Pauly Shore Says His Richard Simmons Biopic Will Be ‘More Dramatic Than Funny,’ Responds to Simmons Disavowing the Film: ‘We Don’t Want to Bug Him’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sofia Vergara is taking on her most dramatic role yet in Netflix’s “Griselda,” in which she plays infamous Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. The show marks a rare opportunity for Vergara to flex her dramatic acting muscles as her career has largely been defined by comedy projects, from playing Gloria Pritchett on ABC’s “Modern Family” (which ran for 11 seasons and garnered Vergara four Emmy nominations) to films like 2015’s “Hot Pursuit” with Reese Witherspoon. “I’m always looking for characters because there’s not much that I can play with this stupid accent,” Vergara recently told the Los Angeles Times, poking fun at herself.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Will Ferrell touched down at the Sundance Film Festival to world premiere the new documentary “Will & Harper,” which centers on the relationship between the beloved comedian and his best friend Harper Steele as they take a road trip. The two met during their days on “Saturday Night Live,” which Harper wrote for from 1995 to 2008.

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William Earl Pauly Shore‘s performance as Richard Simmons is seeing the light of day, just days after plans for a feature film biopic were announced. A 10-minute short film starring Shore, titled “The Court Jester,” premiered at the Cabin in Park City on Friday. The event isn’t an official Sundance Film Festival screening, but was certainly positioned to draw in festival goers.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dominic Fike appeared at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while attending the Sundance Film Festival and compared his experiences playing a character struggling with drug addiction on HBO’s “Euphoria” and his new Sundance premiere, “Little Death.” The latter title marks the feature directorial debut of music video helmer Jack Begert, who happens to be one of Fike’s friends. Fike has been open in the past about his real-life addiction struggles, so his proximity to Berget made playing a drug addiction in “Little Death” a bit easier than playing one in “Euphoria.” “I’ve done that before, like acted like a drug addict,” Fike said. “I actually am a pretty big drug addict myself, believe it or not.

So much for all that respect?

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Melissa Barrera weighed in on her controversial exit from the “Scream” franchise while attending the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of her latest horror movie, “Your Monster.” “Honestly, I think I finally am becoming who I’m supposed to be in life, and the last few months have been a big awakening of that,” Barrera told the Associated Press when asked about her “Scream” exit. “I’m just so grateful for everything that’s happened.” Barrera played Sam Carpenter, the daughter of Billy Loomis (played by Skeet Ulrich in the original films), in 2022’s “Scream” and 2023’s “Scream 6,” the latter of which set a franchise box office record with $108 million at the domestic box office.

Pauly Shore is speaking out after Richard Simmons slammed his new movie.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jodie Foster said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while at the Sundance Film Festival that the $1.4 billion success of “Barbie” helps prove that Hollywood no longer views women directors as too much of a risk. That wasn’t always the case, as Foster often saw women filmmakers being marginalized during her career ascent in Hollywood. “I’ve had the beauty of being able to be in the business since the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and so on,” Foster said to Variety’s Rebecca Rubin.

Richard Simmons has returned to social media as news hit the internet that Pauly Shore is starring in a short film portraying him. On Wednesday, The Lewis Brother YouTube channel shared an official teaser for the short titled, The Court Jester.The news made it to Simmons, who disappeared from the public eye in 2014. Taking to his Facebook, the 75-year-old wrote, “Hi Everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore.

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X/Twitter a promotional poster for a short film named The Court Jester, in which he also portrays Simmons. The film is set to be shown at Sundance Film Festival this week.Shore wrote: “If you haven’t heard yet, my Richard Simmons short is playing at #Sundance. “The Court Jester” premiers at The Cabin #ParkCity this Friday, Jan 19 at 8pm PT and then the world will be able to watch it too.

in the teaser trailer for the upcoming short film “The Court Jester.” However, Simmons himself is not fine with the “Encino Man” playing him in the short, or in an unrelated biopic in development at the Wolper Organization, a subsidiary of Warner Bros.“Richard and I are not endorsing this project,” Simmons’ rep told ET in a statement on Wednesday. “It is unauthorized. I spoke to Pauly last year and told him [Richard] is not ready to tell his story.”Shore looks like a dead ringer for Simmons in the trailer and promo stills released for “The Court Jester,” which show the comic sporting the fitness legend’s trademark curly red hair, uber-short shorts and sparkly blue tank top.

Pauly Shore is playing Richard Simmons in an upcoming short film, and later a full feature film, but the 75-year-old fitness guru isn’t in support.

Pauly Shore is taking on the role of Richard Simmons in a new biopic.