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“Wicked” may not arrive in theaters for another three weeks and change, but early reactions are already pouring in from film critics who screened it on October 30. And they’re all “wick-ed-ly” positive, as John Travolta might declare. “The world is not ready,” raves Variety’s Jazz Tangcay. Others agree with her, claiming it’s a “masterpiece” with a “stunning vision,” and claiming, “‘Wicked’ rocks, kids.”

Critics are also singling out director Jon M. Chu and lead actresses Cynthia Erivo (as Elphaba Thropp) and Ariana Grande (as Galinda Upland) for their work on the big budget movie musical, saying they “will blow you away.” Other cast members include Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, and Marissa Bode.

“Wicked: Part 1,” which arrives in theaters on November 22, was already garnering major Oscar buzz before today’s onslaught of sugary mini-reviews. “Wicked: Part 2,” meanwhile, is scheduled to debut the...

Scarlett Johansson is one of the most recognized stars in the world and has been one of the highest-paid actresses. While her role as Black Widow made her a global star, she has also been a critical darling and has performed in Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated roles. In one such Golden Globe ceremony, however, a terrible incident occurred.

When attending the ceremony and making her red-carpet appearance, Johansson was groped by TV presenter and fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi. Claiming to be figuring out how the dress was made, the event was broadcast live and ignited strong responses from the Academy and fans.

Scarlett Johansson’s Reaction To Isaac Mizrahi Groping Her On TV Was Strange The cast of Match Point | Credits: DreamWorks Pictures

Isaac Mizrahi is known as a fashion designer and became well-known for his no-holds-barred style of hosting and fashion opinions. He was associated with E! News and...

Several prominent figures in the entertainment industry have connections to Scientology. Many well-known actors and celebrities are members of the religious organization. Founded in the 1950s by sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard, the religion has always inspired intrigue and skepticism in people. As per the church’s official website, Scientology addresses the spirit. The church has maintained a significant presence in Hollywood through its Celebrity Centres.

A lot of controversy and allegations surround the celebrities who align themselves with the faith, leading to many not being open about their association with the church.

However, some have no qualms in revealing themselves as Scientology parishioners. They have even tried to proselytize people by using their popularity. Here’s a list of celebrities who have been open about their links with Scientology.

1. Tom Cruise Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 7 | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise is considered the poster boy of Scientology in Hollywood.

Lauded journalist, host, and moderator Josh Horowitz is a staple among the Hollywood circuit in part thanks to his popular podcast “Happy Sad Confused.” Horowitz, who began his career as a producer and talent booker, parlayed his expertise and ease with filmmakers into his own standalone podcast back in 2014. Its format pivoted during the pandemic to include a video component on YouTube (where he has amassed more than 111K subscribers), and once again took another shape as Horowitz began hosting live podcast recordings with a partnership at the 92nd St Y in New York City.

Horowitz has interviewed notoriously private, or rather, anti-podcast stars such as Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, and Vin Diesel, with Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, and Henry Cavill appearing on multiple episodes. Some of Horowitz’s personal heroes like George Miller, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Soderbergh, Denis Villeneuve, and...

Box office bashes are often cinematic events on their own. While audiences are much more conscious about where their films come from and where their loyalties lie, there were times when films from multiple A-list actors would battle it out at the box office.

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump || Paramount Pictures

Tom Hanks, John Travolta, and Morgan Freeman are some of the best actors in the business, and each has delivered some of the greatest films to come out of the industry. While nowadays these actors have found themselves attached to franchises in a bid to stay relevant, there was a time when there was more for them to do with the films that they put out, which also butt heads at the box office.

Tom Hanks, John Travolta, and Morgan Freeman saw their best films play out in 1994 Morgan Freeman in a still from The Shawshank Redemption (Image via...

John Travolta‘s cocky attitude on the set of Get Shorty has left a mark on director Barry Sonnenfeld, 71, that has left its mark all these years later.

The gangster film was a blockbuster hit upon its release in 1995. At the time, Travolta was cementing his status as a household name, while Gene Hackman brought the weight of an Academy Award-winning actor.

Sonnenfield’s newly released memoir, Best Possible Place, revealed that the actors had quite different approaches to acting. Hackman would spend weekends memorizing his lines, whereas Travolta spent mere minutes.

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Sonnenfeld recalled Travolta casually asking Hackman about his weekend, to which the actor shot back, “Well, with eight pages of dialogue, I pretty much spent the whole weekend memorizing today’s work.”

Travolta could not relate. As filming progressed, it became...

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Pulp Fiction is the rare film that’s simultaneously a cult classic, a commercial smash, and a critical darling, and this month marks 30 years since its release in theaters. It’s easy to take for granted how unlikely its success was — it’s not often that a hyper-violent, nonlinear indie movie wins the Palm d’Or and breaks $200 million at the box office.

