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Jake Gyllenhaal Says Heath Ledger ”Refused” to Participate in Brokeback Mountain Oscars ”Joke”

Jake Gyllenhaal has said in the past that Brokeback Mountain, which he starred alongside the late actor Heath Ledger, is one of the movies of his he can’t bring himself to watch.”There are things you’re chosen for—a quality, an essence—and [Ang Lee] did that,” the 39-year-old shared in a recent interview with Another Man magazine.”And […]

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Jake Gyllenhaal Reveals Heath Ledger ‘Refused’ to Present at Oscars Over Brokeback Mountain Joke

Heath Ledger was dedicated to the message behind the groundbreaking film Brokeback Mountain — so much so that he refused to make jokes about the film’s homosexual love story.In a recent interview with Another Man magazine, Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred opposite Ledger in Ang Lee’s film, said that the late actor refused to present at […]

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Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth Top Forbes’ 2019 Highest Paid Actors List (Photos)

Dwayne Johnson and a score of Avengers, including Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr.and Chris Evans have topped Forbes’ annual list of the highest paid actors of 2019.The list is a big shake-up from last year, in which George Clooney placed at #1, only to now be absent from this year’s list.Check out the other actors […]

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Will Smith Battles Against Himself – Literally – in the Action-Packed Trailer For Gemini Man

If Jordan Peele’s Us had been an action-packed sci-fi flick rather than a gruesome, mind-bending horror film, then perhaps it would’ve looked a little closer to the trailer for Ang Lee’s Gemini Man.The film stars Will Smith as Henry, a highly trained expert-level hitman who’s getting up there in age.Despite all his skills, nothing seems […]

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Gus Van Sant Name-Drops the 4 Famous Actors Who Turned Down Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain catapulted the already-thriving acting careers of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal when it was released in 2005.The film was met with success during the subsequent award season, and the two actors each earned Oscar nominations for their respective portrayals of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist.Though it’s now difficult to imagine anyone else […]

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Joe Alwyn, BF of Taylor Swift, Cast in ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’

Numerous actors reportedly have been cast in the film adaptation of the 1980 novel ‘Waiting for the Barbarians,’ including Joe Alwyn — perhaps best known currently as the boyfriend of pop star Taylor Swift.Alwyn will play a lieutenant in the movie, which is based on Nobel Prize-winner J.M.Coetzee’s book about an South African regime at […]

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