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‘Happy Days’ Star Ron Howard Praises Henry Winkler For Improvising ‘Iconic Fonz Move’ As He Shades Trump

Happy Days star Ron Howard offered praise to his longtime co-star Henry Winkler after the former Fonzie actor seemingly poked fun at Donald Trump’s apparent difficulty drinking a glass of water. On Twitter, Howard, who played Richie Cunningham on the 1970s sitcom, retweeted Winkler’s recent video in which he showed off the fact that he […]

By Victoria Miller | 3y ago

Ron Howard Explains Why Many Who Worked With Donald Trump In The Entertainment Industry Ended Up Hating Him

Ron Howard said those who worked with Donald Trump in the entertainment industry have been seeing the real side of the real estate magnate for decades — and that’s why many who worked with Trump ended up hating him. The Happy Days star opened up on Twitter after a fan pressed him on why so […]

By Nathan Francis | 3y ago

‘Happy Days’ Reboot Being Pitched By This Surprising Original Cast Member

Happy Days could be the next classic TV sitcom to get a reboot — if Jenny Piccolo gets her way. A revival of the long-running ABC sitcom is being shopped by Cathy Silvers, the daughter of late comedy legend Phil Silvers who also played Cunningham family friend Jenny Piccolo on the original series. In a […]

By Victoria Miller | 4y ago

‘Happy Days’ Star Anson Williams Splits From His Wife Of 30 Years

The happy days are over for Anson Williams. The 69-year-old actor, who played the lovable Warren “Potsie” Weber on the iconic 1970s sitcom Happy Days, filed for divorce from his wife, Jackie Gerken, in California Superior Court earlier this week, TMZ reports. In a statement posted by TMZ, Williams cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason […]

By Victoria Miller | 4y ago

Jessica Chastain Mistaken For Bryce Dallas Howard By Dad Ron, ‘IT Chapter Two’ Star Posts Funny Audition Video

Jessica Chastain made Ron Howard do a triple take. The veteran filmmaker mistakenly identified his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, when he came into contact with the other red-headed, fair-skinned, light-eyed actress. The thespian who plays Beverly Marsh in IT Chapter Two has frequently been confused with Bryce. However, the time that member of the Howard […]

By Jane Lasky | 4y ago

Ron Howard Reflects On Career Highlight Of Meeting Princess Diana: ‘She Was Remarkable’

Even though Princess Diana tragically died over 21 years ago, her spirit still lives on in plenty of fond memories. The People’s Princess gained incredible popularity during her time on earth but as fans know, her life was tragically cut short in a horrific car accident that happened in August of 1997. Since her untimely […]

By Kathryn Cook | 4y ago

Henry Winkler & Ron Howard React To The Death Of Penny Marshall, Fonzie’s Date Laverne DeFazio On ‘Happy Days’

The death of Penny Marshall has some of her early TV co-stars remembering their time working with her. Marshall, who died on Monday at age 75, may be best known for her television role as Laverne DeFazio on Laverne & Shirley, but she actually debuted the role of the Milwaukee beer bottle capper on the […]

By Victoria Miller | 4y ago

Henry Winkler Wins First Emmy 40 Years After Playing The Fonz, Reunites With ‘Happy Days’ Co-Star Ron Howard

Henry Winkler won his first Primetime Emmy Award, more than 40 years after he became a household name for his breakthrough role as Fonzie on the 1970s sitcom, Happy Days. Forty-two years after his first nomination, Winkler won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as renowned acting coach […]

By Victoria Miller | 5y ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda To Make Film Directorial Debut With Big Screen Adaptation Of Musical ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’

Is there anything Lin-Manuel Miranda can’t do? The actor, playwright, lyricist, composer, and producer is adding movie director to his résumé. The creator of Broadway sensation Hamilton will be helming the film adaptation of the musical Tick, Tick…Boom! for Imagine Entertainment, Deadline reported. Miranda is very familiar with this musical as he played Jon, the […]

