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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Cruise's Risky Stunt Plans Has Left His Rumored Girlfriend Worried, Says ‘Source'
Hollywood star has gained recognition over the years for performing intense stunts in his action films for authenticity. However, his rumored girlfriend, Ana de Armas, is reportedly worried about the actor. She fears Cruise might 'get seriously hurt' while doing risky movie stunts at this age. Ana de Armas wants Tom Cruise to be 'cautious' while doing his stunts, says 'source' Tom Cruise performing death-defying stunts in action films has always been the highlight of his movies. But now, according to sources, his rumored girlfriend, Ana de Armas, worries about Cruise. She feels the actor might hurt himself someday while doing dangerous stunts in his films. Talking about Armas' fear, a source told Globe that the Cuban and Spanish actress is 'in awe of Tom and what he's pulled off over the years.' However, since the rumored couple have 'gotten close,' the star worries 'that he's going to get seriously hurt one day.' The insider further revealed that even at 63, since the 'Mission Impossible' actor is 'throwing himself out of helicopters and dangling from buildings like he's invincible,' he is making Armas more scared. The 37-year-old actress has become more concerned about Cruise after hearing 'him talk about his plans to push the stunts even further in upcoming projects.' Despite being petrified, 'there's zero chance' that Armas is going to talk him into slowing down.' The actress 'winces' whenever Cruise 'talks about jumping off another skyscraper or clinging to the side of a jet.' It's very difficult for Armas to 'see him putting his life at risk this way.' Armas' worries intensified after Cruise reportedly considered a Doug Liman project titled 'Deeper.' As per Deadline, the story is about an 'astronaut who encounters a terrifying force while on a deep dive into a never-before-explored trench.' According to the outlet, Liman and Cruise are also plotting a NASA film. The upcoming project, which remains in development, will he shot in collaboration with SpaceX in outer space. Originally reported by Parul Singh on Reality Tea. The post Tom Cruise's Risky Stunt Plans Has Left His Rumored Girlfriend Worried, Says 'Source' appeared first on Mandatory. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Cruise Doing His Risky Movie Stunts Worries His Rumored Girlfriend, Says ‘Source'
Hollywood star Tom Cruise has gained recognition over the years for performing intense stunts in his action films for authenticity. However, his rumored girlfriend, Ana de Armas, is reportedly worried about the actor. She fears Cruise might 'get seriously hurt' while doing risky movie stunts at this age. Ana de Armas worries Tom Cruise might hurt himself 'seriously' during stunts, claims 'source' Tom Cruise performing death-defying stunts in action films has always been the highlight of his movies. But now, according to sources, his rumored girlfriend, Ana de Armas, worries about Cruise. She feels the actor might hurt himself someday while doing dangerous stunts in his films. Talking about Armas' fear, a source told Globe that the Cuban and Spanish actress is 'in awe of Tom and what he's pulled off over the years.' However, since the rumored couple have 'gotten close,' the star worries 'that he's going to get seriously hurt one day.' The insider further revealed that even at 63, since the 'Mission Impossible' actor is 'throwing himself out of helicopters and dangling from buildings like he's invincible,' he is making Armas more scared. The 37-year-old actress has become more concerned about Cruise after hearing 'him talk about his plans to push the stunts even further in upcoming projects.' Despite being petrified, 'there's zero chance' that Armas is going to talk him into slowing down.' The actress 'winces' whenever Cruise 'talks about jumping off another skyscraper or clinging to the side of a jet.' It's very difficult for Armas to 'see him putting his life at risk this way.' Armas' worries intensified after Cruise reportedly considered a Doug Liman project titled 'Deeper.' As per Deadline, the story is about an 'astronaut who encounters a terrifying force while on a deep dive into a never-before-explored trench.' According to the outlet, Liman and Cruise are also plotting a NASA film. The upcoming project, which remains in development, will he shot in collaboration with SpaceX in outer space. The post Tom Cruise Doing His Risky Movie Stunts Worries His Rumored Girlfriend, Says 'Source' appeared first on Reality Tea. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dakota Johnson Sets Her Sights on Directing and Action Films: 'I Want to Play a Psychopath'
