Ryan Gosling’s reboot of “The Fall Guy,” took first place in its debut at the box office, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The action flick, starring Gosling as a cocky stunt double for a famous actor, raked in $10.48 million on Friday. The movie, loosely based on the Lee Majors-led 1980s TV series, was expected … Read more
Nudity loves company. Brooke Shields revealed that she stripped down in solidarity with co-star Benjamin Bratt on the set of their new Netflix movie “Mother of the Bride.” On Friday’s episode of “The View,” the actress explained that she went mostly au natural to comfort her co-star Bratt whose wardrobe for one scene consisted only … Read more
“Too wong…feud?” In an interview on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live,” John Leguizamo described his late co-star Patrick Swayze as “neurotic” and “difficult” to work with. The two actors starred in the 1995 drag queen cult classic “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” alongside Wesley Snipes and Stockard Channing. Leguizamo’s comments were spurred by host … Read more
Han shot first. On this most hallowed of holidays — May the Fourth, also known as “Star Wars Day” because, you know, “may the Force be with you” — let us all agree that a long time ago, in a galaxy that now feels very far away indeed, Han shot Greedo first. No amount of … Read more
new video loaded: ‘The Fall Guy’ | Anatomy of a Scene transcript Back transcript ‘The Fall Guy’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director David Leitch narrates a sequence from his film featuring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. “Hi, I’m David Leitch. And I’m the director of ‘The Fall Guy.’ So I’m super excited. This … Read more
Perhaps sex doesn’t sell — at least not in Hollywood. Despite recent hits like “Saltburn” and “Poor Things” making a splash with their risqué scenes, sex on the big screen has plummeted nearly 40% since the turn of the century, according to a new study. From 2000 to 2023, both the overall number of steamy … Read more
movie review THE FALL GUY Running time: 126 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action and violence, drug content and some strong language). In theaters May 2. A good stunt double makes us believe, completely, that our favorite movie stars are really putting their lives at risk onscreen for our entertainment. It’s a humbling job. Do it well … Read more
They’ve fallen into hot water. Ryan Gosling’s new action comedy “The Fall Guy” is stirring up controversy before it’s hit theaters. The movie follows stuntman Colt Seavers (Gosling), who gets called back for one last job after quitting the biz. To make matters more complicated, the actor that he used to be a stunt double … Read more
movie review THE IDEA OF YOU Running time: 115 minutes. Rated R (some language and sexual content). On Prime Video May 2. Anne Hathaway’s career in Hollywood began 23 years ago with a family movie about every teen girl’s ultimate fantasy — her geeky character discovered she was actually royalty. Now 41, the actress has … Read more
Girl, what? The “Girl, Interrupted” set was “intimidating” for star Elisabeth Moss — especially because there were Angelina Jolie vs. Winona Ryder “camps” while filming. The actress, 41, opened up about her experience on the 1999 drama while appearing on the “Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa” podcast on Wednesday. “My mom was still … Read more
Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of May’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.) New to Amazon Prime Video ‘The Idea of … Read more
Kramer is back. Michael Richards made his return to the red carpet for the first time in eight years in LA on Tuesday night. The actor, 74, reunited with his “Seinfeld” co-star Jerry Seinfeld at the “Unfrosted” premiere. The pair were photographed hugging, posing for photographs and waving to fans in the crowd. Richards and … Read more
Early in “Civil War,” the writer-director Alex Garland’s dystopian blockbuster, a plucky young journalist named Jessie recalls an event called the Antifa Massacre. You can picture the eeriness that Garland must have assumed that phrase would conjure: familiar words, filtered through his apocalyptic vision, projecting today’s ideological rancor into the future. His film is an … Read more
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Christian Bale, 50, was photographed on the set of his upcoming flick “The Bride” in NYC on Tuesday, along with his youngest child, Joseph, 10 — who appears to be playing an extra. The movie will see “The Dark Knight” actor playing Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster. Bale … Read more
“Oh, donkey…” It’s the hidden detail many wish their fairy godmothers could erase — 23 years after the release of everyone’s favorite green Ogre, Shrek. Given its humor, we knew Shrek was just as popular with adults as with kids. But this newly uncovered detail was darker than many expected. Movie detective Ivan Mars found a sinister ending involving Mama Bear from ‘Goldilocks and the … Read more
‘Boyz N The Hood’ (May 31) Stream it here. John Singleton became the first African American to be nominated for the best director Oscar (and the youngest, beating even Orson Welles by two years) for this, his debut feature. He made it fresh out of USC film school, based on his experiences, and those of … Read more
Zack Norman, the actor best known for playing Danny DeVito’s sidekick in “Romancing the Stone,” died Sunday in Burbank, Calif., of natural causes. He was 83. Norman’s daughter, Lori Zuker Briller, paid tribute to her father in a Facebook post. “Wherever you drifted off to, I know everything just got livelier,” she wrote. “You were … Read more
Martin Freeman didn’t see anything wrong with his age gap with co-star Jenna Ortega in “Miller’s Girl.” After all, that was the point of the plot. “[It’s] grown-up and nuanced. It’s not saying, ‘Isn’t this great?’ ” he told UK’s the Times in an interview published Saturday. “And that’s a shame,” he went on. “Are … Read more
Josh O’Connor is best known to most audiences for his Emmy-winning performance as a young King Charles in seasons three and four of “The Crown.” But for his new film, “Challengers,” co-starring Zendaya and “West Side Story” star Mike Faist, he’s showing a whole new side of himself. O’Connor plays tennis pro Patrick, one-third of a … Read more
Zendaya, clad in a skintight dress, gyrates on a dance floor in “Challengers,” a $56 million sports drama that arrived in multiplexes on Friday. “It’s getting hot in here,” the hip-hop soundtrack intones, as she closes her eyes and runs her hands through her hair, lost in fantasy. “So take off all your clothes.” The … Read more