Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the biggest action stars of all time. Ever since his big break in the film industry, the former bodybuilding champion has amazed viewers with not only his amazing acting skills but also his formidable action talent. And although the Reacher star Alan Ritchson might not have a bodybuilding background, he is just as amazing as Arnie when it comes to acting and stunts.
Alan Ritchson in Reacher
Known for his brooding persona and overbearing physicality, Ricthson is a popular choice of fans to portray the DC character, Batman. But now fans seem to have cast him in the role of Schwarzenegger’s T-800 in a new digital art.
Alan Ritchson becomes Arnold Schwarzenegger T-800 Ritchson in the digital art (via Deviant Art)
Arnold Schwarzenegger has led a glorious life, to say the least. From his contributions to the art of wrestling and then later on to Hollywood and politics,...
Alan Ritchson in Reacher
Known for his brooding persona and overbearing physicality, Ricthson is a popular choice of fans to portray the DC character, Batman. But now fans seem to have cast him in the role of Schwarzenegger’s T-800 in a new digital art.
Alan Ritchson becomes Arnold Schwarzenegger T-800 Ritchson in the digital art (via Deviant Art)
Arnold Schwarzenegger has led a glorious life, to say the least. From his contributions to the art of wrestling and then later on to Hollywood and politics,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
In 1992, after Sinéad O’Connor ripped apart a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of the Catholic church ignoring child abuse, Frank Sinatra called her “one stupid broad” and said he would “kick her ass if she were a guy.” The following week’s SNL host, Joe Pesci, who was in full GoodFellas mode, pasted the photo back together and said if he’d been on her episode, “I woulda gave her such a smack.” He held up the back of his hand to the audience’s audible delight.
- 7/29/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Marten Rabarts has stepped down as director of the New Zealand International Film Festival (Nziff), and is moving on to take up a key role in a new film and arts project in Europe.
Rabarts’ decision to leave the role was taken some months ago but he deferred it until he had delivered the current edition of the festival, which is ongoing.
Festival chair Catherine Fitzgerald said that Rabarts was appointed with a vision to bring new and exciting developments to the festival, however with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, these became impossible and just the delivery of the festivals was a challenge. The 2020 edition of the festival was hybrid, while the current edition is in-person, with the Auckland and Hamilton legs having to be canceled due to pandemic restrictions.
During his tenure at Nziff, Rabarts executed a number of initiatives to boost its international visibility including, making it...
Rabarts’ decision to leave the role was taken some months ago but he deferred it until he had delivered the current edition of the festival, which is ongoing.
Festival chair Catherine Fitzgerald said that Rabarts was appointed with a vision to bring new and exciting developments to the festival, however with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, these became impossible and just the delivery of the festivals was a challenge. The 2020 edition of the festival was hybrid, while the current edition is in-person, with the Auckland and Hamilton legs having to be canceled due to pandemic restrictions.
During his tenure at Nziff, Rabarts executed a number of initiatives to boost its international visibility including, making it...
- 11/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Pride Month kicked off today, and all month long, television studios and networks — from NBCUniversal to Here TV — will celebrate and amplify Lgbtqia+ voices and stories.
Throughout the month, “Today” will cover Pride celebrations and feature guests including Bowen Yang, Indya Moore and Angelica Ross. NBC News will air “Transamerica,” a special that spotlights the legal barriers transgender people face as well as the trans lawmakers working to break them down. MSNBC anchors Jonathan Capehart, Lindsey Reiser, Kendis Gibson and Yasmin Vossoughian will spotlight LGBTQ+ stories and travel to impacted communities. Meanwhile, Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, will feature Pride-related documentaries and coverage, including “No Longer a Death Sentence: How Living with HIV Has Changed 40 Years Later,” “Stonewall 50: The Rebellion!” and “Rebellion! Stonewall.” Daily news shows “The Mehdi Hasan Show” and “Zerlina” will also feature segments on the Peacock news commentary channel “The Choice.”
Also, Here TV has announced...
Throughout the month, “Today” will cover Pride celebrations and feature guests including Bowen Yang, Indya Moore and Angelica Ross. NBC News will air “Transamerica,” a special that spotlights the legal barriers transgender people face as well as the trans lawmakers working to break them down. MSNBC anchors Jonathan Capehart, Lindsey Reiser, Kendis Gibson and Yasmin Vossoughian will spotlight LGBTQ+ stories and travel to impacted communities. Meanwhile, Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, will feature Pride-related documentaries and coverage, including “No Longer a Death Sentence: How Living with HIV Has Changed 40 Years Later,” “Stonewall 50: The Rebellion!” and “Rebellion! Stonewall.” Daily news shows “The Mehdi Hasan Show” and “Zerlina” will also feature segments on the Peacock news commentary channel “The Choice.”
