Will Ferrell is excited about his candid and enlightening new documentary 鈥淲ill & Harper,鈥 and has hopes that it can spark compassion and conversation.
The project 鈥 about a decades-long friendship between Ferrell and former 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥 head writer Harper Steele, who comes out to him as trans, which spurs the pair to go on a road trip together 鈥 is currently streaming on Netflix. The timing of the film鈥檚 release was an important factor for them.
鈥淲hen we sat down with Netflix we made it clear that we wanted this out before the election,鈥 Ferrell told at the film鈥檚 recent Los Angeles premiere.
鈥淲e wanted it to have enough runway for people to get to see it and hopefully start having important discussions in their living rooms,鈥 he added.
鈥淲ill & Harper鈥 explores Steele鈥檚 transition later in life and the questions Ferrell has to better understand her experience. Nothing is left off the table during their cross-country road trip, as the pair share both heartwarming and challenging moments during their travels in the documentary.
Ferrell said, 鈥淚t was amazing how we were able to keep the flow of conversation going six hours a day in a car and the depths of things we explored.鈥
As trans rights have become a politicized issue in much of the country, the project proved timely. A study released this week found that when anti-trans legislation becomes state law, suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary young people rise, with increases of up to 72% among teens who live in states where those bills become law.
鈥淲e鈥檝e heard from people who say they can鈥檛 wait to see this with friends and family who maybe don鈥檛 share the same viewpoint and they鈥檙e looking forward to watching it all together,鈥 Ferrell said about his new film. 鈥淗opefully it could slowly chip away at some of that.鈥
The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah was a 'measure of justice' for victims of a four-decade 'reign of terror,' U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday.
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks.
Hurricane Helene caused at least 52 deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
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Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) says it has determined that RCMP officers fired their guns, as it continues its investigation into a fatal incident on Fishing Lake First Nation that left a 34-year-old man dead.
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Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday.
A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children's hospital, awarding them a total of US$300 million in damages.
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Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks.
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Canadian innovators and technical leaders gathered in Ottawa Thursday to demonstrate the latest cutting-edge technology.
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Midland Fire Service, Southern Georgian Bay OPP and County of Simcoe paramedics responded to an early Saturday morning fire at a residence in Midland, which sent one person to hospital.
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Students looking for work while they study had an opportunity to scope out the local employment scene on Wednesday when St. Clair College held its second annual part time job fair.
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A strike by grain terminal workers at the Port of Metro Vancouver has ended, their employer announced Friday night.
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A 10-year-old boy from Lethbridge is being praised as a hero after a routine summer outing at the pool nearly turned tragic for his friend.
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The Pride crosswalk in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been hit by vandalism for the second time in less than three months.
Despite a lead at mid-game in front of a near-capacity home crowd, the Sudbury Wolves dropped their first game of their OHL regular season to Barrie, 3-1.
Thankfully, there were no fire calls Friday morning in Elliot Lake when the Stanley Cup arrived at the fire hall.
A soccer game in England on Tuesday night drove a spike in online traffic across the Atlantic to a website launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Newfoundland and Labrador sponsored a minor football team in England, now they鈥檙e about to play one of the biggest clubs in European soccer.
Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.
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