the show’s long history, Sandler sings at one point, “50 years of finding out your favorite …

George Clooney recently told Vanity Fair that he could not adhere to Noah Baumbach’s usual directing style of multiple takes when the duo teamed up for Netflix’s “Jay Kelly,” which is world premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival later this month before bowing on Netflix later this year.  “I literally said to him, ‘Noah, look, I love the …

Adam Sandler is celebrating the Happy Gilmore 2 team’s swings that helped deliver the biggest U.S. opening weekend of all time for a Netflix film. Director Kyle Newacheck‘s sequel to the beloved 1996 golf comedy began streaming Friday to strong numbers, as the movie was No. 1 on the streamer’s English film list and marked the highest debut for a …

Cameron Boyce‘s mother, Libby Boyce, thanked Adam Sandler for the tribute to her son in “Happy Gilmore 2.” “Thank you [Adam Sandler] for honoring Cam’s legacy in ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’” she wrote in an Instagram post Monday, sharing a still of the tribute and a frame of Sandler and Boyce in “Grown Ups 2.” Boyce died in 2019 due to …

Cameron Boyce‘s mother is expressing her appreciation for Adam Sandler for the subtle tribute he included in Happy Gilmore 2 for the late actor. Boyce, who died in 2019 at age 20, appears at the beginning of the sequel, after Sandler’s character, Happy Gilmore, approaches a golfing check-in booth. The scene then cuts to two people sitting behind the counter, …

Cameron Boyce’s mom is thanking Adam Sandler after his latest film, Happy Gilmore 2, seemingly paid tribute to her late son. “Thank you @adamsandler for honoring Cam’s legacy in Happy Gilmore 2,” Libby Boyce wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. Cameron, best known for roles in Descendants, Jessie, and Mrs. Fletcher, died in 2019 at age 20 “in his …