Those who have already seen the 2025 movie Happy Gilmore 2 will know that the picture has a surprise tribute to the late Cameron Boyce. The short moment has warmed the hearts of fans who knew of the young man’s work with Adam Sandler, prompting tons of thanks for including him in the recent legacyquel. Most notably, this gesture has caught the attention of Libby Boyce, Cameron’s mother, and with her gratitude came a confirmation of what would have been the next collaboration between the Grown Ups stars.
Featuring a write-up on the Happy Gilmore sequel’s easter egg on Ms. Boyce’s Instagram, she shared that the pair had kept in touch before Cameron Boyce’s untimely passing in 2019. It was through those conversations that a long-discussed reteaming was hatched, with Libby Boyce confirming in the following statement:
Adam and Cameron talked quite a bit in the days leading up to his death. Cameron was supposed to be in Hubie Halloween and they were strategizing. They had a bond I think related to being authentic, funny and just keeping it real. Adam always finds a way to keep Cam’s memory alive which warms our heart.
HuffPost reporting from 2020, the role of Hubie Halloween’s teenage bully Mike Mundi was supposed to be played by Boyce. In what felt like a fitting gesture, his former Jessie co-star Karan Brar stepped into the part in his absence. Though as highlighted by Libby Boyce, Cameron’s memory never seems too far behind when talking to those who knew and loved him the most.
Cameron Boyce’s friends recently celebrated his memory, showing the legacy he left behind in his all too brief life almost six years later. In his own way, Adam Sandler has offered his own contribution to that parade of fondness, even through something as simple as including footage from his acting career in his own project.
Another Instagram post from Libby Boyce thanked the SNL vet for that kindness, simply showing gratitude through these words:
Thank you @adamsandler for honoring Cam’s legacy in Happy Gilmore 2
Reading through the reaction of Cameron Boyce’s mother, it’s tempting to try and figure out who the Descendants franchise star could have played in Happy Gilmore 2. While the scenario is a pure “what if…,” one would like to think that Adam Sandler’s connection with his young co-star would have inspired him to try.
That bittersweet air is something to keep in mind when watching the long-awaited follow up to Happy Gilmore, as it’s the energy that’s present throughout the entire film. Which is admittedly a side effect of massive Happy Gilmore 2 rewrites in the wake of Carl Weather’s passing. Those looking to get back in the links will still have plenty of fun to look forward to as they stream this Netflix movie exclusive.
Taylor Swift’s upcoming projects almost always stay a big secret until she wants us to know about them. By dropping Easter eggs, Swifties clown all the time about what could come next. However, ultimately, everything is kept under lock and key. That seems to remain true now, as we wait for her twelfth album, as reports emerged claiming the lengths the pop star allegedly went to keep her new song a secret while filming its music video.
Now that the Eras Tour is over, The Tortured Poets Department has been out for over a year and Taylor Swift fully owns all her music, anticipation for her next new album is running high. It would seem we might be close to said new music, too, because there have been rumors going around that the pop star has been filming a new music video in Los Angeles.
The Sun, it was alleged that those working on this supposed new music video for Swift apparently weren’t even allowed to hear the music. The insider alleged:
Reality Tea that there was “presidential-level secrecy” around it. That meant the crew had no idea what it was about, because they couldn’t hear it. This report also claimed that everyone working on the project had to sign NDAs, too.
That’s pretty intense security to protect a song, but I get it.
Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet; her fans (myself included) want to know about her every move and are deeply invested in her work and life. So, to protect those things, extreme action has to be taken to keep them all under wraps.
This whole rumored situation reminds me of the extent Marvel goes to keep its secrets, like it did with Ironheart. While extreme, not giving out full scripts or making actors move around in cloaks helps protect the project and ultimately helps prevent spoilers. They can’t have folks like, I hate to say this, a young Tom Holland spoiling by accident, and I assume Swift is in a similar boat.
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Like high-profile movies, high-profile musicians have to operate in a way that keeps the content hidden from even those who are helping them make it. You never know who might leak something or if something might get out to the public. So, these people do what they can to prevent that.
Allegedly, this time, that meant Swift not playing the song for her crew, which is pretty wild. However, if this is for a new song and album, at least they’ll all get to be surprised alongside all of us when Taylor Swift’s music video drops.
I am both fascinated and horrified by the idea of being transformed into an animal. This is likely because I have seen numerous films and TV shows, such as the following, that depict human characters undergoing this process, either by choice or against their will.
