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Criminal charges against two-time Masters Champion golfer Scottie Scheffler were dropped today, bringing last month’s bizarre incident outside the PGA Championship in Louisville to an end.

“Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler,” Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell said at a court hearing in Louisville today. “Mr. Scheffler’s characterization that this was ‘a big misunderstanding’ is corroborated by the evidence.”

Four criminal charges had been brought against Scheffler on May 17 after the golfer was handcuffed and arrested outside the Valhalla Golf Course. Louisville police at the time said Scheffler had assaulted an officer when he attempted to drive around a traffic stop where a fatal car accident had previously occurred.

The arresting officer, Detective Bryan Gillis, was directing traffic around the accident site and said the 27-year-old Scheffler failed to comply with directions and briefly dragged the officer,...

Kate Simses (Mixology) is set as a regular opposite Ken Jeong in ABC’s new comedy series Dr. Ken. Written by Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated Hmo doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting — and succeeding at none of them. Simses, repped by Apa and Bleecker Street, will play Dr. Julie Mintz, a naive, ever-optimistic young resident at the Hmo. Mintz’s romantic worldview and desire to play by the…...

Here's the first look at the trailers for ABC's new comedies and dramas as part of the 2015-2016 series orders. Dr. Ken – Comedy Produced by Sony Television, ABC Studios and Davis Entertainment. From writers/executive producers Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell and Ken Jeong and executive producers John Davis, John Fox, and Mike Sikowitz. The Muppets – Comedy Produced by ABC Studios and The Muppets Studio. From writers/executive producers Bill Prady and Bob Kushell and…...

Suzy Nakamura (Horrible Bosses 2) has booked the female lead opposite Ken Jeong in ABC's comedy pilot Dr. Ken, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated Hmo doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting — and succeeding at none of them. Nakamura, repped by Innovative Artists and Kass Management, will play Allison, Jeong’s successful psychologist wife. Also cast is Tish…...

Newsradio alum Dave Foley has been cast opposite Ken Jeong in Jeong's ABC comedy pilot Dr. Ken, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated Hmo doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting, and succeeding at none of them. Apa-repped Foley will play Pat, the head of the hospital. Greek alum Scott Michael Foster has landed a lead role in ABC drama pilot Boom from…...

Trophy Wife breakout Albert Tsai has been cast opposite Ken Jeong in another ABC comedy project, Joeng’s pilot Dr. Ken, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated Hmo doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting, and succeeding at none of them. Tsai will play his son. At age 10, Tsai already has received awards recognition, earning a best supporting actor Critics…...

ABC has officially given the pilot green light to Dr. Ken, a multi-camera comedy starring Community‘s Ken Jeong. The project, from Sony TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment, was picked up along with the bulk of the ABC comedy pilots on Jan. 30. The last 10 days were spent hammering out a co-production deal between Sony TV and ABC Studios, which has now joined the project. With that in place, Dr. Ken is officially a pilot.

Written by Jared Stern (The Internship), Mike O’Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician and worked as an internist before quitting to pursue comedy, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated Hmo doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting, and succeeding at none of them. Stern executive produces with Mike Sikowitz, who serves as showrunner, and Davis Entertainment’s John David and John Fox. O’Connell and Jeong co-executive produce.

This marks The Blacklist producer Davis Entertainment’s second pilot this season,...

Warner Bros. Pictures has extended its first-look deal with writer/director/producer Todd Phillips' Green Hat Films through the end of 2013. The announcement was made today by Jeffrey Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group and Office of the President.

Phillips, who most recently directed, wrote, and produced the studio's record-breaking 2011 hit comedy The Hangover Part II, has been based at Warner Bros. since 2005.

"Todd's been a cherished member of the Warner family for a long time, and the comedic genius he's brought to the big screen has made for an extraordinarily successful partnership," said Robinov. "We're excited to extend our relationship and eagerly anticipate more great movies from Todd and Green Hat."

"I'm really excited to renew my partnership with Jeffrey Robinov and everyone at Warner Bros.," said Phillips. "I am so grateful that they will continue to provide me with a platform to satisfy my endless hunger for revenge and schadenfreude.

