The last few years have brought us the best video game movies, with the subgenre no longer floundering as it had in the past. The Sonic the Hedgehog movies (which are streaming with a Paramount+ subscription) are definitely on that list, and a fourth film is on its way. Kristen Bell is voicing newcomer Amy Rose, and recently shared a photo from the recording booth. Unsurprisingly, her husband Dax Shepard weighed in with a sweet comment.

Sonic 3's post-credits scene had Amy showing up to rescue the title character from Metal Sonic robots, bringing yet another beloved character from the games to the big screen. Kristen Bell looks like she's having fun voicing Amy Rose, as she shared in the following Instagram post:

Bell is all smiles in the recording booth, and she seems to be thrilled that she's introducing Amy Rose to new audiences in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. It remains to be seen how her character will be portrayed on the big screen. Is she Sonic's number 1 fan like the games or something else entirely? Her post-credits appearance was pretty badass, so I have to assume that her backstory will be somehow altered.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are known for making headlines, whether it's a controversy or the way they are each other's biggest cheerleaders. The latter is true for how Bell's husband gassed her up in the comments section, writing:

How sweet is that? There's clearly a ton of love shared between these two actors, as well as their children. And Shepard makes a solid point: the Veronica Mars star looks thoroughly adorable in the booth for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. And I can't wait to see what she does with Amy in the upcoming sequel.

Jeff Fowler has directed all four Sonic movies, which combined live-action and animation to delightful results. Bell is the latest actor to lend her voice to a video game character; she's joined by Ben Schwartz's Sonic, Idris Elba's Knuckles, Keanu Reeves' Shadow, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails, with the latter previously voicing the sidekick in the games. As for Kristen Bell, she's no stranger to voice acting, thanks to her tenure as Anna in Frozen (streaming with a Disney+ subscription).

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is currently expected to arrive in theaters on March 19th, 2027. Since it's not part of the 2026 movie release list, fans will have to be patient while we wait for its first footage.

For a little while now, social media users have expressed interest in Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s marriage, and that’s certainly been the case in recent days. The couple’s dynamic was highlighted in a viral article published by The Cut, which detailed relationships in which women attempt to soften their male partner’s inappropriate behavior. While some users agreed with the sentiment and took shots at Shepard and Bell’s marriage, others defended them. Amid all of that Bell is opening up about her favorite aspect of her marriage.

Bell – who tied the knot with Shepard in 2013 – shared some very positive thoughts when discussing their relationship with People. The actress told the news outlet that she and her hubby support each other “every which way.” Bell also noted that “there's nothing that he won't do to take care of me.” Of all the aspects of her marriage that she seems to appreciate, though, there’s one particular element that the Veronica Mars alum really treasures when it comes to her partner:

Throughout the course of her marriage to Shepard, with whom she shares two daughters, Bell has indeed seen continued success within Hollywood. A portion of Netflix subscription holders surely know that Bell currently co-leads the romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This, which has been renewed for a third season. Several years ago, Shepard did admit to finding it insulting when someone claims his wife pays for everything. However, by all accounts, he takes no issue with the level of success she’s managed to achieve.

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell have been candid about aspects of their relationship, which began in earnest back in 2007. Shepard admitted he was initially reticent about being with Bell due to the differences in their upbringings and lifestyles. The pair have also discussed their approaches to parenting and the occasional instances in which they find themselves getting into fights. While marking their 10th wedding anniversary in 2022, Bell named vulnerability as the secret to their marriage. In her recent interview, Bell also said this:

As of this writing neither Shepard nor Bell have directly responded to the recent wave of backlash aimed at their relationship. Two people who know them personally did, however, speak out. After becoming aware of The Cut’s article, Monica Padman, who co-hosts the Armchair Expert podcast with Shepard said it was “extremely anti-feminist to say Kristen, an uber successful woman, is stuck in a relationship where she is forced to defend her husband.” Nobody Wants This’ Justine Lupe also expressed sadness over seeing “a publication I generally admire, indulging in such tabloid-esque clickbait.”

Regardless of what others say about Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, comments that the pair have made suggest that they’re truly happy. Bell also said that her husband “applies himself” and, for that, she’s “grateful.”

At this point, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been married for over a decade, and their relationship has garnered attention over the years. Some viral moments involving them have resulted in commentators sharing their thoughts on the pair’s personal dynamic. More recently, Shepard (51) and Bell (45) were mentioned in an article detailing the nature of unhealthy relationships. Following that, fans weighed in, and a couple of people who know the couple (including one of Bell’s Nobody Wants This co-stars) defended the couple.

This Latest Bell/Shepard Situation Began With An Article

Recently, The Cut published a piece called “I Love My Husband (Who Hates Me),” and the article begins with an account of a situation from an episode of Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, which Bell sat in on. It was during that episode that the guest, Cher (a friend and former co-star of Bell’s). During the chat, Cher referred to Bell as Shepard’s “better half” and he asked the iconic singer who would be a dream partner for Bell, adding, “because I know you think she could do better, and I don’t disagree.” Bell ultimately laughed off the comment.

Not long after that podcast episode went up, fans also seemed to agree with the assessment that Bell could “do better,” which was co-signed by Cher. That information is noted in The Cut’s article along with mentions of a laundry-related fight Bell joked about having with Shepard years ago and the divisive Instagram post she used to celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary last fall.

Over the years, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been candid about certain aspects of their relationship, such as parenting rules related to fighting and Shepard’s uncomfortability with people claiming his wife pays for everything. For his part, Shepard also got candid years ago when talking about how he was initially hesitant to be with Bell due to her Christian upbringing and more.

The author of The Cut’s piece ultimately aimed to analyze situations in which women defend their husbands’ behavior by softening it. In time, the article also spurred some reactions shared to social media.

How A Portion Of Fans Reacted To The Shepard/Bell-Related Article

In time, The Cut promoted that relationship article on Instagram, and more than a few users weighed in. The responses to the post – which included graphic featuring screenshots of negative comments on Dax Shepard – drew mixed reactions:

• Kristen absolutely has agency and free will. It is her choice to be with a man who hates her. So let her enjoy her husband who hates her in peace. - @alexes.ciarra
• This is so weird! You know nothing about this couple except what they've chosen to share. Why are we doing this? - @olivia.j.rowe
• Wow who knew the Dax apologists were so activated. - @the_hezza
• No, let’s talk about it! This is an example but there are so many couples online who do this. We witness the inconsiderate narcissistic husband and his partner who brought the issue to the web defending him against the internet. People are tired of couples outsourcing their discontent. Either leave or hush. - @sher.ese
• Are we listening to the same show? I feel like they share a lot, good and bad, and just seem like a normal married couple. 🤷🏻‍♀️ - @kennav
• This take is so gross and disappointing. Clearly everyone jumping on the bandwagon who don’t actually listen to the show and know these people. - @msjordanscott

The responses listed above, of course, represent just a sample of the views shared under that IG post. As previously mentioned, general fans weren’t the only ones to join in the discussion, as two people who know Bell and Shepard personally also shared thoughts.

Who Else Weighed In On Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard’s Marriage?

Justine Lupe – who has starred alongside Bell on two seasons of Nobody Wants This (which is streamable with a Netflix subscription) – saw the Instagram post and didn’t hold back her thoughts. In her comment, Lupe expressed sadness over having seen the news outlet criticize her friend and colleague’s marriage. Lupe also related the situation to a controversy she recently linked to:

Lupe also said she could “understand that getting attention is a challenge for publications like yours- but I’m far more interested in the work you do that elevates and celebrates women”. Also sharing thoughts was Shepard’s podcast co-host, Monica Padman, who expressed her own displeasure with the article. Padman’s post reads in part:

It’s evident that while Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s relationship does have its detractors, there are those who are in their corner. While the celebrity couple has been candid about the not-so-glamorous aspects of their relationship, they’ve also publicly shown support for each other, as Shepard did after Bell landed her first Emmy nod. At first glance, while people may continue to weigh in on their romance one way or the other, Bell and Shepard mostly seem to be tuning out the chatter.

When it comes to video game movie adaptations that have been released over the past several years, few have found as much success as the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. SEGA’s lovable, blue character and his allies have been tearing up the box office, so it’s no surprise that a fourth film is currently in the works. Now, in an exciting turn of events, Kristen Bell has been tapped to join the cast in a major role. With that, she recently reunited with Sonic voice actor Ben Schwartz for a truly adorable photo.

It was announced this week that Kristen Bell would be lending her voice-acting talents to the role of Amy Rose, who was briefly introduced during a Sonic 3 post-credits scene. That confirmation is sweet enough on its own, but what’s even better is that Bell and Ben Schwartz signified the occasion by sporting sweaters and posing for a photo. Not only that, but the pair also hold adorable figurines of their respective characters. Take a look at the snapshot, which Schwartz posted to Instagram:

This is indeed a sweet reunion that I can get behind! Bell and Schwartz previously worked together on the (underrated) Showtime dramedy series House of Lies. Obviously, the kid-centric Sonic the Hedgehog 4 marks a very different kind of collaboration for the two actors. All in all, I think this could be a very fun match, and I’m eager to hear Schwartz and Bell match wits as Sonic and Amy Rose, respectively.

Like Schwartz, Kristen Bell is certainly no stranger to voice acting, with arguably the biggest feather in her cap being her role as Anna in Disney’s Frozen franchise. Bell has the ability to bring authenticity to the roles she plays and, while many of her characters are quite soft-spoken, there’s a spunkiness that radiates from them as well. That definitely tracks when it comes to the character that the Emmy nominee is voicing within the Sonic universe.

A longtime character within the Sonic the Hedgehog games, Amy Rose is a competitive yet empathetic tomboy who’s part of the titular hero’s inner circle. Amy also serves as something of a love interest for Sonic, even to the point where she can be clingy at times. During the closing moments of Sonic 3, Amy Rose arrives to assist the blue speedster when he’s ambushed by Metal Sonic robots. How the heroine’s origins will be established within the continuity of the movies remains to be seen at this time.

Information on Sonic 4 is relatively scarce, though it’s been confirmed that Jeff Fowler – who helmed the first three movies – is set to return for this latest feature. Plot details are being kept under wraps, so speculation regarding the narrative ensues for now. Tails voice actress Colleen O'Shaughnessey previously spoke to CinemaBlend about what she’d like to see in the fourth movie. All in all, she’d love to see the gang travel to new locations beyond Earth.

There’s not telling when additional casting updates on the fourth film in this video game saga will arrive. However, at present, I just remain excited knowing that Amy Rose has officially been cast. Let’s hope Kristen Bell and Ben Schwartz’s sweet dynamic translates into electrifying chemistry between their characters.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 races into theaters on March 19, 2027. In the meantime, stream the first three movies as well as the Knuckles spinoff series using a Paramount+ subscription.

Nowadays, you probably know Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place, Anna from Frozen, or perhaps Joanne from her new hit rom-com series on Netflix, Nobody Wants This. But it would be remiss to completely forget about her CW roots. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall actress had a nearly decade-long stint on the popular teen drama network in the 2000s, all because she was able to use the cancellation of Veronica Mars to land Gossip Girl.

The CW in the 2000s and 2010s was primetime viewing for anyone ages 12-18, with some of the most rewatchable shows to come from that era, including One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls, and Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars was Bell’s big break in 2004, where she played the titular teenage private eye for three seasons before the show was canceled due to ratings. Thankfully, the Queenpins actress is a quick thinker like Veronica, telling Vanity Fair how she turned the Veronica Mars cancellation into her next opportunity:

I can’t even imagine someone other than Bell being the voice of Gossip Girl, so it’s crazy to learn she got this role on a whim. Had she never reached out to the powers that be at the CW, we would have never gotten to hear the iconic, sassy “xoxo, gossip girl.”

Bell revealed that Veronica Mars had taught her to harness her snarkier side in her acting, something she asked to try out in the recording booth while narrating Gossip Girl. According to the Bad Moms actress, Gossip Girl’s creators had no notes, and she continued to address Upper Eastsiders the same way for all six seasons of the original show.

Bell even returned to narrate HBO’s Gossip Girl reboot for two seasons before it was swiftly canceled. It just wasn’t the same without S, B and the original cast, even with Bell narrating. However, fans did get to witness a crazy Veronica Mars/Gossip Girl crossover, with Leighton Meester guest-starring in Nobody Wants This Season 2. Although real marshmallows know this is a true Veronica Mars reunion through and through, as Meester played Carrie Bishop in the original VMars series, long before she made her debut as Blair.

As much as I would like these two to return to either Neptune, California or Manhattan's Upper East Side, the chances of another Veronica Mars or Gossip Girl reboot are slim. Bell has previously said she would play her #1 character, Veronica Mars, until the day she dies, but after Hulu’s revival killed off a fan-favorite, even the show’s cult following has sadly lost interest. I’ll never say never, though, cause clearly Kristen Bell makes her own destiny.

Nobody Wants This, on the other hand, has already been renewed for Season 3, and after fans freaked out over seeing Blair Waldorf and Seth Cohen from The O.C. onscreen together, we can hope that Leighton Meester will reprise her role as Joanne’s childhood nemesis. You can see both Gossip Girl alums in Nobody Wants This Season 2, now streaming with a Netflix subscription, and keep an eye out for Season 3 on the 2026 TV schedule.

The Frozen movies are big business for Disney. At the box office, the two big screen releases – 2013's Frozen and 2019's Frozen II – have earned over $2.7 billion worldwide, and the amount of brand merchandising that has been produced is overwhelming. It's for this reason that the studio is very much committed to making more sequels to the blockbuster hits , and as a big part of that plan, the company has reportedly closed some major deals with stars Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Idina Menzel.

According to The Wrap, Disney has signed deals with the actors to reprise their respective roles in both Frozen 3 and Frozen 4, and the value of those contracts is said to be north of $60 million. It's a lot of money... but can you really imagine Anna, Olaf and Elsa being voiced by anyone else? Their work as part of the deal will begin soon, as Frozen 3 has been in development since 2023 and it is currently scheduled for release on November 24, 2027 (after being delayed a year from 2026).

Jennifer Lee is set to direct Frozen 3 after she stepped down as Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios last year, though not much is known about the plot of the film. At the end of Frozen II, Anna is crowned as the queen of Arrendale after Elsa decides to live her life in the enchanted forest, but we don't know what is on the horizon for the characters. At D23 Expo 2024, the first concept art for the movie was released, featuring Anna and Elsa on horseback looking at a city in the clouds while a dark figure looms... but further context for the image doesn't really exist.

Beyond their work in the Frozen movies, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Idina Menzel have all kept very busy. Bell's most high-profile work of late has been on the Netflix series Nobody Wants This, which debuted its second season this fall has has been renewed for a third. Gad has recently been hard at work on Spaceballs 2 (which he is starring in and he co-wrote), and Menzel most recently played the lead in the musical Redwood on Broadway from January to May earlier this year.

By the time Frozen 3 is released, it will have been eight years since Frozen II arrived in theaters, but it will be interesting to see if these contracts signed with the franchise stars ends up accelerating development of Frozen 4 (and that may or may not end up having an impact on the story told in the second sequel). In addition to Frozen 3, Walt Disney Animation Studios is also presently developing the fantasy feature Hexed for next year.

When Netflix’s Nobody Wants This first hit viewers’ screens last fall, it almost instantaneously got picked up for a follow up installment. With that quick greenlight, Season 2 naturally became one of the most anticipated 2025 Netflix TV releases. Now, even after it didn't get the same positive response this time, the Nobody Wants This team got the go-ahead for a third installment. I’m loving Kristen Bell breaking the news to her peers in this humorous way.

One of the best elements to the Bell and Adam Brody-led ensemble is that balance of humor, heart, and relationships. Thankfully, the announcement for the latest renewal mirrors exactly that. You can see Bell video call her on-screen love interest, maybe future siblings-in-law, sister, and show creator Erin Foster to spread the good news. But one of the calls has a fun twisty gag that’s on par with the series’ bits. Watch below:

For me, the cast's clear chemistry (on screen and off) make this one of the best shows to binge on Netflix. And the cheeky jokes certainly don’t hurt matters. (See Sasha's "7 Rings" dance and Justine Lupe’s pee-themed prank for Bell.) I just think Bell informing her peers and then trying to tell Foster is so cute, but the perfect amount of amusing, too.

So, what could lie ahead for Joanne and Noah now that they're out of the honeymoon phase? Much of the second season explored the two navigating the realities of growing out of first dates and butterflies. Time and again we saw them face issues head on, and despite all of the complexities, they reconnected. Season 3 seems likely to continue to dive into this idea within their larger storylines.

Specifically, I can see Joanne working off the revelation she had about her relationship to Judaism. That may lead to more exploration of interacting with Noah’s community at large. Meanwhile, Noah seems to be realizing that to forge ahead in his personal pursuits, he has to learn to open up to others and be flexible. But let’s not forget that Morgan, Sasha, and Esther are all at incredibly pivotal relationship moments that could complicate matters.

For me, I’m just hoping that the show’s humor doesn’t take drop as they get into deeper waters. It’s one of the many reasons why I’ve completely torn through both eight-episode sagas. For now, this sweet Kristen Bell video telling her castmates the good news will get the job done, now that I’m one of many waiting for Season 3. If you’d like to catch up, Nobody Wants This Season 1 and 2 are available to stream (or re-stream) with a Netflix subscription.

There have been plenty of epic prank stories to come out of movie and TV sets over the decades. Cole Sprouse and David Schwimmer played one on Friends that actually made the final cut, and George Clooney is infamous for them. Apparently, Kristen Bell enjoys a good prank herself, and her co-star Justine Lupe got her good with a truly disgusting ruse when they filmed Nobody Wants This Season 2.

Nobody Wants This boasts tons of comedic talent as one of the best shows to binge on Netflix, so it’s not a huge surprise that one of the most uniquely twisted pranks I’ve heard of in a while would come from the minds of its actors. Justine Lupe — who plays Morgan, the younger sister of Kristen Bell’s Joanne — told the Happy Sad Confused podcast that she decided Bell’s obsession with biohacking was the perfect launching point for the trick, saying:

So how did Justine Lupe go about doing this? Over the course of two months — “Two months!” Kristen Bell emphasized — Lupe made fake A.I. articles about the health benefits of drinking urine. She also would stage phone calls with members of the crew asking them to bring her thermos of urine to set.

Kristen Bell said her on-screen sister really put in the work, too, miming how Justine Lupe would sniff the contents of the thermos (which was actually chamomile tea, according to Lupe), cringe and then hold her nose before taking a sip.

The Veronica Mars vet said she was worried about her friend, even going so far as to call YouTube’s Dr. Mike to see if that was even safe. Again, this went on for weeks before the long con was revealed. Lupe continued:

Kristen Bell took over the story at this point, explaining how she didn’t want to be rude to her co-star but that there was no way she was accepting a mason jar of urine. Bell said:

You have to respect the commitment. That was a pretty long way for Justine Lupe to go for an April Fool’s Day joke. You can see her full retelling of it below:

Nobody Wants This Season 2 hit the 2025 TV schedule last month, and even though it’s failed to get the same positive response as its first season, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody were still able to serve up an emotional ending. This 10-episode batch also featured a guest appearance from Brody’s real-life wife Leighton Meester, and who can pass up seeing Seth Cohen and Blair Waldorf share the screen?

All episodes are available to stream now, and be sure to check out what else is coming soon to Netflix.

Last year, Nobody Wants This was the streaming schedule release nobody saw coming. The wonderful rom-com surprised viewers, anchored by Adam Brody’s neurotic rabbi and Kristen Bell’s mouthy podcast host, the series (available with a Netflix subscription) mixed meet-cute energy with interfaith complexity and somehow stuck the landing. Season 1 didn’t just resonate with viewers, but crushed it with critics, too, scoring Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. But Season 2? Well, it's nowhere near Season 1’s Rotten Tomatoes score, and fans are going off about what happened.

Comparing Season 1 and Season 2's Rotten Tomatoes Scores

Season 2 of Nobody Wants This currently holds a lukewarm 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, a sharp drop from the glowing 95% Season 1 earned. While that might still be considered “fresh,” the drop isn’t subtle. Critics and fans alike are questioning what went wrong.

