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Time of India
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Michael Douglas reveals he has "no real intentions" of acting again; Insists 'I'm not retired because...'
Veteran Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has revealed that he has no plans to return to acting, but has clarified that he is not retiring yet. Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the 80-year-old screen icon reflected on stepping back after nearly six decades in the industry. 'I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realised I had to stop,' Douglas said, as reported by Variety. 'I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years, and I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set. I have no real intentions of going back. I say I'm not retired because if something special came up, I'd go back — but otherwise, no.' Douglas, whose career includes two Academy Awards and dozens of iconic roles, also took a critical look at Hollywood's evolving landscape. Recalling the legendary 1976 Oscars Best Picture race which had One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Barry Lyndon, and Nashville battling for glory, he asked, 'In the last 20 years, has there ever been anywhere near that kind of quality of movies there?' The actor's comments came amidst producer Saul Zaentz's plans of revisiting Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, told from the perspective of Chief Bromden. Zaentz clarified that it wouldn't be a remake of the film but rather a series rooted in the original novel's narrative, with the story continuing beyond the death of the Jack Nicholson character. Douglas also opened up about his personal battles, notably his fight with stage 4 throat cancer. 'Stage 4 cancer is not a holiday, but there aren't many choices, are there?' he said candidly. 'I went with the program, involving chemo and radiation, and was fortunate. The surgery would have meant not being able to talk and removing part of my jaw — and that would have been limiting as an actor.' While he teased the possibility of 'one little independent movie' currently in early development, Douglas made it clear that he is enjoying a quieter life. 'In the spirit of maintaining a good marriage,' he quipped, 'I'm happy to play the wife' to his long-time partner, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Busy Philipps urged Batman Ben Affleck to 'save' Oscars during Best Picture mishap
Busy Philipps urged Ben Affleck to "save" the night during the Oscars Best Picture mix-up in 2017 "because he was Batman". The 'Girls5Eva' actress had been seated next to the 52-year-old star - who portrayed the Caped Crusader in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', 'Justice League', 'Suicide Squad', and 'The Flash' - at the Academy Awards when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced 'La La Land' had won the night's biggest honour, instead of correctly presenting it to 'Moonlight'. And Busy and best friend Michelle Williams recalled the confusion that occurred immediately afterwards and how they put their faith in Ben. Speaking on her show 'Busy This Week', Busy said: "We knew, cause we were right there in the front row. "We knew something weird was happening. Ben Affleck was next to me. You reminded me just earlier of what I said to him, which I totally forgot." Michelle explained: "You turned to him, and said, 'Do something! Do something!' Because he was Batman, and he was going to save the rest of us. "He was just as shocked as the rest of us." Busy added: "He was literally looking back at Matt Damon, who was sitting right behind his brother [Casey Affleck], who was, like, two doors down from you. And I don't know Ben Affleck. I just was like, 'He's Batman. He's a movie star. He can go onstage and handle it.' He could not. It turns out, it was very difficult to handle." A photo of the stars looking confused went viral at the time but Busy joked her show couldn't afford to use the image, so she and Michelle simply crossed their legs and dropped their mouths open to recreate it. She noted: "It's iconic." Shortly after the mishap took place, Busy, 46, described the confusion and how she and Michelle were among the first to realise what had happened. She explained on her Instagram Story at the time: ''La La Land' got up there, all of a sudden this stage manager or somebody who worked there with a microphone crouched in front of Casey [Affleck] and started whispering into his microphone really urgently and saying, 'It's a mistake! Moonlight is supposed to be Best Picture. It's a mistake! It's a mistake! Moonlight is Best Picture!' 'We all heard it right there — like right in the front. Nobody else heard it.'
