{"id":2379966,"date":"2026-04-19T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2379966"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:54:11","slug":"ben-stillers-new-meet-the-parents-movie-stars-this-iconic-pop-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ben-stillers-new-meet-the-parents-movie-stars-this-iconic-pop-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller&#8217;s New &#8216;Meet the Parents&#8217; Movie Stars This Iconic Pop Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"styles_container__87Nfz styles_wrapper__7ffG2\" aria-label=\"AI Summaries\" style=\"--color-border:var(--color-pairing-1-background)\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_title__dHix3\">Key Points<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"styles_list__HaxrQ\">\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Ariana Grande joins Ben Stiller in the new &#8216;Meet the Parents&#8217; film, &#8216;Focker In-Law.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">The film\u2019s first look features Grande and Stiller; the trailer releases tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Stiller praises Grande: \u201cShe\u2019s so great with comedy \u2026 she could do anything.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Following her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/living\/success-quotes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">success<\/a> in Wicked, pop artist and actress <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/this-underrated-debut-launched-pop-empire-13-years-ago-today\">Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong> returns for a new movie alongside <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/ben-stiller-net-worth\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Stiller<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Continuing Stiller\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/movies\/meet-the-parents-4-focker-in-law\">Meet the Parents<\/a> franchise, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, Focker In-Law also stars <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/51-years-ago-today-robert-de-niro-won-the-oscars-for-a-supporting-role\">Robert De Niro<\/a><\/strong>. Grande will play a character named Olivia, as Stiller returns to his role as Greg Focker. A 16-second first look at the film was released today, with a trailer debuting tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cA young man named Henry, son of Greg and Pam Focker, faces family chaos when he decides to marry a strong-willed woman who appears to be his complete mismatch,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt34966140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">IMDb<\/a> lists as Focker In-Law\u2019s film description.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">The first look shows Grande getting ready for a lie detector test, Stiller walking in and greeting her, and concludes with Grande answering a question during the test. Since its debut on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHdVzeijmt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> this morning, fans have already been expressing their excitement for the new film.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cOMG I\u2019m seriously going to die!!!! This is going to be phenomenal- exactly what we all need right now,\u201d one user commented on an Instagram post made in collaboration with Focker In-Law, Universal Pictures and Stiller.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/food\/starry-astrophage-burst-drips-by-pepsi-project-hail-mary-flavor\">Regal Movies<\/a> commented on the post: \u201cAriana what are you doing here? \ud83e\udd29\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">In November 2025, Stiller appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/red-hot-chili-peppers-flea-shocking-confession-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, where he praised Grande\u2019s talent in Focker In-Law. He noted that this isn\u2019t the first time he\u2019s been in a movie with Grande. She made a cameo in 2016\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/ben-stiller-net-worth\">Zoolander 2<\/a>, but Stiller said that filming Focker In-Law was the first time he had seen Grande since.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cShe\u2019s so great with comedy,\u201d Stiller said during the interview. \u201cShe was amazing in Wicked, and she\u2019s such a good singer, obviously, too. \u2026 I feel like she could do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Before the trailer drops tomorrow, check out the first look:<\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_contributors__dp6kk contributors\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_contributorsTitle__f34Pu\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"styles_contributorsList__FCS2w\">\n<div class=\"styles_contributorBio__vbMqA\">\n<div class=\"styles_avatar__M_SvZ styles_contributorBioAvatar___AUl4 styles_medium__VUJo5\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"styles_avatarImage__7mnVX\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxODI3Njg1\/grace-chaves.png?io=1&amp;profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1 1x, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxODI3Njg1\/grace-chaves.png?io=1&amp;profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxODI3Njg1\/grace-chaves.png?io=1&amp;profile=w256&amp;ar=1-1\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source parade.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Ariana Grande joins Ben Stiller in the new &#8216;Meet the Parents&#8217; film, &#8216;Focker In-Law.&#8217; The film\u2019s first look features Grande and Stiller; the trailer releases tomorrow. Stiller praises Grande: \u201cShe\u2019s so great with comedy \u2026 she could do anything.\u201d Following her success in Wicked, pop artist and actress Ariana Grande returns for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2379967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[24076,65245,345639,21741,416023,22491,21738,22056,463421,39031,360774,320410,357874,463422],"class_list":["post-2379966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ariana-grande","tag-ben-stiller","tag-celebs","tag-entertainment","tag-focker-in-law","tag-instagram","tag-news","tag-pop-culture","tag-regal-movies","tag-robert-de-niro","tag-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon","tag-universal-pictures","tag-wicked","tag-zoolander-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Stillers-New-Meet-the-Parents-Movie-Stars-This-Iconic.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379968,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379966\/revisions\/2379968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}