Mark Wahlberg is inevitably widely recognized as one of the most talented actors in all of Hollywood’s entertainment industry. From his immaculate acting skills to his absolutely breathtaking physique, the 52-year-old actor continues to charm his fans from all across the globe to the core. But many years before he attained this respectable feat, Wahlberg wasn’t as confident as he is now.
Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu.
In fact, the Ted star wasn’t so sure of his own talent in the acting field when he was an aspiring actor, only just starting out. And the movie taking him out of this zone, making him fearless, and inspiring him to become a “real actor” was the most unexpected one (or perhaps expected one?): His R-rated critically commended comedy-drama from 1997, Boogie Nights.
Boogie Nights Inspired Mark Wahlberg to Become a “Real Actor”
Released in October of 1997, the R-rated...
Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu.
In fact, the Ted star wasn’t so sure of his own talent in the acting field when he was an aspiring actor, only just starting out. And the movie taking him out of this zone, making him fearless, and inspiring him to become a “real actor” was the most unexpected one (or perhaps expected one?): His R-rated critically commended comedy-drama from 1997, Boogie Nights.
Boogie Nights Inspired Mark Wahlberg to Become a “Real Actor”
Released in October of 1997, the R-rated...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
Welcome to Creators on the Rise, where we find and profile breakout creators who are in the midst of extraordinary growth.
One very small bee changed things for Eddy Adams.
Adams is, in his own words, “a little bit older than the demographic of the new social media in general.” But not being Gen Z doesn’t mean he’s not computer savvy. He was “barely just out of diapers when I was starting to play around in 3D,” he says. His dad was the one who introduced him to three-dimensional design, and by the time Adams was ready for a career, he’d become an expert at 3D modeling and motion graphics. He did a decade of design work at an ad agency in Seattle, and when that shut down, he went freelance. One of his first solo clients was the Seattle Seahawks.
Then he found TikTok.
At the time,...
One very small bee changed things for Eddy Adams.
Adams is, in his own words, “a little bit older than the demographic of the new social media in general.” But not being Gen Z doesn’t mean he’s not computer savvy. He was “barely just out of diapers when I was starting to play around in 3D,” he says. His dad was the one who introduced him to three-dimensional design, and by the time Adams was ready for a career, he’d become an expert at 3D modeling and motion graphics. He did a decade of design work at an ad agency in Seattle, and when that shut down, he went freelance. One of his first solo clients was the Seattle Seahawks.
Then he found TikTok.
At the time,...
- 5/31/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Amy Adams and her Bond Group Entertainment production company have signed a first-look TV deal with Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content).
“Amy’s passion as an artist and her commitment to illuminating our shared humanity through complex characters in all genres aligns perfectly with what we want to do here at Fifth Season,” said Joe Hipps, president of TV development and production for Fifth Season. “We look forward to working with Amy, Stacy, and the rest of the Bond Group team.”
Bond Group Entertainment was founded by Adams and her manager, Stacy O’Neil, with a goal of elevating female creatives. Along with Adams and O’Neil, the Bond Group’s team includes head of development Kathleen Clifford and Eddie Adams, director of development. They will collaborate with Hipps and his team to develop series across all platforms, with many reportedly based on books.
“We are so looking forward to collaborating...
“Amy’s passion as an artist and her commitment to illuminating our shared humanity through complex characters in all genres aligns perfectly with what we want to do here at Fifth Season,” said Joe Hipps, president of TV development and production for Fifth Season. “We look forward to working with Amy, Stacy, and the rest of the Bond Group team.”
Bond Group Entertainment was founded by Adams and her manager, Stacy O’Neil, with a goal of elevating female creatives. Along with Adams and O’Neil, the Bond Group’s team includes head of development Kathleen Clifford and Eddie Adams, director of development. They will collaborate with Hipps and his team to develop series across all platforms, with many reportedly based on books.
“We are so looking forward to collaborating...
- 11/18/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Amy Adams has signed a multi-year first-look television deal with Fifth Season, formerly Endeavor Content, through her production company Bond Group Entertainment.
As part of the deal, Adams will collaborate with Fifth Season’s TV studio team to develop series across platforms, primarily originating from best-selling book IP. She will work with her manager Stacy O’Neil, as well as Kathleen Clifford, Head of Development, and Eddie Adams, Director of Development.
