In the beginning, there were simply explosions. Smaller bangs — the big one would come much later, in the New Mexico desert. But for J. Robert Oppenheimer, the quantum physicist who would guide the greatest scientific minds of his generation toward creating a doomsday device, it was all just a …
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After the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) spent four weeks negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood’s studios and streamers, the two sides failed to agree on a new contract and SAG-AFTRA has now joined the …
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Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer cast was prepared for the SAG-AFTRA strike to be called on Thursday. The London premiere of the film was moved up by an hour to buy themselves more time to complete interviews and press opportunities on the red carpet before they would be indefinitely barred from doing …
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Margaret Qualley and the Drive-Away Dolls has an excellent ring to it. On Friday, Focus Features released the official trailer for the Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke-written film that follows Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan playing a pair of queer women as some not-so-smart criminals (including Matt Damon) chase them. The …
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Chris Hemsworth is truly a man of contrasts. While in New York City for the premiere of Extraction 2 — the new action thriller extravaganza in which Hemsworth plays a grizzled mercenary with a knack for rescue jobs and racking up egregious body counts — the actor quickly popped over …
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company released a statement Saturday condemning the unauthorized use of a monologue from their recent film Air in a new donation-seeking campaign video posted by Donald Trump. The two-and-a-half minute video, posted on Truth Social, features the near-entirety of the audio from the Damon-delivered …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “I’m willing to bet my career on one guy,” Matt Damon says as Nike marketing exec John “Sonny” Vaccaro in the trailer for the Ben Affleck-directed Air — …
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Ben Affleck revealed on Thursday’s Late Late Show that while Matt Damon might be his good friend and longtime collaborator, he’s an awful roommate. The actor took James Corden down memory lane while reminiscing about their early days in New York City and Los Angeles, where the two then-struggling actors …
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There is much to recommend in Air, director Ben Affleck’s new movie about Nike going out on a limb to sign Michael Jordan to a sneaker contract. The acting is, across the board, top-notch. Viola Davis, the finest working actor in America, turns in another heater as Jordan’s shrewd, iron-fisted …
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A wise man once asked: “Is it the shoes?” The question has plagued generations of sneaker fanatics, amateur ballers, and would-be Hall-of-Famers, all of whom would give their right rotator cuff to be Just. Like. Mike. Thankfully, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Air has provided an answer. It pops out …
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