Despite incredible reviews and winning five out of 11 Emmy nominations, Prime Video has opted not to move forward with another season of Spider-Noir. However, Spider-Noir‘s ​​​​​​cancelation might actually be a blessing in disguise, since it both indicates the best path forward for future Spider-Verse television installments and sets a new standard for any upcoming projects featuring variants of the Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler.

Prime Video’s ‘Spider-Noir’ Tells a Complete Story in One Season

Part of the beauty of Spider-Noir is that it offers a complete saga that revolves around New York’s only superhero, Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), AKA The Spider. While Reilly’s opening monologue — “Someone once asked me which universe this was” — briefly hints at the existence of the greater Spider-Verse and that he previously encountered beings from other worlds, the final episode doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, and there’s no sequel-baiting or setup for future seasons or other spin-offs.

Even Cage, a huge get for the series in his first major television role, seems to share that sentiment. Speaking to Deadline regarding the show’s cancellation, the actor explained, “For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop-art Spider-Man.” Ahead of the first season’s launch, he also informed Variety, “All of us achieved what we set out to do, and it works on its own.” The key takeaway from Cage’s comments is not criticism that the show won’t continue, but celebration of the fact that such a high-quality Spider-Man project existed in the first place.

‘Spider-Noir’ Offers the Perfect Model for Sony’s Spider-Verse

As a standalone adventure, Spider-Noir presents the perfect model for Sony’s franchise to utilize moving forward. The studio’s attempts to launch a big-screen Spider-Man universe have largely been a disaster outside of Tom Holland‘s films and the critical success of the Spider-Verse animated movies. Deadline has reported that in the wake of Spider-Noir‘s cancellation, Sony and Prime Video plan to develop future projects with Marvel characters that Sony has ownership of, specifically any who are available within the existing Spider-Family.

Deadline’s report also indicates that multiple projects are in development, with one nearing a series order, but rather than striving for multi-season projects, the Spider-Man TV universe should exist as its own franchise. Spider-Noir can ultimately serve as a chapter in a larger TV anthology, with each series focusing on a new hero or adventure rather than setting up a larger continuity. Additional seasons are nice, but there’s something to be said for standalone miniseries that can offer viewers a complete and finite experience.

‘Spider-Noir’s Standalone Model Also Fixes the MCU’s “Homework” Problem

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Recently, the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe has been in a bit of a decline, with the exception being the most recent sequel, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which continues to break box office records. Even Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige pointed out that the franchise has become bogged down by too many spin-offs and offshoots, comparing the experience of watching every MCU TV series and movie to something “more like homework than entertainment.” A cohesive shared universe can be fun, but not every saga was meant to go on forever.

Debuting a series as a one-off event creates an easier entry point for fans, thus solving the MCU’s existing “homework” problem — if some viewers didn’t get around to watching Spider-Noir, for example, the next Spider-Verse series might be more to their liking. The best move forward is to make every new Spider-Man TV project a limited miniseries, starting with a live-action adaptation of Spider-Man 2099 starring Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara. Regardless, Spider-Noir ending after only one season isn’t necessarily a mark of failure; it actually provides the perfect blueprint for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe on the small screen.

Fans of “Entourage” got a surprise when Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier reunited for a Betr ad, bringing two of the show’s most recognizable stars back together. While the appearance may have been a nostalgic moment for fans of the hit HBO series, not everyone was thrilled to see it. “Entourage” creator Doug Ellin has shared his reaction to the unexpected reunion, and he is far from amused.

HBO’s “Entourage,” created by Doug Ellin, followed Hollywood star Vincent Chase and his close-knit group of friends as they navigated the highs and lows of fame. The series starred Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Jeremy Piven.

The show was a major hit series, running from 2004 to 2011 for eight seasons, and was followed by the “Entourage” movie in 2015.

On September 8, the sports gaming company Betr released an ad featuring Piven and Grenier, and while they didn’t appear as their respective “Entourage” characters, their appearances, behaviors, and mannerisms are identical to their on-screen counterparts.

In the ad, Piven, who played ruthless and ambitious Hollywood agent Ari Gold in the series, arrives in a sports car and barks orders at people. Grenier, meanwhile, appeared as relaxed as his “Entourage” character, actor Vincent Chase, and was lounging on a yacht.

