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Too Bad No One Could Save Baywatch
Too Bad No One
Could Save Baywatch
MOVIE REVIEW
May 26, 2017 8:48 AM CDT

Too Bad No One Could Save Baywatch

'Did it have to be this inane?'

(Newser) - Apparently Baywatch should have stayed off the big screen. Though audiences appear to mildly enjoy director Seth Gordon's big-screen revamp, giving it a 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , critics are drowning it in bad reviews for a 19% rating. Here's what they're saying:
  • "A Baywatch movie
...

Is America Ready for Dwayne 'The President' Johnson?

Actor says 'real possibility' he runs for office

(Newser) - Is America ready for President The Rock? In a fairly delightful profile of Dwayne Johnson in GQ , the wrestler-turned-movie star talks about his possible future in politics. It started with an opinion piece in the Washington Post last year that stated Johnson could be an actual presidential candidate. At the...

Fate of the Furious Is Action-Packed Absurdity
Fate of the Furious Is
Action-Packed Absurdity
MOVIE REVIEW
Apr 14, 2017 8:20 AM CDT

Fate of the Furious Is Action-Packed Absurdity

It's 'stupid,' yet 'wildly entertaining,' say critics

(Newser) - Once, there was a "family" of car enthusiasts working out of a dirty garage. Now, that family must stop an evil hacker who's enlisted one of their own in a plot for world domination. Oh, how things change. Here's what critics are saying about The Fate of ...

Under Armour Boss, Celebs at Odds Over Trump

Kevin Plank called Trump 'a real asset'

(Newser) - Celebrities sponsored by Under Armour are speaking out after the company's CEO praised President Trump this week, triggering #BoycottUnderArmour to trend on Twitter, per the San Jose Mercury News . In an interview with CNBC Tuesday, CEO Kevin Plank said he's "a big fan" of the "pro-business...

For Only 2nd Time, Sexiest Man Alive Isn't a White Guy

Congrats, Dwayne

(Newser) - Congratulations are in order for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (apologies, again, to Ryan Gosling). The world's highest-paid actor has been named People 's Sexist Man Alive for 2016, becoming only the second black man ever chosen and the first in 20 years. The mag previously came under...

Man Finds Out Being The Rock Isn't as Easy as He Makes It Look

'How does a human being do that?'

(Newser) - Dwayne Johnson makes being The Rock look easy. But one dedicated man found out the truth when he decided to live like the star for the month of February, FiveThirtyEight reports. That meant eating more than 5,000 calories across seven meals every day offset by an hour of cardio...

San Andreas: 'Rock' Scores Biggest Debut as Leading Man

Flick pulls in $53.2M as Crowe's 'Aloha' flops

(Newser) - San Andreas rumbled through theaters this weekend, pulling down $53.2 million in its wake and giving Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson his biggest debut as a leading man, notes the Hollywood Reporter . Cameron Crowe's Aloha, meanwhile, tanked in the No. 6 spot with $10 million amid critics' scorn...

Your Top-Earning Actor Is...
 Your Top-Earning Actor Is... 
Jul 22, 2014 8:59 AM CDT

Your Top-Earning Actor Is...

Robert Downey Jr., again

(Newser) - For the second year in a row , Robert Downey Jr. has snagged the top spot on Forbes ' list of Hollywood's highest-earning actors. Once again, he's estimated to have earned $75 million between last June and this one, and once again, a large part of that is probably...

Highest-Paid Actor Is ... What's-His-Name

Tom Cruise again tops the Forbes list

(Newser) - Forbes is out with its annual list of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, and none other than Tom Cruise tops the list, by a mile. The birthday boy (he's 50 today) made $75 million between May 2011 and May 2012, in large part because of last year's...

'Fast Five' Film Reviews: Latest 'The Fast and The Furious' Sequel Furiously Fun
 Fast Five Is Furiously Fun 
Movie Review
Apr 29, 2011 12:31 PM CDT

Fast Five Is Furiously Fun

Critics entertained by dumb, loud caper flick

(Newser) - Oh look, it’s yet another The Fast and the Furious sequel. Surely critics will summarily lambaste it and move on. Wait, what’s this? They like it? It has a 77% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes? It’s all true. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • “Bless me
...

11 Athletes Turned Awful Actors
 11 Athletes Turned Awful Actors 
Apr 18, 2010 12:30 PM CDT

11 Athletes Turned Awful Actors

Hulk, you should have stuck with wrestling

(Newser) - No, LeBron James, no! Stay far, far away from the movie business, Chris Yuscavage begs. Most athletes who try to make the transition fall flat, and it would be a shame if James gave up a spot on the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball team just so he could film the...

Tooth Fairy as Fun as Dental Work
 Tooth Fairy 
 as Fun as 
 Dental Work 
Movie Review
Jan 22, 2010 12:37 PM CST

Tooth Fairy as Fun as Dental Work

One-gag Dwayne Johnson vehicle fails to impress

(Newser) - Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson in a tutu is pretty much the only thing Tooth Fairy has going for it, and critics aren’t exactly enchanted. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • Tooth Fairy is nothing but a “charmless and underdeveloped knockoff of The Santa Clause,” writes Lou
...

Witch Mountain a Fun Ride
 Witch Mountain a Fun Ride 
movie review
Mar 13, 2009 1:19 PM CDT

Witch Mountain a Fun Ride

The onetime Rock is well-cast

(Newser) - Kids’ adventure flick Race to Witch Mountain—the story of a pair of alien teens who meet Dwayne (don't call him the Rock) Johnson and try to save Earth—is good fun, critics say. Here's a rundown:
  • "Thoroughly modern in every way, Race to Witch Mountain bears little resemblance
...

Carell, The Rock Dish on Liplock

Carell and Johnson talk about unlikely kiss in Get Smart

(Newser) - Steve Carell and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dug a little liplock in their upcoming film, Get Smart, the AP reports. “He smells like strawberry shortcake,” Carell quipped. “For me, that's why they call him The Rock. He rocks people's worlds.”

$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office
$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office
Oct 28, 2007 4:52 PM CDT

$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office

(Newser) - Saw VI axed the competition in the final weekend before Halloween by scaring up $32.1 million—falling short of Saw III’s debut weekend, but notching the highest opening of the fall season. Steve Carrell’s quirky dramedy, Dan in Real Life, took second with $12 million, Variety reports.

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