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Mint
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Sam Rockwell says he gets residual checks for Lean on Me, despite not being part of it
Washington DC [US], July 6 (ANI): Actor Sam Rockwell said he is still receiving residual checks for the 1989 film 'Lean on Me', despite not appearing in the movie, reported People. Rockwell said he was technically cast in the film, but another famous actor ultimately played his part The actor shared the information while appearing on a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast with host Josh Horowitz. During the conversation, Rockwell said that when he was still a struggling young actor, he and several other up-and-comers drove to New Jersey together for an audition. "Michael Imperioli and I, and Kevin Corrigan drove in a van to New Jersey to audition for one line in Lean on Me," Rockwell recalled. He continued, "And I got it, and then they never got to my scene [during the shoot day], so they had to let me go because they didn't want to pay me for a week ... they either have to pay you for a day player or a week. So they let me go ... because they were like, 'Eh, we can't pay him for a week for one line.' And they hired Michael in the movie. And I still get residual checks for that even though I'm not in it," according to People. Rockwell further shared that the movie wasn't the only time he and Imperioli crossed paths in the early days of their career. "They called me to do Celebrity, and I was part of Leonardo DiCaprio's entourage. And I had a few lines, and they said director 'Woody Allen wants you to dye your hair bleach blonde.' And I said I'm not dying my hair bleach blonde for like five lines, what are you crazy?' And they're like, 'Woody wants you to do it!' And I'm like, 'Well, I'm not doing it!'," said Rockwell. "And they're like, 'Well, Michael Imperioli was gonna do it!'," added the actor. "Because he [Michael] had dropped out [of the project], and I was replacing Michael because Michael was gonna do a little pilot called Sopranos," Rockwell explained, adding, "And I said, 'Alright, I'll dye my hair.' " Rockwell garnered critical acclaim and fan recognition for his role in the third season of HBO's White Lotus, in which he appeared with his longtime partner, actress Leslie Bibb. Rockwell will also be reprising his role as "Mr. Wolf" in DreamWorks' The Bad Guys 2, which premieres in theatres nationwide on August 1, according to People. (ANI)
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sam Rockwell Says He Still Gets Residual Checks for ‘Lean on Me' 'Even Though I'm Not in It'
Sam Rockwell may not actually be in the 1989 film Lean on Me, but he's still paid for the role he almost had. The Oscar winner recently shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he, Michael Imperioli and Kevin Corrigan drove together in a van to New Jersey to audition for a single line in the movie, starring Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Awards Chatter' Live Pod: Sam Rockwell on That 'White Lotus' Monologue, 'Three Billboards' Award Season and Upcoming Martin McDonagh Reunion 'Wild Horse Nine' Newport Beach TV Fest: 'White Lotus' Star Sam Rockwell Set for TV Supporting Performance of the Year Award, Live 'Awards Chatter' Podcast Walton Goggins Waited Six Months (and Seven Hours) to Film That 'White Lotus' Scene While Rockwell ultimately landed the role, he admitted they 'never got to my scene' during filming. 'So they had to let me go because they didn't want to pay me for a week,' he said, adding that they just paid him for the day. 'They were like, we can't pay him a week for one line.' Imperioli was later cast for the role, but The White Lotus actor said, 'I still get residual checks for that even though I'm not in it.' This wasn't the only time Rockwell and Imperioli were cast in the same role. He also told host Josh Horowitz that he was later called to star in 1998's Celebrity, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis and Leonardo DiCaprio. 'I was part of DiCaprio's entourage and I had a few lines and they said, 'Woody [Allen, director] wants you to dye your hair bleach blonde.' And I said, 'I'm not dying my hair bleach blonde for like five lines. What are you crazy?' And they're like, 'Woody wants you to do it,' and I'm like, 'Well I'm not doing it.'' That's when production told him, ''Well Michael Imperioli was going to do it,' 'cause he had dropped out, and I was replacing Michael because Michael was going to do a little pilot called Sopranos,' he added before quipping, 'I heard it didn't go anywhere.' Rockwell ended up giving in: 'I said, 'All right, I'll dye my hair.' And I bleached my hair.' As for Imperioli, The Sopranos definitely did go somewhere, running for eight seasons and winning multiple Emmys. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Los Angeles Times
26-06-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Even in uncertain times, ‘Costa Mesa cares,' mayor assures in State of the City
