Samuel L. Jackson says a deleted scene from ‘A Time To Kill’ lost him an Oscar

. The singer, who rose to in the late 1980s and early ’90s, had a tumultuous life and was the subject of many controversies. She never stopped working, however, releasing 10 albums over the course of her career.O’Connor was born in Dublin in 1966.

hit theaters, that a Polly Pocket movie was in the works, with Lena Dunham writing and directing, and Lily Collins as both producer and star. Two years later, the project is still…in the works! But given how long it took Barbie to get to the big screen, that might not be a bad thing.

A nontheist advocacy organization is demanding that the Bible be banned from schools in a Florida school district, using the same justification that has been used to censor other literary works.Christopher Line, a staff attorney for church and state separation watchdog Freedom From Religion Foundation, formally requested the Bible be removed from library shelves in Leon County schools after the district pulled several other titles for mentioning sexual assault. The books that were banned include Dead End by Jason Myer, Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk, Lucky by Alice Sebold, Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, and Push by Sapphire.

The Last Of Us Season 2 will not have another special episode for side characters like season one did. In season one we saw that episode three was completely about the characters Bill and Frank. This will not happen in the next season and it is good news for the main character, Ellie.

Jenna Lyons may have said she wouldn’t discuss her love life on The Real Housewives of New York City, but now, she’s opening up about her relationship with girlfriend Cass Bird.

Ellen DeGeneres to Gerard Piqué, they have made headlines when they acquired lavish properties and then flipped or rented them. The most recent case concerns the former soccer player and a mansion he bought in 2015.According to Vanitatis, the lifestyle edition from the Spanish media outlet, El Confidencial, the 36-year-old businessman and retired athlete purchased a property on Avenida Pearson, considered Barcelona’s most exclusive street.

Barbie” has been the year’s biggest hit. The success of the film has shocked the world, and comes after a stunning marketing campaign from Mattel which resulted in people from all over the world attending their theaters while dressed in pink.

Travis Kelce was unsuccessful at getting his number to Taylor Swift. During the most recent episode of his podcast,, the 33-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end told his brother, Jason Kelce, how his grand plan to get Taylor his number went wrong.It all started when Travis attended one of Taylor's shows at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium earlier this month.«I was disappointed that she doesn't talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,» Travis said, «so I was a little butthurt I didn't get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.»Jason seemed surprised by his brother's bracelet reveal, but Travis was all too happy to explain the significance of the accessory.

has died at age 56, according to multiple reports. The was first to report the news. No cause of death has yet been reported.«It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,» her family confirmed in a statement to RTE.

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Meghan Markle will be 'horrified' after learning that Prince Harry allegedly reached out to Prince William to discuss returning to London and the royal family.

As the trend of ordering a takeaway increases across the UK, obesity rates are also on a sharp spike upwards.

Strathaven and Stonehouse university students will be able to get to their classes a little easier thanks to an improved bus timetable from an environmental group.

Music legend Sinead O'Connor has tragically died aged 56 and floods of Outlander fans are amongst those paying tribute to the singer, after she sang a haunting rendition of the show's them tune for its latest season.

BBC Breakfast hosts Sally Nugent and Jon Kay left viewers 'choked up' with their emotional tribute to George Alagiah.

Sinead O'Connor has been described as an 'unmatched talent' following her death at the age of 56. Tributes have been paid to the singer-songwriter by names from the world of music and politics.

Dennis Quaid can thank his faith for saving his life.

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Pink took a detour through Toronto’s Kensington Market while touring the world.

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is refusing to row back on his decision to invite controversial movie-biz bigwigs Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Luc Besson to the late summer event, which will take place despite the potential disruption by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. “Luc Besson has been recently fully cleared of any accusations. Woody Allen went under legal scrutiny twice at the end of the ’90s and was absolved,” Barbera said in a new interview with Variety.

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“Eras Tour” has attracted enough fans to help boost hotel and restaurant revenue in cities across the world, and even contribute to concert ticket inflation, a phenomenon that some economists have termed “Swiftflation.”“Recently, Taylor Swift became the very first woman in history to have four albums in the top 10 simultaneously, including this week’s number one,” the company’s chief executive, Lucian Grainge, told analysts on a conference call.Universal Music’s merchandising revenue grew 12% to 157 million euros ($173.77 million) in the April-June period, also fueled by a strong performance from Swift, the group said.This more than offset a decline in Universal Music Group’s touring revenue from the outsized growth recorded in 2022 as COVID-19 touring bans were lifted, it added.Total revenue was 2.7 billion euros in the quarter, while its margin on adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) stood at 21.9%, the company reported.Universal Music expects recent price increases at Spotify to boost revenue starting from the fourth quarter and into 2024, its chief financial officer, Boyd Muir, said on the conference call.Spotify had on Monday raised prices for its premium plans across several countries including the US and Britain.Major labels like Universal Music grab the overwhelming majority of Spotify’s revenue and are the main beneficiaries of the streaming firm’s strong user growth.Apart from Swift, other top sellers in the second quarter were South Korean boy band Seventeen, King & Prince, Morgan Wallen, and Stray Kids, Universal Music said.