Adams previously signed a first look deal with HBO upon launching Bond Group Entertainment in 2019.
Bond Group Entertainment is currently in development on Kings of America for Netflix as well as Willa of the Wood, Finding the Mother Tree, Nightbitch and Outlawed. Adams executive produced HBO’s miniseries Sharp Objects and the upcoming sequel to Enchanted titled Disenchanted, both of which she also stars in.
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As part of the deal, Adams will collaborate with Fifth Season’s TV studio team to develop series across platforms, primarily originating from best-selling book IP. She will work with her manager Stacy O’Neil, as well as Kathleen Clifford, Head of Development, and Eddie Adams, Director of Development.
Adams previously signed a first look deal with HBO upon launching Bond Group Entertainment in 2019.
Bond Group Entertainment is currently in development on Kings of America for Netflix as well as Willa of the Wood, Finding the Mother Tree, Nightbitch and Outlawed. Adams executive produced HBO’s miniseries Sharp Objects and the upcoming sequel to Enchanted titled Disenchanted, both of which she also stars in.
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- 11/18/2022
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Amy Adams is putting down roots for her Bond Group Entertainment banner.
The six-time Oscar nominee has signed a multiple-year, first-look TV deal with Fifth Season, the studio formerly known as Endeavor Content.
Under the pact, Adams, manager Stacy O’Neil and Bond Group’s vp TV development Kathleen Clifford and director of development Eddie Adams will work with Fifth Season’s TV studio team to create new projects for the studio, with a focus on best-selling books and on amplifying underrepresented voices.
“Amy’s passion as an artist and her commitment to illuminating our shared humanity through complex characters in all genres aligns perfectly with what we want to do here at Fifth Season,” said Joe Hipps, president of TV development and production at Fifth Season. “We look forward to working with Amy, Stacy and the rest of the Bond Group team.”
Bond...
Amy Adams is putting down roots for her Bond Group Entertainment banner.
The six-time Oscar nominee has signed a multiple-year, first-look TV deal with Fifth Season, the studio formerly known as Endeavor Content.
Under the pact, Adams, manager Stacy O’Neil and Bond Group’s vp TV development Kathleen Clifford and director of development Eddie Adams will work with Fifth Season’s TV studio team to create new projects for the studio, with a focus on best-selling books and on amplifying underrepresented voices.
“Amy’s passion as an artist and her commitment to illuminating our shared humanity through complex characters in all genres aligns perfectly with what we want to do here at Fifth Season,” said Joe Hipps, president of TV development and production at Fifth Season. “We look forward to working with Amy, Stacy and the rest of the Bond Group team.”
Bond...
- 11/18/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Movie: "Boogie Nights" (1997)
Where You Can Stream It: Netflix
The Pitch: "Boogie Nights" follows the story of nightclub dishwasher high school student Eddie Adams, played by Mark Wahlberg. He longs to break free from the confines of his 1970s suburban home, where he lives with an emotionally abusive mother (Joanna Gleason) who doesn't understand him. But when he meets a charismatic porn director (Burt Reynolds) who emboldens something within him, he transitions into a life of celebrity and excess as he becomes the biggest porn star of the decade: Dirk Diggler.
Why It's Essential Viewing
Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature film has a reputation that precedes it. At this point, the movie has certainly achieved its fair share of recognition,...
The Movie: "Boogie Nights" (1997)
Where You Can Stream It: Netflix
The Pitch: "Boogie Nights" follows the story of nightclub dishwasher high school student Eddie Adams, played by Mark Wahlberg. He longs to break free from the confines of his 1970s suburban home, where he lives with an emotionally abusive mother (Joanna Gleason) who doesn't understand him. But when he meets a charismatic porn director (Burt Reynolds) who emboldens something within him, he transitions into a life of celebrity and excess as he becomes the biggest porn star of the decade: Dirk Diggler.