By Cheryl A. Hoahing | 5y ago

Bryce Dallas Howard Reveals Struggles To Conceive, Help From Maori Healer

When she struggled to conceive, Bryce Dallas Howard turned toward an unconventional way to help her get pregnant. The actress recently sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight where she opened up about the hurdles that she and husband Seth Gabel faced when they began trying to start a family. When she had a […]

By Kathryn Cook | 5y ago

Ron Howard Discusses Potential ‘Willow’ Sequel, And Says Film Inspired Aspects Of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’

Willow may not be the most popular Lucasfilm or Ron Howard movie (currently, that distinction belongs to Solo: A Star Wars Movie), but the fantasy-adventure film has garnered a large fan base over the course of the last three decades. The story of Willow Ufgood, portrayed by Warwick Davis of the Harry Potter and Star […]

By Carter Lee | 5y ago

Chewbacca, Star Of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ Challenges You To ‘Roar For Change’

In celebration of the unofficial holiday, May the Fourth, Lucasfilm and Star Wars: Force for Change has announced a new global challenge to help support UNICEF and is promoting it with the help of Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director Ron Howard, and star, Chewbacca. In the video made special for the challenge, Howard invites […]

By Jeffrey Totey | 5y ago

Rance Howard Dies At 89: Hollywood Reacts To The Death Of Beloved Actor, Father Of Ron And Clint Howard

Rance Howard, father of Ron and Clint Howard and a prolific actor in his own right, has died at age 89. Ron Howard broke the sad news to fans on Twitter, crediting his father for changing the family history with his passion for acting. “Clint & I have been blessed to be Rance Howard’s sons,” […]

By Victoria Miller | 5y ago

‘This Is Us’ Season 2’s Best-Kept Secret: Ron Howard Is Back

This Is Us producers have been keeping a lot of secrets from viewers — and not just secrets surrounding the mystery behind the death of Jack Pearson. While there was a lot of buzz over the summer that movie icon Sylvester Stallone would be a guest star on the second season of the NBC drama, […]

By Victoria Miller | 6y ago

Justin Hartley Hopes Ron Howard Can Take A Break From Han Solo To Return To ‘This Is Us’

Justin Hartley’s This Is Us character is headed to Hollywood, but it’s probably not to star in Ron Howard’s upcoming untitled Han Solo movie. Still, Hartley is holding out hope that the Academy Award-winning director will take a break from the Star Wars spinoff to make a follow-up cameo on This Is Us. On the […]

By Victoria Miller | 6y ago

Disney Chairman Bob Iger Responds To Han Solo Director Reshuffle

It has been a busy week in the world of the Star Wars franchise, as Chris Miller and Phil Lord were replaced as the directors on the still-untitled Han Solo prequel film by Ron Howard. Ever since this startling decision was announced on Tuesday night, there have been various rumors about exactly why Chris Miller […]

By Gregory Wakeman | 6y ago

Fired Han Solo Directors Had Reportedly Turned Character Into Ace Ventura

The movie world is still in shock following Lucasfilm’s decision to suddenly fire Chris Miller and Phil Lord from directing the still untitled Han Solo film. A number of rumors have since emerged speculating about why the filmmakers were let go by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, with the latest allegation suggesting that the duo had […]

By Gregory Wakeman | 6y ago

Ron Howard Says He’s ‘Beyond Grateful’ For Han Solo Job

Shortly after Lucasfilm announced that directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller would be stepping down from the untitled Han Solo spin-off movie, Ron Howard was hired to take over as the director of the film. Howard, who is known for his directorial work in films such as Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and The […]

By Pea Kriengkraisakul | 6y ago

Lucasfilms Confirms Ron Howard To Take Over As Director For Han Solo Prequel: What Went Wrong?

Principal filming on the as yet untitled Han Solo movie is due to resume on July 10, 2017, with renowned director Ron Howard taking over in the lead chair. Lucasfilm made the official announcement today, just a day after the studio announced the departure of the previous directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Kathleen Kennedy, […]

By Jason Reynolds | 6y ago

Which Famous Director Is Joining The ‘Star Wars’ Franchise?