Quick disclaimer: I wanted to keep this list exclusive to characters who, in most cases, fully metamorphosed into an Earthly non-human being, so there will be no half-human, half-creature hybrids like in The Fly or other body horror flicks of that nature, or mentions of werewolf movies, for instance. Without further ado, let’s get wild!
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Wilby Daniels (The Shaggy Dog)
movies about talking dogs involve a canine who started off as human, such as The Shaggy Dog. Disney’s live-action fantasy from 1959, which later spawned a sequel called The Shaggy D.A. and a remake with Tim Allen, stars Tommy Kirk as Wilby Daniels, a teenager who is cursed with an affliction that periodically transforms him into a sheepdog.
Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog is based on, the prince returns to human form after receiving a kiss from the princess. However, in this reimaging, when New Orleans restaurant server Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) kisses Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos), she becomes a ribbiting amphibian as well.
Harry Potter movies, Professor Minerva McGonagall, frequently uses a spell that transforms her into a cat. She demonstrates this in 2000’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, when the title hero (played by Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) assume they have made it to the Hogwarts instructor’s class before she arrives, only to discover she was the feline sitting atop her desk.
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beloved animated series, Teen Titans, as voiced by Greg Cipes.
Justice League, Super Friends. While the male sibling, Zan, can only turn into water (including in liquid, solid, or gaseous form), his sister, Jayna, can transform into any animal existing on any planet, even including mythological creatures.
David Spade voices a selfish royal named Kuzco, who receives a much-needed crash course in humility in a most bizarre fashion. When he is mistakenly transformed into a llama by his vengeful former advisor, Yzma (Eartha Kitt), who really intended to poison him, he is forced to enlist the help of a peasant named Pacha (John Goodman) to return to normal.
science-fiction TV show from the 1980s, Manimal, Simon MacCorkindale stars as Dr. Jonathan Chase, who possesses the ability to shapeshift into any animal of his choosing. He uses this power to help the police solve crimes.
wild movie fan theory suggests that this is what happened to Eddie Murphy’s character from Shrek.
movie about reincarnation, considering the main character is not resurrected into a new human body, but that of a dog. The 1995 film stars Matthew Modine as a selfish, workaholic family man who, after his untimely death, wakes up as Fluke, a dog named after his own breed, and struggles to reconnect with his family.
Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy) must show an act of love toward her, and does so by serenading her at a club.
Hocus Pocus who has it worse than Thackery Binks (played in human form by Sean Murray and later voiced by Jason Marsden). Right after they drain the youth and life from his sister, Emily (Amanda Shepherd), the Sanderson Sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) curse the 17th-century boy with both the form of a black cat and eternal life.
A24 horror movie, Tusk, Justin Long plays an arrogant podcast host who is transformed into a walrus. Instead of by some strange witchcraft, the metamorphosis is achieved through a surgical procedure and psychological conditioning orchestrated against his will by a crazed former sailor played by Michael Parks.
horror movie classic of the same name, director Paul Schrader’s 1982 thriller Cat People stars Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell as descendants of a people who turn into panthers after engaging in steamy encounters. The only way to revert back to their human form, however, is to commit murder.
not-so-scary witch movie based on Roald Dahl’s novel, The Witches (which is still pretty traumatizing for younger audiences), young Luke Eveshim (Jasen Fisher) is caught spying on a group of malevolent spellcasters who punish him by turning him into a mouse.
underrated Nickelodeon TV show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd is about a young troublemaker (voiced by Seth Green), who is transformed into a dog by a mystical drifter (played by Richard Moll). Before he can return to his human form, Eddie must complete 100 redemptive tasks, with help from the last kid he bullied (played by Brandon Gilberstadt), who is also the only one he can speak to, which is why he ends up adopting him into his family.
The importance of security and at least feeling safe at home is something that we all think about, but when one is famous it might be an even bigger concern. While anyone’s home can be broken into, celebrities are known for spending thousands on private security and top-of-the-line systems to keep their homes safe, but even with that, numerous celebs like Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, and Nicole Kidman have recently seen their property burglarized, and a security expert has given a mind-boggling reason for it.
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There are a number of unfortunate reasons that famous people are targeted for crimes, but one that we see most often is that their celeb status usually means that their homes are filled with expensive goods. In fact, the recent shocking double murder of American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband is thought to be due to the couple coming home and encountering a thief who was already inside.
