The incomparable Jim Carrey has come a long way since his days doing sketch comedy on In Living Color. Since then, he’s starred in some blockbuster films that have drawn critical acclaim and lots of applause from his fandom. From projects like The Truman Show to How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The Mask, Carrey has become a bona fide star who has managed to entertain millions. And as of September 1st, one of his hits is now available to stream on Netflix.
Looking back at the legacy of this classic in question, it may come as a shocker to some that the film’s writers actually envisioned other A-listers to take on the comedy’s starring role. However, having seen Carrey’s portrayal, it’s hard to imagine anyone else taking on the task.
‘Liar Liar’ Is Now Streaming on Netflix
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Liar Liar first debuted in 1997 and raked in $302,710,615 at the global box office. It follows attorney Fletcher Reede and his fractured relationship with the truth. When he’s cursed and prevented from lying for a day, he struggles to maintain his status quo with his legal career and further alienates his ex-wife and son. There are plenty of hijinks throughout the movie, emboldened by Carrey’s unique brand of comedic delivery.
Critics by and large loved Liar Liar, reflected in its Rotten Tomatoes “Certified Fresh” score of 83%. Duane Byrge with The Hollywood Reporter stated:
“Carrey has never been better – that is to say funnier, or more controlled. He’s reached a higher performance plateau here, playing a real human being we care about rather than a goon figure.”
Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, and Hugh Grant Could Have Starred in ‘Liar Liar’
Apparently, the writing duo behind Liar Liar, Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, didn’t envision Carrey for the role. As the story goes on SYFY, they wrote the movie with Tom Hanks or Steve Martin in mind. Guay claimed to want “somebody who can do physical comedy and who is at home with tugging at the heartstrings [and] has some a certain amount of dramatic heft.“
Furthermore, when it became clear that neither Hanks nor Martin was likely to take on the Fletcher Reede role, Hugh Grant came up in conversation. However, he was dealing with some controversy at the time of casting. Then director Tom Shadyac and Carrey heard about the movie, and they decided to join forces again for Liar Liar, previously working together on Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Once again, Liar Liar is now streaming on Netflix.
It looks like The Four Horsemen will be doing a disappearing trick on streaming, shifting from Starz to Amazon Prime Video, thanks to a deal between Lionsgate and Amazon.
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third film in the Now You See Me series, made its streaming debut on the smaller streaming platform earlier this year, but is anticipated to reach a larger audience through Prime as early as next month. Here’s everything you need to know about when you can expect to stream the 2025 film as an Amazon Prime subscriber.
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Amazon Prime Video Release Window, Explained
Lionsgate has its own streaming service, Starz, which is contractually the first stop for the studio’s theatrical releases once the film leaves theaters and its Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) window finishes its exclusivity period.
Lionsgate also has a “Pay-1” streaming deal with Amazon Prime Video, where films will reach the much larger streamer after debuting on Starz, which is also an add-on channel on Prime. Major Lionsgate titles, such as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), are some of the most famous examples of the theatrical-Starz-Prime trajectory (per The Hollywood Reporter).
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t joined Starz on March 14, 2026. There’s not much data on the average or median window of time between a film debuting on Starz and its shift to Prime, but we can look into early titles subject to the Pay-1 deal as a guideline.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, perhaps the best example of the Pay-1 deal between the two streaming services, debuted on Starz on May 14, 2024, and later became available to stream for all Prime subscribers on November 14, 2024, which is exactly 6 months.
Should history repeat itself with Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the film should be on Amazon Prime Video around October 14, 2026, the same gap between the last Hunger Games movie and its Starz-Prime window. It should be underlined, however, that Prime hasn’t formally announced a date for Now You See Me 3’s arrival, so this is very much subject to change.
