You’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking about which member of the Avengers is the strongest and most capable of saving the day.
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Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut this fall in the new play, “McNeal.” Written by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher (“To Kill a Mockingbird”), “McNeal” will star Downey as a talented writer who struggles with family issues as he works on his next novel. According to the official synopsis, “Good writers borrow, great writers steal.
Jacob McNeal (Downey) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence.” “McNeal” will begin previews on Sept. 5 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater ahead of opening night on Sept.
30. The limited run will end onNov. 24.
Additional casting will be announced at a later date. The play will have sets by Michael Yeargan & Jake Barton, costumes by Jennifer Moeller, lighting by Donald Holder, sound by Justin Ellington & Beth Lake, and projections by Jake Barton. Jennifer Rae Moore will be the stage manager.
Downey recently won the first Oscar of his career for Christopher Nolan’s historical epic “Oppenheimer,” in which he played Lewis Strauss. The “Iron Man” star will appear next (in various villainous roles) in HBO’s adaptation of “The Sympathizer” and Paramount’s “Vertigo” remake. Akhtar won a Pulitzer Prize winner for “Disgraced” and has also written the plays “Junk,” “The Who & the What” and “The Invisible Hand.”
.You’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking about which member of the Avengers is the strongest and most capable of saving the day.
Chris Hemsworth was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 23, 2024. At the ceremony, Robert Downey Jr. delivered a roast in honor of his friend's newest accolade.
Robert Downey Jr. was on hand to playfully roast Chris Hemsworth as the Australian actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (May 23).The pair both starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Downey Jr. playing Iron Man/Tony Stark and Hemsworth portraying the Norse god Thor.After taking to the podium on Hollywood Boulevard, Downey Jr.
Chris Hemsworth received his Hollywood Walk of Fame star today. Instead of carrying a hammer like his multi-film character, Thor, he received a good-natured hammering from his Avengers film colleagues.
Chris Hemsworth unveiled his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, on May 23, 2024.Stars who joined him to celebrate the event included his wife, Elsa Pataky, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Robert Downey Jr.Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. poked fun at Chris Hemsworth on behalf of the Avengers while attending the Thor star’s Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on Thursday (May 23) in Hollywood, Calif.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Hemsworth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and his longtime Avengers co-star Robert Downey Jr. marked the occasion with a public roast of everyone’s favorite “Thor” actor. Downey asked their Marvel buddies Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans to describe Hemsworth in three words.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced so many popular stars to the franchise over the years. However, we’ll always have a sweet spot in our hearts for the original six members of the Avengers – Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner.
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Robert Downey Jr. will make his his Broadway debut in the lead role of McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, author of the Tony-nominated Junk and the Pulitzer-winner Disgraced.
Robert Downey Jr. is one of the first of many truly perfect casting decisions that Marvel made when building the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, he was very nearly not cast as Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. has said that he does not agree with Chris Hemsworth’s critique of his performance in Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder.The 2022 film was the fourth instalment in the MCU that focused primarily on Hemsworth’s character, and in a new interview, the Australian has said that he feels like he became “a parody” of himself in the film, and that he “didn’t stick the landing”.“Sometimes I felt like a security guard for the team,” he added.
Beyoncé‘s first name will be included in the new edition of the French encyclopaedic dictionary Le Petit Larousse.As Sky News reports, more than 150 new words have been added to the 120th version of the book this year.The ‘Cowboy Carter’ star will appear as an entry alongside celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, French actor Omar Sy, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan, and French rugby captain Antoine Dupont.Many additions “reflect concerns, developments or strong movements” in 2024, Carine Girac-Marinier, director of the dictionaries and encyclopaedias department, told French news magazine Le Point.As Marie Claire notes, “Beyoncé” will be accompanied by the definition “American singer of R&B and pop”.Many fans have responded to the nod on social media, with one writing: “That’s when you know you’ve succeeded.” Another person said: “Beyoncé’s influence knows no bounds!” A third user commented: “Star power.”“Creole French queen,” wrote someone else, referring to Beyoncé’s Louisiana Creole ancestry (via Nola).In 2004, the term “bootylicious” – featured in Destiny’s Child 2001 hit single of the same name – was added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the definition “(of a woman) sexually attractive”.Other new additions to the Le Petit Larousse include the English phrases “fast fashion” and “skate park”, as well as “platisme” (the French term for the Flat Earth theory).In February, Beyoncé made history by becoming the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’.
Robert Downey Jr. is standing by his friend and costar Chris Hemsworth.
Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr. are celebrating Jeremy Renner‘s recovery after the snow plow accident he suffered at the beginning of 2023.
Chris Hemsworth is sharing his thoughts and some regrets about his portrayal of Thor in Taika Waititi’s Love and Thunder.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Hemsworth graces the cover of Vanity Fair’s May 2024 issue, where he revealed that he feels Marvel fans deserve another “Thor” movie after the whiff that was 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The actor already admitted to GQ last year that his fourth standalone “Thor” movie was “too silly” for its own good, but the misstep appears to continue to haunt him. “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth told Vanity Fair. “I didn’t stick the landing.” While Hemsworth has always been grateful for his career-defining role as Thor, he admitted to the publication that he grew frustrated with the character while playing him in four standalone Marvel films and additional “Avengers” movies.
Alden Ehrenreich (Fair Play) is the newest addition to the cast of Weapons, New Line‘s horror thriller from writer-director Zach Cregger.
In a podcast conversation from Empire with Oscar-nominated star Kerry Condon of “The Banshees Of Inisherin” and star of Liam Neeson’s recent thriller, “In The Lands Of Saints And Sinners,” which just came out in the U.K., the actress revealed some interesting tidbits about her time working with Marvel, such as keeping Iron Man’s death a secret. Condon voiced Marvel’s F.R.I.D.A.Y., the A.I.