Netflix has officially ordered a sequel to &#8220;Happy Gilmore,&#8221; one of Adam Sandler&#8217;s top comedies of all time.
The streaming giant told advertisers this week that it was moving forward with &#8220;Happy Gilmore 2&#8221;, starring Sandler.
&#8220;Happy Gilmore is back!&#8221; the company posted on X. &#8220;Adam Sandler will reprise his iconic role in a brand new movie coming to Netflix.&#8221;
The Hollywood Reporter <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/happy-gilmore-2-adam-sandler-netflix-1235900308/">said</a> that Sandler would return to his role from the 1996 film as a hockey player who discovered he could channel his rage into playing and winning golf tournaments.
The report said that the film is part of Netflix&#8217;s $250 million deal with the comedian, in which Sandler has already produced eight titles.
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Christopher McDonald, who played the golfer Shooter McGavin in the original film, <a href="https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/happy-gilmore-2-latest-news-401568">suggested</a> earlier this year that his character might be back in the new movie.
&#8220;I saw Adam about two weeks ago, and he says to me, &#8216;McDonald, you&#8217;re gonna love this,'&#8221; McDonald said during an interview in March. &#8220;I said, &#8216;What? &#8216; He says, &#8216;How about that,&#8217; and he shows me the first draft of &#8216;Happy Gilmore 2.'&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe you should cut that out [of this audio] because I don&#8217;t wanna be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, &#8216;Well, that would be awesome.&#8217; So, it&#8217;s in the works. Fans demand it, dammit!&#8221; he added.

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The existence of a script for “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Happy Gilmore 2</a>” has been confirmed by Drew Barrymore.
The daytime talk show host revealed the news in a preview clip from Friday’s episode of her eponymous show.
“I want it. I need it. And I stayed up last night with my daughter watching ‘Billy Madison,’” Barrymore says in the video. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back, and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about the ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">script</a>.”
Later, she seemed to confirm the movie’s existence after checking her phone. “This just in, I have breaking news,” Barrymore says. “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.”
She continued, “There is a process, and that process is in process.”
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Rumors began circulating when Christopher McDonald, the actor who played villain Shooter McGavin in the original film, first shared that a script for the sequel existed.
“I saw <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-sandler">Adam [Sandler]</a> about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,&#8217;” he told Cleveland radio’s &#8220;Ken Carman Show&#8221; in late March. “I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘How about that,’ and he shows me the first draft of Happy Gilmore 2. Maybe you should cut that out because I don’t wanna be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, ‘Well, that would be awesome.’ So it’s in the works. Fans demand it, damn it!”
Sandler discussed the leak, too, per <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10115498-adam-sandler-shooter-mcgavin-actor-wasnt-supposed-to-leak-happy-gilmore-2-news">Bleacher Report</a>. 
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&#8220;[McDonald] texted me after the fact, &#8216;By the way, that thing you told me not to talk about, I talked about.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s good news.&#8217; All I did was tell him, see I did standup, I did a comedy special and a lot of my buddies came by and Shooter was one of them and I said, &#8216;Dude, we&#8217;ve been talking about a Happy 2 and we&#8217;re working on some stuff.&#8217; That&#8217;s all I told Shooter,” the comedian said during a Wednesday appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show.”  
“I said, &#8216;But don&#8217;t tell anybody. Don&#8217;t tell anybody.&#8217; And then he, you know he kept it mostly private. He told a couple of DJs about it. They usually are great at secrets, don&#8217;t you think?&#8221;
Patrick replied, &#8220;You should&#8217;ve known not to trust him,&#8221; which prompted Sandler to say he was &#8220;excited that Shooter was in the room with me. I love him.&#8221;
“Happy Gilmore” is a popular 1996 American sports comedy starring Sandler playing an unsuccessful ice hockey player who competes in a golf tournament in an attempt to save his grandmother&#8217;s home from foreclosure. The original movie earned $39 million on a $12 million budget. The film has a cult following in the golf community especially.

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<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2024/03/06/highest-paid-actors-2023-adam-sandler-margot-robbie/?sh=53001af063a0">Forbes</a>&#8216; list of the top-earning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actors</a> for 2023 has been released, and it contained some familiar names as well as a few surprises.
Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-sandler">Adam Sandler</a> was the highest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/money">earner</a> last year thanks in part to his partnership with the streaming giant Netflix. The 57-year-old celebrity starred in and produced “Murder Mystery 2,” a comedy about detectives launching their own agency, which also starred Jennifer Aniston (another name on the top earners list).
