Al Pacino had to start all over in his 70s in order to save himself from financial ruin. In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, the Hollywood icon reveals his former accountant, who eventually served nearly eight years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme, swindled away his life savings. The Oscar winner’s bank account went … Read more
You have to feel at least a little bit bad for “Shell,” purely based on timing; this is a mash-up of Hollywood satire and body horror, an exploration of the impossible standards of youth and beauty impressed upon women in general but on actresses in particular. It’s hitting the festival circuit riiiiiiiiiight behind the oxygen-sucking … Read more
Before he was an action star, Steven Seagal trained Sean Connery for a James Bond movie, and broke his wrist. Many people may not know this, but before Steven Seagal’s action movie heyday, he worked as a martial arts instructor and choreographer. Most famously, he was super agent Michael Ovitz’s martial arts teacher. Ovitz, notoriously, … Read more
Russell Crowe broke both of his legs during a stunt for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, but didn’t find out until a decade later. I’ve never broken a bone in my life. That said, it always struck me as something you would know when it happened, but apparently not. Russell Crowe revealed to People that he … Read more
In hindsight, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law might have been the show that broke the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And no, not it was more of a comedy than a drama, or because it wasn’t a great lawyer series, or because some of the CGI was hilariously awful, or because it featured a female hero in the lead role. (Definitely … Read more
BB: I didn’t interview the figures for the book, I wrote their chapters based on their pasts, research, and my longtime awareness of them. I met Gregory several years ago when we were picked up together at Boston Logan Airport to present at the same conference in New Hampshire. CE: What other books have you … Read more