The central chemistry between Adam Brody and Kristen Bell hasn’t vanished, but it’s buried under recycled plotlines, shallow character development, and so much product placement it starts to feel like part of the script.

Here’s how the scores stack up:

• Season 1: 95% – Critics loved the mix of heart and humor.
• Season 2: 77% – Critics say the magic's faded.

But the bigger red flag is the audience scores. Rotten Tomatoes’ Popcorn Meter, which reflects general viewer sentiment, shows an even steeper drop:

• Season 1: 85% – Viewers called it funny, heartfelt, and refreshingly original.
• Season 2: 55% – Viewers cite flat chemistry, repetitive storylines, and a lack of emotional payoff.

So what happened? How are fans online taking the change in quality? Well, let's get into it.

Fans' Online Reaction To Nobody Wants This Season 2

It's worth noting that between Seasons 1 and 2, there was a change behind the scenes. Erin Foster, who built Season 1 loosely on her own life, stepped back, and Jenni Konner (Girls) and Bruce Eric Kaplan (Girls, Six Feet Under) took over as showrunners. While it seemed like they tried to smooth out some of the more problematic elements from the first season, including critiques of the portrayal of Jewish women and questions about Joanne and Morgan’s ignorance, the core couple’s emotional beats stayed the same. Too much of the same.

Brody and Bell spend most of the season circling each other in déjà vu conflicts that have left a lot of the show's core audience confused and frustrated. Here’s a snapshot of the conversation happening across Threads:

• “They've somehow made me indifferent to these two ending up together.” – millydayy
• “Because nothing happened. They just copy and pasted season 1 with more product placement.” – themaindwayne
• “The side characters are way more interesting. Morgan and Esther are my favourites 🖤” – noorasalminen_
• “It also shouldn’t have been Noah giving Joanne the speech at the end. They did that in season 1...” – fraser_roads
• “Romantic comedies aren’t supposed to have sequels.” – pantalones79
• “... Joanne is unlikeable this season.” – shnoodybugg
• “I’ve been through the first season multiple times. It’s excellent. Second season I haven’t even finished yet. :/ it’s basically repeating itself but with more frustrating storylines and 0 character development.” – chrisandalli

Critics like The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg point out a structural issue: without a procedural “B-plot” to keep things moving, the show has nothing to fall back on when the romance stalls. In other shows, think Castle or Bones, romantic tension is framed by crime-solving. Here, when the tension dips, there's not much left.

Still, not everything is broken. Supporting characters like Sasha (Timothy Simons) and Morgan (Justine Lupe) pick up some of the slack, and moments like Sasha’s dance for Esther have been called “the highlight” of the entire season by more than a few fans.

But those bright spots aren’t enough to revive a core narrative that now feels tired and repetitive. To make matters worse, the show isn’t cracking Netflix’s Top 10 and is currently being outperformed by episodes of Ms. Rachel.

If Season 1 asked, “Can love bridge a faith divide?” Season 2 seems stuck asking, “Are we still doing this?” It’s disappointing to see a show with so much potential stumble in its second act. Whether there’s a Season 3 or not, fans are hoping the creative team can course-correct, but if they can’t, well, at least we’ll always have that near-perfect first season.

Spoilers for Season 2 of Nobody Wants This are ahead! Read with caution and stream the show with a Netflix subscription.

In Season 2 of Nobody Wants This, my fears from Season 1 came true... kind of. Throughout the season, Adam Brody’s Noah and Kristen Bell’s Joanne had to face the challenge of whether or not she’d convert to Judaism head-on. It was an inevitable hurdle they had to jump over after they decided to stay together last season, and they almost tumbled over it. The keyword is almost, though, because they decided to stay together in the final moments of the season, and that’s in part thanks to a conversation Joanne had with Esther.

So, when I had the opportunity to interview Jackie Tohn about this show ahead of its release on Netflix’s 2025 schedule, I had to ask her about the vital role her character Esther played in keeping Noah and Joanne together.

What Esther Told Joanne At The End Of Nobody Wants This Season 2

To recap, in the final episode of the season that just premiered on the 2025 TV schedule, the issue of whether Joanne will convert to Judaism hits a breaking point. Ultimately, that leads her and Noah to break up. Then, when she goes to the bathroom, she runs into Esther, and she starts listing all the things she’d miss about Judaism. In response, Jackie Tohn’s character says:

Esther goes on to say that Joanne’s sense of humor and her tendency to overshare are Jewish. She also called her “a true kibitzer” and “yenta.” She then went on to name all the other things that make Joanne Jewish, like her being obsessed with her family and her eating challah early. It was a sweet and, more importantly, lightbulb moment.

As Esther said, “With or without Noah, you’re Jewish,” Joanne was coming to a realization. And that realization that she was ready to convert is what led her back to Noah.

What Jackie Tohn Told CinemaBlend About Esther And Joanne’s Scene And Her Personal Connection To It

There’s no question, Esther is one of the major reasons why Joanne came to this realization that she was ready to be Jewish. Therefore, she’s part of how Noah and Joanne got back together. When I asked Jackie Tohn about what that meant to Esther during an interview for CinemaBlend, she said:

She’s right, Esther tells it like it is, and while she and Joanne were on better terms this season, they really aren’t that close. So, for her to so matter-of-factly tell Bell’s character that she’s become Jewish simply by falling in love with the little things about the religion while she was going through her own heartbreak with Sasha means the world.

However, it didn’t just mean the world on-screen. It was important to Tohn personally, too. The Jewish actress has been friends with Kristen Bell for decades, and to deliver this message to her was incredibly meaningful. Explaining why that was the case, the actress said:

That’s so sweet! To be able to deliver such a heartfelt message to such a real close friend must have been wonderful, and Jackie Tohn made it clear that it was.

Now, I’ll be curious to see how this ending changes both Joanne and Noah’s relationship as well as Esther and Joanne’s friendship. However, we’ll have to wait and see when it comes to that. For now, I’ll just be basking in this sweet scene that helped lead Nobody Wants This’ two lovebirds back together.

If you grew up loving teen dramas and watching The CW, odds are, you watched and adoredThe O.C. and Gossip Girl (I know I did). So, when I learned that those projects’ stars, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, were a couple in real life, I swooned. Now, I’m properly freaking out, because they’re sharing the screen in a project on the 2025 TV schedule, and I’m not the only one. Yeah, fans of Seth Cohen and Blair Waldorf are also making it clear that they very much wanted all of this on Season 2 of Nobody Wants This.

Long before Season 2 of Nobody Wants This premiered on Netflix’s schedule, it was announced that Meester would be guest-starring on her husband’s show, which also stars the voice of Gossip Girl, Kristen Bell. Now, the project is out, and people have had a chance to see the Gossip Girl vet's character, Abby, interact with Brody’s Noah and Bell’s Joanne in Episode 5 of Season 2. Let’s just say the nostalgia is hitting hard on social media, as @cloiskryptonite posted:

In response to that iconic post that called out the fact that both Meester and Bell were on Gossip Girl, and Brody is an equally iconic early 2000s icon from The O.C., @TheNuGeekz had a hilarious reply. Writing in the voice of Gossip Girl, they posted:

First of all, as a Chuck and Blair shipper, this is hilarious. Secondly, as a fan of Adam Brody and Leighton Meester as a real-life couple, I’m so here for this.

What also got me laughing was the fact that in the show (which you can stream with a Netflix subscription), Noah actually says that Abby, Meester’s character who is Joanne’s childhood nemesis, is “not my type.” That’s truly hilarious considering Brody has been married to her since 2014. And audiences clearly got a kick out of it as @caitlingilbs reacted to that moment with the following statement:

Over in the comments of Nobody Wants This Instagram post about the scene Brody and Meester share, the gushing continued. This whole moment really had everything to make a child of the early 2000s melt, as @piccalilli_la wrote:

Many hearts were melting over seeing Meester and Brody interact on Nobody Wants This. That was proven by @aakankshaaa_a's post about the show, as they wrote the day Season 2 premiered:

There really is something about this whole situation that brings back all the nostalgia. To think that Seth Cohen from The O.C. and Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl got married in real life was already incredible. Now, the fact that they’re sharing the screen in a show that stars Kristen Bell, who is not just the star of another early 2000s hit, Veronica Mars, but also the voice of Gossip Girl, makes it even better.

Now, to feel all the nostalgic feels the fans and I were feeling here, you can stream Season 2 of Nobody Wants This on Netflix now.

Spoilers for Nobody Wants This Season 2, Episode 4 are ahead! If you haven’t seen the new season yet, you can stream it with a Netflix subscription.

In the “Valentine’s Day” episode of Nobody Wants This, there were a lot of gifts being given. However, I think the best one had to be Sasha’s dance for Esther. Timothy Simons’ character busted a move for his wife to Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings,” and it was equal parts funny and adorable. So, when I interviewed Simons and Jackie Tohn, who plays his wife, about the new episodes that just dropped on the 2025 TV schedule, I had to ask for the story behind crafting this wonderful moment.

Timothy Simons Recalled Rehearsing And Performing The ‘7 Rings’ Dance

There are a few great binge-worthy Netflix shows that feature fun dances, like Wednesday, and now I think we can add Nobody Wants This to that list. While Sasha is by no means a professional dancer, his commitment was admirable, and the joy it gave Esther was infectious. Timothy Simons also told me that quite a bit of work went into pulling this moment off, as he said during an interview with CinemaBlend:

I love that he found the confidence to own this dance, and I really adore how excited everyone was for it.

When they filmed the “7 Rings” dance for the project on Netflix’s 2025 schedule, extra people showed up to watch it. Talking about the entire crew and even the show’s star, Kristen Bell, being on set for this moment, the Veep actor said:

Now, while extra people showed up to watch this dance, Timothy Simons made sure Jackie Tohn didn’t see it until it was time to film it. She wasn’t allowed to watch the rehearsal, and it sounded like it was vital that they captured her raw reaction to the dance on camera.

Explaining why it was important for his on-screen wife not to see his moves until action was called, he said:

Well, that paid off, too, because the Esther actress’s reaction was priceless.

Jackie Tohn Recalled Her Reaction To Timothy Simons’ Dance

While Esther isn’t the most emotional character on Nobody Wants This and tends to keep a straight face, she couldn’t contain her joy when Sahsa revealed that he’d learned a dance. It turns out, Jackie Tohn couldn’t contain it either, so what you see on screen isn’t just her character’s reaction, it’s hers too, as she explained:

Oh, it was “choreo, choreo,” and Simons killed it! This was such a sweet gesture from Sasha, and I love how much time and effort went into it behind the scenes, too.

Now, we can all go back and smile as big as Esther did when she saw the “7 Rings” dance for the first time, because not only is it wonderful to watch, but knowing the story behind it makes it even better.

October is coming to a close, but the spooky season is far from over. This week sees a pair of new series that are likely to send chills down your spine, along with much more family-friendly fare and the return of a fan favorite romantic comedy. There’s something for everybody this week.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - October 22 (Hulu)

1992’s The Hand That Rocks The Cradle was number one at the domestic box office for a month. While the remake (which sees Mary Elizabeth Winstead take over from Rebecca De Mornay) will only be available with a Hulu Subscription, we can guess that Disney hopes this film about a woman who becomes a nanny to terrorize a family she believes wronged her will be just as successful.

Lazarus - October 22 (Prime Video)

Mystery and thriller author Harlan Coben has written numerous bestsellers. In 2022, he signed a deal with Amazon, which led to a well-received adaptation of his novel Shelter. The newest project from this partnership (available with a Prime Video subscription) is Lazarus, starring Bill Nighy and Sam Claflin as a son who begins to see the dead following the apparent suicide of his father.

Nobody Wants This, Season 2 - October 23 (Netflix)

The hit romantic comedy series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody returns for a second season as your favorite couple continues to deal with the beautiful and complicated relationship. Despite the title, it seems clear that everybody with a Netflix subscription wants this.

Weapons - October 24 (HBO Max)

A last-minute addition to this list, it was just announced this past Friday that one of the best movies of 2024 so far, Weapons, will be making its streaming debut this week. Make sure you have your HBO Max subscription ready because you won't want to miss this wild ride.

LEGO Frozen: Operations Puffins - October 24 (Disney+)

It’s still going to be a few years before fans get the long-awaited Frozen 3, but those who let it go (sorry) will have some new Frozen fun available with their Disney+ subscription in the form of the latest Disney and LEGO animated collaboration. LEGO Frozen: Operation Puffins sees the Duke of Weselton use the sea birds as an army to attack Arrendale. Several members of the Frozen voice cast, including Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Josh Gad, all reprise their roles.

A House of Dynamite - October 24 (Netflix)

From the director of Zero Dark Thirty comes A House of Dynamite. With a stellar cast including Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, and more, the new film from Kathryn Bigelow sees an apparent ICBM launch against the U.S., and the government must take what little time it has left to figure out the right way to respond, and possibly avoid the end of the world.

IT: Welcome to Derry, Season 1 - October 26 (HBO Max)

IT is considered by many to be Stephen King’s greatest work. It’s a story so big it required two films to tell the whole story. And yet, the story isn’t quite complete. From Andy Muschietti (the director of IT) comes IT: Welcome To Derry, which serves as a prequel to the films that explore the evil that came to town in the years before. Be sure to have your HBO Max subscription to check out this one.

Halloween is almost here, so we can bet that a few spooky surprises will be in store on your favorite streaming platform next week. Be sure to check back here to see what’s coming to Netflix, Disney+, and all the rest.

I think it’s safe to say that a lot of people really want Nobody Wants This’ return to Netflix’s 2025 schedule. Thankfully, we’re getting that very soon, and to celebrate its October 23 release, the cast gathered for the Season 2 premiere. One of the show’s stars, Kristen Bell, obviously showed up in style by rocking a little red dress. However, her kids hilariously thought said dress was “too sexy to wear out of the house.”

First, let’s talk about this dress. The Frozen actress showed up to the Nobody Wants This Season 2 premiere in a lovely little red dress by Alex Perry. The smooth texture mixed with the lace pieces was absolutely stunning, and it matched the red theme of the carpet. Take a look:

However, while I find this dress beautiful, Bell joked that her kids did not. During an interview with Access Hollywood, she was asked about the garment, which also has a sheer lace panel in the middle and a low back. In response, she recalled her kids’ recations to it, explaining:

Kristen Bell and her husband Dax Shepard share two kids, Lincoln, who is 12, and Delta, who is 10. So, they’re at ages where they would probably say something hilarious like that to their parents. And considering Bell and Shepard’s sense of humor, this makes total sense.

Anyway, all that aside, Bell’s outfit is honestly exquisite, her kids’ reactions to it make it even better, and overall, the dress fits the vibe of Nobody Wants This. As the interviewer pointed out, the actress did match the show’s logo perfectly. I also think this dress is 100% something her character, Joanne, would rock too.

Speaking of Joanne, let’s chat about what Kristen Bell threw this dress on for. Following the Season 1 cliffhanger of Nobody Wants This which involved Noah’s big choice to run after Joanne, we finally get to be reunited with Bell and Adam Brody’s characters as their romance continues. That means we’ll also get to see how the relationship between Morgan, Sasha and Esther develops too. Oh, also, Brody’s real-life wife, Leighton Meester, is joining the cast, and I have a feeling her mommy influencer character will be hilarious to watch.

So, it should be a season full of fun shenanigans from all as they all grapple with big themes about love and faith.

Season 1 of Nobody Wants This was easily one of the best shows to binge on Netflix, and Season 2 has been at the top of my most anticipated list all year. Then, this premiere and all the fun looks at it, including Kristen Bell’s red dress that her kids hilariously didn’t want, have me even more pumped to use my Netflix subscription to stream the romance's sophomore season on October 23.

Trust me, I want Nobody Wants This Season 2; I want it so badly. In fact, I’m counting down the days to its premiere on Netflix’s 2025 schedule. However, I can’t lie, I’m nervous too. Season 1 ended with Noah chasing after Joanne and saying, “You were right. I can’t have both." So, I’ve been living in fear that this decision could lead to a vicious cycle of regret and resentment. However, Adam Brody has quickly made me feel better by sharing his thoughts on Noah’s actions.

Back when I binged Nobody Wants This with my Netflix subscription, I was quick to write about how Noah’s choice at the end to go to Joanne deeply stressed me out. While I was thrilled he ran after her, I also couldn’t help but think of the repercussions since this will likely directly impact his potential job as head rabbi.

However, in an interview with Deadline, Adam Brody was asked, “Will Noah regret choosing Joanne over becoming head rabbi?” And his answer quelled my Nobody Wants This anxiety, as he said:

Talk about not mincing his words! The confidence with which the Noah actor answered that question means so much to me, because I’ve been wondering if his character would regret his choice.

Obviously, I love a grand romantic gesture. I’m a sucker for one, in fact. However, the whole situation in Nobody Wants This is so deeply complex and nuanced. On the one hand, Noah getting the job as head rabbi is a dream come true, and everything he’s been working toward. So, I want Joanne to support him. However, on the other hand, if she feels like she does not want to 100% convert to Judaism, she shouldn’t have to, and Noah should support that. And sadly, I think it’s impossible for both of them to get exactly what they want while in this relationship.

Therefore, I had a big fear that Noah’s decision to run to Joanne could lead to resentment if he loses the head rabbi position.

However, Brody’s words ease my anxiety tenfold. I’m sure what he did could cause tension, and this push and pull between religion and romance will continue to be a primary point of conflict in the series. I’m thrilled to know, though, that it won’t tear them apart, because this statement makes it clear that Noah will never regret his choice.

One of my favorite things about Nobody Wants This is its focus on healthy communication. Noah and Joanne are so good at talking out their feelings, and I know that as they face this next challenge, they’ll continue to do that. That was simply reaffirmed by Brody’s blunt and very sweet statement about how his character feels about all this.

So, now I’m feeling great going into Season 2 of Nobody Wants This. And my countdown to its October 23 premiere on the 2025 TV schedule is no longer riddled with worry (for the most part).

The 2025 Emmy nominations have been announced, and plenty of stars and 2025 TV releases are receiving props. While Severance and The Studio are among the nomination leaders, Nobody Wants This (which is streamable with a Netflix subscription) scored three nominations. With that, the show's lead actress, Kristen Bell, received a nod for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Afterwards, Bell's hubby, Dax Shepard, took a photo of his enthusiastic wife, who was nude (aside from wearing socks). Hilarious celebrity reactions from Gwyneth Paltrow and more then followed.

I'm so here for Kristen Bell receiving recognition for her latest show. She’s been on amazing shows that have never won an Emmy, like Veronica Mars and The Good Place. Now, for Nobody Wants This, it looks like the Emmys really want this TV show after it received nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (for Adam Brody) alongside Bell's nod. I can certainly understand Bell wanting to celebrate, but I'm not sure I expected her to do so as she did in Dax Shepard's. Bell also shared it to her Instagram story:

I'm happy about the nomination, but I'm even more impressed by the photo, to be honest. I don’t even have the flexibility to have a form like that. That aside, Kristen Bell is truly lucky to have such a supportive husband to celebrate her achievement. Bell and Shepard have been married since 2013 and share two daughters.

The Parenthood actor has also seen Bell’s Netflix show, and he had a funny reaction to seeing her smooch Adam Brody on screen, calling it “the very best kissing scene ever, ever put on film.” Their playful honesty and unfailing support for them truly make them one of Hollywood’s cutest couples, in my eyes.

With Nobody Wants This earning Kristen Bell some Emmy love, it's great that she chose to celebrate like no one’s watching. However, the Frozen actress did catch the eyes of a few celebrities, who sent in their hilarious reactions:

• Oh my God, Dax- Gwyneth Paltrow
• Hahahaha yesssss go girl ! 🍑 suns out buns out for that Emmy!!!- Nina Dobrev
• Incredible form- Mae Whitman

All jokes aside, though Kristen Bell deserves her flowers for her Emmy recognition and unique handstand while baring all. Her performance in Nobody Wants This is a perfect blend of comedic timing and genuine vulnerability. Bell’s character, Joanne, is incredibly relatable in that she's trying really hard to fit into her rabbi boyfriend’s world but is having a tough sell with his family and wondering if she’ll ever truly belong. In short, the Netflix original is an excellent showcase of Bell's talents.

