Hollywood: Jerry Seinfeld
By Tony Rizzo
HOLLYWOOD -- Jerry Seinfeld will make his film directorial debut with a script he wrote, is producing and is starring in as well. The film's set in 1963 Michigan, when Pop Tarts were invented by Kellogg's. Seinfeld's stand-up act had a routine about the creation of Pop Tarts. It's available on YouTube (from 2010) and has been seen on The Tonight Show and in his Netflix special. For his film version, he's enlisted some of the "who's who" of comedy today: Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Bobby Moynihan, Jack McBrayer as well as Hugh Grant, James Marsden, Max Greenfield and Christian Slater.
Jerry Seinfield in "23 Hours to Kill" Photo Credit: Jeffery Neira/Netflix
Last week, we told you Joaquin Phoenix is returning in a sequel to "Joker" called "Joker: Folie a Deux," and guess what? It's become a musical, with the casting of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
Not a sequel, but a prequel for "The Hunger Games" (the trilogy grossed $3 billion) will star Josh Andres Rivera (of Broadway's "Hamilton" and Chino in Spielberg's "West Side Story"), his co-star Rachel Zegler (Maria in "West Side Story") and Tom Blyth (who will portray Coriolanus Snow, originally played by Donald Sutherland). The prequel's called "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," and opens Nov. 17, 2023.
Jennifer Hudson became the 17th person and 5th woman to join the exclusive EGOT club. (In order to become a member, you must win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.) Hudson won her Oscar for "Dreamgirls" (2007); two Grammys, one for "The Color Purple" (2017); a Daytime Emmy for "Baba Yaga" (2021); and a Tony Award last month, as a producer of Broadway's "A Strange Loop." Hudson once confessed, "I got a dog and named him Oscar, and I won an Oscar. I got another dog and named him Grammy and won a Grammy. So, I thought I should get some dogs and name them Emmy and Tony."
Have you wondered where to go on that dream vacation or how to spend that $110,000 you socked away? Well, Disney is offering a dream vacation flying in a private Iceland Air Boeing 747 on a 24-day tour to 12 Disney parks around the world. The trip includes stops to see the Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, the Lucasfilm campus and Walt Disney Studios. However, the price doesn't include airfare to or from the point where the trip begins. But it does include three adventure guides, Disney VIPs, Imagineers, cultural experts, three staff members, a chef and a physician. But, you better hurry: It happens July 9-Aug. 1, 2023, and there are only 75 spots. Does that give me enough time to start up a GoFundMe?
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