By ReutersTheWrap Former world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, who was widely known for his power-punching style, a charismatic smile and role in the “Rocky V” movie, has died at the age of 44. The boxer’s former promoter, Tony Holden, told the Tulsa World that Morrison had died on Sunday night in a hospital in Omaha, […]
Lindsay Lohan skips Venice Film Festival to focus on health
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Surging ‘The Butler’ may overhaul ‘One Direction’ at box office
By Todd CunninghamTheWrap “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” surged on Saturday, while “One Direction: This Is Us” faded and suddenly it’s a horse race for the Labor Day weekend box office crown. The Weinstein Company’s civil rights saga has topped the domestic box office for the past two weeks. It took in $5.5 million Saturday, a […]
Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki to retire after 11 feature films
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki‘s animation studio says “The Wind Rises,” in competition at the Venice Film Festival, will be his last film. Find: More on Hayao Miyazaki’s career Koju Hoshino announced Miyazaki’s intention to retire Sunday, but declined to take questions, deferring to a news conference next week in Tokyo. “He […]
Niall Horan will be the first to settle down in One Direction, claims Liam Payne.
Niall Horan 31 August 2013 Niall Horan will be the first to settle down in One Direction, claims Liam Payne. Even though fellow One Directioner Zayn Malik has popped the question to Perrie Edwards, the boys think it will be sneaky Niall who wins the marriage and kids’ race. “Niall – he’ll surprise us,” Liam […]
Zayn Malik: Fans are physical
Zayn Malik 31 August 2013 Zayn Malik doesn’t feel “haunted” by his inability to dance as One Direction are so popular now. The handsome One Direction star and bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan send teenage girls into hysterics wherever they go. Currently they are busy promoting their movie This Is […]
Mark Wahlberg’s yo-yo film dieting
Mark Wahlberg plays a bodybuilder in Pain and Gain directed by Michael Bay 01 September 2013 Mark Wahlberg has revealed his body has been through a gruelling regime of bulking up and slimming down for movie parts. The Ted actor plays a bodybuilder in new film Pain Gain, which was sandwiched between two other projects […]
Rooney Mara to romance Cate Blanchett in new lesbian drama
WENN Rooney Mara will romance Cate Blanchett in director Todd Haynes’ new movie “Carol” after stepping in to replace Mia Wasikowska. Search: Rooney Mara talks piercings  | Week in Quotes The “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” star will portray a lesbian who falls for a frustrated wife in the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s love story, […]
Stephen Frears eager for pope to see his latest film
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Director Stephen Frears is “very keen” for Pope Francis to see his latest film, “Philomena,” the true story of a shamed Irish woman forced by nuns to give her son up for adoption in the 1950s. Frears repeated the desire to reporters three times before the film’s world premiere in competition […]
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider making a horror movie
WENN Former “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider has teamed up with the actors behind the horror genre’s creepiest characters to make a movie under his new film company banner. The actor realized his dream of running a movie company after starting up John Schneider’s Fairlight Films in Baton Rouge last year, and now he’s […]