Tag: Ray
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Kerry Washington Has Tried to Quit Hollywood Many Times: I’ve ‘Spent a Lifetime Trying to Not Be an Actor’
Kerry Washington has tried to part ways with Hollywood for decades.The Emmy-winning actress told W Magazine that she is “always quitting” acting until another great script pulls her back in.“I have spent a lifetime trying to not be an actor,” Washington said. “I am always quitting this business, and then right when I decide that…
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Sissy Spacek’s Portrayal of Loretta Lynn Set the Standard for Celebrity Biopics
The country music world lost a legend when Loretta Lynn passed away at the age of 90 on October 4th. From her beginnings as a coal miner’s daughter in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, to her reign as country queen with over 100 awards and honors to her name, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Lynn’s life…
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How Ghostbusters: Afterlife Brought Ray’s Occult Book Shop Back To Life
Although the bulk of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is set in a fictional Oklahoma town, the movie at one point returns to a familiar location from “Ghostbusters II“: namely, Ray‘s Occult Books in Manhattan. As its name implies, this is the shop owned by Dan Aykroyd’s character, Ray Stantz.After chasing the metal-eating ghost Muncher through the streets of Summerville, Phoebe…
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From Elvis to Madonna, Here Are All the Musical Biopics in the Works
Movie musical biopics are a beloved Hollywood tradition and one that — unlike erotic thrillers — shows no signs of slowing down.Over the years we’ve seen Sissy Spacek win an Oscar as Loretta Lynn in “Coal MIner’s Daughter,” Jessica Lange earn a nomination as Patsy Cline in “Sweet Dreams,” and Reese Witherspoon win Best Supporting…
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Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Danny DeVito Unite for Retirement Home Noir ‘Sniff’
Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and Danny DeVito will star in “Sniff,” a stylish reinvention of the film noir.Helmed by Taylor Hackford, the Oscar-winning director behind “Ray,” the film follows detective Joe Mulwray (Freeman) and partner William Keys (DeVito) as they investigate a high-end luxury retirement community after the mysterious deaths of two of…
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President Trump to Award Jon Voight the National Medal of Arts
President Trump will present actor Jon Voight, musician Allison Krauss, and mystery writer James Patterson with the national medal of arts.Voight is one of few in Hollywood who has been vocal about his support of President Trump in the past, calling him “the greatest president of this century.”The White House announced four recipients of the…
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Rock Biopics: Why the Bar Is So High for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Column)
In every great rock biopic, there’s a defining sequence of ecstatic musical fire that does two things at once. For openers, it gets your blood racing at the song you’re hearing. But the other dimension of a great rock-biopic music sequence is that the drama we’ve been watching — the story of who the star…