Why It's Essential Viewing
Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature film has a reputation that precedes it. At this point, the movie has certainly achieved its fair share of recognition,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Chicago – The 9th Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff) is on Day Four, and will feature the film “Boogie Nights” – directed by Paul Thomas Anderson – in a special 25th Anniversary screening. The Fest continues through May 19th, click Ccff for schedule and ticket info.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
“Boogie Nights” (1997) not only serves as one of the great films of the 1990s, but also has one of the great casts of that era, many of them early in their soon-to-be-iconic careers. Mark Wahlberg is Eddie Adams, a high school drop out in 1977, who is washing dishes in a nightclub when he is “discovered” by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a notorious director of porn films. As Dirk Diggler, Eddie soon has unexpected success, and joins a disjointed “family” of porn stars which includes Roller Girl (Heather Graham), Amber and Reed (John C. Reilly), in addition to production crew “Little Bill” (William H. Macy) and Scotty J.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
“Boogie Nights” (1997) not only serves as one of the great films of the 1990s, but also has one of the great casts of that era, many of them early in their soon-to-be-iconic careers. Mark Wahlberg is Eddie Adams, a high school drop out in 1977, who is washing dishes in a nightclub when he is “discovered” by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a notorious director of porn films. As Dirk Diggler, Eddie soon has unexpected success, and joins a disjointed “family” of porn stars which includes Roller Girl (Heather Graham), Amber and Reed (John C. Reilly), in addition to production crew “Little Bill” (William H. Macy) and Scotty J.
- 5/16/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Susan Morgan Cooper is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer. After she had spent her childhood and youth in Wales she went to the USA where she became interested in film editing. In the 90s she spent time in Croatia which resulted in the making of her first documentary “Mirjana – One Girl’s Journey” which was inspired by a 16-year-old girl she met there, her life story and the how she and her family had been affected by the Balkan War. Over the years Cooper has helmed many documentaries, such as the highly acclaimed “An Unlikely Weapon” about Eddie Adams, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, as well as “Hopper: In His Own Words” which tells the story of actor Dennis Hopper.
Cooper also directed “Mulberry Child“, a documentary based on a memoir written by Jian Ping which deals with the relationship with her daughter, her times in China during the Cultural...
Cooper also directed “Mulberry Child“, a documentary based on a memoir written by Jian Ping which deals with the relationship with her daughter, her times in China during the Cultural...
- 6/27/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Amy Adams’ Bond Group and eOne are to produce a television adaptation of Robert Beatty’s fantasy thriller Willa of the Wood.
The Ya project is the latest development for Adams’ nascent company Bond Group Entertainment, which the Arrival and Vice star established with her manager Stacy O’Neil. It also sees Adams reunite with eOne, with whom she worked with on Sharp Objects, the HBO thriller based on the book by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn.
Willa of the Wood is set in a dark, mysterious forest where its ancient inhabitants, known as the Faeran, don’t trust the destructive, tree-cutting humans. Willa, the clan’s best forager and thief, has been taught to avoid humans at all costs. As Willa’s adventures offer her insight about mankind, she becomes a bridge between two competing worlds, but soon encounters conflict from all sides.
The two companies are to adapt Willa of the Wood,...
The Ya project is the latest development for Adams’ nascent company Bond Group Entertainment, which the Arrival and Vice star established with her manager Stacy O’Neil. It also sees Adams reunite with eOne, with whom she worked with on Sharp Objects, the HBO thriller based on the book by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn.
Willa of the Wood is set in a dark, mysterious forest where its ancient inhabitants, known as the Faeran, don’t trust the destructive, tree-cutting humans. Willa, the clan’s best forager and thief, has been taught to avoid humans at all costs. As Willa’s adventures offer her insight about mankind, she becomes a bridge between two competing worlds, but soon encounters conflict from all sides.
The two companies are to adapt Willa of the Wood,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.
This week’s question: In honor of Lady Gaga’s turn in “A Star Is Born,” what is the best performance by a musician in a movie?
Carl Broughton II (@Carlislegendary), writer for thefilmera
Best performance by a musician in a movie is a tough debate, but I have to give it to Eminem in “8 Mile”. I can’t even tell you how many times I watched this movie in my life, yet alone referenced it. Eminem’s acting is convincing, and when the emotional moments in the movie hit they hit hard. Eminem says the film is loosely based on his life, but it honestly feels like your watching an biography of how Eminem made it to success. I think that is what makes his performance memorable all these years later.
