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Thrillers come in all shapes and sizes. There’s the psychological or serial killer thriller, which was popularized in the ’90s by The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en. There’s the erotic thriller, which had its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s with such hits as Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct. And then there’s the action thriller, which is probably the most popular offshoot of the genre right now, with the Taken series and Salt as prime examples.Recently, there’s been a revival of a subgenre that’s been dormant since the 1970s: the journalism thriller. From Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal…
The opening months of 2024 have posed a question: How many different people can the Rock be at once? There he goes, taking the stage at the Oscars, grinning and gleaming on The Tonight Show: Movie-Star Rock. Here he is, joining the board of the WWE’s corporate owner, appearing on CNBC: Mogul Rock. (That one wears glasses!) Here he comes, this weekend, making his much-hyped return to Wrestlemania. He’ll climb back into the ring, stomping and slapping: Well, that’s just the Rock. He’s not a person but a parade, and it works, all of it at once, because Dwayne “The…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Roman Reigns will tag-team Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins during Night 1 of WrestleMania XL this weekend. (Louis Grasse/PXimages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)It’s time for another WrestleMania! This weekend, WrestleMania 40 — AKA WrestleMania XL — will be held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philly. With Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returning to the ring to tag-team Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins with the help of Roman Reigns on Night 1, setting the tone for the Reigns vs. Rhodes main event on Night 2, it’s sure shaping up to be an action-packed weekend. WrestleMania XL kicks…
Every Star Wars film begins with that iconic line of text: a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But on screen, the furthest back audiences have ever gone is the earliest days of the Skywalker Saga in Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Until now. Incoming series The Acolyte is an all-new adventure set in George Lucas’ universe, turning the clock back 100 years before Episode I to unspool a mystery offering fresh insight into the Jedi, the Sith, and everything in between. It’s packed with brand new heroes, bursting with martial-arts action, and – most importantly –…
If Cody Rhodes is going to “finish the story” at Night 2 of WrestleMania 40, he’s going to have to do it with the deck stacked against him. Rhodes and tag partner Seth Rollins came up on the losing side of the Night 1 main event when Roman Reigns and The Rock abused the rules to pull off the win.The Rock made it clear early in the match that he would use his power as a member of the TKO board of directors to fire the referee should he choose to enforce the rules. This allowed Reigns and Rock to…
He said on CNN’s ‘The Chris Wallace Show’ Saturday, “There’s got to be some way Israel can fight this war without killing so many innocents.” Chris Wallace took a moment on CNN‘s The Chris Wallace Show on Saturday morning to condemn the deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers amid the Israel–Hamas war. Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, John Chapman, Jacob Flickinger, Zomi Frankcom, James Henderson, James Kirby and Damian Soból were killed by Israeli airstrikes on April 1. Officials in Israel later explained that a “misidentification” led to the deadly attack on their convoy. During his “Tell Me Why I’m Wrong” segment, Wallace stated that…
Elizabeth Hurley, Hugh Grant. Getty Images (2) Elizabeth Hurley said she and ex Hugh Grant used to bicker about what their future kids would look like. While appearing on the Friday, April 5, episode of SiriusXM’s Radio Andy with host Andy Cohen, Hurley, 58, was asked if she had ever considered having children with Grant, 63, whom she dated from 1987 to 2000. “Never,” she said. “You know, you think all that, but of course, had that happened I wouldn’t have [this] baby.” Hurley is referring to her son, Damian Hurley, 22, who she shares with businessman Stephen Bing. “You…
Becky Lynch was a recent guest on “The School of Greatness” podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including the advice she received from the likes of John Cena and The Rock. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below: On John Cena giving her advice about establishing her character more: “‘Who are you? I don’t know who you are.’ That’s what [Cena] said to me. I would go to him, I would ask him for advice. He was like ‘I don’t know who you are. I don’t know who you are.’ I would get so mad because…
Mary Shelley’s genre novel landmark Frankenstein is one source material that, like Sherlock Holmes, Dracula or Garfield, filmmakers just can’t somehow stay away from. Perhaps it’s because the story of a man and his creation offers so many potential thematic choices. Or because actors just love playing the stitched-up result of the doctor’s work. In this case, we have writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal offering up the first looks at Christian Bale as the creature and Jessie Buckley as his chosen Bride. Check out Bale above and the other images below… From the looks of these, Gyllenhaal (marking her second directorial effort…
Prince Andrew is about to get a lot more focus with a Netflix film about his infamous Newsnight interview in 2019 set to be released today.Titled ‘Scoop’, the drama will tell the story of Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis which shocked the nation, partly down to his incredibly unusual answers and partly because it offered more insight on his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Controversial Prince Andrew represents Royal Family in lieu of King Charles, William and KateIn the past, Andrew lived at Buckingham Palace and plenty of unusual claims have been made about what was inside his bedroom.Various former…