Not only did Bell capture the attention of celebrities with her husband’s photo, but plenty of Instagram users chimed in, too:

• 👏👏👏- @katesullivan96
• The socks! 💙🍒🔥- @reneeaephoto
• How TF do I get those quads? So impressive. Both the quads and the willingness to be nakey!!- @gabriellevonville
• Okay Quadzilla, I see you! 👏👏👏👏 😍😍😍😍😍- @aea1129
• Gonna do this tomorrow in hopes of a paycheck- @kevinkempis

If this is how Kristen Bell celebrates receiving an Emmy nomination, I can't imagine what she'll do if she wins. Of course, I don't think she'd try to perform a handstand on stage while accepting the award. She could pull another playful, nude stunt at home after the fact, though. In any case, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Bell wins!

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will premiere live on September 14 on CBS and will be streamable with a Paramount+ subscription as well. Also, be sure to remain in the know when it comes to Nobody Wants This’ second season, which hits Netflix on October 23rd.

When Nobody Wants This premiered last fall, it immediately became one of the best bingeable Netflix shows during its first live weekend. NWT S2 was quickly greenlit, and the large fanbase has been patiently waiting for its release later this year on the 2025 Netflix streaming guide ever since. But who is the series' biggest advocate? Kristen Bell revealed the surprise demographic who has been recommending it, and it just confirms that we all do want this Noah/Joanne world to continue.

The show’s leads, Bell and Adam Brody, stopped by Today to talk about the romcom. Via a TikTok clip of the morning news staple’s page, she shares the details of who’s regularly batting for the series, and it’s not who you’re expecting. The Frozen actress stated that in six different instances, different females have said that their dad hooked them up to the smash hit. She revealed:

I’m obsessed, but honestly not super surprised. While not all dads are rom com savvy, the ones who are generally have some spot-on recommendations. Would I have guessed the Brody-Bell series already ranked on seemingly plenty of fathers' lists? No, but then again, it was in the trending list for quite some time for a reason.

I say this all because I have a TV Pop who’s introduced me to some immaculate picks. The top rec that comes to mind is Breaking Bad. (He was watching it in its first year, and I couldn’t separate Bryan Cranston from Malcolm in the Middle’s Hal, but he promised me it was crazy but good.) And if you’re wondering, he too has watched Nobody Wants This and will be returning for S2.

Between the improvised jokes and gags pulled off effortlessly, real familial relations and the complex love story brewing, it really is a top-notch watch for any adult audience. So, if you haven’t gotten around to watching it, per my recommendation, or one of the many paternal figures out there, what’s stopping you other than an active Netflix account?

Personally, I’d love to hear the dadfan theories about S2 of NWT now that I know they are a big piece of the Nobody Wants This puzzle.

Bruce Willis remains a beloved figure within the Hollywood sphere, with fans and fellow celebrities alike having spoken highly of him over the years. Of course, it’s not just Willis’ great films that have earned him the admiration of his peers and the public at large. He’s also been commended for the kindness he’s shown people. Attributes like that can surely rub off on people, and that seemed to be the case with Dax Shepard. As Shepard’s wife, Kristen Bell, explained, he picked up a sweet habit from Willis that persists today.

Kristen Bell participated in a lovely chat with friend and fellow actor Adam Scott as part of Variety’s Actors on Actors series (which is on YouTube). What made the conversation so delightful is that they not only discuss their work but their personal relationship. Early on, Scott brought up Dax Shepard (who he’s also friendly with) and made note of his generosity. Bell eventually recalled how they all recently went out for burgers and, when Scott – who offered to pay, said he didn’t have enough cash, Shepard swiftly stepped in.

As the Severance star put it, Shepard dropped “like eight times the amount of the check on the table.” Bell initially joked that her hubby does that to “flirt” with her, but that’s truly one of her “favorite things about” him. She then went on to explain how Bruce Willis played a role in shaping Shepard’s giving spirit:

It’s sweet hearing about Bruce Willis’ unselfish nature, but what I really love is the way in which Dax Shepard apparently views it in his mind. The thought of a major actor like the Die Hard icon giving “little presents” to people as he sees fit simply brings a smile to my face. As previously alluded to, this is far from the first time that the actor’s considerate nature has been mentioned. Willis’ Sixth Sense co-star, Haley Joel Osment, spoke about how he was generous with his time on set. Veteran producer Jerry Bruckheimer also revealed how Willis treated the Armageddon crew to regular cash drawings.

Dax Shepard certainly picked up the right kind of habit from a fellow actor, and I love that Kristen Bell finds that so attractive. Both Bell and Shepard – who married in 2013 and share two daughters – have been incredibly open about each other and aspects of their relationship. For instance, amid the COVID lockdown, the couple admitted that they weren’t getting along in isolation. Ironically, Shepard also addressed fans’ assumptions that his wife pays for everything and, based on what we know now, that’s definitely not the case.

It honestly does my heart well to hear so many people praise Bruce Willis following his retirement from acting. Unfortunately, in 2022, Willis’ family announced that he would leave his profession due to being diagnosed with aphasia. His condition was further clarified to be frontotemporal dementia. It’s honestly heartwrenching that Willis is battling the disease and that his wife, Emma Heming, has faced challenges while caring for him. All the while, a story like Kristen Bell’s could help ensure that Willis’ goodwill is long remembered.

It's been three months since the Severance Season 2 finale was part of the 2025 TV schedule, but I know I’m still emotionally recovering from everything that took place during it. While I’m not surprised it took a toll on the series’ star Adam Scott, it’s interesting to hear him talk about one scene he was worried about, because he clearly crushed it. SPOILERS are ahead!

There are a lot of standout scenes from the finale, particularly how the season ends with Mark and Helly running away from Gemma after all that time when his outie thought his wife was dead and wanted to reunite with her. One moment from the episode that Scott’s friend and fellow actor Kristen Bell asked him about during an interview with Variety was when Innie and Outie Mark talk to each other over a camcorder. Here’s how he said he reacted to seeing that scene on paper:

It’s one of the many genius scenes of Severance, but Adam Scott was not here for it when it came to being the man who had to pull it off. He said it was one of those shoot days that always felt like it was “on the horizon,” continuing with these words:

Hey, it’s understandable. The actor had to play both versions of Mark as they had a conversation with each other with a camcorder. It cannot be easy to keep both Marks straight, and it’s a real key scene to the audience's understanding that Innie Mark has become his own person and is rejecting Outie Mark’s wishes. As he explained further:

The actor of course didn’t screw up, he killed it in all the ways possible for that scene, and it really helps frame the ending of the season.

Scott spoke further about what went into that scene with these words:

Adam Scott sounds like a guy who doesn’t quite realize his talents as he passed off all of the credit for a scene that he had to play both parts in to everyone else involved, but of course, every scene of Severance is a collaborative effort. Considering the actor is currently in contention to earn another Emmy nomination for his role, he’s definitely being humble.

As we wait for the Emmy nominations to be announced, prior to it being one of the upcoming award shows for later this year, I will still be thinking about the Severance finale and what it means for Season 3 and potential Severance spinoffs.

When I watched Nobody Wants This with my Netflix subscription, and I saw Noah and Joanne kiss for the first time, I was saying OMG. Then, I was saying it again at the end of NWT’s first season when Adam Brody’s character ran after Kristen Bell’s. However, apparently, they won’t be who we’re gasping over in Season 2.

Oh no, when Season 2 of Nobody Wants This premieres on Netflix’s schedule, we’ll apparently be dropping our jaws for other characters, and I have a theory about which ones.

Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Said Nobody Wants This’ OMG Moments Of Season 2 ‘Won’t Necessarily’ Be About Noah And Joanne

Knowing that the show is wrapped and there’s a goal to release Nobody Wants This Season 2 on the 2025 TV schedule, I’m starting to really think about what will happen to Noah and Joanne. EW was too, as it asked Kristen Bell and Adam Brody if they had filmed a scene in their sophomore season that they think fans will “lose their minds about.”

While she wouldn’t divulge details, Bell surprisingly answered the question by saying:

In response to that question, Brody proclaimed that he agreed with her statement “wholeheartedly.”

Well, what does that mean? Last season, almost all the biggest moments involved Joanne and Noah. However, in Season 2, it would seem that some of the most shocking scenes will involve other characters.

Explaining why this will happen in Season 2, the Veronica Mars actress said:

You know, that makes sense. In Season 1, we were introduced to a lot of people in Noah and Joanne’s world. And in the second season, it makes sense that we’d get to know them even more, as the two leads really settle into their relationship.

So, considering the relationships established in those first episodes, I have a theory about who will get these OMG moments in Season 2.

Therefore, I’m Theorizing That Noah And Joanne’s Siblings Will Play A Much Larger Role In Season 2

After reading all of that from Bell and Brody, it led me to think about their characters' siblings, Morgan and Sasha. While Season 1 set up a potentially weird relationship between the two of them, it didn’t go there, and Justine Lupe, who plays Morgan, said it would be more fun to explore their relationship as “weird friends.” I totally agree.

Both Lupe and Timothy Simons, who plays Sasha, are brilliant comedic actors, and their chemistry on screen is so funny. I could see Season 2 focusing more on their personal lives and developments, which could lead to some of the most shocking moments.

Maybe Sasha and his wife Esther (Jackie Tohn) will have a breakthrough moment that’s equal parts funny and romantic. It’s possible Morgan could find a partner that surprises us.

I’d love to see the two siblings also continue to develop their odd friendship. That shocked me in Season 1, and with the affirmation that it probably won’t go beyond platonic friendship, I’d love to see them get into all sorts of hijinks that lead me to say “oh my gosh.”

Overall, I think there’s a lot of fun to be had with Sasha and Morgan. I also think they have the potential to grow as characters in ways that leave us in shock and awe. Therefore, I’d love to see them at the center of these scenes Bell described.

If there’s something I know about Leighton Meester, it’s that she’s great at playing a nemesis. During her time as one of the leads of the Gossip Girl cast, she made a name for herself doing just that as she played the ever iconic Blair Waldorf. Now, she’s about to play another adversary in Season 2 of Nobody Wants This, and I have a hope about this new character that’s related to the early 2000s teen drama.

Leighton Meester Shared A Bit Of Insight Into Her Nobody Wants This Character

Not long after Nobody Wants This was renewed for Season 2, it was announced that Leighton Meester would be joining the cast. As both the wife of this show’s co-lead, Adam Brody, and an excellent television actress, this was a thrilling development. Things got even more exciting when it was revealed that she’d be playing Kristen Bell’s middle school nemesis, Abby.

Now, she’s opened up a bit about her new character and specifically her relationship with Bell’s Joanne while speaking to Flaunt, saying:

So far, we know Meester’s character is “an Instagram mommy influencer” who is the “middle school nemesis” of Bell’s Joanne. We currently don’t know why their paths cross. However, the idea of sassy teenage drama coming into the picture excites me to no end, especially because both actresses were involved with Gossip Girl, a classic series about teenage drama.

I Need Leighton Meester To Bring Her Blair Waldorf Energy To Nobody Wants This

When I watch Gossip Girl (which you can do with a Max subscription), the element I always love the most is the catty drama. A lot of the time, Blair is at the center of it, and seeing her go toe-to-toe with her friends and foes of the Upper East Side is always delightful. From her on-again-off-again friendship/rivalry with Blake Lively’s Serena to her ongoing and deeply dramatic relationship with Ed Westwick’s Cuck, the way Meester’s character handled it all brought me an immense amount of joy.

The sass she always exuded, mixed with her hyper intelligence and high fashion, made for a fascinating and wildly entertaining character that Meester commanded the screen with.

This is the kind of energy I need her to bring to Nobody Wants This, especially since she’ll be going up against Kristen Bell, who is ironically the voice of Gossip Girl.

Plus, Bell’s podcast host, Joanne, is a sassy gal, and she’s not afraid to call someone out. So, I just know she has the fire in her to reignite a feud with someone from her past. The fact that Meester’s Abby will be on the presumed other side of it is brilliant.

These two both have what it takes to bring the extra drama of Gossip Girl back to the screen, and that’s exactly what I want from them in this new season of Nobody Wants This.

The more I watch Severance, the more I want to know, and that means, I’m constantly itching for new episodes! Thankfully, Season 2 is airing right now, and we’ve gotten some answers about topics like Gemma’s whereabouts and more. However, I still always want more. It turns out, two of the show’s famous fans, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, need more too, as their hilariously violent messages to the show’s star Adam Scott prove.

In the middle of Severance’s run on the 2025 TV schedule, Adam Scott appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show to chat about Season 2. The host asked him if he gets “pushed” for details about the show, and in response he called out some of his famous friends, jokingly saying this about Bell and Shepard:

He brought receipts too. After that humorous statement, Clarkson proceeded to play the messages from the power couple, and while the Severance star said Bell and Shepard were “the best,” he also said these “are not particularly fun.”

Dax Shepard And Kristen Bell Sent Adam Scott Hilarious And Aggressive Voicemails About Severance

While these are hilarious, I imagine these voicemails must be jarring to get. During the interview, Scott played the messages he got from the actors, and he started with this one that’s equal parts intimidating and silly:

• Dax Shepard: Alright, you son of a bitch, Bell and I just sat here on the edge of our seats, waiting to find out what happens when you guys come to…
• Kristen Bell: You losers!
• Dax Shepard: Oh buddy, are we [bleeped out] pissed that this episode just ended.

Scott laughed with Clarkson over the messages, joking that they really weren’t “necessary.” However, that didn’t stop the actors from sending them. In another voice note from the Parenthood star, he joked that Bell had been hospitalized after running through a window, and the Step Brothers actor would have to wait until next week to find out if she was OK.

Like many fans of Severance, these two clearly (and hilariously) did not want to wait to find out what happened, they wanted answers ASAP! So, as you can imagine the wait for Season 2 was extra hard for them, as Shepard stated in another message:

However, don’t you worry, while these are a lot, they’re all in good fun. Plus, Adam Scott didn’t hold back with his response to them.

Adam Scott Had An Equally Savage Response

After all that, Adam Scott joked that he wasn’t above fighting back, and fight back he did. In response to seemingly Shepard’s final voicemail about him getting back to set, the Parks and Rec actor said:

My goodness! He can dish it just as well as Shepard and Bell can, and I bet many can relate to the funny stress and tension in every message here. Overall, Severance is easily one of Apple TV+’s best shows, and so many people care deeply about what will happen to Scott’s character Mark, and need to know what happens next.

Thankfully, now we have it, and Season 2 is almost fully out, as the finale drops this Friday. To catch the highly anticipated season finale of Severance – which could very well cause Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell to send Adam Scott more strongly worded voicemails – all you need is an Apple TV+ subscription.

What’s up, Upper East Siders? I’m here with an update on everybody’s favorite “it” couple, Queen B and her main man, Hot Rabbi. OK, OK, I’ll drop the Gossip Girl schtick, but the Kristen Bell of it all just made it too hard to pass up. Seriously, though, I do want to talk about Adam Brody and his wife Leighton Meester, because the two were spotted sneaking quite the intimate moment at the Critics Choice Awards after he won for his role on one of the best shows to binge on Netflix. XOXO indeed!

Adam Brody — who starred in Nobody Wants This with Kristen Bell — won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series when the ceremony aired on the 2025 TV schedule February 7. EW caught him sharing a sweet kiss and long hug with Leighton Meester (who starred as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, where Bell voiced the titular gossip-monger) at the ceremony, which you can see below:

The O.C. alum has been enjoying quite the Brodyssance since returning to TV — a move Millennials are definitely in support of, even if Nobody Wants This did give us some Gilmore Girls-related FOMO. In the romantic comedy series (available to stream with a Netflix subscription), Adam Brody plays Rabbi Noah Roklov, who engages in a relationship with the agnostic sex-and-relationship podcaster Joanne. Hilarity ensues.

I mean that literally; the series is absolutely laugh-out-loud funny, and it’s easy to see that Leighton Meester was happy that her husband was being recognized for the role. He beat out some stiff competition, too, in Brian Jordan Alvarez (English Teacher), David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical), Steve Martin and Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building), and Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows).

The series was such a hit amongst viewers that Nobody Wants This Season 2 was ordered, and while it’s been a few months since we’ve gotten an update on when we’ll see Adam Brody and Kristen Bell’s characters again, the plan had been for Noah and Joanne’s story to continue possibly in September on the 2025 Netflix schedule.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester met in 2010 on the set of the movie Oranges and ultimately got married in 2014. The stars of two of the best teen dramas share two children together. However, even though Brody has been enjoying professional success lately, it’s been a pretty tough time for their family.

Like so many celebrities who have been impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, it was a month ago that Adam Brody’s home in the Pacific Palisades burned to the ground. He and Leighton Meester purchased the $6.5 million mansion in 2019, and the fact that they lost their family's home really gives some context to the emotions behind that long hug and passionate kiss that they shared at the awards ceremony.

Congratulations are definitely in order for the Hot Rabbi, and we love seeing him celebrate his win with our Queen B. Until next time, you know you love me. XOXO

Spoilers for Nobody Wants This can be found throughout this story, so if you haven’t watched it yet, maybe check out what’s coming to the 2025 TV schedule.

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody have been the talk of the town in recent weeks after their fun rom-com series Nobody Wants This hit the Netflix schedule. Fans have latched onto the quirky premise, about a rabbi dating a sex podcaster; however, what I really feel has made the show most likable is the cast’s rapport and ability to improvise some unlikely scenes. In fact, we previously learned their meet-cute was unscripted, but I was shocked to find out another one of Season 1’s hysterical scenes was not actually written.

A funny side plot in Nobody Wants This Season 1 is that Rabbi Noah is in a recreational basketball league with his boys, and they are flat out terrible. Joanne (Bell) still goes to the games with some of the other wives while trying to get in good with them as the lone shiksa, and it does not go well. That is, until her sister pulls out a bunch of booze in a moment that was never actually written for the series. The full story, per editor Maura Corey?

I have no idea how the player wives and girlfriends were supposed to interact before the drinking montage came about, but it’s a highlight of the season for me, and I'm so glad Corey shared this detail with Indiewire. The guys are so bad at basketball, instead of drinking when they make a shot, they cleverly (or not so much) start drinking and cheering every time their men miss, leading to an excess of alcohol. It’s very funny, and it all came together in the editing room after the entire sequence had been shot.

Previously, showrunner Erin Foster admitted that Adam Brody has no idea how to open a wine bottle in real life. In fact, the party scene in which Noah meets Joanne was supposed to just have him casually opening a bottle of wine. However, he honestly sucked so bad at it while cameras were rolling and he and Bell just went with it, to the point where he even cracked a joke about being a sommelier.

When funny people get together, I expect that to come up with some funny one-liners, but it’s moments like these that really highlight why Nobody Wants This has been such a win for Netflix. It’s refreshing premise, it’s idea to put Bell and Brody together, and it’s otherwise very, very funny cast all make the rom-com sitcom a real win for the streaming service–and unlike many of Netflix’s other more sexually explicit romances, this one’s sex shop jokes are played for humor and not bedroom shenanigans, which means it’s (probably) OK to watch with your mom this holiday season. It’s no wonder Nobody Wants This has already been renewed for Season 2.

As we look back at the highlights of the 2024 TV schedule, Netflix’s Nobody Wants This was absolutely one of them thanks to Kristen Bell and Adam Brody coming together for an electric romantic comedy series. Now a pop culture expert has shared why she thinks Brody’s comeback to television was so important to Millennials. Oh, and the actor himself has made comments on how the binge-able Netflix series is already affecting his career.

Pop Culture Expert Shares Why Adam Brody’s TV Comeback Was Made For Millennials

Since Nobody Wants This dropped for those with a Netflix subscription in September, Adam Brody has received a lot of love for his role as Rabbi Noah Roklov. Fans of The OC and Gilmore Girls have especially been talking about Brody in the series, calling it a redemption of sorts for how the actor has been underutilized as a leading man since the early '00s.

