The legendary John Williams surprised the Hollywood Bowl last night by appearing for an encore during “Maestro of the Movies,” taking the podium to conduct “The Imperial March.”
The crowd’s reaction said it all. Cheers, tears and a standing ovation for the maestro himself.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says the "optics" at Marvel are "obvious" after "Wonder Man" got canceled and Mahershala Ali's "Blade" movie never got made.
“I think the optics are obvious. If I’m a big business, if I’m Disney, if I’m Marvel, I don’t want to be attached to these optics. It should be a priority to change that narrative and to do what it takes to responsibly change that narrative with quality stories, with quality resources,” the actor continued. “I felt that our show did have quality story, did have quality resources, did have quality actors and people, and did produce quality results that the viewers responded to positively, that the voters responded to positively. So our show does deserve some study and some real, hard information about why a show like this did not continue forward, because it had all of the ingredients that one would want in a show.” (via Vanity Fair)
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Anne Hathaway argues that a movie featuring a dog being killed should automatically get a R rating.
“Everybody’s so scared that we’re casually doing it in movies now.”
(Source: @ComplexPop)
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Actor Richard Gere: “The entire planet has collapsed into stupidity. Do you think refugees and immigrants are different from us? Do you really believe these clowns—Trump, Orbán, Netanyahu, Putin? Do you really believe what they say?”
Tom Cruise gives an inspirational speech while opening the FIFA #WorldCup final:
"So as we gather for one final chapter, let us celebrate a tournament that brought the world together. Let us celebrate each other. This is football. This is unity. This is greatness."
(via FOX)
Christopher Nolan says THE ODYSSEY is ultimately about the idea that a society can only function through respect for strangers.
He believes that, despite nearly 3,000 years since Homer wrote the epic, that fundamental truth about human nature hasn’t changed.
Sam Neill (2025): “It’s not a happy place, America, and I wasn’t happy there. I’m interested in the condition of America now. It beggars belief what’s happening there now. When you hear a slogan like Make America Great Again, it makes a sort of weird sense because America could be great again, but at community level. Not with sort of strange billionaires making weird decisions”
Christopher Nolan says he told his son that he removed his Oscars from his office while writing ‘THE ODYSSEY’ as they felt daunting to look at.
His son replied - “But you didn’t win any for writing.”
(Source: @BBCWorld)