College football will bring a wide range of emotions to fans across the nation this fall, but those attending games in person will certainly not go home hungry. Programs across the country are expanding concession menus and souvenir offerings for 2026, blending regional food culture with traditional college football experiences. New food offerings are already gaining attention online, like Wisconsin’s offerings at home games this fall. Badger Bakers lead this season’s lineup in Madison, offering classic, sweet corn, and poutine loaded potatoes alongside Takis-crusted sweet corn. Cal is also featuring distinct corn dishes with street corn ribs, while adding edamame dumplings and a chicken Philly cheesesteak to its stadium menu. Fans heading to games this season are also walking away with much more than a cup with a university’s logo on it. Stadiums across the country are providing upgraded collectible items or food that could be shaped like anything ranging from team mascots, to university symbols and landmarks. Take a look at some of the built-in souvenirs fans will be able to bring home. USC is selling beer in a Trojan sword-shaped vessel at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, along with a carne asada fries drum bucket, beverage jugs, and popcorn buckets. Michigan is introducing a nacho container shaped like Michigan Stadium. Meanwhile, Boise State is celebrating 40 years of the blue turf as fans who order a food item that comes in a basket will receive it in a souvenir stadium bowl that features orange bleachers surrounding the blue turf. Among the featured food additions this fall, the University of Houston is serving “tachos”, tater tot nachos, inside a Cougar paw bowl. UCF has added a sword-shaped pretzel to its menu, a snack fit for a knight. Specialty foods tailored to regional cuisine are also being introduced, particularly in Texas. The University of Texas is offering a footlong hot dog topped with smoked brisket and nachos at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Staying in the lone star state, Baylor will offer a “Baylor line dog,” consisting of a Nathan’s hot dog topped with Texas chow chow, cheese and chicharrones, deep-fried pork skin. The Bears will also offer a “bear claw”, a Texas-sized pastry topped with cinnamon and a green-and-gold glaze. Settling for a bag of peanuts is quickly becoming a thing of the past as stadiums and campuses offer dishes tailored to local tastes, collectible containers and more. For fans heading to games this season, the food on the concourse is now ingrained in the college football experience.
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With proper care, regular maintenance, and the right fertilizer, you can keep your lawn and garden lush all spring and summer, and even into the fall. However, before winter hits, it’s important to plan for how you want your lawn and garden to look next spring after the snow melts away.
Preparing early will give you the chance to treat the lawn and garden with a winter fertilizer that is specifically designed to help it survive through winter and thrive in the spring. If you haven’t applied winter fertilizer to your lawn or garden in the past, keep reading to find out why this step is highly recommended by gardening pros and how to choose the best winter fertilizer for your yard.
What is Winter Fertilizer?
Most people have a basic idea of what fertilizer is, even if they have never used it before. Basically, fertilizer is any natural or synthetic substance that can be added to soil or plants to help supply essential nutrients and promote healthy growth. Typically, fertilizer will have nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and a variety of micronutrients. But what is winter fertilizer?
“Winter fertilizer is lawn food designed to prepare your grass for the colder months ahead,” explains Matthew Koch, Ph.D., Research and Development Fellow at Scotts Miracle-Gro. “It provides an essential pre-winter nutrient boost that helps your lawn recover from summer stress, strengthen its root systems and store energy for winter.”
While regular fertilizer makes ample use of phosphorus to target active root and bloom initiation, winter fertilizer does not use phosphorus at all. Instead, it relies primarily on potassium to serve as a natural antifreeze, and a moderate amount of nitrogen to increase carbohydrate reserves in the roots.
Applying winter fertilizer to your lawn and garden gives your yard what it needs to recover from summer stress and prepare for the colder months ahead. The nutrients in winter fertilizer will help to promote healthy root growth while keeping the plants protected throughout the winter season.
“Summer heat, drought and foot traffic can take a toll on grass, so fall feeding helps replenish essential nutrients as winter returns,” Koch notes. “Those nutrients can also be stored by the grass and tapped into when growth picks back up in the spring, helping set the stage for a thicker, greener lawn.”
Selecting the best winter fertilizer for your yard comes down to the specific nutrients that your lawn and garden need to prepare for the long winter months ahead. With this in mind, you should avoid using the same fertilizer you have been using over spring and summer, since these formulas are typically high in phosphorus and contain more nitrogen than necessary for the dormant lawn and garden.
“Giving your lawn and plants a feed that’s high in phosphorus as we move into fall and winter will cause weak, leggy growth,” mentions Chrissie Handley, Lawn Care Specialist at Online Turf. “Instead, look for a feed that’s high in potassium to help strengthen the plant for dormancy.”
The best winter fertilizer formula is a high-potassium, moderate-nitrogen blend with little or no phosphorus (such as a 32-0-10 or 18-0-6 ratio), applied in late fall before the grass goes dormant.
Applying a winter fertilizer to your lawn can help it bounce back in the spring.
Before you begin the application, ensure you have the correct fertilizer for your grass type, and carefully read the product label for the recommended timing and spreader settings. Next, clear the lawn and garden by raking or picking up mulch and heavy piles of leaves, so that the nutrients can actually reach the soil instead of getting trapped in yard waste.