Pop culture expert, Erin Meyers (who researches celebrity and media at Michigan’s Oakland University) told Yahoo! Entertainment this about why Adam Brody has been such a breakout star this year:

Yeah, this checks out. Millennials are currently between the ages of 28 and 43 years old, which means they are primarily in their thirties. This is a time in one’s life when a lot of grown-up things are occurring like weddings, kids, perhaps deaths in the family, and having nostalgia for those younger years before one’s twenties. Given Brody was one of those underrated heartthrobs of the ‘00s so many of us were crushing on back in the day, I know I feel vindicated seeing him still meet that status decades later.

Along with Meyers, public relations CEO Jane Owens also spoke on the subject. Here are her insights:

This definitely sums up the likeability of Adam Brody. And thankfully, the actor’s TV comeback in Nobody Wants This doesn’t end here since the ending set up Season 2, and the show was swiftly renewed.

Adam Brody Talks ‘Brodyssance’ After Nobody Wants This Was A Hit

Along with these comments from pop culture experts, Adam Brody spoke about how his big year has already impacted his career with The Hollywood Reporter after landing a spot among the 2025 Golden Globe nominees (along with the show being up for Best TV Series and Kristen Bell being nominated as well). In his words:

Brody has previously shared that Season 2 of Nobody Wants This is set to shoot in February and likely arrive on Netflix in the fall. But, when it comes to what he wants to do something next, he’s not necessarily looking to repeat himself. As he said:

So, folks looking to hire Adam Brody, you know what he's looking for and you know a ton of viewers are looking to see more of him. Let's get something going!

Overall, I just want to say thanks to Adam Brody for his service to Millennials! You can stream the series on Netflix now.

Ted Danson’s first foray into heading up an exclusive streaming series has unsurprisingly been just as successful and well-received as most of the actor’s other big shows. Audiences love A Man on the Inside, and the most heartstring-tugging comedy on the 2024 TV schedule has also been a winner with critics, as it reconnected Danson with The Good Place creator Michael Schur and featured several on-screen reunions. But arguably the biggest cameo was the easiest one to miss, involving both Kristen Bell and a striped sweater.

The A+ Callback To Kristen Bell's Good Place Character

To say it right up top, this cameo happens in the Season 1 finale of A Man on the Inside, but I won't delve into any plot-related spoilers here, since I'm sure some readers may want to know about the appearance without learning the conclusion.

Near the end of the episode, and of the season as a whole, Danson's character Charles is giving a lecture to a class whose professor is played by The Good Place's D'Arcy Carden. It was obviously an applause-worthy moment on its own, considering how many scenes they shared together as Michael. and Janet, respectively.

Charles' lecture was shown from the students' seats a few times, which is where viewers could see a blond female wearing a sweater with colorful stripes encircling the top.

Though the woman is never seen, just the back of her brought to mind The Good Place's excellent series finale, since it's the same motherforking top that Kristen Bell's Eleanor wore in the episode, as seen below. (Fans can currently stream both Good Place and Man on the Inside with a Netflix subscription.)

Obviously we can't start up any wild fan theories here, since Eleanor was dead as soon as The Good Place started, and almost definitely would not have gone to any lectures like the one Charles was giving even when she was alive. And so the explanation here is simply were at one point two people in this universe (at least) who look exactly like Kristen Bell/Eleanor, and they both owned the same striped-up-top sweater.

D'Arcy Carden Confirmed It Really Was Kristen Bell

Obviously, it would have been easy for Michael Schur & Co. to just have an anonymous actress standing during the scene while wearing that signature sweater. But that kind of casting is for amateurs, not someone who crafts things as lovingly as Schur.

D'Arcy Carden took to Instagram with a post confirming that was indeed Kristen Bell's back that was turned to viewers, with fellowing Good Place vet Mark Evan Jacobs also popping in for the group shot.

While it's unlikely fans will ever get any kind of official follow-ups from the after-world of The Good Place, we can possibly rest assured — or perhaps rest a-Schur-ed — that its creator will keep giving us winks, nods, and split-second cameos for the foreseeable future. Now let's get Season 2 in motion, what's say?

And while I'm throwing out random requests, here's hoping Ted Danson gets to make a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in the second season of Kristen Bell's Netflix series Nobody Wants This.

If you’re anything like me, you probably watched Nobody Wants This over the course of a weekend or even the day it premiered. I was originally interested in the show as a longtime fan of Adam Brody but stayed for the well-liked romantic and familial relationship dynamics so smartly woven into the show. And, as one of the best surprises on the 2024 TV schedule, fans, myself included, are anxiously but excitedly awaiting Season 2. So it’s perfect timing to hear the updates from Kristen Bell and Brody.

The Netflix rom-com stars caught up with Variety during a For Your Consideration event at Tudum Theater in Hollywood. They shared all things Nobody Wants This, including some revealing information on how soon we might receive Season 2. Brody reassured the interviewer -- and by extension, any fan who binged the hit that -- the turnaround time to see Noah and Joanne's continuation shouldn't be too long. He shared:

If The O.C. alum’s timeline is correct it would be wonderful to have a return to a more timely period between seasons. However, between the pandemic and Hollywood strikes, it has been understandable to see such irregular schedules for both TV and movies. And, of course, there's the long hiatuses that streaming shows experience in general. Regardless, I’m glad that the show, a part of the 2024 Netflix release schedule, can continue this quickly. Albeit, they probably have an easier time releasing seasons since there are no CGI Demegorgans or historically representative costumes to account for in production.

And, even though there aren’t extra special on-screen additions we know of so far in regard to Nobody Wants This Season 2, Kristen Bell shared some new interesting production bits. For starters, the Frozen star divulged some key behind-the-scenes changes, and she then explained just how far the season has been plotted out. She said of what’s to come:

Hopefully, those new showrunners will bring some distinct creative flair to the show while maintaining the core essence of why fans enjoyed it in the first place. As for the production schedule, Season 1 absolutely saw an explosion in popularity that not even the stars were fully prepared for, so it makes sense to bulk up and fast-track the series to ensure a timely release.

Now, what will be waiting for us on the other side of that concerning ending for Joanne and Noah? That I’m not sure of, and it will probably spike my anxiety again for the duo. Still, I'm grateful for that impeccably timed update from Bell and Brody to ease things for just a bit.

If you’d like to watch Nobody Wants This, you can stream it with a Netflix subscription.

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody truly shine as Joanne and Noah, respectively, on Netflix’s 2024 TV schedule release Nobody Wants This. At present, I’m dying to know what will happen in the upcoming NWT Season 2 for the show's unconventional lovers and their over-involved families. I’ll take any reason to watch the show again, and that's especially true now that I've learned that the best flirty moment of the series was improvised. Funny enough, that scene also made Brody realize he should be "a better actor."

Showrunner Erin Foster and the two lead actors recently appeared at a FYC panel to promote their new hit amid the recent success (and backlash) it's received. While talking about how the show is inspired by her actual religious-blended relationship, Foster told Janine Rubenstein of People that one scene from the first episode was impacted by Adam Brody's real inability to perform a task, but it ended up working anyway, thanks to his and Kristen Bell's chemistry:

For those who watched the series, or even just the first episode, you may remember that this is the scene in which Joanne and Noah first meet at their friend’s dinner party. Noah chivalrously offers to open Joanne's bottle of wine, only to struggle to open it not once, not twice, but three times. Fortunately, for the pair, the snafu occurred during a chunk of dialogue that included talking about embarrassing fun facts, and the veteran actors were able to riff off that. Erin Foster added:

While I think it's a testament to their improv chops, the scene really demonstrates the natural and infectious chemistry these two share, and that moment and others like it may have hooked audiences early on. If you consider their early work on Veronica Mars and The OC, it's not surprising that Kristen Bell and Adam Brody have a knack for quick conversation and witty one-liners. Quite frankly, I'm not surprised at all that Bell and Brody have received so much love.

Watching the scene back, I can see where the script slips into a real snafu, but viewers probably wouldn't know if we weren’t told. The actors don’t miss a beat taking it in stride, and it’s honestly really impressive. Improvised lines from Adam Brody like “What’s my embarrassing thing? Well, I used to be a sommelier,” had the Frozen actor throwing her head back in a real hearty laugh. I hope the fact that they kept the scene in made the Kid Detective actor feel better about the hilarious mishap, as he clearly was a little embarrassed:

I know he’s joking here, but if we are being honest, struggling to open the wine doesn’t matter. In fact, Adam Brody’s response outshines the blunder and proves his acting chops. Even if they did have to cut his struggle with the cork down from a 7-minute long take. Regardless, the whole interaction had me giggling and kicking my feet, and I don't think Brody needs to worry about becoming a "better actor."

Between scenes like the wine bottle snafu and a first kiss that even had Kristen Bell’s husband, Dax Shepard, swooning, it’s no wonder the romantic comedy has been renewed for a second season immediately after its premiere in September. Noah and Joanne’s chemistry is definitely top-tier, and I'd say that they're already among the best TV rom-com couples of all time.

You can check out the now infamously improvised wine scene and the rest of Nobody Wants This using a Netflix subscription.

It’s been over a month since Nobody Wants This hit Netflix as part of the 2024 TV schedule, and yet the romcom series is still all anyone can talk about. Even Adam Brody has gotten in on the fun, laughing about all the memes created about his “sexy Rabbi” character. But it’s the “kiss seen around the world” that’s keeping the show alive in many people’s minds — including Kristen Bell’s husband, Dax Shepard, who had a funny reaction to watching the scene with his friend.

While appearing at the New Yorker Festival (via People) this past weekend, Shepard was asked about his relationship with his wife and their own working relationship. For those that might not remember, Bell was the first guest on Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast when it launched back in 2018. The two have also appeared in Samsung commercials together, and Bell and her co-star Brody were also guests on the podcast back in September to promote Nobody Wants This.

Shepard joked that while he and his wife have amazing chemistry on screen together, it’s not as good as the chemistry between her and The O.C. alum. He elaborated by recounting what it was like watching the infamous kissing scene with his childhood best friend, saying:

This isn’t the first time Shepard’s thoughts on the steamy scene between his wife and her co-star have made headlines. A little over a week after the series was released, Bell shared with etalktv that the Armchair Expert host felt the palpable chemistry and was rooting for the two leads to kiss.

While it might seem weird to us “normal” people to have your significant other actively rooting for you to kiss someone else, it’s all part of the acting gig. After all, Bell’s not really the one locking lips with Brody in “The World’s Greatest Kiss.” They’re simply channeling their characters in those intimate moments.

It’s a good thing Shepard is so cool about the whole thing, though, considering Nobody Wants This has already been renewed for a second season by the streaming service. While what we know about Season 2 remains limited, there are a handful of things fans are hoping get addressed in the new season — like how Joanne and Noah are going to make their relationship work now that they’ve fully committed to seeing each other. Hopefully, the season can also address some of the flak it got from audiences regarding the portrayal of the Jewish women characters in the show.

If you haven’t watched the swoon-worthy romantic comedy series yet, now is the perfect time to break out that Netflix subscription and stream the ten-episode first season. And don’t forget to check out Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, which is available on multiple platforms.

It’s safe to say Nobody Wants This is one of the breakout hits among Netflix’s 2024 releases, and that became abundantly clear when all the memes about Adam Brody and his character Noah started popping up and going viral. Now, one of his co-stars has opened up about how the actor reacted to these silly posts, and his response to all this makes me love him and this rom-com series even more!

While it’s been over a month since Nobody Wants This came out, it’s still a big topic of conversation, to the point that there is a funny Instagram post about how to dress up as Brody’s character Noah for Halloween that the cast has seen and spoken about in their group chat. So, while chatting about that with Elite Daily, Jackie Tohn, who plays Noah’s sister-in-law Esther on the show, also revealed that The O.C. star has no idea where these memes and posts are coming from, explaining:

What can I say, we love a man who is chronically not online. I always find it really funny when people don’t understand the internet and specifically meme culture. However, the fact that Brody learned about the infatuation so many have with his character via the cast group chat and didn’t know where it originated is truly hilarious and endearing.

After many of us binged Nobody Wants This with our Netflix subscriptions, the renaissance of Adam Brody began. He was a teen heartthrob in the early 2000s because of shows like The O.C. and Gilmore Girls, and it was like a love that had always been there was reignited years and years later when he appeared on the screen as Rabbai Noah.

That’s how the memes began, and there’s a whole lot of hilarious love floating around the internet for this actor. However, the fact that he didn’t really know it happened and then was still confused about where it wall was coming from makes all this even better.

It also makes me even more excited for Season 2 of the show!

Nobody Wants This was quickly renewed for a second season, and it’s supposed to return on the 2025 TV schedule. That alone is thrilling. However, hearing this story from Tohn shows off how much this cast adores each other and their fans, which amplifies the enthusiasm for what’s to come big time.

So, as we wait for Season 2, here’s hoping we get more memes. And even more importantly, here’s hoping they find their way to Adam Brody. He deserves to enjoy them without having to actually go on the internet, since he’s an adorably chronically not online king who deserves to stay that way.

The series may be called Nobody Wants This, but between Kristen Bell and Adam Brody’s chemistry, smart writing and thoughtful perspectives on interfaith romance, that title has been proven very, very wrong by becoming one of the best shows to binge on Netflix. Even better — Nobody Wants This Season 2 is right around the corner.

So when will the next chapter of Joanne and Noah’s love story hit the 2025 TV schedule? Here’s everything you need to know about the rom-com series, including premiere date, cast additions and where this story of an agnostic sex podcaster and a rabbi will go next.

(Spoilers from Season 1 of Nobody Wants This ahead!)

What Is The Nobody Wants This Season 2 Premiere Date?

Nobody Wants This Season 2 will drop on the 2025 Netflix schedule on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Fans were thrilled this didn’t fall on the list of one-season shows to get canceled by Netflix, and the timing of its release is actually pretty great. With all of the upcoming horror shows coming this spooky season, including the final season of Stranger Things, this fun romantic comedy is the perfect counterbalance.

How To Watch Nobody Wants This Season 2

Just like the first season, Nobody Wants This Season 2 will only be available to stream with a Netflix subscription. Season 1 contained 10 episodes, which were all released at the same time. The streamer is likely to follow suit with the second season, though no official information has been released.

The Nobody Wants This Season 2 Trailer Shows Faith And Family Will Continue To Be Issues For Joanne And Noah

The trailer for Nobody Wants This dropped about a month before the Season 2 release, showing Joanne and Noah fully enjoying each other in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. It looks like the real world starts to creep in, though, when it becomes clear at a large dinner gathering that they may have different ideas about what the future looks like and whether or not Joanne will convert to Judaism.

We also get a look at lots of familiar faces, as well as a notable face or two joining the rom-com’s second season.

Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Lead The Returning Cast Of Nobody Wants This Season 2

Nobody Wants This wouldn’t be the show it is without its leads, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, who will, of course, reprise their roles as Joanne and Noah. We’ll also see Justine Lupe return as Joanne’s sister Morgan and Timothy Simons as Noah’s brother Sasha. Jackie Tohn, who plays Sasha’s wife Esther, has been promoted to the main cast for Season 2 after recurring in the first season. Also returning are:

• Michael Hitchcock as Henry, Joanne’s father
• Stephanie Faracy as Lynn, Joanne’s mother
• Paul Ben-Victor as Ilan, Noah’s father
• Tovah Feldshuh as Bina, Noah’s mother
• Sherry Cola as Ashley, Joanne’s best friend and podcast agent
• D’Arcy Carden as Ryann, Joanne’s friend

I’m excited to see more from Esther and Sasha, particularly in relation to Sasha’s growing friendship with Morgan (and Esther’s feelings about that).

Leighton Meester And Seth Rogen Are Among the New Cast Members For Season 2

In addition to all of the returning actors, Netflix has confirmed a handful of newbies joining the Nobody Wants This world. This notably includes Adam Brody’s wife, Leighton Meester. The Gossip Girl alum will play Abby, Joanne’s nemesis from middle school, and while it’s reasonable to think this connection would have Meester sharing the screen with Kristen Bell more than Brody, we’ve been promised a fun scene between the real-life husband and wife.

The above trailer also gave us our first look at Seth Rogen, who is guest-starring as Rabbi Neil in the upcoming season. Other casting additions include:

• Miles Fowler as Lenny, Noah’s Matzah Ballers teammate.
• Alex Karpovsky as Big Noah, a confident rabbi at Noah’s temple.
• Arian Moayed as Dr. Andy, a psychotherapist.
• Kate Berlant as Cami.

It’s going to be so fun to see Adam Brody and Leighton Meester share the screen, but Seth Rogen and Kate Berlant are sure to bring their own brand of humor as well, and I’m really excited to see it.

Nobody Wants This Will Continue To Explore The Complicated Romance Between Joanne And Noah

The preview gave us a peek at some of the complications that Joanne and Noah will face on the sophomore effort of Nobody Wants This, but the cast has also hinted at what’s to come after that wild Nobody Wants This Season 1 ending.

Faith Will Continue To Be A Big Issue For Noah And Joanne

The central focus of Nobody Wants This is clearly the relationship between Noah and Joanne. Joanne is honest with Noah at the end of the first season, saying that she doesn’t know if she’s ready to convert, and that's definitely going to come up again.

Whether or not she joins Noah's faith remains a conversation in Season 2, but no matter what happens, Adam Brody said there’s “not a chance” his character regrets walking away from the head rabbi job to be with Joanne. We can only hope they continue to prioritize each other as the season goes on!

Season 2 Will Most Likely Answer Questions About Sasha And Morgan’s Potential Romantic Relationship

Something else that was a big part of Season 1 of Nobody Wants This was the fun (and kinda flirty) friendship between Noah’s brother Sasha and Joanne’s sister Morgan. With Sasha’s wife Esther’s role being increased for Season 2, I’m guessing we’re going to delve deeper into the will they/won’t they of it all, as well as the dynamic between Timothy Simons' character and his wife.

If we’re talking about things nobody wants, I feel like fans are really hoping these characters are able to continue to grow their friendship — while keeping things platonic. That’s definitely how Justine Lupe feels, saying there’s more story to mine from their weird friendship than an affair that would tear Sasha’s family apart.

Jenni Konner And Bruce Eric Kaplan Take Over As Showrunners

The showrunner situation got shaken up a bit between the first and second seasons. Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan replaced series creator Erin Foster and Craig DiGregorio as showrunners for Season 2, with Nora Silver coming on as an executive producer. In an interview with THR, Foster said they needed a new process, and she wanted to be able to focus on being the voice of the show and writing.

There’s been no word yet from Netflix or anyone involved in Nobody Wants This as to how long the series is expected to continue or if Season 2 is its last. I’m just excited to see where these fun characters take us in this next batch of episodes, and luckily, we don’t have long to wait.

Nobody Wants This Season 2 premieres on Netflix on Thursday, October 23.

If there is one thing to know about Kristen Bell, it’s that she’s not a regular mom. She’s a cool mom…who also happens to be a really famous actress. If you ask me, that makes her even cooler, especially given her most recent project Nobody Wants This has been renewed for a Season 2 and boasts a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While her Netflix series is a bit mature for her 11 and 9-year-old daughters, her other super cool project, the Frozen movies, in which Bell voices the main character Anna, should impress them, right? Unfortunately for the Veronica Mars star, this is not quite the case.

Frozen 3 was announced last year among a number of other Disney sequels, but the chances of Kristen Bell’s kids liking this third installment are still slim. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall actress has admitted many times over the years that her two daughters have always unfortunately not fans of the Disney princess films. Now older, they still have not let it go. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the Bad Moms actress says they have gained some appreciation for the films, although it’s probably not how you’d expect, as she said:

Well, it seems Bell’s kids definitely inherited her humor and honesty! If there is one thing I love about The Good Place star and her husband Dax Shepard, it's how vulnerable and hilariously honest they are when it comes to their personal lives. Sometimes it’s about more serious things, like having to go to couples therapy, but most of the time they're sharing silly stories about how their kids surprisingly outwit them.

