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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean Penn shockingly reveals he's never watched a movie starring this Oscar-nominated A-lister
He's not a member of Club Chalamet. Sean Penn recently confessed that he's never seen a Timothee Chalamet movie. 'I see some performances from some young actors where I feel like I should quit and become an accountant because they are so good,' Penn, 64, said during 'The Louis Theroux Podcast.' When Theroux asked the Oscar winner if he was referring to Chalamet, 29, the 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' actor confessed, 'I haven't seen that movie yet,' referring to Chalamet's Oscar-nominated performance as Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown.' The 'Milk' star added about Chalamet, who is currently dating Kylie Jenner, 'I haven't seen his movies yet.' Looks like Penn doesn't know about Chalamet's notorious fan account, Club Chalamet. Chalamet's long list of critically acclaimed films also includes 'Little Women,' 'Dune' 'Call Me By Your Name,' 'Interstellar' and 'Wonka.' Penn also lamented what he believes is the decline of the movie star. 'I think the movie star manufacturer ran out around Jennifer Lawrence time or something,' the 'Mystic River' star said. Referring to 'The Hunger Games' star, 34, he added, 'She's probably the last movie star.' In Oct. 2024, Harrison Ford was also asked about the death of the category of 'movie star' 'Oh, I think it's rubbish. I don't think the question is whether or not there are any movie stars. There's wonderful actors coming up every day,' he told GQ at the time. 'Whether or not they become movie stars is really not the point. If movies need stars, they will find them. I've never f—ing understood being a movie star. I'm an actor. I tell stories.' Penn, who notoriously interviewed the drug lord El Chapo, also gushed about Tom Cruise. 'Certain kind of movies people appreciate more than others… but this is a very good actor who is also an incredibly extraordinary craftsman,' Penn told Theroux. 'Those movies don't get made on those level without somebody extraordinary behind them. He's the common link behind many of them. It's no accident. He does his own stunts. He's probably the best stuntman in movie world. He's the most experienced guy.'
New York Post
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sean Penn shockingly reveals he's never watched a movie starring this Oscar-nominated A-lister
He's not a member of Club Chalamet. Sean Penn recently confessed that he's never seen a Timothee Chalamet movie. 'I see some performances from some young actors where I feel like I should quit and become an accountant because they are so good,' Penn, 64, said during 'The Louis Theroux Podcast.' When Theroux asked the Oscar winner if he was referring to Chalamet, 29, the 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' actor confessed, 'I haven't seen that movie yet,' referring to Chalamet's Oscar-nominated performance as Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown.' 6 Sean Penn on 'The Louis Theroux Podcast.' The Louis Theroux Podcast 6 Timothee Chalamet attends the red carpet of the David di Donatello Awards at Cinecittà studios in Rome on May 7, 2025. Mario Cartelli/SOPA Images/Shutterstock 6 Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown.' Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection The 'Milk' star added about Chalamet, who is currently dating Kylie Jenner, 'I haven't seen his movies yet.' Looks like Penn doesn't know about Chalamet's notorious fan account, Club Chalamet. Chalamet's long list of critically acclaimed films also includes 'Little Women,' 'Dune' 'Call Me By Your Name,' 'Interstellar' and 'Wonka.' Penn also lamented what he believes is the decline of the movie star. 'I think the movie star manufacturer ran out around Jennifer Lawrence time or something,' the 'Mystic River' star said. Referring to 'The Hunger Games' star, 34, he added, 'She's probably the last movie star.' 6 Sean Penn walks the red carpet prior to the premiere of 'Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzí¤hlen' (Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything) during the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 17, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images 6 : Jennifer Lawrence attends The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Gala presented by Lifetime at The Beverly Hills Hotel on December 04, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Getty Images In Oct. 2024, Harrison Ford was also asked about the death of the category of 'movie star' 'Oh, I think it's rubbish. I don't think the question is whether or not there are any movie stars. There's wonderful actors coming up every day,' he told GQ at the time. 'Whether or not they become movie stars is really not the point. If movies need stars, they will find them. I've never f—ing understood being a movie star. I'm an actor. I tell stories.' 6 Jennifer Lawrence attends the 2024 Governors Awards at Dolby Theatre on November 17, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images Penn, who notoriously interviewed the drug lord El Chapo, also gushed about Tom Cruise. 'Certain kind of movies people appreciate more than others… but this is a very good actor who is also an incredibly extraordinary craftsman,' Penn told Theroux. 'Those movies don't get made on those level without somebody extraordinary behind them. He's the common link behind many of them. It's no accident. He does his own stunts. He's probably the best stuntman in movie world. He's the most experienced guy.'
