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Hindustan Times
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Spaceballs 2: Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks to return as Dark Helmet and Yogurt 40 years after original
Rick Moranis, 72, is making a Hollywood comeback with Spaceballs 2, alongside Bill Pullman, 71. The duo will reprise their beloved roles of Lone Starr and Dark Helmet. Additionally, Mel Brooks, 98, will also return as Yogurt in the sequel, 40 years after the original 1987 film. The movie is slated for a 2027 release. Also joining the cast is Keke Palmer, 31, of One of Them Days fame, Deadline reported. The project is being touted as a "non-prequel" and "non-reboot" sequel. Earlier, it was announced that Spaceballs 2 will be directed by Josh Greenbaum, with scripting by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez and Josh Gad. Backed by Amazon MGM Studios, the project could also feature Gad playing a role, besides producing it along with Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody. A hilarious teaser of the film was shared by Mel Brooks, promising viewers a ride full of fun and adventure. Released by MGM in 1987, Spaceballs was a space opera parody. The film drew inspiration from Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Upon its release, the film minted more than $38.1 million around the world and went on to become a cult classic. The story revolved around the villain Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) as they tried to steal the atmosphere of Druidia, a peaceful planet. They were ultimately defeated by Lone Starr (Bill Pullman), who was accompanied by Barf (John Candy) and Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Joan Rivers and Dick Van Patten also starred in the movie. Moranis' return to the project is a major highlight since the veteran actor has remained away from the spotlight for decades now. The 72-year-old was a popular name in the industry back in the 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in well-known films like Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. During the late 1990s, he took a step back from acting to focus on raising his children after the death of his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky. Most recently, he was seen alongside Ryan Reynolds for a Mint Mobile advertisement in 2020. 1. When is Spaceballs 2 coming out?The movie will hit theaters in 2027. 2. Is Rick Moranis returning for Spaceballs 2?Yes, the actor is making a comeback with the movie. 3. How old was Bill Pullman in Spaceballs?The While You Were Sleeping actor was 32 years old when he signed the film.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Materialists' Review: Dakota Johnson May Finally Have Found Her Perfect Movie
Materialists could probably be considered a romantic comedy, except it's never altogether clear that writer-director Celine Song, best known for 2022's bittersweet Past Lives, is actually heading that way. You may wonder whether she isn't willing to risk ending the film with no one blissfully in love, with forever-after consigned to the dustbin. She makes Jane Austen look like a sentimental sap. This, despite the fact that Materialists has been constructed according to rom-com tradition (eligible woman—a matchmaker!— vs. two eligible men) and cast with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, three actors with sex appeal and box-office value. But Materialists isn't so much about finding Mr. Right as about steering clear of Mr. Wrong, which suggests a very rum rom-com. Even the title, with its hints of money and consumption, sounds cold and vaguely condemnatory, like a Marxist critique of And Just Like That.... I'm not saying this is a bad thing, not in the least. Materialists is a swipe-right experience — elusive but not inscrutable, as well as enjoyably, delicately playful. That playfulness is established at the very outset by a whimsically odd fantasy scene. In what looks like a primitive world not much further evolved from the apes' society at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a rather sweet if shaggy young man comes to court a sweet if shaggy young woman outside her family's cave. These two will return at the end, bringing the film full circle. Until then, you'll have been in the charming, somewhat tensile company of matchmaker Lucy (Johnson), a single career woman with an affluent clientele (the cave couple, apparently, didn't need Lucy's kind of assistance). She's good at her job, and grateful, given the failure of her early attempt at an acting career. So far she's led nine couples to the altar: The key is selling the notion of lifelong commitment (a partner, as she puts it, should ultimately be 'a grave buddy') while skillfully calculating the social, professional and fiduciary value of any prospective match. Those calculations, needless to share, aren't shared with Lucy's clients, but processed in some amorphous zone between her head and her isn't cynical, exactly. But, to borrow from Joni Mitchell, she's seen life from both sides now — and the hell with fairy-tale clouds and old boyfriends like John (Evans). Unlike Lucy, John remains an eternally struggling actor — he's 39 — who makes ends meet with catering gigs. He and Lucy meet, again, at a wedding reception, where she's dressed in diaphanous blue — the blue at the center of a candle flame — and he delivers a drink order to her table. He remembers that she likes a Coke with a beer. She, on the other hand, remembers that as a couple they were always running out of money, and always fighting because of it. Compared to those days, she's sitting pretty, and wants to sit more prettily still. You don't dislike Lucy for preferring the comforts of affluence, partly because Johnson hits this particular note with a kind of triste regretfulness — she always looks as if she has no choice but to smile wanly, since the other option is probably sobbing. Perhaps just as importantly, though, Materialists appreciates that what could be called an lifestyle aspiration is its own, undeniable form of desire. It may not swell the spirits, and the cave couple, who make do with a flower for an engagement ring, might have thrown up if they knew how civilized people approached marriage. But anyone who's ever lived in Manhattan has gone through this luxury lust. It's been corrupting urban souls since, at least, William Makepeace Thackeray gave Chapter 36 of Vanity Fair the ironic title "How to Live Well on Nothing a Year." And so, instead of rediscovering her love for John, Lucy drifts, rather casually, into an affair with the rich, dashing Harry (Pedro Pascal), who happens to be a perfect gentleman with a $15 million penthouse, good taste and an attractively dry, modest sense of humor. It's like dating a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pascal is really pretty wonderful here — and he overshadows Evans, who's handsome and likable, but stuck in a less sophisticated role. (If anything, Evans is the closest thing here to rom-com.) Pascal is like a more poetic Winklevoss twin. He might write quality fiction on the side — not too literary, but publishable. And yet Lucy can always see that she's allowing herself to be wooed without ever being wowed. With Harry, life will be everything but — finally — the movie blossoms into something like happiness. But you should discover that surprise for shimmeringly lovely Johnson, who navigates Lucy's journey with unerring grace and tact, has long been an actress in search of — and deserving — the perfect vehicle. This may be is currently in theaters. Read the original article on People
