Tom Cruise sees ‘Tenet’ in a theater
One of Hollywood’s most notorious thrillseekers, none other than Tom Cruise, masked up to attend a public showing of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” in London.
In a video posted to Cruise’s Twitter on Tuesday, the star and a masked companion who looks like his frequent collaborator Christopher McQuarrie ride in a cab to a cinema and drop in on “Tenet.” Getting out of the vehicle in front of a mural for the film, Cruise says, “Here we are back to the movies.”
Above the video, Cruise included the message, “Big Movie. Big Screen. Loved It.”
The video racked up more than 965,000 views in about four hours and about 33,000 likes.
Polanski’s request to restore membership denied: A judge on Tuesday denied Roman Polanski’s request to restore his membership in the organization that bestows the Academy Awards two years after he was expelled from it for raping a minor.
The fugitive film director sued in April 2019, asking the court to compel the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make him a member in good standing again.
A year earlier, the academy expelled Polanski and Bill Cosby, months after ending the membership of Harvey Weinstein.
Polanski appealed the decision, and in January 2019, the academy rejected his appeal. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Mary Strobel on Tuesday ruled that the academy had a right to expel Polanski, afforded him a fair hearing and gave him sufficient notice of his expulsion.
Polanski remains a fugitive after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in 1977 and fleeing the U.S. He had been an academy member for nearly 50 years, and his films had been nominated for 28 Oscars.
McKinnon’s ‘Joe Exotic’ series ordered: The saga of Joe Exotic is getting another Hollywood chapter, with Kate McKinnon starring as his rival in a limited TV series.
The “Saturday Night Live” star will play Carole Baskin, who sought to shut down Joseph Maldonado-Passage’s for-profit breeding of big cats. The conflict became a pop culture sensation with Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King.”
The series will be based on the Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said Tuesday.
Father of Steven Spiel
berg dies: The father of iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Arnold Spielberg, 103, died Tuesday of natural causes, his son’s film production company, Amblin Entertainment, announced.
“After more than a century of contributions and commitment to his family, friends and career, Arnold Meyer Spielberg, father of Steven, Anne, Sue and Nancy Spielberg, passed away of natural causes on Aug. 25, 2020,” reads Amblin’s statement. “Our deepest condolences to the Spielberg family.”
Director Steven Spielberg — known for films such as “Jurassic Park,” “Jaws,” and “E.T.” — was with his father at the time of his death.
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59. Actor Chandra Wilson is 51. Actor Sarah Chalke is
44. Rapper Mase is 43. Actor Patrick J. Adams is
39. Singer Mario is 34. Actor Alexa PenaVega is 32.