Tag: Jackass
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Johnny Knoxville Passed on This Long-Running TV Show To Star in ‘Jackass’
In the late ’90s, Johnny Knoxville was chomping at the bit to break into show business. In addition to cutting his teeth appearing in commercials and writing for magazines, he was auditioning for roles in films and pitching to various entertainment outlets. Among his wild pitches was one that caught the attention of Jeff Tremaine…
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The Dirt: What Netflix Gets Right About The True Story (As Told By Mötley Crüe)
Adapting the biography of a singular figure is hard enough, but how do you adapt the autobiography of a band? Bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist Mick Mars, drummer Tommy Lee, and Vince Neil joined forces to make Mötley Crüe, one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and well-documented hedonist troublemakers.In 2001, all four members…
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‘Somewhere in Queens’ Review: Ray Romano Goes Home for a Sweet and Safe Directorial Debut
There’s “staying in your comfort zone,” and then there’s Ray Romano making his directorial debut with a movie in which he plays a beleaguered outer-borough New York father who tries to look on the bright side of life and survive the slings and arrows that bond his large Italian-American family together even as they threaten…
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Daily Podcast: MCU Multiverse, Doctor Strange Reshoots & New Jackass
On the May 5, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by editor Brad Oman to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the MCU Multiverse, Doctor Strange reshoots, and a new Jackass.Opening Banter: Peter’s voice is back!In The News:Peter (og Jeremy): Kevin Feige Confirms Loki And Sylvie Broke…
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Here’s When You Can Watch Jackass Forever At Home
Fortunately for “Jackass Forever” fans, the wait to watch this movie at home will be far less excruciating than its initial delay in theatrical release. Finally bestowed upon audiences during the first wintry days of February, the latest of the Johnny Knoxville and gang-starring “Jackass” film series will now grace our own personal screens just…
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Why Jimmy Kimmel Is Right About the Oscars (Column)
Let’s start with something most of us can agree on: Jimmy Kimmel, who I’m a fan of, is probably not the ideal messenger for how to fix the Oscars, if indeed they need fixing. Kimmel hosted the Academy Awards in 2017, and did a lively enough job of it that he was asked back to…
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‘Jackass Forever’ Turns Black-And-Blue Pranks Into Box Office Green With A $23.5 Million Debut; ‘Moonfall’ Craters
Jackass, which began its life as a men-behaving-dumbly series on MTV back in 2000 has gone on to spawn four feature films (five if you include the 2013 spin-off Bad Grandpa). The movies—a collection of masochistic pranks, self-inflicted humiliations, and male camaraderie—have always been solid performers at the box office, especially in light of their…
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Box Office: ‘Jackass Forever’ Catapults to No. 1 as ‘Moonfall’ Craters
After living through nearly two years of a pandemic that won’t end, Americans, as it turns out, were in desperate need of a laugh.That may explain why Paramount’s go-for-broke action comedy “Jackass Forever” triumphed at the domestic box office while Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic “Moonfall” turned into an epic disaster.“Jackass Forever,” the fourth installment in…
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Tales From The Box Office: How Jackass: The Movie Made A Big Leap To The Big Screen
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)In October of 2000, just at the turn of the millennium, MTV aired a cheap and risky TV show largely inspired by skateboarding videos of the late ’90s…
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‘Jackass Forever’ Set to Lead Box Office With $20 Million-Plus Opening
Paramount’s “Jackass Forever” has taken over the No. 1 box office spot that has been held by “Spider-Man: No Way Home” for almost all of the past month. The MTV revival earned $9.6 million from 3,604 locations on opening day and is now set for a $20 million-plus opening weekend.A $20 million launch would be…