Director: Sol Tryon Writer: Peter Kline, Mike O'Connell Starring: Mike O’Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell) is a flamboyant, arrogant and eccentric drunk whose incessant pontifications – made in an exaggeratedly aristocratic accent – are scribbled down verbatim by his loyal best friend, authorized biographer, and rickshaw-cum-pedicab chauffeur, Mills (Jesse Eisenberg). (Mills is also a poet extraordinaire.) The Living Wake opens with a Cliff Notes montage of K. Roth’s life of failure which wraps up with the life-changing declaration by his doctor that K. Roth is dying of a nameless disease. That’s right kids – K. Roth is dying prematurely, foolishly and namelessly. The narrative itself commences in the morning of the very day that K. Roth’s life is set to expire (at 7:30pm). K. Roth and Mills scuttle across town on their makeshift rickshaw-cum-pedicab arranging the last-minute preparations for K. Roth’s death,...

A dark comedy which chronicles the final day in the life of self-proclaimed "artist and genius" K. Roth Binew, "The Living Wake" is currently screening in limited release. Directed by first-time filmmaker Sol Tryon, the film stars Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan and Ann Dowd, and has been receiving warm notices on the festival circuit - winning the Feature Film Award for Comedic Vision at the Austin Film Festival, the ...

A dark comedy which chronicles the final day in the life of self-proclaimed "artist and genius" K. Roth Binew, "The Living Wake" is currently screening in limited release. Directed by first-time filmmaker Sol Tryon, the film stars Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan and Ann Dowd, and has been receiving warm notices on the festival circuit - winning the Feature Film Award for Comedic Vision at the Austin Film Festival, the ...

In director Sol Tryon's "The Living Wake," Jesse Eisenberg plays Mils, the assistant to K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell), a self-described genius writer who's about to die that evening and is arranging his funeral. Reminiscent of "Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead" fused with "Waiting for Godot," the film centers on themes of immortality through books and existing (or not) in a vacuum. Speakeasy caught up with the three men behind the film to talk about cementing legacies through art and death.

Ever 2002's Roger Dodger, in which he played an awkward 16-year-old who enlists the help of his Manhattanite uncle on his quest to lose his virginity, actor Jesse Eisenberg has pulled off a string of almost unanimously-praised turns as nebish-y, complicated youths (see also: 2005's The Squid and the Whale, and 2009's lighter Adventureland). With three films seeing release this month (The Living Wake, Holy Rollers, Solitary Man), and a just-wrapped portryal of Mark Zuckerberg in the sure-to-be huge Facebook movie, The Social Network, Eisenberg is likely on the verge of his first big moment. We spoke to him about working with the "genius" writer-actor Mike O'Connell on his dark comedy, The Living Wake, Hassidic Jewish ecstasy dealers, and why he doesn't like social networking:

Interview: The Living Wake, which is screening in New York and La this week, was actually made a couple years ago, right?

Jesse Eisenberg:...

Actor Jesse Eisenberg possesses such a brilliant mind and nervous energy that he seems incapable of portraying anyone unintelligent. "Anytime you take on a role, you try to imbue it with good decision-making skills, because everybody, regardless of their intelligence, assumes they're making good decisions, even if it's something they regret later," says the actor, who is 11 credits away from his anthropology degree at the New School in New York's Greenwich Village. It's not surprising the 26-year-old actor has drawn comparisons to brainy, creative types like Woody Allen and Michael Cera.In eight years, Eisenberg has gone from indie breakout star in "Roger Dodger" and "The Squid and the Whale" to leading roles in hits like "Adventureland" and "Zombieland." He recently wrapped David Fincher's highly anticipated "The Social Network" and has two films coming out May 14: "Holy Rollers" and "The Living Wake." Back Stage helped him land one...

Director Sol Tyron's The Living Wake has elements that are endearing for precisely the reason they are off-putting. The florid dialog is precise to the point of being mannered while the performances are broad - but in a way that the roles being played demand. It's particular, this film, but a brand of particular that appealed to me.

The story chronicles what may very well be the last day in the life of K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell) whose business cards would likely read, "writer, artist, and professional eccentric." Having learned that he suffers from a disease that is as punctual as it is fatal, K. Roth sets off with his biographer/manservant Mills (Jesse Eisenberg) to wrap up unfinished business. This includes admitting his true love to his septuagenarian nanny, waging war against his neighbor and rival, and attending his own wake as a sort of performer and Mc.

Are you ready for an entirely different type of cult film? One that relies on being clever and playing with language rather than sex or splatter to inspire devotion? Well, get your Harold And Maude and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead hats on, because Sol Tryon's The Living Wake aims to make you a believer once again.

Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mike O'Connell as they chronicle the final day in the life of a self declared artist and genius whose art seems to be mostly downing large amounts of whiskey.

Wes Anderson, eat your heart out.