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German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies
BERLIN — Hardy Kruger, thought of just one of write-up-war Germany’s most effective actors, has died. He was 93. His Hamburg-centered literary agent, Peter Kaefferlein, explained Thursday that Kruger died “suddenly and unexpectedly” Wednesday in California, in which he lived with his third wife, American-born writer Anita Park. Kruger starred in the 1957 British motion picture “The One That Received Away” about a captured German fighter pilot who stages a sequence of daring makes an attempt to escape the Allies and, as the title suggests, last but not least succeeds. His appeal, excellent seems and the actuality that he deserted from the Nazi army towards the conclusion of Entire world…
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Chris Evans to Star as Gene Kelly in New Biopic, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering such titles as as new biopics about Jean-Michel Basquiat, Napoleon Bonaparte, Audrey Hepburn, Gene Kelly, and Suge Knight. This WEEK’S TOP STORY CHRIS EVANS TO STAR AS GENE KELLY IN NEW BIOPIC (Photo by Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection) Like a few other Marvel Studios stars who have a lot more time on their hands post-Avengers: Endgame (Certified Fresh at 94{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), Chris Evans continues to line up new roles. Before this week, the biggest new project for him was this summer’s Lightyear (6/17/2022)*, the Toy Story spinoff in which Evans will provide the voice of Buzz Lightyear.…
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Entertainment News Roundup: Michael Nesmith, musician and TV star of ‘The Monkees’ fame, dead at age 78; White House respects jury decision to convict Jussie Smollett and more
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Michael Nesmith, musician and TV star of ‘The Monkees’ fame, dead at age 78 Michael Nesmith, one of the stars of “The Monkees,” a 1960s TV comedy series about a rock quartet modeled after the Beatles, died on Friday of natural causes at the age of 78, his family said in a statement on his website. Nesmith, known for his trademark wool watch cap and quiet demeanor, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter for the band, a made-for-television ensemble that would form the cast of the NBC series. White House respects jury decision to convict Jussie Smollett…
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Ana Matronic got her love of robots from Star Wars – Music News
Ana Matronic became obsessed with robots after watching ‘Star Wars’ because C-3PO reminded her of her dad. The Scissor Sisters member shared how her lifelong love of sci-fi began when she was barely three years old. The 47-year-old singer told Danielle Perry on the Absolute Radio podcast ‘Elevenses with Danielle Perry’: It started with ‘Star Wars’, which was the first film I remember seeing in the theatre, right around age three, not even age three. And I remember really clearly thinking that C-3PO was a lot like my dad. And we would joke that he was kind of like him and kind of like, uptight and fastidious and persnickety and…
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Jonah Hill to Star in Martin Scorsese’s Grateful Dead Biopic, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering such titles as Lethal Weapon 5 and four different Marvel movies. This WEEK’S TOP STORY JONAH HILL TO DEPICT JERRY GARCIA IN SCORSESE’S GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) For many movie fans, director Martin Scorsese may be synonymous with crime films like Goodfellas (Certified Fresh at 96{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), Casino (Certified Fresh at 79{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), and The Irishman (Certified Fresh at 95{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), but there is another side to Scorsese that dates back to some of his earliest work. In 1969, Scorsese was on the scene at Woodstock as one of the assistant directors of the 1970…
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Leonardo DiCaprio to Star as Cult Leader Jim Jones in New Biopic, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering such titles as Midnight Run, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, and the Road House remake. This WEEK’S TOP STORY LEONARDO DICAPRIO TO PORTRAY CULT LEADER JIM JONES IN NEW BIOPIC (Photo by Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection) The last time we saw Leonardo DiCaprio in a theatrically released feature film was in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Certified Fresh at 85{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}). Although that film was primarily about the friendship between a cowboy TV star and his stuntman best friend (Brad Pitt), the cult led by Charles Manson also figured heavily in the film’s…