Mara Wilson is ready to open up about the most troubling parts of childhood stardom.
26.04.2023 - 20:13 / variety.com
Zack Sharf Digital News Director NBC’s “The Office” ended after nine seasons and 201 episodes in May 2013, about seven years before the COVID pandemic disrupted jobs around the world. In a new interview on “The Drew Barrymore Show” (via Entertainment Weekly), cast member Rainn Wilson said it would’ve been a thrill to do pandemic-themed episodes of the sitcom. Wilson, who starred as Dwight Schrute, was a main cast member on all nine seasons of the show. “It would’ve been so much fun to film ‘The Office’ during the pandemic,” Wilson said. “If we had pandemic episodes, that would’ve been amazing. ‘The Office’ writers were so great — they would’ve been able to spin that in some beautiful ways.”
Wilson even pitched an idea for an episode of “The Office” in which Dwight would recruit the staff of Dundler Mifflin to return to work after the pandemic.
“I think it would be: [Dwight] gets the call from corporate to get everyone back in the office and everyone is resistant,” Wilson said. “So, one at a time, Dwight has to kidnap every ‘Office’ cast member and bring them into Dunder Mifflin in some kind of obscure and somewhat inappropriate way.” Wilson previously imagined pandemic-themed “The Office” episodes during a September 2020 interview on “The Late Show.” “Dwight during a pandemic would be fantastic,” Wilson said at the time. “Dwight, oh my God. You’ve got so much going on right now…You’ve got Dwight fighting the pandemic. You’ve got Dwight building his own vaccine, his own antibodies. Maybe doing secret tests on people in the office. Anything you can possibly imagine, he would be all in on the conspiracy theory.” Wilson is currently making the press rounds in support of his new book, “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual
Mara Wilson is ready to open up about the most troubling parts of childhood stardom.
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Christian nationalism. “One thing we have found is the bill always comes due,” he said, mentioning Fox News having to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems over lies the network told about the company after the 2020 Presidential election, and far-right radio show host Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay $965 million for the conspiracy theories he spread about the deadly Sandy Hook shooting of 2012.“You always have to pay the bill. Dominion taught us that.
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The Beach Boys’ ‘God Only Knows’ as if it were performed by The Beatles.Over recent months, music lovers have been using AI methods to create “new music” and collaborations with their favourite artists, including The Weeknd, Drake, Kanye West and more. However, one of the latest projects shared shows that fans can also bring some of their nostalgic favourites back to life, and create new versions of iconic 1960s tracks.One of the most recent covers, shared last month, shows just that — depicting the iconic 1966 Beach Boys track, ‘God Only Knows’ being played in the style of The Beatles.Starting with AI-generated vocals, the track also features a dreamy duet with Paul McCartney and John Lennon, as well as backing harmonies from drummer Ringo Starr and an a cappella ending.
Willie Geist is doing some fact-checking. The co-anchor spoke up about his love for but paused to ensure fans know the series is fictional. «I resisted it for a while, and then I watched it,» Geist said of the Apple TV+ series while answering fan questions on the After Show of. «It's just a great show,» he said. First released in 2019, follows the ups and downs of fictional hosts of a morning news show, much like Geist's work at NBC.
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Do you folks remember, not that long ago, during Star Wars Celebration, when Kathleen Kennedy told the press that Kevin Feige was never really attached to a “Star Wars” film and it was just the fandom that made it all up? She actually said, “We never discussed an idea,” and basically, gaslit everyone into thinking it was all a rumor. Of course, we know that’s not true because Feige talked about it, Michael Waldron talked about being hired to write a script, and now, we have the Russo Brothers, who not only confirm that Feige was working on a “Star Wars” film with Lucasfilm but that they were discussing possibly signing on to direct.
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.
Lainey Wilson wants to come back to — but she still needs to get that all-important call.The country singer — who made her acting debut on the popular drama — spoke with ET's Cassie DiLaura on Sunday morning, ahead of her performance at the 2023 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California.Many of Wilson's co-stars were in attendance at the star-studded country music festival, and Wilson marveled at how supportive and welcoming everyone in the cast has been since she made her screen debut as Abby in the show's fifth season.«It's crazy, you know? They've honestly just welcomed me with open arms. They have just treated me like one of their own,» Wilson shared.
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