The Guardian
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Post your questions for Nicolas Cage
There aren't many actors who transcend the roles they play in quite the unique way as Nicolas Cage. Born Nicolas Coppola (his uncle is Francis Ford), Cage rebranded to avoid nepotism. He started acting because he wanted to be like James Dean. Cage's early roles include 1982 coming-of-age movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High and 1983 romantic comedy Valley Girl. He then went on to period drama Racing With the Moon with Sean Penn, and musical crime drama The Cotton Club and Peggy Sue Got Married, both directed by Uncle Francis. By the time he'd done the Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona in 1987, and won the best actor Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas in 1995, he had entered the big league. And what a career it has been. It's been slightly off the wall, yes, but that's what Cage does best. No doubt you'll have a favourite Cage moment. It might be swapping faces with John Travolta in Face/Off (and, apparently, the rest of his body; although Cage and Travolta do a fine impression of each other). Or breaking into Alcatraz in The Rock (surely prison doors lock from the outside, so why doesn't he just use a key?) If you prefer your Cage teamed with fast cars and Angelina Jolie, you'll like Gone in 60 Seconds. If you favour Cage plus motorbikes and Eva Mendes, try Ghost Rider. For prisoners on planes with terrible mullet haircuts: Con Air. Then there's the Indiana Jones Cage in the National Treasure films, and comic book superhero dad Cage in Kick-Ass 1 and 2. For dramatic Cage, try Matchstick Men where he plays a con artist. For Fantasy Cage, try City of Angels, where he plays an angel. If you prefer to only peek at him from behind a cushion, horror-style, check out The Wicker Man or 2018's Mandy. Cage hasn't slowed on his output. If anything, his films in the 2020s have been even weirder and more wonderful. He is 'unusually restrained' as a truffle forager in 2021's Pig. He plays Dracula in the 'truly resplendent' 2023 film Renfield. We've even had Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage in the 'endearing' 2022 film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. For his portrayal of a professor who, for no apparent reason, starts appearing in everyone's dreams in the 2023 movie Dream Scenario Cage received his fifth Golden Globe nomination. Next he stars as Surfer Cage in psychological thriller The Surfer out this May – and the reason we are here. So, what to ask the great man? How about the Cage that never was? Cage nearly played Superman in an aborted 90s Tim Burton reboot, and was almost cast over Johnny Depp by Burton as Willy Wonka in 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The hardest to imagine is Cage delivering the immortal lines: 'You know, Lloyd, just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this ... and totally redeem yourself!' as apparently he was first choice over Jeff Daniels to star with Jim Carrey in 1994's Dumb & Dumber. In other trivia, Cage famously outbid Leonardo DiCaprio to win a $300,000 Mongolian dinosaur skull at auction that he had to give back when it transpired it had been stolen. Then there was the time he had to publicly quash a conspiracy theory that he's a vampire. Apparently, Cage now lives in a small village in Somerset (or at least, he has a house there). Imagine bumping into Nicolas Cage at your local Spar! And let's not forget when he made the greatest chatshow entrance of all time (somersault, leather jacket, hair flying) in 1990 on Wogan to promote Wild at Heart. He was also quite funny that time on Saturday Night Live. Please get your questions in by 6pm BST on Monday 28 April and we'll print his answers in Film&Music on Friday 9 May. The Surfer is in UK cinemas from 9 May.
NBC News
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Cheech & Chong talk about their 'last' road trip — though it probably isn't
It was almost half a century ago that Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up for the first time on screen and told a lighthearted story about two pot-smoking buddies on a road trip. Over time, the 1978 movie "Up in Smoke" became a cult classic that transformed the two comedians and actors from hippie outsiders to comedy icons. Now, longtime Cheech and Chong fans or those who want to know more about them can see Marin and Chong reunite on screen in ' Cheech & Chong's Last Movie,' released nationwide Friday. Directed by David Bushell, the documentary weaves never-before-seen footage from Marin and Chong as the two take another road trip — this time spanning five decades of their ultimately widely successful careers spanning platinum albums and box-office fame. 'They found the essence of Cheech and Chong. And that itself is worth exploring, because there's a Cheech and Chong in everybody,' Chong said about the documentary in a joint video interview with Marin. "That's who we are; we're everybody out there. And that's why people can relate to us.' For many fans today, stoner comedy invites them into playful spaces that use humor to blur or soften social boundaries. "Up in Smoke" helped create and popularize a subgenre of later hits like 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' 'Friday,' 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' and 'Pineapple Express,' among many others. But when it first came out, Cheech and Chong's "Up in Smoke" was certainly not a hit with everyone. 