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20 prequels centered around the younger versions of characters
When you don’t have a sequel idea, you go for a prequel. Prequels often are origin stories, or they fill in gaps in franchise lore, or you already killed off Scarlet Johansson’s character, and she wants to headline a movie.
Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / September 11
Sir Anthony Hopkins to star in post-apolcalyptic sci-fi tale 2048
Sir Anthony Hopkins is reuniting with director Timothy Woodward Jr. on 2048. The 88-year-old actor recently teamed up with the filmmaker on sci-fi horror
Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / August 23
Sir Anthony Hopkins: Music has always been a part of my life
Sir Anthony Hopkins dreamed of becoming a musician during his younger years. The 88-year-old movie star has enjoyed enormous success in Hollywood, winning two Academy Awards - but Anthony initially dreamed of becoming a musician and he can't believe he's now releasing an album.
The most puzzling prequel movies
Some film prequels make sense. “Fury Road” was a sensation, so why not give Furiosa her own origin story? Even the Han Solo movie, while flawed in execution, made sense as a project.
Entertainment News / Netflix Junkie / July 11
Anthony Hopkins Leaves Hollywood Behind for a Lifelong Passion With New Classical Album
Anthony Hopkins is stepping away from acting to chase his true first love, composing classical music, with 'Life Is A Dream' The 88-year-old has spent six decades captivating audiences worldwide, earning two Academy Awards during that time.
The most memorable films and TV shows about surviving a plane crash
Plane crashes are very rare in real life. Of course, so are talking animals, ghosts, and people in masks and capes beating up criminals. Plane crashes, and specifically people surviving plane crashes, have not been rare in film and television.
Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 6
Sir Anthony Hopkins ashamed of the ugly side of his personality unleashed by alcoholism
Sir Anthony Hopkins is ashamed of the ugly side of his personality his alcoholism unleashed. The Silence of the Lambs Oscar-winner, 87, sent years drinking heavily and has now used his new memoir We Did OK, Kid, to reflect on his decades-long recovery.
Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / November 3
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster kept their distance on The Silence of the Lambs set
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster stayed away from each other on the set of The Silence of the Lambs. The 87-year-old star won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Dr.
Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / October 27
Sir Anthony Hopkins resigned to daughter estrangement
Sir Anthony Hopkins won't "waste blood" over his estranged daughter. The Silence of the Lambs actor has no relationship with his only child Abigail - who he has with first wife Petronella Barker - and after she ignored an invitation from his wife Stella to reconnect, the 87-year-old star is resigned to them not repairing their rift.
20 hated characters that everyone ends up rooting for
Popular culture, both movies and TV, loves to give audiences characters that they can hate. It’s worth examining these characters to better understand how effective pop culture is at creating emotion and how those emotions can sometimes exceed creators’ intentions.
20 horror movies where the villain is best part
Horror rises or falls based on the strength and complexity of its villains. Indeed, there are many times when the villain manages to outshine everyone else in the movie.
Entertainment News / Nerdist / August 28, 2025
Gene Hackman Was Nearly Hannibal Lecter and That’s So Weird
Emmy winner Brian Cox (Succession) has a long and storied career in film and television. He’s done Shakespeare and been in an X-Men movie. He also holds the distinction of being the first actor to portray genius cannibal Hannibal Lecter in Michael Mann’s Manhunter (or Lecktor in that movie).
20 iconic film performances that were truly terrifying
There’s something uniquely pleasurable about a terrifying performance in a movie. Very often, the most terrifying performances emerge out of the horror genre — as one would expect — but they also have been known to come from a wide variety of other cinematic genres, including film noir, fantasy, and even, on occasion, a children’s film.
The most memorable films and TV shows about the pope
Whether set in the unruly period of the Renaissance or the equally tumultuous 20th century, movies and TV series focusing on the pope show the extent to which this religious leader has remained a key source of stability for millennia.
The 20 best werewolf movies
Along with the vampire and Frankenstein’s monster, the werewolf has remained one of the most recognizable monsters in the movies. It’s thus worth looking at the best the werewolf genre has to offer to see how the beast has changed over time.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / January 21, 2022
Martha Stewart dumped Sir Anthony Hopkins over Hannibal Lecter
Hopkins won best actor at the 1992 Oscars for 'Silence of the Lambs', and more recently, the 84-year-old made history at last year's Academy Awards by winning best actor for his role in 'The Father'.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / August 13, 2021
Loki was supposed to die in 'Thor: The Dark World'
First, the "Snyder Cut." Then, there was the "Ayer Cut." And now this. Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and lamented how differently the finished product was from what he originally intended—his "Taylor Cut," if you will.
20 facts you might not know about 'There Will Be Blood'
Paul Thomas Anderson broke out with his film “Boogie Nights,” a tale of sex, drugs, and depravity in the 1970s and 1980s porn industry in the San Fernando Valley. It’s a kinetic, chaotic, brightly colored film with a killer ensemble. That same man proceeded to make a classic movie that’s…a bleak, desaturated film with like three characters set in the early 1900s oil industry.
20 facts you might not know about 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Maybe read them with the lights on.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / May 5, 2021
Steven Soderbergh says Oscars were ending on best actor 'if there was even the possibility' Chadwick Boseman would win
The late Chadwick Boseman's brother, Derrick, immediately dispelled any notion that the family was upset over Anthony Hopkins claiming best actor at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25, but loads of viewers were—and are likely still—big mad.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 27, 2021
Chadwick Boseman's family isn't upset over Anthony Hopkins winning best actor
Derrick Boseman is pretty sure that everybody else is way more concerned with who won best actor at the 93rd Academy Awards than his brother would have been.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 26, 2021
ABC exec defends awkward Oscars ending: 'It was a calculated risk'
The 93rd Academy Awards broadcast was building up to end on an emotional high, memorializing Chadwick Boseman with a posthumous Oscar for best actor—until it wasn't.
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / April 26, 2021
Watch: Anthony Hopkins pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman while accepting best actor
Anthony Hopkins was recognized by the Academy Awards on Sunday night—marking his first Oscar win since 1992 when he claimed best actor for Silence of the
Entertainment News / Yardbarker / March 15, 2021
2021 Oscar Nominations announced -- Full List
The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas breaking the news about a diverse group of films. "Mank" led the field with 10 nominations including best picture, best actor, best actress, and best director.
New York Giants News / Yardbarker / February 5, 2018
Best (and worst) commercials from Super Bowl LII
There are three types of Super Bowl fans in this world: those who watch for the game, those who watch for the commercials, and those who enjoy both. We
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