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Bob Odenkirk Returns to Better Call Saul Set
Bob Odenkirk Is Back at Work
Sep 8, 2021 5:45 PM CDT

Bob Odenkirk Is Back at Work

'So happy to be here,' he says after return to 'Better Call Saul' set

(Newser) - Whatever else 2021 might have to throw at us, at least Bob Odenkirk is OK. The Better Call Saul star, who collapsed while filming in New Mexico six weeks ago, has returned to the set, Variety reports. On Wednesday, the 58-year-old tweeted a photo of himself in the make-up chair....

From Bob Odenkirk, Another Update
From Bob Odenkirk,
Another Update
Aug 7, 2021 6:30 AM CDT

From Bob Odenkirk, Another Update

'Better Call Saul' star says he's 'doing great,' makes poignant movie reference

(Newser) - If Bob Odenkirk's words of assurance last week that he was going to be OK after suffering a "small heart attack" weren't enough to calm your nerves, let his latest update offer even more of a salve. The 58-year-old Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star took...

Bob Odenkirk Speaks Out About Collapsing on Set

The Better Call Saul actor tweeted that he had a 'small heart attack'

(Newser) - Thanks for checking in, Bob! Everyone was worried about you. Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul last week, and everyone freaked out. His reps released a statement the next day letting everyone know he was alive but had had a “heart related incident,” and...

Finally, Fans Get an Update on Bob Odenkirk

He's in stable condition after collapsing on set Tuesday

(Newser) - Bob Odenkirk is still hospitalized after collapsing on the New Mexico set of Better Call Saul Tuesday, but the actor is in stable condition and recovering, according to a Wednesday statement from his reps. Odenkirk experienced a “heart related incident," the statement says, per the AP . "He...

Bob Odenkirk Taken to Hospital After Collapse on Set

Actor is reportedly still under medical care

(Newser) - Bob Odenkirk was hospitalized Tuesday night after the 58-year-old actor collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul. The Breaking Bad spin-off prequel is currently filming its sixth and final season in New Mexico, the AP reports. It's not clear what happened, nor is it clear whether Odenkirk was...

AMC Working on Miniseries About Journalist David Carr

With Bob Odenkirk of 'Better Call Saul' playing Carr

(Newser) - A new AMC miniseries will bring the story of the late New York Times writer David Carr onto the small screen, the AP reports. The network is teaming up with Sony Pictures Television to develop a six-episode miniseries on Carr, based on his 2008 memoir The Night of the Gun ...

Critics Put Better Call Saul on Speed Dial

Accolades already filtering in for 'Breaking Bad' spinoff with Bob Odenkirk

(Newser) - "Every sleazeball has a story to tell" tops the Washington Post review of Better Call Saul, AMC's much-anticipated spinoff to Breaking Bad —and if the reviews so far are any indication, it's a story people want to hear. The show dedicated to Saul Goodman, the seedy...

4 Robin Williams Films Still to Come

We'll see comedy, drama, voice-over work

(Newser) - Though the world has lost Robin Williams, his work lives on—including a fair bit we haven't seen yet. The actor has four movies due out relatively soon, showcasing his comic and dramatic range—not to mention some voice acting.
  • First up is Merry Friggin' Christmas , with Wendi McLendon-Covey,
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Breaking Bad Gets Its First Spinoff

'Better Call Saul' will be about Walter White's lawyer

(Newser) - When the final season of Breaking Bad wraps up, it won't be completely gone: AMC has signed on for a spinoff featuring the character of Saul Goodman, the lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk, reports the Hollywood Reporter . But it looks like we'll be going back in time. Expect...

See Who Almost Got Cast in The Office

Including Seth Rogen, who tried out for role of Dwight

(Newser) - It's hard to imagine anyone but Steve Carell running The Office as Michael Scott, but the show's producers have released a teaser video of some of the big names that auditioned for that and other roles in 2003. Maybe the biggest surprise is none other than Seth Rogen—...

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