Julie Bowen Would Come Out of Dating Retirement for This Singer
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Julie Bowen doesn’t plan on dating anyone in the near future — unless, of course, it’s Harry Styles.
The Modern Family star reunited with guest host Adam Devine on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday (Jan. 14), where Bowen shared that she’s “very single,” and noted that her dog is her “retirement gift to me.”
“I was like, ‘I’m done,’” she said of the dating scene.
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Devine wasn’t going to let her off that easy. He mentioned that Bowen went to Styles’ concert in November, before teasing, “Word on the street is you got a little bit of a crush, girl.”
“You’re asking me if I would come out of retirement for Harry Styles?” Bowen asked. “Oh hell yeah!”
The screen behind the duo then shared a number of photos of the “Watermelon Sugar” singer, to which Bowen gushed, “Look at him! He’s got that same energy that tWitch [Ellen‘s co-executive producer] does, where they’re so gorgeous and sexy, but there’s so much joy that you don’t feel dirty about what’s happening in your pants.”
Watch the hilarious clip below.
Adam Devine’s HBO ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ God Squad of musclemen for Christ is actually a real thing
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Danny McBride’s HBO series The Righteous Gemstones is back with Season 2 (streaming Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET on Crave in Canada), which introduces a brilliantly funny storyline - Adam Devine’s character Kelvin and his God Squad of musclemen for Christ.
Trying to advance his youth pastor role, the youngest Gemstone son has acquire a sort of group of apostles that he trains and homes on the Gemstone property, managing the men with his best friend and pseudo-assistant Keefe (Tony Cavalero).
“Stick to the salad, we swim laps after lunch,” Kelvin tells his crew of men in the first episode before a post-church lunch. “We nourish our bodies for Him.”
“We lift, we pray and we are mindful of our diets,” Kelvin goes on to say later in the season.
But these groups of buff, athletic Christian men actually exist.
McBride revealed that he based this part of the story on a travelling group of “religious musclemen” that came to his church when he was a kid.
“They literally would go up there and they’d rip phonebooks, and they would show you what you can do with the power of Christ, and even as a kid, I thought it was so funny and like, kind of awesome too,” McBride explained. “I never forgot it, so it worked, it had an influence on me.”
“So when we were coming up with what Kelvin is into now this season, he has these sort of delusions that he is some kind of Christ figure, so it made sense that he would have assembled like a band of apostles, and that it would all be based on physical strength. It just wrote itself from there, you just put some muscles in and then everything takes care of itself.”
Tony Cavalero as Keefe with the God Squad in Season 2 of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” (Ryan Green/HBO)
For Adam Devine, he was “crying laughing” when he first saw the God Squad in the script.
“You just know exactly what it’s gonna be, as soon as you hear that I have a Kelvin Gemstone God Squad,” Devine said. “It was very fun shooting with all those guys, everybody was great.”
“The amount of oil that we used was, I mean we must have had to ship extra oil in from elsewhere, because I don’t think we had that much oil in Charleston, South Carolina, because we sure did use a lot of it.”
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Tony Cavalero said that getting to dive into something that sounds so “absurd,” but is actually based on something very real, was a highlight for the actor.
“I think when I first read it, I was like, ‘Ooh, Keefe is going to be really jealous of this group of bigger, buffer, sexier men than himself,’” Tony Cavalero said. “Obviously it’s hilarious.”
“To get to see the behind the scenes backstabbing and inner workings of it, and all the weird rules they have, and power struggles, it’s just, Oh my god it’s so fun this season with that group of guys,” Cavalero said.
Adam Devine and Tony Cavalero in Season 2 of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones.”
Kelvin and Keefe’s relationship transcends any labels
While we definitely get to see how Kelvin and Keefe’s relationship grows and develops, it’s still not entirely clear what that dynamic really is, and truly, that just makes this part of the story even funnier and unique.
“For me, the dynamic of Keefe and Kelvin is so fun and romantic, but brotherly,….we don’t know what it is, communally,” Cavalero said.
