Sentences with phrase «wrestler turned»
But the professional wrestler turned politician apparently had more scholarly intentions when he accepted a $ 100,000 fee for his officiating gig.
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The football player turned wrestler turned actor replaced Brendan Fraser as the star of the Journey to the Center of Earth franchises.
DWAYNE JOHNSON, aka THE ROCK, has announced that he is to return to World Wrestling Entertainment.DWAYNE JOHNSON, the American wrestler turned...
Honestly, the only real reaction you can have to The Hollywood Reporter's announcement that John Cena — the wrestler turned meme turned actor — has joined a Transformers movie is «Huh, he wasn't already in one?»
Dwayne Johnson is currently out and about promoting his summer blockbuster SAN ANDREAS and while doing said promotional tour, the wrestler turned actor was...
The former WWE wrestler turned mega media star with that million dollar - smile is out to save the day once again — this time from the mother of all earthquakes in «San Andreas».
We assume that Johnson will assume the role of Buchanon in the new movie, which looks like another sure - fire hit for the wrestler turned acting superstar.
The WWE wrestler turned major Hollywood actor has become a household name.
The Sac - Joaquin Section wrestlers turned some heads and made plenty of noise at the CIF State Wrestling Championships at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield last weekend.
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A group of former wrestlers - turned financial gurus who have worked at some of America's top financial firms have pooled their own money with charitable donors» to grant larger cash prizes to wrestlers who win Olympic medals, The New York Times reports.
The Hogan case, which goes to trial on July 6 in Pinellas County, Fla., turns on a 30 - minute tape that shows the wrestler having sex with the then - wife of his friend.
As the NorCal TOC Wrestling Tournament turns 50 this year, Hundreds of Top Middle School Wrestlers Will Take...
When Dan Hodge, the Oklahoma wrestler, turned boxer, more than a few of his admirers worried about him.
The walls of his office are covered in pictures of his family and famous wrestlers he's trained, like The Dudley Boyz and wrestler - turned commentator Taz.
(What 205 Live did to Drew Gulak, a guy who was not just over on 205 Live, but getting over on Raw with the Powerpoint things, then turning him to «Drew Gulak, serious submission specialist and good wrestler here to wrestle good, was absolutely disgusting in my opinion.)
As the NorCal TOC Wrestling Tournament turns 50 this year, Hundreds of Top Middle School Wrestlers Will Take it to the Mats at Del Oro High School.
No one ever turned into a sumo wrestler from eating extra protein.
«By turning the lens on a female wrestler's physical and emotional transformation, I also hope to challenge audiences to see young women in a more multi-dimensional way, thereby opening up the possibilities of more non-traditional roles and paths to self - discovery.»
So, in a «Frankenstein» plot, Megamind concocts a foil — he turns Roxanne's nerdy cameraman (Jonah Hill) into a WWE wrestler — hoping to stoke his sense of enmity before it becomes vestigial.
At times capable of bringing a tear to the eye and at others capable of turning stomachs, the Wrestler nonetheless enchants throughout its entirety telling a story that all are capable of sympathizing with.
A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (THE WRESTLER), BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
Every monday, I get to set my VCR and turned it into DVD transfer, tuned to the USA Network, watching all of the best matches, the best storylines, and the best wrestlers from the early years started to raise hell.
Comeback master Mickey Rourke took home the belt for Best Actor for his gritty, raw portrayal of a washed up professional wrestler who can't give up the spotlight in Fox Searchlight's The Wrestler, while Meryl Streep was awarded her first WAFCA award by winning Best Actress for her turn as a strict Catholic school nun seeking the truth in Miramax'wrestler who can't give up the spotlight in Fox Searchlight's The Wrestler, while Meryl Streep was awarded her first WAFCA award by winning Best Actress for her turn as a strict Catholic school nun seeking the truth in Miramax'Wrestler, while Meryl Streep was awarded her first WAFCA award by winning Best Actress for her turn as a strict Catholic school nun seeking the truth in Miramax's Doubt.
Most of the other wrestlers - turned - actors have settled for niche movie careers, typically starring in direct - to - video action movies and sequels.
This remarkable true story follows du Pont, who builds a wrestling training facility on his 800 - acre property, but whose relationship with longtime friend and Olympic gold medal - winning wrestler David Schultz (Mark Ruffalo, looking positively Hulk like) takes a sinister turn.
While Marisa Tomei's spiky turn as a journalist makes a refreshing change from seeing her set up and laid flat for a funny - faced male co-star (see: The Wrestler, Cyrus, Crazy, Stupid, Love.).
It's hard to judge «The Mummy Returns» as a «Dwayne Johnson movie»: The wrestler - turned - actor is in the film for a very short prologue, and then he comes back at the end as a CGI scorpion monster.