Sandler also wrote, produced, and did voice work on the coming-of-age musical comedy “Leo” and appeared in the action comedy “The Out-Laws,” also put out by Netflix. He acted alongside his wife and daughters  in the comedy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.”
Thanks to these efforts, Sandler brought in $73 million for the year.
Second on the list of top earners for 2023 was Margot Robbie, star of the summer blockbuster “Barbie.” The actress earned $59 million last year, and at the age of 33, was the youngest celebrity to appear on the list for 2023. 
Tom Cruise came in third place thanks to “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The action thriller underperformed expectations but still brought in a huge payday for the A-lister. Cruise also earned residuals from his massive hit, “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022), bringing his salary in 2023 to an estimated $45 million. 
Two actors tied for the fourth place position. Both Matt Damon, who had a supporting role in the smash hit “Oppenheimer,” and Ryan Gosling, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in “Barbie,” brought home $43 million. Damon’s earnings were boosted by selling “Air,” his first project with Artists Equity Studio, to Amazon for $130 million.
Other names rounding out the top 10 for 2023 include Jennifer Aniston ($42 million), Leonardo DiCaprio ($41 million), Jason Statham ($41 million), Ben Affleck ($38 million) and Denzel Washington ($24 million). 
Forbes noted that the results are estimated based on interviews and data collected from industry sites such as IMDbPro. The outlet also reported that the numbers represent taxed earnings for the whole year and only account for income accrued through entertainment projects.
Tyler Perry was the number one top earner on the list in 2022, while Dwayne Johnson took the top spot for three consecutive years prior, per <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/08/adam-sandler-beats-margot-robbie-to-be-named-hollywoods-top-earner">The Guardian</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-sandler">Adam Sandler</a> admitted that being around one celebrity in particular makes him nervous.
The 57-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">comedian</a> made the revelation during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8vS0Ac3bNs">episode</a> of SiriusXM&#8217;s “Conan O&#8217;Brien Needs a Friend” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">podcast</a>. Sandler told O’Brien that his feelings of discomfort around international superstar Taylor Swift have everything to do with his two daughters, 17-year-old Sadie and 15-year-old Sunny, who he shares with his wife, Jackie.
&#8220;You know what, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>, because what she means to my kids, I get a little f***ing jumpy. Just cause I don&#8217;t wanna blow it for my kids,&#8221; Sandler said during a conversation about celebrities who make them feel a certain way. &#8220;So I&#8217;m a little like, &#8216;Taylor, Taylor,&#8217; like I talk a little too loud or something. I don&#8217;t act as cool as I can.&#8221;
&#8220;You yell her name outside her house. Taylor!&#8221; O&#8217;Brien quipped. 
&#8220;Talk to me,&#8221; Sandler replied.
&#8220;Speak to me. Yeah, I can see that. Yeah. She&#8217;s this whole other level now,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said.
&#8220;People talk about The Beatles of it all and her… I mean, so many smash hits. There&#8217;s not a word my kids don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Sandler continued.
&#8220;Yeah, my daughter, it means so much,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien replied.
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&#8220;I know them too, by the way. But they know them inside and out,&#8221; Sandler said. &#8220;But it&#8217;s, just remember The Beatles, every f***ing song on the record, you knew? That&#8217;s Taylor Swift too. You just, there&#8217;s not a song you skip. You go, that one&#8217;s pretty damn cool.&#8221;
“Very few people have hit that level of fame,” O’Brien said, joking that he’s one of them. 
Sunny performed a cover of Swift’s hit song “Lover” at one of her dad’s stand-up comedy shows in October. 
The comedian was also spotted <a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-hugs-adam-sandlers-daughters-eras-tour-film-8356274">attending</a> the Los Angeles premiere of the smash hit movie, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” along with his two daughters. Swift was photographed stopping briefly to hug Sandler, Sunny, and Sadie on her way out of the theater at the film’s conclusion. 
Sandler previously talked about his love for his daughters.
“My daughters, Sadie and Sunshine,” he <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1395042/adam-sandler-has-plenty-of-nsfw-jokes-while-accepting-peoples-icon-award-at-2024-peoples-choice-awards">said</a> while accepting People’s Icon Award at the People’s Choice Awards earlier this month. “Not a minute goes by without me thinking of and how much I love you. You’re my best friends and my darling wife Jackie, you are my partner for life. I love every car ride and every kiss we’ve ever had.”