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Doug Ellin Calls Betr Ad ‘Trash And Theft’

Following the ad’s release, many wondered whether Doug Ellin, who wrote “Entourage” and was the main creative force behind the series, was involved. He took to X and answered some questions.

One fan said he hoped Ellin directed the Betr advertisement. Ellin responded by saying, “I think it’s pretty d-mn obvious I didn’t write it. My god.”

He also replied to another user who said it was “cool” to see Piven and Grenier together again, and some positivity would be nice from Ellin.

“I have zero positivity in watching things I busted my a-s of on for years he turned into garbage seek. Zero positivity. Go create your own sh-t. And if you need money for Flip burgers. This is trash and theft. Period,” Ellin wrote.

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The ‘Entourage’ Showrunner Said The Ad Made Him Want To ‘Throw Up’

Ellin took to social media to share his thoughts after receiving messages from people about the “god-awful commercial.” In a video, he made it clear that he wasn’t involved in the creation of the ad at all.

He acknowledged that “Entourage” was not for everyone, but he said it was a great show. “This wasn’t,” he then added, referring to the Betr ad. Ellin went on to say that many people in Hollywood work hard but don’t get enough credit, adding that it wasn’t about him, but about all those who worked on the hit series.

Moreover, Ellin said he had to “beg” Piven to do “Entourage” because he initially didn’t want to do it, and the actor allegedly distanced himself from the series and his character afterward because “he had so much better sh-t going on.”

“I watch it and I wanna throw up,” he added.

Toward the end of his video, Ellin said the video was “trash.” However, he said he wasn’t bitter about it. “I want everyone to get paid, get rich. Just f-ckin’ do your own sh-t,” he said. In the caption, he wrote, “When I see cheap, sh-ty imitations that try to pass for what we did it makes me puke.”

A Betr spokesperson has responded to Ellin’s comments and said, “We were excited to bring Jeremy and Adrian back together,” stressing that the actors appeared in the ad “as themselves.”

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They noted that the response to the video was “overwhelmingly positive,” claiming they garnered “10 million organic social views in less than 24 hours.” As for Ellin’s remarks, the spokesperson said, “We appreciate Doug watching the ad and helping promote it.”

Jeremy Piven And Adrian Grenier Reunited Off-Screen

Piven has a background in theater and sketch comedy, and in 2017, he transitioned into solo stand-up comedy. In March, the actor shared a photo of a reunion with Grenier.

In the caption, Piven said he was performing a stand-up show in Austin, Texas, when he spotted his former co-star in the audience. It was a welcome surprise because the two have not seen each other in almost 10 years.

Multiple “Entourage” cast members have expressed that they are interested in a reboot, but Ellin shut down the possibility multiple times, citing the cultural shift in the entertainment industry and a lack of an offer to bring the show back.

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The official trailer for CBS’ Cupertino just gave fans their first look at the legal drama featuring Busy Philipps, who appears in a surprising role following her health challenges.

CBS’ Wednesday, September 9, sneak peek featured “a scrappy lawyer takes on a powerful tech giant in a high-stakes legal battle, navigating the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley while fighting for justice and the little guy’s rights,” according to the official synopsis.

Mike Colter and Rachel Keller lead the cast as their characters rebound after they were cut loose from their tech-related jobs, creating their own firm to help those going up against Silicon Valley’s powerful conglomerates.

Philipps, 47, appears in several scenes as Natalie. In a previously released character description, Natalie is described as “the beautiful and delightfully blunt first wife of an AI Billionaire, who divorced her when she turned forty. Now Natalia wants revenge and agrees to finance Michael and Olivia’s start-up law firm in order to go after his and other AI businesses.”

“We are the disrupters now,” Natalie says in one scene. Elsewhere in the trailer, Natalie is seen nonchalantly pulling out a gun from her purse.

Cupertino, which premieres October 8, also stars Ella Stiller, Nik Dodani and Renée Elise Goldsberry. Guest stars include Stephen Kunken, Fisher Stevens and Stephen Pasquale.

After filming season 1, Philipps revealed she underwent surgery in early March — weeks before she started production on Cupertino.

“I’m grateful that I’m alive,” Philipps told People last month while calling this period “the weirdest six months of my life.”

Philipps credited a Prenuvo full-body scan for helping confirm the presence of a grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a rare slow-growing tumor. Philipps underwent surgery, where doctors removed a 2.6-centimeter mass from her brain.