This week’s question: In honor of Lady Gaga’s turn in “A Star Is Born,” what is the best performance by a musician in a movie?
Carl Broughton II (@Carlislegendary), writer for thefilmera
Best performance by a musician in a movie is a tough debate, but I have to give it to Eminem in “8 Mile”. I can’t even tell you how many times I watched this movie in my life, yet alone referenced it. Eminem’s acting is convincing, and when the emotional moments in the movie hit they hit hard. Eminem says the film is loosely based on his life, but it honestly feels like your watching an biography of how Eminem made it to success. I think that is what makes his performance memorable all these years later.
- 10/8/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Mark Wahlberg Honors ‘Boogie Nights’ Co-Star Burt Reynolds: ‘Rest in Peace to a Legend and a Friend’
Mark Wahlberg paid tribute to his “Boogie Nights” co-star and friend, Burt Reynolds, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 82 on Thursday.
He posted a picture of the two in a scene from the 1997 Oscar-winning Paul Thomas Anderson film, captioning it, “Rest in peace to a legend and a friend. #BurtReynolds.”
Others who have worked with Reynolds, such as Reba McEntire and Paul Wesley, also paid tribute to the late star.
Rest in peace to a legend and a friend. #BurtReynolds pic.twitter.com/HnmCCTv1d1
— Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) September 6, 2018
“Boogie Nights” depicted the rise and fall of pornographic actor, Dirk Diggler, whose real name is Eddie Adams. Wahlberg played Adams while Reynolds played pornographic filmmaker Jack Horner, who first discovers Adams and launches him to fame.
The film garnered critical acclaim and landed Reynolds a Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination for his role.
He posted a picture of the two in a scene from the 1997 Oscar-winning Paul Thomas Anderson film, captioning it, “Rest in peace to a legend and a friend. #BurtReynolds.”
Others who have worked with Reynolds, such as Reba McEntire and Paul Wesley, also paid tribute to the late star.
Rest in peace to a legend and a friend. #BurtReynolds pic.twitter.com/HnmCCTv1d1
— Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) September 6, 2018
“Boogie Nights” depicted the rise and fall of pornographic actor, Dirk Diggler, whose real name is Eddie Adams. Wahlberg played Adams while Reynolds played pornographic filmmaker Jack Horner, who first discovers Adams and launches him to fame.
The film garnered critical acclaim and landed Reynolds a Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination for his role.
- 9/6/2018
- by Linda Xu
- The Wrap
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor are joined by Aaron West to conclude their conversation about Eclipse Series 21: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties. They discuss Sing a Song of Sex, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide and Three Resurrected Drunkards, the final three films in the set.
About the films:
Often called the Godard of the East, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima was one of the most provocative film artists of the twentieth century, and his works challenged and shocked the cinematic world for decades. Following his rise to prominence at Shochiku, Oshima struck out to form his own production company, Sozo-sha, in the early sixties. That move ushered in the prolific period of his career that gave birth to the five films collected here.
About the films:
Often called the Godard of the East, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima was one of the most provocative film artists of the twentieth century, and his works challenged and shocked the cinematic world for decades. Following his rise to prominence at Shochiku, Oshima struck out to form his own production company, Sozo-sha, in the early sixties. That move ushered in the prolific period of his career that gave birth to the five films collected here.
- 3/8/2016
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Article by Jim Batts, Dana Jung, Travis Keune, and Tom Stockman
Burt Reynolds, one of We Are Movie Geeks favorite actors, turns 80 today. Happy Birthday Burt!
On February 11th, 1936, Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, before his family moved to Jupiter Florida, where his father served as Chief of Police. Young Burt excelled at sports and played football at Florida State University. He became an All Star Southern Conference halfback (and was earmarked by the Baltimore Colts) before injuries sidelined his football career. He dropped out of college and headed to New York with dreams of becoming an actor. There he worked in restaurants and clubs while pulling the odd TV job or theater role. Burt was spotted in a New York City stage production of Mister Roberts and signed to a TV contract and eventually had recurring roles in such shows as Gunsmoke (1955), Riverboat (1959) and his own series, Hawk...
Burt Reynolds, one of We Are Movie Geeks favorite actors, turns 80 today. Happy Birthday Burt!
