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Bob Yerkes, the acrobatic stunt performer who slid down a clock tower cable for Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future and hung around the Statue of Liberty under repair for Fred Ward in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, has died. He was 92.

Yerkes died Tuesday of natural causes in Northridge, Darlene Ava Williams, a stunt performer and one of his many mentees, announced.

The amiable Yerkes, who started out in the circus and was a skilled trapeze aerialist and tightrope walker, also plummeted from a helicopter through a roof in Breakout (1975), starring Charles Bronson.

“I was getting ready for the stunt and the guy said, ‘Break a Leg!,” and I broke them both,” he recalled in a 2017 interview. He said he also broke legs while working on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Her Alibi (1989), but, in a career that spanned eight decades, that was the extent of his serious injuries.

Back in 2001, Disneyland Resort opened a second theme park gate – Disney California Adventure – dedicated to the Golden State and all its glory. In the early days of operation, the park suffered from a lack of entertainment and inspiration, and an unavoidable comparison to the masterpiece across the street named Disneyland. But after a rocky start, Disney California Adventure has been slowly improving to where it is now considered one of the great theme parks in the country.

Cars Land – opened in 2012 – rivals any other intellectual property (IP)-themed land in the world, which is quite a feat among competition including the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Pandora: The World of Avatar. The 2021 opening of Avengers Campus has made the park the go-to place for full-on Marvel immersion. With even more expansion on the horizon, the future looks brighter than ever for Disneyland’s second gate.

The werewolf renaissance is upon us, and Bloody Disgusting has learned that yet another new werewolf horror movie is headed our way this year. This one’s titled Operation Blood Hunt.

Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to Operation Blood Hunt, the new World War II-era action thriller meets horror film from actor-director Louis Mandylor and writer Brandon Slagle.

Quiver will release Operation Blood Hunt on October 4. Watch the trailer below.

Operation Blood Hunt follows prolific expert of the occult and whiskey, Reverend Conte, and a ragtag group of military rejects as they venture to a remote island in the South Pacific to investigate the unexplained disappearance of several United States Marine Corps battalions stationed there in 1944. While initial intelligence suggests the culprit to be that of the Japanese Imperial Army, the group soon discovers, upon speaking with the island’s inhabitants, that the Marines may have been massacred by a group of Lycanthropes,...

Kim Kahana, the stunt performer, teacher, coordinator and war hero who played Chongo on the kids show Danger Island and doubled for Charles Bronson in several action films, has died. He was 94.

Kahana died Monday of natural causes at his home in Groveland, Florida, his wife, Sandy Kahana, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Kahana, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, taught stunts to many thousands of students since the mid-1970s in six-week courses that took place in Chatsworth, California, and Central Florida. Many went on to have thriving careers in show business.

He also had six different black belt degrees — he taught martial arts, too — and worked as a professional bodyguard protecting Hollywood types.

A native of Hawaii, Kahana appeared in his first film as a biker in the Marlon Brando-starring The Wild One (1953) and was an extra in other movies before he realized that stunt performers got paid more than he did.

Miley Cyrus has another crowning achievement to her name as Disney honored her with a Disney Legend award on Sunday at the D23 event. Her recognition came primarily for her performance in the 2006-2011 Disney series, Hannah Montana. With the new title, Cyrus also surpasses other Disney stars, particularly Selena Gomez, to become the youngest honoree.

Miley Cyrus in a still from Flowers | Sunset Sound Recorders

Earlier this year, Cyrus also won the Grammy for Record of the Year for Flowers. In comparison, Gomez has never won a Grammy in her life. Interestingly, Gomez and Cyrus also had a reported feud which seemingly died down in recent years.

Selena Gomez Has A Lot to Catch Up With Miley Cyrus After Her Two Achievements This Year Selena Gomez as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place | Disney

At Disney’s D23 fan event, Miley Cyrus was honored for her impact on...

We got our first glimpse of some concept art of King Thanos back in 2022, and an official look at the majestic Mad Titan has now been unveiled via a new standee spotted on the event floor as 2024's D23 gets underway.

This take on the Multiverse Saga's big bad managed to defeat Earth's Mightiest Heroes during the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, and will be the antagonist of the upcoming Avengers Campus E-Ticket ride at Disney California Adventure Park.

There's been some speculation that King Thanos could ultimately make his way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and might even play a role in Avengers: Secret Wars. Anything is possible, but with so many other characters and plot points converging for what is shaping up to be the franchise's biggest ever event, we don't see the studio throwing such a powerful take on the Mad Titan into the mix.

