It seems like it was only yesterday that Ross Geller’s son, Ben, was meeting the Holiday Armadillo and playing pranks on Rachel on Friends. But in the blink of an eye, he’s all grown up — or at least the actor who played him is. In a photo shared by the Friends Instagram account Thursday, Cole Sprouse is seen sitting on the show’s famous orange couch while gesturing at Huggsy, the stuffed bedtime penguin pal of Joey (Matt LeBlanc).
Colin Hanks and wife Samantha Bryant have brought home their first child, People reports. Olivia Jane Hanks, Tom Hanks’ first grandchild, was born Feb. 1 in Los Angeles. “The family is home and everyone’s happy and healthy,” a source told People. The couple married in May 2010. ncG1vNJzZmidp2OwsLmOmqmtoZOhsnB%2Bj2poaGhiZH10e8Koo6KmXZ2ur7fSZpmamqlk
Like Chris Rock and Larry the Cable Guy, Jerry Seinfeld avoids doing shows on college campuses. And while talking with ESPN’s Colin Cowherd on Thursday, the comedian revealed why: College kids today are too politically correct. “I hear that all the time,” Seinfeld said on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. “I don’t play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges. They’re so PC.'” Seinfeld says teens and college-aged kids don’t understand what it means to throw around certain politically-correct terms.
Grant Gustin might be known as The Flash nowadays, but with a little help from his friends, he won’t forget the people he met played along the way. For Gustin’s 26th birthday, Colton Haynes (Arrow, Teen Wolf) took it upon himself to pay tribute to one of Gustin’s other roles: the one-time leader of the Glee‘s Dalton Academy Warblers, Sebastian Smythe. In the video, Haynes channels Sebastian and performs a quick dance number to honor Gustin’s birthday.
Jack Carter, a pioneering comic, died of respiratory failure in his Beverly Hills, Calif. home on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. He was 93 years old. He first popped in the mainstream after appearing on Texaco Star Theatre, Milton Berle’s variety show. Carter then hosted The Jackie Gleason Show precursor Cavalcade of Stars for a year before landing his own program: The Jack Carter Show. He regularly appeared on The Hollywood Squares and The Ed Sullivan Show later in his career.
Comedian Jackie Mason has died at 93. Lawyer Raoul Felder, a friend of the Rabbi-turned-funnyman, confirmed the news to The New York Times. Mason died at an undisclosed hospital on Saturday. Mason was well known as a "Borscht Belt" comic, due to his early performances in the Catskills (think The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). The comedian's career took him around the world, and he even performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II in 1989 and 1991.
Jeff Dye, comedian and host of Who the BLEEP Is That? on Fox, was arrested and charged with a DUI on Sunday, according to PEOPLE. PEOPLE reports that Dye was arrested by the Burbank Police Department in California at 9:56 a.m. on Sunday, and was taken to Burbank Jail shortly thereafter before being released without bail at 1:04 p.m. Sgt. Stephen Turner of the Burbank Police Department told he outlet that authorities responded to a traffic collision around 9:30 a.
Sinbad, the comedian and actor known for both his stand-up specials and appearing shows and movies such as A Different World, Houseguest, and Jingle All the Way, is currently recovering from a stroke. “It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke," the family of the 64-year-old comedian (real name David Adkins) said in a statement to the Associated Press on Monday detailing his recovery.
Anyone who watched Conan O'Brien's inspired, hot-sauce-chugging appearance on Hot Ones came away with two questions: "Why isn't this man on TV every week?" and "What did all that capsaicin do to his digestive system?" The 61-year-old comedian answered the latter on the most recent episode of his Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast. Speaking with his cohosts, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley, O'Brien joked about putting his gastrointestinal distress to good use.
It's been 20 years since Gladiator came roaring into theaters and "Are you not entertained?!" became part of the pop culture lexicon forever. The Ridley Scott-helmed historical epic stars Russell Crowe as Maximus, a former Roman general turned gladiator who seeks revenge against the corrupt emperor (Joaquin Phoenix) who murdered his family and forced him into slavery. Connie Nielsen stars as Lucilla, sister to the emperor, who works behind the scenes to assist Maximus and overthrow her brother.