Richard Simmons' Brother And Staff Slam Pauly Shore Over Biopic Plans
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Richard Simmons' Brother And Staff Slam Pauly Shore Over Biopic Plans

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Pauly Shore’s hope of portraying the late fitness guru Richard Simmons in a biopic continues to face strong opposition, as Simmons’ staff and family are speaking out. “Pauly Shore has recently made comments to TMZ Paparazzi concerning his attempts to proceed with an unauthorized movie about Richard,” Simmons’ staff wrote in a Wednesday statement. “You’ve seen here on Richard’s account what he had to say about the biopic.” The statement also included a quote attributed to Simmons’ brother, Lenny Simmons, who said, “Dicky absolutely wrote his own posts. Prior to his death in July, Richard Simmons shared several social media posts denouncing Pauly Shore's plans to play him in a movie.

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Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76
5 months, 1 week ago

Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Richard Simmons, television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He was mocked in Neil Simon’s “The Goodbye Girl” on Broadway in 1993, and Eddie Murphy put on white makeup and dressed like him in …

Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76
5 months, 1 week ago

Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76

LA Times  

Fitness personality and actor Richard Simmons waves to a crowd at the annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles in 2013. Simmons specialized in helping obese people lose weight, starting with a Los Angeles fitness studio and eventually making appearances on TV shows, including a popular stint on “General Hospital.” Tom Estey, who worked as a representative for Simmons for 32 years, …

A timeline of Richard Simmons and the mystery around his public disappearance
9 months ago

A timeline of Richard Simmons and the mystery around his public disappearance

Salon  

Richard Simmons' long-time success as an iconic '80s fitness guru still keeps him in the faint limelight but Simmons has been absent from the public eye since 2014. A recent Facebook post created more confusion about the fitness personality's health and whereabouts leading Simmons to post a statement clarifying, "I am not dying." Big hugs and kisses for caring.” 2017: …

He disappeared for 1,000 days, then wild SEX CHANGE claims cost him everything... so how will flamboyant fitness-guru Richard Simmons cope if a cruel new unauthorized biopic causes him fresh humiliati
10 months, 3 weeks ago

He disappeared for 1,000 days, then wild SEX CHANGE claims cost him everything... so how will flamboyant fitness-guru Richard Simmons cope if a cruel new unauthorized biopic causes him fresh humiliati

Daily Mail  

There he was in all his hyperactive, hot-panted, glittering glory. That iconic episode of Ellen is recreated in a new 10-minute short film, released last week, starring has-been 90s actor Pauly Shore, 55, as Simmons — with plans for a full feature-length biopic already in the pipeline. A new 10-minute short film, released last week, stars has-been 90s actor Pauly …

Pauly Shore, 55, is sued for alleged 'battery' and 'assault' after man claims he was attacked by star's security at The Comedy Store in Hollywood
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Pauly Shore, 55, is sued for alleged 'battery' and 'assault' after man claims he was attacked by star's security at The Comedy Store in Hollywood

Daily Mail  

Pauly Shore is being sued for alleged 'battery' and 'assault' after a man claimed he was attacked by the star's security at The Comedy Store in an incident that occurred in November 2022. Pauly Shore, 55, is being sued for alleged 'battery' and 'assault' after a man claimed that he was attacked by the star's security at The Comedy Store …

Pauly Shore on playing Richard Simmons: ‘There’s no reason I can’t get’ an Oscar
11 months ago

Pauly Shore on playing Richard Simmons: ‘There’s no reason I can’t get’ an Oscar

LA Times  

Welcome to a special Sundance Daily edition of the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. The Times had a front-row seat to the guerrilla energy Sundance is still capable of generating Friday night at the off-program screening of Pauly Shore’s Richard Simmons short, “The Court Jester.” Read on to hear what Shore had to say in our …

Pauly Shore to play Richard Simmons in biopic of the reclusive fitness star - after already starring as him in short film The Court Jester
11 months, 1 week ago

Pauly Shore to play Richard Simmons in biopic of the reclusive fitness star - after already starring as him in short film The Court Jester

Daily Mail  

Pauly Shore will portray Richard Simmons in biopic of the reclusive fitness star. Pauly Shore, 55, can already be seen acting as Richard Simmons, 75, in a short-film called The Court Jester Now Pauly will play Richard Simmons in as official biopic 'I've noticed all the reactions to me playing Richard Simmons in a new biopic, so I reach out …

Richard Simmons isn't thrilled about Pauly Shore playing him in a newly announced biopic
11 months, 1 week ago

Richard Simmons isn't thrilled about Pauly Shore playing him in a newly announced biopic

Salon  

On Wednesday, news of an upcoming biopic on the life of fitness guru Richard Simmons began to circulate, along with casting details as to who will take on the film's lead role, Pauly Shore, who's already all set in the curls and endless energy department. Speaking to People in September 2023, Shore detailed how a meme showing how he and …

Richard Simmons did not OK biopic starring Pauly Shore: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’
11 months, 1 week ago

Richard Simmons did not OK biopic starring Pauly Shore: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’

LA Times  

Richard Simmons was quick to shoot down any notion that he is on board with an upcoming biopic about the former fitness personality after it was announced Wednesday. “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” Simmons wrote in a post. The Wolper Organization, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. that is behind the …

Worried about Richard Simmons? Don’t be. But he’s grateful for fans’ ‘kindness’
2 years, 3 months ago

Worried about Richard Simmons? Don’t be. But he’s grateful for fans’ ‘kindness’

LA Times  

After a new TMZ documentary reignited the conversation around Richard Simmons’ whereabouts, the reclusive fitness guru and pop culture icon addressed fans with an endearing message this week. “I heard through the ‘Larry King’ people that he didn’t want to be on the show with me,” she said, adding that she was told Simmons was scared of being ridiculed by …

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