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The 2024 People&#8217;s Choice Awards were handed out on Sunday in Los Angeles, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-makes-history-at-grammys-announces-new-album" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-speculates-on-why-people-are-so-fascinated-by-his-relationship-with-taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a>, and &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbie-banned-in-kuwait-and-lebanon-could-be-next-as-govt-official-says-it-promotes-homosexuality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbie&#8221;</a> being named big winners of the night.
Hosted by actor Simu Liu, the fan-voted awards show handed out honors to some of the biggest stars of the year, which included Greta Gerwig&#8217;s &#8220;Barbie&#8221; taking home movie of the year and comedy movie of the year, The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peoples-choice-awards-2024-winners-list-1235818481/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;Barbie&#8221; stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling took home awards for female and male movie star of the year for their part in the hit 2023 film, beating out Hollywood heavyweights such as Tom Cruise, Chris Pratt, and Julia Roberts for their respective films. America Ferrera also won for &#8220;The Movie Performance of the Year&#8221; for her part in &#8220;Barbie.&#8221;
Jennifer Lawrence won &#8220;The Comedy Movie Star of the Year&#8221; award for her role in &#8220;No Hard Feelings,&#8221; with actress Jenna Ortega getting the honor of &#8220;The Drama Movie Star of the Year&#8221; for &#8220;Scream VI.&#8221;
The prequel &#8220;Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes&#8221; won the &#8220;Action Movie of the Year&#8221; award, with actress Rachel Zegler being honored as &#8220;The Action Movie Star of the Year.&#8221;
&#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; scored the award for &#8220;The Drama of the Year,&#8221; beating out nominees like &#8220;Killers of the Flower Moon,&#8221; &#8220;Leave the World Behind,&#8221; and &#8220;The Color Purple.&#8221;
Lenny Kravitz was honored with the Music Icon Award, and actor/comedian <a href="https://people.com/peoples-choice-awards-2024-jennifer-aniston-presents-adam-sandler-with-peoples-icon-award-8583849" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Sandler</a> was celebrated with the People&#8217;s Icon Award, which was presented to him by his pal Jennifer Aniston.
On the TV side, &#8220;Only Murders in the Building,&#8221; &#8220;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy,&#8221; and &#8220;The Last of Us&#8221; took home honors in their categories, with &#8220;Loki&#8221; taking home an award for &#8220;Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of the Year.&#8221;
Pedra Pescal and Selena Gomez scored male and female TV Star of the Year with the &#8220;Comedy TV Star of the Year&#8221; given to Jeremy Allen White for &#8220;The Bear.&#8221; Jennifer Aniston took home &#8220;The Drama TV Star of the Year&#8221; for &#8220;The Morning Show&#8221; and singer Billie Eilish for &#8220;The TV Performance of the Year.&#8221;
&#8220;The Kardashians&#8221; were honored with being the winners of &#8220;The Reality Show of the Year&#8221; award, and &#8220;The Voice&#8221; won &#8220;The Competition Show of the Year,&#8221; with &#8220;The Summer I Turned Pretty&#8221; taking home honor for &#8220;The Bingeworthy Show of the Year.&#8221;
Khloe Kardashian was the Reality TV Star winner, with Ariana Madix honored as &#8220;The Competition Contestant of the Year&#8221; for &#8220;Dancing with the Stars.&#8221;
&#8220;The Kelly Clarkson Show&#8221; won the &#8220;Daytime Talk Show of the Year&#8221; award, with &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; being named the winner of &#8220;The Nighttime Talk Show of the Year,&#8221; and Jimmy Kimmel winning &#8220;The Host of the Year&#8221; for &#8220;That&#8217;s My Jam.&#8221;
Taking a look at the music winners, Taylor Swift won several awards, one for &#8220;Female Artist of the Year,&#8221; another for &#8220;Pop Artist of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;The Concert Tour of the Year,&#8221; followed by winning &#8220;The Social Celebrity of the Year&#8221; award.
&#8220;Hip-Hop Artist of the Year&#8221; was given to Nicki Minaj, while Beyonce won &#8220;The R&amp;B Artist of the Year&#8221; and Ice Spice was named &#8220;The New Artist of the Year.&#8221; The &#8220;Collaboration Song of the Year&#8221; award went to &#8220;Barbie World&#8221; by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua. 
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Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll took home the honors for female and male country artists of the year, and male and female Latin artist of the year winners were Bad Bunny and Shakira. 
