By now you’d think you know what you’re getting with an Adam Sandler sports movie. “Happy Gilmore” and “The Waterboy” have conditioned us to expect silly voices and left hooks from irritated game show hosts.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— Adam Sandler, long a pick-up player, channels his affection for basketball into Jeremiah Zagar's “Hustle," debuting Friday on Netflix.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— “Ice Age” hasn't quite lasted eons, but the animated franchise is now a decade old.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel and YouTube personality and engineer Mark Rober will host an online fundraiser to benefit those with autism...
The distance for Adam Sandler from last year's frantic, high-wire act “Uncut Gems” to his new Netflix comedy, LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says she'll be ready to talk when her daytime show returns this month after a staff shake-up prompted by allegations of a toxic workplace...
Juni Ata, “Saudade" (Flying on Fire)
Breaking through in the music industry isn’t easy under the best of circumstances...
The protagonists in Judd Apatow movies don’t generally have their stuff together. They are emotionally stunted, occasionally underachieving, unmotivated to change and often even border on unlikable...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Expect more Adam Sandler in your Netflix feed.
The streaming giant announced Friday that Sandler and his Happy Madison Productions have reached a new deal with Netflix to make four more films...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes may not have shown much love to filmmaker Martin Scorsese and his epic “The Irishman,” but the AARP has...
By now, we shouldn't be too surprised by this cultural contradiction known as Adam Sandler.
It's obvious that Sandler, the actor, is capable of extraordinary range — not in the traditional, Meryl Streep sense, but a range of incredibly good ("Punch-Drunk Love") to painfully bad (the horrendous "Jack and Jill") and incredibly good again, as in "Uncut Gems," a frenetic, compulsively watchable, exhausting and exhilarating collaboration with Josh and Benny Safdie...
NEW YORK (AP) — Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story," Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" and the Safdie brothers' "Uncut Gems" led the 29th annual Gotham Awards with three nominations apiece, including best feature...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it came to their kissing scenes in Netflix's " WESTFORD, Mass. (AP) — The body of a missing teen has been found in the water of a Massachusetts quarry...
Praising Adam Sandler
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dates are subject to change.
APRIL
"Avengers: Infinity War" (April 27) — The ultimate superhero mash-up, Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain America, Star Lord and all your Marvel favorites assemble to face the mad titan Thanos...
Hoffman: ‘getting older broadens your perspective’
Emma Thompson doesn’t shy away from conflict
CANNES, France (AP) — This year's Cannes Film Festival has been a sprawling, international referendum on Netflix, with votes registered in catcalls and applause, and some of the biggest names in cinema staking out their positions...
CANNES, France (AP) — It's not every day you hear the name "Happy Gilmore" referenced at the Cannes Film Festival...
PARIS (AP) — A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a drama about AIDS activism are among the 18 films competing for top prizes this year at the Sandler praises Hudson’s comedic chops
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is doubling down on Adam Sandler. The streaming giant has extended its deal with the comedian for four more feature films...