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The new movie Minions: The Rise of Gru is now in theaters and it features a star-studded voice cast!

J. Kim Murphy It’s official —the Minions are back.Universal’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is setting off fireworks at the Fourth of July box office, projecting a $129.2 million opening over the four-day holiday weekend.

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“Minions: The Rise of Gru.” Steve Carell once again voices Gru in the second installment of this “Despicable Me” spinoff series, which gives the inside look into Gru’s mission to become a supervillain. If you’re wondering how to watch this fun family flick, we have the answers to all your questions.The animated film will premiere in theaters July 1.

The Irn Bru Twitter account has rebranded as Haggis Soda for the day after Steve Carell gave the drink a try for the first time. The actor also gave the beloved drink his seal of approval.

Jordan Moreau “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” the latest animated entry in the family-friend “Despicable Me” franchise, opened to $10.75 million in Thursday previews from 3,350 theaters in North America. It will expand to 4,391 theaters on Friday.Heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is expected to gross between $65 million and $75 million in its extra-long opening. Those current projections forecast that the fifth entry in the animated franchise is on track for the lowest opening since the original “Despicable Me” picked up $56 million back in 2010.

Minions: The Rise of Gru, will be reading from The Eyebrows of Doom in the episode airing today (July 1).“I loved reading to my kids when they were younger so it was a great pleasure to read a Bedtime Story for CBeebies, (about a pair of mischievous eyebrows causing havoc, which is something we can all relate to),” Carell said in a statement about the reading.Steve Carell joins a long list of actors and musicians to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story, including Harry Styles, Tom Hardy, Dave Grohl, Phoebe Bridgers, Dolly Parton, Felicity Jones and more.CBG, CBB?

Lightyear,” a film that sometimes falls into that old Pixar trap of being too smart for its own good.The Minions, on the flip side, are not Mensa candidates. They’re stooges.The story exists, for the most part, to put them into a bunch of silly situations.Kevin and Bob go full-on “Catch Me if You Can,” dress up as pilots and fly a commercial jet to California … with plenty of turbulence.They meet Master Chow (Michelle Yeoh), a San Fran acupuncturist who moonlights as a kung fu expert and teaches them her martial art — in “Rocky” training montage style. Dumb, dumb Otto, meanwhile, takes to the open road on a motorcycle and visits the World’s Biggest Banana.He’s also a hopeless romantic, and briefly falls in love with a rock with googly eyes glued on it.“Rise of Gru” is better than the previous Gru-less flick because the Minions make the most sense when serving a lame-o villain.

Alice Cooper.During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (June 29), the chat show host brought up the doppelgänger comparison that was “going around” on the internet.After some laughter, Carell said in response: “I see it.”The actor then recalled how he once served Cooper while working in a restaurant in Chicago.“I was working at a restaurant, and he came in. And he was Alice Cooper,” Carell said.

Steve Carell definitely sees the resemblance between himself and Alice Cooper.

Let’s start with what’s most important about “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” which is that my children loved it. One is going on nine years old, so she’s mostly come out on the other side of her affection for these characters, but she had a good time; her five-year-old sister, in the midst of full-on Minion Fever (she brought a stuffed Bob along with her to the screening), proclaimed it the best one yet, though she may have been suffering from recency bias.

Steve Carell and John Krasinski will soon be reuniting onscreen more than a decade after their hit sitcom, , went off the air.Carell recently chatted with ET's Will Marfuggi, and he spoke about getting the opportunity to work with Krasinski once again on the upcoming project .«Well, I haven’t started working on the film with him yet, but I can’t wait,» Carell, 59, shared. «I’m anticipating just joy and fun.

The stars of Minions: The Rise of Gru are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie!

The One Show, Carell revealed the first time he discovered he had become a celebrity. The actor, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016, said it was a Starbucks employee who first introduced him to life as a household name. He said: "I don’t think it’s something you get accustomed to.