Perth Now
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Busy Philipps urged Batman Ben Affleck to 'save' Oscars during Best Picture mishap
Busy Philipps urged Ben Affleck to "save" the night during the Oscars Best Picture mix-up in 2017 "because he was Batman". The 'Girls5Eva' actress had been seated next to the 52-year-old star - who portrayed the Caped Crusader in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', 'Justice League', 'Suicide Squad', and 'The Flash' - at the Academy Awards when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced 'La La Land' had won the night's biggest honour, instead of correctly presenting it to 'Moonlight'. And Busy and best friend Michelle Williams recalled the confusion that occurred immediately afterwards and how they put their faith in Ben. Speaking on her show 'Busy This Week', Busy said: "We knew, cause we were right there in the front row. "We knew something weird was happening. Ben Affleck was next to me. You reminded me just earlier of what I said to him, which I totally forgot." Michelle explained: "You turned to him, and said, 'Do something! Do something!' Because he was Batman, and he was going to save the rest of us. "He was just as shocked as the rest of us." Busy added: "He was literally looking back at Matt Damon, who was sitting right behind his brother [Casey Affleck], who was, like, two doors down from you. And I don't know Ben Affleck. I just was like, 'He's Batman. He's a movie star. He can go onstage and handle it.' He could not. It turns out, it was very difficult to handle." A photo of the stars looking confused went viral at the time but Busy joked her show couldn't afford to use the image, so she and Michelle simply crossed their legs and dropped their mouths open to recreate it. She noted: "It's iconic." Shortly after the mishap took place, Busy, 46, described the confusion and how she and Michelle were among the first to realise what had happened. She explained on her Instagram Story at the time: ''La La Land' got up there, all of a sudden this stage manager or somebody who worked there with a microphone crouched in front of Casey [Affleck] and started whispering into his microphone really urgently and saying, 'It's a mistake! Moonlight is supposed to be Best Picture. It's a mistake! It's a mistake! Moonlight is Best Picture!' 'We all heard it right there — like right in the front. Nobody else heard it.'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Despite The Electric State's $300 million price tag on Netflix, the Russos say it "doesn't make a ton of sense to continue to spend that way"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Russo brothers' latest Netflix movie, The Electric State, came with a reported $320 million budget – but the directors aren't actually sure that kind of spending makes sense for streamers. "They ascribe the same algorithmic attention to something they spend a lot of money on as something they spend very little money on," Joe Russo reflected to The Hollywood Reporter on high budget streaming movies. "By that model, you should probably just make everything for a medium number, right?" But that doesn't mean he thinks this kind of spending will dry up. "Logically, it probably doesn't make a ton of sense to continue to spend that way, but I think they might – because people still believe in ambition," he continued. "Executives still believe in ambition. People still want the branding that comes with ambition. They still want that sex appeal that comes with ambition. So I still think you'll see some of those pop through, but I don't think it's going to be a healthy part of the business model." Anthony Russo also shared his thoughts. "The Electric State is certainly a big test case for this whole thing," he said. "The struggle is, can you eventize a streaming [film] when they don't create any sense of special place in terms of how they're presenting to the audience for a movie to say it is an event – and they don't go out into the wider marketplace to declare that an event. But they have tried using the tools they have available to them to eventize this film, and we've tried. So we'll see how this plays, we'll see what this does for Netflix, and we'll see where it all goes." The Electric State's hefty price tag totals more than the previous 10 Oscars Best Picture winners combined, to put things in perspective – but, since there's no theatrical release to generate box office returns, Netflix's metric of success is different to the traditional model. We'll just have to wait and see what kind of viewing figures The Electric State pulls in, but it's got the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the Russos' career at just 14% (with a much higher audience score of 76%). The movie, adapted from Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel, stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, and Giancarlo Esposito. It follows Brown's Michelle, a young woman searching for her missing brother in the aftermath of a robot uprising, travelling through a wasteland populated with sentient machines. It's streaming on Netflix now, and you can see our The Electric State review for our spoiler-free verdict. You can also fill out your watchlist with our guide to the best Netflix shows and the best Netflix movies.
