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  • NewsKevin Polowy

    'Daddy's Home' Costar Hannibal Buress's Secret to Acting: Playing Hannibal Buress

    “I play Griff,” Hannibal Buress said of the handyman he plays in the new hit comedy Daddy’s Home, before quickly correcting himself. Yes, the character he plays is technically named Griff, and he’s a key pawn in the film’s central patriarchal showdown between Mark Wahlberg’s biological pops and Will Ferrell’s stepdad as they vie for their children’s affection.

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    The Stars of 'Daddy's Home' Have Very Different Approaches to Disciplining Their Kids

    The stars of the hit comedy Daddy’s Home, which made a very solid $40 million in its opening weekend (just behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens), spoke with Yahoo Movies earlier this month about their own child-rearing philosophies. Will Ferrell — who plays a dopey stepdad to Mark Wahlberg’s badass biological father in the movie — jokingly embraced the age-old tactic of spanking. Appropriately for their characters in the film, his costar Wahlberg did not find Ferrell’s threats all that intimidati

  • NewsMeriah Doty

    Meet Will Ferrell's Passive Aggressive Santa in 'Daddy's Home'

    Ho, ho… oh no. In this exclusive clip from the forthcoming Christmastime comedy Daddy’s Home, Will Ferrell plays a bad Santa. He stars as a radio exec named Brad who has just married the woman of his dreams: Sara, played by Linda Cardellini. The thing is, she has two children from a previous relationship with a freewheeling guy named Dusty (Mark Wahlberg), who hasn’t been around much… until now. Trying to shake off Dusty, Brad vies for the attention of his stepkids — at the expense of their unre

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    'I Don't Know If He Thinks I'm a Crazy Person': On the Set of 'Daddy's Home' With Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg

    They’ve built a full-scale suburban household — complete with a surrounding white picket fence — within the dark confines of a large soundstage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in suburban New Orleans. Sure, the lawn is Astroturf, but the whole setup feels so homey you half-expect someone to start firing up burgers and dogs in the fake house’s fake backyard barbeque.