Bowen Yang, Dan Levy And Ben Platt Were Almost In ‘Barbie’

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Jo Koy is extending his relationship with Netflix, signing a deal to bring his next two stand-up comedy specials to the streamer. The specials will mark Koy’s fifth and sixth with Netflix; first up, the next one will tape at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on November 10 and 11, with an expected 2024 premiere. Art & Industry is producing that special.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Given the $1 billion success of “Barbie,” it’s hard to picture anyone in the title role other than Margot Robbie. But the actor explained to Vogue back in May that it was actually Gal Gadot who was her first choice to star as Barbie. Robbie is a producer on “Barbie” and did not immediately envision herself in the role.

Dan Levy is celebrating a big milestone in style.

Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens actor Bowen Yang has said that he “almost died” in a production mishap when a horse that he was riding bucked in fear.Yang revealed on his Las Culturistas podcast recently that the incident happened while shooting season three of the sitcom in Iceland.“Actually, [it’s] not fun to be on a horse,” Yang said. “[I’ve] ridden a horse for camera.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. and Ireland box office soared to £160.7 million ($205.1 million) in July thanks to “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” according to numbers released by Comscore. The July box office was 78% higher than June and 27% higher than July 2022.

Greg O’Shea, who won the 2029 series of Love Island alongside then-girlfriend Amber Gill, has opened up about the “worst decision of my life” after ditching a party that was attended by Margot Robbie. Speaking on the Irish chatshow The Six O'Clock Show, Greg explained that he had been invited to the premiere of the actress’ 2016 film Birds of Prey, in which she plays Harley Quinn, but he decided not to go.

McKinley Franklin editor Netflix has debuted a slate of first-look photos for the final season of its series “Sex Education,” which is set to premiere on Sept. 21.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” and Universal’s “Oppenheimer” continued their domination of the U.K. and Ireland box office with a combined £21.4 million ($27.3 million) after their second weekend, per numbers from Comscore. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” topped the charts for the second week in a row with £13.2 million, and now has a total of £47.9 million.

world now, we're just living in it. Keke Palmer, who appears to have seen Greta Gerwig's Barbie, shared a photo of herself as a blonde, and it's giving '90s —think Pam Anderson or Anna Nicole Smith, or even Eve.

.You see, some users on TikTok have been using the record-breaking film as some sort of feminism barometer for their cishet boyfriends and potential partners. “I genuinely think taking your boyfriend to should be your relationship test to decide if he’s good [as] a potential long-term partner,” TikTok user wrote in a that’s been viewed over four million times.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK box office is booming thanks to Barbenheimer.

Bowen Yang is back.

Remembrances are pouring in for Sinéad O’Connor.

Whoopi Goldberg has hit back at criticism of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie from conservative commentators like Ted Cruz and Ben Shapiro.On Tuesday’s (July 25) episode of US chat show The View, a reel of various right-wing commentators criticising the film was shown. Among the clips was Texas senator Cruz, who described it as “Chinese communist propaganda” due to its depiction of a disputed region in the South China Sea (via Business Insider).Shapiro, meanwhile, branded it “one of the worst movies I have ever seen” and “angry, feminist claptrap that alienates men from women” in his YouTube review.In response to their comments, Goldberg said: “It’s a movie! It’s a movie about a doll!“I thought y’all would be happy. She has no genitalia, so there’s no sex involved.

Barbie casting directors Lucy Bevan and Allison Jones are spilling the tea on how they landed with the perfect set of Barbies and Kens.

These actors could have been Ken-tenders.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The search for the perfect Barbie and Ken actors in Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking blockbuster “Barbie” fell to casting directors Lucy Bevan and Allison Jones, who recently revealed to Vanity Fair that “Saturday Night Live” Emmy nominee Bowen Yang, “Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner Dan Levy and “Dear Evan Hansen” Tony winner Ben Platt were all in the running to land roles as different variations of Ken. “They were definitely really different, but they had to feel like a cohesive group,” Bevan said about the search for the perfect Ken ensemble. “You wanted to cast people who were really going to get on and be great and enjoy it.” “Barbie” was shot in London under strict COVID protocols, which meant every cast member was required to spend three months in the city close to production.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer handed UK cinema chain Vue its second biggest weekend in history as cinemagoers flocked in record numbers to catch the Barbenheimer double bill.  

Greta Gerwig is clearing some things up about the speculation that Barbara Handler appears in the Barbie movie.

Movie fans flooded cinemas today for the release of two of the most hotly anticipated films this year. Known as 'Barbenheimer', July 21, 2023 marked the day hundreds of movie-goers came out in full force to watch Greta Gerwig's twist on the popular children's toy, Barbie and Christopher Nolan's dramatic retelling of the life of the father of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer.