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, died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, Deadline reports. He was 48.In addition to, Jivkov, who was born in Bulgaria, starred in the 2001 film .

Since their beginnings in 1979, George Miller‘s hyper-jacked Mad Max movies with Mel Gibson had not received a single Oscar nomination, not even for Tina Turner’s great signature song “We Don’t Need Another Hero” in 1985’s Beyond Thunderdome. But then, 30 years later, when finally the fourth and Gibson-less edition appeared, the snooty Academy got on board and gave the newly regenerated Mad Max: Fury Road 10 nominations including for Best Picture and Director. It won six of them, virtually sweeping the crafts categories.

Furiosa‘s lead actor Anya Taylor-Joy won’t be speaking much in the upcoming film – find out why below.In a recent chat with The Telegraph, director George Miller revealed that Taylor-Joy, who will be portraying the titular Furiosa, only has “around” 30 lines of dialogue throughout the entire film.According to the director, that’s by design. All lead actors in the Mad Max franchise haven’t had much dialogue in their films; Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy both spoke minimally in their respective films.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a new profile of “Furiosa” director George Miller published by The Telegraph, it’s revealed that Anya Taylor-Joy’s eponymous character only has around 30 lines of dialogue in the upcoming “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel movie. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to fans of the road warrior franchise, as Tom Hardy and Mel Gibson barely had much to say in Miller’s previous “Mad Max” movies. However, Taylor-Joy did push Miller to let Furiosa get loud in the new movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Garfield is in negotiations to star alongside Julia Roberts in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming feature After the Hunt, which will be released in theaters next year. Luca Guadagnino is directing the film from a script penned by Nora Garrett. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing alongside Guadagnino via his Frenesy banner. Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder will executive produce alongside Nora Garrett. The film is targeting a summer start-of-production.

The Venice Film Festival will fete Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master & Commander) with its honorary Golden Lion at its forthcoming 80th edition.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The new iteration of “The Office” currently in development has started to flesh out its cast. Variety has confirmed with sources that Sabrina Impacciatore and Domhnall Gleeson are attached to the project, which remain in development at Universal Television. They would occupy two roles in what would be an ensemble cast, like the original versions of the show.

Succession star Brian Cox has slammed Joaquin Phoenix‘s “terrible” performance in Napoleon – see what he had to say below.While attending HistFest earlier this week, Cox spoke about a number of films, actors, theatre critics, and politicians that he had deemed “terrible” – which included Napoleon and its star Joaquin Phoenix.According from a report from The Standard, Cox said of Phoenix’s role in Napoleon: “Terrible. It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix.

Brian Cox is giving his take on Joaquin Phoenix‘s performance in Ridley Scott‘s Napoleon and pondering on leaving the U.S. if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.

2023 historical drama “Napoleon.”“It’s terrible,” the “Succession” star, 77, said at London’s HistFest earlier this week. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix.” The English actor continued: “It really is appalling. I don’t know what he was thinking.

Ethan Shanfeld Brian Cox has never been one to withhold his true feelings, and at London’s HistFest the “Succession” star unloaded on a variety of topics Sunday night including politics, theater critics and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” “It’s terrible,” Cox said of the Oscar-nominated historical drama, per The Standard. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling.

Jodie Foster recalled telling Robert Downey Jr. she feared for his future amid his struggles with addiction in the 1990s. During an interview with Esquire, the 61-year-old actress reflected on directing the 59-year-old actor in the 1995 Thanksgiving comedy-drama "Home for the Holidays." At the time, Downey was battling substance abuse problems that later led to multiple arrests on drug-related charges.

We’re in a weird place culturally in Hollywood. Many in Tinseltown want to combat rampant and increased antisemitism—look at the Jonathan Glazer comments during the Oscars— and yet many still tolerate folks like Mel Gibson, seemingly a notable exception in the industry, perhaps because he was such a beloved figure at one point.

Mel Gibson is forever grateful for his “Air America” co-star Robert Downey Jr. after the Oscar winner defended him following his 2006 arrest in Malibu.

Mel Gibson has thanked Robert Downey Jr. for his support following his past scandal in which he was arrested for anti-Semitism.In a new cover story with Downey Jr.

Mel Gibson is crediting friend Robert Downey Jr. for being “generous and kind” after he was shunned from Hollywood.

Mel Gibson expresses his gratitude to Robert Downey Jr. for having his back after his 2006 arrest and antisemitic remarks.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Mel Gibson praised his longtime friend and “Air America” co-star Robert Downey Jr. in the latter’s new Esquire magazine cover story. Gibson called Downey “bold and generous and kind” for urging Hollywood to forgive Gibson after his infamous 2006 arrest, which included the “Braveheart” star making comments disparaging Jewish people.

When people think of Scotland, many will picture the natural beauty of our hills and glens, or some of our most famous faces like Billy Connolly or Sean Connery.

