Jonah Hill is ready to be funny again.
So said the funnyman Saturday night while appearing on stage at Hollywood’s Palladium as the surprise guest of SiriusXM’s Smartless LIVE hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. Hill, who broke out 20 years ago with roles in Knocked Up, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to become an in-demand comedy star who got nominated for two Academy Awards for Moneyball and Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, has kept a low-profile in recent years.
But on the heels of releasing his new Apple TV original film Outcome — a Hollywood satire that he wrote, directed and stars in alongside Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer — Hill sat for one of his longest interviews in recent memory and explained his retreat from the spotlight and desire to come roaring back.
“I’ve been gone for a while, so I’m kind of coming back and I’m like excited because I got all, like, serious for a while and I wasn’t as happy,” Hill explained to the Smartless trio of quiet few years of not appearing in any major films after Kenya Barris’ You People and Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up. “And then I had my family and I got happy, and now all I want to do is be funny again. That’s why I said yes [to being on Smartless]. I’m, like, I want to go fucking be funny in front of a crowd and that’d be awesome.”
The family he mentioned is his wife, Olivia Millar, and their two children, a 3-year-old boy and a baby. He beamed while talking about all three, particularly his wife who was in the audience. “Real quick, before we go any further, my wife is here. My best friend. Shout out to my beautiful wife, Liv. Where is she? Oh, what’s up baby,” he said, as he pointed her out in a private box on the second floor of the venue. The couple moved to San Diego from Hill’s native Los Angeles around the time they had their first child three years ago. “I live in a very small town in San Diego, and it’s amazing, and my neighbors are incredible people,” Hill explained. “I wanted to leave L.A. and raise a family outside of Los Angeles.”
Hayes, Bateman, Hill and Arnett during SmartLess LIVE. Hill praised Bateman as someone he looks up to “very much,” adding, “I would call him a mentor because I admire his relationship with his amazing wife, Amanda, and the father he is to his children and he’s great at his job.”
(Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Hill appeared genuinely giddy to be on stage while soaking in the spotlight, a moment many of his fans thought they might never see again after he released a lengthy statement in August 2022 announcing that he would be stepping back from media appearances and public facing events due to 20 years of anxiety attacks. He credits his family for the vibe shift.
“If you’re bummed, you don’t feel like being that funny, right? The first thing I thought about when I had my kids and was so stoked, it was like I connected to back when I was just like 12 and I was just being funny for fun,” he explained. “That’s the thing I fell in love with my whole life.”
Hill credits The Simpsons with making him fall in love with comedy. He said he was so obsessed with the iconic animated show that he used to record episodes on VHS and pause it during the credits so he could jot down all the writer’s names and write them fan letters. “If someone shook me in the middle of the night and asked, ‘What do you do?’ I would say, ‘I’m a comedy writer.’ That’s what I do. I write jokes every day. I go and write scripts. You don’t know this because you just see the front side of it. But most of my job is writing comedy movies. That’s mostly what I do.”
Speaking of, next up Hill will star opposite Kristen Wiig in Cut Off from Warner Bros. The comedy was written and directed by Hill and he gave the room a quick pitch by calling it “pure stupidity” and “dumb.”
“I’m about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen in your entire life. I hope you left your brains at home. It’s called Cut Off and Kristen Wig and I played two dumb ass heirs, rich kids in their mid-40s who get cut off by their rich parents, played by Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. It is like Step Brothers, Clueless and Trading Places. It’s so great. Kristen Wig is an American treasure.”
Cut Off is scheduled to hit theaters on July 17. “We are trying to bring comedy movies back to the theaters,” he addd.
After putting out back to back films featuring his multi-hyphenate talents, Hill said he’s ready to be an actor for hire. “I might take a job,” he said. “I’m so excited to just put on the t-shirt you tell me to put on and go be fun. I’m so excited like I was when I was young. It’s a fun feeling.”
Hill even promised “to try and make a movie every year that’s funny,” even if Outcome landed with less than stellar reviews. “Critics do your best, you cocksuckers,” he joked. “And then I’m going to make people laugh, so fuck y’all.”
New episodes of SiriusXM’s Smartless debut every Monday.
Hayes, Arnett, Hill and Bateman at SiriusXM’s SmartLess LIVE at Avalon Hollywood on April 25, 2026. The event was sponsored by Ashley Furniture and SkinnyPop.
(Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
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Hur Jin-ho’s historical thriller The Assassin(s) topped the Korean box office over the Chuseok holiday weekend pulling in more than 1.5 million admissions since its release on September 23.
Fresh from its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, the film has grossed $11.3M (KRW15.3BN) from 1,546,614 admissions over the first five days of release, according to data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The Chuseok holiday officially ran for three days from Thursday, September 24 to Saturday, September 27.
