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  • Elle King: Did You Know “Ex’s and Oh’s” Singer is Actor Rob Schneider’s Daughter?

    Elle King burst onto the music scene with her first top 40 hit, “Ex’s and Oh’s,” last fall. Even though it took the song about a year to reach that height, Elle King never gave up promoting it.

    On Monday night, King was noted as a Grammy Award nominee in two categories. She received nominations for Best Rock Performance and one for Best Rock Song for “Ex’s and Oh’s.” Although she didn’t win, Elle King knew it was a big deal to be attending the Grammys as a nominee.

    The aforementioned are things most people know about King.

    Something not everyone knows about Elle King, however, is that she has a famous father. Actor Rob Schneider, known for starring in films like Grown Ups and Deuce Bigalo: Male Gigalo has a very talented daughter–and she just got back from the Grammy Awards.

    Elle King was born Tanner Elle Schneider. When she turned 18 she took her mother’s last name.

    “I took on my mom’s last name because she raised me, and I wanted to be my own person,” she said during a 2015 interview with Billboard magazine.

    In a different interview, Elle King shared that she’s learned a lot from her famous father.

    “He would give anything for his fans. At the end of the day those are the people who keep us doing what we’re doing. He always said, ‘Take time, especially for kids.’ So that’s the biggest thing that I took from my father,” she said.

    While it’s uncertain what kind–if any–relationship Elle King and Rob Schneider share, one thing is for certain. Without these interviews, it’s likely no one would have known she is related to the comic actor.

    Did you know–before now–that Elle King is Rob Schneider’s daughter?

  • Heather Graham Powerhouse Working on Three Films, Video Game

    Heather Graham is chiseling out her place on the Mt. Rushmore of Women of Hollywood lately. The actress turned heads on the red carpet at the Fandango Movieclips Comic-Con party in San Diego this week, wearing a slinky number that garnered comments galore.

    Graham was at the event to back up her appearance in Black Ops 3: Zombie Mode, to which she lends vocal talent. Heather Graham is joined on the video game sound track by the likes of Neal McDonough, Jeff Goldblum and Ron Perlman.

    But no one was talking about Ron Perlman’s figure on the red carpet. So let’s talk about what Heather Graham is doing besides just wearing dresses.

    Graham is currently working on three film projects: Half Magic, My Dead Boyfriend, and Norm Of The North. Before that, she was in Neil LaBute’s play The Money Shot in New York. She’s a busy lady.

    Half Magic is a sex comedy written, produced, and directed by Graham. She also stars in it as Honey, a woman who wants a man who can give her hot sex and is also a nice guy.

    Half Magic also stars Johnny Knoxville, Thomas Lennon, and Molly Shannon.

    For My Dead Boyfriend, Graham stars as “a woman discovers who her couch potato boyfriend really was after she finds him dead at home.” That film has John Corbett (My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding) joining Graham.

    Finally, Heather Graham is also working on Norm of the North, an animated film that features her with the voice talents of Bill Nighy, Rob Schneider, Ken Jeong, and Colm Meaney. Schneider voices Norm in the film. He voices Norm all … night … long.

    “Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.”

  • Tina Fey Remembers Jan Hooks, Bashes Rob Schneider

    While appearing on Elle’s Women in Hollywood Awards Monday night, Tina Fey took the time to pay tribute to Saturday Night Live star Jan Hooks, who passed away on Oct. 9 at age 57.

    Fey said that she thought Hooks was an amazing actress and comedian and didn’t get the recognition she deserved.

    It was Fey’s decision to cast Hooks to play Jane Krakowski’s mother on 30 Rock, and Fey said that she knew from the beginning that she was perfect for the role.

    “We needed to cast Jane Krakowski’s estranged Florida dirtbag mother, and I thought, My God, do you think we could get Jan Hooks?” Fey said to Vanity Fair. “And the answer was like, ‘Yeah, you can get her.’ She was living in Woodstock. And the phone was not ringing.”

    “It made me sad when she passed, and it made me mad at the time how available she was,” Fey added. “Jan should have had a bigger career. Jan deserved a big movie career. Certainly as big as Rob Schneider’s f*cking career. She was a bigger star on SNL.”

    Fey also said that Hooks was a little nervous to start acting again, but she caught on quickly and fit right in with everyone else on set.

    “She was actually a little shy about jumping back into the game,” Fey recalled about Hooks’ return to television. “And she came down and she was so funny. We did a scene where Jenna and her mother are reunited [and they] sing their duet that they used to sing in pageants when Jenna was a child. And it was a mother and a daughter singing to each other, ‘Do that to me one more time . . . ‘”

    “And it was so funny and the crew was so mesmerized,” she added. “It was all at once the most ridiculous and heartbreaking and beautiful [and] weird mother-daughter relationship. And I’m so proud of it.”

    Nevertheless, Hooks was an important part of SNL and a role model for Tina Fey. She will be missed dearly by everyone who knew her as a friend, comedian or actress.

  • Hilary Duff Rocks Bikini in “Chasing the Sun” Video

    Hilary Duff Rocks Bikini in “Chasing the Sun” Video

    Hilary Duff is rocking a black bikini in the video for her comeback single “Chasing the Sun.”

    The song and video officially released on Tuesday, although it leaked online the day before.

    Duff described it as a “light and fun summer song.” Colbie Caillat, Toby Gad, and Jason Reeves co-wrote the tune, which Duff hopes “helps people to feel a little more carefree.”

