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Transformers director Michael Bay returns to the big screen. But rather than a tale about giant alien robots, the filmmaker instead keeps things grounded (so to speak) with a documentary all about Storror, a group of parkour and freerunning athletes. We Are Storror has now debuted at SXSW 2025, and the first reactions have since emerged, with critics having praised Bay’s deliriously kinetic vision of the aerial urban acrobatics.

Critic @SiddhantAdlakha took to X/Twitter to share that We Are Storror is nothing less than "incredible," praising the documentary for offering insight into the group and how they deal with being aging athletes, its reflection on more universal themes and, of course, "dizzying" parkour sequences.

The Michael Bay-directed* “We Are Storror” is absolutely incredible. A dizzying stunt doc about an aging parkour group that puts into perspective the passage of time and the thrill of moving images throughout history. Praying for an IMAX release.

Tony Etz, a longtime CAA agent, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 64.

He started his career in the made-for-tv movie business and was the executive producer of two mini-series and five movies-for-television, including NBC’s successful Jack Reed telefilms.

Etz joined CAA in 1994 as an agent in the television department, where he served in various leadership roles. He represented leading writers, directors, actors and producer, and was involved in packing series including “Lost,” “House,” “Big Little Lies,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Rescue Me,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Band of Brothers” and MTV’s “Jackass.”

He married fellow television agent Nancy Axelrode in 1999, and their son Alex was born in 2001. Alex Etz joined CAA as a mailroom employee after graduated from the University of Michigan.

A fourth generation graduate of Knox College, Tony Etz was appointed chairman of the Knox College Board of Trustees in 2022. He earned...

Tony Etz, who executive produced Brian Dennehy-starring telefilms before serving as a CAA agent for 30 years, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, the agency announced. He was 64.

During his CAA tenure that began in 1994 as an agent in the TV department and ended as co-head of packaging, Etz represented writers, directors, actors and producers and was involved with such hit series as Lost, House, Big Little Lies, Grey’s Anatomy, Rescue Me, Brothers and Sisters, Band of Brothers and Jackass.

Survivors include his wife of 25 years, fellow CAA agent Nancy Axelrode, and their son, Alex, who recently got a job in the agency mailroom after graduating from the University of Michigan to work alongside his folks.

A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Etz attended Illinois’ Knox College, where he was involved in Catch, the student literary magazine, serving as an editor on the 1983 edition that...

Tony Etz, a 30-year veteran of the Creative Artists Agency, passed away yesterday, March 10, in Los Angeles, after a long battle with Chordoma, a rare type of cancer. He was 64.

Agenting was a second career for Illinois native Etz, an English major from Knox College with a Mfa from University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop who was a contributor on the 1989 book Off-Hollywood Movies: A Film Lover’s Guide. He started in the made-for-television movie business, co-executive producing/executive producing two miniseries and five telefilms, including NBC’s successful Jack Reed MOWs, in the early 1990s before joining CAA in 1994 as an agent in the Television department.

During his three decades at the agency, Etz established himself as a top TV lit agent and served in various leadership roles, including co-head of packaging. Even as his health was deteriorating over the past couple of years, he continued to work and...

Believe it or not, once upon a time, Robert Pattinson was not considered a top-notch actor. Sad but true! To be fair, there were a lot of mitigating factors surrounding this, chief among them the fact that he exploded onto the scene as the male lead in the "Twilight" saga, finding himself at the epicenter of that dubious pop-cultural phenomenon. Despite hordes of screaming young fans going wild for the English actor based on his beauty, the dismissal of Pattinson by snooty folks at the time helped teach us a valuable lesson later, one which we keep failing to learn: teen girls do tend to have good taste.

After all, almost immediately following his tenure in the "Twilight" films, Pattinson used his newfound clout to become a star to be reckoned with. He doubled down on a collaboration with the cerebral Canadian provocateur David Cronenberg, appearing in both "Cosmopolis" and "Maps to the Stars.

While highly intelligent and multilayered achievements in filmmaking will always garner respect and praise from critics and awards bodies, there will always be an ingrained audience for those looking to let loose and enjoy a dumb, mindless film. Being an unintelligent film is far from a sign of low quality, as many films embrace their chaotic, nonsensical sides to become wildly entertaining and effective in their own right. Films like the Jackass franchise and the Fast and the Furious franchise are key examples of films that use their stupidity as a tool for exceptional and entertaining filmmaking.

