MoviesKevin PolowyJackie Chan recalls almost dying after drinking beer and falling from a tree while making ‘Armour of God’
Jackie Chan’s most serious injury, a skull fracture on the set of the 1986 action-comedy "Armour of God" that nearly killed him, came after a little drinking and stunting.
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: Kiefer Sutherland reveals behind-the-scenes bromance on 'The Lost Boys'
"We were really going through very similar things. Our careers were starting to get exciting,” Sutherland says of working with co-starJason Patric.
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: How Jack Nicholson coached George Miller through his first Hollywood directing gig on 'Witches of Eastwick'
George Miller was well established in the rough-and-rugged world of Ozploitation cinema thanks to his work on the cultishly adored Australian trilogy Mad Max (1979-85). “It was my first full Hollywood feature,” Miller told Yahoo Entertainment (watch above) about the horror-comedy about three women (Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer) who get into some hocus pocus after Jack Nicholson’s mysterious playboy arrives in their sleepy New England town. “Jack said to me, ‘Look, George, they mistake politeness for weakness.
MoviesKevin PolowyJackie Chan thought 'Rush Hour' was terrible when he first saw it
Jackie Chan was sick and tired of trying to cross over into American movies. The martial arts wonder and ex-Bruce Lee stuntman was a superstar in his native China, but his attempts at going Hollywood in films like Big Brawl (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), and The Protector (1985) barely registered with stateside audiences. “Nobody knew who this little Chinese guy was that spoke no English,” Chan told Yahoo Entertainment during a recent Role Recall interview (watch clip above).
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: As 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' turns 25, Hilary Swank remembers her Valley Girl one-liners
The Nebraska native was 16 at the time, and working on a television show ("Camp Wilder") during the day and her first film role by night.
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'Get Out' already looking like legit Oscar contender
Jordan Peele’s brilliant racial satire could be rare horror movie to make an awards-season run.
MoviesKevin PolowyJackie Chan remembers impromptu bowling with Bruce Lee just days before martial arts legend died
Bruce Lee recognized his stuntman Jackie Chan on the street, then followed him to a bowling alley.
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: Corey Feldman on how he used stolen 'Gremlins' fur to ward off bullies
“Because I was a very kind of meek, kind of sweet kid, I got harassed a lot,” Feldman says.
MoviesKevin PolowyJason Ritter watches Marianna Palka turn full dog in trailer for dark comedy 'Bitch' (exclusive)
Here’s one strategy for stress management and relief you probably haven’t encountered yet.
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: Jennifer Tilly reveals the spine-tingling, head-rattling secrets of working with Chucky
“Sometimes I’m a little bit aware that Chucky is not pulling his part,” Tilly told Yahoo Entertainment during a recent Facebook Live interview promoting the new "Cult of Chucky."
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: '28 Days Later' director Danny Boyle explains surprising inspirations for speedy zombies
Danny Boyle didn’t exactly subscribe to the Romero school of zombies before helming the 2002 horror hit 28 Days Later. “I was on the fence about zombies, to be honest,” he told Yahoo Entertainment during a recent Director’s Reel interview. The 28 Days Later flesh eaters not only were fast, but punishingly strong, too — something that, per Boyle, had a surprising inspiration.
MoviesKevin PolowyMVPs of Horror: Naomi Watts reveals why she almost passed on 'The Ring'
Naomi Watts had serious heat after her head-turning performance in Mulholland Drive, David Lynch’s twisty neo-noir that introduced the Aussie actress to American audiences. Major offers rolled in, and among them was a mainstream horror movie called The Ring, about a woman who encounters a videotape that dooms those who dare to watch it. Watts, who already had a decade’s worth of minor film credits under name, had seen people she knows in the business break out in an acclaimed film, then sell out for studio paychecks.
MoviesKevin PolowyJackie Chan wants to show audiences he can really act with 'The Foreigner'
"In Hollywood, I always receive the [same type of] script: Police from Hong Kong, police from China, CIA from Hong Kong," Jackie Chan says.