It’s not for show either. While filming Frozen 2, the voice of Gossip Girl said she channeled a lot of her own experiences with depression into her character Anna’s own struggles. In fact, it seems Kristen Bell had a huge hand in shaping the Disney princess. For example, in the TikTok below, she explains her one request when agreeing to voice Anna was that she not be perfect like so many princesses before her. She’s just a regular girl, who snores, is clumsy, and likes to build snowmen.

Seems to me Kristen Bell’s characters always seem to mirror some of her own qualities, specifically her quick wit. Why wouldn’t her kids love that?! Therefore, I think the You Again performer might be onto something with this theory about her children just being stubborn.

I hope she knows that even though her kiddos may not be interested in Frozen, I very much am a part of her loyal fanbase. Some people might be skeptical about Frozen 3, but I for one am very excited for an Anna and Kristoff reunion. However, I am curious where this next movie will take us, given Bell previously said the movies should mature with the characters.

What we do know about Frozen 3 is Anna has accepted the crown and Kristoff’s proposal. Perhaps we will see them adopt a snow dog? Maybe it’s a good thing I’m not writing this, but I look forward to finding out more details about Anna and Elsa's next story soon.

Until then, be sure to check out one of the best shows on our 2024 TV Schedule, Nobody Wants This, starring 2000s teen dramedy icons Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, with a Netflix subscription. Of course, if you are in need of a good sing-along too, and you love Anna and Elsa more and Bell's kids, both Frozen movies are always available with a Disney+ subscription.

Well, it turns out everybody wants more Nobody Wants This, because the Kristen Bell and Adam Brody rom-com series has been renewed for a second season. After taking Netflix’s 2024 release schedule by storm, the series was quickly picked up for more. Now, as we start to think about what might be in store for Joanne and Noah, I can’t help but hope that one important element from Season 1 carries over to Season 2.

Nobody Wants This Has Been Renewed For Season 2

According to Netflix, Nobody Wants This was renewed for Season 2, and it has plans to release its next episodes on the 2025 TV schedule. Along with that, it was announced that Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan would be joining as the series' new showrunners and executive producers.

In response, the show’s creator and EP Erin Foster said:

It is the most romantic, and Noah and Joanne’s refreshing and healthy relationship is one of the reasons why Nobody Wants This is one of Netflix’s best shows.

Nobody Wants This Season 2 Better Keep Its Streak Of Healthy Communication

As I mentioned above, Foster touched on my big hope for Season 2. My favorite thing about Nobody Wants This was how good Brody and Bell’s characters are at communicating. While they have their roadblocks – and a real big one lies ahead of them too – they know how to talk to each other about it, and they productively worked through it all in Season 1.

The scene where Noah told Joanne he could handle her, iconic. The way Joanne voiced her insecurities, wonderful. Both of them transparently communicating about their life goals and feelings toward their relationship, we love to see it. And I need to more of it.

Thankfully, we’ll get all of that and probably more. Nobody Wants This’ Season 1 ending set up Season 2 by leaving us with Noah running to Joanne after she told him to chase his dream of becoming head rabbi rather than her and their relationship. It was shocking, and it sets up the conflict of them dealing with their relationship and the influence religion will have on it quite well.

So, here’s hoping more positive and romantic energy is to come in Season 2 as Noah figures out if he wants to be head rabbi and Joanne continues to ponder if she should convert to Judaism. I’m scared that kind of massive impasse could lead to a lot of resentment between the two characters. However, if they maintain their healthy lines of communication, this is something I 100% believe they can work through, and it’s something I definitely want to watch.

As we learn more about Season 2, we’ll keep you posted. For now, you can stream Nobody Wants This with a Netflix subscription.

Take a seat, fan favorite, hot priest from Fleabag, and make room for the hot rabbi from Netflix’s streaming series Nobody Wants This. If you missed this 2024 TV schedule entry from one of the best streaming services, know that it’s a rom-com in which an agnostic, relationship-forward podcaster (Kristen Bell) and a rabbi (Adam Brody) fall in love. The show reflects the real-life experiences of its creator, Erin Foster. Thankfully for her, their love story wasn’t as bumpy, she even has a nod to her in-laws on the show.

The cast and crew of the one of the newest titles on the 2024 Netflix release schedule have been on the media circuit as of late. With that, Erin Foster recently joined The LadyGang podcast to discuss her hit series. During the conversation, Foster was asked if her parents-in-law had watched the show, and it was then that she shared a sweet behind-the-scenes tidbit regarding her mother-in-law:

If that doesn’t make the series all the more sweet, I don’t know what will. It seems that creative decision also serves as an indicator of the relationship the Nobody Wants This EP has with her in-laws. She shared that her relationship was not anywhere as complicated as the one portrayed on screen and humorously discussed the ways in which she's managed to get into their good graces:

I'm glad the real relationships are much stronger than the ones portrayed on the show. Of course, it makes total sense as to why the bonds on the romantic comedy series would be more complex. Like Erin Foster explained during her interview, for the sake of entertainment, drama sometimes has to be injected into the proceedings.

As Erin Foster also explained amid the chat, she and her team pitched the series to many different streamers, but all rejected the idea, except for Netflix. Since its late-September release, the show seems to have struck a chord. Nobody Wants This scored success on Rotten Tomatoes (though some called out what they believed to be Jewish stereotypes). Whether it’s because of people having fallen in love with Adam Brody on classic teen show The O.C., people enjoying Kristen Bell's charm and humor or viewers finding relatable elements, this series is making an impact.

News on the show's future has yet to be divulged, but there's already buzz and speculation (and concern) about Season 2 and what it could hold. I’m hoping for a lot more funny sibling one-liners, incredible mother-in-laws, and even more time with Bell and Brody. And, hopefully, it continues to pay homage to Erin Foster’s real husband and her in-laws and add an extra special layer in the process If you haven’t caught up on Nobody Wants This, it's now streamable with a Netflix subscription.

Spoilers for Nobody Wants This are ahead!

The ending of Nobody Wants This made its title even more fitting, because I don’t want what’s coming next, and I don’t think Adam Brody’s Noah and Kristen Bell’s Joanne do either. Don’t get me wrong, I adore this 2024 Netflix release, and I want more of it. However, the end of Season 1 set up Season 2 in a way that concerns me, and we need to talk about why.

How Nobody Wants This Ended And Set Up Season 2

Now, while I’m worried about the end of Nobody Wants This, it certainly did set up Season 2, which, in the grand scheme of things, is good.

After Joanne tells Noah – who just found out he’s going to be the head rabbi – that she couldn’t convert to Judaism because she would be doing it for him and not herself, she tells him not to chase after her. Well, he didn’t listen, he ran to the parking lot she was headed to and waited there for her. When she got off the bus the following conversation happened:

Joanne: So how does this work?

Noah: Well, you were right. I can’t have both.

Then, Adam Brody’s character kisses her and the show ends. We don’t know if they’re back together, we don’t know if Noah will turn down the head rabbi gig, and what lies ahead feels like an endless cycle of potential resentment that I’m scared of.

Why I’m Nervous Nobody Wants This Is Going To End Up In A Terrible Cycle Of Resentment

OK, let me re-emphasize and clearly state my issue with the end of Nobody Wants This: it seems like Joanne and Noah are headed into a never-ending potentially resentful cycle of being willing to change their lives for each other and doing what’s best for themselves.

I hate that for both of them.

Could they find a happy medium? Maybe. However, this show is messy as all get out. And while clear and healthy communication is a theme in this series, this topic that Season 2 ended on is the issue that they really can’t figure out.

Frankly, I’m not interested in seeing Noah go back and forth about wanting to be the head rabbi or not because of his love for Joanne and Joanne figuring out whether she’s willing to convert to Judaism. In both cases, they’re right. Brody’s character shouldn’t have to give up his dream job, and Bell’s shouldn’t have to fully convert to a religion she’s not 100% on board with. However, if they fully commit to one of those options, resentment feels inevitable.

That impossible choice makes me worried about what could happen in Season 2.

I realize conflict is necessary to make a great rom-com – and all the best ones have it. However, things go awry when the couple gets stuck in a never-ending cycle of trying to make an impossible decision like this, and I don’t want that for Noah and Joanne or the viewers.

Obviously, they have to work through the head rabbi and convert topics to survive as a couple, I get that. However, I’m scared that it will take over Season 2 and make them miserable for the whole story. I understand this is a big choice they need to make as a couple, and I do think it can make for good TV if it’s handled with care. But, I can’t help but be concerned about this overtaking the show and sucking the fun out of it as these two struggle between their love for each other and what it might take to make their relationship work.

While I’m concerned about how the show will go on after this ending, I do think Nobody Wants This is one of Netflix’s best shows at the moment, and I do want more. So, if it gets renewed for Season 2, you better believe I’ll be using my Netflix subscription to watch it while also crossing my fingers that Noah and Joanne figure out this situation in a way that’s productive, healthy, possibly funny and entertaining.

The streaming wars have been raging on for years now, and Netflix is constantly releasing new movie and TV content. Those with a Netflix subscription were recently treated to the new romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This, which stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. And Brody's dreamy performance as a hot Rabbi is giving me some serious Gilmore Girls-related FOMO. Let's break it all down.

Nobody Wants This has a killer rotten tomatoes score, and it's wildly popular on Netflix at the moment. The internet has also been thirsting over Adam Brody, who is endlessly charismatic and dreamy as Noah Roklov. And seeing just how much of a heartthrob he is makes me bummed that his tenure as Dave Rygalski on Gilmore Girls was so short.

Brody's starpower was still growing when he guest starred in Gilmore Girls for nine episodes as Lane's love interest/ bandmate Dave. Unfortunately, he was written off after Season 3, presumably so the actor could star in The O.C.. While his replacement in the band became another beloved character, some fans maintain that Dave and Lane should have bene end game... myself included.

Of course, Gilmore Girls fans know how things ultimately turned out for Rory's best friend Lane. After Dave left the band Hep Alien continued on for the entirety of Gilmore Girls run, including the limited series sequel that hit Netflix a few years ago. A Year In The Life solved some of the show's mysteries, but Dave was unfortunately never seen again.

Lane ended up having a romantic connection with Zack, with the pair eventually marrying and having twins. Still, some fans think that Dave was the right person to end up with Keiko Agena's fan favorite character. And seeing Adam Brody go into full-on heartthrob mode for Nobody Wants This, I feel robbed for both myself as a Gilmore Girls fan, as well as robbed on behalf of Lane Kim. After all, Zack was never really the dreamy type.

Reception for Nobody Wants This has been mixed, with some Netflix subscribers taking umbrage with its overall direction and narrative. Additionally, there's been some backlash to the portrayal of Jewish characters, which some have found to be stereotypical. Still, smart money says plenty of folks are binge-watching the new Netflix show, including Gilmore Girls fans. After all, both of Amy Sherman-Palladino's shows are available to stream on the vrery same application.

I have to wonder if other Gilmore Girls fans are going to have the same FOMO about Dave and Lane upon binge-watching Nobody Wants This. Despite his short run on the beloved series, he definitely made an impact. And there's going to be a new generation of fans swooning over Adam Brody.

Nobody Wants This is streaming in its entirety on Netflix. Check the TV premiere list to plan your next binge watch.

Kirsten Bell returned to the small screen for a 2024 TV premiere that flew right under a lot of people's radars in recent months, and even I was barely aware of its existence before it hit Netflix's TV schedule. But now that it's fully out and available for everyone to stream, her romantic comedy Nobody Wants This has been an undeniably popular and acclaimed hit so far.

Of couse, just because a TV show is able to landa. high score on Rotten Tomatoes doesn't mean it's automatically free from critical opinions and blowback from certain viewers. Let's dive into both the good and the not-so-good news coming out of the new series from creator Erin Foster.

Kristen Bell's Return To TV Is A Critically Acclaimed Hit On Rotten Tomatoes

It's true that a TV show or movie landing a stellar score on Rotten Tomatoes isn't necessarily the most accurate indicator of a project's quality, it's fairly rare for projects that are Certified Fresh to be widely considered as pure crap. And Nobody Wants This certain isn't on the low end of the quality spectrum, having earned a whopping 93% score (at the time of writing); of the 29 reviews compiled, only two outlets gave the show a Rotten rating.

In my personal opinion, Nobody Wants This is largely deserving of the praise being thrown its way, even if I was irked by the ending living up to the title. The comedy is on point, the romance is mostly on point, even if it takes a mild suspension of disbelief to buy into Bell's Joanne and Adam Brody's hot rabbi Noah falling so hard so quickly.

But it's not even just about the core romance. Nobody Wants This also delves into complicated but largely rewarding sibling relationships, both between Joanne and Justine Lupe's Morgan, and between Noah and Timothy Simons' Sasha. And for the most part, it avoids many of the groan-worthy tropes that plague lower-tier romantic comedies. But not all viewers were in agreement that Netflix series eschewed ALL stereotypes.

Creator Erin Foster Defended Nobody Wants This For Audience Complaints About Jewish Stereotypes

Series creator and showrunner Erin Foster based many elements of Joanne's journey from her own life. Five years or so prior to the Netflix show's debut, she went through a ten-week course at the American Jewish University in West Los Angeles, having also fallen for a Jewish man — current hubby Simon Tikhman — who was resolute about his significant other sharing his faith system.

But for the most part, it's not Joanne and Noah's relationship specifically that's gotten flak, but rather the Jewish women in Noah's life who present as highly judgmental, overly controlling, and not the most open to meeting new people. (Not that different from mothers of any and all beliefs, at least in my experience.) Glamour's Jessica Radloff penned perhaps the most widespread critical assessment of Nobody Wants This' depiction of Jewish women, but Foster defended it by saying everyone's experiences are different, and that crafting characters who avoided all stereotypes would have been criticized as inauthentic. As she put it to the L.A. Times:

A fair enough explanation, even with its shortcomings. Going too far in any direction is going to ruffle someone's feathers, and sometimes it's easier to fall back on what's more familiar and then build off of that.

As far as the specific complaints about Noah's mom Bina (Tovah Feldshuh) and daughter-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), Erin Foster shared that she didn't exactly go through that with her own in-laws, who were far more open to outsiders, but that the nature of television narratives influenced the move to make Bina so strict about her son's choices. According to the showrunner:

From a story perspective, it gave Noah and Joanne another cultural hurdle to conquer and leap past in order to keep their realtionship going strong. Of course, by the end, Brody's rabbi seems to be throwing his entire career and lifepath out to sea in order to stick with Joanne, but we'll have to wait and see how that plays out in a potential second season.

The easiest way to make that happen is to tell all your friends with Netflix subscriptions to check this show out posthaste!

Spoilers below for the first season of Netflix's Nobody Wants This, so be warned if you haven't yet watched.

I'll be honest, I didn't expect anything hitting the 2024 TV schedule to cause me to declare, "Well that's a fantastic romantic comedy series that I'm so glad I binged across three days." And yet Kristen Bell and Adam Brody's beyond-adorable relationship in Netflix's hit new series Nobody Wants This had me hook, line, and sinker.

At least, it held me right up until the end of the Season 1 finale, "Bat Mitzvah Crashers," which seemed to turn its own title from describing the show characters’ reactions and opinions about Joanne and Noah’s relationship to describing how I felt after watching the very last scene. Let’s dive into a few ways the name Nobody Wants This applied directly to my thought process while watching.

Nobody Wants A Stereotypical Rom-Com Ending, But There It Was

For the majority of the time I spent watching Nobody Wants This — not long at all considering the spisodes' short runtimes — I found myself loving just how well the show avoided common tropes that even the best rom-com movies of all time can be guilty of. Or, in the instances where stereotypes did crop up, the characters directly addressed them logically or self-awarely. (Joanne's friend squad literally hit on the same talking points that I spoke aloud while watching.)

Noah's struggle to balance his faith-based, set-in-stone lifestyle (and mother) with the spontaneous whimsy of a rebound relationship with Joanne was a solid arc for that character to follow. It was similarly satisfying to watch Joanne realize that she was capable of finding an alternate to her free-wheeling behavior, and that at least temporarily, she felt comfortable enough to theorize a life after converting to Judaism.

Ideally for me, Noah and Joanne being catalysts for life changes in the other person was justification enough to have watched their rapidly evolving romance for a 10-episode season. Kristen Bell perfectly delivered the line about leaving so that she didn't make him choose. Loved. It.

Then came the big sigh. For all that it was well-telegraphed story-wise (though I have no idea what kind of timeline this bat mitzvah was adhering to), it still bothered me immensely that the Season 1 finale ended with Noah having run to meet Joanne by her car to reveal that he seeming to be choosing her instead of his literal lifelong dream to be head hot rabbi. Er, just head rabbi.

Adam Brody portrayed Noah's excitement about his faith quote convincingly to me, and he was downright adorable peppering Hebrew into their conversation earlier in the day. And while I also believed in his romantic feelings for Joanne, the last scene of the show is the one moment where Nobody Wants This felt like every other rom-com. And I didn't want that.

Nobody Wants Sasha And Morgan To Start A Needless Romance, And They Didn't!

For all that Nobody Wants That left a vaguely sour taste in my mouth due to Noah's last-second rebuttal to Joanne's break-up speech, I have to applaud and ovate while standing over how happy I am that showrunner Erin Foster didn't unnecessarily taint Morgan and Sasha's burgeoning kinship by making it romantic in the slightest.

I absolutely treasure both Justine Lupe and Timothy Simons, and did not initially suspect that they would end up having any sort of chemistry, much less the intentionally platonic kind. Considering he's a "California sober" semi-stoner dork with limited ambitions and she's a woman of the world who doesn't have time for watching Dune, much less watching Dune 2 sans the context of watching the first one. (Per their text conversation that Sasha's wife Esther seeks out without his knowledge.)

SImilar to the way Joanne and Noah inspire the other to reach a middle ground in one way or another, Morgan and Sasha's impromptu friendship addresses things missing from both of their lives. Sasha isn't allowed to have female friends, due to Esther's seemingly unwarranted strictness, while Morgan isn't accustomed to having male friends where the end game isn't sexual gratification for one or both.

By all means, Foster & Co. may choose to go the unfortunate direction in a theoretical Season 2 by having Esther's jealousy ironically inspire sparks of genuine attraction between Sasha and Morgan, or some other likeminded outcome. But for now, I'm extremely happy that this was one of the annoying tropes that was avoided entirely.

Nobody Wants A Kristen Bell Show Without Ryan Hansen, And He Appeared!

For those who miss seeing The Good Place characters in the afterlife, this Netflix show allowed the pleasure of watching Kristen Bell and D'Arcy Carden share the screen again, albeit in far different contexts. But Bell fans are far more used to seeing her and longtime buddy Ryan Hansen popping into each other's projects, with Veronica Mars as their first shared modern classic.

So it was indeed cheer-worthy when Joanne took a moment in Episode 3 to call one of her exes to get his take on Noah not immediately responding to her messages, and that the ex was played by Hansen. But get this, he wasn't just playing a random ass dude, but rather (unofficially) reprising one of his most beloved characters.

As Joanne points out, Hansen is playing a character named Kyle who just so happens to be wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the name Karma Rocket. For those who aren't immediately picking up on those hints, this is a direct reference to Hansen's character Kyle Bradway in Starz's beloved caterer comedy Party Down. He was one of the main returning cast members for the 2023 revival, so it's fitting to think that he'd have clothing merch from his fictional band.

Also worth noting is that Kristen Bell appeared in two episodes of Party Down as the milatant rival caterer Uda Bengt, but if there were any direct references to that character in Nobody Wants This, I am sorry that I missed them. But I'm not sorry the Hansen-Bell connection remains strong!

Despite my issues with the ending, I can easily see myself rewatching Nobody Wants This, which anyone can do with a Netflix subscription while waiting for Season 2 updates.

In some ways, actors really are just like us — sometimes they pretend to be more important than they are to impress their friends and sneak into places they’re not supposed to. At least, that’s the case for Kristen Bell, who shared a hilarious story about how Will Ferrell didn’t call her out on her lies while she was sneaking around 30 Rock and SNL afterparties.

