A new Oscar celebrates the process of matching actor and role. But whether a star is hired for artistic or box office reasons, mismatches can be memorable. Here our favorites from recent decades. What do you think? Source link #Worst #Movie #Casting #Choices
movie review SCREAM 7 Running time: 114 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence, gore, and language.) In theaters. In the middle of the stupefyingly bad seventh “Scream” movie, Sidney Prescott asks her daughter’s boyfriend, “Do you know anything about AI?” Oh, I screamed all right. Noooo! Anything but another slapdash horror film with a lazy plot that hinges on … Read more
It was a wonderful life for Jimmy Stewart. And according to Carol Burnett, the actor, who died at age 89 in 1997, couldn’t have been a better man. “One of the nicest people I ever met in my life was my movie star idol, and that was Jimmy Stewart. Everybody loved him,” the actress, 92, told her … Read more
Kathleen Kennedy will step down from her role as president of “Star Wars” movie producer Lucasfilm this week and become a full-time producer, Walt Disney said Thursday. Disney has named Dave Filoni, a protégé of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and the co-creator of “Star Wars” streaming TV series “The Mandalorian,” president and chief creative officer of Lucasfilm. … Read more
Actress Gal Gadot is set to star in the film adaptation of the bestselling “Recovery Agent” book series by Janet Evanovich, after its feature rights were acquired by Paramount Pictures, Deadline reported on Wednesday. Gadot and partner Jaron Varsano are set to co-produce the project, alongside Paramount, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. “The Recovery Agent: A New … Read more
David Harbour has dropped out of an upcoming movie in the wake of the “Stranger Things” finale. The actor, 50, will no longer star in Tony Gilroy’s drama film “Behemoth!” alongside Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde and Matthew Lillard, Searchlight Pictures confirmed to Variety on Tuesday. Insiders familiar with the project told Variety that Harbour was … Read more
Jack Black wishes he could go back. In an interview with Capital FM, Black, 56, said it was “tricky” when asked to name a movie role that he’s turned down. “Because then the person who got the role, they look like s–t because, ‘Oh, I was a second choice? I was sloppy seconds!’” Black joked. … Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow lost more than her marriage when she “consciously uncoupled” from Chris Martin. During her appearance on “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” Tuesday, Paltrow, 53, revealed that her 2014 split from Martin, 48, cost her a career opportunity. “I was supposed to do a movie at one point… and it was right after the … Read more
Professional bodybuilder Jayne Trcka — who played Miss Mann in “Scary Movie” — has died after being found unresponsive in her kitchen by a friend who went to her home to check on her after multiple unanswered calls. Trcka’s son told TMZ she passed on Dec. 12 aged 62 in San Diego, Calif. Her son wasn’t aware … Read more
That’s showbiz. Cher and Kristen Bell reflected on their experience working on the drama-filled “Burlesque” set when they reunited on Monday’s episode of “Armchair Expert,” hosted by Bell’s husband, Dax Shepard. “It could have been a really good, fun movie — except for you know who,” Cher said on the podcast. “Except for both of … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The Nation’s Actor,” died Monday. He was 74. Ahn, who had blood cancer for years, died at Seoul’s Soonchunhyang University Hospital, his agency, the Artist Company, and hospital officials … Read more
Is the gang spry enough for another heist? George Clooney, 64, weighed in on the status of the “Ocean’s” movie franchise, which began with “Ocean’s Eleven” in 2001. “There was something about the idea that we’re too old to do what we used to do, but we’re still smart enough to know how to get … Read more
There were some bumps in the flight path. A Ryanair flight from the UK to Spain’s Canary Islands was cut short after several passengers were injured during a severe bout of turbulence. The bumpy ride occurred on Sunday, December 28, while flight FR1121 was flying between Birmingham and Tenerife, the Independent reported. The Post reached … Read more
The Wet Bandits strike again. “Home Alone” star Daniel Stern has been commissioned to create a statue of his most iconic scene for the new owners of the house featured in the classic holiday flick. “I got a call from the people who own the ‘Home Alone’ house,” Stern, 68, told People during an interview published Wednesday. … Read more
A woman spent tens of thousands of dollars decorating her entire home with Monsters, Inc. memorabilia — and even changed her own name to match a character from the movie Laura Sullivan, 36, has been collecting Monsters, Inc. items since the Pixar animated film was released in 2001. Over the past 24 years, her collection … Read more
Beverly D’Angelo took matters into her own hands and made movie history. After “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983) and “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” (1985), the Griswolds returned to deliver more chaos in 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” The film starred D’Angelo and Chevy Chase, along with Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, among others. D’Angelo … Read more
Once a vision of tomorrow — now a project of today. A crumbling NYC architectural marvel that notably doubled as an alien spaceship in the 1997 movie “Men in Black” is finally getting its comeback — with a $50 million glow-up fit for a Hollywood reboot. The New York State Pavilion — the soaring, space-age … Read more
movie review ANACONDA Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence/action, strong language, some drug use and suggestive references). In theaters Dec. 25. Who would have thought that 1997’s “Anaconda,” in which Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon Voight run from a giant snake in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, would leave a significant enough … Read more
How does your holiday movie taste stack up with the rest of the country? According to new research, “Home Alone 3” was voted as the most hated festive film. The survey of 2,000 Americans tasked respondents to vote on the holiday movies they “love to hate,” and saw the Kevin McCallister-less Home Alone sequel score … Read more
movie review SONG SUNG BLUE Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use). In theaters Dec. 25. If there’s one slam-dunk choice in “Song Sung Blue,” Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s new romantic movie about a Neil Diamond cover band, it’s the title. “Sweet Caroline” … Read more