Ever since Star Wars became a pop culture phenomenon, it has attracted the best of the best regarding actors, writers, and directors. When word got out that the Han Solo film had lost its directors, fans were wondering who would sit in the director’s chair now that filming had already started. Now, though, it seems […]

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | 6y ago

‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Film Sets Sights On Ron Howard To Replace Phil Lord And Christopher Miller As Director

In the middle of filming the yet untitled Han Solo Star Wars spinoff, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced that directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will not be continuing with the project. Citing creative differences as the main reason for the split, the directors revealed that their “vision and process were not aligned” with that […]

By Alexa Bacay | 6y ago

Ron Howard Weighs In On Whether Movie Premieres Will Be Terrorist Targets

After the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night in which 59 people were hospitalized and 22 people lost their lives, many people are wondering whether or not certain venues are liable for terrorist attacks. It has been stated previously that ISIS has said that concert venues and other forms of entertainment were a […]

By Fiona Miller | 6y ago

‘The Dark Tower’ TV Show: Ron Howard Reveals It Is Still Being Planned

Remember the Dark Tower TV show that Ron Howard talked about making when people were still hopeful about the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s series? Well, amazingly, Howard himself tells TV Land that the Dark Tower TV show is still in the works, which is absolutely huge news for all those who enjoy Stephen […]

By Dustin Kemp | 6y ago

Erin Moran Is Dead At 56: Sad Tweets For ‘Joanie’ Via ‘Happy Days’ Stars Ron Howard And Henry Winkler

Erin Moran is another star who has gone too soon, which is what her Happy Days co-stars have posted on social media after she was found dead today. If you’re a baby boomer, then you remember Erin Moran’s character, Joanie, from the iconic sitcom Happy Days, followed by the spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. Both Henry […]

By Roz Zurko | 6y ago

Ron Howard Says He Could Return For ‘This Is Us’ Season 2

Ron Howard made a surprising cameo in the penultimate Season 1 episode of This Is Us, and he is not ruling out a return to the hit NBC drama. TV Guide recently caught up with Howard, who is currently heading the NatGeo drama series Genius, and the famed movie director said he would love to […]

By Victoria Miller | 6y ago

Ron Howard Makes A Cameo On ‘This Is Us’ And Fans Go Crazy

Ron Howard doesn’t do a whole lot of acting these days—he’s busy making blockbuster big screen movies—but TV fans got a sweet treat when the Oscar-winning director made a cameo on the most recent episode of This Is Us. Howard played himself in the penultimate episode of the hit NBC drama, “What Now?,” in a […]

By Victoria Miller | 6y ago

Jennifer Lawrence Competes To Be The Best Zelda Fitzgerald, And Said To Be ‘Less Stressed’ In Romance With Darren Aronofsky

Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson are two of the most influential actresses of our time, according to E! Online. But it happens by bad chance that they are being pitted against one another. Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence Are Each Taking on Zelda Fitzgerald in Battling Biopics – #comedy https://t.co/kxLkBLyWCp pic.twitter.com/pHwbAFPv9A — Comedy Feed (@comedyfeeduk) […]

By Stacey Cole | 6y ago

Garry Marshall Honored In Tonight’s All-Star Episode of ‘The Odd Couple’

What better way to honor Garry Marshall, creator of much-loved shows like Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley, than by bringing the stars of those shows together to honor him in an episode of his current show? CBS is doing just that in tonight’s episode of The Odd Couple. Garry Marshall developed and executive produced […]

By Jeffrey Totey | 6y ago

National Geographic Channel Will Send You To ‘MARS’ With Latest Miniseries

The National Geographic Channel has announced in a press release that the network’s latest miniseries, MARS will be unlike any documentary you’ve ever seen before as it takes place in the present day as well as the future. Executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, MARS is expected to be an impressive six-week adventure […]

By Jeffrey Totey | 7y ago

Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr Set Back The Clocks And Reunite On Red Carpet For Beatles Documentary

