It may be hard to imagine today, but in the mid-1990s Hollywood made a series of high-profile films criticising China, rather than pandering to the country to maximise worldwide box-office profits. Released with varying degrees of fanfare in 1997, Martin Scorsese’s Kundun, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Seven Years in Tibet and Jon Avnet’s Red Corner are scarcely talked...
Step up folks, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) head honcho Kevin Feige has finally revealed a tidbit about the highly anticipated Fantastic Four movie. There has been much buzz about integrating this property back into the MCU after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox — the latter previously held the movie rights for Marvel's First Family. And after the...
Dreidre Friel, who plays Greta on Apple TV+'s Physical, shares more about being plus-sized in Hollywood. Apple TV+ Hollywood's latest trend is diversity and from strong female characters to disabled superheroes to Asian representation and even gay romantic comedies, it's clear that showbiz is attempting to showcase stories beyond that of the white male perspective. However, one...
Instagram/lordeinfo Lorde says ditching social media was “the hardest thing” she’s ever done. The Solar Power hitmaker no longer uses sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even YouTube, and has said giving up social media was “horribly difficult” for her because it made her feel “disconnected” from the world at first. She said: “I felt like my brain...
Mark Wahlberg arrives for world premiere of Transfomers, The Last Night, at a cinema in central London, Britain, on June 18, 2017Reuters Mark Wahlberg plans to gain 30 pounds over the next six weeks. The 49-year-old actor has revealed he's preparing to pile on the pounds for his new movie Father Stu, in which he plays a...
Actress Sharon Stone arrives at the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, Feb 27, 2011Reuters The 63-year-old actress has rubbished the idea that women become less powerful with age and she thinks now is the perfect time to release her upcoming memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice. In People's exclusive look at Sharon's Super Soul interview with...
Scarlett Johansson.Instagram/scarlettjohanssonworld The 36-year-old actress - who has played Black Widow in the hit movies for a number of years - admitted she initially thought the whole concept would be a "disaster". She said: "Even the thought of all of us together in our superhero costumes sounded like it was going to be a disaster. Not a...
Instagram/jlo Singer Jennifer Lopez and former New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez said on Saturday they were “working through some things” and that reports of them splitting up after almost four years together were inaccurate. Celebrity website TMZ, the New York Post’s Page Six and multiple entertainment sites on Friday cited unidentified sources close to the...
Jennifer Grey, the actress who starred opposite Patrick Swayze in romantic drama Dirty Dancing, will appear in a sequel to the classic 1987 movie, the studio behind the film announced on Thursday. Grey also will serve as an executive producer on the film, which will be directed by Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine, said Jon Feltheimer, chief...
As The Ellen DeGeneres Show becomes increasingly embroiled in scandal, James Corden, host of CBS' Late Late Show, is reportedly in talks to replace her. Citing an insider, The Sun reported on Saturday (Aug 1) that Corden, 41, has long been seen as the "long-term successor" to 62-year-old DeGeneres even before allegations about the show's toxic...