“It is considered malignant, but it has the best prognosis of all of the malignant gliomas,” Philipps’ neuro-oncologist, Dr. Alexandra Miller, told People. “It’s sort of defined as a cancerous tumor based on the ability of the tumor to regrow over time, rather than it looking very malignant under the microscope.”

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Philipps recalled facing more challenges when she contracted a staphylococcus on her incision and needed a second surgery for wound debridement. The actress has since taken to social media to thank everyone for their outpouring of support.

“Everyone (mostly) has been so overwhelmingly kind in the past 24 hours, so thank you so much for all your well wishes and love and prayers and support,” she wrote via Instagram in August. “But just to reiterate, because the internet loves a clickbait [story], I AM ALREADY RECOVERED! You all have literally watched me recover since March 2, you just didn’t know it! I AM TOTALLY FINE! YAY MEDICINE!”

Cupertino premieres on CBS Thursday, October 10, at 10 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Paramount+.

Writer and producer Dan Harmon became an icon to sitcom aficionados with his NBC series Community, which will soon return with its long-promised movie to cap off the story. Harmon has also elevated the serialized format and helped fans think about it more critically — first through his early short-form content with Channel 101 and later through his podcast Harmontown and its accompanying documentary. However, Harmon’s biggest contribution to the sitcom world is the one that breaks the formula the most: Rick and Morty. After 13 years and nine seasons, the show is still evolving and pushing the limits of genre and medium. Despite its controversies, older episodes are also aging gracefully.

Some might hesitate to even categorize Rick and Morty as a sitcom, but its impossible to deny that the Smith family and their foibles are the real heart and soul of this story. Beneath the heavy outer layer of science fiction, action, and existential dread, the show is fundamentally driven by the relationships between Rick Sanchez (Ian Cardoni,) Morty Smith (Harry Belden), Beth Smith (Sarah Chalke,) Summer Smith (Spencer Grammer,) and Jerry Smith (Chris Parnell.) That’s the reason this series has weathered all of its storms and held up for over a decade, and it’s the reason that it’s the ultimate sitcom of our era.

‘Rick and Morty’ Has Always Stayed Ahead of Its Audience

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The whole point of Rick and Morty is fitting grandiose sci-fi concepts into a 22-minute sitcom format. No idea is too complex, nothing is off limits, and in the end the finer details are only window dressing for a story about the Smith family. In retrospect, Harmon and the other writers and producers clearly knew this from the beginning. The first season made a splash by boldly cramming thought-provoking ideas into each episode. The humor wasn’t just irreverent for good manners and language — it seemed at first like the writers didn’t even care about the sustainability of the story. They gleefully introduced huge paradigm shifts and contradicted their own worldbuilding at every turn.

What remained consistent was characterization. The overarching joke has always been that a sitcom completely resets at the end of episode, leaving things relatively stable for next week. This has been true for more conventional shows for decades, it’s only exaggerated and parodied here. Rick and Morty even introduced the ultimate narrative device for this in Episode 6, “Rick Potion #9,” where Rick reveals that he can and has switched realities for his own convenience. His ultimate superpower IS the sitcom reset, but the story begins when Rick takes his grandson along with him, giving the show some long-term stakes.

Holding back the reveal of this reset ability for the middle of the season was a brilliant move, creating a sense that Harmon and his team had predicted audiences’ biggest question about the show and answered it before it could be asked. Since then, the impression that the writers and producers are thinking ahead and staying in conversation with the viewers has been a core part of its humor. This is the secret behind Rick’s fourth-wall-breaking jokes as well as meta-commentary on what’s going on behind the scenes — from the long waits between seasons to the personal controversies plaguing Harmon and series co-creator Justin Roiland, and even the re-casting in Season 7.

Ultimately, Harmon was ahead of fans in terms of what Rick and Morty is all about as a show. While fans crafted elaborate theories and begged for more serialized stories about the Citadel of Ricks and Evil Morty, Harmon actively resisted this pivot and insisted on sticking with the standard family sitcom format. The show has certainly evolved over the years, but the long-lasting changes are more like those that would happen on a family sitcom than on a high-concept sci-fi adventure. Adding Space Beth to the ensemble is akin to adding Frankie Dart (Paget Brewster) to the main cast of Community, or making Rebecca (Lori Loughlin) part of the main cast of Full House as the show went on. Meanwhile, ongoing storylines like the Citadel have hardly impacted the lives of the Smith family outside the confines of a 22-minute episode except to develop their relationships and characterization.