Toni Basil's 1982 single "Mickey" caught fire upon release, and it's now one of pop music's enduring earworms. Using it as the theme for the new Mickey 17 trailer is so spot on.

Robert Pattinson's Mickey is making a killing in Bong Joon-ho's latest film, its new trailer's theme music is also on the nose. Toni Basil's "Mickey" is popular even to those who don't know the singer, the track was recently used on a Deadpool & Wolverine promo. Mickey 17 is an iteration of the titular character (Pattinson), who consented to become a disposable clone worker. Mickey is sent out as a guinea pig to alien worlds, and as the title suggests, he's gone through plenty of "resurrections". Basil's single is so upbeat and catchy that it perfectly captures the film's morbid humor.

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When it comes to slasher films, the iconography of the killer is often more important than the story. As long as fans are being given the chance to watch Michael Myers show up in his white-painted Captain Kirk finest to slaughter anyone who gets in his way, no one cares about trying to make sense of the the nonsensical and convoluted timeline of the "Halloween" franchise. Even people who have never watched a horror movie in their life could probably identify Jason Voorhees from "Friday the 13th" in his iconic hockey mask, or clock Leatherface from "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" even without his titular weapon. The look of a slasher villain should strike fear into the hearts of the audience ... but it should also be memorable enough to be marketable.

It's a delicate balance, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to pull off. The basic "sackhead...

Yes, this is what we've been waiting for. Comedy legend Seth Rogen is coming to save streaming audiences with a fresh new comedy. Rogen is breaking new ground with his upcoming Apple TV+ series The Studio, in which he plays a beleaguered Hollywood producer. The new trailer for the meta comedy series about the pitfalls of the film industry introduces us to one of Rogen's many projects: Duhpocalyspe, an absolutely bonkers zombie movie starring Jackass daredevil Johnny Knoxville and Five Nights at Freddy's star Josh Hutcherson.

The premise of Duhpocalypse is that there's a zombie outbreak, only this one spreads through explosive diarrhea – as depicted in a majorly graphic moment (see below). If the title wasn't funny enough, seeing Hutcherson covered in bloody Zombie diarrhea will definitely either make you laugh, or get sick to your stomach. The hilariously gross fake movie adds so much to the already overt satirization...

We’re just a few months away from the release of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is supposedly the last installment in the film series that began as a spy thriller about stealing floppy discs, then somehow morphed into Tom Cruise’s big budget take on Jackass.

But we would have never gotten any joy out of seeing Cruise routinely endanger his life for our amusement if not for the actions of one of the most famous comedic performers of all-time: Lucille Ball.

Ball’s production company Desilu produced a number of famous TV shows, including Star Trek and the original Mission: Impossible series. And Ball didn’t simply greenlight the pitch and walk away either. As one of the show’s stars, Barbara Bain, revealed in an interview, Lucy had the “final word on the casting.”

Bain had to meet with Ball after others became “concerned” about...

Jackie Chan is known for hurting himself when performing his own stunts, and the action and martial arts icon joined forces with another guy who is also known for self-injury, Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, for the buddy cop action comedy Skiptrace, which is headed for Max next month. Directed by Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger’s Renny Harlin, Skiptrace pairs Chan and Knoxville together after a Hong Kong detective finds himself teaming up with an American gambler to take down a major criminal.

Written by Jay Longino and BenDavid Grabinski, Skiptrace stars Fan Bingbing, Eve Torres, Eric Tsang, Winston Chao, and Yeon Jung-hoon alongside Chan and Knoxville. Released in 2016, Skiptrace was met with a... not-exactly-ideal response from critics, with the action movie receiving a “rotten” score of 38% on Rotten Tomatoes and a somehow-even-worse score of 27 from audiences on the Popcornmeter.

However, while it may not be one of the most...

Hi, I’m Bruce Wayne and welcome to Jackass! Robert Pattinson is such a big fan of both Jackass and one of its original stars, Steve-o (real name Stephen Glover), that he has perfected an accent that he joked would serve him well if there was ever a movie about the wild stuntman.