Ideally, you should aim for a time when the grass and garden are dry and free of morning dew or frost to help prevent the granules from sticking and burning the blades of the grass or plants. When you’re ready to begin, use a lawn spreader to distribute the fertilizer evenly across your yard, walking at a steady pace to ensure consistent coverage.
“Apply the fertilizer in granules and water-in heavily, or let the rain water it in. Granular feed needs to be watered-in, otherwise you risk burning areas of the lawn,” Handley explains, “if you have a liquid feed, apply directly to the base of plants so it can be absorbed directly by the roots.”
Choosing the right time to apply your winter fertilizer is important for ensuring the health of your yard. “Despite the name, winter fertilizer should be applied in the fall, before winter weather sets in,” notes Koch. The exact time you should apply the fertilizer depends on your local climate and the forecasted weather. Waiting too long will expose your plants to frost and winter weather before you get the chance to prepare them.
Generally, as long as the weather cooperates, you can apply winter fertilizer anytime from August through November to help your lawn recover from summer stress. That fall preparation also helps your lawn green up faster and come back stronger once spring arrives.
Winter fertilizer is one of the best lawn and garden treatments you can do in the fall to set your yard up for success in the spring. “Think of it as laying the foundation for next year’s lawn,” says Koch. “The work you put in now can make a real difference when your grass starts growing again in the spring.”
It will give you a lush, healthy lawn that you can enjoy in the fall, while also giving your grass the nutrients it needs to make it through the colder months and come back strong in the spring. Even if you are simply applying it to the soil in your gardens, winter fertilizer can help promote healthy growth of your annual plants and improve the nutrient conditions for any new additions you plant in the spring.
What is the Difference Between Winter Fertilizer and Fall Fertilizer?
Depending on where you get your information, you may hear the term “fall fertilizer” used instead of “winter fertilizer,” and wonder what the difference is between the two and whether you have missed a step in your lawn and garden care routine. However, this is merely a difference in word choice based on when the fertilizer is applied.
“Winter fertilizer and fall fertilizer are essentially two terms for the same type of seasonal lawn feeding,” Koch explains. “While ‘winter fertilizer’ may sound like something you apply during the winter, it’s actually applied in the fall to prepare your lawn for the colder months ahead, which prompts some people to refer to it as ‘fall fertilizer.’”
A long dry summer can leave your lawn looking the worse for wear. But just how bad does it have to be before you switch from attempting to resuscitate it to replacing the whole thing? Most of the time even a dry brown crunchy lawn is simply lying dormant, waiting for cooler, wetter weather conditions to reawaken. But sometimes, especially under the pressure of extreme heat and weeks without rain, the grass will begin to die. If a large enough percentage of the lawn is deceased, it may make more sense to start over with a complete lawn renovation rather than continue the lawn-saving efforts. We tapped several lawncare experts for tips on how to determine when repair makes sense and when it’s time to replace the entire thing.
How to Tell Whether You Should Repair or Replace Your Lawn
Determine Whether the Lawn Is Dormant or Dead
The first step to determining whether to repair or replace is to assess the condition of your lawn. There are several easy ways to determine how much of your lawn is dormant and how much is dead. Lucas Ford, vice president of Ford’s Hometown Services, a Worcester- Massachusetts-based lawn care and pest control service, points out that a lawn dying from drought is rare since lawns can survive in dormancy for up to seven weeks. “All grasses have this survival tactic built into themselves in order to survive, so the likelihood of a lawn dying from drought is very minimal,” he says. There are several ways you can determine if your lawn is dead or dormant:
Conduct the tug test
Grab a handful of grass and tug gently on the turf. If it remains anchored in the ground, it’s alive and simply sleeping. If the grass pulls easily out of the earth, then the roots have dried up, which means the grass is dead. Administer the tug test in several areas in both brown and green patches.
Inspect the crowns
The crown is the part of the grass that is just below the soil line that serves as the heart of the plant, controlling all of the functions that keep it alive and growing. When the crown dies, the entire plant does too. Examine the crowns. They should be green or white, which is an indication that they have living tissue. “If they are brittle and dry all the way through, your grass may be dead,” says Em Daughtery of Bath Garden Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Water an area
Try watering part of the lawn for several weeks. Watering should trigger the grass to come out of dormancy, causing it to green up. “If the grass doesn’t recover at all, then the area is likely fully dead,” says Daughtery.