To mark its 30th anniversary,...

Paul Rudd’s Secret to Never Aging (Photo Credit – Instagram)

So, eternal youth is the ultimate goal. It turns out that Paul Rudd, who still looks like he just walked off the Clueless set, has cracked the code. His secret? Drumroll…sleep! Yep, it’s that simple. In a candid interview with Men’s Health, Rudd dropped the bomb: “The most important part of training is sleep.” Who knew the fountain of youth was just eight hours away?

How many of us thought it’d be some crazy elixir or a secret Marvel anti-aging serum? Nope, just some good ol’ Z’s. And while the rest of us are frantically scrolling for anti-aging creams, Rudd’s sleeping his way to youth. Seriously, why didn’t we think of that?

But wait, there’s more.

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The Batman: Part II will hit theaters on Oct. 2, 2026. Director Matt Reeves is back. And he will take us deeper into the underworld of Gotham City. So yeah, expect some spookiness. But the real treat? There’s much more than Pattinson’s brooding eyes and cape action to look forward to.

Pattinson’s Batman? Yep, He’s Back

Robert Pattinson is returning as Bruce Wayne, and this time, he’s ready to dish out even more of that tortured, gritty hero vibe we tasted in The Batman. If you thought he was deep before, buckle up—Pattinson’s about to go full emotional rollercoaster, keeping that dark, edgy energy alive. His portrayal has already blown fans away, especially those who loved his intense work in Good Time and The Lighthouse. This Bruce Wayne...

In Pulp Fiction Salary Discussed: Why John Travolta Was Paid $150,000 While Bruce Willis Got $800,000 (Photo Credit – Instagram)

When Pulp Fiction dropped in 1994, it wasn’t just the plot twists that had us all abuzz—it was the crazy salary disparity. John Travolta walked away with a mere $150,000. But Bruce Willis? He got a cool $800,000.

Let’s talk about Willis. By the time he stepped into the role of Butch Coolidge, he was already Hollywood stuff. He’d scored a Golden Globe for Moonlighting and defined action heroism with Die Hard, which grossed $143M. But, plot twist: Bruce needed a comeback like a boxer needs a second wind after a series of six cinematic flops.

Enter Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction. Bruce slashed his usual $10M salary to just $800k—but it did pay off! After the film blew up, he returned to the ring, earning between $20M and $25M per flick.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to join Adam Wingard’s new action-thriller film “Onslaught” for A24, with Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Adria Arjona was previously announced as in talks to star in the film. While plot details are under wraps, Pereira would play the villain opposite Arjona.

“Onslaught” reunites writers Wingard and Simon Barrett. Wingard will direct.

Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce under their Ryder Picture Company (Rpc) banner alongside A24, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, Wingard and Jeremy Platt under their new shingle Breakaway Civilization, and Barrett. Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will serve as executive producers.

Lyrical Media and A24 will co-finance. A24 will handle worldwide releasing.

Wingard is also developing a live-action/animation adaptation of beloved 1980s animated series “ThunderCats” and a “Face/Off” sequel that would re-team...

Quentin Tarantino once said that good actors always rise to the occasion. His 1994 masterpiece Pulp Fiction gave a lot of would-be A-listers that platform to prove their worth to the world before the world knew them as Hollywood G.O.A.Ts. Now, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman, and Tim Roth walk in the hallowed halls beyond Sunset Boulevard.

Pulp Fiction (1994) [Credit: Miramax]

Pulp Fiction proved so monumental to the reinvention of Hollywood genre movies after the ’60s that even the then-washed John Travolta found a renaissance within the unforgiving film industry. Tarantino quickly rose from the ranks of a novice video store clerk to one of the greatest directors of all time, with such independent attention to detail that even his crime films are reconciled in the public eye as art films.

Meanwhile, Tarantino’s purist insight and knowledge as a cinephile allow him to use...

Alan Sacks, a longtime television producer who co-created the popular 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” and later had a long affiliation with The Disney Channel, died on Tuesday following a battle with lymphoma. He was 81.

In a statement provided to Deadline, Sacks’ talent agent Annette van Duren said his cancer “was treated for him to dance at our daughter’s June wedding and walk her down the aisle. After that, the chemotherapy stopped being effective. He started hospice last week. He died peacefully listening to Tibetan music for the final few days and nights at age 81.”

Born Dec. 9, 1942, Sacks was best known for helping to co-create “Welcome Back Kotter” with star Gabe Kaplan in 1975. The show ran from 1975 to 1979 and today is most remembered for launching John Travolta to stardom. During this period Sacks also worked on “Chico and the Man.”