Speaking with Elle, Pattinson admitted, “I used to love, and I still do love, Jackass. I remember listening to an interview with Steve-o years ago and he was talking about how much they got paid for these dangerous stunts on the first season, and he said a hundred bucks. Like, you can die from doing this, and he was like, ‘Nah, I’ll just do it for a hundred. It’s fine.’ And there was something about that—actually being really brave and not ever acknowledging that it’s bravery…If they ever make the Steve-O biopic,...

A scene from A Legend, starring Jackie Chan. Courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment

I’ve been such a huuuge Jackie Chan fan for so long I never pass up one of his releases, even though he’s been largely coasting on fumes for a while. In his prime, no one from Any country crafted and executed scintillating action with comedy and charm like he did. But he turned 70 last spring, and understandably can’t do what he did in front of the cameras, despite the amazing degree of agility and stamina he still has after so many years and so many injuries. Just what’s been recorded in the legion of outtakes during decades of credits would have killed most mortals – including the dudes from those “Jackass” programs.

A Legend is a dramedy that dives into historical fantasy, as present-day archeology professor Jackie pursues ancient artifacts in a mostly wrap-around format,...

Tom Green, the one-of-a-kind funnyman who rose to fame with the success of The Tom Green Show on MTV, is returning to the small screen. Courtesy of Prime Video, there will be three all-new projects from Green made available for streaming this month.

The new projects released this month include a documentary, a new comedy special, and a reality series. Releasing on Jan. 24, This Is The Tom Green Documentary follows Green's career "as a trailblazing influence on comedy, film, television, and internet culture. With thousands of hours of digitalized personal footage, rare episodes, and unseen raw footage from past series and films, the documentary captures the early days of his humble beginnings in Canada, to stardom in Hollywood, as he goes full circle and returns to his roots moving from his LA home to a rural farm in the country." Green opens up on his journey in the doc, touching...

On Monday January 13 2025, Investigation Discovery broadcasts The Curious Case of..!

Bam Margera Season 1 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Curious Case of…” titled “Bam Margera” promises to be a gripping exploration of the struggles faced by the former “Jackass” star. Bam Margera has been open about his battles with addiction, and this episode dives deep into his journey. It highlights the challenges he faces and the impact these issues have on his life and relationships.

In this episode, Lima takes a central role in Bam’s treatment. Lima’s involvement raises questions about the effectiveness of the approach and what it means for Bam’s recovery. The audience will see how Lima navigates the complexities of helping someone in such a difficult situation. The emotional weight of this struggle is sure to resonate with many as they witness the efforts to support Bam.

However, the episode also introduces conflict,...

On July 16, a restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, posted a video on their Instagram account that was viewed over 38 million times before it was taken down. In the clip’s opening seconds, a young-looking customer in a black ski mask and blue hoodie twists the nozzle and inhales from a long, colorful canister of nitrous oxide. His voice sounds cartoonishly pitched down from the gas when he tells the person behind the camera, “My name Lil Tae, man.” In the weeks after the video was posted,...

Jamie Foxx has decided to pursue legal action for an incident that he said took place at Beverly Hills restaurant that left him with a facial injuries. The ‘Annie’ star was having a celebratory evening with family when the incident happened.

Here are the details.

Jamie Foxx Decides To Cooperate With Law Enforcement Amid Legal Action

Jamie Foxx is determined he’d get his justice against a man who threw a drinking glass at him, and to do this, he has decided to fully co-operate with the police. Foxx was reportedly having fun with some members of his family at the Mr. Chow restaurant when it happened.

According to TMZ, Foxx’s decision to pursue legal action extends beyond personal justice – he wants to make sure people know that there are consequences to these actions and perhaps this might keep it from happening to other people.

To carry out the investigation,...

The Curious Case Of… is coming soon to ID, and the cable network has revealed details about the new docuseries, which takes viewers into shocking true crime cases and scandals. The premiere episode will dive into the life of Jackass star Bam Margera. Legal analyst Beth Karas hosts the series.

shared more about the new series in a press release.

In an extended season premiere episode, The Curious Case Of... Bam Margera, airing Monday, January 13 at 10/9c, ID's new series The Curious Case Of... delves into the tumultuous sobriety journey of Jackass star Bam Margera. The premiere examines whether Margera's path to sobriety spiraled into complete chaos after being caught in the crosshairs of two unique personalities. When Bj Corville, a lawyer and YouTuber passionate about celebrity conservatorships, discovers Margera is in a legal guardianship led...