Small brown patches on a lawn can usually be repaired.
Determining just how much of your lawn is damaged will help you determine which path to take. Divide your lawn into small zones. Inspect each zone and determine if it’s healthy, thinning, dead, or overrun with weeds. Then use your findings to determine your lawn’s health. If eight of the 20 sample zones are dead or weed ridden, then 40 percent of your lawn is in need of repair. Once you’ve made a full assessment you can determine the best path forward:
Less than 30 percent damaged: Overseeding and spot repairs make the most sense.
30 to 50 percent damaged: Make a decision based on the type of grass, pressure from weeds, and how healthy the turf was before the drought.
More than 50 percent damaged: A complete lawn renovation probably makes more sense than attempting to repair dead areas and overseed.
A percentage of how much of the lawn is dead versus alive can help you make a decision, but the pattern of damage is also crucial to determining whether it’s best to repair or replace.
Damage is scattered: If large patches of lawn are dead, it makes sense to replace the lawn, or at least these large sections. When damage is scattered, it’s easier to make spot repairs. Plus, grass will have an easier time filling in these areas as opposed to a large dead zone.
Specific areas: If the damage is limited to sunny areas, pavement edges, slopes and sections missed by your sprinklers, then the lawn is likely repairable.
Large dead areas: Large swaths of dead areas or grass that’s thinning across most of the yard probably requires replacement.
Overrun with weeds: A lawn that’s dominated by weeds with only a few pockets of good turf is a good candidate for replacement.
Patches of brown: Brown patches scattered across the yard are an indication of insects or disease. You should diagnose what’s causing these issues before determining whether repairing or replacement makes sense.
Putting down new turf, planting seed over a patch of dead grass, or replanting an entire lawn will be a waste of time and money if you don’t first identify what killed the grass in the first place. Drought is one possibility. Here are other common causes:
Uneven irrigation: If drought killed your lawn and you were watering it, the problem could include uneven irrigation. Check to see if your sprinklers are neglecting some parts of your lawn. “Poor irrigation causes uneven browning in streaks and splotches, while other spots remain green,” Daughtery says.
Compacted soil: When soil is compacted, grass roots can’t receive the nutrients, water and oxygen needed to survive. If water is running off the surface of the soil when you irrigate it, compaction is probably the issue.
Disease and pests: If insects or mold are the cause of your dead turf, you need to address it, otherwise it will infect any new turf you lay down. Insect damage typically presents as loose grass or may look like animals are digging in the yard, according to Daughtery.
Poor grass variety: Cool-season grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass and warm-season grasses like centipedegrass and St. Augustine grass are susceptible to drought. “If it’s an unsuitable grass variety, it will likely struggle even with adequate care during either the summer or winter,” Daughtery says.
Weeds: If weeds took over your lawn once, they can certainly do it again whether you choose to repair your lawn or install a new lawn. Come up with a strategy for preventing weeds to stop the issue from repeating itself.
Several factors come into play when determining if repair is the best course of action for your ailing lawn:
Most of the lawn is healthy. The majority of the lawn, at least 60 percent, is made up of healthy turf.
Damage to the lawn is limited to isolated patches. It’s easier to repair small patches of dead grass than it is to revive large swaths of dead areas.
Desired turf is present throughout the entire lawn. If desired grass is present throughout most of the yard, it will be easier to fill in bare spots and choke out weeds.
Weeds are manageable. There may be weeds in the yard, but they haven’t taken over the majority of the lawn.
The lawn was doing well. If the lawn was thriving before the dry summer drought kicked in, then it’s likely you can get it back to that point when cooler, wetter weather returns in the fall.
While you can often repair a damaged lawn, sometimes it simply isn’t salvageable.
Most of the desirable grass is dead. If the bulk of your yard is made up of bare patches, it probably makes sense to replace it.
Weeds have overtaken the surviving grass. If weeds outnumber the healthy grass plants in the lawn, it’s time to renovate. “I would recommend replacing a lawn when varying grassy weed species have overtaken certain areas to the point where fertilization and consistent weed control still cannot maintain an even color/length of turf canopy in these areas,” Ford says.
Damage is widespread across large sections of lawn. Large swaths of dead grass are more difficult to repair than smaller patches. If large areas of lawn are dead, replacement makes more sense.