Decades later he executive produced several Disney Channel projects,...

Alan Sacks, who teamed with stand-up comic and fellow Brooklynite Gabe Kaplan to create the popular 1970s ABC sitcom Welcome, Back, Kotter, has died. He was 81.

Sacks died Tuesday of complications from lymphoma in New York while on a visit there, his wife, talent agent Annette van Duren, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was first diagnosed 22 years ago but spent several years in remission before the cancer returned.

In the 1980s, after a project involving the iconic L.A. band The Runaways never got off the ground, Sacks took the footage and incorporated it into a plot about a director working on a tight deadline to finish a movie starring Runaways member Joan Jett.

The resulting film, Du-Beat-e-o (1984), which he also helmed, was set against the background of the hardcore L.A. punk scene and featured Ray Sharkey and Derf Scratch of the punk band Fear.

He also wrote and...

When one thinks of Tim Allen (if one thinks of Tim Allen at all these days), it’s probably in the context of his various sitcoms, Buzz Lightyear or the Christmasy fever dream that is the Santa Clause franchise. But in addition to all of that, the author of Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man is now publicly sharing his theological takes on social media.

Over on X/Twitter, Allen has been posting about the book he’s currently reading, which just so happens to be The Bible. Back in August, Allen posted that, although he had never “really read the Bible” he was nearly finished plowing through the Old Testament, and hyped for the sequel (aka the New Testament). He also noted that the Good Book was “so far amazing and not at all what I was expecting.”

While that easily could have been the end...

Some very exciting news for horror fans this evening, as Mike Flanagan is re-teaming with Stephen King for a new small-screen adaptation of the legendary's author's first novel, Carrie.

Deadline reports that the pair - who recently collaborated on the upcoming The Life of Chuck - are developing the supernatural coming-of-rage tale as an eight-episode series for Amazon, with Flanagan on board as showrunner and exec producer.

Brian De Palma's 1976 take on the book is widely viewed as one of the better King adaptations, with Sissy Spacek delivering a terrifying and tragic turn as the title character, who begins to manifest destructive telekinetic abilities after being relentlessly bullied by her classmates and tormented by her domineering religious fanatic mother. John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley and William Katt also starred.

The movie's climactic bloodbath is often hailed as one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

When Mike Flanagan and Stephen King join forces, it’s game over for their competitors in the horror film universe. Over the years, the legendary author and the veteran filmmaker have worked on a couple of projects that have received incredible ratings from critics. But Flanagan clearly isn’t done with bringing out on-screen adaptations of King’s stories.

Mike Flanagan | Credits: @flanaganfilm via Instagram

The 46-year-old filmmaker has already produced a few critically acclaimed series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. The word on the street is that Flanagan’s next series will feature a classic Stephen King story that has already seen box office success, twice!

Mike Flanagan is currently laying the groundwork for an adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie Mike Flanagan and the cast of The Fall of the House of Usher...

Scarlett Johansson made waves when she requested to go topless in her $162M film directed by Michael Bay. Known for his high-octane action flicks, Bay took a firm stance and refused the request, sparking chatter in Hollywood about creative control and the lengths stars go to for their roles.

Scarlett Johansson from The Island | Credits: DreamWorks Pictures

This unexpected moment showcased the tension between artistic vision and studio demands, reminding us that even in the glitz and glamor of Tinseltown, bold decisions often come with their own set of challenges.

Scarlett Johansson’s Realism Clash: The ‘Cheap Bra’ Showdown on The Island Michael Bay | Credits: Michael Bay/X

Scarlett Johansson didn’t hold back when it came to her wardrobe on The Island. The 2005 sci-fi thriller, directed by Michael Bay, saw Johansson team up with Ewan McGregor in a dystopian tale about human clones used for organ harvesting. But it...

Get ready to dive back into the messy world of one sheltered, telekinetic teen!

Deadline reported today that an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel Carrie will soon be headed to the small screen.

The eight-episode limited series will be helmed by longtime King acolyte Mike Flanagan.

(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

King’s literary debut is half a century old, and it’s been adapted multiple times already.

The most famous version, of course, is the 1976 Brian DePalma film starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and John Travolta.

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An ill-conceived sequel hit theaters in 1999, followed by two remakes (2002 and 2013) that also failed to make much of a splash.

Mike Flanagan has his sights set on another classic piece of IP: “Carrie.”

The “Doctor Sleep” and “Exorcist” filmmaker is adapting Stephen King’s novel for an eight-episode series at Prime Video, IndieWire has confirmed. King’s “Carrie” was first brought to the screen by Brian De Palma in 1976. There was a sequel film, “The Rage: Carrie 2” (1999), and a 2013 remake of the original “Carrie” starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.