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Teresa Moneo, formerly director, international original film at Netflix, has taken over the UK original film remit at Netflix as part of a restructure of the London-based UK film team that has seen Bradley Quirk leave the US streamer.

In her previous role, Moneo oversaw award-winning non-English language films including Ja Bayona’s Society Of The Snow and Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand Of God,

Moneo, now director of UK film, reports to Anne Mensah, vice president of content, along with Mona Qureshi, director, UK series.

The changes to the UK film team follow the appointment of Los Angeles-based Dan Lin...

Stars: John Travolta, Kristin Davis, Lukas Haas, Natali Yura, Noel Gugliemi, Quavo, Swen Temmel | Written by Dipo Oseni, Doug Richardson | Directed by Ives

Cash Out opens with Mason Goddard and his crew stealing an outrageously expensive supercar as what he intends to be his last heist. Things don’t go as planned however as one of them, his girlfriend Amelia no less, is an undercover FBI agent. He barely escapes, and since he was already planning to retire, takes it one step further, he fakes his death and drops out of sight.

Three months later, his brother Shawn drops by trying to interest him in coming out of retirement for one more job. That doesn’t work, but when another member of the crew, Link calls he’s packing and on his way to the airport.

The next thing we know, Mason and Shawn are kidnapping a bank manager and the plan is in motion.

Take a look at pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, posing as ‘the face’ of the new Gucci fragrance, “Flora Gorgeous Orchid Eau de Parfum”, photographed by Tyler Mitchell:

Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).

In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.

Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.

To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature "Hannah Montana...

CAA on Thursday announced its signing of Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, and author Miley Cyrus for representation in all areas.

Winning the awards for Best Pop Vocal and Record of the Year at the 2024 Grammys, where she performed “Flowers” — the best-selling global single of 2023 — Cyrus’s most recent album, Endless Summer Vacation, dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for 15 non-consecutive weeks upon its release last year. Earning numerous platinum and diamond albums throughout her career, she’s previously put out albums including Plastic Hearts, Younger Now, Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, Bangerz, Can’t Be Tamed, Breakout, and Meet Miley Cyrus.

Rising to international stardom as the star of the hugely popular Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, which ran for four seasons, Cyrus most recently made a brief appearance in Ethan Coen’s comedy Drive-Away Dolls, released earlier this year. Previously, she’s also been seen in films like The Night Before and series like Black Mirror.

Pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, poses for the June 2024 issue of “W” magazine, wearing Gucci, Tiffany and Co., Louis Vuitton and a whole lot more, photographed by Alasdair McLellan:

Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).

In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.

Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.

To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature...

The iconic rock band Foo Fighters are set to embark on their Everything or Nothing At All stadium tour this summer. The group will hit 10 cities for a total of 12 shows as they showcase their latest album But Here We Are and honor the legacy of their late drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

The tour will commence with two back-to-back performances at New York’s Citi Field on July 17 and 19. The Pretenders and The Hives will serve as special guests, and alternate appearances throughout the tour. Additionally, Mammoth Wvh, Alex G, Amyl and the Sniffers and L7 will join the Foo Fighters on various dates.

This extensive stadium run marks the band’s biggest touring effort since the release of their 11th studio album, But Here We Are, which was also their first release since Hawkins tragic death in March 2022. Hawkins, who had been an integral part of the Foo Fighters’ lineup...

Stars: John Travolta, Kristin Davis, Lukas Haas, Natali Yura, Noel Gugliemi, Quavo, Swen Temmel | Written by Dipo Oseni, Doug Richardson | Directed by Ives

Cash Out opens with Mason Goddard and his crew stealing an outrageously expensive supercar as what he intends to be his last heist. Things don’t go as planned however as one of them, his girlfriend Amelia no less, is an undercover FBI agent. He barely escapes, and since he was already planning to retire, takes it one step further, he fakes his death and drops out of sight.

Three months later, his brother Shawn drops by trying to interest him in coming out of retirement for one more job. That doesn’t work, but when another member of the crew, Link calls he’s packing and on his way to the airport.

The next thing we know, Mason and Shawn are kidnapping a bank manager and the plan is in motion.

Kelly Clarkson’s covers of other artist’s songs have been getting a lot of attention lately. Her most recent rendition of one of Katy Perry’s greatest hits has the American Idol judge questioning if she should ever sing the song again. Several other musicians chimed in with their support as well. Keep reading to see what song they’re talking about and what got Kelly Clarkson started doing cover songs.

