F orty-one years ago, Ralph Macchio landed the role of a bullied high school student who learns karate from his apartment building’s handyman in The Karate Kid. Few people involved with the movie thought they were creating a mega-blockbuster, but it wound up grossing an astounding $130.8 million on a …
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It was the crane kick seen ’round the world. There he is, skinny and picked-upon Daniel LaRusso, squaring off with the Cobra Kai dojo’s resident Aryan-youth bully and ace leg-sweeper Johnny Lawrence, in the final round of the All-Valley Karate tournament. His sensei, Nariyoshi Miyagi, watches impassively from the sidelines …
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It’s been about 40 years since the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament in The Karate Kid. In Season Six of Cobra Kai, which released it flashback-filled trailer Monday, longtime rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) set aside their long-standing resentment to take things back to the …
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Cobra Kai is coming to an end. After previously announcing plans to roll out the final season of the Karate Kid spinoff in three parts, Netflix announced Tuesday that the final batch of episodes will premiere on Feb. 13, 2025, withPart 3/The Finale Event.Parts 1 and 2 premiered earlier this …
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In the Karate Kid: Legends trailer, two revered karate masters return to teach the next prodigy their craft. Ralph Macchio, who starred in the first three installments of The Karate Kid, and Jackie Chan, who played the maintenance man turned sensei in the The Karate Kid revival with Jaden Smith, …
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The Karate Kid Ralph Macchio joined Coldplay on stage in Melbourne, Australia, for a performance of “The Karate Kid.” The full-circle moment arrived with a slick set-up from frontman Chris Martin, who prompted the actor’s appearance by telling the audience that he was losing his voice and needed some assistance …
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The senseis and students of Miyagi-Do karate-chop wood, dodge beer bottles, and compete one-on-one to prepare for the karate world championship in a new trailer for Cobra Kai. And naturally, tensions are running high between longtime rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawerence (William Zabka). “The Sekai Taikai Tournament …
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Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has made an Instagram post about the unique way he cast his adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. The movie, which came out in 1983, starred several notable actors — Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, and Ralph Macchio, …
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A global casting search is underway for the lead role in the forthcoming Karate Kid film — but the cast list has two essential roles already covered. Set for release in December 2024, the Sony Pictures film will find Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio returning to the franchise. Macchio appeared …
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When My Cousin Vinny arrived in theaters on March 13, 1992, nobody had any idea we’d still be talking about it 30 years later. A midmarket, fish-out-water comedy about a streetwise Brooklyn attorney (Joe Pesci) who travels to Alabama with his plucky girlfriend (Marisa Tomei) to help his innocent nephew …
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