Also, Here TV has announced...
- 6/1/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The 2020 edition of the New Zealand International Film Festival will take place entirely online, after organizers conceded that the coronavirus crisis has made it impossible to pull off a conventional festival in theaters.
“Nziff At Home – Online will be a true film festival experience featuring world and New Zealand premieres of films each night, and including virtual red-carpet, and filmmaker Q&As and we can potentially invite more international guests to present their films to our festival audiences than ever before using virtual means,” said Marten Rabarts, festival director who is curating his first edition.
“Some films will be screened as special ‘one-off’ events, and many of the films presented will be exclusive to Nziff and won’t have other New Zealand screenings.”
Organizers said that Rabarts has received has assurances from key film distributors in Australia, New Zealand and around the world that they are committed to making the online edition work well.
“Nziff At Home – Online will be a true film festival experience featuring world and New Zealand premieres of films each night, and including virtual red-carpet, and filmmaker Q&As and we can potentially invite more international guests to present their films to our festival audiences than ever before using virtual means,” said Marten Rabarts, festival director who is curating his first edition.
“Some films will be screened as special ‘one-off’ events, and many of the films presented will be exclusive to Nziff and won’t have other New Zealand screenings.”
Organizers said that Rabarts has received has assurances from key film distributors in Australia, New Zealand and around the world that they are committed to making the online edition work well.
- 4/30/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Make sure you check the backseat of your car, because as Scream Factory announced during Comic-Con, they're bringing Urban Legend and Urban Legends: Final Cut to Blu-ray, and now they've revealed the extensive special features for both releases, including a 147-minute documentary, a new audio commentary, a bunch of new interviews, and more!
Press Release: Get ready to face your worst fears this November 20, 2018 when Scream Factory™ unleashes 90’s horror smash hit Urban Legend Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray and its suspenseful follow-up Urban Legends: Final Cut Blu-ray. A must-have for loyal fans, movie collectors and horror enthusiasts, Urban Legend Collector’s Edition and Urban Legends: Final Cut contain special bonus content. Pre-order now at ShoutFactory.com
Directed by Jamie Blanks, Urban Legend stars Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Alicia Witt (TV’s The Exorcist), Rebecca Gayheart (Jawbreaker), Joshua Jackson (The Affair), Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Tara Reid...
Press Release: Get ready to face your worst fears this November 20, 2018 when Scream Factory™ unleashes 90’s horror smash hit Urban Legend Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray and its suspenseful follow-up Urban Legends: Final Cut Blu-ray. A must-have for loyal fans, movie collectors and horror enthusiasts, Urban Legend Collector’s Edition and Urban Legends: Final Cut contain special bonus content. Pre-order now at ShoutFactory.com
Directed by Jamie Blanks, Urban Legend stars Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Alicia Witt (TV’s The Exorcist), Rebecca Gayheart (Jawbreaker), Joshua Jackson (The Affair), Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Tara Reid...
- 10/12/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Movie Pool joins the lineup for The Usual Suspects on Blu-ray!
This collector's edition of The Usual Suspects Blu-ray comes packed in a 24 page hardcover collectible book with photos and essays about the film. The book is the size of a Blu-ray case and the disc is set in a pocket inside the back cover.
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (1080p high definition)
Running Time: 106 minutes
Rating: R
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish
Special Features: Theatrical Trailer
The Set-up
Five criminals find their best-laid plans have gone awry when they cross paths with a mysterious man named Keyser Soze.
Written by: Christopher McQuarrie
Producer: Bryan Singer and Michael McDonnell
Director: Bryan Singer
The Delivery
Originally released in 1995, The Usual Suspects opened as a modestly-budget mystery thriller, but s now widely considered a modern classic.
This collector's edition of The Usual Suspects Blu-ray comes packed in a 24 page hardcover collectible book with photos and essays about the film. The book is the size of a Blu-ray case and the disc is set in a pocket inside the back cover.
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (1080p high definition)
Running Time: 106 minutes
Rating: R
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish
Special Features: Theatrical Trailer
The Set-up
Five criminals find their best-laid plans have gone awry when they cross paths with a mysterious man named Keyser Soze.
Written by: Christopher McQuarrie
Producer: Bryan Singer and Michael McDonnell
Director: Bryan Singer
The Delivery
Originally released in 1995, The Usual Suspects opened as a modestly-budget mystery thriller, but s now widely considered a modern classic.
- 6/2/2011
- Cinelinx
EchoStar Communications Corp. said Wednesday that chief financial officer Michael McDonnell is resigning effective Aug. 13 for personal reasons. Separately, the company's subsidiary, EchoStar DBS Corp., plans to sell $1 billion of 10-year senior notes in the junk bond market, sources said Wednesday. The notes are expected to be priced Wednesday and will be rated "Ba3" by Moody's Investors Service and "BB-minus" by Standard & Poor's, the sources said.
