Source: Prince Williams / Getty Jadakiss is a hip-hop legend, from songs with B.I.G. to Dave East, he’s one of the best to ever grab a mic. But, on a trip to Dunkin Donuts a kid reminded him that he’s a grown ass man now. Dude In Dunkin Donuts asked me if I was jadakiss father ! — JADAKISS (@Therealkiss) September 29, 2017 The 42-year-old emcee was able to laugh it off, but it made us think does the dude in Dunkin Donuts have a point? Here are 10 times Jadakiss looked like someone’s dad. 10. The “No, I don’t have games in my phone” Dad Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty 9. The “Your teacher bet’ not tell me no bullshit” dad Source: Bryan Steffy / Getty 8. The “Y’all making too much noise go upstairs” Dad Source: Johnny Louis / Getty 7. The “look at his only son who made it” dad Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty 6. The “Stay outta grown folks business” dad Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty 5. The “I gotta wake up early tomorrow” dad Source: John Parra / Getty 4. The “Where you think you are taking my daughter” dad Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty 3. The “Boy! If you don’t stop” look – dad. Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty 2. The “You just going to ask for money, before you say hello” – Dad Source: Prince Williams / Getty 1. The Dad Bod Kiss Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty
Donald Glover Cast As Lando Calrissian In New Star Wars Movie Donald Glover might be having the best year ever! Lucasfilm just announced today that the critical acclaimed rapper and actor has been cast as Lando Calrissian in the still-untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie. The prequel depicts Lando in his younger years as a mischievous swindler on the rise in the galaxy’s underworld, before the series events involving Han, Leia, and Darth Vader in “ The Empire Strikes Back ” and other iconic movies. “We’re so lucky to have an artist as talented as Donald join us,” said Lord and Miller. “These are big shoes to fill, and an even bigger cape, and this one fits him perfectly, which will save us money on alterations. Also, we’d like to publicly apologize to Donald for ruining Comic-Con for him forever.” They fixed the Internet just in time for #DonaldGlover /Young #LandoCalrissian to break it again. #StarWars pic.twitter.com/jp5lF2cN6Y — Jesse B. GILLMAN (@jessebgill) October 21, 2016 CONGRATS TO DONALD GLOVER ON THIS EPIC ROLE!!!!! Twitter/WENN/Star Wars
According to Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Lawrence is akin to Jesus Christ . That’s mighty high praise for the star of The Hunger Games franchise. But is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 worthy of the same praise? What are critics around the country saying about this wildly anticipated blockbuster? Let’s find out… The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Photos 1. Julianne Moore as President Coin This is our first look at Julianne Moore in Mockingjay. It’s safe to say we’re excited for the film. Mockingjay – Part 1, however well done, can’t compete with the first two films, although it sets up what should be its stunning ending well enough. – Tom Long If Mockingjay – Part 1 is quieter and less flashy than its predecessors, that doesn’t make it less satisfying. – Steven Rea Lawrence delivers on what dramatic beats half a novel affords him. You just wish there were more of them and that they provided a more complete, more satisfying story arc. – Kenneth Turan Katniss’ concern for the anti-sexy Peeta results in her spending quite a bit of the movie in po-faced mopery. – Kurt Loder Mockingjay – Part 1 is just big enough of a story that, even as a two-parter, the film feels substantial and justifiably halved. There’s simply too much to digest as all the pieces are put into place and the real games are set to begin. – Kirk Baird This is the “Empire Strikes Back” of the series, with the heroes constantly on defense – running, hiding, planning, hoping. – Rob Thomas Jennifer Lawrence is as good as always and gets a few key scenes to play up the emotional aspect of what’s occurring. – Jim Judy Mockingjay Rebellion Posters 1. Gale Mockingjay Poster Liam Hemsworth is back for more Hunger Games. He poses here on behalf of Mockingjay.