Dakota Johnson Sets Her Sights on Directing and Action Films: 'I Want to Play a Psychopath' originally appeared on Parade. Dakota Johnson made headlines at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival when she revealed that she's ready to direct her first feature film under her production company, TeaTime. The Madame Web star, 35, revealed during a media roundtable on July 6 that she's close to finalizing the project, describing it as 'very close to her heart.' Johnson — the granddaughter of Hollywood legend Tippi Hedren and daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson — will collaborate with Cha Cha Real Smooth co-star Vanessa Burghardt, whom she described as 'an incredible autistic actress' and someone she 'feels very protective' of. 'I've always felt that I'm not ready to direct a feature. I don't have the confidence. But with her, I feel very protective, and I know her very well,' Johnson said. 'I just won't let anybody else do it.' The announcement comes as Johnson sees a renewed wave of public interest for her upcoming role in the Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity as well as her outspoken views on healthy creative work environments and how a film's success should be measured. "I think that the barometer for that is shifting right now," she said at the roundtable. "It's hard to measure success based on box office numbers now because it's so all over the place." She added: "[Jurassic World Rebirth] slayed, and of course, they knew that it was going to do really well, but it did so well. I feel so excited that people are going to the movie theater. Even Materialists did so well for a tiny little movie, and that's really, really exciting." When it comes to future roles, Johnson made her aspirations clear. 'There are roles that I dream of playing,' she shared. 'I would love to play a psychopath, [I] would love to do an action film.' Whatever comes next, one thing is certain: Dakota Johnson is carving her own path on her own terms. Dakota Johnson Sets Her Sights on Directing and Action Films: 'I Want to Play a Psychopath' first appeared on Parade on Jul 7, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
South China Morning Post
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Girls with Guns: a Hong Kong cinema staple of a bygone era
The Hong Kong film industry's output in the 1980s and 90s was kinetic, breathtaking, bursting with innovation and energy. Films of the era insisted on packing everything possible into the run time, as if they knew something we didn't: the city's economy was booming and filmmakers enjoyed the kind of artistic freedom and backing that was, like the period itself, never going to last forever. A child is dangled from a moving car while Moon Lee Choi-fung clings to the bonnet in 1990's Fatal Termination. Photo: Golden Sun Films One of Hong Kong's most memorable cinema fads of the era became known as Girls with Guns and, like all the best movies from Hong Kong, gave viewers exactly what the name implied: women armed to the teeth, who could wreak just as much havoc with their bare hands. Some of the genre's stars are now recognised globally, such as Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk . Others, like Yukari Oshima and Jade Leung, are known mostly among aficionados, even if their films were as good or sometimes better than those of more popular stars. For a decade, these films provided their audience with some of the craziest movie experiences available anywhere, and the rise and fall of the genre, along with the reasons behind both, provide a glimpse into the workings of the wider industry at the time. The history of Hong Kong heroines predates the Girls with Guns craze, of course. From Cheng Pei-pei's iconic 1966 performance in King Hu Jinquan's Come Drink with Me to Angela Mao Ying's Golden Harvest kung fu films of the 70s, Hong Kong cinema embraced girl power long before Hollywood, too: Nora Miao Ke-hsiu appeared alongside Bruce Lee Jackie Chan and others, not as arm candy but as a serious presence. Josephine Siao Fong-fong's prolific career has proven her enduring appeal, and even into her 40s she remained a formidable presence, the proof of which can be found in Jet Li 's Fong Sai-yuk films of the early 90s. Moon Lee with the requisite firearm in Fatal Termination. Photo: Golden Sun Films Further precursors to Girls with Guns were early-80s Taiwanese action films. Many female protagonists' names may not ring a bell, but some of these films featured cinematic luminaries such as Cheng Pei-pei , who starred in 1982's Lunatic Frog Women, aka Lady Piranha, aka The Virgin Commandos (any one of which makes for a must-see title). Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia was the lead in 1982's Golden Queen's Commando, as well as its sequel, Pink Force Commando, released the same year. The year also saw the release of The Deadly Angels, a Taiwanese film whose title foreshadowed a staple Girls with Guns franchise in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cinema of the 80s never met a rule it wouldn't break, and the old aphorism of 'there's no reason to ever hit a woman' carried no weight in the industry's freewheeling heyday. Whether that violence was documentary or exploitative, there were many times a female character was punched or kicked and sent flying across a room or through a table, and that same woman would, in the best action-film tradition, stand up, dust herself off, and give it right back to her attacker, more often than not emerging bloodied but victorious. For their time, these scenes could even be seen as progressive. They helped define the cinematic potential for female characters and should be thought of as the predecessors to today's female action stars. The genre's films show little narrative variation. There are women. They have guns. They fight, and they shoot. Then they shoot and fight more. They break things. They break people. Sometimes they win, and sometimes they die. No one watches a Girls with Guns movie for the plot. Corey Yuen Kwai directed the film that started the Girls with Guns genre, Yes, Madam (1985). Photo: SCMP Archives What makes Girls with Guns so exciting are the breathtaking stunts, filmed in ways that assure the viewer they are seeing the actors, not stunt doubles, take very real risks. Even children weren't spared their share of death-defying stunts. A car chase in 1990's Fatal Termination, starring Moon Lee Choi-fung, infamously features a young girl dangling outside a moving car, a terrifying scene created by dangling an actual child outside a moving car. There was a steel beam and cables involved, but the asphalt and gravity were real. In the same sequence, Lee clings precariously to the bonnet of the car, with little evidence of any similar safety measures.
Free Malaysia Today
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Free Malaysia Today
Age shouldn't define a hero, says ‘Keluang Man' actor Rosyam Nor
Rosyam, famously known as 'Hero Malaya', believes an experienced actor can still add value to a production, especially when paired with younger performers. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR : Veteran producer and actor Rosyam Nor believes age should not define a leading role, and expressed hope that, with talent being a 'timeless gift', more senior actors will return to the spotlight. 'People say if I play a hero, I'm considered an 'old hero'. I disagree. There's no such thing as an old or young hero. If he's a hero, he's a hero,' said the 58-year-old, whose real name is Mohamed Noor Shamsuddin. 'In films, even if a person is 70, he or she can still be a hero,' he told reporters after the trailer launch of the live-action 'Keluang Man' movie recently. Famously known as 'Hero Malaya', Rosyam said an experienced actor can still add value to a production, especially if they are paired with younger performers. 'Therefore, give us opportunities, especially in action films. We already have our own fan base, and when combined with young actors, it can attract two groups of viewers: the old and the new.' Citing the success of the Hindi film 'Mohabbatein', which paired Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, Rosyam added that such an approach reflects generational diversity in mainstream works. He said such collaboration not only allows veteran actors to continue shining but also provides fans of all ages a reason to return to cinemas. Rosyam's Ahmad playing middleman to Nas-T's Borhan (left) and Remy Ishak's Shamsir in 'Keluang Man'. (Astro Shaw pic) 'Some films today are too focused on the younger generation, to the point that older fans who grew up with us feel left out because there are no longer genres or figures they can watch in the cinema,' said the Best Actor winner of last year's 16th Malaysian Film Festival. Commenting on his involvement in the superhero film's first full-length release, he said he feels proud to have been given the opportunity to act in a film directed by Anwari Ashraf and adapted from the iconic 1990s cartoon series. 'This is my first superhero film, and I'm proud because it's made by a younger generation of filmmakers, adapted from an old classic, and presented on the big screen. I think the film's production set is one of the most impressive in the history of local films,' he said. He also urges local audiences to support the film, as it not only evokes nostalgia for the older generation but also introduces a local legend to younger audiences. Rosyam stars in 'Keluang Man', which is now screening in cinemas nationwide, alongside other prominent local actors including Nas-T, Remy Ishak, Shweta Sekhon, Anwaar Beg Moghal, Halim Othman, and Amelia Henderson.