“Carrie” centers on a teenager who has a sheltered life in part due to her controlling mother. Yet the titular Carrie soon realizes that the torment she has endured both at home and at school with her bullying peers has heightened her hyperkinetic powers, and a revenge plan is brewed….

The official logline for the series teased that the show will be a “bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent...

Exclusive: After scoring the big deal at the Toronto Film Festival with Neon for TIFF’s People’s Choice Award winner The Life of Chuck, director Mike Flanagan and Stephen King are right back at it. The Dish hears their next collaboration will be Carrie, this time in an eight-episode series for Amazon. Flanagan will be the showrunner.

The 1974 novel put the young author King on the map, and also bolstered his worth as an author whose genre storytelling was most translatable to the big screen. Brian De Palma was the first director to adapt King’s coming-of-age story of a young sheltered girl with a domineering mother whose bullying caused unimaginable blood-soaked consequences due to her hyperkinetic powers. Sissy Spacek played the title character, and John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley and William Katt also starred.

After that 1976 hit, several follow-ups came later including The Rage: Carrie 2,...

The fourth annual Academy Museum Gala, which honored Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno, raised $11 million on Saturday night.

The evening’s program included John Travolta presenting the Luminary Award to Tarantino, who went onto to announce that he was donating his first handwritten draft of the script for “Pulp Fiction”to the museum. The evening closed with Ariana Grande introducing her “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo, who performed a four-song set that included “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz.”

Earlier in the evening, on the red carpet, Grande told Variety that she is “absolutely” interested in recording original music with Erivo. “I love being in the studio with her, even just as like a fly on the wall, hearing what she’s working on and having her there when I’m working,” she said. “I think we are stuck with each other, professionally and personally, for the rest of our lives.

Marcello Hernández and Michael Longfellow were set to visit “Weekend Update” this week, but their bit was cut for time. However, “SNL” shared an unaired version of the desk segment online where they offer last minute Halloween costume suggestions to anyone who needed them — after explaining how their own costumes didn’t exactly hit right. Introduced as “two guys dressed as doctors,” the pair revealed they were repeatedly mistaken for the Menendez brothers.

“We thought people would see two doctors and start banging pots and pans together for us, like during the pandemic,” Longfellow said. Hernández interjected, “Instead, people keep yelling things like, ‘You’re innocent!’ and ‘You’re so hot.'”

The pair were also asked to “kiss each other,” Longfellow continued, referencing the controversial incest angle of Ryan Murphy’s recent “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

“The Netflix show and the TikTok have made the Menendez brothers sex symbols,...

A cut-for-time Halloween-themed “Weekend Update” sketch on Saturday Night Live was crawling with pop culture references, spoofing everything from the Menendez brothers (the subject of Ryan Murphy’s much-discussed Monsters anthology on Netflix) to The Golden Bachelorette.

In the sketch, co-host Colin Jost introduces Michael Longfellow and Marcello Hernández dressed as two doctors. But instead of being perceived as such by partygoers and passersby, the two are mistaken for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have long been imprisoned for the 1989 shooting of their parents and could be looking at an early release due to renewed conversations around the siblings’ decades-long abuse at the hands of their father.

“We thought people would see two doctors and start banging pots and pans together for us, like during the pandemic,” Longfellow said, with Hernández adding, “Instead, people keep yelling things like, ‘You’re innocent’ and ‘You’re so hot.'”

Turns out, the duo joked,...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures held its fourth annual gala at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Honorees at this year’s gala were Academy Award-nominated actor Paul Mescal; Academy Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Rita Moreno; and two-time Academy Award-winning and six-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director Quentin Tarantino.

A high wattage crowd turned out for the event, which highlighted the museum’s mission to advance the understanding, celebration and preservation of cinema and expand knowledge and conversation about film as a global art form and cultural force. Attendees included Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Gal Gadot, Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Olivia Wilde, Greta Lee, Demi Moore, Mikey Madison, Drew Starkey, Sofia Richie Grainge, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Ayo Edebiri and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Following cocktails provided by Tequila Don Julio, gala co-chair Eva Longoria kicked off the evening, introducing director and president of the Academy Museum, Amy Homma,...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures held its annual gala on Saturday night honoring Paul Mescal, Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino while raising over $11 million to support the exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming at the L.A. museum, which opened in 2021.

The fourth annual event, one of Hollywood’s most star-studded nights, was co-chaired by Dr. Eric Esrailian, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria and Tyler Perry. The night’s guest list ranged from Hollywood icons — Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Meg Ryan, Joaquin Phoenix and Julia Louis-Dreyfus — to relative newcomers, including Anora‘s Mikey Madison, Queer‘s Drew Starkey, Babygirl‘s Harris Dickinson, recent Emmy winner Anna Sawai and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.

