Jon Favreau says Robert Downey Jr. was in talks to play a different Marvel character before Iron Man

“He was the puzzle piece that made it all work,” Favreau explained. “Once it was him, that’s when my life got a lot easier,” Favreau said. “Because he understood. Julian McMahon as Doctor Doom in ‘Fantastic Four’.20th Century Fox/Marvel/Kobal/Shutterstock He understood the voice of the character. And then one by one, people were just signing on board because now it became something interesting.” Meaning, we wouldn’t havea studioif it wasn’t for him....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · David Cameron

Jon Favreau's Walk of Fame star gets Robert Downey Jr.'s 'official' seal of approval — his used gum

At least he didn’t pee on it. That’s probably the least of that poor star’s future troubles. Check out Favreau’s star ceremony below: Related content: Robert Downey Jr. puts gum on John Favreau’s Walk of Fame star.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Jon Favreau, left, receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Robert Downey Jr.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 60 words · Mitchell Cunningham

Jon Hamm is engaged toMad Mencostar Anna Osceola

The two have been dating for two years. Jon Hammand Anna Osceola are engaged after two years of dating,PEOPLEreports. “I’m in a relationship right now and it’s comfortable,” he said. Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola.Tommaso Boddi/Getty “It’s a feeling of taking care of someone else and being taken care of.” It sounds hokey and whatever, but it’s real and it’s what I’m working for." Reps for Hamm and Osceola didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Frank Johnson

Jon Stewart defends Dave Chappelle'sSNLmonologue, says censorship won't 'end anti-Semitism'

Jon Stewartdoesn’t think it’s necessary forDave Chappelleto pull his punchlines. “It’s incredibly normal. I don’t believe in that. Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images It’s the wrong way for us to approach it.” While onSNL,Chappelle remarked upon the anti-Semetic rhetoricespoused byKanye Westand Kyrie Irving in recent weeks. His routine was latercondemned by the director of the Anti-Defamation League. Stewart noted that Chappelle isn’t the first comedian to discuss harmful stereotypes....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Ariel Williamson

Jonah Hill says body insecurities 'intensely f----ed' him up in mental health documentary

The actor and filmmaker confronts his anxieties in Netflix’s Stutz, one of his most personal projects yet. Hill laments at one point. TheWolf of Wall Streetactor started seeing Stutz “out of desperation to get happier,” he reveals. Jonah Hill in ‘Stutz’.Netflix “I had no healthy self esteem,” Hill says. “When I met you I was 33, maybe. But “inherently, at my core, I’m still this unlovable person,” he says. Jonah Hill and Phil Stutz in ‘Stutz’....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Terry Rice

Jonas Brothers announce Broadway residency, will perform a different album each night

In 2006,the Jonas Brotherstook a trip tothe year 3000. Now they’re taking a trip down memory lane. “Your boys are back in town,” the band said in an announcement posted on social media. The Jonas Brothers.Kevin Winter/Getty Images “We’re coming to Broadway and playing the Marquis Theatre March 14-18!! Believe us when we say you won’t want to miss these shows.” The announcement comes on the same day the Jonas Brothers unveiledtheir latest single, “Wings....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Clinton Lindsey

Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer spark a decades-spanning romance inFellow Travelersteaser

The Bridgerton and Magic Mike heartthrobs get hot and heavy in the first footage of the sexy Showtime miniseries. Washington, D.C., 1952. Two men catch each other’s eyes from across the celebration party. Jonathan Bailey’s Tim and Matt Bomer’s Hawkins fall into an intoxicating romance in ‘Fellow Travelers’.SHOWTIME There’s a flash and now it’s weeks later. This is how time works inFellow Travelers, Bomer and Bailey’s upcoming Showtime miniseries. So it’s appropriate that the first teaser trailer, which EW exclusively debuts below, reflects that....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Andrew Hill

Jonathan Bailey reveals which line he thoughtBridgertonaudiences would obsess over

“We thought that ‘You vex me’ would become a thing, actually,” he tells EW. “Sometimes you hear a catchphrase. I thought it would be ‘Newton!’ Liam Daniel/Netflix It’s so weird because in series one we didn’t understand the aesthetic of the show. It was all a bit weird.” How did you master that? JONATHAN BAILEY:Bloody hell. Anthony was an always really appealing and complicated character. She just completely tapped into all of his barriers, emotional barriers, his insecurities....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Derek Harris

Jonathan Bennett wanted to create a gay Uncle Buck forThe Holiday Sitter

The channel partially hasJonathan Bennettto thank for that: theMean Girlsstar helped create the story which becameThe Holiday Sitter. But, what to do with two pre-teens? It’s a question the actor found himself asking in real life while filming a different Hallmark movie. Jonathan Bennett in ‘The Holiday Sitter’.Hallmark Channel Like ‘What… can I … can they go to craft service? What are they allowed to have?'" Below, Bennett unwraps his new Christmas movie and the gift it’s given him in return....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Elizabeth Griffin

Jonathan Frakes embraces his viral meme status 25 years afterBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

The memes “gave me more cachet than the show ever did,” the Star Trek actor says. Some folks only recognizeJonathan Frakesfrom the memes. You know which ones. Jonathan Frakes on ‘X-Factor: Das Unfassbare,’ the German reboot of ‘Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction’.RTL ZWEI So much time has passed that many people don’t even realize where these clips came from. Frakes' favorite of the memes is “the half-speed drunk,” he tells EW....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Thomas Lewis

Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch are teaming up for a new Ultimate Marvel comic

Ultimate Marvel changed everything. The goal was to energize readers who might be intimidated by decades of publication history, and it succeeded. More than a decade later, writerJonathan Hickmanbrought the Ultimate Marvel universe to an end withSecret Wars. ‘Ultimate Invasion’ teaser art by Bryan Hitch.Credit: Bryan Hitch for Marvel Comics I get to bring two decades of new experience as an artist and storyteller to this. It’s new, different and familiar....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Linda Moore

Jonathan Hickman's next big comic will redefine Marvel's gods

The writer who redefined the X-Men now has his sights set on Marvel’s gods. “When I came back to Marvel a few years ago, I wrote two series bibles. The first wasHouse of Xand the other one wasG.O.D.S.,” Hickman said in a statement. Doctor Strange confronts Wyn in Marvel’s ‘G.O.D.S.’ by Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti.Valerio Schiti for Marvel Comics But the kinds of powers at play inG.O.D.Smight put eventhe Eternalsto shame....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Joshua Williams

Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell take to the skies in trailer for Korean War epicDevotion

The cast of director JD Dillard’s drama also includes Christina Jackson and Joe Jonas. “I call it the dog s— reality,” says theLokiandThe Harder They Fallactor. I refused to take Dramamine because they didn’t have it [back then]. Jonathan Majors in ‘Devotion’.Eli Adé/Columbia Pictures I refused to come down. They were like, ‘Are you sick?’ ‘Yeah, I’m sick as a dog.’ Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell in ‘Devotion’.Eli Adé/Columbia Pictures...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Gwendolyn Taylor