“The weird sort of sexual tension that is between these guys,…[Kelvin] is too deep in [the church] to ever act on those feelings, but he still, obviously, has some kind of feelings, or else there wouldn’t be that weird tension that we’ve established,” Devine added. “Plus, Tony’s a beefcake, it’s not hard for me.”
This God Squad is just one amplified example of what makes the concept of a megachurch family just the perfect setting for a TV show, which, as McBride describes, is just “inherently interesting.”
“It’s kind of wild to see this spectacle and this sort of showmanship and celebrity, paired with something as ancient and old as religion,” McBride said. “Sometimes I can’t get my head around it and I guess that’s what attracted me to it, was this idea of pastors seeing themselves as a celebrity.”
“A lot of the characters that I’ve worked on before, they always have this inflated sense of themselves. A megachurch pastor who sees themselves as a rockstar is sort of like the epitome of that sort of flawed ego.”
Edi Patterson and Tim Baltz as Judy Gemstone and BJ in Season 2 of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” (Ryan Green/HBO)
Character to watch in Season 2 in story that has ’no borders’
One character to watch as Season 2 unfolds is BJ, played by Tim Baltz, now husband of Judy Gemstone (Edi Patterson) after they got married at Disney World.
As the season progresses, BJ becomes more engrained in the family and, surprisingly, even calls them out of their dysfunction, after basically being a punching bag for Judy throughout Season 1.
“In Season 2, that confidence is going to kind of hit the brick wall that is the rest of Judy’s family,” Baltz explained. “So you’re rooting for him while knowing that collision courses have been set in motion.”
“It was really fun to know that I’m puffing my chest out a little bit and some of the results are going to be the same, but I have an opportunity to win over the family… He’s still doubting himself a little bit, not as much as Season 1, and he takes a few risks, and some of them payoff and some of them don’t.”
Season 2 of The Righteous Gemstones certainly gets even better, and even more absurd (in the best way) as the season progresses.
Edi Patterson, who not only plays Judy Gemstone but writes on the show as well, says there are times when there are “literally no borders” in terms of where the story can go, which we see more of as the story progresses through Season 2.
“If [Danny McBride] tells me there’s no borders on this, I really will take it to where no fences are up,” Patterson explained. “I think that’s part of why we end up with such wild things is we sort of try to forget that there are rules, and we try to forget that humans have to follow any rules in life.”
“If you go without borders like that, and then you remember that the people in these roles are going to be playing it really real, then it makes this interesting alchemy of people earnestly and for real doing crazy things, but they just mean it and that’s just their life.”
Joe Jonas’ ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Cameo Featured a ‘Camp Rock 2’ Reunion
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Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers performs onstage during iHeartRadio Z100 Jingle Ball 2021 on Dec. 10, 2021 in New York City.
Still rocking after all these years! It turns out Joe Jonas reunited with Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam co-star Chloe Bridges while filming his recent guest appearance on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones.
Bridges, whose husband Adam DeVine plays youth pastor Kelvin Gemstone on the hit comedy series, showed off their sweet reunion in a Monday (Jan. 10) Instagram post.
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“I live in South Carolina with Adam for half the year while he’s shooting the show, so I was very pumped when the @roughhousepictures crew asked me if I wanted to go to set for a few days,” Bridges captioned the snap of herself and Jonas grinning ear-to-ear on set together. “Plus, one of my scenes involved Joe singing while I’m just kinda in the background somewhere, a skillset I had already honed during Camp Rock 2, so I guess the part was perfect for me…Congrats to the whole crew on season two !!” (For his part, Jonas double-tapped the post and commented, “#WEROCK” in the comments section.)
While the “What a Man Gotta Do” heartthrob headlined two summers at Camp Rock as shaggy-haired Connect 3 frontman Shane Gray alongside Demi Lovato‘s Mitchie Torres and brothers Kevin and Nick Jonas, Bridges was introduced in the Disney Channel original movie’s 2010 sequel as Dana Turner, the daughter of rival Camp Star’s founder and a love interest for Nick Jonas‘ Nate Gray. She was also serenaded by the youngest JoBro with an acoustic guitar on the adorable “Introducing Me.”
Camp Rock 2‘s soundtrack debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 back when it was released in August 2010.