Samuel L. Jackson this week claimed that scenes edited out of his 1996 drama "A Time to Kill" kept him from getting an Academy Award.  "In ‘A Time to Kill,’ when I kill those guys, I kill them because my daughter needs to know that those guys are not on the planet anymore, and they will never hurt her again — that I will do anything to protect her," the 74-year-old actor told Vulture in an interview published Thursday about his character, Carl Lee Hailey, who was put on trial in the movie for killing two racist men who raped his 10-year-old daughter.  He added, "That’s how I played that character throughout.

Samuel L. Jackson is a very creative gift-giver.

Samuel L. Jackson didn’t just give Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds a card and a check when they tied the knot back in 2008. In fact, it sounds like he didn’t even find them a gift on their registry.

Samuel L. Jackson has opened up about his 1992 feud with Spike Lee, admitting it took more than 20 years to rebuild their relationship.In a wide-ranging interview with Vulture, Jackson revealed that he and the director fell out over Malcolm X salary dispute, which ultimately led to Jackson turning down the role of Baines in the historical drama.

Vulture, Jackson said some tear-jerking scenes that were ultimately cut from the movie “kept [him] from getting an Oscar.”“But also the things they took out kept me from getting an Oscar,” Jackson said. “‘Really, motherf–kers? You just took that s–t from me?’ My first day working on that film, I did a speech in a room with an actor and the whole f–king set was in tears when I finished. I was like, ‘Okay.

Samuel L. Jackson believes that excessive editing ruined a performance that was worthy of Oscar consideration.

Samuel L. Jackson is speaking out about another missed opportunity he had at winning an Oscar for one of his early films.

Samuel L. Jackson’s wedding gift for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson still has fans buzzing long after they split.

Samuel L. Jackson opted to go the nontraditional route for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson's wedding gift. In an interview with , the 74-year-old actor recalled his present to the now-exes when they tied the knot in 2008.«My wedding gift to them was a beehive.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Samuel L. Jackson told The Times last year that he deserved to win the Oscar for best supporting actor over Martin Landau (“Ed Wood”) at the 1995 Academy Awards. In a new interview with Vulture, the actor said he was robbed of a second chance to win an Oscar just a couple years later with Joel Schumacher’s 1996 legal drama “A Time to Kill,” co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock. The John Grisham adaptation starred Jackson as a man on trial in Mississippi for killing the two men who raped his daughter. “In ‘A Time to Kill,’ when I kill those guys, I kill them because my daughter needs to know that those guys are not on the planet anymore and they will never hurt her again — that I will do anything to protect her,” Jackson said. “That’s how I played that character throughout. And there were specific things we shot, things I did to make sure that she understood that, but in the editing process, they got taken out. And it looked like I killed those dudes and then planned every move to make sure that I was going to get away with it. When I saw it, I was sitting there like, ‘What the fuck?'”

Samuel L. Jackson is glad to be pals again with frequent collaborator Spike Lee.The Marvel actor, 74, began feuding with the Oscar-winning filmmaker, 66, back in 1992 after they had a fight over Jackson’s salary for the epic “Malcolm X.”The “Pulp Fiction” star was actually set to star as Baines — a character that Albert Hall was later cast in — for Lee’s drama about the civil rights activist.Jackson got candid about how his dispute with the “BlacKkKlansman” director came about in a recent chat with Vulture.“I actually read with most of the people who auditioned for ‘Malcolm X.’ But it was still down to that Spike Lee scale-plus-10 salary thing,” Jackson said, referring to the system created by the Screen Actors Guild that allows 10% of an actor’s paycheck to go to their agent.

Michael Jordan and his wife Yvette Prieto have been spending their summer in Italy, enjoying the food and the sights, and spending plenty of time with their closest friends. One of the times the pair were photographed during this trip was with icons lile Magic Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, and their families, as they met up for some dinner in Capri, and sang along to one of the country’s most famous songs.

Now 74, Samuel L. Jackson shows no signs no slowing down as an actor.