‘Rick and Morty’ is ‘The Simpsons’ of Its Era

The longevity and continued growth of the Rick and Morty franchise is proof enough that its unique approach to sitcom storytelling is working. This year, the show concluded its ninth season with generally positive reviews, leading right into the premiere of its first full-length spinoff, President Curtis. This show takes a similar approach to the sci-fi sitcom mashup, but in this case it’s a workplace comedy rather than a family one.

Rick and Morty has extended its reach into other media over the last 13 years, from spinoffs in various mediums to games, merchandising, and even live events. The franchise’s broad success shows that audiences understand and embrace what it really is — not a sci-fi epic, but an episodic sitcom exploring what it means to be a family, for better and worse. The characters might get wrapped up in any kind of adventure from week to week, but there’s a comfort in knowing that they’ll almost certainly end up safe and sound at home in the end, right where we’ll need them to kick off next week’s installment. The difference is that while past sitcom heroes might develop a crush or deal with a bully, Rick, Morty, and the rest of the Smiths might topple an intergalactic empire between the title screen and the credits.

In many ways, Rick and Morty does the same thing for sitcoms that The Simpsons did when it first premiered. At the time, The Simpsons used animation to parody the sitcom formula and exaggerate all the absurd features of modern American life. In the process, the show told some truly heartwarming stories and fleshed out this archetypal family into characters we could really care about for decades to come. Rick and Morty is on a similar track, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

Rick and Morty is streaming now on HBO Max and Hulu in the U.S. President Curtis has three more episodes to go, airing on Sunday nights at 11:30 p.m. ET on Adult Swim. New episodes are added to HBO Max as soon as they air.

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December 2, 2013

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Dan Harmon

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Bryan Newton, Dominic Polcino, Anthony Chun, John Rice, Stephen Sandoval, Jeff Myers

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Tom Kauffman, Wade Randolph, Eric Acosta, David Phillips, Erica Rosbe, Sarah Carbiener, Matt Roller, Michael Waldron, Caitie Delaney

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The ice isn’t the only arena making streamers horny for storytelling. Between Heated Rivalry and Off Campus, hockey has been mined so thoroughly that the open water is now auditioning for its turn. Crew Girl, Netflix’s newest teen soap, has all the predictable trappings: excessive voiceover narration, quiet luxury, and love interests with abs you could grate Parmesan on. It’s squeezing eight episodes of drama out of a different, though just as niche, school sport, and that’s the action that actually works. Crew Girl is cheesier than its competition, with a weaker love triangle and rougher performances — but, oddly enough, the rowing itself is good. In fact, it might be the only thing keeping the season from completely sinking.

What Is ‘Crew Girl’ About?

Crew Girl follows Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau), a 16-year-old rowing prodigy whose life is dismantled in the pilot’s first 10 minutes. She wins a singles’ sculls race as her parents — Ella (Jessica Paré), a woman who runs exclusively on positive vibes, and David (Byron Lawson), a hotelier embezzling funds from his friend group — cheer from the sidelines. Then, the FBI rushes in to let us all know that Teagan’s dad is about to become a headline. What follows is a familiar spiral into downward mobility, complete with a move to mom’s dumpy coastal hometown of Eagle’s Cove, and a dilapidated house in desperate need of an exorcism.

Eagle’s Cove exists somewhere on the Atlantic coast, in that Netflix rendering where old money has colonized every square inch of shoreline. The kids at Easton Prep, Teagan’s new school, arrive by chopper and spend their summers piling up crypto fortunes. Teagan gawks at it all. Her old life of private hotels and pay-to-play athletics was itself a tour of privilege, but the show treats her as an outsider anyway, hoping we won’t notice. At Easton, of course, there’s no girls’ rowing team, which means Teagan’s only option for staying on the water is to take the tiller of the boys’ varsity eight as their coxswain. Like every member of the 99 percent, we too did not know the meaning of that sentence before finishing this series. So, in layman’s terms, she’s in charge of steering the damn boat.

