Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and James Cameron are among those who have paid tribute to lauded producer Jon Landau, who died Friday at the age of 63. “Jon was an incredibly kind, wise, and empathetic soul, who wanted to create nothing but a positive impact on anyone or anything approached,” …
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Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer who worked with director James Cameron on blockbusters Titanic and two Avatar movies, died of cancer on Friday, as Variety reports. He was 63. Landau’s producing partnership with Cameron yielded three Oscar nominations and a best picture trophy for 1997’s Titanic. The pair also made …
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A quick question: Do you like The Godfather? How about Goodfellas? Or Gremlins? Or Stop Making Sense, Avatar, Apollo 13, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Lone Star, or roughly 90 percent of any movies featuring monsters terrorizing pretty ladies from the last 50 years? You have, in so many ways, …
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The door frame that divided Titanic viewers about the hypothetical fate of Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Jack Dawson has sold for $718,750 at Heritage Auctions’ Treasures from Planet Hollywood event. The item, as noted in a description from the auction house, was “based on the most famous complete piece of debris salvaged …
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What can you say about James Cameron that he hasn’t already said about himself? In all seriousness, the guy is a filmmaking legend. Starting out as a model maker for Roger Corman, Cameron worked his way up the food chain, serving as art director, production designer, and oversaw the special …
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Today there is no separating the accent from the man himself, but in the early days of his acting career Arnold Schwarzenegger relied on an accent removal coach to make his English sound less Austrian. Appearing on the Graham Norton Show on Oct. 27, Schwarzenegger talked about the work he …
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James Cameron has strongly denied a report that he is “in talks” to direct a streaming series about the Titan submersible tragedy. On Saturday, tabloid The Sun claimed that Cameron was discussing the series — which would form a bizarro thematic triptych with his Titanic and The Abyss — with …
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Director James Cameron appeared on ABC News after officials announced themissing Titan submersibleimploded underwater, killing the four passengers and a pilot onboard, just 200 meters off the bow of theTitanic wreckage. On Thursday, the Oscar-winning Titanic filmmaker told the outlet during an on-air interview that “many people in the community …
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has gone all-in on Netflix. First came FUBAR, a rollicking action-comedy series where the former Terminator stars as an aging CIA operative who embarks on one last mission with his daughter. And now there’s Arnold, a three-part docuseries directed by Lesley Chilcott that explores the 75-year-old icon’s journey …
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There were quite a few naysayers on Film Twitter prior to the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, questioning everything from the film’s cultural staying power and $400 million-plus budget to the 13-year gap in between films. They forgot the cardinal rule: never bet against James Cameron. The Avatar …
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