&#8220;Male Artist of the Year&#8221; went to K-Pop star Jung Kook, with &#8220;Group/Duo of the Year&#8221; given to &#8220;Stray Kids.&#8221; Olivia Rodrigo won two awards, one for the &#8220;Song of the Year&#8221; award for &#8220;Vampir and   another for &#8220;The Album of the Year&#8221; for &#8220;Guts.&#8221;
Chris Rock won &#8220;The Comedy Act of the Year,&#8221; and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce won &#8220;The Athlete of the Year.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comedians-adam-sandler-rob-schneider-and-more-defend-chris-rocks-will-smith-jokes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Sandler</a> said the advice he&#8217;s given to his two daughters if they plan to follow in his footsteps and have a career in Hollywood is to &#8220;judge yourself&#8221; alone.
During the premiere of his new animated Netflix film, &#8220;Leo,&#8221; on Sunday, the 57-year-old actor posed for photos surrounded by daughters, 17-year-old Sadie and 15-year-old Sunny, and wife Jackie, all of whom worked on the movie.
&#8220;I tell them to make sure you feel good about what you do and how hard you worked, and you judge yourself,&#8221; Sandler told <a href="https://people.com/adam-sandler-advice-two-daughters-sadie-sunny-8404622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> about the career advice. &#8220;Don&#8217;t let too many people try to get in your head. If you feel like you gave it your all, that&#8217;s all you can ask.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; star talked about getting to work with his family again. They appeared in his last film earlier this year called, &#8220;You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.&#8221;
&#8220;[It’s] always fun to be with my family,&#8221; Sandler said. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of what they are thinking about getting into and their passion, and so it&#8217;s good to learn with them.&#8221;
Sandler seemed to hint that his family could appear with him again in another upcoming project.
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&#8220;You never know, but we had a great time at that bat mitzvah movie,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And this one, we started doing this four years ago, and they grew up a little bit while doing this movie, so it&#8217;s been really nice.&#8221;
Sandler&#8217;s daughters have spent years working on projects with him, with more than 20 professional acting credits. Most are from appearing in their father&#8217;s movies such as &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Mess with the Zohan,&#8221; &#8220;Bedtime Stories,&#8221; and &#8220;Grown Ups.&#8221;
Adam and Jackie first met on the set of his 1999 comedy &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; and worked together on several other projects, including &#8220;Little Nicky&#8221; (2000) and &#8220;Eight Crazy Nights&#8221; (2002). They tied the knot in 2003.

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Actress Julianna Margulies is getting a crash course in Hollywood’s complicated Jewish ties.
Not only does the “Morning Show” star lament the lack of industry outrage over Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel, she also bemoans <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/juliana-margulies-regrets-wearing-cross-morning-show-hollywood-antisemitism-1235760710/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">how few shows and films embrace Jewish faith</a>.
“On TV, characters are not ever wearing the Star of David,” the former “ER” star said at Variety’s Hollywood and Antisemitism summit earlier this month. “It’s so easy to put on a cross. Why isn’t it just as easy to put on a Star of David?”
Comic actor Adam Sandler is a notable, relentless exception.
The “Saturday Night Live” alum has spent decades highlighting his Jewish roots in both big-screen comedies and in tunes. Unapologetically so.
And it all started with a song on the show that made him a star.
Each Christmas season, radio stations break out Sandler’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUCNAnp2QAI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chanukah Song,</a>” one of the few Jewish ditties to go mainstream over the past 30-odd years. Sandler introduced the number via “Saturday Night Live” in 1994, and it quickly became a sensation.
<blockquote>&#8220;Paul Newman’s half Jewish, Goldie Hawn’s half too
Put them together, what a fine lookin’ Jew.&#8221;</blockquote>
Silly, self-aware, and sweet, the song became a Sandler trademark, one he updated a few times to add more current Jewish celebrities.
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The song proved more than just a seasonal ditty.
Village Voice critic J. Hoberman praised Sandler and the song for <a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/antichrist-superstar/">changing perspectives about American Jews.</a>
Sandler’s open cultural narcissism — identifying a “list of people who are Jewish just like you and me” on national TV without fear that this might be a problem — dispensed with the underlying subject of American Jewish comedy. Say it loud. No more anxious self-deprecation. Just the slightest bit of irony!
The comic actor followed the song up with “Eight Crazy Nights,” 2002’s animated ode to Chanukah that failed to replicate the song’s pop culture sting. The film may have borrowed a lyric from the song for its title, but both critics and audiences soured on its collection of crude gags and uninspired storytelling.
