Sentences with phrase «life as a movie star»

Life as a movie star is fraught with danger it seems from the looks of two news stories out of Hollywood today.

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Considered a classic Christmas movie, «It's A Wonderful Life,» stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who dreams of being more than he is and believes he has no purpose in lLife,» stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who dreams of being more than he is and believes he has no purpose in lifelife.

In between those films he agreed to star in pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les Grossman.

In the first three months of this year alone: Son of Man, which casts a black man as Christ and sets his life in modern South Africa, got positive reviews at Sundance; the makers of Color of the Cross, which also casts a black man as Christ, established a website with trailers for their work - in - progress; and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar nominees Keisha Castle - Hughes (Whale Rider) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) will star as the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth in a new movie about the Nativity, to be released in time for Christmas.

I watched a movie: The Secret Life of Words, directed by Isabel Coixet (these women directorsâ $ ¦ MORE!!!!), starring the absolutely amazing Sarah Polley and the just as gifted Tim Robbins.

During my 11 years as a caddie I carried the bags of CEOs, movie stars and Tour players and made more than 1,500 loops, but I remember only one in living color: the July day in 1979 when I worked for Willie (the Wedge) Turnesa at Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford, N.Y.. Most country club golfers greet their caddies with feigned interest; not Willie.

There's a 1988 movie, based on a book and a real - life experience, titled Bat 21, starring Gene Hackman as Iceal Hambleton, an Air Force colonel shot down in Vietnam who uses golf course design terms to secretly radio his position to Bart Clark, an Air Force captain played by Danny Glover.

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According to the story, parts of the report state that apart from the former president, who was described as living a life of a movie star» in the run - up to the crucial general elections, the two aides should also take a portion of the blame for the NDC's unprecedented defeat.

The resulting movie, Inception, stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a man who possesses coveted technology that lets him break into people's dreams to steal their deepest secrets or to plant life - altering ideas.

I am 56 but young at heart, have various interest such as beach walking, under the stars, dancing, enjoy quite time at home in front of TV with a good movie that could b either a drama, romance, true life, fictional and comedy but will watch SOME men's action movies depends how I feel, enjoy...

The actress is set to star as Judy Garland in a movie about her life 30 years after the success of

The movie stars Harris Dickinson as a Brooklyn teen with a grim home life, a budding romance with a female friend and a predilection for meeting up with older men he connects with online.

Within a year, she made her television debut as a female police detective in the pilot for a short - lived crime drama entitled Dog and Cat; in 1978, she landed the starring role in the made - for - TV movie Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold, appropriately playing a beautiful Southern girl who comes to Los Angeles in search of stardom.

By the 1920s, Chaplin had emerged as the first larger - than - life movie star and director, if not the most recognizable person in the world.

In the Season 4 finale, as Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen.

Beatty, who, along with directing and starring in the movie, wrote the original story, co-wrote the screenplay, and co-produced it (he probably worked as a Foley walker when no one was looking), plays the likeable but maddening Bulworth as though he had prepared for this part all his acting life.

Though Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell haven't appeared in a movie together before this, the two stars have a few things in common: both arrived on the big screen after successful careers elsewhere (Wahlberg as a pop star in Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Ferrell as a comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member), and both produce shows for HBO (Wahlberg's Entourage and How to Make It in America, Ferrell's Eastbound and Down).

Morcsányi endows his character with the sad, lived - in expression of a man resigned to his drab routine, but it's breakout talent Borbély who truly emerges as the movie's star.

After the cancellation of Bionic Woman in 1978, Lindsay kept her star shining brightly such made - for - TV movies as The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel (1979), Callie and Son (1981), I Want to Live (1983), Convicted (1986), The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Dedrickson Story (1989), and I Want to Keep My Daughter (1995).

It also stars Ben Mendelsohn, who looks like some kind of corporate / government baddie (and talked a bit about the movie with We Live a few months ago), and Olivia Cooke as Wade's love interest.

Academy Award - nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Netflix's newest original movie Come Sunday as the real - life Pentecostal pastor Bishop Carlton Pearson.

If you liked Deepwater Horizon last weekend, perhaps you'll want to catch Peter Berg «s other new movie based on a real - life tragedy and starring Mark Wahlberg as a down - to - earth hero when it opens later this year.

Warner Bros Pictures released a new HD movie trailer for the upcoming DC Comics comic book film «The Green Lantern» by director Martin Campbell (Edge of Darkness, Casino Royale, 36) stars Blake Lively (Gossip Girl, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Peter Sarsgaard (Knight & Day, Orphan) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Proposal) as The Green Lantern.

This is the auteur's second project to utilize the real - life passing of time as a storytelling device, following his Before series (whose latest entry, Before Midnight, was my favorite film of 2013), a trio of romance movies separated by 9 years each starring Hawke and Julie Delpy.

The live - action remake of the 1991 animated classic, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the fairytale couple, enchanted movie - goers upon its...

Paramount has debuted the first trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street, the latest movie directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young millionaire living the party life.