There were also plenty of appearances from those who may land a spot among this year’s Oscar nominees, including Wicked‘s leads Ariana Grande...

Suits will always be one of the greatest shows ever made! From start to finish, several elements contributed to the series’ success, and the duo Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle’s relationship on screen most certainly ranks in the top five!

Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane and Patrick J. Adams as Michael Ross in Suits | Credit: Suits/USA Network

While the duo had undeniable chemistry on-screen, it turns out they were also “uncomfortably” close off-screen. Here’s a look inside their strong friendship, which seemed to be more than just that. Also are they still friends?

Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle’s Chemistry Stole the Show at Her Own Wedding!

Rachel Zane and Mike Ross will go down as one of the best couples in television history, no doubt about it! While Louis Litt, Harvey Specter, and Donna were the obvious scene-stealers, the chemistry between Rachel and Mike also drew in many viewers.

Actors not watching their performances is a constant recurring conversation in Hollywood. Several stars, who are too much of perfectionists shy away from watching their projects no matter how successful.

In 2023 Suits received a resurgence in popularity after it was added to one of the most popular streaming platforms, Netflix. Millennials as well as the younger audience tuned in to reexperience the Og legal drama series. However, it came as a shock to fans when Patrick J. Adams confessed he didn’t watch the show until recently.

Consequences of being too critical as an artist

USA Network’s Suits presented a legal drama centered around two main characters Mike Ross and Harvey Specter. The show gained immense popularity and numerous accolades and spawned a spin-off Pearson which unfortunately didn’t last long.

Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht in Suits | Credits: USA Network

However, the Gabriel Macht starrer experienced a...

Deadpool & Wolverine delivered on its promise and ended up being one of the best Multiverse Saga movies to date. A lot of work went into making the threequel a reality, and filmmaker Shawn Levy enlisted Shane Reid and Dean Zimmerman as editors.

Reid counts the likes of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Saturday Night among his credits, while Zimmerman is Levy's longtime collaborator, having worked on the Night at the Museum franchise, Real Steel, Free Guy, The Adam Project, and many more.

We recently had the good fortune to sit down with Reid and Zimmerman to learn more about their work on the Deadpool threequel.

During our conversation, they talked in detail about the Deadpool Corps' role in the movie (including that incredible oner), the Honda Odyssey fight scene, Wesley Snipes' big Blade moment, the Wolverine Variants sequence, and that iconic scene where Hugh Jackman's Logan finally dons Wolverine's comic-accurate mask.

Ever since 2011, Gabriel Macht has been known for his role in the legal drama, Suits. Although the actor has built a reputation for himself as the iconic yet terrifying Harvey Specter, his success came years before he joined the series. In fact, the 52-year-old had already been a part of quite a few major films and franchises like The Spirit, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Sex and the City.

Gabriel Macht in Suits | Credits: USA Network

Seven years before he donned the sharp suits and power ties that would define his iconic role, Macht starred in a lesser-known film alongside two major stars, Scarlett Johansson and John Travolta. The movie, A Love Song for Bobby Long, was released in 2004 with a modest budget of $1.8 million, but it has since become a hidden gem for fans of all three actors.

Gabriel Macht shares his thoughts on A Love Song for Bobby Long...

What does "Pulp Fiction" have to do with low-budget horror movies? Well, the film's $8 million budget might seem like a fairly significant amount of money, but it's not the kind of figure you'd expect for a film starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, and Uma Thurman. Of course, at the time those actors weren't the bonafide megastars they'd become, or, in Travolta's case, king of the 0% Rotten Tomatoes score. Still, $8 million is more the kind of budget you'd expect for a mid-range horror movie, so it's impressive Quentin Tarantino managed to make $212 million from his off-beat postmodern pastiche.

That's not the only connection between "Pulp Fiction" and horror, either. Aside from the film's often striking depictions of violence, there's a surprising link between one of its stars and an ultra low-budget horror movie that debuted the same decade as Tarantino's film.

Bruce Willis made "Pulp Fiction" profitable before shooting even began,...

Image Source: Amazon It was 30 years ago that Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction opened in theaters, marking a big step forward in the filmmaker’s then-blossoming career and single-handedly reviving John Travolta’s then-flagging career. The movie was Tarantino’s baby all the way — he wrote the screenplay, directed it, and it was the first movie he also produced. (He even played a bit part in the film.) As with many of Tarantino’s films, Pulp Fiction defied categorization, blending genres both effortlessly and flippantly. In fact, while most critics thought of Pulp Fiction as a crime drama, Tarantino had other ideas. When we spoke to him at the time of the film’s release, he viewed the film primarily as a comedy! (Click on the media bar below to hear Quentin Tarantino) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Quentin_Tarintino_Pulp_Fiction_Comedy_.mp3 Pulp Fiction is currently streaming on Paramount+ and Prime Video,...

