Jenna Fischer Says ‘The Office’ Wasn’t “Treading Water” After Steve Carell’s Exit: “It’s Really Good the Whole Time”

Jenna Fischer Says ‘The Office’ Wasn’t “Treading Water” After Steve Carell’s Exit: “It’s Really Good the Whole Time”

Jenna Fischer thinks The Office has always been a hit — with or without Steve Carell.  During a Wednesday appearance on Fly on the Wall, Fischer shared her “biggest takeaway” after doing a full rewatch of the beloved mockumentary sitcom on her Office Ladies podcast. Despite a “belief” that the show was “just treading water”…

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Jesse Armstrong Wasn’t Planning to Make ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’ but “Couldn’t Stop Thinking About” Tech Bro Billionaires

Jesse Armstrong Wasn’t Planning to Make ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’ but “Couldn’t Stop Thinking About” Tech Bro Billionaires

Following Succession, which ended two years ago, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, said he wasn’t sure he wanted to make his follow-up project — and directorial debut — be another story about the wealthy. “It kind of wasn’t. I was trying to do other things,” Armstrong told The Hollywood Reporter on the carpet for the…

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#Ryan Gosling Reflects on Long Film Career, From Being an Astronaut and a Getaway Driver to Becoming “A 70-Year-Old Crotchless Doll”

#Ryan Gosling Reflects on Long Film Career, From Being an Astronaut and a Getaway Driver to Becoming “A 70-Year-Old Crotchless Doll”

Ryan Gosling was honored by the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Saturday night, and used his speech to reflect on his long journey to becoming Ken. Receiving the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at a dinner in Santa Barbara, Gosling mused how “up until this point, I’ve only ever thought about just how…

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#‘The Office’ characters ‘would be canceled’ in 2022

#‘The Office’ characters ‘would be canceled’ in 2022

“‘The Office’ characters ‘would be canceled’ in 2022” Watercooler conversation isn’t what it used to be. Mindy Kaling, writer and star of “The Office,” recently claimed that the bingeable sitcom couldn’t be made in today’s politically correct climate — because it’s “so inappropriate now.” “The writers, who I’m still in touch with now, we always…

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