'Any film that asks you to go smashed before you see it must have something really bad to hide,' the late Chicago-based film critic Gene Siskel said on his award-winning movie review TV show 'Siskel & Ebert.' Siskel picked 'Up in Smoke' as a 'Dog of the Week' — his choice for worst film — and criticized its dialogue, saying it was "80 minutes of two jerks saying nothing but 'hey man.'' Yet those two casual words, 'hey man,' would nevertheless resonate with many fans and signal a generational change in mainstream culture. 'In their sleepy, unshaven way, Cheech and Chong constitute a visual affront to the straight world just by walking down Main Street,' a 1978 New York Times review said. 'It's a revolution without danger, however, because, as the movie's popularity shows, this particular revolution has already been won. The true eccentrics are no longer Cheech and Chong but the clean‐shaven nitwits, like the cops in 'Up in Smoke,' who persist in their attempts to uphold repressive traditions.' Frederick Luis Aldama, a pop and Latino culture scholar who is the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin, said in a phone interview that 'if you really distill it, stoner comedy is a great equalizer. It puts the doormat out for everyone to generally enter that place. And it's a reminder for a time and space where you can be yourself, let yourself go.' Aldama remembers seeing 'Up in Smoke' with his maternal 'abuelita' (grandmother). He remembers her 'laughing uproariously' throughout the film, which made him laugh, too. It also gave him a sense of pride as a Latino, he said. Marin grew up in East Los Angeles, the son of Mexican American parents; his father was a World War II Navy veteran and a Los Angeles policeman. Chong grew up in Calgary, the son of a Canadian mother with Scottish and Irish roots and a Chinese father. The comedians, Aldama said, brought elements such as Mexican American lowrider culture into the mainstream, for example, but 'they did it in a way where you weren't asked to judge or laugh at it, but simply enjoy it and laugh with it. And this put a positive spotlight on our communities, our neighborhoods.' Marin's and Chong's childhoods were separated by more than 1,500 miles, and different circumstances would ultimately bring them together in an unexpected way. Marin dodged the Vietnam War by moving to Canada. And Chong, who had been a guitarist for Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, said he lost his job in Motown. 'I was just trying to get my life back together. And Cheech was trying to live with the fact that he had to live in Canada. And then we met,' said Chong, 86. 'We realized that we had this understanding.' The seed for their understanding was planted at a Vancouver topless nightclub where Chong was a part-owner and had formed a hippie-burlesque comedy troupe. Marin would join the group as a writer. And then, the duo continued to develop their stoner act even after the troupe folded. After years of success, the two went their own ways, and they have some frank discussions in the documentary about their relationship. Asked whether comedy could still be transgressive, Marin says it can, as long as there is an authentic connection between the comedian and the audience. 'It depends upon the right comedy and if it's truthful comedy. It's not the comedy that wants to please everybody. We want to please ourselves. And in doing so, [we] do something that's relevant for the people,' said Marin, who's 78. "I think that will keep happening, absolutely." But for comedy to succeed today, Chong said, it can't simply repeat what was done in the past. 'We're living, like, in a travelogue,' he said. 'We're no longer in the '60s, the '70s or the '80s or the '90s. We're now. And so, in order to stay relevant, you got to acknowledge what's going on now. Because we're alive and we're still breathing, we can still think about it.' Asked whether this was really their "last" movie and what would get them together on screen again, Marin said, "Very easy, money!" "No, we're going to keep hammering until they take the cold, warm bong out of my hand," Chong said, as the two men laughed.
Buzz Feed
15-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
35 Movie Sex Scenes People Can't Forget Because They Were Either SUPER Hot Or SUPER Messed Up
Recently, Reddit user KnewMedalPhan asked the question, "What Movie Sex Scenes Are Etched Into Your Mind Permanently?" And the folks over at r/movies had some A+ responses. Members of our BuzzFeed Community had even more to add, too! So, here's a combination of what everyone had to say. And, fair warning, don't read this with your parents: 1. Desperado (1995) — "Antonio Bandaras and Salma Hayek. Man, when she flips rear cowgirl for the camera…my god!" — Valenderio 2. Parasite (2019) — "The sex scene in Parasite deserves an honorable mention. So much tension juxtaposed to one of the silliest bits in the whole movie." — asstundersecretary 3. True Lies (1994) — "Not a sex scene per se, but the strip tease is forever etched into my mind." 4. MacGruber (2010) — "One of the most cringey sex scenes with Vicki St. James, only to be topped like a minute later by the sex scene with the ghost of his dead wife. Then when you see it from the perspective of the graveyard's groundskeeper and he's just bare-assed humping the air…LOL." — joecarter93 5. Secretary (2002) — "Housewives thinking Fifty Shades is hot when this came out 13 years earlier and has James Spader." 