As ill-fated coffee shop burglar Pumpkin in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” Tim Roth knows the truth about a privileged piece of movie mythology.

“We tend to know only as much as [our character] would know, but one thing that I do know because my character would know, which is what’s in the suitcase,” Roth reveals. “But Quentin asked me not to mention it.”

In a film full of mysteries, the contents of that sacred object remain among the biggest. But even without Jules Winnfield’s 9mm pistol pointed at his head, Roth is kind enough to volunteer an answer that, though perhaps slightly disappointing, is at least factually accurate. “I remember him saying that the answer if they ask you was, ‘A battery and a lamp’.”

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction,” Variety spoke with more than 20 members of the film’s cast and crew about their experiences,...

Happy 30th to Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino made a grand entrance with Reservoir Dogs, but it was 1994’s Pulp Fiction that solidified him as the director to watch with his unique brand of intermingling stories and 70s-inspired aesthetics. For the 30th anniversary, Pulp Fiction is returning to the silver screen in October for special presentations featuring pristine new 35mm prints in select theatres across the U.S. In addition, the film will be released on 4K Ultra HD in a 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition on December 3, 2024, from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Pulp Fiction was such a milestone that not only did it catapult Tarantino’s career immensely, but the film would also become the comeback for John Travolta and it would be the breakout for Samuel L. Jackson. He would be a standout early on in the film with a Bible verse monologue right before executing an unlucky individual. Jackson...

John Travolta has paid tribute to ‘Pulp Fiction’ for giving him "a second chance at a high-end career" in Hollywood.The 70-year-old actor starred as gangster Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 picture and has thanked the film for being "a next-level, upper echelon opportunity" that revived his career after a lean period following his 1970s success in 'Grease' and 'Saturday Night Fever'.In a retrospective look back at the flick in celebration of its 30th anniversary, Travolta told Variety: "The last success [I’d had] before ‘Pulp Fiction’ was the ‘Look Who’s Talking’ films, so getting the ‘Pulp’ offer was certainly a next-level, upper echelon opportunity more along the lines of the Oscar nomination-type performance of ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and ‘Blow Out’ integrity."I was one of his [Tarantino’s] favorite actors growing up on ‘Welcome Back Kotter’, ‘Saturday Night Fever’, ‘Grease’ and ‘Blow Out’, and he wanted to work with me.

Samuel L. Jackson recently remembered and recited a memorable monologue from the 1994 cult classic film “Pulp Fiction.” In a video posted to social media, Jackson casually sits on a couch and flawlessly delivers Jules Winnfield’s chilling speech from the Bible passage Ezekiel 25:17.

Released 30 years ago, “Pulp Fiction” tells intertwining crime stories set in Los Angeles. Quentin Tarantino’s directing earned widespread acclaim and seven Academy Award nominations. Jackson played Jules, a philosophical hitman, in an unforgettable performance. In a pivotal scene, Jules uses the biblical verse as a pre-execution ritual.

Jackson’s video commemorates the film’s 30th anniversary this year. Without pausing, he precisely speaks the entire monologue with the same intensity and dramatic flair seen in 1994. Fans were amazed that Jackson, at age 73, could still remember and deliver such a long speech from memory. His performance underscores how deeply the character and scene affected both viewers and his own career.

Samuel L. Jackson hasn’t forgotten his lines from Pulp Fiction. In honor of the film’s 30th anniversary, the actor posted a clip of himself reciting the Ezekiel 25:17 Bible verse, a notable moment for his character, from memory.

In the video, Jackson intones the entire quote: “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness,...

There’s no breaking Samuel L. Jackson’s concentration.

After 30 years, the Oscar-nominated star has “still got it,” reciting the iconic Ezekiel 25:17 Bible verse from memory in one of his standout scenes in a commemoration post for Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.

In the clip for the seminal crime-comedy’s 30th anniversary, Jackson is seen sitting on a couch casually reciting the passage that describes the extent of the Lord’s anger and vengeance. Nary stumbling over his words and occasionally changing his tone for dramatic effect, the veteran actor recites it in its entirety.

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper, and the finder of lost children.

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A new retrospective focused on Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece "Pulp Fiction" in Variety revealed the that notorious — and disgraced — producer Harvey Weinstein had a very clear idea regarding the film's casting, and he was ultimately overruled.