In episode two of The Righteous Gemstones‘ long-awaited second season, Jonas is portrayed as (SPOILER ALERT!) a celebrity investor for Zion’s Landing, a Christian resort destination being built by Eric André’s Lyle Lissons, while Bridges gets a line as an eager believer whose husband isn’t quite able to come up with the required $10 million to invest in the park.
The Righteous Gemstones is streaming now on HBO Max. Check out Jonas and Bridges’ unexpected Camp Rock 2 reunion below.
Dakota Johnson Listed For January 19 “Late Late Show With James Corden” Episode
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After a brief hiatus, “The Late Late Show With James Corden” will return to original broadcasts beginning January 18. One upcoming installment will feature Dakota Johnson.
According to CBS, Johnson will be a guest on the Wednesday, January 19 edition of “The Late Late Show.” The appearance, interestingly, comes a year after Johnson last appeared on the show — she was the interview guest on the Wednesday, January 20, 2021 broadcast.
This Wednesday’s episode will also feature appearances by Josh Gad and Jackie Kashian.
Other upcoming “Corden” guests include Adam Devine (January 18), Neve Campbell (January 18), musical guest Japanese Breakfast (January 18), Ed Helms (January 20), Rachel Brosnahan (January 20), and musical guest Samm Henshaw (January 20). All listings are subject to change.
The Best New TV Shows to Stream Right Now — Great Book Adaptations, Comedies, and a Superhero Stunner
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From exciting book adaptations to the return of a favorite comedy, these are the best new TV shows to stream right now.
Station Eleven (HBO Max)
Dark and eerily timely, this new HBO Max television adaption is based on the 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel. Created by Patrick Somerville (The Leftovers, Maniac) the mini-series follows Kirsten (Mackenzie Davis) who was just a kid when the world was struck by a lethal flu in the year 2020. Jumping from past to present, the main story is set 20 years into a post-apocalyptic future. Kirsten is part of a group of survivors who spend their days as traveling performers. Over 10 episodes, small pieces begin to click together. Sometimes violent, sometimes beautiful, the story takes unexpected twists and turns that make you keep watching.
Netflix’s “Anxious People” is a new Swedish show based on the book of the same name.
Anxious People (Netflix)
Based on the book by Fredrik Backman, this new Swedish limited series follows eight people held hostage during a bank robbery. When the robber vanishes, the police are left wondering how they escaped and who was the perpetrator. A father-and-son cop team is on the case when it happens, but the father’s interest in locating the criminal wanes, leaving his son to wonder what is going on with this group of strangers. Comedic and heartfelt, the show’s ending will surprise you.
Don’t miss Disney +’s newest Marvel show, Hawkeye.
Hawkeye (Disney +)
This new Marvel miniseries focuses on Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye, played by Jeremy Renner) and the situation he finds himself in after Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) finds Ronin’s (a former persona of Barton’s) old suit and puts it on to fight some bad guys. The bad guys now think that Ronin is back, and Kate is left in a dangerous spot. Clint must then confront his past, protect Kate, and get back home to his family in time for Christmas. Black Widow‘s Florence Pugh also makes an appearance as she returned from The Blip to find out that her sister, Natasha (Black Widow) had died and Clint was there when it happened. A fun spinoff, Renner and Steinfeld have comedic banter that keeps the action-series light and entertaining.
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“The Righteous Gemstone” returns for a second season on HBO Max.
The Righteous Gemstones: Season 2 (HBO)
The Gemstones are back for more hilarious ridiculousness. The comedy series follows the world-famous owners of a South Carolina megachurch, including patriarch Eli (John Goodman) and his three children Jesse (Danny McBride), Kelvin (Adam Devine), and Judy (Edi Patterson). Last season, Jesse found himself blackmailed and stealing the church’s money to pay back the criminals without his father finding out. This season, another scandal kicks things off as a fellow preacher gets “canceled,” Jesse and his wife get connected with a Texas evangelical couple, and a journalist (Jason Schwartzman) starts digging in to the Gemstone family. More chaos arises when an old friend from Eli’s past shows up.
New episodes come out every Sunday night.