It might be better than nothing as far as mainstream animated films dedicated to Chanukah, but it’s pretty close to zilch.
Unbowed, Sandler continued to embrace Judaism in his films and TV projects. Many of his film characters are Jewish, and given they hail from his Happy Madison production company that’s no accident.
Even wacky Sandler romps like “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” found the star addressing his spiritual connections. The title character of the 2008 comedy, a hairstylist and Israeli counter-terrorist agent, moves to America hoping to leave the simmering tensions back home behind.
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Sander’s sexually-charged hero ends up mending fences with his Palestinian frenemy, (John Turturro) a hopeful message amidst the usual Sandler shtick.
His Jewish pride carried over to dramas made beyond his Happy Madison universes.
Slate Magazine called his celebrated turn in 2019’s “Uncut Gems” the “most Jewish movie in years. Co-director Josh Safdie told the site it was no accident.
<blockquote>I think the humor of the film is explicitly Jewish. I think that the concept of being a Knicks fan is explicitly Jewish. This concept of learning through suffering is very Old Testament. Obviously, we are Jewish, so that perspective is easy for us. But in addition to that, the early inspirations were these titanic 20th-century Jews, these overachievers, these overcompensators, these guys with interesting perspectives based on that, trying to work their way into society: the Rodney Dangerfields, the Lenny Bruces, the Don Rickles, the Al Goldsteins.</blockquote>
Vulture.com dubbed Sandler’s 2017 drama “The Meyerowitz Stories” “the <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-meyerowitz-stories-is-the-perfect-hanukkah-movie.html">Perfect Hanukkah Movie, Just Without the Hanukkah.”</a>
<blockquote>While each character has been individually shaded with fine strokes, the big, fractious Meyerowitz clan falls into a lot of the classic portrayals of Jewish families. They’re preoccupied with education and academic accomplishment, expert-level kvetchers, and noisily dysfunctional. Moreover, they hail from the Upper West Side of Manhattan; flanked by Barnard and Columbia to the north and Lincoln Center to the south, it’s an epicenter of culture and identity for the Tribe.</blockquote>
Sandler’s most recent film, another Netflix original, revolves around Jewish tradition.
“You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” finds Sandler working alongside his real-life daughters Sunny and Sadie Sandler and his wife, Jackie. Yes, the story is spun from the 2005 novel of the same name, but Sandler used his movie star clout to bring it to Netflix, cultural touchstones firmly in place.
The focus is on PG-rated laughter, but elements of Jewish tradition get a sizable closeup.
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Sandler doesn’t involve himself in Hollywood politics, nor does he pick sides in election years. He lets his comedy speak for him. He still took issue with Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters, renowned for his savage opinions against the state of Israel, <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/rob_eshman/180474/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during a 2015 interview on “The Howard Stern Show.”</a>
<blockquote>I’m proud of being a Jew and that’s what I am,” Sandler said. “I get that from my father and mother … I’m very pro-Israel and when someone says s*** about Israel, and I know people say shit about Israel and they f***ing won’t play there… and when you go off on Roger Waters I love that you do that. I’m disgusted that they single out Israel that [they say], ‘We can’t play Israel.’ All these f***ing nice Israeli people are getting a ‘f*** you’ from Roger Waters.</blockquote>
Sandler’s open embrace of his faith began with a <a href="https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/all/is-adam-sandler-jewish-the-netflix-star-with-proud-hebrew-heritage-1tuZoqqbMxCzNFIWimONr2#:~:text=In%20the%20last%20decades%2C%20Sandler%27s,the%20Safdie%20Brothers%27%20Uncut%20Gems." target="_blank" rel="noopener">simple confession</a> made prior to playing “The Chanukah Song” for the first time on “SNL.”
<blockquote>When I was a kid, this time of year always made me feel a little left out, because there were so many Christmas songs and all us Jewish kids was the song ‘Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.’ So I wrote a new song for Jewish kids to sing.</blockquote>
Since then, he’s leveraged his movie star clout for unapologetically Jewish characters so future generations will feel a little less left out.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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&#8220;Friends&#8221; actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-aniston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Aniston</a> is blaming Vogue Magazine for taking away her ability to mock &#8220;Murder Mystery 2&#8221; costar and friend Adam Sandler.
