The comedy script, developed in 1993, gets new life with an all-star cast. In 1993,Ben Stillerintended to direct a project based on a script calledThe Towering Disaster. Now, it’s being dusted off, reworked, and brought back to life. Credit: Michael Tullberg/FilmMagic; Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Noam Galai/Getty Images “I loved it then, can’t wait to read it now with SUPERSTARS all around!” Odenkirk tweeted of the news. The Towering Disasterwill be broadcast live on July 25 at 8 p....

Ben Watkins, a contestant on season 6 ofMasterChef Junior, died Monday after an 18-month battle with cancer. “He never, ever complained. Ben was and will always be the strongest person we know.” Credit: Erica Parise/FOX Two years earlier, he lost his parents in a murder-suicide. “Ben was just so selfless,” his uncle Anthony Edwards told theChicago Tribune. “It was unreal, the character he had.” “Your young life had so many tough turns but you always persevered....

BenDeLaCremeeliminated herself fromRuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3because that’s what?The gag of the season. It was a thing that was relevant to the moment. Had she not went home, I do believe I probably would’ve gone home that episode!" Kennedy Davenport and BenDeLaCreme discuss shocking moments in EW’s BINGE podcast ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3’ recap.World of Wonder/ Paramount + Listen to BenDeLaCreme and Kennedy Davenport discussAll Stars 3above.

The voice actor had been locked in a stalemate with the show’s producers over a salary dispute. John DiMaggiowill be going back to the future after all. Series creatorsMatt Groeningand David X. Cohen are also on board. John DiMaggio will return as Bender in Hulu’s ‘Futurama’ revival after all.Michael Kovac/Getty; Futurama TM/Twentieth Century Fox “I’M BACK, BABY! Whatever floats your boat, I don’t care, you get the picture. I’M BACK, BABY!...

The hardest part about playing a terrifying rancher in Jane Campion’s acclaimed Netflix film? “The banjo.” ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’re known for cerebral roles: Doctor Strange, Sherlock Holmes. Netflix This one’s different, a gruff 1930s Montana rancher named Phil. What drew you to it? Heisa cerebral character, by the way. It was just a really mind-blowing experience, and so far away from my lived one. You stayed in character throughout filming....

Watch the teaser trailer above. Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘The Power of the Dog.'.Netflix Netflix Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons in Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog.'.KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX Kirsten Dunst in ‘The Power of the Dog.'.KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX

But it backfired a little bit." But following its release, LGBTQ activistscalled for a boycottof the movie, which they said perpetuated transphobia. “We are making fun of a bunch of different things,” Ferrell said in an interview. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kyle Mooney in ‘Zoolander 2’.Everett Collection “To me, I don’t feel like it was over-egregious.” Representatives for Stiller and Cumberbatch did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment. Want more movie news?...

The Academy Award-nominated actor also says he feared he was COVID-19 “patient zero” in a new interview. A report from theN.Y. Timesreleased in 2019 estimates running the controversial facility costs $13 million per prisoner which currently stands at 40. Benedict Cumberbatch.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images “It is a huge spend. It’s the most expensive prison on earth. And what are the results? STXfilms Where are the prosecutions? That’s just being really brutally economic about it, it just doesn’t work,” he continued....

The fraudulent investor’s clients included the likes of Steven Spielberg and Kevin Bacon. Robert De Niro and Richard Dreyfuss played him in fictionalized TV adaptations of the scandal. This rags-to-riches story would become an integral part of Madoff’s myth-making over the years. Credit: Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images Some of Madoff’s clients had believed they had as much $60 billion in holdings with him. The fallout from the scheme was more than just financial; there was also a stark human cost....

The last book that made me cry Pachinko[byMin Jin Lee]. Every hundred pages, I wept. I’m going into a trance thinking about it. Bess Kalb and her memoir ‘Nobody Will Tell You This But Me’.Credit: Lucas Foglia; Little, Brown Book Group The writer who made me want to be a writer Susan Orlean. I readThe Orchid Thiefin high school and wrote my college essay about how I wanted to be a journalist....

Documentaries can be like taking your brain or your heart to the spa. Or sometimes its like putting them through the wringer. Here are some great films from 2019 to go on a journey, no matter the destination. Credit: Austin Hargrave/Hulu; Sundance Institute; Neon; Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images; Magnolia Pictures But it didnt take long for my cynicism to dissolve underThe Biggest Little Farms spell. The pair and their teams commitment is tireless, while their insecurities going into the endeavor are refreshingly bare....

Sometimes it’s nice to watch something less frightening than real life. Stineadaptation, set in 1994, 1978, and 1666. “I love the slasher movie, but we’ve done that, right?” Peri Baumeister in ‘Blood Red Sky.'.STANISLAV HONZIK/NETFLIX It’s not a traditional sequel model." I immediately got inspired to go write more for her." “There’s only so many PG-13 movies I can make before I get bored of that. Kiana Madeira in ‘Fear Street Part 3: 1666....

At last, we’ve come to the end of 2020. Below, check out our picks for comics to read this month. Batman/Catwoman#1 is available now. Credit: DC Comics; Image Comics; Marvel Comics Haunted house story plus…mecha manga? With a good dose of punk rock aesthetic, to be sure. Her band name becomes literal as she starts piloting the creaky house like a Gundam. DC Comics Home Sick Pilots#1 is on sale Dec....