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It's a little over a month since Ben Stiller returned from Ukraine. It was there, as part of his work representing the UN Refugee Agency, that Stiller was granted an audience with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, currently defending his country from a war of Russian aggression. It isn't often that Ben Stiller is…

The Apple TV+ series Severance earned a total of 14 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing For a Drama Series (Dan Erickson), Outstanding Production Design (Jeremy Hindle, Nick Francone, Angelica Borrero-Fortier, and Andrew Baseman), Outstanding Music Composition (Theodore Shapiro)…

"You're my hero," Ben Stiller told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today on a visit to Kyiv. "You gave up a great acting career for this," the Severance filmmaker joked with the former Servant of the People star. "Not so great as you," Zelenskyy responded with perfect comic timing to laughing UNHCR Goodwill…

Ben Stiller and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees partner to support those fleeing Ukraine while the war with Russia rages on. In a dual post with the UN Refugees Instagram page, a picture is shared of Stiller talking with UNHCR staff in Poland. The actor mentions in his caption how he's learning…

Before meeting Ben Stiller, cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné was “really reticent” to enter the domain of television, given her negative perception of the work being done in that sphere. Up until six or so years ago, she considered TV to be “commercial” to fault—gravitating instead to work that felt more “niche,&#8221…

Severance creator Ben Stiller joined stars Patricia Arquette and Britt Lower on stage for a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV, with Adam Scott joining virtually to discuss the Apple TV+ series. “[The series] explores human emotion and memory and the idea of what we can cut off and we can forgot,” says Stiller. “It has…

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the season finale of Apple TV+'s Severance.  For Lumon macrodata refiners Mark (Adam Scott), Dylan (Zach Cherry), Helly (Britt Lower) and Irving (John Turturro), the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s Severance is full of revelations. The episode, titled “The We We…

EXCLUSIVE: A major new Ivo van Hove stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining is in the works for a 2023 West End debut, with an A-list creative team in place and Ben Stiller in talks to play the role of the crazed, haunted dad Jack Torrance. Rehearsals are set to begin in the fall, with London…

A long list of celebrities from the film, television, sports and music industries has sent a letter urging City National Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank of Canada, to defund the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The letter, sent “In solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders,” is demanding the immediate withdrawal of…

Apple TV+ on Tuesday unveiled the first full-length trailer for Severance, the latest series directed and exec produced by Emmy and DGA Award winner Ben Stiller, which sees him reteam with his Escape at Dannemora lead Patricia Arquette. The workplace thriller written and created by Dan Erickson, which is set to…

The Apple TV+ drama Severance is set to premiere on Feb. 18 via its streaming service. A first look trailer featuring stars Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus, and Christopher Walken can be found above. Severance—from…

ITV Studios America, New Republic Pictures and Cate Blanchett's Dirty Films have teamed up to adapt The Champions, the 1960s British TV series from Dennis Spooner. 2x Oscar winner Blanchett will star alongside Primetime Emmy winner Ben Stiller, who is set to direct and produce the adaptation through his Red Hour…