Tamra Barney is a married woman! The Real Housewives of Orange County star wed Eddie Judge Saturday after more than three years as a couple. “I am so lucky to be sharing my life with Eddie,” the reality star said. “I have never been so in love! This is the beginning of the best part of my life.” The day was a memorable one for Barney, 45, and Judge, 40. The couple got hitched at St. Regis Monarch Beach in California, and it was all filmed for her upcoming Bravo spinoff show, Tamra’s OC Wedding . She wore custom-made dresses during the day and evening. The pair, who got engaged in February, celebrated a joint bachelor and bachelorette party in Las Vegas May 18 … on top of that whole Mexico fiasco . Tamra Barney is thrilled to share her wedding with her fans. “They watched every transition I’ve made and am happy to sharing our wedding, too,” she said. “I couldn’t be happier and am thankful to have found Eddie!” It’s the third marriage for the mother of four. Congrats!!
The dudes in Wedding Crashers have nothing on these guys. The entire wedding party fleeing a squad of Imperial AT-AT Walkers a la The Empire Strikes Back? Probably the best idea for a wedding photo ever … Photographer Lisa Wiebe tried to creating a nerd-tastic chase scene for bride and groom Leslie Seiler and Paul Kingston, both diehard Star Wars fans. Safe to say she succeeded. Wiebe halted traffic while a horde of screaming bridesmaids and groomsmen ran for their lives down a Toronto street in order to get this shot. “Our philosophy as photographers is to keep true to our couples,” Tony and Danielle Lombardo of Little Blue Lemon photography told Mashable. “To get to know them so that we can shoot their wedding in a way that is unique to them … I don’t think you could do this shot for just anyone.” “For this shot, all the ingredients were there to make it awesome. Most of the bridal party are professional performers and really knew how to ‘sell it.'” Can you think of an idea that would top this? If so, share! UPDATE : The photo was suggested to Little Blue Lemon by photographer Lisa Wiebe. It was shot by Danielle Lombardo and photoshopped by Tony Lombardo. correction: The photo was suggested to us by our photographer Lisa Wiebe. It was shot by Danielle Lombardo and photoshopped by Tony Lombardo. Thx. – See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/06/star-wars-attack-wedding-photo-nerdiest-coolest-ever/#sthash.p9dKzkuD.dpuf correction: The photo was suggested to us by our photographer Lisa Wiebe. It was shot by Danielle Lombardo and photoshopped by Tony Lombardo. Thx. – See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/06/star-wars-attack-wedding-photo-nerdiest-coolest-ever/#sthash.p9dKzkuD.dpuf
Jack Reacher , protagonist of Lee Child’s brilliant series of airport pulp, has sold nearly 40 million books. He’s also blonde, ugly, 6’5” and 250 lbs, which means the difference between the Reacher that fans love and Tom Cruise , who plays him in his long-awaited film debut, is literally sizable: Ten inches and 90 lbs, to be exact, and a whole lot of handsome. Child’s Jack Reacher is homeless, and for the well-coiffed Cruise, playing a guy who shops as Goodwill is as much of a stretch as hoping no one will notice his larger-than-life ex-military cop is barely taller than his co-star Rosamund Pike . (Which in real life, he’s not — Pike towers over him by two inches.) In the original novel, One Shot , Reacher spends half of the book pacing the surprisingly mean streets of a sleepy Midwestern city trying to unravel a shocking sniper attack that left five civilians dead. The flick opens with the crime — watching through crosshairs as the killer selects his targets is agonizingly tense — and in eight minutes, it’s solved and the murderer is in prison. Unlike in the book, McQuarrie shows us something the police don’t know: the face of the killer is different than the man behind bars. Yet not only is the evidence against the accused so perfect that his lawyer (Pike) merely hopes to get his sentence reduced to life in prison, here comes Jack Reacher, the accused’s old enemy, rolling into town on a Greyhound bus to make sure he gets the death penalty. Reacher is a brute with an odd moral code. When someone has what he wants — be it information he needs or a sports car he wants to borrow — he’ll twist their arms (literally) until it’s his. And he’s not just mean to men: he’ll leave women alone in dark alleys, and he’ll call a barely legal bimbo a “slut.” But