Mary Rodgers (daughter of famed Broadway composer Richard Rodgers) hit paydirt with the 1972 publication of her book Freaky Friday, certainly a harbinger of things to come in Hollywood’s obsession with body-switch movies. Although they have been around…

20th Century Studios has released the first trailer for Ella McCay, written and directed by Oscar and Emmy winner James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, The Simpsons). The film opens exclusively in theaters December 12, 2025. Emma Mackey stars as the titular…

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis opened up about her considerations of retirement and Hollywood’s aging problem in relation to her parents, icons of the industry Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. In an extensive interview with The Guardian tied to the upcoming Aug. 8 release of Disney’s Freakier Friday…

After Deadline reported a Murder, She Wrote reboot in the works at Universal, Jamie Lee Curtis has officially confirmed she’s on the case. The Oscar winner revealed she “a minute away” from taking over the late Angela Lansbury’s beloved middle-aged mystery writer and amateur sleuth role, Jessica…

Jamie Lee Curtis lobbied for Freakier Friday to be shot in Los Angeles and during the world premiere of the movie explained why. Talking to Deadline on the red carpet of the Freaky Friday sequel premiere, Curtis opened up about why this film is so important right now amid all the political…

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis celebrated the premiere of Freakier Friday at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The red carpet event included a Parent Trap reunion as Lohan’s co-stars Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter joined her for the premiere. Other celebrities at the premiere included Chad Michael…

Susan Powter rocketed to fame in the 1990s, propounding the idea that it was possible to lose weight, feel better, and regain vitality by eating clean and exercising – a message that resonated with millions of American women. She summed it all up with a decibel-peaking catchphrase emitted almost like…

UPDATED, June 6: The body swap shenanigans will continue at a whole new level in Freakier Friday, previewed in the film’s newest trailer. Lindsey Lohan’s Anna Coleman has many wedding preparations to undergo, and her mom Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) is there to help. Unfortunately, Anna’s daughter…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winners Questlove and Jamie Lee Curtis and Emmy winner Billy Porter are joining forces to executive produce I Was Born This Way about Archbishop Carl Bean, the man who performed the titular groundbreaking gay disco anthem in the 1970s. Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Junge and…

After Arnold Schwarzenegger’s self-described “speech” about Christmas movie The Man with the Bag ran on a bit at the Amazon upfront Monday, Jamie Lee Curtis came to the rescue. Schwarzenegger plugged the movie (repeatedly misidentifying it as The Man in the Bag) in his customary machine-like…

Jamie Lee Curtis has succeeded in having Meta remove an AI-generated ad featuring her likeness. The Oscar winner took to Instagram on Monday to publicly “shame” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into taking down a “totally AI fake commercial” on his social media platform. “It’s come to this @zuck,&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Blumhouse Television has acquired rights to Marisha Pessl's No. 1 national bestseller Darkly to turn into a TV series, which will be executive produced by Jamie Lee Curtis through her company Comet Pictures’ first-look deal with the independent…