    The song marks Duff’s return to the music industry after a seven-year break.

    “I took a break from music for quite awhile, but it gave me the power to choose my next steps carefully and I’m really proud of the album I’ve made,” Duff said.

    “I’ve worked very hard and the album is a great representation of the experiences I’ve had in my life and where I want to go from here!”

    The upcoming studio album will be Duff’s fifth. The singer and actor, who rose to fame as star of Disney’s hit series Lizzie McGuire, released her first album (Santa Claus Lane) in 2002.

    She followed that up with Metamorphosis, her best-selling album to date, in 2003. It included two hit singles, “Come Clean” and “So Yesterday” and went triple platinum.

    Duff went on to release a self-titled studio album in 2004, a compilation album (Most Wanted) in 2005, her fourth studio album (Dignity) in 2007, and a greatest hits album (Best of Hilary Duff) in 2008.

    Duff has kept busy acting and being a mother during her break from music.

    Besides starring in a spin-off movie of the Lizzie McGuire series, Duff stared in Agent Cody Banks (2003,) Cheaper by the Dozen (also 2003,) and A Cinderella Story (2004.)

    She guest-starred on series such as George Lopez, Gossip Girl, Joan of Arcadia, and Two and a Half Men.

    Most recently she’s been attached to TV Land’s upcoming single-camera comedy series Younger. Written and executive-produced by Darren Star (Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City) the series will also star Sutton Foster (Bunheads, Shrek the Musical,) Debi Mazar (Collateral, Goodfellas,) and Miriam Shor (Bedazzled, The Cake Eaters.)

    Duff also provided voice for the animated film Wings: Sky Force Heroes opposite Josh Duhamel and Rob Schneider, and starred in the yet-to-be-released Flock of Dudes with Skylar Astin, Bryan Greenberg, and New Girl’s Hannah Simone.

    Duff is also a New York Times best selling author. In 2010 she released Elixir, the first installment of her young adult trilogy, a collaboration with Elise Allen. Devoted released in 2011 and True in 2013.

    Duff and her estranged husband Mike Comrie have a son, Luca, who was born in March 2012.

    Image via Instagram, Hilary Duff

  • You Know Netflix Is Putting Out Exclusive Stand-Up Comedy, Right?

    Back when Netflix released its quarterly earnings report last month, the media made a big deal about Netflix saying it was going to offer original documentaries and stand-up comedy specials. The truth is, they had already started doing so. John Hodgman’s Ragnarok, for example, debuted on Netflix about a month earlier.

    CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells said in a letter to investors, “Beyond series, we will be expanding our Originals initiative to include broadly appealing feature documentaries and stand-up comedy specials. Netflix has become a big destination for fans of these much loved and often under-distributed genres.”

    Though many news outlets showed great enthusiasm that Netflix would be putting out this kind of content, few have acknowledged the fact that Netflix has actually been putting it out. Hardly a peep was made, for example, when Netflix debuted a stand-up special from Rob Schneider.

    More recently still, Netflix debuted another pair of stand-up specials from comedians Doug Stanhope and Mike Birbiglia, titled Beer Hall Putsch and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend respectively. We mentioned their releases here, but again, hardly a word about them in general.

    Netflix isn’t cranking out the marketing for this stuff the way it has been for its original series, so people presumably just aren’t realizing that Netflix is putting out this content. They may see it show up on Netflix, and not even realize it’s exclusive.

    Rest assured, Netflix is putting out more exclusive content than you thought.

    Image: Netflix

  • Netflix Debuts Rob Schneider Stand-Up Special ‘Soy Sauce and the Holocaust’

    Netflix is already making good on its promise to bring more stand-up comedy to its streaming service. Netflix reported its quarterly earnings last week, and in a letter to shareholders, the company noted that more original stand-up specials and documentaries would be on the way.

    The letter from CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Well said, “Beyond series, we will be expanding our Originals initiative to include broadly appealing feature documentaries and stand-up comedy specials. Netflix has become a big destination for fans of these much loved and often under-distributed genres.”

    A lot of news publications reported Netflix getting into this kind of content as new, but the truth is they had already started. In fact, it was only about a month ago when Netflix premiered the John Hodgman stand-up special Ragnarok.

    Netflix has now debuted a new stand-up special from Rob Schneider called Soy Sauce and the Holocaust. Here’s the description:

    “SNL” alum Rob Schneider takes to the stage (as himself) to examine the bizarre nature of fame, the woes of aging and the virtue of sweatpants. Known for his off-the-wall characters, Schneider opens up about his own life, which can be equally zany.

    Schneider announced the special on Twitter last week:

  • Rob Schneider IS The Latest Microsoft Anti-Google Spokesperson

    Microsoft has come out with a new attack-on-Google ad. You’re shocked right?

    This time it’s an Office ad called “Google Docs isn’t worth the gamble,” where Google Docs (which you might know better these days as Google Drive) is somehow equated with a shady casino game in which Rob Schneider is the swindler. Yes, that Rob Schneider:

    Now here’s Microsoft’s ad as hosted on Google’s YouTube:

    Good timing, as Google Drive experienced a brief service disruption today.

    As an added bonus, Pete Rose makes an appearance at the end to say that Google Docs is too big of a gamble for him. Get it?

    It’s always nice to see Pete Rose in ads, but it’s hard to top this one:

    Update: This one exists too:

    Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s Kid.

    So far the YouTube comments on that one consist of:

    “Not realliy funny,” “Maybe why I identify with Google Docs so much,” and “racist”.