if someone hurts that slut — at least, someone besides him — he turns into a heat-seeking missile of muscles, a jackal who won’t stop running until he catches his prey. So bringing Jack Reacher to the screen means Cruise has a lot to measure up to, but instead of swinging for the fences, he bunts. His Reacher is like every other character Cruise has ever played: Tough, cocky, and the smartest guy in the room. It’s the Tom Cruise paradox; he’s a great actor who’s stopped acting. He can’t vanish into a role, but then he doesn’t have to. Audiences show up to his films just to see his latest ass-kicking adventure, which makes Cruise the inverse James Bond — instead of different actors playing the same character, he’s one actor who plays the same character under a dozen different names. You could pretend his entire last decade onscreen is just Ethan Hunt going deep undercover to save the day. Luckily for director Christopher McQuarrie , Jack Reacher is also tough, cocky, and the smartest guy in the room. A former Army policeman and genius investigator, he’s always three steps ahead of his rivals and he loves making sure they know it. He’s so physically gifted that he makes his attackers look like the Three Stooges, and so mercilessly aggressive that he aims straight for his enemies’ eyes, knees and groins. Even hanging up a payphone, his elbow snaps like he’d rather be breaking someone’s neck. And yet, even this film’s last minute name change from One Shot to Jack Reacher does nothing to convince us that we’re watching a fictional Army vet named Jack Reacher — we’re watching Tom Cruise , and for fans of his, that’s enough. For fans of Child’s books, however, the pleasures are more complicated. With, oh, 100 of the book’s 376 pages occupied by Reacher’s inward deductive reasoning, McQuarrie faced the risk of a flick that was all voiceover. Instead, he flips the script; Cruise silently pads around looking smart and we’re meant to see his the gears in his head grinding. The film’s more fun when he finally opens his mouth to insult his ever-growing list of enemies, including a sour DA ( Richard Jenkins ), a cop who accuses him of murder ( David Oyelowo ), some rednecks (Alexia Fast and Josh Helman), a couple of vicious hitmen (Michael Raymond-James and Jai Courtney , co-star of the next Die Hard ) and the big boss, a four-fingered Gulag survivor named The Zec ( Werner Herzog ). Herzog is perfect for the role: he’s made a career of grimly muttering “death” and “murder.” He’s only in the movie for ten minutes — far too short — but he has one stand-out scene where he orders an underling to bite off his own thumb or get shot in the head, an at-any-cost survival instinct that Herzog’s been hunting for in his own films for decades. Alas, the weakness of the film is the weakness of the book. The Zec’s evil plan is both byzantinely complicated and pifflingly mundane. We already know the face of the killer. What we don’t know is why , and the big reveal is more of a “Huh?” McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects who also adapted One Shot himself, is still finding his legs as a director. Jack Reacher has the bright and empty look of television and is a bit unsteady as it wavers between action and laughs. But the flick is great entertainment as Reacher headbutts his way to the Zec, dutifully and casually giving nods to devotees of the books, even casting Lee Child in a cameo as a police officer who returns to Reacher the only thing he owns: a portable toothbrush. (Explains Reacher in the book Bad Luck and Trouble , “I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I’m carrying spare pants. Then I’d need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I’ve got a house and a car and a savings plan and I’m filling out all kinds of forms.”) Beat by beat, Jack Reacher is just like Child’s paperbacks in the best possible way: it’s fast, fun, and smarter than it looks. Will it give Tom Cruise another hit action franchise? It deserves to. Hollywood has 17 other Jack Reacher books to pick from, any one of which would fit seamlessly into the Cruise canon. But for Child, the real question is, how many hit films will it take for Cruise fans to remember Jack Reacher’s name? Amy Nicholson is a critic, playwright and editor. 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In our pre-Mayan apocalypse era, when you want to ensure that whatever you say is disseminated far and wide faster than the time it takes to tweet ‘DID YOU SEE THIS ###$$!!!’ the best advice is to master the subtle art of trolling with useful facts. Case in point: Joss Whedon , who screened The Avengers and afterward, sat for one of Jeff Goldsmith’s Q&As Tuesday night at the Director’s Guild of America in Hollywood. During a discussion that also included some tantalizing non-reveals about elements that almost, but didn’t make it into The Avengers , he decided to troll the entire universe by insisting that Star Wars: A New Hope is better than The Empire Strikes Back . Kind of! Slashfilm was on the scene and reports this comment: “I still believe that even though The Empire Strikes Back is better in innumerable ways than Star Wars , Star Wars wins,” Whedon said, “because you can’t end a movie with Han frozen in carbonite. That’s not a movie, it’s an episode.” Okay, after putting my fist back down and unclenching it, I see his point. Empire began what has become the most troubling aspect* of Hollywood’s obsession with trilogies; a stand alone first installment, with two subsequent films that work better as a duo rather than taken individually. A true trilogy ought to either feature three films that either work as stand alone stories linked by a common theme, or two cliffhangers in a row with resolution coming in the third movie. Empire , and to a lesser extent Jedi , manage the trick with some subtlety, but there’s a short line between them and Matrix Reloaded / Revolutions . And we must never forget Matrix Reloaded , lest we repeat the mistakes of the past. Anyway, those comments came during a circumspect discussion of how he envisions the Avengers franchise, and should probably be taken to mean that we won’t be getting an Avengers ‘trilogy.’ Good news, that, because instead we’re getting the crazy experiment that is the Marvel movie universe. Slashfilm ‘s recap is worth a full read, particularly because it includes more confirmation that the inclusion of the Wasp was indeed considered in the event ScarJo wasn’t available — interesting in light of recent rumors that Lizzy Caplan , who stars with Jesse Bradford in the Marvel short Item 47 , is a potential candidate to play the diminutive mutant. Read the whole thing here . * Second most troubling: claiming that three thematically unrelated sequels constitute a trilogy I AM LOOKING AT YOU DIE HARD . [ Source: Slashfilm ] Ross Lincoln is a LA-based freelance writer from Oklahoma with an unhealthy obsession with comics, movies, video games, ancient history, Gore Vidal, and wine. Follow him on twitter (@rossalincoln). Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Proving that even your grandparents now know what video games are, Wreck-It Ralph was a happy surprise hit for Disney earlier this fall. Nabbing a healthy $202,184,813 box office take, the film not only got asses in seats, it also gave the studio its best-reviewed non-Pixar film in years and confirms the company’s power as a producer of genre-based popular culture. Obviously, that makes a sequel as inevitable as death, taxes, and launch-day DLC. So what’s in store for Wreck it Ralph 2 ? A welcome injection of Italian plumbing skills. Wreck-It Ralph Director Rich Moore has confirmed that he wants to include Nintendo’s Mario , longtime rescuer of the Mushroom Kingdom (and rumored paramour of its benevolent despot, Princess Peach ) in the sequel. In fact, Moore told Moviehole , Nintendo signed off on an appearance by the iconic magical handyman in the first film, but the filmmakers weren’t able to figure out how to make proper use of him. Next time around, Moore says, Mario is a given, come hell or Hiyoihoi . “We’ll really come up with something good for Mario to do [in the next film]“, he said. “To be able to present him in the sequel, would be great.” I approve. Nothing encapsulates the ’80s-era of arcade games like Super Mario Bros. , and Mario’s absence from Wreck-It Ralph felt like a missing arm, or at least a glitchy power-up box. Adding him to the sequel is better than getting a flying raccoon suit for Christmas. A trip by Ralph to the Mushroom Kingdom practically writes itself: obviously, you get from there to, say, Grand Theft Auto -land *, by finding one of Super Mario Bros. ‘ hidden warp zones. But why stop there? There are a ton of untapped arcade-game characters left to exploit. Here are my top picks: * Gauntlet: I’d love to see one of the characters (see above) from this classic hack-and-slash game show up, if only because Red Warrior will