According to the online right, 176 years of American feminism are rendered moot by America’s most popular prank show.

Impractical Jokers is unique among massively successful comedy shows in that it’s a prank show that, somehow, manages not to offend anyone or get itself banned from the houses of high-school-aged boys across the country as a series like Jackass did before it. Unlike self-branded online “pranksters” and right-wing trolls who like to dress in women’s clothing and pretend to be transgender, Impractical Jokers doesn’t attack, humiliate, denigrate or dehumanize anyone they prank — well, anyone besides Murr, of course.

However, one punishment challenge completed by Q (of course) in 2016 recently went viral among the impractical assholes of right-wing Twitter. In the segment “Q Versus Women’s Rights,” the comic was forced to attend a panel of feminist thinkers and disagree with everything they said, which excited the sizable...

Award winning actress August Kyss (Murdercise) joins Alex Petrovich (Switched At Death), ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera, Lynn Lowry (George A. Romero’s The Crazies), Kansas Bowling (Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) in Noted filmmaker Rob Gabriele (Terrifier 2.) Action Horror feature ”Jesus Cop”. Grammy-Nominated band Green Jelly (Three Little Pigs song) will be doing an original soundtrack for the film.

The synopsis reads: A man learns that his immortality comes with severe mental consequences. He is led reluctantly on the trail of a pair of hitmen-turned-serial killers on a suicide pact murder spree. Assisting in the recovery of his lost memory is Mary, a terminally ill thrill-seeking teenage girl.

“Jesus can touch your heart… or draw your blood. The film tackles serious subjects like trauma, suicide & isolation while the audience is kept at the edge of their seat, maybe laughing, possibly vomiting once or twice.” – Director, Writer...

On Friday, the first trailer was released for Investigation Discovery’s new season of its hit The Curious Case of … series, which looks into the conservatorship under which former Jackass star Brandon “Bam” Margera was placed while he was being treated for substance abuse and addiction.

The trailer for the ID series shows Margera caught between Bj Corville, a lawyer who discovers the former Jackass star is in a legal guardianship being led by Lima Jeramovic, a tech entrepreneur using her VR technology to treat Margera’s addiction.

The premiere episode of The Curious Case Of… Bam Margera focuses on the Jackass and Viva La Bam star’s tumultuous journey toward sobriety. This included the introduction of a conservatorship, which is a legal guardianship where decision-making power is handed over to one individual or several other people. Britney Spears’ battle to be released from her conservatorship spawned a grassroots movement...

Former New York City Assistant District Attorney and legal analyst Beth Karas lends her expertise to Investigation Discovery’s new series The Curious Case Of…. The series kicks off on January 13, 2025 with an episode focusing on the controversy surrounding Jackass star Bam Margera’s conservatorship. Additional season one episodes Will look at a missing persons case that takes a weird twist and a self-proclaimed prophet obsessed with cats.

New episodes air on Mondays at 10pm Et/Pt on ID.

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Premieres Monday, January 20 at 10/9c on ID

In 1981, 13-year-old Mary Day vanishes, and investigators suspect her stepfather may have killed her, but they never recover her body. Decades later, a woman claiming to be Mary appears, stirring suspicion and debate. Is this Mary Day or an imposter?...

Award winning actress August Kyss (Murdercise) joins Alex Petrovich (Switched At Death), ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera, Lynn Lowry (George A. Romero’s The Crazies), Kansas Bowling (Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) in Noted filmmaker Rob Gabriele (Terrifier 2.) Action Horror feature ”Jesus Cop”. Grammy-Nominated band Green Jelly (Three Little Pigs song) will be [...]

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Although it has an ignominious reputation, Adam Sandler’s holiday movie Eight Crazy Nights is nowhere near as bad as critics claimed. In 2002, it truly seemed as if Adam Sandler could do no wrong. After a successful star-making run on Saturday Night Live, Sandler starred in a string of hit ‘90s comedies that elevated him the Hollywood A-list. Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, and Big Daddy were all huge hits, while 1998’s The Wedding Singer proved that Sandler could also anchor a sweet rom-com. This era featured some of Sandler’s best characters and made his box office gold.

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However, the failure of 2000’s Little Nicky should have been a sign for Sandler.

