With a title like The Smashing Machine, one might expect writer-director Benny Safdie’s first solo-directed feature to be a brutal, grinding sit. The film is based on the 2002 documentary of the same name about the life of Mark Kerr, one of the first American stars of mixed martial arts, …
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B enny Safdie desperately wants to tell me about the time he got punched in the face. Over a long breakfast at Old John’s Luncheonette — the kind of New York diner that, despite a recent renovation, still emanates a distinct greasy-spoon vibe — the 39-year-old writer, director, and actor …
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Outgoing Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has kept quiet about her feelings on 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada—until now. Speaking to New Yorkereditor David Remnick during a recent episode ofThe New Yorker Radio Hourpodcast, Wintour reflected on the comparisons between her and Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestley. Remnick asked Wintour if …
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Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson reflected on the opportunities he’s been given in Hollywood since becoming an actor during a press conference at the Venice Film Festival. Johnson plays UFC champion Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s wrestling biopic The Smashing Machine, which premieres at the festival today and is due in …
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The real Anna Wintour just stepped down from her job as editor-in-chief of Vogue, but her fictional counterpart, Runway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly, is back on the job. Meryl Streep will return as Priestly, and Anne Hathaway will be back as her one-time assistant Andrea “Andy” Sachs in The Devil Wears …
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson steps out of the WWE ring and into the UFC Octagon in a new trailer for The Smashing Machine, where he portrays UFC icon Mark Kerr. Benny Safdie wrote and directed the movie, which also features Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Ritten, and Oleksandr Usyk. Kerr …
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In an act of sheer chaos, People has declared John Krasinski as the “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2024 — a title that would have been far more fitting for the actor a decade ago at the height of The Office. Even Krasinski himself admitted in the magazine’s cover story, released …
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Ryan Gosling celebrated the Hollywood premiere of his new movie The Fall Guy by bringing back his viral Saturday Night Live character, who looks like Beavis. After walking the red carpet in a more traditional suit with co-star Emily Blunt, Gosling returned in costume alongside SNL cast member Mikey Day, …
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Taylor Swift gave Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rave reviews for their “All Too Well” parody during Gosling’s Saturday Night Live monologue this weekend. The night’s opening bit started with Gosling turning Swift’s classic break-up anthem into a prolonged, mournful coda on Barbie and his Year of Ken. About halfway …
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Saturday Night Live host Ryan Gosling and fellow co-star of The Fall Guy, Emily Blunt, each bid farewell to their respective characters in last summer’s blockbusters, Barbie and Oppenheimer, by channelling Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well.” Gosling, hosting SNL for the third time following his cameo appearance last week, took …
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