Too many grass species: If your lawn has become a mix of various grass species or turf and weed grass, then it may be time to start over. “If the turf does not look like it’s all the same grass and is undesirable, this is when I’d recommend replacement,” Ford says.
Major grading or drainage issues must be solved. If you’re dealing with drainage or grading issues or pool soil conditions that require large sections of lawn to be torn up in order to fix these issues, then replacement is really your only option.
How Much Does It Cost to Repair a Lawn Versus Replace It?
While the above factors may point to replacement, that may not always be possible due to budget. The cost of repair versus replacing is significant. Repairing a few dead patches of grass with fresh seed and soil is a job you can handle yourself and costs under $100. Hiring a professional to aerate and overseed the lawn to rejuvenate it is pricier but still affordable at between $250 and $500.
Replacing the lawn is a much more extensive process that involves killing all of the remaining grass and weeds, correcting any drainage or grading issues, prepping the soil, and seeding the entire area. This is a more involved process that usually requires a professional lawncare service. Expect to pay between $3,500 and $6,000 for the average 5,000 square-foot yard.
Replacing an entire lawn with sod is far more expensive, costing about $2 to $3 per square foot, or about $10,000 to $15,000 for the average lawn.
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You may think of umbrellas largely as a rainy-day device, but they’re quite excellent for blocking out sun and heat, too. While people across Japan and Korea are known to carry a sun umbrella when necessary, it’s more common in the U.S. to see sun-shading deck umbrellas, especially at restaurants and on patios. You might presume these large, heavy-duty umbrellas are quite expensive, and in normal times you just might be correct, but right now you can get a large one at Walmart that’d be great for a patio table for well under $50
The Ainfox 9-Foot Patio Umbrella in black is now just $30 following the large discount. There are actually dozens of styles, with variations in color, breadth, and lighting, available at Walmart with similar discounts at this time, but this one has one of the best deals. If your patio set-up is smaller, you may want to check out the 7.5-foot white and yellow version at just $20 instead.
Ainfox 9-Foot Patio Umbrella, $30 (was $130) at Walmart
Best Use Case: This is designed to cover medium-sized outdoor tables at home.
This $30 umbrella, for most patio furniture sets, will be just about perfect. Its black color and 9-foot wingspan block out a ton of UV rays. That 9 feet is going to be larger than the typical bistro umbrella, which is around 7 feet wide, and is more suitable for larger gatherings at home. Ideally, it will stretch beyond the table you affix it to, so that each chair remains covered as the sun moves across the sky. You’ll never block the sun as it is on the horizon, of course, but this size should keep you covered for most of the day and afternoon.
Where should you put the umbrella? Many patio furniture sets include a table with a hole in the middle explicitly for the purpose of holding an umbrella like this one, though you can also get an umbrella-holding patio table explicitly for this purpose. Depending on what’s below your table, it may also be a good idea to use sandbags or a base made to hold umbrellas for added support.
Netflix has confirmed the official release date for an original documentary series on the life and career of Matthew Perry, the late actor best known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends (1994-2004).
After decades of public struggle with addiction and substance abuse, Perry died in 2023 at the age of 54, after drowning following the use of ketamine. The death of the sitcom star resulted in the arrest and sentencing of 5 people involved in providing the drug to Perry, who achieved long-time sobriety in 2021.
The new documentary series, The One About Matthew Perry, will debut exclusively on Netflix on October 27. The three-part series is directed by Mary Robertson, who served as Executive Producer on the popular documentary series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
“From 1994 to 2004, across 236 episodes, Matthew Perry made the world laugh as Chandler Bing on the era-defining sitcom Friends. As the quick-witted, self-effacing heart of the series, Perry spun everyday anxieties into some of television’s most quoted lines — and became, for millions, their favorite Friend,” Netflix said in a press release for the upcoming series.
“But the real-life Perry was just as outspoken about the pain behind the laughter, which stemmed from the battle with addiction he endured for much of his life,” the statement continued. “When he died following an accidental overdose, in October 2023, at age 54, the world mourned not only a comedic icon but an advocate whose candor about his illness had become a legacy of its own.”
Netflix also stated that the documentary will include “never-before-heard testimonies from Perry’s sister Mia Perry Bowick and his lifelong best friends,” although the press release did not elaborate further on which friends will feature in the series.
Additionally, The One About Matthew Perry will feature “unreleased photos and videos from the Perry family’s private archive,” and “Firsthand memories from his creative collaborators and friends who adored and supported him are woven with candid new details on his private struggles.”