Jamie Foxx opens up about obscene prank at his birthday dinner ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The shocking details behind Jamie Foxx’s serious injury at his birthday party have finally been revealed.

On Saturday, it was reported that the Hollywood star has been struck in the mouth with a glass during his birthday celebration.

“Jamie Foxx was at his birthday dinner when someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth,” a spokesperson for Foxx said at the time. “He had to get stitches and is recovering. The police were called, and the matter is now in law enforcement’s hands.”

Trending Mufasa vs The Lion King On Rotten Tomatoes: Shah Rukh Khan’s Son AbRam Turns The Lucky Charm? Earns Better Ratings Than The Predecessor! Wicked Box Office (North America): Zooms Past Despicable Me 4’s $361M Domestic Haul & Becomes The 3rd Highest-Grossing Film Of The Year!

Welcome to IndieWire After Dark, where we pick a new theme for our midnight movie programming every month!

Join us on Friday nights (and special occasions!) to explore some of the strangest fringe films available at any hour in the Streaming Age.

The lights are twinkling and the temperature is dropping. But in December 2024, the merry-making vibes are distinctly and resolutely… off. Lean into that discomfort with some Holiday Midnight Movie (and TV!) Madness as we celebrate a weird year.

After several particularly stressful months in current events, the pre-Christmas season feels oddly foreboding. That might be a welcome reprieve for those of us who are usually glum during the holidays (just me?), but the blues can sneak up on anyone. Whether you’re battling a bickering family or dealing with loneliness, weirdo cinema has the power to fight your funk with more funk.

When in doubt, clown it out!

From his 2009 self-produced debut LP Bastard to his 2024 genre-blending neo-industrial concept album Chromakopia, LA-based rapper Tyler, the Creator has become one of the most unique voices in modern hip-hop. Tyler's sound has certainly evolved from the provocative shock value of "Yonkers" off 2010's Goblin – which skyrocketed the rapper to internet fame – to the heartfelt pleading of "Earfquake" featuring a baby-voiced Playboi Carti on the most unexpected pop breakup album of 2019, Igor. Tyler's come a long way from the early days of his rap collective Odd Future, which also introduced the talents of Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean.

Tyler, the Creator is one of hip-hop's great and few auteurs who bring cinematic elements into his track lists and production themes. His latest, Chromakopia, has a distinct artistic vision that adds another compelling chapter to his already versatile discography yet is still quintessentially Tyler at its core. While his lyrical focus has...

The secret to good storytelling is, paradoxically, to “show, don’t tell.” Jackass star Steve-o could learn a thing or two from the “show” in front of the Midtown Manhattan Hilton Hotel this past Wednesday.

Earlier today, law enforcement officials announced that they had brought in a person of interest for questioning regarding last week’s shooting death of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, ahead of the company’s shareholder meeting in New York City. Police officers in Altoona, Pennsylvania arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, on gun charges this morning after an employee at a McDonald’s location where Mangione was eating notified the authorities about the presence of a man resembling the widely publicized security photos showing the shooter’s partially concealed face.

Upon apprehending Mangione, officers found in his possession a gun, a silencer, a fake ID and a handwritten manifesto lambasting health insurance companies for prioritizing profits at the expense of American lives.

Warner Bros. this morning dated the next iteration of New Line Cinema’s famed horror franchise, Final Destination: Bloodlines for May 16, 2025. It’s the only major studio wide entry on that date.

The Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein directed movie, which has a story that’s being guarded, has Imax screens. Genre pics like A Quiet Place II have done well in the May corridor in years past.

Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor are writing the screenplay from a story by Jon Watts based on characters created by Jeffrey Reddick. Producers are Watts, Dianne McGunigle, Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor. Cast for the new Final Destination is Brec Bassinger, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Max Lloyd Jones, Owen Patrick Joyner, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Rya Kihlstedt, Tinpo Lee, Anna Lore, Gabrielle Rose, April Amber Telek and Alex Zahara.

In addition, Warner Bros is getting Legendary Entertainment’s live action hybrid road movie Animal Friends,...

Warner Bros. shuffled its film release schedule, planting “Final Destination: Bloodlines” on the calendar in summer and delaying the J.J. Abrams-backed mystery thriller “Flowervale Street” to 2026.

