Nicolas Cage Tells BATS**T Stories In First Late Night Talk Show Appearance In 14 Years!

Carson Burton The VFX team on “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is no stranger to the intensive process of de-aging a known figure such as Nicolas Cage. For the film, the team was tasked to make Cage, who is 58 years old, appear about 20-25 years younger for the character of Nicky Cage. Nicky, Cage’s imagined younger self in the film, aims to keep the character of Nick Cage (with a K) on the road of being an uber-popular celebrity.

The multigenerational saga of Pachinko will continue at Apple TV+, which has renewed the family drama for a second season. The series comes from creator/showrunner Soo Hugh and executive producers Theresa Kang-Lowe and Michael Ellenberg.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentActress-director Anjelica Huston may have been born into film royalty and may have fulfilled that royal destiny by becoming the third generation, after actor grandfather Walter and director-actor-writer father John Huston, to score Oscar gold, but her early innings were not the stuff cinema dreams are made of.“Casino Royale” is the film where she first appeared, as an uncredited young teen 55 years ago this month. It is largely regarded as an overcooked comedy fiasco, or as Variety deemed it back then, “an attempt to spoof the pants off the James Bond.” The film had no less than five directors, including her father, John.Variety was kinder to John Huston’s 1969 film “A Walk with Love and Death,” Anjelica’s first starring role, but most other outlets were tougher on the film and Huston’s performance, and it came and went with little notice. In a vain attempt to overcome that fate, 20th Century Fox publicity took Anjelica and her costar, Assi Dayan (son of Israeli war hero Moshe Dayan) on a multi-city promo tour and ran this quirky early branded content item in Variety:“Assaf Dayan romances his costar Anjelica Huston, under the watchful eye of her director-father, John Huston.

Together. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are working it out through couple’s therapy. After the infamous Oscars slap incident, the couple is committed to looking for a solution for their marriage.

Andrew Garfield is taking a step back from his acting career. "The Amazing Spider-Man" star spoke with Variety about the need to take a break from acting and "be a bit ordinary for a while".

Family matters. Ireland Baldwin and mom Kim Basinger opened up about the “challenges” they’ve had with Alec Baldwin over the years.

Jack Whitehall has claimed that comedians hosting awards shows will be “checking themselves when they write jokes” after the 2022 Oscars. During the awards show earlier this year, Will Smith slapped and swore at Chris Rock on stage after the presenter made a joke at the expense of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said an earlier gig as chief executive of the Philadelphia 76ers got him active on social media, tweeting with his hometown NBA team’s fan base. The experience proved key navigating a dramatic transformation in the theater chain’s shareholder base from mostly institutions to about 4 million private individuals.

Offering some insight. While reflecting on her career as a stand-up comedian, Nikki Glaser discussed her personal feelings on Will Smith publicly slapping Chris Rock because of a joke.

On this episode of Deadline’s Scene 2 Scene Podcast, I talk with Oscar nominated actors Chiewtel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris about the Showtime sci-fi series, The Man Who Fell To Earth. In tune with the theme of the show, the three of us share our their experiences with otherness (which is defined as the quality or fact of being different.), and being an outsider.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made an insensitive joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair, the Red Table Talk host is finally bringing her family back to the table.MORE: Jada Pinkett Smith pays sweet tribute to family in proud new postRed Table Talk is known for lending space to intense and deep conversations about trauma, feelings, and contentious topics. Its latest season, which premiered just this week, has already proven to be as emotional as it is dramatic, and as she brings on her daughter, Willow Smith, onto the show, fans can't help but wonder how long they'll have to wait to hear the famous family discuss the intense awards show moment.WATCH: Jada plans to discuss family's healing plan post-OscarsMORE: Jada Pinkett Smith makes stunning red carpet return post-OscarsThe second episode sees Ireland Basinger Baldwin, daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, discuss with Willow how they struggle with anxiety and open up about their upbringing in the shadow of two famous parents, particularly dads with recent highly discussed incidents.The model's relationship with her father has been up and down. Alec and Kim divorced in 2000, and in 2007, a leaked phone call went viral of the actor angrily calling his then 11-year-old daughter a "thoughtless little pig."The trailer for the episode features her admitting that: "I don't think I ever would've been scouted as a model if it weren't for who my parents are," and reveals how she'll discuss her relationship with her parents and the effects of their divorce.A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)A glimpse of the emotional episodeSince the Oscars, the Smith family has for the most part retreated from Hollywood and social media.