Kelly Clarkson & Katy Perry Have Worked Together In The Past

While Kelly Clarkson has plenty of her own hit songs, she started a segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show called “Kellyoke.” In the segment, she performs a cover of another artist’s song.

She released an official Kellyoke EP, which featured a number of her own personal favorites in June 2022. At the time, she said that she enjoyed performing covers and believed that Kellyoke was “the perfect way...

Studiocanal has announced a partnership with French production and sales company WTFilms (What The Films).

The collaboration will focus on genre films to produce and distribute French language and European content with global appeal.

The partnership is a further sign of Studiocanal’s desire to increase its presence in the genre space and follows the recent announcement of Jed Benedict’s return to the company to run a new genre label.

The French production team at Studiocanal will work together with Benedict on the WTFilms partnership and development slate.

The agreement was signed at the end of February 2024 follows a successful collaboration on Xavier Gens’ 2023 action movie Farang.

The France and Thailand-set picture, which Deadline spotlighted as a Global Breakout last summer, stars actor and former kickbox champion Nassim Lyes plays Sam as a prisoner forced on the run when his past violently catches up with him.

The production combined...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an influential figure in the world of fitness and the world of bodybuilding Before becoming a highly successful Hollywood actor, Schwarzenegger was a reigning figure in bodybuilding, earning various prestigious titles multiple times. He has won the Mr. Universe title four times and went on to earn the prestigious Mr. Olympia title seven times.

As seen in his documentary Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a defining force in the bodybuilding world

Before he started his Mr. Olympia win streak, Sergio Oliva was reigning supreme with three consecutive Mr. Olympia wins from 1967-1969. This was the time when Schwarzenegger was aiming for the title and the two were hugely competitive. While he lost to Oliva in 1969, he used a psychological trick to win against Oliva in 1970.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Psychologically Manipulated His Rival to Nab Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to defeat Sergio Oliva in 1970

In 1969, Arnold Schwarzenegger was coming out of winning the Mr.

Take a look at award-winning pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, posing for the March 2024 issue of British “Vogue” magazine, photographed by Ned Rogers, including additional images from her June 2023 shoot:

Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).

In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.

Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.

To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature...

Five years have passed in a blink since Apex Legends came into existence. Now it is entering a new era with season 20, Apex Legends: Breakout, today. The battle royale game has garnered 130 Million users from across the globe and the numbers just keep getting better. Alongside the new Legends Upgade, the team has made some changes with Ranked experience, something that will be familiar to veteran players.

Since the game’s inception, 24 Legends have joined the roster of which eight debuted with the first season. To keep the adrenaline high, the Mix Tape feature will allow players to engage in the latest rotating mode. The game shares the same universe as the studio’s Titanfall series which is established in a distant future. Furthermore, players can follow the Outlands storyline too. The series has garnered nearly 6 Million views across video sharing platform YouTube.

Breakout Will Keep Things Even

Apex Legends:...

Bon Jovi fans have a lot to look forward to this year. Hulu has announced that it will premiere a fully authorized docuseries, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, on April 26th. In addition, a deluxe reissue of Bon Jovi’s 1984 self-titled debut album has just been released digitally, with a vinyl repress out March 24th.

The four-part docuseries will chronicle all four decades of the band and its frontman Jon Bon Jovi, offering unprecedented access including “personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics, and never-before-seen photos.” The series was produced by Ros, the banner of filmmaker Gotham Chopra, and edited and co-produced by Alex Trudeau Viriato.

Bon Jovi are setting the stage for the docuseries with a 40th anniversary deluxe reissue of their debut album, which dropped on digital platforms Wednesday (January 24th).

The expanded collection includes the original album, newly remastered from the original tapes, along with...

The following contains spoilers from the Reacher Season 2 finale, now streaming on Prime Video.

The Reacher Season 2 bad guys had been warned, and often: “You do not mess with the Special Investigators!”

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The Prime Video hit’s second season came to a close with a finale in which the titular man mountain (played by Alan Ritchson) came...

Anton will provide devleopment support and will further package, sell and finance select productions.

UK production, financing and sales outfit Anton has created a development fund aimed at female-identifying and non-binary screenwriters working in the action genre.

Successful applicants will receive development funding and collaborate closely with Anton founder and CEO Sebastien Raybaud, a producer on Greenland, The End We Start From, Canary Black and Cleaner; producer Callum Grant, whose credits include Jackdaw and Cleaner; and the programme’s lead creative executive Fani Ntavelou-Baum, executive producer of The End We Start From.