Steve Carell holds hands with Stuart and Kevin at the photo call for their new movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru, at Parliament Square on Monday (June 20) in London, England.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEvery entry in the “Despicable Me” franchise is technically a Minions movie, since one way or another, the adorable yellow buggers manage to steal the show. But the fun thing about 2015’s standalone prequel was just that: It allowed the Minions to stand alone, pairing them with someone other than Gru for a change.Gru’s great, but his bad-guy-gone-soft shtick is starting to get old.

Emily Longeretta Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” started with a man at the center.Season 1 began with Steve Carell’s Mitch Kessler getting fired from a popular morning talk show following complaints of sexual harassment. However, instead of focusing on Mitch, creator Kerry Ehrin leaned in on those whom his actions impacted: The women steering the ship.Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Karen Pittman led that journey in Season 1, which earned eight Emmy nominations, while Greta Lee and Julianna Margulies joined the second season.Season 2 of the drama continued tracking the fallout of Mitch’s firing, while tackling the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jennifer Aniston is ready for her “Morning Show” character to find some romance. 

Six decades later, the von Trapp children are back together.

The hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor.

died in February 2021 at the age of 91.Many of the iconic British actress’ old pals and costars such as “Princess Diaries” star Hector Elizondo also appeared throughout the evening. Princess Mia Thermopolis herself, Anne Hathaway, sent in a lovely recorded message to pay tribute to Andrews.Her “Mary Poppins” costar Dick Van Dyke also relayed a message via video.

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Bell Media has acquired more than 1,000 hours of content including Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, Ex Machina and Boyhood from FilmRise.

The Office is getting a Middle Eastern makeover as an Arabic version of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s hit comedy classic is reportedly in the works. While it has been nearly two decades since it ended in the UK, the new version is set to air in the Middle East later this year, following a deal between BBC Studios and local producer-broadcaster MBC.

Saudi Arabia is getting its own version of “The Office.”“Al Maktab,” the name of the Saudi Arabian version, will span 20 episodes. MBC Studios is producing the show, after making a deal with BBC Studios, which licenses the franchise.The new version, which begins production in June, is set at a courier company.It will star Saleh Abuamrh, who will play the boss – Malik Al-Tuwaifi.

EXCLUSIVE: Avenue 5‘s space voyage may be coming to an end. Season 2 of Armando Iannucci’s space comedy, delayed by the pandemic, has not been scheduled yet. I hear it will likely launch in the fall and is expected to be the series’ last. A rep for HBO declined comment.

Adam ChitwoodThe all-star cast of Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and young Joey King really make this movie. It is just the right amount of chaotic with some pretty sweet connections at the end. Cal Weaver (Carell) is floored when his wife of almost 25 years Emily (Moore) blurts out at dinner that she wants to get divorced.

Space Force has been cancelled by Netflix after two seasons.The streaming platform announced that the Steve Carell-led comedy series, which he co-created with The Office showrunner Greg Daniels, will not be returning for a third run of episodes.This comes just two and a half months after the release of the second season, which has received middling to negative reviews from critics.A parody of ex-president Donald Trump’s genuine desire to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the US military, Space Force centres on the everyday failings and absurd antics of General Mark R. Naird (Carell) and his team as they launch various space-related operations.Alongside Carell, the show starred John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome, Jimmy O.

The Second City opened its doors in 1959 as a small comedy cabaret. It has since grown to become the world’s most influential name in improv comedy, boasting such prominent alumni as John Belushi, John Candy, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Eugene Levy, and many more.

BBC Two broadcast The Office has developed into a multi award-winning international franchise with remakes in 10 different countries. The most notable of these is the US version, Wales Online reports, where Slough's Wernham Hogg becomes the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, and the office is managed by Steve Carell. The US Office lasted a whopping nine series, compared with the original which consisted of just 14 episodes.

Netflix has canceled the Steve Carell series Space Force after just two seasons.