On February 11th, 1936, Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, before his family moved to Jupiter Florida, where his father served as Chief of Police. Young Burt excelled at sports and played football at Florida State University. He became an All Star Southern Conference halfback (and was earmarked by the Baltimore Colts) before injuries sidelined his football career. He dropped out of college and headed to New York with dreams of becoming an actor. There he worked in restaurants and clubs while pulling the odd TV job or theater role. Burt was spotted in a New York City stage production of Mister Roberts and signed to a TV contract and eventually had recurring roles in such shows as Gunsmoke (1955), Riverboat (1959) and his own series, Hawk...
- 2/11/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Alex Simon
Influenced by legendary names in the movie poster trade such as Amsel, Drew Struzan, John Alvin, the brothers Hildebrandt, and Tom Jung, artist Ciara McAvoy works almost exclusively in oils for her much sought-after movie posters. However, she has built a broad repertoire of skills in other media (acrylic, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, and pastels) as well as storyboarding, animation, character design, and matte painting. She studied at L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she obtained her Diplôme Supérieur d'Art Plastique (D.S.A.P). Later, she expanded her artistic skill set to include costume design and historical fashion, which now play an integral supporting role in her posters and illustrations. She describes her modus operandi as “photorealism applied to movie posters.”
Her most recent work to soon go public is the poster for Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein, set for release in November. The trailer for the film,...
Influenced by legendary names in the movie poster trade such as Amsel, Drew Struzan, John Alvin, the brothers Hildebrandt, and Tom Jung, artist Ciara McAvoy works almost exclusively in oils for her much sought-after movie posters. However, she has built a broad repertoire of skills in other media (acrylic, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, and pastels) as well as storyboarding, animation, character design, and matte painting. She studied at L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she obtained her Diplôme Supérieur d'Art Plastique (D.S.A.P). Later, she expanded her artistic skill set to include costume design and historical fashion, which now play an integral supporting role in her posters and illustrations. She describes her modus operandi as “photorealism applied to movie posters.”
Her most recent work to soon go public is the poster for Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein, set for release in November. The trailer for the film,...
- 8/18/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
If the ‘faith and family’ film-makers’ task is to proselytize, they are doing a wretched job with these cheap, risible films
If you just can’t wait for that first Republican primary debate to get some vague talking points about duty, honor and the healing power of Christ’s love inarticulately blurted in your face, have I got the movie for you! PureFlix Entertainment, the Arizona-based purveyor of (per their subscription-based streaming website) “faith and family movies” that hit big with God’s Not Dead, has followed up the recent Old Fashioned and Do You Believe? with their worst movie yet. At least the others had ludicrous storylines worthy of ridicule. This one is just plain boring.
It’s 1997, and California-based nice guy John Paul George (Kevin Downes) is readying to marry his longtime girlfriend whose sole ambition in life is the preparation of home-cooked meals. John Paul’s mother recently passed and,...
If you just can’t wait for that first Republican primary debate to get some vague talking points about duty, honor and the healing power of Christ’s love inarticulately blurted in your face, have I got the movie for you! PureFlix Entertainment, the Arizona-based purveyor of (per their subscription-based streaming website) “faith and family movies” that hit big with God’s Not Dead, has followed up the recent Old Fashioned and Do You Believe? with their worst movie yet. At least the others had ludicrous storylines worthy of ridicule. This one is just plain boring.
It’s 1997, and California-based nice guy John Paul George (Kevin Downes) is readying to marry his longtime girlfriend whose sole ambition in life is the preparation of home-cooked meals. John Paul’s mother recently passed and,...
- 7/3/2015
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shirley Temple, and Oscar movies: Library of Congress’ March 2014 screenings (photo: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in ‘Capote’) Tributes to the recently deceased Shirley Temple and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and several Academy Award-nominated and -winning films are among the March 2014 screenings at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theater and, in collaboration with the Library’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, The State Theatre, both located in Culpeper, Virginia. The 1934 sentimental comedy-drama Little Miss Marker (March 6, Packard) is the movie that turned six-year-old Shirley Temple into a major film star. Temple would become the biggest domestic box-office draw of the mid-1930s, and, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Loretta Young, and Madeleine Carroll notwithstanding, would remain 20th Century Fox’s top star until later in the decade. Directed by Alexander Hall (Here Comes Mr. Jordan, My Sister Eileen), Little Miss Marker — actually, a Paramount...