New York Post spoke with Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills owner Kris Herzog to get an idea of why so many famous people are dealing with their houses being robbed right now, and his answer might shock you. Of the thieves, Herzog said:
horrible 2016 Paris robbery that Kim Kardashian (who recently returned to the city to testify at the trial) had to endure, but others have dealt with intruders being able to violate the privacy of their homes, which is something the Skims founder’s younger sister, Kendall Jenner has experienced more than once.
This June saw Brad Pitt’s home hit, with criminals climbing a fence and then ransacking the domicile. On Valentine’s Day, the house of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban was broken into when an intruder broke a window to gain entry, and late 2024 saw the watches stolen from Keanu Reeves’ home the previous year found…in Chile.
While celebs are often jetting off to amazing locales for fun or work, this also means that they are away from home frequently, and leaving the protection of their valuables up to security systems doesn’t seem to be enough anymore. Apparently, a number of the “signal-jammer gangs” don’t even call the L.A. area home, but are from South America. The outlet notes that they enter the city as tourists but have pre-arranged home theft sprees, and can even steal items “to order.”
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They then leave the country (having the items fenced by others) and local police usually have trouble with being able to identify them (even with fingerprints or DNA evidence), because they are from other countries. All of this has made security a lot more difficult for celebs, and Herzog believes that they are “easy targets” because “they make [bad] security decisions.” This is one reason he uses off-duty police officers to patrol his clients’ homes in uniform and “retired police cars” that still look like the real deal. He added:
Nobody is afraid of a security guard. But if there’s a police car sitting there? The bad guys say that they don’t want to get shot. And if the cop presses one button, there’s going to be 100 other cops from all different directions. Criminals don’t want to trade freedom or their lives for getting money out of a house.
So, it would seem that the best advice is to bank on real people being on hand to protect your property. Let’s hope that, at the very least, as many future crimes as possible can be stopped without tragedy striking and people getting hurt, or worse.
“The Simpsons” is the longest-running primetime scripted series of all time, surpassing shows like “Gunsmoke” and other classics that dominated the airwaves for decades. What’s most impressive, however, is that Matt Groening’s animated sitcom about the titular family and the residents of Springhill achieved this milestone in 2018, so it’s safe to say that all current and future series have some catching up to do. While the “Simpsons” writers know they can’t compete with their own show’s classic era, they also have no desire to say goodbye to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie anytime soon, either — well, not unless tragedy befalls the cast and crew.
As documented by ComicBook.com, Groening was present at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, where he discussed the future of the show and when it could end. The series’ creator spoke candidly on the matter, revealing the dark inevitability that will eventually mark the end of one of television’s most prized dynasties. In his own words:
“I honestly thought 36 was where we were going to end it. No, there’s no end in sight. We’re going to keep going. We’re going to go until somebody dies.”
Now that “The Simpsons” is contractually guaranteed to last until season 40, viewers can look forward to plenty more adventures in Springfield — assuming that no one passes away, anyway. That said, Groening’s aforementioned words sound like those of a creator who is content to make new episodes for as long as there is an audience for him, but what keeps him motivated to work on the series after all these years?
Matt Groening explains the reason for The Simpsons’ longevity
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If you scroll through the many, many lists of the best episodes of “The Simpsons” out there, you will find a diverse bunch of stories that aren’t afraid to go to some wild places. From the “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween specials to the awesome parody episodes, this series isn’t beholden to traditional family sitcom formulas — and that is why it remains fun almost four decades into its run. While speaking at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival earlier this year (via Deadline), Groening revealed that having creative freedom makes returning to Springfield exciting for the cast and crew. However, the key ingredient to the show’s success — and to keeping its makers’ creative juices flowing — is being able to think outside of the box. As he put it:
“We don’t think about being responsible, but our main motivation is to surprise ourselves. If we surprise ourselves, then we think we can surprise the audience. […] As it goes on, we become known for different kinds of jokes. […] We have parodies of cinema and references to books, TV shows, and personal autobiographical anecdotes. The sum total of the show is that contribution of everyone involved.”
THe 800th episode of “The Simpsons” is scheduled to air next year, and it promises to be another historic television event. How long the beloved cartoon goes on for in the grand scheme of things, however, remains a mystery — but it’s great to know that Groening and his colleagues are still having a good time behind the scenes. As long as they are enjoying themselves, it’s highly likely that it will keep spawning more hilarity from Homer and the gang.
“The Simpsons” airs on Fox and streams on Disney+.
