Actor, producer and martial artist Wesley Snipes chats with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show about what viewers can expect from his new show, “The Player” on…
If I’m not forgetting anyone, Olivia Wilde is now the third person who may play Linda Lovelace in an upcoming biopic of the late porn actress. According to Wilde, she’s considering taking the title role in Lovelace , helmed by Oscar-winning codirectors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. “It would be a tremendous honor,” she said to E! . “She was a fascinating woman–with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron. It’s really fascinating.” No, this has nothing to do with the Malin Akerman/ex-Lindsay Lohan project Inferno , but it is the one that was recently offered to a pregnant Kate Hudson. Which of these ladies would be best?
Having revealed his inner thespian in 2008’s JCVD , Belgian martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme wants to be taken more seriously as an actor. Speaking with Box Office Magazine — ironically, to promote his latest actioner, the hit man thriller Assassination Games (in limited release July 29) — the Muscles from Brussels cited Clint Eastwood as a career role model: “I love action films, and my fans expect action films, but I can act! And I really want a chance to show what I can do.” Note to Jean-Claude: The first step in being taken more seriously? Stop making movies with titles like Assassination Games . [ Box Office Magazine ]
Having revealed his inner thespian in 2008’s JCVD , Belgian martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme wants to be taken more seriously as an actor. Speaking with Box Office Magazine — ironically, to promote his latest actioner, the hit man thriller Assassination Games (in limited release July 29) — the Muscles from Brussels cited Clint Eastwood as a career role model: “I love action films, and my fans expect action films, but I can act! And I really want a chance to show what I can do.” Note to Jean-Claude: The first step in being taken more seriously? Stop making movies with titles like Assassination Games . [ Box Office Magazine ]
Steven Seagal is a movie star, a Tibetan Buddhist, a musician, a martial artist, a writer/producer, a deputy sheriff — and now, thanks to a lawsuit filed by a former employee of his — an alleged sexual harasser. Details of the case, along with the reasons why you should be thanking your lucky stars you are not on Mr. Seagal’s payroll, after the jump.