As the heartwarming human-animal movie “The Friend” expanded nationwide over the weekend (tallying $1.69 million to land in the top 10 at the box office), the Bleecker Street film’s star Bing the ...

Iowa’s latest movie star is a 150-pound Great Dane from Newton. The dog, named Bing, stars alongside Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in The Friend, in theaters April 4. Here’s how Bing was discovered and ...

Naomi Watts plays the lead role in “The Friend,” an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The movie explores the profound connection between a woman and a large-breed dog.

Watts stars alongside Bill Murray and Blink in "The Friend." Naomi Watts matched her canine co-star at the premiere of her new movie this week. The star of the upcoming movie "The Friend" arrived on ...

An Iowa dog is the latest canine to make it to the big screen. Bing, a six-year-old Great Dane from Newton, made his film debut last August when "The Friend" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.

As the heartwarming human-animal movie "The Friend" expanded nationwide over the weekend (tallying $1.69 million to land in the top 10 at the box office), the film's star Bing the Great Dane was guest ...