Even during periods of economic and political uncertainty, it's not difficult to find someone in the city of Costa Mesa — whether it's a city employee, charitable organization or volunteer — who cares. From housing assistance and medical care, to free meals and after-school programs, legions of individuals and groups willing and ready to assist collaborate daily to make sure no one falls through the cracks or is left behind. That was the message delivered Wednesday by Mayor John Stephens, before a crowd of some 300 people during an annual State of the City luncheon at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, presented by the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce. As this year's topic focused on the theme 'Costa Mesa Cares,' Stephens elaborated on the vital role nonprofits play in helping the city activate its core values of inclusion, compassion and collaboration. Although City Hall may be a clearinghouse for access to assistance programs, it's not always a person's first destination, the mayor acknowledged in an interview after the event. 'For a lot of people, their first contact when they're in need is one of these organizations. If they're hungry, they go to Someone Cares Soup Kitchen. If they need medical treatment, they go to Share Ourselves,' he said. 'There's a whole web of groups that serve people differently. And they're not only saving people's lives, they're enhancing people's lives.' While the annual address is typically an opportunity for the city's mayor to expound upon the accomplishments of the prior year, Stephens changed up the script, instead presenting a slideshow of the various nonprofit entities that serve the community. Along with the video appeared lyrics to the song 'Lean on Me,' to which Stephens and others in the crowd sang in unison as images of various churches, assistance groups and public agencies flashed across the screen. Wednesday's presentation, which followed a local business expo hosted by the chamber, included a panel discussion with three individuals whose charitable organizations are well known throughout the local community. Bill Bracken, chef and namesake founder of Bracken's Kitchen, Mary Cappellini, executive director of Save Our Youth (SOY) and Jennifer Friend, chief executive of Project Hope Alliance, spoke on their groups' respective origin stories and missions and how they came to helm the organizations. Stephens said the trio is among a cohort of organizations that collaborate closely with the city to provide needed services, including at Costa Mesa's bridge shelter, and programs for seniors, youth and residents in need. 'The objective of the event was to highlight the collaboration the city government has with all these nonprofits helping various people in need at different levels,' he added. 'There are so many it was hard for me to mention them all — that's really a testament to the sheer number of nonprofits here.'
Los Angeles Times
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69
NEW YORK — Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died. He was 69. FBI Director Kash Patel said that Kerik's death Thursday came after an unspecified 'private battle with illness.' Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who tapped Kerik as a bodyguard for his 1993 mayoral campaign and later appointed him to lead the NYPD, reflected on their long history on his show Thursday. 'We've been together since the beginning. He's like my brother,' Giuliani said through tears. 'I was a better man for having known Bernie. I certainly was a braver and stronger man.' New York City Mayor Eric Adams, also a former NYPD officer, said he'd visited Kerik, his 'friend of nearly 30 years,' at a hospital earlier in the day. Kerik, an Army veteran, was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack and eventually nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before a dramatic fall from grace that ended with him behind bars. He served nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty in 2009 to tax fraud, making false statements and other charges. The charges stemmed partially from apartment renovations he received from a construction firm that authorities say wanted Kerik to convince New York officials it had no links to organized crime. During Kerik's sentencing, the judge noted that he committed some of the crimes while serving as 'the chief law enforcement officer for the biggest and grandest city this nation has.' President Trump pardoned Kerik during a 2020 clemency blitz. Kerik was one of the guests feting Trump after his first federal court appearance in Florida in a case related to his handling of classified documents. Kerik grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where he dropped out of the troubled Eastside High School later depicted in the 1989 film 'Lean on Me.' He joined the Army, where he became a military policeman stationed in South Korea. He went on to work private security in Saudi Arabia before returning stateside to supervise a jail in New Jersey. He joined the NYPD in the late 1980s and was appointed in the 1990s to run New York's long-troubled jail system, including the city's notorious Riker's Island complex. Kerik was appointed by Giuliani to serve as police commissioner in 2000 and was often by the mayor's side in the period after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. 