Anton will also package, sell and finance a select few of the productions.

Take a look at pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, posing for photographer Steven Meisel in "Vogue" (UK)  magazine :

Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003). 

In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.

Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US. 

To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert". She then...

Long before video games were portable enough to fit inside your phone — or at the very least require a backpack to travel between houses — they were restricted to large, immobile cabinets known as arcade machines. Among the first video games, they barely resemble what most people these days associate with the modern idea of video games.

Yet, a quick look at the evolution of arcade games during that format’s golden days paints a very clear map from where we started to where we are now. From technological innovators to cultural disruptors, these are some of the most important arcade games ever made.

Computer Space (1971)

Every industry has to start somewhere. You can’t make a classic platformer like Super Mario Bros. without someone else making a less impressive platformer first. That’s where Computer Space comes in.

Computer Space launched in 1971, making it the first arcade video game ever commercially released.

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 8:00 Pm on Oxygen, “Dateline: Unforgettable” presents its Season 2 Episode 39 titled “Breakout.” This gripping episode delves into a real-life drama that’s as intense as any Hollywood blockbuster.

In this story, a prisoner from Kansas manages a daring escape, and things take an unexpected turn when a volunteer becomes the getaway driver. Investigators are left scrambling to track down this unlikely duo.

Hosted by Andrea Canning, this episode presents a narrative that’s not only thrilling but also a stark reminder that truth can be stranger than fiction. It’s a tale of intrigue, suspense, and the pursuit of justice as law enforcement races against time to capture the escaped prisoner and his accomplice.

“Dateline: Unforgettable” offers viewers a front-row seat to this high-stakes game of cat and mouse, where the line between reality and the movies blurs, making it a must-watch for those who love real-life crime stories.

Stars: Devanny Pinn, John Garrett Mahlmeister, Eoin O’Brien, Mike Ferguson, Randall J. Bacon, Bear Williams, Casper Van Dien, Nicky Whelan, Kim DeLonghi, Louis Mandylor | Written by Chad Law, Josh Ridgway | Directed by Brandon Slagle

The Flood opens with Sommer and Clarence taking refuge from Hurricane Clarence in an empty building. That might protect them from the rain, but as they find out, the weather isn’t the worst thing about the storm.

The storm also causes a bus transferring a group of dangerous criminals, Big Jim, Floyd, Jox, Angelo and Russel Cody to take refuge for the night in a decrepit small town jail run by Sheriff Jo Newman.

Now if the first paragraph sounds a bit like Crawl and the second one makes you think of the opening of Assault on Precinct 13 you’re not the only one. And I’m sure writers Chad Law and Josh Ridgway were...

The story of Stax records has long been smoothed over and sculpted into a neat bundle of Southern aphorism and marketing copy: The Memphis home of “Soul Man” and Shaft and the Staple Singers was the more authentic (insert adjective like “gritty” or “greasy” or “Southern-fried” here), counterpart to the pop-oriented Motown; a rare space of multiracial utopia in a segregated Sixties South; a locus, for Blacks in Memphis at the time, for the expressions and dreams of a better American future that lost its way in 1968 when those dreams...

None of the six selected projects will now be greenlit through the scheme.

Netflix UK is reshaping the Breakout scheme for emerging filmmakers it is running with Creative UK, with none of the films being greenlit for production, but three of the six projects receiving £100,000 awards for further development.

Netflix executives contacted each of the six filmmaking teams individually on May 31 to confirm it would not be progressing their projects to production through Breakout.

Earlier that day, the teams received an email from Creative UK. The email that Screen has seen did not provide specific feedback, but individually told the...

The stars are out at this year’s Cannes, and not just on the red carpet that leads up to the splashy premieres that make the festival the most glamorous celebration of movies in the world. From Daisy Ridley to Alicia Vikander, Angelina Jolie to Sylvester Stallone, Idris Elba to Jude Law, several A-list actors are attached to projects that are being brought to market at Cannes in what looks like its biggest edition in years. Will all that high-wattage talent lead to one mega-deal after another?

“It’s obviously going to be an outrageously busy market,” says Constantin Film’s Martin Moszkowicz. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much product, definitely not for the last couple of years, led by very high-profile movies with big cast, big directors, big budgets.”

Yet, the big question, Moszkowicz adds, is when and how all these projects will get made.