Journalist Todd Gilchrist spoke to a ton of people involved with the Oscar-winning film and learned, through executive producer Danny DeVito, executive producer Michael Shamberg, and producer Lawrence Bender, that Weinstein really wanted Daniel Day-Lewis to play Vincent Vega, the role that ultimately went to John Travolta. DeVito had an overall development deal at TriStar Pictures and got final cut on his projects there. As he recalled, he spoke to Weinstein, who insisted that Day-Lewis — who had just won his Academy Award for "My Left Foot — play Vincent.

"I said, 'The director wants John Travolta,'" DeVito told Gilchrist. "I told this kid I've got final cut,...

Rosanna Arquette had to wait 30 years to be able to appreciate Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.”

The actress, who plays the character Jody in the ensemble film, told Variety that she originally had to leave the 1994 film premiere as the feature was “so violent.” Arquette further reflected on the “cringe-worthy moments” in the Academy Award-winning script co-written by Roger Avary.

“I was pregnant when it came out, and I remember going into it and it was so violent my mom and I had to leave. So I’d never sat and watched it as a cinema experience until 30 years later at the Chinese Theatre [during the TCM Film Festival retrospective],” she said. “It’s still this cultural phenomenon, but also I still have the issue of, enough with the N-word. For me, that’s always been an issue, and I didn’t realize how much it was an issue until I saw it this last time.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary on Oct. 14, “Pulp Fiction” has left a massive footprint on moviemaking.

Originally conceived as an anthology by writer-director Quentin Tarantino and his longtime friend, collaborator and Video Archives coworker Roger Avary, the film evolved into a funny, violent, endlessly inventive, non-linear odyssey. In addition to reviving the career of John Travolta, minting a star in Samuel L. Jackson and spawning a still-thriving cottage industry of knockoffs and imitation films, “Pulp” earned the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, seven Academy Award nominations and one win (for Tarantino and Avary’s screenplay), while its commercial success ($213 million off of an $8.5 million budget) forever changed the economics of independent cinema.

To commemorate the legacy and impact of “Pulp Fiction,” Variety spoke with more than 20 members of the film’s cast and crew to solicit their experiences and recollections. Armed with more than 100 pages of interviews, we’ve elected...

The renowned rapper T.I. has decided to retire from live performances. His final show is scheduled for December 19 at Atlanta’s Jingle Ball, hosted by 96.1 The Beat.

During an appearance on the station’s afternoon show, T.I. confirmed that he would headline the event alongside notable artists such as Saweetie, Sexyy Red, T-Pain, Khalid, Tinashe, and The Kid Laroi.

T.I Expresses Gratitude For Last Gig

Expressing his gratitude for the opportunity, T.I., 44, stated, “I appreciate y’all for offering me my last working gig because I do not need the money anymore and I will not be performing,” he said during the conversation. “I don’t want to do it anymore…I don’t want people to pay me to hop around and sweat for their entertainment anymore.”

Young Dro, T.I.’s longtime collaborator, humorously remarked that he would take on any shows that T.

Samuel L. Jackson is the most successful movie star ever -- he has the box office receipts to prove it. However, his winning streak doesn't begin quite when Jackson first began acting in the 1970s, but it definitely steps up about 20 years later when he played philosophical hitman Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction."

Oh sure, Jackson already had some memorable performances to his name, from "Do The Right Thing" to "Jurassic Park." But "Pulp Fiction" is when Samuel L. Jackson became a household name. That's what makes Jackson's small part in "Goodfellas" a few years prior -- as a barely-there, swiftly-killed criminal -- so surreal nowadays. Thanks to "Pulp Fiction," Jackson simply doesn't play those parts anymore.

But the part of Jules, the one that got Jackson his first and only Oscar nomination, came close to not being his at all. Tarantino originally wrote Jules with Laurence Fishburne...

Felissa Rose, Sadie Katz, James Pratt, Eva Hamilton, Lew Temple, Rufus Dorsey, Randy Charach

Michael Merino, ( Acceleration ), is set to deliver another spine-chilling thriller with his upcoming horror film, Texas Nightmare. Felissa Rose and Lew Temple ( The Walking Dead ) have joined the cast which already includes Sadie Katz, James Pratt, Eva Hamilton and Rufus Dorsey ( Pearl Harbor ).

Texas Nightmare is being produced by veteran producer Randy Charach, whose past credits include John Travolta’s The Fanatic, Beyond the Law with Steven Segal, and Wild Oats, with Demi Moore, Jessica Lange, and Shirley MacLaine.

The plot revolves around Angie (Katz), who, in order to complete a novel, heads to an isolated home in Texas Hill Country owned by a mysterious man named Tepes (Pratt). Soon she finds herself at the center of a life-and-death struggle.