It might have been purely coincidental that Bell appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers the same night as Ferrell and Harper Steele, all of whom Meyers said he first met back in 2001 while working on Saturday Night Live. Still, it perfectly introduced the Frozen actress’s hilarious story about the time the Anchorman star helped her out. Coincidentally, the incident also happened in 2001.

Bell was lucky enough to see Ferrell on Saturday Night Live, thanks to her college best friend, who had landed an internship at the variety show. While not part of her job duties, said friend – who also happens to be Meyers’ sister-in-law – regularly snuck The Good Place actress in on Saturday nights to watch the tapings. Despite not being allowed to be there and their young appearances, the friends also managed to sneak into some SNL afterparties too.

While it was usually just the two of them taking advantage of the internship, Bell also managed to sneak her best friend from back home into an afterparty one time. As if getting into an SNL afterparty wasn’t cool enough, her friend had another request: to meet Ferrell. Despite not knowing Ferrell, Bell took it upon herself to make her best friend’s dream come true and marched them both over to the comedian.

Instead of opening by introducing herself, she jumped right into things as if she was already friends with the Anchorman star. Thankfully, years of improving on Saturday Night Live was second nature to Ferrell and he “yes, and-ed” Bell, by happily playing along with her scheme. After saying hi, Bell recalls the SNL star turning to her and continuing the game by pretending to know her, too, despite not even knowing her name.

It’s too bad Ferrell wasn’t on stage to hear the story because his reaction surely would have been priceless, considering Bell is certain that he doesn’t remember the interaction at all. Hopefully, he heard it backstage.

You can catch Bell’s entire interview with Seth Meyers’ with an active Peacock subscription. And don’t forget to check out Bell in her brand new Netflix series Nobody Wants This, which premiered as part of the 2024 TV Schedule on September 26.

Being a celebrity is a tricky thing. Because while it's a dream that offers exciting opportunities, it can also make one's personal life into a public matter. While not at the level of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard know this all too well, and are often refreshingly honest about what's happening with them. And recently Bell shares a parenting rule she and Shepard have related to fights. 

The pair of actors have often shared their lives warts and all. Case in point: Shepard revealing his relapse a while back. They're also honest about the difficulties of parenthood, which is endlessly relatable. When speaking with People, the Veronica Mars icon peeled back the curtain and revealed a parenting rule they live by. As she put it:

Honestly, I'm sold. Bell previously shared her secret to a happy marriage was vulnerability, and it seems that also extends to the way she and Shepard are parenting their two children. Looks like they want to model a way to resolve conflict and compromise, rather than keeping that a private aspect of the couple's relationship.

People argue, and there's nothing wrong with that. Kristen Bell doesn't seem to be placing blame on herself of Dax Shepard for that. But it's how they resolve their issues and model good behavior that is of the utmost importance. 

This is just the latest example of the celebrity couple being honest with the public about what it's actually like in their family unit. Previously, Shepard admitted they struggled during the pandemic with being trapped at home together, while Bell has been open about their use of couples therapy.

While Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard often share anecdotes about their lives as parents, they've also put up boundaries about how much they're exposed to the public. Specifically, they don't show their children's faces when posting on social media, offering them privacy in a world where both parents are public figures.  

Professionally, both the pair are seemingly always keeping busy and working. Bell is attached to a number of project including Frozen 3, while Shepard hosts the wildly popular podcast Armchair Expert. Be sure to check out the 2024 movie release dates to plan your next trip to the theater. 

The Parks and Rec cast by itself is legendary. Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Rob Lowe, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott and more served as regulars on the series for years, and to this day their characters are beloved. However, what made this show even more special was its constant stream of guest stars played by living legends. Everyone from Bill Murray to Michelle Obama to Ben Schwartz appeared on the NBC classic, and today, we’re here to talk about them. 

Paul Rudd

Now, I know we love Paul Rudd for his movies, but we also need to appreciate his brilliant work as Bobby Newport on Parks and Rec. During Season 4, the actor joined the cast to play the man running against Leslie Knope for a city council position. Overall, Bobby is childish, not smart and spoiled, and Rudd plays this silly idiot brilliantly. 

Bill Murray

Obviously, Bill Murray’s funniest roles include iconic characters like Phil Connors in Groundhog Day and Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters. However, his guest spot on Parks and Rec was unexpected and incredibly memorable. I write this because, for one episode in Season 7, the Saturday Night Live legend played Walter Gunderson, the dead mayor of Pawnee. 

Kathryn Hahn

Playing the cutthroat campaign manager Jen Barkley, Kathryn Hahn made a glorious (and a smidge evil) impact on Parks and Rec. She played a cutthroat manager who worked for Bobby Newport at first, and across ten episodes she popped in from time to time to both help and harm Leslie’s political career. 

Ben Schwartz 

Arguably, Jean-Ralphio Saperstein is one of the best recurring guest stars in Parks and Rec history. The rich boy who is friends with Tom is ridiculous, scammy and he’s constantly trying to flirt with everyone and sing whenever he can. While he’s 100% the worst, he’s also totally not “the WORRRRRRSSSSSTTTT,” if you know what I mean.  

Jenny Slate

In a stroke of perfect casting, Jenny Slate popped into Parks and Rec to play Jean-Ralphio’s sister Mona Lisa Saperstein. The siblings truly are the most chaotic duo, however, they’re also the two of the funniest extra side characters the sitcom has to offer. Just don’t fall for it when they ask for “money please!”

Henry Winkler

After getting to know Jean-Ralphio and Mona Lisa, we meet their father, Lu Saperstein in Season 6. Played brilliantly by Henry Winkler, the patriarch of the Saperstein family is a successful doctor who is willing to go to any financial length to help his kids. 

Sam Elliott

In the later seasons of the show, we met the Eagleton Parks Department. Ironically, each member of that crew matched up with a member of the Parks and Rec cast, and when it came to picking someone to play Nick Offerman’s Ron Swanson’s counterpart, they cast Sam Elliott as Ron Dunn. While they both have legendary mustaches and an appreciation for the outdoors, that’s where the similarities stop, and seeing Ron and Anti-Ron go head-to-head was hilarious. 

Joe Biden

Leslie loves her politicians and had a massive crush on then-Vice President Joe Biden. As an engagement gift, Ben decided to give her the perfect present and prove that he’s the ideal man, by coordinating a meet and greet between Leslie and Joe Biden.

Patton Oswalt

When Leslie tries to change Pawnee’s charter to get rid of some silly laws – like throwing a Ted into a lake – Garth Blundin makes his disapproval clear. Patton Oswalt plays the historian, and he challenges Amy Poehler’s character to a filibuster and a day of living like a colonial person. Ultimately, he and Leslie find common ground, and he joins forces with her to help preserve the laws…he also volunteers to get thrown in the lake.

Michelle Obama

As Leslie tries to figure out if she should take a job at the National Parks Department and leave Pawnee, Michelle Obama comes in to tell her about why she should take it. Let’s just say if I met the First Lady, I think I’d be just as star-struck as Leslie Knope. How could you not stumble over your words if you casually bumped into the First Lady of the United States?

Bo Burnham

Some of the funniest stand-up on Netflix comes from Bo Burnham, and in his special Make Happy, he sings a “Country Song” that pokes fun at the cliches in the genre and how some artists are masters at pandering to their audiences. On Parks and Rec, he worked with that idea as well by playing country singer Chipp McCapp who Leslie and Andy tried to hire for a performance at the Unity Concert. His songs like “Beautiful Like My Mom (Support the Troops)” were truly hilarious, and they complimented the stand-up comedian's sense of humor very well. 

John McCain

Parks and Rec knows how to do a political cameo, and one of the best ones came when Leslie didn’t even realize she’d just met John McCain in a coat closet. She was so distraught over interacting with #4 and #26 on Leslie’s list of amazing women, that she didn’t even notice she was speaking with the senator. 

Megan Mullally

You know chaos mode has been activated when Ron’s second ex-wife Tammy II enters the chat. She’s constantly trying to simultaneously take Ron down and get back together with her, and his efforts to avoid it are truly hilarious. However, what really makes this dynamic duo so hysterical and one of the best recurring inside jokes on Parks and Rec is the fact that Tammy II is played by Nick Offerman’s real-life wife Megan Mullally. 

Will Forte

Amy Poehler and Will Forte were both in some of SNL’s best casts, and it was such a treat to see them reunite on Parks and Rec. In his episode, Forte played Kelly, a man who really wants to get the Twilight books put in Pawnee’s town time capsule. When Leslie refuses and then agrees, it starts an outcry over what can and can’t go in the capsule via a chaotic town meeting. 

Jon Hamm

According to Leslie, Jon Hamm’s Ed is the “most incompetent person I’ve ever worked with.” He worked for our leading lady when she was at the National Parks Department, and he was swiftly fired by her not long after we met him. 

John Cena

In an epic episode of Andy’s show, the Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show, Burt Macklin, FBI, arrested John Cena – who was wearing so much of his own WWE merch – and took him to the dunk tank. Talk about a dream come true for Andy and viewers.

Keegan-Michael Key

There’s no question that all our hearts grew a few sizes when Donna married Keegan-Michael Key’s Joe. The comedian played the “Treat yo’ self’ queen’s boyfriend-turned-husband in Seasons 6 and 7, and it’s safe to say that we all adored this music teacher. 

Bradley Whitford

Considering Parks and Rec is a show about government and Rob Lowe is one of its stars, it made perfect sense for a West Wing cast member to pop into the sitcom. It was done perfectly too, because the team brought in Josh himself, as Bradley Whitford played Councilman Pillner, the man Leslie replaces on City Council and a model boat enthusiast. 

J.K. Simmons

Remember Ice Town? Well, Ben’s hometown of Partridge and J.K. Simmons’ Mayor Stice sure do. And that became clear as day when an episode of Parks went back to Adam Scott’s character’s hometown so he could get a key to the city, which ended up just being melted water in a box…because Ice Town. 

Patricia Clarkson

While Megan Mullally’s Tammy II is truly unhinged and chaotic, Tammy I is cold, calculated, and manipulative. She’s played by Patricia Clarkson, and she really adds to the hilarious chaos that is Ron Swanson’s love life. 

Andy Samberg

Back when Andy Samberg was still on Saturday Night Live and before he led his own sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he guest starred on Parks and Rec as the incredibly loud Park Ranger Carl. During Season 2, Leslie worked with Carl on a few issues of Parks security, and let's just say that she “might not be so confident, when [she has to] walk a mile in [Carl’s]  size sevens.” 

Rachel Dratch

In the final season of Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler’s Saturday Night Live co-star Rachel Dratch appeared as Roz Pinwheel, the nanny of Leslie and Ben’s triplets. While a small role, it was such a nice (and funny) nod to the two comedians' time together on the legendary sketch comedy show.

Nick Kroll

If you were looking to get humiliated on the radio look no further than "The Douche." This hilarious and terrible radio host was played by the mastermind behind one of the best animated shows, Big Mouth, Nick Kroll, and anytime he showed up to host a radio spot on the series, you knew something wild was about to go down.

Chelsea Peretti

While Leslie ran for City Council, April filled in for her one time, and during one of her seminars Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Chelsea Peretti showed up as one of the attendees, Zelda. Fun fact: before Peretti was part of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast, she actually wrote two episodes of Parks and Rec, which helps explain her lil cameo in the series. 

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell was quite literally the perfect person to play Leslie Knope’s Eagleton councilwoman counterpart, Ingrid de Forest. It turns out, Bell was born to thrive on a comedy like this, because after Parks and Rec, she went on to lead the cast of The Good Place, which was Michael Schur’s next show after Parks.  

Dax Shepard

When Tom decides to become Andy’s manager as he works on Johnny Karate, they have a run-in with Hank Muntak, a TV executive in Pawnee who is played by Dax Shepard. Before this guest spot, the actor had spent a lot of time on NBC as one of the stars of Parenthood, these days you can find him hosting his podcast Armchair Expert. 

Will Arnett

Before Leslie meets and falls in love with Ben, she goes on some wildly terrible dates, including one with MRI technician Chris. At the time, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett were actually married (they’re divorced now), making this blind date even funnier because they were a real-life couple too. 

Sean Hayes

Bobby Wood was Indianapolis’ best talk show host, and he was played by Sean Hayes. As television appearances tend to go for Leslie and co. her interview with him didn’t exactly go well, and both comedic actors were so funny in the moment. 

Fred Armisen

You can always count on Fred Armisen to play the wildest goofy guys, and he did exactly that on Parks and Recreation. In the episode “Sister City,” the SNL vet appeared as Raul Alejandro Bastilla Pedro de Veloso de Maldonado, the Venezuelan officer who came to represent his city on a trip to Pawnee. 

Tatiana Maslany

Tom Haverford’s love life was always a funny point of interest on Parks and Rec, especially because it was only brought up occasionally. For instance, in Season 6, he had a short-lived relationship with Tatiana Maslany’s Nadia Stasky, a doctor who eventually left Pawnee and moved to Rwanda.  

Parker Posey

Indie darling Parker Posey came on to Parks and Rec to play Lindsay Carlisle Shay. The character was Leslie’s counterpart from Eagleton, meaning she was the Deputy Parks Director in Pawnee’s fancy rival town. The twist here was that Lindsay was actually Leslie’s friend and went behind her back a long time ago to take the job in Eagleton. 

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman’s role in Parks and Rec presented an interesting issue for Pawnee when he decided to turn his video rental store into an adult store. Watching Leslie flounder as she figured out how to help the character played by the Asteroid City star was so funny, and the character of Dennis was perfect for Schwartzman.  

Honestly, the guest stars from Parks and Rec are next level. From comedy geniuses to beloved dramatic actors, so many notable names took a quick trip to Pawnee, Indiana and I love that for them, this wonderful show and us. 

Less pricey than those expensive cryotherapy treatments but more convenient than polar plunging oneself into a freezing ocean, ice baths have become a popular wellness go-to for the Hollywood A-list, from noted almond mom, vaginal-health guru and Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow to professional athletes like LeBron James, Cristian Ronaldo and Naomi Osaka.

Ice baths are pretty self-explanatory: they're a form of cold therapy where a person submerges themself in a bath or vessel filled with ice or ice water for a limited duration of time. Though ice baths have risen in popularity among the rich and famous only recently, they've been utilized for centuries—in Scandanavian countries, for example, it's customary to follow up a hot sauna session with a plunge into a freezing cold pool— and the purported therapeutic benefits are numerous, from reducing muscle soreness to aiding in pain management to reducing inflammation. 

Though far brisker and (likely less) relaxing than those scenic outdoor baths and cushy indoor jacuzzi favored by other celebrities (that bath looks mighty balmy, JLo), it's clear that the demand for ice baths is heating up among showbiz's most notable names. Here are some famous folks who count themselves as fans, plus the health and fitness benefits they proclaim to gain from the cold-water immersion trend. 

Which Celebrities Are Big Proponents Of Ice Baths?

Lebron James

Ice baths seems to be gaining popularity across many disciplines in the entertainment industry, but cold-water immersion is probably best-known as a method of speeding up muscle recovery and reducing swelling and tissue breakdown for professional athletes. 

One of the true NBA GOATs, Los Angeles Lakers power forward LeBron James, has a long history with using cold temps for post-game recovery, from whole-body cryotherapy to waist-deep ice baths. Though he jokingly called the latter "borderline torture," per Business Insider, the basketball icon has regularly publicized his use of those glacial soaks after a grueling game on his Instagram. 

The Kardashian And Jenner Clan

It's not only pro athletes who seek out the bod-boosting benefits of cold plunges. Members of the Kardashian clan have famously adopted the ice-bath trend as a method of self-care, with sisters Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian all seeking out the chilly services of Remedy Place, a "social wellness club" with locations in West Hollywood and NYC's Flatiron neighborhoods. 

The wellness center reportedly does house calls, which Jenner took advantage of with a portable Remedy Place ice bath at her own home in California. 

Big sis Kourtney apparently liked the at-home treatment so much she installed her own private ice bath at her Calabasas abode with husband Travis Barker, to the tune of $7,500, reports The Sun. She even hosted an entire ice-bath activation at her brand's Poolside with Poosh event, where the reality star and her famous siblings and friends were challenged to take a dip in a barrel bath filled with icy water.

Per The Daily Mail, Kim Kardashian initially didn't enjoy the frosty sensation, jumping out of the ice bath and jokingly dubbing herself "the weakest link" of the group. However, an Instagram video proves that the SKIMs mogul would later learn to love the benefits of ice bath, as she stopped into a Remedy Place location for an icy, full six-minute dip.

Madonna

Many popular musicians, whose bodies have to withstand exhausting touring schedules and high-energy, multi-hour live performances, have also adopted the practice as a conditioning tool. 

Her "Madgesty" herself, Madonna, has been one of pop music's most enduring and dynamic entertainers for decades, and the key to that longevity might just be in the singer's dedication to her physical fitness. Post-show ice baths are one element the 65-year-old performer famously includes in her wellness regimen to help soothe any aches and pains she might have from all of those hours of intense dance choreography. 

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga has long admitted to following in Madge's footsteps, and it looks like her self-care routine is no exception. Mother Monster maintains her own performance levels with a nightly post-show routine centered around a cold plunge. 

The singer broke down the post-show wellness routine she implemented during her Las Vegas concert residency, which includes what's called a "contrast bath," an icy bath alternated with a hot bath. Gaga wrote on Instagram: 

As physical therapist Lee Hanses explained to Allure:

The "Born This Way" singer has been candid about her struggles with fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that can cause widespread pain and tenderness throughout the body. In her 2017 Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, the Oscar winner described the illness as a "cyclone of anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma, and panic disorder," so she could very well be utilizing the baths as much for their mental health properties as their physical benefits. 

Harry Styles

Harry Styles is also a big fan of a cold-water plunge, both out in nature and in the comfort of a private ice bath. The former boy bander has been regularly spotted by eagle-eyed fans taking frigid outdoor swims, such as at Vico Baths in South Dublin. He also has been known to employ an indoor cold plunge after getting offstage from his high-octane live performances, including his world-spanning Love on Tour gigs. He showed off his ice-bath set-up following a Cologne concert on his Instagram in June 2022. 

Lizzo

Styles' famous buddy Lizzo has also jumped on the ice-bath bandwagon, displaying her own outdoor cold plunge over on her TikTok: 

And, seeing as how she's explored nearly every wellness trend from dry brushing to oil pulling, it's not a surprise that wellness queen Gwyneth Paltrow also has a custom cold-plunge pool in her elaborate home spa in Montecito, California. 

Yet it is a surprise that, though Gwyn once sought out the "Iceman" expertise of Wim Hof to teach Goop staffers the benefits of cold therapy in her Netflix docuseries The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow, it's actually Paltrow's husband, Hollywood producer Brad Falchuk, who is the "obsessive cold plunger" in the family. 

What Do Kim K And Other Celebs Say About Ice Baths?

It's one thing to jump on a Hollywood trend, but it's another if that Hollywood trend actually works. And according to cold-plunging celebrities, they're really feeling the body benefits of ice baths. The Good Place star Kristen Bell has said that she seeks out ice baths for its help with "mental acuity and alertness throughout the day," with cold plunging shown to "increase dopamine concentrations by 250 percent." 

In the aforementioned TikTok, Lizzo hypes up the anti-inflammation benefits of ice baths, captioning the clip: 

Styles publicly touted the virtues of a cold-water dip in a 2022 interview with Better Homes & Garden: 

Tennis great Naomi Osaka has also exalted the restorative properties of ice baths, but like Gaga, she combines the practice with a warm bath following those intense matches. As she told Vogue, it "flushes the lactic acid" out of her system:

Though Kim K was initially scared of the frigid temps, she later said in that Instagram video that the cold isn't that bad "once you get past it":

As with any wellness trend, you're going to want to do your research before taking the plunge—literally, in this case. But if it's good enough for the world's best athletes and most popular entertainers, we're thinking there might actually be something to this ice-bath phenomenon. Grab the ice tray, we're ready for a dip!

Considering just how hard it is to make in show business, it's remarkable how many celebrities have been good friends with other successful celebrities since before either was famous. Some going back to childhood. Here's our list of celebrities that have been friends for longer than they've been famous. 