The Advertiser
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Blue Danube waltzes into space to mark Strauss' 200th
Strauss' Blue Danube waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the famous waltz into the cosmos on Saturday. Operators aimed the dish at Voyager 1, the world's most distant spacecraft more than 24 billion kilometres away. Travelling at the speed of light, the music was expected to overtake Voyager 1 within 23 hours. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It's part of the yearlong celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also honours the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, each of the two Voyagers carries a Golden Record full of music but nothing from the waltz king. His Blue Danube holds special meaning for space fans: It's featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss' Blue Danube waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the famous waltz into the cosmos on Saturday. Operators aimed the dish at Voyager 1, the world's most distant spacecraft more than 24 billion kilometres away. Travelling at the speed of light, the music was expected to overtake Voyager 1 within 23 hours. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It's part of the yearlong celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also honours the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, each of the two Voyagers carries a Golden Record full of music but nothing from the waltz king. His Blue Danube holds special meaning for space fans: It's featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss' Blue Danube waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the famous waltz into the cosmos on Saturday. Operators aimed the dish at Voyager 1, the world's most distant spacecraft more than 24 billion kilometres away. Travelling at the speed of light, the music was expected to overtake Voyager 1 within 23 hours. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It's part of the yearlong celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also honours the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, each of the two Voyagers carries a Golden Record full of music but nothing from the waltz king. His Blue Danube holds special meaning for space fans: It's featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss' Blue Danube waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the famous waltz into the cosmos on Saturday. Operators aimed the dish at Voyager 1, the world's most distant spacecraft more than 24 billion kilometres away. Travelling at the speed of light, the music was expected to overtake Voyager 1 within 23 hours. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It's part of the yearlong celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also honours the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, each of the two Voyagers carries a Golden Record full of music but nothing from the waltz king. His Blue Danube holds special meaning for space fans: It's featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Kuwait Times
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Kuwait Times
Vienna calling: Strauss's 'Blue Danube' waltzes into outer space
Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey". But the world-famous waltz truly travelled among the stars on Saturday when the European Space Agency's antenna broadcast a live performance of it into space to celebrate the composer's 200th birthday. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra played a concert in the Austrian capital. The concert was broadcast live on the internet and also shown at a public screening in Vienna, in New York at Bryant Park, and near the antenna in Spain. "The digitized sound will be transmitted to the large 35-metre satellite dish at ESA's Cebreros ground station in Spain," Josef Aschbacher, the ESA's director general, told AFP ahead of the performance. And from there, the waltz will be "transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves", the Austrian astronomer said. Members of the Wiener Symphoniker orchestra perform The Blue Danube Waltz written by the famous Austrian composer Johann Strauss II and conducted by Petr Popelka, during their final rehearsal, at the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria on May 31, 2025, prior to the evening's concert, that will be transmitted into deep space towards Voyager 1. -- AFP photos 'Typical of space' "The Blue Danube" evokes the elegance of 19th-century Vienna, which lives on in the city's roaring ball season. For Norbert Kettner, director of the Vienna tourist board, the Danube waltz is a "true unofficial space anthem" because of Kubrick. The timeless waltz is the "typical sound of space", Kettner said, with the tunes being played "during various docking manoeuvres of the International Space Station (ISS)". When the waltz was performed on Saturday, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra noted the waltz's airiness as if it were floating through space, its director Jan Nast said. Nast, who put together the program for Saturday's hour-long "interstellar concert", said music is a language "which touches many people" and has "the universal power to convey hope and joy". Filling a gap Once transmitted via Spain's satellite dish, the signal will travel at the speed of light to eventually reach NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft -- the most distant man-made object in the universe -- in approximately 23 hours and 3 minutes. After surpassing Voyager 1, it will continue its interstellar journey. By catching up with the spacecraft and its twin, Voyager 2, Austria also seeks to right a perceived wrong. Both Voyagers carry "Golden Records" -- 12-inch, gold-plated copper disks intended to convey the story of our world to extraterrestrials. The record holds 115 images of life on Earth, recorded in analogue form, and a variety of sounds and snatches of music. While "The Magic Flute" by Austria's composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was included among the selection of 27 music pieces, Strauss's famous waltz was not. - AFP
Belfast Telegraph
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Strauss's Blue Danube beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with concert
The European Space Agency's big radio antenna in Spain beamed the waltz into the cosmos on Saturday. Operators aimed the dish at Voyager 1, the world's most distant spacecraft, more than 15 billion miles away. Travelling at the speed of light, the music was expected to overtake Voyager 1 within 23 hours. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It is part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss, who was born in Vienna in 1825. The Strauss space send-off also marks the 50th anniversary of ESA's founding. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, each of the two Voyagers carries a Golden Record full of music but nothing from Strauss. His Blue Danube holds special meaning for space fans, as it is featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