Rounding out the cast is Chelsea Newman ( Nope ), Jon Castro ( Stitches ) and David E Bailey ( Clutch...

The French Film Academy will honor legendary political filmmaker Costa-Gavras with its lifetime achievement award at the upcoming 2025 César Awards.

The 91-year-old auteur, born in Greece before fleeing to exile in Paris, is best known for his politically-charged cinema, including Oscar winners Z (1969) — a thinly fictionalized account of the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963 that led to the country’s long military dictatorship — and English-language feature Missing (1982), about the disappearance of an American journalist in the aftermath of the United States-backed Chilean coup of 1973.

Z was the first film to be nominated both for best picture and best international feature at the Academy Awards, winning the latter, as well as the Oscar for best film editing for Françoise Bonnot. Missing, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek, won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and was nominated for four Oscars, winning for best adapted screenplay.

Costa-Gavras’ other notable...

No matter how hard our tech overlords try to convince us otherwise, when it comes to something like film, everything is subjective. But if we're going to live in a time when art is reduced to percentage scores and easily-digestible metrics are the only thing that makes navigating the endless sea of "content" on offer easier, then we might as well embrace our current moment and ask the question — what is the worst movie of all time? Of course, there is no definitive answer to this query, but that hasn't stopped Rotten Tomatoes from giving us its closest approximation.

Plenty of movies have earned a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score, Jim Carrey's "Dark Crimes" being one example. But have you ever heard of "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever"? Me neither. But this 2002 action thriller, in which Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu face off as opposing agents, has managed to distinguish itself, though...

High school sitcoms have always been a mixed bag, largely because the issues kids are dealing with at that age beg for a more nuanced take than the half-hour format can provide. Godawful shows like "Saved by the Bell," "Head of the Class" and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" are the low standard a high school sitcom has to clear nowadays, so we need to count our blessings when something as wonderful as Mike O'Brien's "A.P. Bio" and the currently airing Brian Jordan Alvarez's "English Teacher" arrives.

Before those two sitcoms, the bar was set reasonably high by Gabe Kaplan's "Welcome Back, Kotter." Based in part on Kaplan's sitcom act, the comedian stars as Gabe Kotter, a former underachiever who returns to his old Bensonhurst Brooklyn neighborhood to teach at the high school that used to seem like a prison to him. He's now in charge of a new batch of knuckleheads,...

As of this week, it’s been 30 years since the Simpson family visited the Violent-ist Place on Earth: Itchy & Scratchyland. The Season Six episode is fondly remembered for a not-so-subtle dig at the sordid life of Walt Disney, as well as its joke about the sad state of John Travolta’s career, which only made sense for about two weeks before it was ruined by the release of Pulp Fiction.

Don’t worry, it worked again once Battlefield Earth came out a few years later.

Also, is there anyone amongst us who can park their car in a crowded lot without remarking: “Now remember, we’re in the Itchy lot.”

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But perhaps the most iconic moment from “Itchy & Scratchyland” is when Bart tries to buy a personalized novelty license plate, only to find that “Bart” isn’t an option; “Bort,” on the other hand, is. And the name turns out to be surprisingly common.

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In Barry Sonnenfeld's 1995 showbiz comedy "Get Shorty," John Travolta plays Chili Palmer, a loan shark from Miami who possesses more cool than anyone currently living. He's also a deep-cut movie buff, and bought a leather jacket specifically because it looked exactly like the one Al Pacino wore in "Serpico." Chili is sent to Los Angeles to shake up a low-budget movie producer named Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman) who owes a great deal of cash. Harry Zimm most often produces movies with grave-robbing ghouls and slime creatures, frequently starring his preferred scream queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo). Chili, seeing an opportunity, doesn't shake down Harry for the money, but decides to go into business with him producing movies. Harry, you see, has found a very, very good, Oscar-quality prestige script that will pull him out of the B-movie ghetto. 

Travolta...

You wouldn't be able to tell by watching the finished film, but John Travolta was anything but assured on the set of "Get Shorty." Travolta's character, a Miami loan shark named Chili Palmer, was unflappable, annoyed when people threatened him, and unblinking if someone drew a gun. He never turned off the charm, always merrily in control of every situation. Without raising his voice, Chili would merely say, "I'm going to tell you the way it is." Chili was an interesting contrast to the flummoxed, fudging producers of Hollywood he found himself among in "Get Shorty." 

Off-camera, though, Travolta was a wreck. The "Grease" star seems to have trouble with memorizing dialogue and reading lines correctly. Indeed, an audience of billions can attest to Travolta's propensity for flubs as, in 2014, Travolta introduced singer Idina Menzel at the Academy Awards as "the wickedly talented Adele Dazeem." Travolta rarely, if ever,...