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have had quite the adventure together. In their heydays they formed half of the four-person band that called itself The Beatles and that four-person band just happened to change the landscape of rock music forever. While Paul was the enigmatic songwriter with the voice that belted immortal hits like Let […]

By Soumashree Sarkar | 7y ago

Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Show Alive And Well: The Ambitious Movie-And-TV Plan

Fasten your seatbelts, Stephen King fans: there are other worlds than these! And by “these,” we are referring to the locations that appear in this coming February’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Although most people thought the idea of an accompanying TV show was dead after the prospective Dark Tower cinematic trilogy was […]

By Dustin Kemp | 7y ago

Channing Tatum Will Play The Mermaid In New ‘Splash’ Re-Imagining With ’22 Jumpstreet’ Co-Star Jillian Bell

The remake of the beloved 80s blockbuster movie Splash is a go! Like the recent re-imagining of Ghostbusters, this movie promises an intriguing twist: Channing Tatum will be playing the mermaid. Or would that be merman? Unlike the skepticism around Ghostbusters, social media is aflutter with the thought of a bare-chested Tatum sporting a fish […]

By Georgia Makitalo | 7y ago

The Beatles To Release A New Album While Ron Howard Creates New Documentary About 1960s Beatlemania Tours

The Beatles music catalog just got bigger, and Beatlemania just breathed new life into the present day. The newly remastered and previously unreleased Live at the Hollywood Bowl contains different tracks than the well-known Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl album released in 1977. The new album by that title is pure vintage 1964 and 1965, […]

By Kim McLendon | 7y ago

Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’: Dozens Of New Set Photos And HUGE Plot Info Revealed

A ton of new info has been released about the upcoming movie based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, some of it in the form of never-before-seen photos from the set and some from a recent tweeted photo featuring lead actor Idris Elba along with ex-director Ron Howard and current director Nikolaj Arcel. Tantalizing […]

By Dustin Kemp | 7y ago

‘Inferno’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Returns As World Famous Symbologist Robert Langdon In Ron Howard’s Mystery Thriller [Watch]

Sony Pictures has released the new trailer for Inferno, the third mystery film starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, the world’s most famous symbologist. Directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard and written by David Koepp, the film is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Dan Brown. According to the synopsis, when […]

By Ny MaGee | 7y ago

Tom Hanks Returns As Robert Langdon In ‘Inferno,’ Film To Be Released In October 2016

Update: Extended Trailer was released by Sony on Tuesday. Last month during the Sony Pictures’ CinemaCon Convention in Nevada, the studio revealed the first look at the highly anticipated release of Inferno. The film is the third adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel series starring Tom Hanks as a world-renowned symbolist, Robert Langdon, Movie Web reported. […]

By Chrissie Williams | 7y ago

Chris Hemsworth Almost Didn’t Get The Role Of ‘Thor’

Chris Hemsworth might be known to most people as Thor, but he has been broadening his acting horizons, most recently in his new movie In the Heart of the Sea, in which he plays first mate on a ship that is left stranded at sea by a gigantic whale. See the trailer here. The Wrap […]

By Stacey Cole | 7y ago

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Underway, But Are Fans Set To Be Disappointed?

Arrested Development executive producer (and director of the freshly released The Heart Of The Sea starring Chris Hemsworth) Ron Howard has announced that a screenplay for the highly-anticipated fifth season of Arrested Development is currently being written. According to A.V. Club, Ron Howard appeared on TV ONE’s Good Morning America show, during which he told […]

By Stacey Cole | 7y ago

‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ A Box Office Flop? Why Critics Sank The Sea Epic

In the Heart of the Sea is living out the story its based on. It’s a film adrift at sea, torn to shreds by the merciless waves of box office competition. Though the giant whale fin due to crash down on the survivors in the form of Star Wars: The Force Awakens hasn’t happened yet. […]

By Toni Matthews | 7y ago

Ron Howard’s ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ Could Capsize ‘Hunger Games’ Despite Ticket Sales Flop

Ron Howard’s whale tale In the Heart Of The Sea is slated to make millions and could knock the new Hunger Games movie out of the top box office spot, but it will still be a disappointment for Warner Bros. At a cost of almost $100 million, the studio hoped In the Heart of the […]