'He was at my side within 20 minutes of the attack and never left,' Giuliani recalled in a statement following Kerik's death. In Kerik's 2015 book, 'From Jailer to Jailed,' he described becoming 'America's Top Cop' after the attacks. 'But I'd give anything for that day not to have happened. I wish it hadn't. But it did,' he wrote. 'And I happened to be there at the time. I was there, and I did the best I could do under the circumstances. It's all any of us did.' He was tapped by President George W. Bush to help organize Iraq's police force in 2003, then nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security the following year. But Kerik caught the administration off guard when he abruptly withdrew his nomination, saying he had uncovered information that led him to question the immigration status of a person he employed as a housekeeper and nanny. More serious legal troubles followed, culminating in his conviction. In 2005, Kerik founded the Kerik Group, a crisis and risk management consulting firm. More recently, he worked for Giuliani again, surrounding the efforts to overturn Trump's 2020 loss.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died. He was 69. FBI Director Kash Patel said that Kerik's death Thursday came after an unspecified 'private battle with illness.' Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who tapped Kerik as a bodyguard for his 1993 mayoral campaign and later appointed him to lead the NYPD, reflected on their long history on his show Thursday. 'We've been together since the beginning. He's like my brother,' Giuliani said through tears. 'I was a better man for having known Bernie. I certainly was a braver and stronger man.' New York City Mayor Eric Adams, also a former NYPD officer, said he'd visited Kerik, his 'friend of nearly 30 years,' at a hospital earlier in the day. Kerik, an Army veteran, was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack and eventually nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before a dramatic fall from grace that ended with him behind bars. He served nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty in 2009 to tax fraud, making false statements and other charges. The charges stemmed partially from apartment renovations he received from a construction firm that authorities say wanted Kerik to convince New York officials it had no links to organized crime. During Kerik's sentencing, the judge noted that he committed some of the crimes while serving as 'the chief law enforcement officer for the biggest and grandest city this nation has.' President Donald Trump pardoned Kerik during a 2020 clemency blitz. Kerik was one of the guests feting Trump after his first federal court appearance in Florida in a case related to his handling of classified documents. Kerik grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where he dropped out of the troubled Eastside High School later depicted in the 1989 film 'Lean on Me.' He joined the Army, where he became a military policeman stationed in South Korea. He went on to work private security in Saudi Arabia before returning stateside to supervise a jail in New Jersey. He joined the NYPD in the late 1980s and was appointed in the 1990s to run New York's long-troubled jail system, including the city's notorious Riker's Island complex. Kerik was appointed by Giuliani to serve as police commissioner in 2000 and was often by the mayor's side in the period after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. 'He was at my side within 20 minutes of the attack and never left,' Giuliani recalled in a statement following Kerik's death. In Kerik's 2015 book, 'From Jailer to Jailed,' he described becoming 'America's Top Cop" after the attacks. 'But I'd give anything for that day not to have happened. I wish it hadn't. But it did,' he wrote. 'And I happened to be there at the time. I was there, and I did the best I could do under the circumstances. It's all any of us did.' He was tapped by President George W. Bush to help organize Iraq's police force in 2003, then nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security the following year. But Kerik caught the administration off guard when he abruptly withdrew his nomination, saying he had uncovered information that led him to question the immigration status of a person he employed as a housekeeper and nanny. More serious legal troubles followed, culminating in his conviction. In 2005, Kerik founded the Kerik Group, a crisis and risk management consulting firm. More recently, he worked for Giuliani again, surrounding the efforts to overturn Trump's 2020 loss. ___ This story has been corrected to show that Kerik pleaded guilty in 2009, not 2010. The Associated Press
