With a hostless 91st Academy Awards about to be unveiled to us on February 24th, here comes the news that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, was approached to host the gig. Which only amplifies the obvious fact that the Academy is trying to turn the Oscars into the MTV movie awards, what with Kevin Hart/The Rock touted as hosts, the technical categories being announced during commercial break and the pathetic Best Popular Oscar category trying to adhere to the fanboy contingent of viewers.
Read moreDwayne “The Rock” Johnson says Interview Where He Blasted “Snowflake” Culture Never Happened
Something felt off about today's Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson interview with UK tabloid "The Daily Star." The mag rag claimed to have had an exclusive interview with the actor in which he blasted "snowflake" and "PC" culture. However, Johnson just went to his instagram to say the whole thing stemmed from a fabricated interview which never happened.
Read moreJohn Cena Apologizes to The Rock for Criticizing His Decision to Become an Actor in Hollywood
John Cena, Dwayne Johnson and Dave Bautista are the most successful wrestlers to have made the jump to Hollywood acting — many others have tried but failed to ignite superstardom (Triple H, Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg).
It feels like just yesterday that Cena had criticized Johnson's decision to go to acting as a "betrayal." However, now that Cena has made a career acting in such films as "Blockers," "Trainwreck," "The Wall" and this weekend's newly-released blockbuster "Bumblebee," he now admits that he was wrong to criticize Johnson, “I’m sorry and I was wrong,” he said during an appearance on the Gorilla Position Podcast (via Screen Rant). “That’s the best thing I can do.”
Read moreDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson To Star As John Henry In Netflix Movie
Step by step Netflix is planning their film industry takeover. At least, that's where it's headed.
Netflix has convinced some of the most important Hollywood filmmakers and stars to make the jump to the small screen. After all, Hollywood execs from other major studios have all but killed the idea of giving highly talented directors the room for creative freedom.
It's not just Scorsese, the Coens, and Cuaron, but also other high-level directors such as Paul Greengrass, Jeremy Saulnier, David McKenzie, Noah Baumbach, J.C. Chandor, Andrew Dominik, and even, beyond the grave, Orson Welles that will be releasing Netflix original movies in the next few months.
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