Half the season is Teagan grinding against ingrained misogyny for scraps of respect; the other half is the camera treating those same boys like a very generous buffet, complete with heaping helpings of shirtless, sweaty rowing-machine choreography set to EDM thumpers. It’s the kind of eye candy that starved fan-edit accounts are going to make a whole meal out of. Crew Girl, and we mean this affectionately, knows its audience. Every sport, as the running theory goes, can be gay if you squint hard enough, and this show is operating with its eyes glued shut.

Netflix’s ‘Crew Girl’ Has a One-Sided Love Triangle and a Family Plot That Won’t Quit

The love triangle here is where things get thin. Josh Regis (Sam Braun) is the standard arrogant prep-school captain, and Braun doesn’t add anything to the template. Cam Dillinger (Kyle Clark), the quiet underdog with a chip on his shoulder, is more interesting. And Clark plays him that way, with a mix of sincerity and edge that only makes the romance more lopsided. You quickly get the feeling that one side of this triangle is doing all the work.

The family plot drags too. Every teen soap seems to feel it needs shitty parents to justify the kids acting out, and Crew Girl leans on that too hard. The FBI subplot, the mom-daughter fallout, the absentee dad… none of it goes anywhere, and all of it pulls focus from the team dynamics that should be driving the show. Paré is the only adult in the cast who can actually act her way through the material, and she even struggles to make sense of why the camera’s spending so much time on characters drinking Pinot in airplane hangars instead of Oakley-armed meatheads in tiny little boats.

Netflix’s ‘Crew Girl’ Is Fine — If You’re Here for the Boats

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We’re wondering too, because, weirdly, the boathouse is the only place Crew Girl works. The rowing scenes are the surprise. Someone in the production clearly cares about the sport, and you can see it in every frame on the water. The coxswain moments, especially, with Teagan barking splits, reading the water, and correcting a stroke rate, are shot with the kind of care the show doesn’t bother to bring anywhere else. And the Haverford Cup arc in the back half is the closest the series gets to earning its plot. It’s not Friday Night Lights, obviously, but by the end, we were Googling what an erg is, and that’s more than most eight-episode teen soaps get out of anyone.

None of this makes Crew Girl good. The love triangle lacks spark, the dialogue is stiff, and outside of Clark and, to a lesser extent, Martineau, the cast is mostly just hitting marks. There are no teeth to the rich-kid satire or real stakes to the familial subplots. But if you’re the person this was built for — a YA romance junkie with a yacht club membership — it’s fine. Not what Netflix wants it to be, not as bad as it could have been.

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September 12, 2026

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Netflix

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Vivian Lin

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Alysse Leite-Rogers, Norman Buckley, Jacquie Gould, Simon Barry

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Jennica Harper, Julian Doucet, Vivian Lin

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• Crew Girl delivers on the shirtless-boys-on-rowing-machines promise, if that’s what you came for.
• The rowing scenes are well-shot and actually interesting to watch.

• The family scandal plot drags every episode down.
• Most of the supporting cast can’t act.
• It’s cheesier than the shows it’s trying to be.

Brian Austin Green isn’t above poking fun at his friends — Jennie Garth included.

Green, 53, shared a series of videos alongside multiple laughing emojis to his Instagram Story of comedian Pete Zias reacting to Garth’s clothing line on Wednesday, September 9.

“Yes it’s time for Jennie Garth,” Zias said in the first video, while watching the actress during her recent QVC appearance.

As a model showed off a pink blouse designed by Garth, 54, Zias added his own commentary as the QVC host described the item.

“Love it … they’re paintbrush dots,” he quipped. “It’s feminine, it’s flirty, it’s frumpy.”

Zias also poked fun at Garth’s outfit as she donned a light blue and white blouse with jeans.

“Little House on the Prairie! She looks like she was held captive and escaped from decades of being held captive,” he joked.

As the women talked about one outfit dubbed “the skipper,” Zias quipped that they should “skip away.”

Green also included a second video from Zias as he watched another QVC segment featuring Garth.

“Jennie Garth has a line of clothes at QVC,” he announced while reading the item details. “Me by Jennie Garth. Woven pull-on embroidered hem ankle pants.”

Zias also poked fun at the color choice for the neutral wardrobe items that Garth displayed.

“It’s a great color. I love beige,” he quipped. “Beige on beige. Brown on brown. Ah, I love this.”

Green and Garth have been friends since they starred on Beverly Hills, 90210 together in the 90s. The pair have supported each other over the years with their various ventures.