Co-written and directed by Drake Doremus, and starring Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones as long - distance lovers, it's exactly the kind of movie that Sundance, at its best, is known for — a sweet, small movie about what regular people are going through in their lives.

The movie, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix, stars Ejiofor as a real - life religious figure, Bishop Carlton Pearson, who shook the church when a message from God urged him to shift his beliefs about the existence of hell.

That's especially true in the dynamic that develops between Molly and a capricious and cruel movie star played by Michael Cera called «Player X,» a man on whom her LA game depends, but one who enjoys, as he puts it, «ruining lives.»

«Hacksaw Ridge,» starring the goofily appealing Andrew Garfield as the real - life character Desmond Doss, may not be a perfect movie, but it strikes an unusual balance.

It was also revealed that a live - action movie of the game would star Ryan Reynolds as the electric pocket monster.

George O'Brien stars in the title role as Jeffrey Carson, a vacationing movie hero who finds himself in a real - life battle against mobsters.

Turns out, LaRoche learned a thing or two from Margot Robbie's acclaimed performance as the disgraced skating star: «I respect Tonya a lot more now because the image that was portrayed my whole life was very derogatory, and watching from the movie, what she lived and went through makes sense,» he said.

There was the inevitable Mad Magazine parody, «The Ecchorcist,» and Saturday Night Live spoofed the movie in a skit starring Richard Pryor as a cowardly priest in its first season.

Life as a House is a well - received Irwin Winkler movie starring Kevin Kline as a man dying, who dedicates the remaining days of his life to building both his dream house and bridges that have developed in his relationship with his Life as a House is a well - received Irwin Winkler movie starring Kevin Kline as a man dying, who dedicates the remaining days of his life to building both his dream house and bridges that have developed in his relationship with his life to building both his dream house and bridges that have developed in his relationship with his son.

I suppose I could choose the great movies that have made me laugh the most — the first that come to mind, such as: a Keaton («Sherlock, Jr.» or «Steamboat Bill, Jr.»), a Fields («It's A Gift» or «The Bank Dick»), a Marx Bros. («Animal Crackers» or «Duck Soup»), a Sturges («The Lady Eve» or «Miracle of Morgan's Creek»), and, let's say, a classic comedy (preferably starring Cary Grant or Barbara Stanwyck or Jean Arthur, and written and / or directed by Ernst Lubitsch or Howard Hawks or Billy Wilder or Mitchell Leisen, like «Trouble in Paradise» or «Heaven Can Wait» (1943) or «Bringing Up Baby» or «His Girl Friday» or «The Major and the Minor» or «Some Like It Hot» or «Easy Living» or «Ball of Fire»...).

Gordon began his professional life as an actor, starring in films including Carpenter's Christine, De Palma's Dressed To Kill and Home Movies, the comedy Back To School, as well Bob Fosse's All That Jazz.

Her best scenes are the ones in which Susie talks candidly about her former life as an «escort,» and while she's given valuable assistance by Jeff Bridges (one of the best silent listeners in the business), it's remarkable how she can make a lengthy, here's - my - psyche - in - a-nutshell monologue and sound natural and impromptu, while still coming across as delectably movie - star glamorous.

Chris O'Dowd stars as Miles Daly, a hitman who decides to leave that life behind and become a movie producer in attempt to reunite with his recen... Read more

Pitch Perfect franchise star Rebel Wilson is singing LeFou's part, while former Voice contestant Anthony Evans will perform «Evermore,» from the 2017 live - action movie, as the titular Beast.

Lost in London is an ambitious project that will have Woody Harrelson directing and starring in a movie that will be live - streamed into theaters as it's shot on - location in London this week on January 19th.

It's rare enough for a performer to hitch their star to a movie's soundtrack — although the results can be as transformative as Daft Punk doing Tron: Legacy, Aimee Mann scoring Magnolia, or Curtis Mayfield breathing life into Superfly — but it's even more rare for an artist of Lamar's popularity and clout to take one on.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

Taking its cue from actual events, the drama stars newcomer George Kosturos as Ali Jahani, who has arrived at the Petaluma home of his stern Uncle Hafez (played by the movie's inspiration, Ali Afshar, who is also a producer) in the hope of a better life.

Margot Robbie didn't know her new movie «I, Tonya» was based on a real - life story.The 27 - year - old actress stars as former American ice skater Tonya...

The two introduced a trailer for the movie, which stars Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as a pair of real - life 20 - something stoners who ended up becoming international arms dealers.

Yes, spending half a movie with battered Romans fleeing for their life, almost as if they are starring in a horror movie than an action, is quite entertaining, but because Neil Marshall keeps the pace almost always at maximum speed, there is little time to actually reflect on what is going on.

Nighy became a household name after starring in the 2003 Christmas movie «Love Actually» as rock star Billy Mack said the film changed his life but admitted people get disappointed when they meet him in real life.

Cannes will be hit with a huge dose of handsome next month, as Deadline reports that Timothy Olyphant, Lee Pace, and Jason Sudeikis are set to star in a movie about the FBI's real - life sting on car designer John DeLorean.