MoviesKevin PolowyNo, Corey Feldman did not bring Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles to the set of 'The Burbs'
Corey Feldman insists that no, he never brought Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee Bubbles to the set of the 1989 horror-comedy The ‘Burbs… which means, no, Bubbles never deficated all over Feldman’s trailer. It’s a claim that’s lived in infamy on the internet, and was repeated by the film’s own helmer, Joe Dante, when he visited Yahoo Studios to shoot a Director’s Reel interview in 2015. “Bubbles was not big on hygiene, and so one day they went in to clean the trailer, and it was completely covered in monkey s**t,” said Dante, who had previously directed Feldman in Gremlins.
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Sony will move forward with 'Only the Brave' release despite California wildfires
Though wildfires are spreading death and devastation across swathes of Northern California, a movie about an ill-fated team of firefighters is keeping its original release date.
MoviesMarcus Errico'Stranger Things' board games are coming
As if binge-watching the new season of Stranger Things wasn’t going to cut into our trick-or-treating, now there’s this: Netflix and Hasbro have teamed up for a trio of board games inspired by the hit throwback series coming later this month. Cards can either send a player’s character to the Upside Down, make an opponent draw two, reverse the order of play, summon the Demogorgon, or cause a rift that sends everyone who was Right-Side Up to the Upside Down, and vice versa! To win and escape the Upside Down, get rid of all your Eggo cards before the Demogorgon attacks or be toast!
MoviesKevin Polowy'Baby Driver' Blu-ray clip shows just how many musicians made cameos (exclusive)
The summer hit “Baby Driver” not only used music well. One way or another, it got a surprising number of musicians in front of the camera. In an exclusive clip, director Edgar Wright names them.
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Elsa and Anna are back! Your first listen to the songs from 'Olaf's Frozen Adventure'
Disney has released the first musical snippets from the upcoming Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, featuring the likes of Olaf (Josh Gad), Elsa (Idina Menzel), Anna (Kristen Bell), and Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) belting out holiday-themed tunes from the animated featurette. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure finds the goofy snowman and his trusty reindeer steed Sven on a mission across the kingdom after Elsa and Anna realize Arendelle is lacking in holiday traditions.
MoviesYahoo MoviesCorey Feldman reveals Carrie Fisher tried to stage a drug intervention with him on the set of 'The 'Burbs'
Corey Feldman recounted to Yahoo Entertainment how Carrie Fisher attempted to stage an intervention with him while the two starred opposite Tom Hanks in the 1989 horror-comedy "The ’Burbs."
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The surprising reason Kate Winslet and Idris Elba were cast together in 'Mountain Between Us'
"When you see Idris and Kate together in that picture, immediately you want to see them in a movie," said "Mountain Between Us" director Hany Abu-Assad.
MoviesKevin Polowy'Blade Runner 2049' star and Daryl Hannah doppelgänger Mackenzie Davis used to cosplay as Pris
'Blade Runner 2049' director Denis Villeneuve appreciated that Mackenzie Davis looks like "Daryl Hannah's little sister."
MoviesYahoo MoviesRyan Gosling reveals how Harrison Ford apologized for punching him in the face while filming 'Blade Runner 2049'
As the younger actor tells it, Ford’s “apology” involved pushing him out of the way and putting his hand on ice. But Ford has an apology for that.
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Kate Winslet likens 'Mountain Between Us' story to meeting her future husband during a house fire
Kate Winslet met husband Ned Rocknroll during a 2011 house fire at a home in the Caribbean owned by Richard Branson, Rocknroll’s uncle.
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Chadwick Boseman shows the fight in young Thurgood in 'Marshall' (exclusive clip and poster)
In latest powerhouse performance, star of "42" and "Black Panther" takes on role of pioneering future Supreme Court justice.
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10 child stars whose parents allegedly ripped them off
But are Mum and Dad really any more trustworthy? These are the 10 child stars whose parents were skimming off the top...