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

It’s probably the most famous friendship in Hollywood. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon grew up together in Cambridge, MA, and they’ve pretty much been besties ever since. They were even uncredited extras together in Field Of Dreams and both found early roles in School Ties together. Of course, in 1997 when they wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting together, their collective fame blew up. 

Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones

Another set of long-time friends are former Vice President Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones. They were roommates when they attended Harvard together. At the 2000 Democratic National Convention when the party nominated Gore to be its candidate for President, Jones said in a speech,

Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams were both taken from the world when they were too young. The two have more in common than tragedy though. Reeve and Williams forged a lifelong friendship after meeting as graduate students at Juilliard and rooming together while in school. Reeve even credited Williams with showing him that life would go on after a horse riding accident left him paralyzed. 

Madonna and Debi Mazar

Entourage star Debi Mazar and global superstar Madonna have been friends since the early ‘80s when they met in the hipster scene of the East Village and the dance clubs of New York City. They stayed friends since that time and Mazar has had Madonna’s back when internet trolls take shots at the pop music legend. Mazar also appeared in a number of Madonna’s early videos, like “Papa Don’t Preach.”

Ving Rhames and Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci and Ving Rhames were roommates as undergrads at SUNY Purchase. Tucci even gave Rhames his nickname, Ving, which is short for Erving. Rhames let the world in on that tidbit when he presented Tucci with a Golden Globe in 1998 for Tucci’s role in Winchell. The two have only worked on the same project together once though, 1995’s Kiss of Death. 

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler and Tiny Fey first met at the improv school Improv Olympic (now known as iO Theater) in the early ‘90s when they were both just starting out. In the years since, they’ve stayed friends and worked together a lot, including on SNL and hosting the Golden Globe Awards together. 

Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow

Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow have known each other since college. Pitt was a year behind Crow at the University of Missouri and according to Crow, they didn’t know each other well, but they did cross paths a lot, She worked with his fraternity during Greek Week and she was friends with his college girlfriend. She also jokes on the podcast that she dreamed she would marry Brad Pitt. 

Rick Moranis and Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee was the bass player and lead singer of Rush, one of the most popular bands of the last 50 years. Weirdly, his biggest hit wasn’t with Rush but was a song called “Take Off” that appeared on a Doug and Bob McKenzie album. He sang on the track because he’s been lifelong friends with Rick Moranis, who played Doug McKenzie. The two went to grade school together. 

Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff

Lauryn Hill attended Zach Braff’s bar mitzvah. You read that right. Braff told a story to Seth Meyers (whom Braff has known since college) about his bar mitzvah being “musical theater themed” and his partner in the games the kids played was none other than Ms. Lauryn Hill, who went to high school with Braff. 

Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand

Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand first met years before they both found success in Hollywood. They even roomed together in the Bronx. While they were roommates, McDormand met Joel Coen, of the Coen Brothers, and they started dating. Eventually, they would marry and Joel and Ethan Coen would cast both McDormand and Hunter in Raising Arizona, one of many roles the Coens have cast McDormand in. 

B.J. Novak and John Krasinski

B.J. Novak and John Krasinski were in the same class in high school at Newtown South High outside Boston. They were friends long before they both starred in The Office, though in high school, according to Novak, Krasinski was more of a jock, while Novak was a theater kid. Obviously, both ended up wildly successful as actors. 

Gwyneth Paltrow and Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow have been friends for years. Rudolph’s father, Richard, was best friends with Paltrow’s father, Bruce, and Maya and Gwyneth attended the same school, St. Augustine by the Sea School in Santa Monica.

Adam Sandler and director Judd Apatow famously shared an apartment in Los Angeles when they were both just starting out in the industry. When Sandler landed his gig with SNL and moved to New York, he continued to pay rent on the place because he was worried he’d immediately get fired from the show. He didn’t and the rest is history. 

Lisa Kudrow and Conan O'Brien

Conan O’Brien met Lisa Kudrow in 1985 when he moved to LA out of college and decided to take an improv class. According to O’Brien, he walked into the class on his first day and immediately identified Kudrow as someone that was going somewhere. 

Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson 

Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson first met in their sophomore year at the University of Texas. Both were in a playwriting seminar and Anderson immediately was intrigued by Wilson. They have stayed close over the years and Wilson is a regular player in Anderson’s films, starring in eight of them. 

Danny DeVito and Micheal Douglas

Starting way back in 1975 Danny DeVito and Micheal Douglas have been working together. Douglas produced One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest which DeVito had a supporting role in. The two have been friends for much longer, going all the way back to 1967 when they met on beach and immediately bonded. 

Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg

This might be the most surprising on the list. Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to Long Beach High School together. They've known each other since they were teenagers and, according to Diaz.

Brad Pitt and Jason Priestley

Before they were stars, Brad Pitt and Jason Priestley, as roommates, apparently would have contests to see who could go the longest without showering or shaving. Somehow, they were both still really, really good looking despite this. 

Laura Linney and Brooke Shields

Star of The Blue Lagoon, Brooke Shields, and star of You Can Count on Me, Laura Linney, have been counting on each other since they were children. Brooke Shields celebrated Laura Linney's 56th birthday in 2020 by posting a throwback of the two when they were just kids. 

Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett got married in 1997, which was well after both had become successful. Their friendship, however, goes much further back. They met at Yale Drama School in the '80s, though both were dating other people at the time. They would reconnect years later and they've been together ever since. 

Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton

Way before they found fame together on The Simple Life, Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton were friends. According to Hilton on the show, they've been best friends since they were two years old. In September 2023, Hilton celebrated Richie's birthday by posting a bunch of photos of them through the years, from childhood to the present. 

The Great Gatsby was not the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire worked together. They appeared together in This Boy's Life back in 1993. Their friendship, however, goes back even further having met early on when they were both struggling to land their first roles and auditioning for the same parts. They are still close friends. 

Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts

Technically Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts were already working actors when they met on the set of Flirting back in 1991. Neither were famous yet, and the fellow Aussies became fast friends, and have stayed very close ever since. 

Adam Levine and Jonah Hill

Adam Levine and Jonah Hill have been friends since childhood. They've often joked about each other in interviews and really seem to have a close bond. They are so close that Jonah Hill even officiated Levine's wedding in 2016. 

Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson have a lot in common, starting with all of their parents being famous themselves. They also both grew up in Los Angeles and attended the same high school together, Crossroads School for Arts & Science, where they first became buddies. They starred in Dr. T & the Women together in 2000 and are still very close friends

Jamie Dornan And Andrew Garfield

Jamie Dornan And Andrew Garfield have been mates for almost 20 years. The two were roommates in the early days of their careers, running in a pack with the likes of Charlie Cox, Robert Pattinson, and Eddie Redmayne as they struggled to land auditions. It's safe to say they've all done pretty well since then. 

Timothée Chalamet and Ansel Elgort

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City is one of the most prestigious arts high schools in the country. It's no surprise that it has its fair share of famous former students. Two of those are Timothée Chalamet and Ansel Elgort, who were in the same class and have been best friends since attending. 

Scarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff

Like so many others on this list, actor Scarlett Johansson and musician Jack Antonoff attended high school together. What makes them different is that they even briefly dated and went to the prom together at New York City's Professional Children’s School. They broke up after graduation, but they'll always have prom! 

Mel Gibson and Geoffrey Rush

The country of Australia is not all Mel Gibson and Geoffrey Rush have in common, When both were starving artists trying to make it early on, they shared an apartment that, according to Gibson, didn't have any furniture. A few decades later it's safe to assume both have plenty of places to sleep and sit down after all their success. 

Kristen Bell and Matthew Morrison

Kristen Bell attended the prestigious New York University's Tisch School of the Arts alongside Glee star Matthew Morrison. They were friends in college, and as Bell told Us Weekly in 2010, the two briefly dated. She told the magazine, 

David Lynch and Peter Wolf

In what might be the oddest pairing on this list, director David Lynch and musician Peter Wolf were once roommates at School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the 1960s. Wolf, who is famous for being the lead singer of the great J. Geils Band told The New York Times that the living situation didn't last long, as he was way too messy for Lynch. 

Kirsten Gillibrand and Connie Britton

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of Massachusetts and actor Connie Britton first met on a study-abroad trip to China while both were in college at Dartmouth. The pair have remained friends in the decades since and often post about each other on social media and of course, Britton endorsed Gillibrand when she first ran for the senate.

Actors, musicians, politicians, roommates, childhood friends, and starving artists. Each pair on this list have unique stories, that are somehow also very similar. They say birds of a feather flock together and this list of celebrities who were friends before they were famous seems to prove that point over and over.  

At long last, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, one of the biggest animated movies on the 2023 release schedule, is finally here with the next chapter in the popular franchise’s cinematic journey. The movie, which is already setting Guinness World Records, will surely be a hit with audiences of all ages (and species) thanks to its exciting story, colorful animation, and all those fan-favorite characters and despicable villains.

Speaking of the Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie cast… there’s a good chance you’re wondering where you’ve seen and heard the actors who bring those iconic pooches (and all the other characters who grace the screen) in the latest Adventure City-centric story. Well, you’ve come to the right place because we’ve got you more than covered…

Mckenna Grace (Skye)

This time around, Skye, the pup that gains the ability to fly after coming in contact with a meteor, is voiced by Mckenna Grace in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Grace, who is set to reprise her role as Phoebe Spengler in the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel in March 2024, has been on the rise the past few years thanks to memorable roles in movies like Gifted, Captain Marvel, and Troop Zero, as well as shows like Young Sheldon, The Handmaid’s Tale, and A Friend of the Family. 

Taraji P. Henson (Victoria Vance)

Taraji P. Henson shows up in the Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie cast as Victoria Vance, the not-quite-mad scientist whose invention brings the meteor that gives the pups and herself super powers crashing into Adventure City.

Henson has a long and notable career. She won a Golden Globe for her role on Empire. She was nominated for an Oscar for her work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and she received a number of other accolades for everything from Hustle & Flow to Hidden Figures and Four Brothers to Ralph Breaks The Internet. She’s also in the running for a Primetime Emmy thanks to her guest appearance in Abbott Elementary. 

Marsai Martin (Liberty)

Marsai Martin is one of the returning members of the Paw Patrol: The Movie cast, once again playing Liberty, the newest member of the Paw Patrol and leader of the Junior Patrollers in the new film.

Martin, who got her big break as Diane Johnson on the popular TV show, Black-ish, has been on a roll the past decade, landing roles in movies like Little, Spirit Untamed, and Fantasy Football. She’s still busy on the small screen as well with appearances on DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, Wild ‘n Out, and The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.

Finn Lee-Epp (Ryder)

Finn Lee-Epp is a new addition to the franchise with his portrayal of Ryder, the group’s human leader in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. This is Lee-Epp’s second film appearance, with the first being as the young version of Diane Lane and Kevin Costner’s characters’ son in the 2020 neo-Western thriller, Let Him Go.

Christian Convery (Chase)

Chase, the police pup with special ability of super speed, is voiced by Christian Convery in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Convery, who takes over the character voiced by Iain Armitage from the first movie, is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Gus on the Netflix original series, Sweet Tooth. However, fans of the streamer’s live-action One Piece cast may recognize him from his appearance as a young Sanji in the 2023 TV show.

Christian Corrao (Marshall)

Christian Corrao voices Marshall, the fire pup with the power to throw flames, in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. Corrao has played the clumsy Marshall on the Paw Patrol TV series since 2022, which came after popping up on shows like Odd Squad, Esme & Roy, and several others in recent years.

Callum Shoniker (Rocky)

Callum Shoniker, who previously voiced Rocky in Paw Patrol: The Movie, returns to play the magnetic handyman pup in the new adventure. The past couple of years have been a busy stretch for Shoniker, as he appeared in various animated series like PJ Masks, Go, Dog, Go, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood to name a few.

Nylan Parthipan (Zuma)

Nylan Parthipan appears in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Zuma, the aquatic rescue pup with the power to transform into water. The young actor, who previously voiced a different character on the Paw Patrol TV series, has also voiced characters on shows like Firebuds, PJ Masks: Power Heroes, and Superkitties.

Luxton Handspiker (Rubble)

Rounding out the core pups in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie is Luxton Handspiker, who takes on the role of the wrecking ball that is Rubble. Handspiker previously voiced the character on the spinoff series, Rubble & Crew.

Lil Rel Howery (Sam Stringer)

Sam Stringer, the TV reporter who shows up throughout Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, is voiced by Lil Rel Howery.

Howery has been all over the place in 2023 with key roles in the Vacation Friends 2 cast and The Out-Laws ensemble. He's also set to appear in movies like Dashing Through the Snow and the highly anticipated Good Burger 2. This comes after years of being in everything from Get Out to The Carmichael Show and Judas and the Black Messiah to Craig of the Creek. 

Kristen Bell (Janet)

Kristen Bell shows up in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Janet, the owner of the junkyard saved by the pups in the film’s opening scene. From Veronica Mars to Frozen and countless other movies and TV shows in between, Bell is a very recognizable actress in Hollywood with and incredibly well-known voice.

James Marsden (Hank)

James Marsden portrays Hank, the other owner of the junkyard saved at the beginning of Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. Marsden has appeared in everything from the X-Men movies to the video game adaptation, Sonic the Hedgehog, and dozens of other movies and TV shows throughout his career, including The Boss Baby: Family Business, and most recently Jury Duty.

Chris Rock (Kitty)

Chris Rock briefly appears in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Kitty, after one of Mayor Humdinger’s evil cats gains the ability to speak, as seen in the movie's official trailer. The incredibly successful SNL alum is best known for his various stand-up comedy specials and movies like Down to Earth, The Longest Yard, and the Madagascar film franchise.

Kim Kardashian (Delores)

Kim Kardashian briefly appears in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, reprising her role as Delores the poodle from the first movie. Kardashian, who is also a member of the American Horror Story: Delicate cast, is also well known for the reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which was followed by The Kardashians on Hulu.

Serena Williams (Yoga Yvette)

Serena Williams is another celebrity to make a short yet noticeable appearance in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, in which she portrays Yoga Yvette, a fitness instructor. In addition to her historic tennis career, the younger Williams sister has appeared in movies like Pixels, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Ocean’s 8.

Ron Pardo (Mayor Humdinger)

Ron Pardo shows up in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, once again portraying the evildoer Mayor Humdinger. Pardo is best known for his portrayal of the Paw Patrol’s nemesis, though he has lent his voice to shows like Totally Spies, Braceface, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

The Junior Patrollers (North West, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez)

And then there are the Junior Patrollers Mini, Nano, and Tot, three Pomeranian pups voiced by North West, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez, respectively. This is West’s first film appearance, while Kim has appeared in titles like Theater Camp and Minari, and Gonzalez has been in Flamin’ Hot.

You can check out Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie in theaters now. If you want even more from Adventure City’s finest, you can watch 2021’s Paw Patrol: The Movie and all the TV shows based on the pups with a Paramount+ subscription.

Russell Brand has been accused of sexual assault. And while he is denying all the charges against him, the backlash from the accusations has been a continual uncovering of Brand’s previous behavior which, while it doesn’t shed light on the specific allegations, is certainly not painting him in the best light. In recent days previous comments made by actress Kristen Bell about Brand’s behavior on set have returned to light as UK TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has also spoken about an on-air incident with Brand where he touched her and called her a “slut.”

Russell Brand has always been one who has tried to push limits with comedy but some of Brand’s behavior from years ago is now being looked at differently following the five different women who have made allegations against the comedian and actor.

What Kristen Bell Said To Russell Brand

Back in 2008 Kristen Bell and Russell Brand co-starred together in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In 2010 the Daily Mail reported that while in production, Brand had allegedly tried to make a move on Bell, who married actor Dax Shepard in 2013. Bell apparently was very clear with Brand that she was not interested, saying…

While well over a decade ago, Bell’s comments have resurfaced in the wake of the allegations against Brand. Bell does go on to say that after she set the boundaries of their relationship, the two got along well and that she enjoyed working with him on the film.

In a vacuum, the comments from Bell likely wouldn’t set off alarm bells. However, they are just the latest previous incidents to be unearthed. It's being reported that Brand was removed as a reality TV judge in 2018 due to a conflict with another judge surrounding similar allegations at the time. A 2013 interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently came to light where Brand asked Katherine McPhee to sit on his lap. McPhee has brushed off the incident, but a UK TV presenter is talking about her own talk show altercation with Brand a little differently.

What Russell Brand Said To Lorraine Kelly 

Lorraine Kelly, host of the UK morning show Lorraine, has recently spoken about a 2007 appearance on The Graham Norton Show. Brand puts his hand on her thigh and asks if she’s wearing suspenders (stockings), before later referring to her as a “slut." Speaking about the incident on her show (via The Sun) Kelly said… 

Kelly says now the incident made her feel quite uncomfortable. She says she interviewed Brand herself multiple times over the course of several years and says he was unusually "charming" and "flirty."

Four women came forward earlier this week as part of a joint UK media investigation. Two of the women have accused Brand of assault and two have accused him of rape. Brand has made a public statement in which he denies all charges and claims the relationships with the women were consensual. 

It’s not exactly news that the airline industry has been sort of a mess since the pandemic shutdown, but things haven’t gotten a whole lot better since air travel has attempted to get “back to normal.” While flight delays and cancellations have always been a potential issue, it really seems like they’re happening a lot more often. And when that happens it can end up getting expensive for travelers. Like for Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, who recently spent $600 after a flight was delayed, though they spent it on sheets and pillows.

Dax Shepard posted a video to Instagram which explains their situation. The family was set to fly out of Boston, when a flight that was delayed seven hours, it was then delayed to the next day. Unfortunately, Shepard and Bell could not find a hotel room, everything was apparently booked. The solution? Spend $600 on blankets and pillows, and spend the night on the floor at the airport. Check out the full video.

The video opens with Dax Shapard making sure we get a good look at his wife's rear, which to be fair is not the first time he's shown off Bell's butt to all of us. As Shepard points out in the video, the money they spent on sheets could have easily been spent on a pretty nice hotel room. The problem was that they just couldn’t get one. There’s a decent chance that if their flight was so significantly delayed, others going in and out of Boston were as well, so there were likely many travelers who needed a place to stay overnight. 

Honestly, it looks like the nicest bed you’ll find at the airport. They’ve taken over an area and been able to stretch out, and they seem to be taking the experience in stride. One hopes that all the money spent on sheets, blankets, and pillows at least made their night spent on an airport floor slightly more tolerable. There were almost certainly others who tried to spend the night sitting in chairs, which is not the way you want to try and get any real sleep. 

This is really a nightmare. As somebody who recently had to deal with his own seven-hour flight delay, which would have resulted in a 48-hour delay in getting to my destination had I not been willing and able to fly into an entirely different airport, I feel this pain. I at least had the benefit of still being at home when it all went down, so I wasn’t stuck at the airport all night. I did end up needing to book a last-minute hotel room, and at least I was able to do so. 

Maybe it makes the mess that is modern air travel easier to deal with knowing that literally everybody has to deal with it, even celebrities. Some celebrities get roasted when they complain about air travel.  Shepard and Bell have been married for ten years, so they've certainly had their share of frustrating experiences just like the rest of us. Hopefully, these issues will be overcome eventually, and then flying can just become the normal headache that it once was and not the utter disaster that it has been recently.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been married for over 10 years, and have always been open about their relationship and raising their kids together. They have been honest about their experiences in couples therapy, struggles during COVID isolation, and Dax Shepard's recovery from substance addiction. They’ve also shared fun stories, like vacations with their two children and hilarious awkward moments. They are one of the most relatable couples in Hollywood, but now they are sparking debate after Kristen Bell revealed she's occasionally let her kid drink non-alcoholic beer.