“Final Destination 6” will be released on May 16, 2025. It’s taking over the slot previously occupied by “Flowervale Street,” which was set for mid May but has been pushed nearly a year to March 13, 2026. “Final Destination: Bloodlines” is the only major studio release on that date, but it will debut two weeks after Disney’s Marvel adventure “Thunderbolts” (May 2) and the week prior to Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” and Disney’s live-action “Lilo & Stitch” (May 23).

The studio also acquired “Animal Friends,” a live-action/ CGI hybrid road trip adventure starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza and TikToker Addison Rae, and pushed its release date back to Oct. 10. Sony was previously set to release the film in August before Warner Bros.

While fans love Family Feud, the celebrity version of the show remains highly entertaining. This was never more apparent than when Johnny Knoxville was on the show with his castmates from the Jackass franchise. Everything started going wrong when Johnny whipped out his taser.

Here is what happened on the hit game show.

Johnny Knoxville Brings Wild Antics To Celebrity Family Feud

Johnny Knoxville was on Celebrity Family Feud in 2022 while he was promoting Jackass Forever. The game saw the Jackass cast competing against each other for charity, with Johnny on one team and Jeff Tremaine on the other.

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The game had Johnny and Jeff go up to answer the first question: “Tell me something you’d hate to have happen while you’re making love in an airplane bathroom.” Tremaine said, “The toilet flushes,” and that was actually on the board. However, Johnny got a chance...

Celebrity Family Feud is the best way to watch everybody's favorite stars, and their families, compete against each other to try to win prize money for charity. The celebrities that have gone head-to-head have always come up with the most hilarious answers to the survey-style questions that they were asked by the iconic host, Steve Harvey. This show has had the best of the best; Andy Cohen vs. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kim Kardashian and her family vs. Kanye West and his, and even Kelly Clarkson vs. Amy Schumer. Every episode is uniquely entertaining, but one of my personal favorites is Season 8, Episode 11, with Jackass vs. Jeff Tremaine.

We’ve talked before about Criterion, the home video company that celebrates the medium of film with prestige releases of great works of cinema, which they then use as bait to trap celebrities in their closet. Does someone want to check on Jude Law real quick and make sure that he got out okay?

Criterion also has its very own streaming app, the Criterion Channel, which allows subscribers to pay $10.99 a month in order to feel extra guilty for binging the entirety of Riverdale while the complete films of Ingmar Bergman remain untouched.

But the Criterion Channel doesn’t just contain foreign and arthouse classics, they’ve also expanded to include some less-obvious choices. Like how they included Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered in their Razzie-themed program earlier this year.

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Well, next month they’ll be streaming a whole new collection, one that showcases movies that were all...

Exclusive: Daveed Diggs (Nickel Boys), Mason Gooding (Scream), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), and stand-up comedian and actress Margaret Cho (All That We Love) will round out the cast of I Want Your Sex, Gregg Araki’s Black Bear thriller starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman and Charli Xcx, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles.

Details as to the roles to be played by the quintet are under wraps. A provocative film blithely exploring desire, domination, and fantasy, I Want Your Sex asks, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex,...

Exclusive: A high-profile Spike Jonze series at Netflix that has been shrouded in secrecy is not going forward at the streamer — at least for the foreseeable future, sources tell Deadline.

No information about the ambitious project was ever officially released, but the limited series is believed to be produced by Sister and had been in the works at Netflix for more than two years, with the streamer commissioning a writers room and exploring castings over that period. It is unclear whether anyone else besides Jonze was ever formally attached to the show; various names rumored for possible involvement over the past year or so include actors Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt as well as director Halina Reijn.

As of this past summer, the series was said to be eyeing a casting director and a potential 2025 start.

Nobody is commenting on the circumstances surrounding the U-turn. I hear Jonze may be...

The office of the President of the United States is way more famous than any specific president. Compared to, say, the king and queen of England, a new person gets to be the head of state every four or eight years via election rather than inheritance. This means you can...

Robert Pattinson may have been cast in Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” for the “crazy thing in his eyes,” according to director Bong, but it was Pattinson’s voice that soon went viral after the first trailer dropped.

Pattinson is now detailing the unexpected inspiration behind his unique vocal tone — and explaining why Bong shut down his original idea.

