a Great Dane. Apollo is being played by a canine movie star named Bing, who recently made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show alongside his co-star Naomi Watts. The March 25 episode ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Telluride Film Festival. “The Friend” opens from Bleecker Street Friday, March 28, 2025. There’s no way to play this ...

It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected ...

One of the finest double acts of the year has received little fanfare, and, with all due respect, the pairing of Naomi Watts and a Great Dane wasn't top of anyone's dream combo wish list. But here we ...

the long-faced gentle giant of a dog that gives “The Friend” its abiding soulfulness — a black-splotched Great Dane with the drooping eyes of a silent-era clown, credited as Bing — is also ...

I once got punched in the face by a Great Dane. It was on a farm in Portarlington where I was doing summer work. The beast jumped up on its hind legs by way of an excitable greeting, only to ...

Great Dane and his owner Bev Klingensmith, which also included an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” alongside human star Naomi Watts. But this event, sponsored by the American ...

Naomi Watts (as Iris): “I guess I saw it the other way around.” Meet Bing, the Great Dane. This cutie-patootie pup has many famous pals. But in the new drama “The Friend,” he’s not tuggi ...

It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and professor who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected death in ...