In a recent interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Bell and the titular talk show host opened up about some awkward moments with their kids in public. Clarkson said that her daughter accidentally drake wine when she was little, and The Good Place got candid about her kids ordering non-alcoholic beer at a restaurant. She of course provided context, saying:

This makes a lot of sense in context. While on the surface it may be an odd choice to make for a kid, the background shows that there's a special story at the core. Bell may be okay with non-alcoholic beer at home, she did say she thinks that maybe her kids shouldn’t be ordering it in public. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall actress continued:

I’m sure her kids' drink of choice has spurred some plenty of awkward exchanges with waitstaff in public. In true Kristen Bell-fashion, her honesty is always delightful and quirky. She has talked about this before, saying it got really awkward when one of her kids decided to drink one of the virgin beers on a school call. I’m sure the teachers were very confused without the context, but it did result in a hilarious story. 

The non-alcoholic beer is certainly a good trade off for real beer, as Shepard has been open about being a recovering alcoholic for many years. The couple has been candid about Shepard relapsing a few years back and how he and Bell have worked through it as a couple. Bell has also been open about navigating this with their kids, and conversations they've had about addiction. Every recovery journey is different, and the couple’s openness about their own relationship with substances helps normalize something a lot of families go through. 

Just as every recovery is different, every parenting journey is different. As Bell says, some may judge her for the non-alcoholic beer, but she isn’t doing anything wrong. As long as her kids keep it non-alcoholic, it's a nice memory to share with their dad, and something they’ll probably remember forever.

You can catch Kristen Bell’s latest film, The People We Hate at the Wedding, which is available now with an Amazon Prime subscription. For more information on other great projects available on the streamer, make sure to check out our feature on the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now.

Like many A-listers, Kristen Bell decided to take a summer break from the Hollywood scene. She and her family got away from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, and took a trip to Idaho. However, Bell wasn't alone as multiple Hollywood stars flocked to the Pacific Northwest. The Frozen star had dinner with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and many other famous folks, which she documented in a photo, and I'm baffled

The Queenpins actress has been relaxing in Idaho with her family, including husband Dax Shepard and their two daughters, courtesy of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s South Fork Lodge, according to Deadline. 

Other A-list celebrities joined Kristen Bell and Shepard in the Gem State for a lovely outdoor dinner. Of course, the Good Place star had to document the star-studded moment by posting an image to her Instagram account. Besides Friends alums Aniston and Cox, there were other famous faces like Jason Bateman, Adam Scott, and John Mulaney sprinkled throughout the packed dinner table. Check out the entire celebrity-filled feast and other snaps from the Emmy-nominated actress below:

There were so many Hollywood stars at the long dinner table you would need a magnifying glass to identify them all. It says a lot about Jimmy Kimmel and his Hollywood relationships that he could get all those celebrities in one place. This impressive dinner party didn’t just boast drama actors, sitcom stars, and comedians though. Other big names included actresses Olivia Munn and Shiri Appleby, fellow late-night host Jimmy Fallon, director Adam McKay, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid, and YouTuber Mark Rober. Talk about range.  

While people like Kim Kardashian were partying it up at the Fourth of July White Party last weekend, Jimmy Kimmel’s Idaho lodge seemed to rival it with such an impressive guest list. I was overwhelmed by the amount of star power around the table. You can spend minutes, if not, hours, trying to find all the celebrities vacationing and dining against the beautiful dusky Idaho skyline. Honestly, a magnifying glass is needed if you want to spot every A-lister.

Compared to most star-studded moments, seeing these Hollywood A-listers sitting at the long dining table seemed more casual and relaxed. This was evident by the Frozen II star’s candid photos from the week-long vacation. Oftentimes, celebrity gatherings can feel manicured and calculated to get a “these-people-might-be-real-friends” vibe. Fortunately, this dinner party was the opposite of that. Everyone was just themselves as they wore casual winter-esque clothing after finishing a nice meal. It was nice to see multiple stars sharing a few candid moments with their followers.

Kristen Bell took a much-deserved break as she gears up for her cinematic return as an undisclosed character in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, which premieres on September 29 on the 2023 movie schedule. She’s also reportedly set to voice Anna once more in the upcoming Disney sequel Frozen 3. However, while we wait for those, you can go back and watch the actress's series The Good Place with a Netflix subscription. 

Along with Bell, this A+ guest list has tons of upcoming TV series and movies coming out in the near future. So, overall, this party has sparked a lot of excitement!

It often feels like rom-coms are a dime a dozen, but the truth is that the best romantic comedies are ones built on several things. Fans of the genre enjoy snappy dialogue, inventive and/or realistic complications for the central couple, a swoon-worthy love story, and, of course, main characters portrayed by actors who have more than enough on-screen chemistry to make all of those pieces come together. 

What’s great about romantic comedies is that we’ve gotten more than enough couples like this over the past two plus decades, but some of them have either only partnered one time (which, granted, may be because their pairing is still relatively new), or haven’t been in a film together for many years now. So, let’s take a look at the (mostly) rom-com partners that we really think should make another movie together!

Meg Ryan And Tom Hanks

This duo probably feels like a no-brainer to you, and, well, it should! Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks have memorably joined forces for two rom-com hits, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, plus the 1990 cult favorite romantic comedy, Joe Versus the Volcano, so there’s no reason for them not to really round things out with a fourth film. I’d be down for a second chance romance where they learn to love again, wouldn’t you?

Diane Keaton And Keanu Reeves 

Yes, yes… Already I’m cheating here, but only a tiny bit. While the magnetic on-screen coupling of Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves wasn’t the main focus of Something’s Gotta Give, I have spent the past 20 years wishing they were. So, let's get these adorably crazy kids back together! They could play any kind of couple (bickering marrieds who are clearly still hot for each other, two folks who shouldn’t get together but can’t help themselves, etc.) and I’d be in the theater on opening night.

Lana Condor And Noah Centineo

Honestly, there might not be a cuter couple on this list. The dreamy teen romance movie pairing of Lana Condor and Noah Centineo was, obviously, gifted to everyone with a Netflix subscription in the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy, and there’s a reason that so many people fell head over heels for them. These two sorta sparkle together on screen, and I’d love to see them reunite in a romance (or any comedy) that’s got more of an adult edge to it.

Alison Brie And Jason Sudeikis

We all adore it when a rom-com gives us something different, and 2015’s Sleeping with Other People does just that with its story of friends who openly acknowledge their sexual tension, but purposely avoid doing anything about it so as to not screw up what they have. Alison Brie and Ted Lasso cast lead Jason Sudeikis are amazing as the friends in question, and I’d love to see them bring their casual, but still sexy, chemistry to another film. 

Jenny Slate And Jake Lacy

A true pleasure of watching Obvious Child was seeing the relationship between Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy’s characters develop as she has trouble revealing that she’s getting an abortion several weeks after their one-night stand. They work great as a duo with a clear attraction that’s impeded by a secret, and we’d really appreciate it if we could watch him warm her butter and make her tea in a movie that sees them as fully coupled characters.

Constance Wu And Henry Golding

I cannot tell a lie; some of the reason for Constance Wu and Henry Golding making the list is simply because we are all dying for the Crazy Rich Asians sequel we’ve been promised for several years now. While we wait, I’m hoping we can at least get those two into another fun rom-com where he can bring his posh, suave energy to meet her adorably spunky, girl-next-door verve.

Emma Stone And Ryan Gosling

What’s not to love about Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, especially when they star opposite each other in a romantic story? They were sweet, sexy, bantery, and slightly goofy together in Crazy, Stupid, Love, then had all of that with more emotional depth in La La Land, and also had the same chemistry in Gangster Squad, but with an added veneer of danger. It’s been a rough few years; the world needs more of their exact thing, OK?

Kate Hudson And Matthew McConaughey

I know, I know! Matthew McConaughey doesn’t make rom-coms anymore, but that’s honestly no reason why he can’t re-team with Kate Hudson, 20 years after they first hit the screen together in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. The engaging push-and-pull of their romance in that film can easily be translated to, say, a movie where each is portraying a lawyer on the opposite side of a big murder case. There! Someone make that movie!

Queen Latifah And Common

Just Wright might not be the first movie you think of when it comes to Queen Latifah or romantic comedies, but it’s hard to deny that watching her play off of Common as they slowly go from not-quite-enemies to lovers was a genuine treat. Now all we need is the right vehicle for them so their individual easygoing charm can show us how well-matched they are on screen.

Jennifer Garner And Mark Ruffalo

There’s a reason that 13 Going On 30 is still so popular almost two decades later. That reason is Jennifer Garner’s joyful, weirdo energy as a teen suddenly transplanted to her adult life, sure, but it’s also how Mark Ruffalo calmly reconnects with the childhood friend he’d long ago lost touch with. They're just sweet together, OK? We saw them in The Adam Project. We need more!

Sandra Bullock And Channing Tatum

The luminous and hilarious pairing of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum was definitely not on my rom-com bingo card, but damn, it was a joy to behold once we got it. In The Lost City, they were perfect as a starchy and grieving romance novelist and her incredibly sweet but somewhat dim cover model who get caught in a life-or-death situation in the jungle, and all I can hope for is that we someday have a sequel to enjoy.

Billy Eichner And Luke Macfarlane

If an opposites attract energy is your thing, there’s no way for you not to enjoy the pairing of Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane. The Bros stars only just met up on screen in 2022, but we’d love to see them reunite in a rom-com that switches Eichner’s intense characterization and Macfarlane’s laid-back vibe around for additional laughs.

Meg Ryan And Hugh Jackman

Kate & Leopold is the rare romance where Meg Ryan’s character is less than sweet for much of the film, but watching her early ‘00s driven career woman begin to soften with the attentions of Hugh Jackman’s fancy man from the 1870s was a delight. Now if we can just get them to play off of one another when both are from the modern day, all will be right in the world.

Anne Hathaway And Chris Pine

We all know that The Princess Diaries 2 is so beloved that fans have wanted to bring the cast back for the now in development third movie for nearly 20 years, and part of that was because of the sweet, (sorta) slow burn love story between Anne Hathaway and Chris Pine’s characters. While everyone would love to see them as a long-married couple in a sequel, we’d also take them as, oh, I don’t know, bickering co-workers who can’t deny their attraction, so let’s stop stalling and get this coupling back on the big screen!

Julia Roberts And Hugh Grant

Look, I know that Hugh Grant is fully in his slimy villain era right now and is hilariously against even attempting rom-coms again. But! I think that makes the potential of this Notting Hill pairing coming back together even more appealing. Let him play a con-man who tricks Julia Roberts into falling in love, only to steal all her money and force her to track him down with a hilarious vengeance. I’d buy a ticket for that, OK?

Jennifer Lopez And George Clooney

Sure, sure. I’m cheating this entry a bit because, technically, Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney didn't star in a traditional rom-com together, but who among us can deny that they were HOT in Out of Sight? No one, that’s who! I say we get these two into a proper romantic comedy, but maybe one that’s not another Lopez wedding movie, just to switch things up.

Sanaa Lathan And Omar Epps 

Yes, this is another, more direct, fudging of this article’s concept, because Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps were a romantic drama pairing in Love & Basketball… but they were SO GOOD TOGETHER. Watching them play out a long-term path to eventual happiness was extremely satisfying, but maybe this time we can use that chemistry of theirs for a couple that has more good times than stressful ones.

Cristin Milioti And Andy Samberg

The chances that Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg will strike time loop movie gold again after Palm Springs is incredibly unlikely, and we wouldn’t want them to try. Instead, why not let these two portray criminals on the run for separate crimes who accidentally cross paths and fall in love while they’re on the lam? They can give us that same adorably wacky enthusiasm that we all loved the first time around that way!

Kristen Stewart And Aubrey Plaza

If you saw Happiest Season, then you saw the undeniable spark between Kristen Stewart and Aubrey Plaza as their characters (Who weren’t even dating!) dealt with a lot of toxicity during Christmastime. They managed to genuinely bond (and look great doing it) over their similar relationship trauma, so I say we go ahead and give these two an even bubblier romantic comedy where they can actually freakin’ end up as a couple! 

Gemma Chan And Harry Shum Jr. 

Obviously, we didn’t get a real romance between the characters played by Gemma Chan and Harry Shum Jr. in Crazy Rich Asians, but the movie sure did set up the promise of fulfilling the epic love story that was a part of Kevin Kwan’s novel trilogy. Fans got a very brief scene of them looking all cute and dreamy with each other and dancing during the mid-credits scene, so hear me now: WE NEED THAT ASTRID AND CHARLIE SPINOFF, ASAP!

Issa Rae And Kumail Nanjiani

It may be hard to cast two people who have perfect romantic chemistry, but it could be even harder to find a duo who can portray the first glorious blush of falling in love, that same couple once they’ve begun to fall apart, and then play them as they start to get closer… because they’re on the run after being accused of murder. Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani are those people, and we’ve been wanting them back on screen since The Lovebirds to do something just as crazy and rom-commy again.

Reese Witherspoon And Josh Lucas

If you’re looking for a bickering duo who are hot together no matter what, that’s Sweet Home Alabama’s Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas, for sure. I’m sure they’d be great doing anything on screen, but also doubt anyone would mind if they paired for a story that would let them fight (and fight through) their attraction until they finally admit their feelings for each other.

Rachel McAdams And Domhnall Gleeson

You know what’s coming, right? After being apart for a decade, it’s About Time that Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson join forces again to bring fans another lovey dovey couple, and we don’t even care what the set up is!

Sarah Hyland And Tyler James Williams

Never has it been more enjoyable to watch a woman who’s not sure about the whole marriage thing date a man who’s very much ready for a long-term commitment than in The Wedding Year, and that was because of the well-matched chemistry/comedic energy of Sarah Hyland and Tyler James Williams. I think these two would be fantastic in an action/adventure rom-com like The Lost City!

Kristen Bell And Dustin Milligan 

Though Kristen Bell and Dustin Milligan starred in The People We Hate at the Wedding, which was more of a straight ahead comedy, they had a definite romantic comedy storyline and played off of each other beautifully. I’m imagining a cinematic rematch for them that involves both of their characters being messy and a bit angry this time, and I think they’ll be a delight to watch once again.

Vivian Oparah And David Jonsson

Even though Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson are a very new rom-com pairing, as their starring vehicle, Rye Lane, debuted in early 2023, there’s no doubting the fizzy joy one gets from watching their characters meet cute and end up slowly becoming attracted to each other over the course of one eventful day. These two can do anything together next, but I don’t think anyone would mind a sequel where we get to see this romance progress!

If nothing else, while we wait to see if these rom-com partners get back together on the big screen, we can all at least go back and enjoy the amazing films they’ve already given us!

Real talk, living with anxiety can often feel incredibly lonely when one is dealing with it day to day. Like many mental health topics, anxiety has long been stigmatized across the world and relatively undiscussed by the public. So when big name actors like Emma Stone, or Ryan Reynolds and Chris Evans open up about dealing with anxiety themselves, it not only can make one feel less alone about the whole thing, it’s also a step in the right direction for us as a society coming to terms with how normal and OK it is to live, struggle with, and overcome anxiety. 

The fact of the matter is that having anxiety is increasingly becoming known as a common experience among people. Anxiety disorders are reportedly the most common illness in the U.S. and reportedly affect 40 million adults every year, per Anxiety & Depression Association of America. Famed actors of the Hollywood community have been more open about not only having anxiety, but the unique tools they have turned to help soothe the uncomfortable feeling of nervousness and worry that can become vastly overwhelming to people. Here are some of their stories. 

Emma Stone Goes To Therapy And Meditates

I’ve always admired La La Land Oscar winner Emma Stone for getting real about her anxiety, which she has spoken about for over a decade. Back in 2017, when she was on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, she shared a drawing she created of herself with a little green monster and big letters that read “I am bigger than my anxiety!” while she was in therapy as a nine-year-old. She said then she was a “very anxious child” who had a lot of panic attacks. The following year, she recalled her first panic attack at a Child Mind Institute event (via Glamour), saying this: 

Panic attacks are sudden episodes of intense fear that can trigger severe physical reactions even though there is no clear and present danger, per Mayo Clinic. Stone has also shared that she was in therapy from the ages of 8 to 10 and often “could not leave” her mother’s side. When speaking about how she continues to live with anxiety, she said this: 

Stone also finds it “healing” to talk about her experiences and has since realized that while anxiety is a “part of” her, it’s not who she is. She has certainly achieved so much in spite of living with anxiety throughout her life. 

Exercise Helps Ryan Reynolds ‘Expel’ His Anxiety Demons

One Hollywood name who seems to be everywhere between his Deadpool films, various acting/producing efforts and business endeavors is Ryan Reynolds. In recent years, the celebrity has been more open about his life-long battle with anxiety. He shared this to Mr. Porter in 2018 about what helps him deal with it: 

While anxiety can certainly debilitate people, Reynolds has found that living with it has kept him on his toes in his career, which can sometimes be a positive force in his life. The actor’s use of exercise to “expel” those anxiety "demons" has been backed by various studies. Per Anxiety & Depression Association of America, regular exercise can reduce symptoms of anxiety for hours upon end, and with a regular schedule of it may “significantly reduce them over time.” He is currently training to return for Deadpool 3 ahead of the upcoming Marvel movie hitting theaters November 8, 2024.  

Amanda Seyfried On Destigmatizing Medication

Mamma Mia and The Dropout actress Amanda Seyfried has also opened up throughout the years about living with anxiety along with having obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for much of her life. Seyfried started seeing a psychiatrist in her late teens whilst she was also launching her career in Hollywood. Some of the tools the actress has cited to help her deal with anxiety (per Hope to Cope) is studying Buddhism, cognitive psychotherapy and sharing a farm with her husband and kids. Back in 2019, she told Allure that antidepressants have been helpful to her: 

Unfortunately, there’s still a social stigma surrounding medications and mental illness. Seyfried’s own experiences on the subject is how it's been a tool that has helped her improve her well being. Of course, the tools one turns to should be decided based on each person’s needs. Anxiety does not have a one size fits all remedy. 

Chris Evans Practices ‘Stilling’ His Mind 

The MCU’s first Captain America actor, Chris Evans, has also opened up about dealing with anxiety over the years. The actor has previously shared that he began experiencing anxiety back in 2007 and began having panic attacks while shooting the 2011 movie Puncture, per The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, when he was initially asked to test for Steve Rogers he originally turned it down due to his mental health struggles. Obviously he came around, and in 2022, he shared that working in Hollywood on stages as big as Marvel has actually helped him overcome his anxiety, along with regularly practicing being present. In his words to MTV News: 

How does one still their mind, you might ask? Doing breathing exercises, meditation and journaling are popular ways people practice stilling their minds like Evans has been able to do over the years. He also offered his outlook on dealing with mental suffering: 

Wise words! It’s all about framing one’s mindset oftentimes, but that certainly takes practice, too.

Lili Reinhart Lets Herself Cry 

Riverdale star Lili Reinhart isn’t afraid to be honest in advocating about mental health issues, including that one time she called out Kim Kardashian for rapid weight loss for the Met Gala being an unhealthy message to the public about body image. The actress has had an over 15-year journey with anxiety and one huge takeaway she shared with On Purpose with Jay Shetty is the importance of letting herself feel her feelings in her body. As she said in the 2022 interview: 

Crying may often be stigmatized, too, but is also proven to be good for one’s health, due to the fact that it releases oxytocin and endorphins, which can help one release stress and emotional pain, per Harvard. Reinhart’s words are a good reminder to not skip cry sessions when you need them; it helps you release emotions you might be holding in!  

Kristen Bell Keeps Things Honest With Her Feelings

Last but not least, we have to talk about Kristen Bell, who has been a huge advocate for being open about having anxiety for years and is even currently a mental health ambassador for the Hers telehealth company, which provides care for anxiety, depression, hair, birth control, and more without the need for insurance. When speaking to the partnership with People earlier this year, Bell said: 

Bell has taken it upon herself to get real about her experiences after dealing with anxiety since her college years, where she began to take medication for it and depression. While one should only talk about anxiety if they are comfortable, she has shared that being real with herself and others has improved things for her. Of course, everyone deals with anxiety at different times. Let’s end with powerful words from Bell on the topic: 

It’s great to hear these massive stars talk about dealing with anxiety, and while we see all the fruits of their successes, it’s not been without each of them finding the right tools over the years to help them live with anxiety day to day.