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Perth Now
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Billy Bob Thornton: I'm not really a part of Hollywood
Billy Bob Thornton doesn't consider himself to be part of Hollywood. The 69-year-old actor has enjoyed huge success in the movie business, starring in films such as 'A Simple Plan', 'Armageddon' and 'Friday Night Lights' - but he tries to distance himself from the Hollywood scene. He told People: "I don't talk about politics and stuff with people. I just kind of stay out of it all. I'm not really much of a part of Hollywood, as you say. I'm at home with the family, or I'm in a recording studio or on the road or making this. "Those are the things I do, and I just kind of mind my own business." Billy Bob plays Tommy Norris - a landman for an oil company - in the Paramount series Landman, and he's enjoyed playing the character more than he initially imagined. The actor said: "It's almost like a few characters I've played boiled into one. He's like the guy from Goliath, Bad Santa, it's like he doesn't suffer fools, but he also has some fun every now and then. I'm just basically playing who I would be if I were a landman." Billy Bob previously confessed that he feels "nervous" watching himself on screen. The actor revealed that he's tried to avoid seeing himself in Landman, even though he's been widely praised for his performance. He told 'Extra': "I get nervous watching myself, so I haven't actually seen them myself." Landman was created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, and Taylor actually wrote the show with Bill Bob in mind. The actor shared: "I had done a cameo for Taylor in '1883.' I just went down to Fort Worth and did this cameo in '1883'. "When were at the premiere of that in Las Vegas, he said, 'Listen, I'm writing this show with your voice called 'Landman.' He goes, 'I think you're really going to dig this.' So he had told me about it a couple of years before we actually started filming and I got really excited when he sent me the first couple of scripts. "It kind of fit like a glove."
Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Steelers announce 2025 training camp schedule
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) – The Pittsburgh Steelers officially announced the schedule for 2025 Training Camp at Saint Vincent College on Wednesday. It is the 58th year that Saint Vince College will host the Steelers for summer practices. Players are slated to report on Wednesday, July 23. The first practice open to the public will be held on Thursday, July 24 at 1:55 p.m. Pittsburgh's first padded practice will take place on Tuesday, July 29, also scheduled for 1:55 p.m. The annual 'Friday Night Lights' practice will be held on Aug. 1 at Latrobe Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. The final practice open to the public at Saint Vincent College will be on Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30 a.m. The team will hold a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday, April 14 at Acrisure Stadium, and the practice is not open to the public. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Steelers 2025 Training Camp schedule released
LATROBE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Football season is coming! The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially announced their 2025 Training Camp schedule on Wednesday. The Steelers will be returning once again to Saint Vincent College, for their 58th year, with camp scheduled to start once players report on Wednesday, July 23, with the first practice open to the public the next day on Thursday, July 24 at 1:55 p.m. The team's first padded practice will occur on Tuesday, July 29, also scheduled to start at 1:55 p.m. The highly anticipated 'Friday Night Lights' practice will be held at Latrobe Memorial Stadium Aug. 1 at 7 p.m., with the Steelers' final practice that will be open to the public at Saint Vincent College being held Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30 a.m. Joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will occur on Wednesday, Aug 14 at Acrisure Stadium, but will not be open to the public. Admission to most of the open practices is free for Steelers Nation, but attendees will need to have a mobile ticket, and season ticket holders will have early access to secure their tickets through Ticketmaster on Tuesday, June 24 at 10 a.m. Wait list members will follow at 11 a.m. Any remaining public tickets will be available at Noon. Weather can make an impact, so check and the team's social handles for any updates throughout camp. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Canada Standard
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Canada Standard
"I got chills": Billy Bob Thornton on returning to 'Friday Night Lights' football field
Washington DC [US], June 4 (ANI): Actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton opened up on how he felt returning to the football field featured in the 2004 film 'Friday Night Lights'. Speaking on a panel at the ATX TV Festival alongside his co-stars from the Paramount+ series 'Landman', Thornton shared how much of the show is filmed in the oil boomtowns of West Texas. 'Last year we went to the Midland -- Odessa area,' Thornton said. 'So 'Friday Night Lights' was 20 years ago, and I had spent a lot of time on the field, and I walked out on the field and I got chills,' reported People. Thornton played high school football coach Gary Gaines in the 2004 film 'Friday Night Lights', directed by Peter Berg and also starring Tim McGraw, Amber Heard and Connie Britton. On December 11, Peacock announced that an adaptation of the Emmy Award-winning football series was officially in development. In 'Landman', Thornton plays an oilman named Tommy Norris who is always looking out for his daughter Ainsley (played by Michelle Randolph), according to People. Although most of the film 'Landman' was shot in and around Fort Worth, Texas, Thornton said filming in Odessa, where he shot the 2004 film, was 'a really great moment.' 'It's a real special area, it's a wonderful place to be because of the people out there,' Thornton said, adding that the Landman cast and crew 'hope to make people aware of Texas and what it really is and how good the people are down here,' reported People. He added, 'These days in the climate we are in, people hear you are working in Texas and people think you are going to get shot down there. I told my daughter, 'It's like being in LA but you just see more cowboy hats.' ' Thornton noted that filming Landman in Texas is integral to the show's authenticity. 'There is something you have to consider when you are doing a movie project,' he said. 'It's not always the land, the other thing is they don't consider the background actors. If you did it in Vancouver or Santa Fe, you would not get the look with the background actors, and that is very important that they carry themselves as Texans,' reported People. (ANI)
Mint
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
'I got chills': Billy Bob Thornton on returning to Friday Night Lights football field
Washington DC [US], June 4 (ANI): Actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton opened up on how he felt returning to the football field featured in the 2004 film 'Friday Night Lights'. Speaking on a panel at the ATX TV Festival alongside his co-stars from the Paramount series 'Landman', Thornton shared how much of the show is filmed in the oil boomtowns of West Texas. "Last year we went to the Midland -- Odessa area," Thornton said. "So 'Friday Night Lights' was 20 years ago, and I had spent a lot of time on the field, and I walked out on the field and I got chills," reported People. Thornton played high school football coach Gary Gaines in the 2004 film 'Friday Night Lights', directed by Peter Berg and also starring Tim McGraw, Amber Heard and Connie Britton. On December 11, Peacock announced that an adaptation of the Emmy Award-winning football series was officially in development. In 'Landman', Thornton plays an oilman named Tommy Norris who is always looking out for his daughter Ainsley (played by Michelle Randolph), according to People. Although most of the film 'Landman' was shot in and around Fort Worth, Texas, Thornton said filming in Odessa, where he shot the 2004 film, was "a really great moment." "It's a real special area, it's a wonderful place to be because of the people out there," Thornton said, adding that the Landman cast and crew "hope to make people aware of Texas and what it really is and how good the people are down here," reported People. He added, "These days in the climate we are in, people hear you are working in Texas and people think you are going to get shot down there. I told my daughter, 'It's like being in LA but you just see more cowboy hats.' " Thornton noted that filming Landman in Texas is integral to the show's authenticity. "There is something you have to consider when you are doing a movie project," he said. "It's not always the land, the other thing is they don't consider the background actors. If you did it in Vancouver or Santa Fe, you would not get the look with the background actors, and that is very important that they carry themselves as Texans," reported People. (ANI)
