Ted Danson goes undercover in a retirement community in trailer for Netflix’s ‘A Man on the Inside’
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In the new trailer for Netflix’s A Man on the Inside, we meet Ted Danson‘s Charles, a retired widower who finds an interesting way to “keep busy” in his golden years: He becomes a gumshoe.
Based on a true story that inspired the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent, Charles answers an ad for an “investigative assistant” and goes undercover at a retirement community to get to the bottom of the heist of a pricey necklace.
However, once he gets the hang of spycraft — that is, video glasses, secret recording devices and the like — it appears he’s having too much fun. “This place is crazy!” he enthuses, as one resident tells him that for some residents, happy hour also gets the equivalent of an early bird special.
Along the way, he develops friendships with the people who he was supposed to be investigating and gets closer to his daughter, who has been concerned with how lonely Charles has been since his wife passed on.
Executive producer Michael Schur reunites with his Good Place star Danson for the eight-episode series, which also stars Sally Struthers, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Stephen McKinleyHenderson from Fences, Loki alum Eugene Cordero and another Schur veteran, Stephanie Beatriz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
On this week’s episode of The Golden Bachelorette, the men impressed Joan Vassos during a competitive game of kickball and she was serenaded by Wayne Newton during a one-on-one date with one of her suitors.
But amid the amazing moments she had, Vassos was faced with some difficult news back home and had her late husband, John, on her mind. She also got a surprise visit from someone from her past.
This week’s episode consisted of two romantic one-on-one dates and one competitive group date. The catch was, if the men didn’t get a rose at the end of the one-on-one dates, they would be going home.
The first one-on-one date went to Pascal, 69, the posh French salon owner from Chicago, Illinois. For their date, they jetted off to Las Vegas and enjoyed a performance by Wayne Newton. The duo ended their date with a ride on the high roller ferris wheel where they kissed and Vassos gave Pascal a rose, which he accepted with a resounding, “Oui oui!”
For the group date, Chock, Gil, Dan, Charles L., CK, Greg, Gary, Guy, Kim, Jordan, Mark A., and Keith battled for Vassos’ heart on the football field. Former professional football players Eric Dickerson and Andre Reed helped the men brush up on their kicking skills for a game of kickball.
At the end of the date, the group date rose went to Gil, whose story about his adopted daughter touched Vassos.
The second one-on-one date was with Jonathan. While the two were horseback riding, Vassos spotted a hawk in the sky, which she said was a sign that she connected to her late husband, John. She suddenly became overwhelmed with emotion by the thought of John and her sick mother at home.
Vassos later got a surprise visit from Gerry Turner. The two previously met on Turner’s season of The Golden Bachelor, but Vassos’ time with Turner was cut short when she left the mansion early to be there for her daughter at home.
She opened up to Turner on how her late husband had been on her mind a lot lately and how hard it was being away from family, but Turner told her to “take a breath” and to not put so much pressure on herself.
At the rose ceremony, Vassos said a heartbreaking goodbye to three men.
Here are the men that remain:
Jonathan, 61, a shipping consultant from Oakland, Iowa Pascal, 69, a salon owner from Chicago, Illinois Gil, 60, an educator from Mission Viejo, California Guy, 66, an ER doctor from Reno, Nevada Dan, 64, a private investor from Naples, Florida Gary, 65, a retired finance executive from Palm Desert, California Jordan, 61, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois Chock, 60, an insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas Charles L., 66, a retired financial analyst from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Keith, 62, a girl dad from San Jose, California Mark, 67, an army veteran from Leesville, Louisiana
A trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special “Joy to the World” is out with a supernatural flare.
Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan star in the brand-new trailer, released by Disney+ on Thursday. Gatwa plays the Doctor, his role in the long-running BBC series, adventuring through various worlds and time periods with Coughlan, who plays Joy.
Along with Gatwa and Coughlan, the special will star Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris playing Melnak, Joel Fry in the role of Trev, Peter Benedict playing Basil, Julia Watson playing Hilda and Niamh Marie Smith playing Sylvia.
“When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas,” a synopsis for the special reads.
The special will premiere on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, at 12:10 p.m. ET.
In the action-packed trailer, the Doctor is seen greeting Joy by barging into her hotel room.
Throughout the trailer, various characters ask the Doctor an array of questions about his intentions and his identity, to which he responds each time, “You’ll find out.”
“You have to be mysterious all the time,” a lookalike of the Doctor says to him at one point. “That’s why everyone leaves you, that is why you’re always alone.”
The phrase “Who brings Joy to the worlds” then flashes across the screen, an apparent play on Coughlan’s character’s name as she enters a strange new world.
Alex Sanjiv Pillai directed the project and former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat wrote and executive produced the special. Russell T Davies is showrunner and executive producer.
L-R: Shawn, Marlon, Keenen and Damon Wayans in 2000 — David Keeler/Online USA
A month after Marlon Wayansdecried how Harvey Weinstein “stole” the Scary Movie franchise from Keenen Ivory Wayans and his family, ABC Audio has confirmed the fam will be back with a new installment in the horror spoof films.
Weinstein’s former company Miramax has teamed up with distributor Paramount Pictures for the new project, which was first announced at the CinemaCon confab over the summer — but without the Wayans name attached at that point.
In an Instagram post, Marlon said, “WE’RE BACK!!! After nearly 20 years, the Wayans brothers are finally going to give the fans what they’ve been asking for… a return to the SCARY MOVIE franchise!”
He added, “We’re looking forward to having fun on the big screen again.”
In a statement, Miramax head Jonathan Glickman trumpeted, “We are thrilled to reunite Scary Movie with the Wayans brothers, the brilliant creators behind the beloved franchise. … we’re lucky to have Keenen, Marlon and Shawn‘s unique comedic vision bringing it to audiences around the world.”
In the announcement, Marlon, Shawn, and Keenan added in part,”This is a franchise we created more than 20 years ago. We remember people laughing in the aisles and hope to see that happen again.”
As reported back in September, Marlon talked to the Club Shay Shaypodcast about the runaway success of the first film, which was directed by Keenan.
After the “huge” first film, “We got a good deal for the second one,” but then Harvey and brother Bob Weinstein “took it from us.” He insisted they paid for it at the box office with subsequent attempts minus the famous family.
“You can’t do Wayans s*** without the Wayanses,” Marlon said. “We have 200 years of comedy between me, Shawn and Keenan. Damon, Kim. We have a lot of years of excellence of what we do.”