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Mikel Roberts/Sygma via Getty Images Jennie Garth gushed exclusively to Us Weekly about her pal Tori Spelling while discussing her new podcast — which has a Beverly Hills, 90210-inspired name. “She’s such a strong girl, even though she probably wouldn’t say she is,” Garth, 52, exclusively told Us of Spelling, 51, while promoting her new podcast, […]

Garth decided to pursue a career as a fashion designer in 2024 and launched her clothing line, Me by Jennie Garth that same year. The brand includes everyday wardrobe staples for women such as sweaters, blouses, knit tops, denim, pants and more. Garth’s designs are inspired by her and her BH 90210 character Kelly’s style.

After releasing her second line with QVC, Garth exclusively told Us that her daughters — Luca, 29, Lola, 23, and Fiona, 19 — were by her side throughout the process.

“My girls are so encouraging and so supportive,” she gushed back in October 2025. “They’ve seen me lost. They’ve seen me searching. They see me have successes and also big failures. Every time I try something new, they are just right behind me, supporting me so much.”

Sometimes, actors are their own worst critics. Even if they’ve won Academy Awards, there are plenty of Hollywood stars who critique themselves as harshly (if not more harshly) than their own critics. Brad Pitt is no stranger to this mentality either, though you may be surprised by which of his performances he despises. Before he returns to theaters this fall with the upcoming Heart of the Beast, you ought to revisit his memorable performance in A River Runs Through It — the famed Robert Redford picture he thought he did poorly in.

Brad Pitt Was Quite Critical of His Work on ‘A River Runs Through It’

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It’s been over 30 years since Redford made A River Runs Through It, an American period drama based on the memoir of the same name by Norman Maclean. But despite all the praise and attention at the Oscars that the film garnered, Pitt struggled with his performance as the troubled Montana reporter Paul Maclean. Back in 2011, the star spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his career highlights at the time, noting that, despite Redford’s best directorial efforts, he didn’t believe that he was ultimately “skilled” enough for the role.

“I think I could have done better. Maybe it was the pressure of the part, and playing someone who was a real person — and the family was around occasionally — and not wanting to let Redford down.”

While Pitt also admitted that it had been a long time since he’d seen the film, his feelings remained the same after nearly 20 years. Of course, anyone who has had the pleasure of enjoying this visual memoir of a bygone era of the American West will gladly note that Pitt is fantastic on the screen. More than that, he’s easily one of its defining features; indeed, Pitt truly makes the movie. Sure, Craig Sheffer is fantastic as Norman, and Tom Skerritt‘s performance as the Reverend Maclean is quite profound, but the youthful energy Pitt brings to the role of Paul was undoubtedly a career-making performance. Pitt’s carefree younger Maclean boy — who is somehow as charismatic as he is emotionally reserved — understandably earned the high praise of critics everywhere.

Although Pitt would revisit the world of early 20th century Montana later in the romantic drama Legends of the Fall (which, ironically, saw him playing a fairly similar character who was also a bootlegger during the Prohibition), the truth of the matter is that A River Runs Through It is an excellent picture that is only made better by Pitt being in it. In fact, one might even argue that it’s because of Pitt that the entire thing lands. The stark contrast between Paul and his older brother Norman only works because of Pitt’s on-screen charisma, and the two often stand antithetical to one another as brothers often do. Some may consider it one of Pitt’s most underrated features, but perhaps the best way to describe it is underappreciated.

‘A River Runs Through It’ Is a True American Classic

There are few movies that capture such a distinct yet beautiful time in American history better than A River Runs Through It. Set in Montana at the turn of the 20th century, it chronicles not just the boyhood of Norman and Paul, but how their paths diverged in adulthood. Redford — in one of his greatest works of cinematic art — was able to do the impossible here by constructing a truly breathtaking snapshot in time, pulling directly from the first-hand accounts of the real-life Norman that float right off the page. The film is no different, as it evokes nostalgic feelings for a time that one did not live through, and provides a call to adventure towards the simple outdoors. It’s hard to describe just how A River Runs Through It can touch deep into one’s soul, which is perhaps why Taylor Sheridan honored the idea himself in The Madison.

It’s hard to imagine why Brad Pitt can’t bring himself to see what so many others have regarding this picture, but the best way to appreciate it is by revisiting the film. A River Runs Through It has long been considered an essential Robert Redford movie, one that proves his strengths behind-the-camera as he evokes provocative and powerful performances from his stars. Pitt may not be able to appreciate what he was able to achieve on the big screen, but we certainly do.

