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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains mild spoilers for “Black Adam.” It’s kind of a cheat, casting someone as massive as Dwayne Johnson to play a DC superhero — or antihero, in the case of “Black Adam,” an action-packed, adolescent-skewing standalone that presents the swole Samoan star as a nearly invincible global threat. Black Adam is basically an A-bomb in human form, whose emergence from a 5,000-year lockdown calls for emergency intervention by the Justice Society of America, or “JSA,” which dispatches four glorified bench-warmers to contain the situation: Hawkman (Aldis Hodge, gruff), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo, doofy), Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell, colorful) and Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan, the standout, even if his character reads like a second-rate Doctor Strange).

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has said him running for President Of The United States Of America is currently “off the table”.Johnson has been speaking about becoming President since 2016. First he said he “wouldn’t rule it out” before saying he was seriously considering running for office in 2020.

No plans to run. It looks like The Rock isn’t running for President. Dwayne Johnson sat down with Tracy Smith for an upcoming interview on CBS Sunday Morning to clear up the rumors that he’s running for office for 2024.

KJ Apa has been named a Samoan chief in a traditional ceremony. The New Zealand-born Riverdale star, whose father is Samoan and a matai (chief) of his village in Samoa, revealed to his Instagram followers that he had officially received the Samoan chief title of Savae before village elders in a ceremony. KJ, 25, shared a photo of the ceremony held in the village of Moata’a, located on the island of Upolu in Samoa.

KJ Apa has officially become a Samoan chief following a traditional ceremony.

KJ Apa has been made a Samoan Chief in his home village. The 25-year-old actor is New Zealand-born but is half Samoan on his father's side and has been honoured with the title of chief in the village of Moata’a and took to social media to promise that he will "serve" his family and village. Alongside a photo of himself kneeling in the traditional ceremony known as a saofa'i, he wrote on Instagram: "O la’u fautuaga - o le a ou tautua i le tatou aiga ma le tatou nu’u.

KJ Apa is now a Samoan Chief!

EXCLUSIVE: AEW’s Joe Seanoa a.k.a Samoa Joe is set to play the dual role of Sweet Tooth voiced by Will Arnett in Peacock’s . Mike Mitchell (The Tomorrow War, Love), Tahj Vaughans (P-Valley), and Lou Beatty Jr. (A Million Little Things, NCIS) are set to recur.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLeo T. Reed, an offensive lineman in the American Football League who went on to lead Teamsters Local 399 for 24 years, died on Sunday at the age of 83.Reed was appointed secretary-treasurer of the union in 1988, representing Hollywood studio drivers and other workers for eight terms. He was also chairman of the Basic Crafts unions, responsible for joint negotiations with the studios in partnership with other below-the-line unions.

Australian Survivor in 2017, their impressive game-play and tight-knit alliance made them targets in the Asaga tribe.And while they competed to the best of their ability on the tough reality TV show, a love story was playing out on our screens.

The Autumn internationals come to an end this weekend as the Barbarians come to town to take on Samoa.

couple Kalani and Asuelu are getting to the heart of their issues with Asuelu's sister, Tammy, and his mom, Lesina. In this exclusive clip from Sunday's episode of, they reveal just how much money Asuelu has given to his mom, which Lesina and Tammy constantly complain about.Tammy has made it no secret in past episodes that she thinks Asuelu should be giving more money to their mom and to support their family back in Samoa, and Lesina has openly demanded it.

 tell-all for Kalani and Asuelu after he faced his mom, Lesina, and his sister, Tammy, for the first time after he physically kicked them out of Kalani's parents' house following a Christmas get-together gone horribly wrong.Kalani has had issues with Lesina and Tammy over money — namely, Lesina and Tammy wanting Asuelu to send money to Samoa even though he's struggling to take care of his own two young kids financially — but now, they're fighting over her having another baby.

's Asuelu has had enough of living in America. After a shocking altercation with both his sister and mom that had him physically kicking them out of the family gathering, as well as dealing with constant money issues, Asuelu said he wanted to go back to Samoa.Asuelu and Kalani have been living with Kalani's parents in order to save money and Kalani's mom, Lisa, also helps them with babysitting their two young sons, Oliver and Kennedy.

rocky relationship with his mom, Lesina, and his sister, Tammy, got physical on Sunday's episode of. Lesina and Tammy visited Asuelu and Kalani's family for Christmas ahead of Lesina returning back to Samoa, but the visit quickly soured when Kalani told them she didn't want another baby.Lesina and Tammy haven't gotten along with Kalani given their previous arguments about money.

People, who just named the actor the “No. 1 Reason to Love America,” Johnson said that he’s honored by the suggestion that he should lead the free world. “I love our country to my core and I’m endlessly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had here, as a half-Black, half-Samoan kid being able to work my ass off knowing tenacity opens doors,” he told the outlet.

Dwayne Johnson doesn’t love the idea of being the president. However, the U.S. public has an appetite for it, and who is Johnson to deny his fellow Americans?

Super League’s joint table-toppers Wigan look like having to travel to the AJ Bell Stadium to face Salford on Saturday minus the services of Willie Isa.

Asian and Pacific Islander characters on screen were completely missing from 39% — or roughly four out of 10 — of the top grossing films dating back to 2007, a new study has found. Of 1,300 analyzed films, only 44 movies, or 3.4%, had an API lead or co-lead.

turning a new leaf in their rocky marriage, the couple has another intense fight on Sunday's episode of, which left Kalani in tears.Kalani and Asuelu have been working on their marriage since last season, and 32-year-old Kalani has made it clear that she's contemplating divorce but says that 25-year-old Asuelu doesn't understand that it's a possibility since couples rarely get divorced in Samoan culture.

England have confirmed a World Cup warm-up game against Fiji in Rochdale on Friday October 15, which will double up as a key part of the Hornets' 150th anniversary celebrations.

The WWE is parting ways with several of its major stars.

has addressed his ambitions previously but has now responded to the results of a poll that show significant support should he decide to run.A survey from Piplsay last week found that 46 per cent of respondents would welcome Rock in the Oval Office.

 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson . After a new poll from Piplsay revealed that 46% of Americans would support the actor’s campaign this week, the 48-year-old star opened up about the possibility.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has teased a possible presidential run, after a poll suggested 46 percent of Americans would be willing to consider the candidacy of a future President Rock.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson brought his mum out to play the ukulele on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (February 11).Johnson was promoting his new NBC series Young Rock on the show via Zoom, when Fallon said he didn’t know Johnson’s mother Ata played the ukulele, after seeing her in a video the Jumanji star recently posted.He then brought her onscreen to perform two songs one of which was Samoan folk song ‘Savalivali Means Go For A Walk’.