Starring Lee Min-ho (Gangnam 1970), Park Hae-il (Decision To Leave), and Yoo Hai-jin (A Taxi Driver), The Assassin(s) revolves around the attempted assassination of South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1974 that resulted in the death of the First Lady. A senior inspector (Yoo), veteran journalist (Park) and rookie reporter (Lee) set out to uncover exactly what happened and who was responsible, despite threats against their careers and their lives.
Coming in second over the holiday week (September 21-27) was Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, a long-awaited sequel to a popular gambling franchise, which also opened on September 23 and took just over $6M from 813,842 admissions.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey took third place in the weekly chart, adding another $5M to it record-breaking tally from 565,696 admissions. Released on August 5, the film has grossed just over $98M from 11.7 million admissions in the Korean market, making it the biggest import of the year so far.
Warner Bros Korea’s The Intern, a remake of the 2015 hit Hollywood comedy, came in fourth with an additional $2.6M for a cumulative total of $5.5M since its September 16 release. The film stars Choi Min-sik and Han So-hee in the roles originally played by Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the original film.
Looking at figures for the entire week, The Intern was followed by US horror hit Obsession with $1.6M for a cume of $6.7M since its September 2 release. But looking solely at the weekend, Lee Chang-dong’s Venice winner Possible Love debuted in fifth position. Also opening on September 23, the Netflix-backed film, which is Korea’s official submission for Best International Feature at the Oscars, grossed around $1M in its first five days.
Historical drama The King’s Warden continues to hold Korea’s box office crown for the year to date, with box office of $120M from 16.9 million admissions; followed by The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($69M from 9 million admissions), and two titles that debuted at this year’s Cannes film festival: Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony and Na Hong-jin’s Hope.
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Benjamin Satterley, the high-flying champion wrestler known variously to AEW and WWE fans as Pac, Bastard, Adrian Neville and Neville, has died. That, according to an announcement from All Elite Wrestling. He was 40.
Details surrounding his passing are unclear. Pac was featured at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view from Chicago on Saturday night. He challenged Andrade El Idolo for the AEW National Championship, but lost.
The statement from AEW reads in part, “A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability. Pac signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and held multiple AEW Championships and competed in some of the most memorable matches in AEW history. Our condolences go out to Satterley’s family, friends and fans.”
In the AEW, Satterley was the outfit’s All-Atlantic Champion and a two-time World Trios Champion.
He won the NXT Championship in the WWE’s developmental adjunct and later became a two-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
Satterley was known as “The Man that Gravity Forgot” for his signature finishing move, a spectacular corkscrew shooting star press off the top rope. You can see it in the video below.
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It was like 1998 all over again. Madonna won six Video Music Awards that year for Ray of Light.
Flash forward to tonight, and the pop icon won seven awards, including Artist of the Year, for Confessions II, the sequel to her 2005 album.
Also winning were Sabrina Carpenter for Best Editing and for her collab with the Material Girl on “Bring Your Love.” The duo appeared onstage together to accept.
Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia” and Best Director for “Opalite,” as well as a special “Artist Director” honor.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR (presented in show)
Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” – Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (presented in show)
Madonna – Warner Records
BEST COLLABORATION (presented in show)
Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – “Bring Your Love” – Warner Records
BEST DANCE, presented by BACARDÍ® Rum (presented in show)
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST NEW ARTIST, presented by The General Insurance® (presented in show)
Sienna Spiro – Capitol Records
BEST POP (presented in show)
LISA – “Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi” – Lloud Co. / RCA Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
BTS – “Swim” – BIGHIT MUSIC
BEST HIP-HOP
Cardi B ft. Kehlani – “Safe” – Atlantic Records
BEST R&B
Bruno Mars – “I Just Might” – Atlantic Records
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Olivia Rodrigo – “the cure” – Geffen Records
BEST LATIN
Bad Bunny – “NUEVAYoL” – Rimas Entertainment
BEST K-POP
BTS – “SWIM” – BIGHIT MUSIC
BEST COUNTRY
Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” – Columbia Records
BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift – “Opalite” – Republic Records
BEST ART DIRECTION
PinkPantheress – “Stateside + Zara Larsson” – Warner Records UK / Atlantic Records
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST EDITING
Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour” – Island
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records
SOCIAL CATEGORIES:
BEST GROUP
BTS
BEST LONG FORM VIDEO
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST ALBUM
Madonna – Confessions II – Warner Records
SONG OF SUMMER –
Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records
SPECIAL AWARDS:
VIDEO VANGUARD – Nirvana
MTV VMA ARTIST DIRECTOR HONORS – Taylor Swift
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