A shoutout in "The Chanukah Song' led to Henry Winkler's friendship with Adam Sandler.

In 1998, Adam Sandler brought Bobby Boucher to life in the hit movie The Waterboy. The comedy focused on the life of Boucher, a waterboy turned star linebacker player for the fictitious South Central ...

On Feb. 5, 2026, Adam Sandler attended the 41st Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where he was honored with the Maltin Modern Master Award During the event, Sandler revealed that Kathy ...

Kathy Bates was hesitant to join the cast of The Waterboy. On this morning’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she initially threw the script in the trash ...

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At the 41st Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival last Friday (February 6), Adam Sandler was honored with the Maltin Modern Master Award. During the event, the comedian sat down for an ...

Paul Wight played the role of Captain Insano in The Waterboy, and he recently looked back on his landing the role and more. Wight played the character in the 1998 football comedy and reprised the role ...

Ariana Grande has a deep connection to her emotions and recently shared that one particular Adam Sandler movie never fails to bring her to tears. The Wicked: Part 1 actress openly admits she’s quick ...

That’s the way the cookie crumbles. Henry Winkler said that he was compensated with only “a cookie” after he agreed last-minute to be in Adam Sandler’s 1998 comedy “The Waterboy.” “I did ‘Waterboy.’ ...

In 1998, Sandler and Bates starred in the comedy ‘The Waterboy’ alongside Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Rob Schneider and more On Feb. 5, 2026, Adam Sandler attended the 41st Annual Santa Barbara ...