Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress known for her many notable roles in addition to her humanitarian work. Jolie was born on June 4, 1975 to actor parents Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Early in her career, she was in the film “Gia” (1998), which garnered much success and led to many more roles. In 1999, she starred in “Girl, …
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Morgan Freeman has frequently led movies since the ’90s, earning many Oscar nods and other accolades along the way. Freeman was born June 1, 1937, in Memphis. Before beginning his career as an actor, he spent four years in the U.S. Air Force, where he was a radar repairman beginning in 1955. Freeman’s Broadway debut was in “Hello Dolly!” in …
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Actor Robert De Niro weighed in Thursday on former President Trump being found guilty in his high-profile hush-money case. “I think justice was served,” the two-time Academy Award winner told reporters while on the red carpet in the Big Apple for his new movie “Ezra,” Variety reports. “This is just one part of the whole picture, so I want to …
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Former President Trump ridiculed Robert De Niro as “pathetic” and a “wacko” after the liberal actor’s chaotic conference on Tuesday outside a Manhattan courthouse was widely derided. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump tore into the two-time Academy Award winner who has angrily attacked Trump for years and on Tuesday claimed that Trump “wants to destroy” New York …
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Jacqueline Stewart is leaving her post leading the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to return to the University of Chicago. Academy Museum veteran Amy Homma will succeed her as director and president, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday. Stewart, a prominent film scholar and Turner Classic Movies host, has helped steer the Academy Museum through its …
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Janet Jackson was born May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana, to a family full of talent. Jackson was the youngest of ten children. Brandon, a twin to her brother Marlon, died shortly after birth, before she was born. When Jackson was born, the Jackson 5 had already been a hit. The band was originally made up of five of her …
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“Top Gun,” a triumphant all-American pre-“woke” Hollywood movie classic, was released on this day in history, May 16, 1986. Patriotic and sexy, if somewhat predictable, the action-romance placed cocky young U.S. Navy pilots in a “Danger Zone” of love and Cold War combat. It roared across the American landscape like an F-14 strafing pop culture with one memorable explosion after …
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Coming this summer, you can spend a night in the house once belonging to the legendary performer Prince. Beginning in August, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Prince’s iconic “Purple Rain” film, guests will be able to stay in his Minneapolis home featured in the movie. Prince bought the home in 2015, and it has been closed to the …
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Many actresses have brought animation to life with their live-action adaptations of classic Disney movies. The number of animated Disney princess movies still far outnumbers the number of live-action remakes, although many more have hit screens in recent years. Any remake of a classic is certainly going to face some controversy, but that has not prevented them from being made. …
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George Clooney, born May 6, 1961, is an actor, producer and director who has been nominated for and won many accolades for his work in both film and television. Clooney started his career acting in television, appearing in roles in shows such as “ER” (1994-2009) and “The Facts of Life” (1979-1988). In 1994, Clooney earned the role that would be …
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