A River Runs Through It is available to rent digitally on Prime Video.

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on September 9, 2026. Here are the key takeaways:

• Sydney Sweeney stripped down for a new Novig ad campaign, covering her breasts with oversized footballs and posing nude across a basketball hoop, tennis court and pool table to promote the sports trading app. The Euphoria alum has also signed on as a strategic partner and equity holder in the company.

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• Sandra Bullock opened up about the fallout from ex-husband Jesse James‘ 2010 cheating scandal in an Interview magazine profile with Jennifer Aniston published September 8, calling it “a really dark time in my life.” She described stashing her newborn son Louis inside a hockey bag to smuggle him past paparazzi after the affairs became public.

• Phaedra Parks and Chris “CT” Tamburello‘s Traitors friendship has blossomed into a long-distance romance, a source exclusively tells Us, with the pair growing closer after CT’s marriage to Catalina White ended. The couple made their red carpet debut at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys on September 5.

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Jon Pardi and his estranged wife, Summer Pardi, presented a united front when they publicly announced the end of their marriage. However, a new report claims the couple’s carefully worded statement concealed a far more painful breakup behind the scenes. Multiple sources alleged that Summer witnessed the country singer cheating on two occasions through security cameras installed on his tour bus, an experience that reportedly became the final straw in their marriage.

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According to the Daily Mail, Summer allegedly had access to security cameras located inside her husband’s tour bus. “There were security cameras on his tour bus that she had access to,” one insider told the outlet, who also alleged “he cheated on her two different times, at least, and she saw it all on camera. Pretty stupid of him.”

A second Nashville insider reportedly corroborated the account and claimed that one of the women was “a groupie.” “I feel for her,” the second insider said of Summer. “She’s so nice, and it’s just embarrassing and humiliating. They have two young girls, and they’re going to find out about it and see all this one day.”

One Nashville source also said people around the former couple have welcomed the split. “A lot of people are very, very glad they’ve finally split,” the insider told the publication.

Neither Jon nor Summer addressed infidelity in their joint divorce announcement.

The Former Couple Prioritized Their Daughters In Divorce Announcement

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Jon and Summer announced their separation in July, nearly two months after Summer reportedly filed for divorce in Tennessee. “After much thought, we have made the difficult decision to end our marriage,” they said.

The pair emphasized that their daughters, Presley, 3, and Sienna, 2, would remain at the center of their decisions. They said their children “remain our highest priority” and added that they are “committed to moving forward with love and respect as co-parents.”

“Thank you so much for your understanding, support, and respect as we navigate these changes as a family,” the statement concluded.

PEOPLE reported that Summer filed for divorce on May 12 and identified May 11 as the couple’s date of separation. She cited irreconcilable differences and requested spousal support and primary residential custody of their daughters. “He’s gonna be lucky if he has any pennies left. He’s in deep sh-t,” an insider claimed.

A third source told the outlet that Summer remains in the family’s home outside Nashville while Jon has moved elsewhere. “She definitely doesn’t live with that man,” the source said.

Signs Of Trouble Reportedly Appeared Before The Divorce

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Speculation about the couple’s marriage had circulated online long before they confirmed the split. Jon and Summer briefly unfollowed one another on Instagram in December, reportedly fueling claims that their relationship was in trouble.

Social media users also noticed that Summer appeared without her wedding ring in photographs posted months before the divorce announcement. In 2024, she seemingly backed out of a planned appearance with Jon at the 58th Country Music Association Awards and instead traveled to California to spend time with her parents.

Another cryptic moment came in December 2025, when Summer shared a video featuring a red dress she had planned to wear to a “holiday Christmas party that I didn’t attend.”

Around the same time, she posted a clip of herself using a vibrating exercise platform. “Just over here vibrating out all the bullsh-t from 2025,” she said.

Those posts did not confirm marital problems, but they attracted renewed attention once Summer’s divorce filing became public.

Summer Pardi Previously Spoke About Adjusting To Life On Tour

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Jon and Summer met in 2017 after his mother introduced them. Summer later recalled during a 2024 appearance on the “Get Real” podcast that Jon’s dating history helped inspire the introduction.