“My initial idea was to do impressions of Steve-o and Johnny Knoxville [from ‘Jackass’],” Pattinson told Empire . “I love Steve-o’s voice. We did it on the first read-through. And Bong was like, ‘That voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard.’ I was like, ‘Is that a good thing?’ He was like, ‘No.’”

Instead, Pattinson turned to animated series “Ren & Stimpy” for his voice as the titular Expendable Mickey 17 The Nickelodeon show “Ren & Stimpy” aired for five seasons starting in 1991. The series followed the misadventures of a psychotic chihuahua dog...

The early aughts were a magical time for Reality TV. Sure, MTVs The Real World had already been out for about a decade, but other now beloved programs like Survivor, Big Brother, and The Osbournes were just getting started. At the turn of the millennium, with nothing but a few video cameras, a dream, and perhaps a not-so-firm grip on mortality, a group of young men struck out to do something the world had never seen before. They performed dangerous stunts with no regard to their personal health or medical bills. That ragtag group started the now-iconic series: Jackass. Although the original production only ran for three very short seasons, it took hold of the general public, inspiring folks from all around the world to pick up a camera and do something crazy. Following the wrap of Jackass, a franchise was born, with spin-off shows like Viva La Bam and...

Maxo Kream and Tyler, the Creator have reunited for a short, but punchy new song, “Cracc Era.”

Tyler produced the song, which clocks in at under two minutes, propelled by a thrumming beat of trash-can percussion, jittery synths, and speaker-rattling bass. In his verse, Tyler drops nods to everything from the film Juno to Chips Ahoy cookies, while Maxo steals the song with this run of lines: “Jackass, Knoxville, double seals and Seroquels/Don’t tattle-tale, lips sealed, if you squeal you get killed/DJ Drama, Navy Seals, cannons in...

Even though a lot of people may not think of it as a reality show, Jackass is one of MTV's best reality shows of all time. After all, millions of fans became so invested in the show's stars that they want to know things like which one of them is the richest. Jackass fans also want to know things like whether Johnny Knoxville does his stunts for money and why he is facing multiple lawsuits.

Sadly, Jackass fans have also learned about the troubles that Bam Margera has had, including the fact that he was once pronounced dead. Still, many fans were still surprised and saddened to learn why Bam was arrested in September 2024.

Bam Margera Was Arrested In September 2024 For Breaking His Probation And Is Facing Other Charges

For several years after the Jackass franchise became a sensation, Bam Margera was a celebrated star. Sadly for Bam and everyone who loves him,...

Oscar-winning duo Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe are to direct and executive produce “Sk8 or Die: The Lee Ralph Story.” The upcoming series is an anthology exploring the wild and highly unique life of Lee Ralph, a former pro skateboarder turned folk hero and recluse.

Vinnie Bennett and Oscar-nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes are set to lead the cast, with Bennet portraying Ralph and Castle-Hughes playing his sister and partner in crime Kim Ralph.

The six-part show was hatched by New Zealand-based production company Tavake (“Madam”). Skateboarding ace Tony Hawk and “Jackass” touring comedian and skate culture legend, Steve-o are on board to executive produce. Free and Roe executive produce under their The Unreasnble banner.

Tavake principals Tom Hern and Halaifonua (Nua) Finau (“The Panthers,” “Red White and Brass”) co-wrote the series and will serve as showrunners. Hern will also direct some episodes. Julian Arahanga will act as a producer for Tavake.

Without a doubt, the 1980s was the most delightfully dangerous era in music history, thanks to the rise of Hair Metal. Now, that legendary and infamous era in rock music gets the documentary treatment with Nthin' But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal, based on the book of the same name by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock. This three-part series features dozens of stories about sex, drugs, fist fights, and everything else that made the Sunset Strip the ultimate destination for rock and roll enthusiasts back in the day.

Director Jeff Tremaine is no stranger to the freewheeling, "anything goes" nature of rock and roll culture, having cut his teeth as co-creator of Jackass, the legendary MTV series starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-o, and other daredevils with presumably outrageous insurance premiums. More recently, he directed the feature film adaptation of The Dirt, based on the autobiography...

Stephen Glover, the professional prankster and stunt performer who is better known as “Steve-o,” was planning to move forward with getting breast implants until a grocery store encounter with a transgender person changed his mind.