Aniston explained during a Monday appearance on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; with Jimmy Fallon that she used to chide Sandler — whom she&#8217;s known since she was just 20 years old — about his questionable fashion choices, but ever since Vogue named the &#8220;Happy Gilmore&#8221; star a &#8220;fashion icon,&#8221; her criticisms just don&#8217;t carry the weight that they used to.
The actress went on to describe a dinner in Italy with Sandler and his wife Jackie, noting that Jackie had been dressed up for the occasion and Sandler had been emphatically casual.
&#8220;Jackie looked beautiful in an eyelet dress. Her hair was done, and he shows up in basketball shorts,&#8221; Aniston explained. &#8220;Satin basketball shorts with white piping and Nike high tops. And turquoise velour Izod that had no relationship.&#8221;
&#8220;Now he&#8217;s like, &#8216;Vogue said I was amazing like this,’” Aniston continued. &#8220;So thanks, Vogue.&#8221;
According to the &#8220;We&#8217;re the Millers&#8221; star, the comedian often <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/jennifer-aniston-says-adam-sandler-slam-her-dates-what/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">got his jabs in</a> as well — usually with regard to whoever she happened to be dating at the time.
&#8220;Well, if I get anything from him, it&#8217;s &#8216;What are you doing?’” she intoned. &#8220;Usually based on someone I&#8217;m dating. &#8216;What are you doing? What&#8217;s wrong with you?’”
Despite the good-natured ribbing, Aniston and Sandler have <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/adam-sandler-jennifer-aniston-murder-mystery-b2305671.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been friendly</a> since they first met at Los Angeles eatery Jerry&#8217;s Famous Deli — when she was 20 and he was 22 — and when they work together on films like the upcoming &#8220;Murder Mystery 2,&#8221; she often has to force him to take care of himself.
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&#8220;He&#8217;s so concerned with taking care of everybody else, which he really does but he doesn&#8217;t take care of himself,&#8221; the actress said. &#8220;I have a little arsenal of herbs in my trailer and I make him smoothies when I can and give him all sorts of Chinese herbs when he is exhausted. I&#8217;m like the mobile pharmacy. Yeah, I&#8217;m the set medic.&#8221;
&#8220;Murder Mystery 2&#8221; is set for a <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255288/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 31 streaming release</a> on Netflix.
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Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and other comedians defended the jokes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock</a> made about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Smith</a> and Jada Pinkett Smith in his latest Netflix comedy special.
Sandler, 56, came to Rock&#8217;s defense during interviews on the red carpet Sunday before receiving the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://people.com/movies/adam-sandler-reacts-to-chris-rocks-will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-jokes-he-was-real-to-himself/?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=8634243-20230321&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&amp;utm_content=032123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> magazine reported. He said at no time in his life did he ever feel that Rock went too far with his jokes, including in his latest &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-edits-out-botched-chris-rock-joke-about-will-smith-during-selective-outrage-special" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selective Outrage</a>&#8221; show.
&#8220;I thought he was unbelievably relaxed, funny, thoughtful,&#8221; Sandler said. &#8220;Crushed it and was real to himself.&#8221;
&#8220;And it was as exciting to watch as when the Super Bowl is on,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I thought about it all weekend. &#8216;All right, Rock is doing his thing tonight!&#8217; Saturday, watched it in my kitchen, laughed my ass off, immediately watched it right after. It was one of the best experiences. I thought it was amazing.&#8221;
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Former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star Schneider said that Rock &#8220;really does set the bar&#8221; and was just as good as ever.
&#8220;He&#8217;s able to take really complex societal ideas and make them hilarious and bring us on board to some place of sanity, some place of reason,&#8221; said Schneider. &#8220;He&#8217;s so hilariously reasonable. He subverts us to his point of view, and that&#8217;s his genius. And modern comedy changed after Chris Rock, truthfully, 25 years ago.&#8221;
Actor and comedian Dana Carvey went even further in his defense of Rock&#8217;s material.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a million opinions so there&#8217;s kind of no such thing as too far because it&#8217;s called, &#8216;I don&#8217;t like it, me turn off, you know?'&#8221; Carvey said.
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&#8220;If it was government order that you had to watch it then you would be allowed to be offended,&#8221; Carvey added on the red carpet. &#8220;That was just pure unadulterated Chris Rock brilliance, the entire thing. He was on point and that&#8217;s really difficult, what we did, and whether there was real emotion and comedy mixed at the end, that&#8217;s for anyone else to observe but it was quite an achievement.&#8221;
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