Anya Taylor-Joy’s Imperator Furiosa takes aim at Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus in the new trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – check it out below.The film is a prequel to 2015’s action classic Mad Max: Fury Road, and it will feature The Queen’s Gambit star Taylor-Joy taking on the role of the war captain originally played by Charlize Theron.Venturing back to before the events in Fury Road, the new movie follows the story of a young Furiosa as she is taken away from the Green Place of Many Mothers and forced to find a way to survive.Check out the trailer below:The trailer shows Furiosa being torn away from her life as a child and into the stewardship of Dementus. As her new master wages war against The Immortan Joe, Furiosa must survive many trials before she can attempt to find her way home.It marks the fifth instalment to the Mad Max franchise, and also features Tom Burke and Alyla Browne.Other actors to star in the forthcoming prequel include Quaden Bayles, Daniel Webber and Lachy Hulme, as well as Fury Road actors Nathan Jones and Angus Sampson who will be reprising their roles of Rictus Erectus and The Organic Mechanic.In December, Warner Bros.

Grant Page, the Australian stunt icon who performed in and coordinating stunts for the original Mad Max, sequel Beyond Thunderdome, the upcoming prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and more than 100 other films and TV series, died Thursday in a car crash. He was 85.

Sam Smith made a major statement as they made their catwalk debut on the runway during the Vivienne Westwood Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on 2 March in Paris.The 31-year-old Stay With Me singer, who identifies as non-binary, strutted their stuff in a tartan one-piece with a pale green top, whilst they wore more tartan around their arms.They also donned a pair of Scottish-inspired socks and teetered down the runway in towering platform heels.There was more tartan in Sam's elaborate headdress which featured black gauze that dropped down in front of their face. Underneath Sam's eyes was some green face paint.

Mel Gibson was angling to star in “Schindler’s List.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, the “Mad Max” actor “was interested” in playing Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party who saved more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust. “Mel Gibson’s name came up,” Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz told the trade. “He was interested.

Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” swept at the Oscars 30 years ago next month, and to mark the anniversary, THR has put together a very impressive and comprehensive oral history about the film, its Oscar campaign, and much more. The article has tons of little tidbits— famous director Billy Wilder desperate to make ‘Schindler’ as his last film (Spielberg was weeks away from shooting, it was too late), and then a casting what-if with Mel Gibson that seems rather shocking in hindsight.

The biggest weekend foes of summer 2023 continued their drag-out fight into Oscar nominations this morning, with Universal’s Christopher Nolan3-hour physicist drama, Oppenheimer, beating Warner Bros.’ highest grossing movie ever, Barbie, 13 to 8 in Oscar nominations.

Russell Crowe, Chris Evans, Jennifer Lopez and Mel Gibson are among the acting nominees for the 44th edition of the tongue-in-cheek ceremony, which will take place in Los Angeles on March 9, the night before the Oscars.The most nominated film this year is Expend4bles, the fourth instalment of the action franchise starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone, with seven nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Stallone.Horror revival The Exorcist: Believer received four nominations, as did Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, both also up for Worst Picture. That category is rounded out by shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench and DC Extended Universe film Shazam! Fury of the Gods.Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania also picked up four nominations, including Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for both Michael Douglas and Bill Murray.Crowe is nominated for his role in The Pope’s Exorcist, while Evans’ turn in Ghosted also earned him a nod, alongside his co-star Ana de Armas.

Benedict Fitzgerald, best known as the screenwriter of The Passion of the Christ, died at home in Marsala, Sicily after a long illness on January 17, 2024. He was 74 and no cause of death was given by his family.

Caroline Brew editor Benedict Fitzgerald, co-screenwriter of “The Passion of the Christ,” died Jan. 17 in Marsala, Sicily, after a long illness, his cousin Nancy Ritter told Variety. He was 74.

Caroline Brew editor Bobby Rivers, who hosted Food Network’s “Top 5” and VH1’s celebrity talk show “Watch Bobby Rivers,” died at 70 on Tuesday in Minneapolis, according to WISN. His sister Betsy Rivers also posted on Facebook, “Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain.” Many journalists and critics paid tribute to him on social media. Michael Musto wrote, “Bobby Rivers was an openly gay trailblazer.

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget has been released – check it out below.Directed by Sam Fell, the sequel to 2000’s Chicken Run sees Ginger, Rocky and their daughter Molly on a mission to secure their freedom after escaping Tweedy’s farm.The film has largely replaced the voice cast from the original, with Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi taking over from Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson respectively in the lead roles. The returning cast members include Jane Horrocks as Babs, Imelda Staunton as Bunty, Lynn Ferguson as Mac and Miranda Richardson as Mrs Tweedy.Others in the voice cast include Bella Ramsey, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, David Bradley, Nick Mohammed and Peter Serafinowicz.Nick Park and Peter Lord, who directed the original Chicken Run, serve as executive producers on the sequel alongside Carla Shelley.Harry Gregson-Williams, who co-composed the soundtrack for the original Chicken Run with John Powell, returns for the sequel.

Chicken Run.Directed by Sam Fell, Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget sees the duo and their daughter Molly (Bella Ramsey) on a mission to secure their freedom after escaping Tweedy’s farm.The film has largely replaced the voice cast from the original, with Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi taking over from Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson respectively in the lead roles. The returning cast members include Jane Horrocks as Babs, Imelda Staunton as Bunty, Lynn Ferguson as Mac and Miranda Richardson as Mrs Tweedy.Nick Park and Peter Lord, who directed the original Chicken Run, serve as executive producers on the sequel alongside Carla Shelley.Director Sam Fell explained the reason behind the various recastings in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where he said Gibson was replaced because Rocky’s role is “different”.“Mel was a fabulous choice for Rocky when he was this playboy rooster,” Fell said. “He was a movie star and Rocky was a movie star.