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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Makes Runway Debut for Valentino at Paris Fashion Week Naomi Watts and Bill Murray Take Real-Life Friendship to the Big Screen — with a Great Dane — in The Friend Trailer Naomi Watts and Katie ...

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 ...

Her closest friend and mentor has died and bequeathed to her his beloved Great Dane, Apollo. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE FRIEND") NAOMI WATTS: (As Iris) I've imagined it so many times. How ...

The Friend, which stars Naomi Watts and a Great Dane, is essentially a milder version of Rampage: the Day-Lewis Cut. The film carries itself like a bright and mischievous character study in the style ...

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 ...

I wish' Grief-stricken Naomi Watts inherits massive Great Dane in exclusive The Friend first look Naomi Watts gives a poignantly paw-sitive take on grief in The Friend ...