Holly Ramsay has shared a rare glimpse inside her famous family's £7m London mansion, after recently posting a TikTok video showing off the sprawling abode. The 22 year old, who recently returned from Miami after attending Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's star-studded nuptials, filmed a video of herself as she got ready to head to dinner with her dad Gordon, 55, and mum Tana, 47.

Manori Ravindran International EditorViola Davis has responded to critics of her portrayal of Michelle Obama in Showtime’s “The First Lady,” admitting that “not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance.”In an interview with BBC News to promote her new memoir, “Finding Me,” the Oscar, Tony and Emmy-winning actor spoke candidly about her turn as the former First Lady, which drew barbs from audiences and critics for Davis’ take on Obama’s facial expressions and pursed lips.Davis said it was “incredibly hurtful when people say negative things about your work.”“How do you move on from the hurt, from failure?” she said. “But you have to.

Viola Davis has hit back at criticism of her portrayal of Michelle Obama in Showtime’s The First Lady by decrying critics as “absolutely serving no purpose.”

Sony dropped the first 15 minutes from its upcoming Marvel animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Part I today.

Wilson Chapman editorChristina Aguilera, Ricky Martin and Charli XCX will perform at this year’s amfAR benefit at the Cannes Film Festival. Robert De Niro will also be honored at the 28th annual event.amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, hosts the fashion show at Cannes Film Festival every year.

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent have revealed that Daniel Day-Lewis was once in line to play Nicolas Cage in the new film.The movie sees Cage play a fictionalised version of himself alongside the likes of Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish, who portray different characters to their actual selves.Writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten have opened up about early struggles getting the film made, with Cage initially hesitant to take on the role of playing himself.“We were told that Nick has done these projects before and he’s not wild about Nick as Nick,” Etten recalled to The Hollywood Reporter. “And we weren’t two guys who had a huge body of work that you could point to and be like, ‘No, trust us.’“We knew that we needed to have a real offer to go along with the script.

Nicolas Cage almost didn’t play Nicolas Cage in his new movie, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Idina Menzel was certainly “Popular” with her son’s basketball team after a group trip to see “Wicked”.

Chris Rock’s momma held nothing back as she finally addressed the now-infamous incident at the Oscars last month.

Will Smith has been spotted in public for the first time since his infamous slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.In an incident that has since gone down in history, Smith struck the comedian onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.Following numerous apologies over the incident, the actor resigned from the Academy.

Chris Rock‘s mom, Rose, is speaking out for the first time.

Nearly one month after Will Smith made headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards, the King Richard star made his first public outing.

Is Will Smith ready to put the infamous slap behind him? It seems so…

Will Smith has been photographed in public for the first time since his controversial night at the 2022 Oscars.

Among the many strange scenes in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is one in which Nicolas Cage, playing a skewed version of himself, sits down with Pedro Pascal’s character to watch “Paddington 2”.

Tiffany Haddish is coming clean about an intimate memory involving Nicolas Cage.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage tackles one of his most out-there roles yet: a capital-A Actor named Nicolas Cage, who’s adored by fans all over the world for the intensity and eccentricity he brings to his work. Here’s a man who once pulled two of his teeth for a part (“Birdy”), but had the good sense to stop short of actually chopping off his hand to play Cher’s hot-blooded brother-in-law in “Moonstruck.” This was before he had all his teeth redone, replacing the devilishly crooked smile that was his signature for the gleaming white grin and flaming wig of “Ghost Rider.”Somewhere in the metaverse, a parallel reality exists where Cage’s big comic-book movie would have been the lead role in Tim Burton’s “Superman Lives.” That’s a disaster averted, according to screenwriter Kevin Smith.

Variety is ranking his 15 best performances.Born in New Jersey, the die-hard Los Angeles Lakers fan has been an integral figure in the landscape of cinema for seven decades. His first credited film role was in the tiny B-movie “The Cry Baby Killer” (1958).

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NICOLAS Cage has revealed that he is having a baby girl with his fifth wife Riko Shibat. The actor, 58, announced he is "going to have a little girl" as he appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday.

John Lennon and Cage's late father August 'Augie' Coppola. Explaining the meaning behind the name, Cage recalled how his disc jockey father would blast The Beatles' Let It Be album, particularly the song Across The Universe, at his radio station. When the National Treasure heard the song for the very first time at just four-years-old, he was left 'frozen, paralyzed by the music.