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THE BULLETIN • JANUARY 13 - 19, 2022
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“How I Met Your Father”
“Movie: Bergman Island”
“Movie: Georgetown”
The lines between reality and fantasy
begin to blur for filmmaking couple
Chris and Tony (Vicky Krieps, Tim
Roth) when they visit the Baltic Sea
island where Ingmar Bergman drew
inspiration for his scripts in this
haunting 2021 drama from director Mia
Hansen-Love (“Eden,” “Maya”). Mia
Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie and
Hampus Nordenson also star.
Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
directed and stars in this 2019 drama
as Ulrich, a middle-aged German
social climber who seduces and marries
Washington, D.C., socialite widow Elsa
(Vanessa Redgrave) in order to ingratiate
himself with the power players in that
city and launch a career in politics.
Annette Bening, Corey Hawkins and
Caroline Palmer also star.
Checking in with
BRIDGET EVERETT
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and much
of the creative team behind “How
I Met Your Mother” return for this
comedy spinoff that casts Hilary Duff
(“Younger”) as Sophie, the show’s
protagonist and narrator, who tells her
young son the story of how she met
his father while hanging out with her
tight-knit group of friends. Christopher
Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley
and Suraj Sharma are also in the cast.
(ORIGINAL SERIES)
Performing “Don’t Give Up” by Peter Gabriel
and Kate Bush in the premiere episode of HBO’s
“Somebody Somewhere” almost proved to be too
much for series star Bridget Everett.
In the half-hour comedy that premieres Sunday,
Jan. 16, the actress, stand-up comic and singer stars
as Sam, a rudderless 40-something struggling with
the death of one sister, an adversarial relationship
with another (Mary Catherine Garrison, “Veep”)
and just trying to fit in in her Kansas community.
She’s living at home and feeling like she’s just
sleepwalking through life. So when her best friend
Joel (Jeff Hiller, “Nightcap”) calls Sam up on stage
to do a duet with him at their church, Everett found
herself getting emotional.
So the tears viewers see on the screen are genuine.
“First of all, I love Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
...,” explains Everett, who is also an executive
producer of the series, “But every time I would even
think about singing, I would get choked up because
it’s one of those songs that I always listened to and
loved but I’d never sung or put in my own voice.
“And when I sang it on that day,” the native
Kansan continues, “it was very personal to me
“Movie: American Night”
From Italy comes this 2021 actioner
about a mobster, an art forger, a
narcoleptic criminal and other assorted
characters whose paths cross when a
much-coveted Andy Warhol painting
surfaces. Jonathan Rhys Myers, Paz Vega,
Michael Madsen, Emile Hirsch and
Jeremy Piven head the talented cast for
writer/director Alessio Della Valle (“The
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway,” “Inside
the Stones”).
because I feel like I am the character Sam. I just let
a lot of years slide by. And it really is the message
to keep trying and give yourself and opportunity to
succeed. Don’t just drift away. So that song has really
taken on a new level of meaning for me.”
Full name: Bridget Jean Everett
Birth date: April 21, 1972
Birthplace: Manhattan, Kan.
Family: Single; the youngest of six siblings
TV credits include: “2 Broke Girls,”
“Difficult People,” “Girls,” “Inside Amy
Schumer,” “Lady Dynamite,” “No Activity,”
“Another Period,” “Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits
& Monsters,” “Camping,” “Historical Roasts,”
“Twelve Forever,” “Unbelievable,” “At Home
With Amy Sedaris,” “Bob’s Burgers” (voice only)
Movie credits include: “Sex and the
City” (2008), “The Opposite Sex” (2014),
“Trainwreck” (2015), “Patti Cake$” (2017),
“Fun Mom Dinner” (2017), “The Stand In”
(2020), “Breaking News in Yuba County”
(2021)