She said they were matched “because [Jon] had fail after fail of girlfriends.” “He was looking for a good girl. I was looking for a cowboy,” Summer explained.

Jon invited her to a concert in Denver for their first date. Summer previously told People that within “five minutes of meeting Jon, it was game over,” while the country star characterized their immediate connection as “love at first sight.”

They married in 2020, but Summer later admitted that adapting to her husband’s touring lifestyle had been difficult. “I mean, I definitely wasn’t made for it,” she said on the “Get Real” podcast. “I was such a routine homebody, like same breakfast, every day, same, you know, wake up, gym, scrambled egg, work, home, nothing outside those lines.”

She continued, “To be thrown into this lifestyle where there’s no routine and no schedule in a sense of like normalcy. But I’ve done well; I will say I have. I will pat myself on the back because I have done better than I thought I would do.”

Summer described dealing with a lack of routine and “sh-tty sleep” while sharing a tour bus with approximately 13 people during the early years of their relationship.

The Hairstylist Reportedly Tried To Save Her Marriage

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Summer has indicated that she invested considerable effort into therapy before ending her marriage. In July, she said she attended an “intensive solo therapy retreat.” “I’ve done so much therapy over the last three years. Heavy on the intense therapy over the last year and a half, two,” she said.

The Daily Mail’s source claimed Summer went through a period of anger but has since reached a place of acceptance. “It’s not an anger anymore. She had her phase of being angry, but now she’s come to terms with it,” the source shared.

Summer has recently been spending time with her friend RaeLynn, who filed for divorce from Josh Davis in June after 10 years of marriage. The third source claimed the women are “out doing life and enjoying life” and now appear “happier” and “like themselves again.”

For Summer, the next chapter appears focused on rebuilding her life and co-parenting her daughters while the divorce proceeds. The reported tour-bus allegations, however, offer a dramatically different picture from the respectful public statement that first announced the marriage was ending.

Kate Hudson admittedly has some concerns about planning her future wedding as her 5-year engagement to partner Danny Fujikawa continues.

“I still am not married. I’m just engaged. And I keep thinking about [the] wedding and what are we going to do,” the actress, 47, said on the Tuesday, September 8, episode of her and her brother Oliver Hudson‘s “Sibling Revelry” podcast on iHeartRadio. “Every time we started thinking about who we have to invite and Danny’s like, ‘I just want a small wedding.’ Our family alone is like 50 people.”

Kate explained to guests Joey King and Hunter King that her and Oliver’s family is “huge.”

“We’ve got, like, a million kids. There’s a million uncles and aunts and cousins,” she added.

Kate also admitted that the price tag attached to her future nuptials is also a factor in why she and Fujikawa have been taking their time when it comes to setting an official date.

“That’s part of why I don’t want to get married,” she confessed. “It’s too expensive.”

Kate and Fujikawa, 40, started dating in 2016 and welcomed daughter Rani Rose, 7, in October 2018. (The Running Point actress is also mother to sons Ryder, 22, and Bingham, 14, whom she shares with ex husband Chris Robinson and ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy, respectively.)

After five years of dating, Fujikawa popped the question in September 2021.

“Let’s go! 👰‍♀️💒🤵🏻‍♂️,” Kate wrote via Instagram while showing off her engagement ring in a sweet photo.

Two months later, Kate opened up about how daunting it can be to plan a wedding.

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“You know what I’m doing? I’m pre-planning the planning. Just kind of thinking of what we want to do and then I’m going back and forth between like, ‘What is this really going to look like?’” she told Entertainment Tonight, comparing the process to her 2009 rom-com Bride Wars. “Obviously, we’re so excited. But the idea of planning a wedding is, like, a lot. It’s a lot. I made a whole movie about it.”

Kate echoed similar sentiments two years later, when she and Fujikawa were vexed on what kind of wedding to have.

“We do sometimes go back and forth with the traditional Japanese wedding ceremony, which would be really beautiful and quite emotional for Danny, seeing as his dad is gone,” she said during a February 2023 appearance on the “Table for Two” podcast.. “It’ll totally be a destination wedding. It’ll be such an adventure that people will really want to have to come to show up. To me, those are always the most fun weddings. Like, if you really want to be there, you’ll be there. … If someone’s like, ‘I can’t really be there,’ then I don’t want you there. That’s all I got right now. That’s all I got for the wedding.”