The Jackass star, 50, revealed in an interview with Consequence of Sound that he was shopping for groceries and realized the cashier was transgender.

“It struck me as a sign from the universe,” Glover said. “I didn’t have any dedicated meetings or conversations with trans people because I didn’t really feel like I had to.”

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In noticing the cashier, the prankster said he “asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me.”

In July, Steve-o had teased in a podcast...

When it comes to stunts on Jackass, many people believe that there is nothing that would have stopped one of their crazy, often dangerous, usually stupid stunts from being carried out. However, it seems that one particular stunt was canceled thanks to star Steve-Os chance encounter with a transgender supermarket cashier on the day before he was set to undergo breast implant surgery in the name of comedy.

Speaking recently to Consequence of Sound, Steve-o revealed that everything was in place and planned to go ahead with the dubious procedure, but a sign from the universe gave the star reason to back out after speaking to the cashier. He said:

"On the day the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket, and the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe. So I asked...

Steve-o is not moving forward with his long-publicized plan to get breast implants as a joke.

The Jackass star recently revealed why he decided to cancel the procedure in an interview with Consequence of Sound.

“On the day the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket, and the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe,” Steve-o said.

“So I asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me.”

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“I didn’t really have any dedicated meetings or conversations with trans people because I didn’t really feel that I had to,” he went on to explain.

“I knew what my motivation was, I knew what my intention was, and it...

“Jackass” alum Steve-o revealed in a new interview with Consequence that he scrapped a plan to temporarily get breast implants for hidden camera sketches that he was planning to film for his upcoming live tour, “The Super Dummy Tour.” The idea was for Steve-o to make himself look like a woman and then trick groups of men on the street.

“I got within 10 hours of being in surgery for that,” Steve-o said. “The surgery was supposed to happen at eight in the morning. And 10:00 Pm the night before, I got a call that the anesthesiologist backed out of it, because he found out that it was me doing it as a stunt. And that kind of set off a chain reaction where the doctor didn’t want to be associated with it anymore, and they were having trouble finding another surgery center to to make it happen.”

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Fans can choose between classy and trashy reality shows like Top Chef or Too Hot to Handle for dramatic, over-the-top entertainment. Trashy reality shows like Jackass and Flavor of Love feature outrageous antics and drama that are hard to look away from. Shows like Hell's Kitchen and Toddlers & Tiaras provide a mix of competition, drama, and over-the-top behavior for guilty pleasure viewing.

When reality TV fans want to watch something classy, they can watch beautifully shot shows like Top Chef or Survivor. However, if they want to watch something a lot more dramatic, ridiculous, and over-the-top, there are plenty of trashy reality shows they can choose from. For example, fans can watch some truly bizarre reality shows that may feature violence or offensive reality shows that wouldn't fly today.

With so many guilty pleasure reality shows to choose between, it can be hard for fans to know which ones are the best.

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Dr. Phil kicked Ty Beeson, creator of Bumfights, off his show for impersonating him and behaving exploitatively, in a moment that shocked the audience and went viral. Dr. Phil's show has been criticized for exploiting guests in distress, straddling the line between entertainment and voyeurism, and crossing ethical boundaries. Viewers are left to ponder the blurred line between entertainment and exploitation in shows like Dr. Phil, Jackass, and Nathan For You.

Ty Beeson, the creator of the notorious Bumfights videos, went on Dr. Phil but was swiftly removed from the set after a testy interview. Dr. Phil McGraw began hosting his daytime talk series, Dr. Phil, in September 2002, as a spinoff of Oprah, where he had a small segment. On Dr. Phil, the titular doctor, who does have a doctorate in clinical psychology though he is no longer licensed,...

MTV's reality shows like Jersey Shore and Teen Mom have been filled with drama, arrests, and fake relationships. Catfish: The TV Show reveals the truth behind online deception, keeping fans hooked with moments of truth. Made is an underrated MTV reality show that follows youngsters chasing their dreams, offering unique perspectives and entertainment.

Over the years, MTV has aired many reality shows, including the likes of Jersey Shore and Teen Mom. Between those shows, there have been headlines about arrests and people facing trial, about people getting punched, and even about people faking relationships.

With all that in mind, it makes sense that MTV has aired many extremely popular and successful reality shows over the years. However, there are only so many MTV reality shows that are considered to be among the best in the network's history.

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