- 2/21/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
For the second coming of Jason Reitman’s (Labor Day) now infamous Live Read program to the Toronto International Film Festival, the young auteur has yet again assembled an all-star cast to tackle one of his (and everyone else’s) all-time favorite films. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights premiered at Tiff in the now defunct Uptown Theatre in 1997, the ensuing commotion causing an unpredicted street shutdown.
Reitman himself – his father in supportive attendance – excitedly introduced the event, declaring these reads even more fun than making actual films and announcing he and the cast would be working from a version of the original shooting script that would include select deleted scenes and alternate lines. Then our actors were introduced.
Dane Cook appeared to be at least the second-biggest fan on stage, enthusiastically delivering a spot-on Luis Guzman impression as Maurice Rodriguez, ideally timing Reed Rothchild’s lines – a scant helping...
Reitman himself – his father in supportive attendance – excitedly introduced the event, declaring these reads even more fun than making actual films and announcing he and the cast would be working from a version of the original shooting script that would include select deleted scenes and alternate lines. Then our actors were introduced.
Dane Cook appeared to be at least the second-biggest fan on stage, enthusiastically delivering a spot-on Luis Guzman impression as Maurice Rodriguez, ideally timing Reed Rothchild’s lines – a scant helping...
- 9/8/2013
- by Tom Stoup
- SoundOnSight
There is an old saying in Hollywood. If you take it all off, you will win. Well, it may not be a saying, and it may not be entirely true. Though we’ve seen actresses like Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway get a lot of critical acclaim for movies where they showed a bit of skin, men in Hollywood haven’t had as much success winning over critics for their ballsy roles (pun intended). Let’s face it, in this day and age it’s less taboo for a man to go full frontal in cinema than for a woman.
This past week, it was announced that the pinnacle of men baring it all movies, Magic Mike, may be g-stringing its way to the Great White Way in a musical adaptation. In honor of this announcement, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite male celebs who have...
This past week, it was announced that the pinnacle of men baring it all movies, Magic Mike, may be g-stringing its way to the Great White Way in a musical adaptation. In honor of this announcement, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite male celebs who have...
- 7/25/2013
- by Max Gosling
- The Backlot
How's Mark Wahlberg done it? When he's not causing ripples on the Graham Norton show, or claiming he knows who's going to win the Oscars Before the ceremony, the artist formerly known as Markie Mark is one of Hollywood's biggest players, with a catalogue of producer credits ('Entourage', 'Boardwalk Empire') as well as his own impressive acting roster.
So how has the former Calvin Klein model with a troubling back-history reinvented himself so completely? To celebrate today's DVD release of his latest film 'Broken City', we chart his transformation in six easy steps...
Boogie Nights (1997)
A major turning point in the career of Wahlberg. Playing Eddie Adams on the verge of dropping out of high school, Adams meets Rick Horner, who works in the adult film industry. Adams is morphed into a rising actor by the name of Dirk Diggler and begins his life...
So how has the former Calvin Klein model with a troubling back-history reinvented himself so completely? To celebrate today's DVD release of his latest film 'Broken City', we chart his transformation in six easy steps...
Boogie Nights (1997)
A major turning point in the career of Wahlberg. Playing Eddie Adams on the verge of dropping out of high school, Adams meets Rick Horner, who works in the adult film industry. Adams is morphed into a rising actor by the name of Dirk Diggler and begins his life...
- 6/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
The new season of Mad Men kicks off this Sunday (read our review of the premiere here). As usual, the plot of the new season remains shrouded in mystery; the only photos that have surfaced so far show Don and Megan Draper lounging on a beach in Hawaii, which could mean that Mad Men is transforming into Mad Men: Hawaii, and the new season will be all about the Drapers’ wacky attempt to run a hotel in Maui. More likely, though, Mad Men’s sixth season will once again track the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce as they...
