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Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.
The only thing worse than a formulaic action movie is a non-formulaic action movie. Chris Neumer delves into the short lived period in Hollywood history where Whoopi Goldberg, Action Hero was a thing. And while this period didn't go much beyond 1987, it was as beautiful a train wreck as one will ever see.
Thanks to the American public's intense fascination with A-List celebrity, it's been getting harder than ever to find articles on Hollywood actresses who don't have have the last names of Kidman, Jolie and Aniston. While debating this press disparity, I realized that most people would jump at the chance to learn about what life was life for Jolie prior to her cracking the most elite levels of Hollywood. And thus an article idea was born.
Shia LaBeouf is Hollywood's fastest rising male star. His films
Transformers and
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen have been some of the biggest hits of the last decade. We talk to him about life in the fast lane, why he feels that Michelle Trachtenberg is the female Garry Shandling and which leading actor is nicknamed "Glass Dick".
It takes a lot more than one might imagine to secure locations and shoot in New York City. Veteran location manager John Fedynich (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2) takes Chris Neumer on his own location scouting expedition and together the two find the perfect Manhattan alley, stumble into some intriguing neighborhoods and deal with unexpected problems. After this article, you'll never look at that Fifth Avenue setting in the same way again.