constantly complain that he “needs food badly.” * Dirk the Daring from Dragon’s Lair: This would probably be difficult since Dragon’s Lair was created by Don Bluth, and we all know he and Disney aren’t really on speaking terms. But I’d like to imagine that these fences could be mended, even if Dirk would die via dungeon trap within three seconds of showing up. * Billy and Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon : . Sure, we’d be forced to remember Scott Wolf’s hilarious turn as Billy in the odious 1994 movie, but nothing would get a lovable, John C. Reilly -voiced misanthrope out of a jam like the combined power of twin bruisers, beating people into walls. What would you like to see? Space Ace ? The Dinosaurs from Primal Rage ? The pixel from Pong ? Let us know in comments. * Enjoy an R-rating, Disney. Ross Lincoln is a LA-based freelance writer from Oklahoma with an unhealthy obsession with comics, movies, video games, ancient history, Gore Vidal, and wine. More on Wreck-It Ralph: ‘Wreck-It Ralph’: The 6 Best Video Game References — Leeroy Jenkins Lives! ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ — John C. Reilly Ponders His Video Game Character’s Existential Questions WATCH: The New Wreck-It Ralph Trailer Is The Best Thing Ever [ Moviehole ] Follow Ross Lincoln on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Technically, Heaven’s Gate / The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino ( @Cimino1939 ) isn’t yet verified on Twitter , but we’ll allow the man the benefit of the doubt: He’s barely been Tweeting for 24 hours and already his account is a must-read. 1980’s Heaven’s Gate was such a notorious overbudget box office bomb that you can consider “pulling a heaven’s gate” Hollywood shorthand for bombastic failure, and yet: “A number of inexcusable, misleading things have been said about me,” Cimino Tweeted after his account sprang up yesterday. With Heaven’s Gate enjoying renewed interest and critical appreciation (not to mention the estimable Criterion treatment), engaging with cinephiles three decades later could be Cimino’s ticket back into the game. “Being infamous is not fun,” Cimino said last summer at the Venice Film Festival. Welcome to Twitter, Mr. Cimino! Give the guy a follow here and cross your fingers for some real talk along the lines of these Tweets about his Heaven’s Gate infamy, how he wanted to make The Empire Strikes Back as “a Western with lasers,” and his vision for turning the Kevin Bacon punch-dancing classic Footloose into a Grapes of Wrath -esque musical comedy. Film recommendation… or modified haiku? Young people of the world / Watch the films of John Ford / All of them / They are the best.— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 On Heaven’s Gate breaking even — and only 32 years after release! If Criterion's new edition of HEAVEN'S GATE sells enough copies this holiday season / It will finally break even / and we rewrite history.— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 On that one time someone called him a chubby Garry Shandling, which I think we can all agree would suck: A hack writer once described me as “Chubby. Like an Italian Garry Shandling carrying all the baggage of a short man” That hurt / But no more— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 How he almost kicked off his Sunday shoes until Paramount got nervous and fired him, which is the greatest cinematic tragedy of all because who wouldn’t want a five-hour Footloose ?? I wasn't being facetious about FOOTLOOSE / I worked on it for 6 months. / My John Steinbeck inspired musical-comedy didn't reach the screen.— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 On making his pitch to make The Empire Strikes Back : @ maxevry @ germainlussier Unfair & unfunny. I made a unique pitch for the 2nd film in 1978/9.— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 …and the follow-up explanation that makes me wonder if @cimino1939 is fake/just messing with us: Everyone was pitching ideas for STAR WARS / Mine was simple: / A straight Western / but with lasers. / All the sets already built of course.— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 Lastly, and most importantly! On his next would-be project, and his hireability: Take note, Hollywood! I would next like to make a film of my script MAN'S FATE / I also have recently finished a sci-fi script / I am fit & well & insurable— Michael Cimino (@Cimino1939) December 07, 2012 [ @cimino1939 ]