- 4/6/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Article by Jim Batts, Dana Jung, Travis Keune, and Tom Stockman
We like to celebrate the movie tough guys of the ’70s here at We Are Movie Geeks and at Super-8 Movie Madness. We’ve posted Top Ten lists to tie into Super-8 shows featuring Charles Bronson (Here), Clint Eastwood (Here), and Lee Marvin (Here). This month we’re going to honor the #1 top money-making star for five consecutive years – 1978 – 1982 – Burt Reynolds. On February 11th, 1936, Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, before his family moved to Jupiter Florida, where his father served as Chief of Police. Young Burt excelled at sports and played football at Florida State University. He became an All Star Southern Conference halfback (and was earmarked by the Baltimore Colts) before injuries sidelined his football career. He dropped out of college and headed to New York with dreams of becoming an actor. There he worked in restaurants...
We like to celebrate the movie tough guys of the ’70s here at We Are Movie Geeks and at Super-8 Movie Madness. We’ve posted Top Ten lists to tie into Super-8 shows featuring Charles Bronson (Here), Clint Eastwood (Here), and Lee Marvin (Here). This month we’re going to honor the #1 top money-making star for five consecutive years – 1978 – 1982 – Burt Reynolds. On February 11th, 1936, Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, before his family moved to Jupiter Florida, where his father served as Chief of Police. Young Burt excelled at sports and played football at Florida State University. He became an All Star Southern Conference halfback (and was earmarked by the Baltimore Colts) before injuries sidelined his football career. He dropped out of college and headed to New York with dreams of becoming an actor. There he worked in restaurants...
- 11/28/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Boogie Nights (1997, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) is packed with vintage clothing delights. Even though costume designer Mark Bridges generally eschewed more obvious 1970s/early 80s trends due to a recent retro fashion revival, the movie is still completely identifiable with both of these periods. Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) and Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) are two of the film’s most interesting characters in terms of costume, especially how their outfits seem at times to be simpatico, although, as we discover with exclusive insight from Mark Bridges himself, this was not intentional: “Fifteen years after designing the film you mention something to me I never noticed!”
Of course there are other notable players, such as established porn star Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly) in a tight dirt bike print t-shirt,...
Boogie Nights (1997, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) is packed with vintage clothing delights. Even though costume designer Mark Bridges generally eschewed more obvious 1970s/early 80s trends due to a recent retro fashion revival, the movie is still completely identifiable with both of these periods. Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) and Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) are two of the film’s most interesting characters in terms of costume, especially how their outfits seem at times to be simpatico, although, as we discover with exclusive insight from Mark Bridges himself, this was not intentional: “Fifteen years after designing the film you mention something to me I never noticed!”
Of course there are other notable players, such as established porn star Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly) in a tight dirt bike print t-shirt,...
- 11/11/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Best known for its outrageous homages to cultural icons, including fun references to films and television shows past, as Psych prepares for its sixth season, stars James Roday and Dule Hill chatted a bit “tongue in cheek” with the press in a recent conference call about to expect as the hysterical series about a fake psychic detective returns.
Could you talk a little about the upcoming Halloween, Indiana Jones, and Cuckoo’s Nest-inspired episodes?
James: Yes, we did in fact deliver on those other ones. Those are in the can. Those are fully produced and being mixed.
Dule: We also have a “Shining” episode this year too.
James: “Shining” is what you get in place of “Clue.” So we still felt like we should swing big. Halloween is the vampire episode. And I think it’s airing the week of Halloween.
Are there any special guest stars in the Halloween episode?...
Could you talk a little about the upcoming Halloween, Indiana Jones, and Cuckoo’s Nest-inspired episodes?
James: Yes, we did in fact deliver on those other ones. Those are in the can. Those are fully produced and being mixed.
Dule: We also have a “Shining” episode this year too.
James: “Shining” is what you get in place of “Clue.” So we still felt like we should swing big. Halloween is the vampire episode. And I think it’s airing the week of Halloween.
Are there any special guest stars in the Halloween episode?...