Tomei's performance in «The Wrestler» is a beautifully judged, lived - in portrayal, an exemplary supporting performance in that she reflects and responds to Mickey Rourke's powerhouse lead turn without ever feeling the need to show off against him.
Children from the slum who wander past after school point excitedly at the pictures, whispering, «That's Sunny meeting the Rock,» referring to the WWE wrestler - turned - actor, Dwayne Johnson.
And the cast for the movie is also growing, led by wrestler - turned - actor John Cena.
Unlike his fellow WWE wrestlers - turned - actors like John Cena and Dwayne Johnson, Bautista tested the acting waters a bit with supporting performances before diving into the leading man roles.
The 30 - year - old actress - who stars alongside the wrestler - turned - actor in «Jumanji:...
Ruffalo also had a charming, affable leading - man turn in «Begin Again» this year, as a weary record label exec whose passion for music is reignited by a young singer - songwriter, but his turn as real - life Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz in Bennett Miller's retelling of a bizarre true story is a prime example of an actor at the peak of his powers.
How the wrestler - turned - actor inherited Arnold Schwarzenegger's crown as the king of Hollywood action.
The screenplay is attributed to virtually unknown former «Saturday Night Live» production coordinator Andres Heinz (whose theatre - set screenplay «The Understudy» was the foundation), Aronofsky's assistant - turned - Wrestler co-producer Mark Heyman, and John McLaughlin, one of the scribes of the Tommy Lee Jones Man of the House.
Reviving the career of Mickey Rourke — he received a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination in his pained turn as the titular washed - up wrestler — Darren Aronofsky's fifth feature film also won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Darren Aronofsky is the kind of artiste director whose films tend to play well with the cineaste crowd and prompt cricket chirps at the cineplex, but he's also got savvy commercial instincts and a gift for casting (Mickey Rourke, whose career was brought back to life thanks to his star turn in Aronofsky's «The Wrestler,» would surely agree).
The 34 - year - old star plays an actress - turned professional wrestler in the 1980s in her new Netflix show and has tried to give her...
Rachel Morrison was the best DP he could get for «Fruitvale» — «she turned out to be phenomenal in every way and our dispositions matched» — and while he tried to get her for «Creed,» she was too pregnant at the time, so he shot with Maryse Alberti, who shot «The Wrestler» for Darren Aronofsky.
The title stands for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, a short - lived 1980s TV show of which I have no memory whatsoever, and it stars Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men) and Betty Gilpin (Nurse Jackie) as L.A. - based actresses - turned - wrestlers whose major conflict is outside the ring, and comedian Marc Maron as the down - on - his - luck movie director who hires them to be part of an all - woman wrestling show that's as much soap opera as it is fighting.
Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men) and Betty Gilpin (Nurse Jackie) star as L.A. actresses - turned - wrestlers whose major conflict is outside the ring, and comedian Marc Maron as the down - on - his - luck movie director who hires them to be part of an all - woman wrestling show that's as much soap opera as it is fighting.
Sean Penn (Milk) upset sentimental favorite Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) in the Lead Actor category, while Kate Winslet (The Reader) won for Lead Actress because she was the only Brit nominated and since she did such a great job of turning a Nazi pedophile into a sexy and sympathetic character.
The Masked Saint (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Adaptation of the Chris Whaley best seller of the same name chronicling the real - life exploits of a professional wrestler - turned - pastor (Brett Granstaff) who decided to not only return to the ring but to moonlight as a crime - fighting vigilante.
Manga Shaenon Garrity takes a fond look at the wrestling manga Ultimate Muscle, the sequel to the 1980s series Kinnikuman: «As in the original series, the superhuman world is packed with weirdoes: a wrestler who turns into a sneaker, a wrestler who's a walking toilet, a young wrestler with an elderly wrestler growing out of his arm, a wrestler with a microwave in his abdomen, a wrestler who turns into a motorcycle, a wrestler made of Legos, wrestlers shaped like bananas, sushi rolls, photo booths, roller coasters... Also as in the original series, most of these characters come from ideas and sketches submitted by readers.»
It would be just like a James Bond film, but with 100 times the amount of car chases and 1000 times the amount of an awkward early 2000's «wrestler - turned - actor» phase Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson.
She also spent way too much time creating wrestlers which she absolutely loved, tweaking and turning her intros to perfection.
The wrestler - turned - actor is negotiations to star in Duke Nukem, a big - screen adaptation of the popular video game franchise featuring the politically incorrect action hero that is set up at Paramount.
WCW trounced the WWF in the ratings for years until everyone realised that all of these wrestlers were turning 50 and that there was no point in watching the product if they were never going to receive any comeuppance.
A quick spin through the Met will turn up figures of wrestlers painted on an Ancient Greek amphora in 500 B.C., a Mesoamerican stone carving of a ballplayer made roughly a thousand years later, and mid-nineteenth-century portraits of matadors by Édouard Manet.