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — "Dang, am I the oldest one here? The pool scene with Phoebe Cates from Fast Times at Ridgemont High changed my life and the life of every guy I knew. To this day, I must be careful if I hear that song in public!" 7. Showgirls (1995) — "In the pool with 'Jessie' from Saved by the Bell." 8. Trainspotting (1996) — "The sex scene between Renton and Diane, if only for the quote of, 'I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978!'" 9. Monster's Ball (2001) — "A coworker and I would always say, 'Make me feel me feel good, Billy Bob, you son of a bitch!,' to crack each other up." — carnahanad 10. Cruel Intentions (1999) — " Sarah Michelle Gellar saying, 'You can put it anywhere' while sticking her butt out was better than any sex scene in that movie." 11. Disclosure (1994) — "The movie stars Michael Douglas and Demi Moore, and not too long after it came out in 1994, it was on HBO. Being a newly minted teenager at the time, that was the first 'sex' scene I'd ever witnessed." 12. Requiem for a Dream (2000) — "The very first one I thought of because it didn't ask which movie sex scene was etched 'positively' into your mind." — Manaze85 13. American Psycho (2000) — "'Don't just stare at it. Eat it!' American Psycho was the first time I saw a sex scene in a real movie that made me burst out laughing." 14. Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — "It was a formative viewing experience." 20th Century Fox / Via — trebole13 15. Wild Things (1998) — "The alt girl and the popular girl getting together and releasing the ultimate fantasy." Columbia Pictures / Via — no-tenemos-triko-tri 16. Risky Business (1983) — "The subway train. If you know, then you know. 😬😉" Warner Bros. / Via — psychicsinger155 17. Team America: World Police (2004) — "Top three of the most fucked up puppet sex scenes I have ever seen." Paramount Pictures / Via — akaKinkade 18. 8 Mile (2002) — "The sex scene in 8 Mile left an impression on my teenage self." Universal Pictures / Via — charminghouse64 19. Ghostbusters (1984) — "The ghost blowjob scene. The scene every child forgets, but every adult will never unsee." Columbia Pictures / Via — elinumber2 20. The Terminator (1984) — "The hottest sex scene, hands down, is the one in The Terminator that conceived John Connor." Orion Pictures / Via — luxahoy "That's the best sex scene ever: The cinematography, the editing, but mainly the chemistry between the two actors completely justified a passionate sex scene in a sci-fi/action/horror movie." — ananecdotebybreanna 21. Atonement (2007) — "In the library. It was so hot it was uncomfortable to watch in the theater. It was like watching porn with strangers." Focus Features / Via — Ambystomatigrinum 22. Bound (1996) — "Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon. Not to be missed." Gramercy Pictures / Via — creativekid167 23. Titanic (1997) — "It may be a cliché one, but it was the first one I remember. Didn't expect it because I was in it for the boat. Instead, I learned that I like both men and women from it. Leo and Kate did something to me, man." Paramount Pictures / Via — annoyedgrunt420 24. Enemy at the Gates (2001) — "One of the most visceral, down and dirty, human scenes out there." Paramount Pictures / Via — graffiti_bridge 25. Watchmen (2009) — "I believe the flamethrower was canon in the comics. Pairing it with 'Hallelujah' was…a choice." Warner Bros. / Via HBO Max — CompetitiveProject4 26. Starship Troopers (1997) — "Mobile infantry (and Dina Myers) made me the man I am today!" TriStar Pictures / Via — The_Lazy_Samurai 27. Unfaithful (2002) — "The hallway sex scene." 20th Century Fox / Via — AbbreviationsGlad833 "And the bathroom sex scene. Basically, every sex scene." — TwoIdleHands 28. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) — "Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda. Now that is truly memorable." MGM / Via — sparklesthecupcake 29. The Room (2003) — "You are my rose, you are my rose, you are my rose…" TPW Films / Via — SenorMouse 30. The Big Easy (1986) — "I am SUPER old, but I'll never forget Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in that scene." Columbia Pictures / Via — melissap61 31. Crank (2006) — "Sex in public, God that was hilarious." Lionsgate Films / Via — Brilliant_Park_2882 32. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) — "Obviously we're sleeping on the chastity belt bit in Men In Tights. Massive giggle fit by a teenager. me." 20th Century Fox / Via — playoutside 33. Splice (2009) — "I just rewatched this movie the other night! The older you get, the more messed up that sex scene gets." Gaumont — promisingyoungwoman 34. Fear (1996) — "The rollercoaster scene from Fear was unforgettable. Wild." Universal Pictures / Via — jealousmule817 35. Finally, Mulholland Drive (2001) — "RIP to David Lynch. I will NEVER forget being like 12 and just flipping through channels with my mom. Stumbled upon that film RIGHT before the first lesbian scene. I was absolutely mesmerized but was also trying to fumble for the remote to turn the movie off. My mom (who ALWAYS jokingly gave me a hard time about that kind of thing) quipped as I frantically shut the TV off, saying I must have been enjoying it. She wasn't wrong. I'm still so captivated by that whole scene and having the movie's full context later. It's so beautiful." Universal Focus / Via — KnewMedalPhan Note: Some responses and submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. What about you? Is there a movie sex scene that's permanently "burned" into your memory for good reasons or bad? Tell us about it below or via this totally anonymous form!