- 7/22/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
U.S. satellite providers DirecTV, owned by Hughes Electronics, and EchoStar Communications Corp. on Monday asked North Carolina officials to refund $30 million to satellite TV customers who've been paying a sales tax on programming that is not levied on cable TV subscribers. Calling the tax discriminatory and unconstitutional, the satellite companies said they would sue the state if refunds were not made within 90 days. "We will aggressively and proactively challenge any state that pursues a discriminatory and unfair tax policy that disenfranchises consumers and our customers while benefiting local cable operators," EchoStar senior vp and finance chief Michael McDonnell said.
- 6/30/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The pairing of "Friends" regular Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek ("Desperado") in a Southwestern-style romantic comedy has plenty of date-night appeal, but "Fools Rush In" is a disappointingly unendearing cinematic valentine from director Andy Tennant ("It Takes Two").
The Columbia Pictures wide release faces strong competition and won't be experiencing too heavy a rush at the boxoffice, although it may generate respectable crossover business with Latino audiences and perform well on video.
Written by Katherine Reback and based on the real-life courtship of producer Doug Draizin and co-producer Anna Maria Davis, "Fools" sets up a hustling New Yorker (Perry) with an aspiring Latina photographer (Hayek) for a broad but often blandly executed round of multicultural gags and tame drama.
Although both leads give engaging performances, as manic romantics they never really achieve orbital velocity.
After a one-night stand, she leaves him flat. A new guy in her hometown of Vegas, he oversees construction of a new nightclub and confides with an equally well-groomed city slicker (Jon Tenney).
Months later, Hayek's pregnant believer-in-fate shows up and Perry's honorable unbeliever falls in love with her.
The lovers get hitched with the help of an Elvis impersonator, but she doesn't know that he plans to return to New York. He also insults her in front of his nosy country-club parents John Bennett Perry, Jill Clayburgh) and almost runs into serious trouble with her former fiance (Carlos Gomez) and father.
Despite the glitzy Vegas locations and several scenes filmed at Hoover Dam, the film lacks visual pizazz. The soundtrack includes some 20 pop songs -- from vintage Presley to the Iguanas.
FOOLS RUSH IN
Sony Pictures Releasing
Columbia Pictures
A Doug Draizin production
An Andy Tennant film
Director Andy Tennant
Writer Katherine Reback
Producer Doug Draizin
Executive producer Michael McDonnell
Director of photography Robbie Greenberg
Production designer Edward Pisoni
Editor Roger Bondelli
Costume designer Kimberly A. Tillman
Co-producer Anna Maria Davis
Music Alan Silvestri
Casting Juel Bestrop
Color/stereo
Cast:
Alex Matthew Perry
Isabel Salma Hayek
Jeff Jon Tenney
Nan Jill Clayburgh
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The Columbia Pictures wide release faces strong competition and won't be experiencing too heavy a rush at the boxoffice, although it may generate respectable crossover business with Latino audiences and perform well on video.
Written by Katherine Reback and based on the real-life courtship of producer Doug Draizin and co-producer Anna Maria Davis, "Fools" sets up a hustling New Yorker (Perry) with an aspiring Latina photographer (Hayek) for a broad but often blandly executed round of multicultural gags and tame drama.
Although both leads give engaging performances, as manic romantics they never really achieve orbital velocity.
After a one-night stand, she leaves him flat. A new guy in her hometown of Vegas, he oversees construction of a new nightclub and confides with an equally well-groomed city slicker (Jon Tenney).
Months later, Hayek's pregnant believer-in-fate shows up and Perry's honorable unbeliever falls in love with her.
The lovers get hitched with the help of an Elvis impersonator, but she doesn't know that he plans to return to New York. He also insults her in front of his nosy country-club parents John Bennett Perry, Jill Clayburgh) and almost runs into serious trouble with her former fiance (Carlos Gomez) and father.
Despite the glitzy Vegas locations and several scenes filmed at Hoover Dam, the film lacks visual pizazz. The soundtrack includes some 20 pop songs -- from vintage Presley to the Iguanas.
FOOLS RUSH IN
Sony Pictures Releasing
Columbia Pictures
A Doug Draizin production
An Andy Tennant film
Director Andy Tennant
Writer Katherine Reback
Producer Doug Draizin
Executive producer Michael McDonnell
Director of photography Robbie Greenberg
Production designer Edward Pisoni
Editor Roger Bondelli
Costume designer Kimberly A. Tillman
Co-producer Anna Maria Davis
Music Alan Silvestri
Casting Juel Bestrop
Color/stereo
Cast:
Alex Matthew Perry
Isabel Salma Hayek
Jeff Jon Tenney
Nan Jill Clayburgh
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 2/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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