By Coburn Palmer | 7y ago

Tom Riddle Is All Grown Up Now, And He’s Looking Decidedly Not Evil

Tom Riddle is perhaps one of the most evil adolescents of our generation. And the boy who played him in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince impressed upon our minds a cinematic incarnation of the character that was haunting, yet stayed true to the details in the J.K. Rowling book. That young boy is all […]

By Stacey Cole | 8y ago

Bryce Dallas Howard Opens Up About Her Porn Name And Being Separated From Her Husband

Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard revealed in an interview that, although she has never touched a drop of alcohol, she has adopted the Alcoholics Anonymous prayer. Bryce confesses that the famous Serenity Prayer has helped her to keep the different aspects of her hectic life in perspective. “It is a powerful idea to have […]

By Edward VKanty | 8y ago

Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ May Finally Make It To The Big Screen

This will be the third attempt to bring Stephen King’s Dark Tower series to the big screen and it looks like things are just right for the project to finally come to fruition. Joining together for the project, Sony Pictures and MRC will co-finance the feature film adaptation of The Dark Tower, the first book […]

By Edward VKanty | 8y ago

Chris Hemsworth Fights In New Movie Against Moby Dick, Shipwreck – And Cannibals?!

Chris Hemsworth fights in his new movie, In the Heart of the Sea, against several beasts that you normally would not see in a Marvel movie – Moby Dick, shipwreck and cannibals! In the Ron Howard-directed film, Chris Hemsworth plays Owen Chase – the first mate of the whaleship named Essex in 1820. During their […]

By Jonathan Franks | 9y ago

‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ Trailer Features Chris Hemsworth [Video]

The first In the Heart of the Sea trailer gives us Ron Howard’s vision of Chris Hemsworth as a sailor. This sailor is one we’ve heard of since childhood, and the film promises to give us a darker, more emotional spin on his story. The sailor in question was the one who hunted down the […]

By David Cornell | 9y ago

Ron Howard To Direct Beatles Documentary Focused On The British Invasion Years

Ron Howard has been chosen to direct a Beatles authorized documentary focused on the period between 1960 and 1966, known as the British Invasion. During this time the Fab Five, toured 15 countries and 90 cities, performing in 166 shows. In that time the Beatles became as big as the King, Elvis Presley and left […]

By Patricia Didelot | 9y ago

‘Houston, We Have A Problem’: A Look Back 44 Years After The Apollo 13 Mission

Thanks in part to Ron Howard’s space odyssey movie, Apollo 13, several generations are very aware of what happened in one of the most incredible survival stories in NASA’s history, when the 1970 mission went terribly wrong and changed from an obscure event to one that captured the attention of millions, who were glued to […]

By Patricia Didelot | 9y ago

Steven Spielberg Dethrones Oprah Winfrey As America’s Most Influential Celebrity

Steven Spielberg was named by Forbes magazine on Wednesday as the most influential celebrity in the United States. This has had the effect of pushing the former number one holder of the title, Oprah Winfrey, down to second place, with a 45 percent rating; Spielberg rated 47 percent. The annual study has film directors occupying […]

By Addam Corré | 9y ago

Chris Hemsworth Looking Scrawny In First Photo From ‘Heart Of The Sea’

Scrawny Chris Hemsworth? Hard to imagine, but it appears to be true after a photo posted by Ron Howard hits Twitter late Friday night. Hemsworth and Howard are teaming up once again filming In The Heart Of The Sea. The Australian actor and director previously made Rush together, about the storied rivalry between Formula One […]

By Patricia Didelot | 10y ago

Chris Hemsworth Losing All His Muscles, Eating 500 Calories Per Day

Scrawny Chris Hemsworth? The Australian actor is losing all his muscles and only eating about 500 calories per day. Why, you ask? A new role, of course! The dedicated actor has had to transform his body in the past, losing 30 pounds in order to play the British race car driver James Hunt in Rush. […]

By Patricia Didelot | 10y ago

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