- 10/11/2011
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
As with the 2009 original, the basic model for The Hangover Part II isn’t the Ferrell-Sandler-Carrell-Vaughn comedies but the noir quicksands of Maté’s D.O.A. and Nolan’s Memento, where dying or amnesic protagonists scramble to decipher the vortexes they’re in. The first film remained fairly repellent in its view of frat-house regression unquestioningly papered over with massive smirks, so it’s a nifty surprise to see Todd Phillips’s sequel willing to smear a dash of grime on the original’s outlandish morning-after routines even as it virtually recreates them. As the action shifts from Las Vegas to Bangkok and their dazed characters experience severed body parts and invaded orifices, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis amp up their screen personas—Alpha douchebag, elongated nervous Nellie and Zen Lou Costello, respectively—to an interestingly unpleasant degree, positing a stark comic version of the Hostel films...
- 6/4/2011
- MUBI
General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon
Photo: Eddie Adams In case you don't know what I'm referring to, at the end of The Hangover Part II, just like the first film, there is a photo montage of what really went down during the forgotten night the film revolves around. Among the debauchery on display there is what appears to be a recreation of Eddie Adams' Pulitzer Prize-winning photo you see above. Two characters from the film (I'm sorry, I don't remember which characters they were, maybe someone can help us out in the comments) recreate the photo with one holding a gun to the head of the other. It's brief, but I saw it and I wasn't alone, though reactions to the photo seem to vary.
When I saw it, I thought to myself, Nah, that couldn't have been an example of the Hangover...
Photo: Eddie Adams In case you don't know what I'm referring to, at the end of The Hangover Part II, just like the first film, there is a photo montage of what really went down during the forgotten night the film revolves around. Among the debauchery on display there is what appears to be a recreation of Eddie Adams' Pulitzer Prize-winning photo you see above. Two characters from the film (I'm sorry, I don't remember which characters they were, maybe someone can help us out in the comments) recreate the photo with one holding a gun to the head of the other. It's brief, but I saw it and I wasn't alone, though reactions to the photo seem to vary.
When I saw it, I thought to myself, Nah, that couldn't have been an example of the Hangover...
- 5/28/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Boogie Nights (1997), Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to his stellar chamber/crime drama Hard Eight (Aka Sydney, 1996), is a film that has stayed with me since I saw it as a freshman or sophomore in high school. Contrary to what may be your gut reaction, my favorable reaction to the film was not inspired by the nude beauty of either Julianne Moore or Heather Graham. Rather than being swept away by the sensual presence of the female form, I was dazzled and intoxicated by Anderson's embrace of film form to capture the tone and mood of what is essentially a three-hour version of a VH1 "Behind the Music" special except, in this case, the story is the rise and fall of a porn star primarily; Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) only attempts to be a pop star...poorly.
When the film begins in the late 1970s at a discotheque in the San Fernando Valley,...
When the film begins in the late 1970s at a discotheque in the San Fernando Valley,...
- 2/4/2011
- by Drew Morton
Chicago – Has any director watched their reputation rise as rapidly as the amazing Paul Thomas Anderson? With only five films under his belt - “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “There Will Be Blood” - the man has become one of the most respected and adored filmmakers in the world. Why? He not only hasn’t made a bad film, he hasn’t even come close. His second and third are now available on Blu-ray.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
P. T. Anderson’s incredible eye (and the perfect cinematography of Robert Elswit) makes for a perfect fit with the world of Blu-ray. Put simply, “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” look amazing in 1080p. These are the kind of films (“There Will Be Blood” even more so) meant to be watched with pristine video as large as you can possibly see it. They are worlds to get lost in. Don’t watch...
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
P. T. Anderson’s incredible eye (and the perfect cinematography of Robert Elswit) makes for a perfect fit with the world of Blu-ray. Put simply, “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” look amazing in 1080p. These are the kind of films (“There Will Be Blood” even more so) meant to be watched with pristine video as large as you can possibly see it. They are worlds to get lost in. Don’t watch...
- 1/25/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The rise and fall of a star is not a tale that is new to cinema screens. Setting that erection (cough, cough) and subsequent deflation of a career within the porno industry is a new diggle though. Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) was born to be a star. It.s not that he.s the greatest actor of his generation, but that his endowment arises from below his waist. He works at Maurice.s (Louis Guzman, character actor extraordinaire) nightclub and is introduced to porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who senses something about the boy and has Rollergirl (Heather Graham) inspect the goods. Horner gets told of Eddie.s talents and invites the lad to be in one of his films.
- 1/22/2010
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
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