Zac Efron
‘A Family Affair’ Review: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron in a Netflix Rom-Com That Charms Despite Missteps
The Richard LaGravenese-directed film centers on a widowed middle-aged writer having an affair with a younger movie star — who happens to be her daughter's boss.
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Nicole Kidman Wanted to “Have Fun” in ‘A Family Affair’ After ‘Expats’ “Took So Much Out of My Soul”
After a recent string of dramatic projects that included The Undoing, Nine Perfect Strangers, Lioness and Expats, Nicole Kidman just wants to have some fun. The actress stars alongside Zac Efron and Joey King in Netflix rom-com A Family Affair, playing King’s mother who begins a relationship with King’s movie star boss (Efron). At the […]
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Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman Have a Surprise Romance in ‘A Family Affair’ Trailer
What starts as a surprise romance turns into a nightmare for one in the trailer for A Family Affair. In the two-minute look at the upcoming Netflix film, Zac Efron stars as movie star Chris Cole who begins a romance with Nicole Kidman’s Brooke. However, Kidman just happens to be the widowed mother to Zara […]
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‘Ricky Stanicky’ Director Peter Farrelly Isn’t Worried About People Thinking Movie Goes “Too Far”
After a bit of a career detour to win a couple Oscars, filmmaker Peter Farrelly is back with his first full-fledged comedy in a decade: Ricky Stanicky, starring Zac Efron and John Cena. Now available to stream on Prime Video, the Amazon comedy follows Dean (Efron) and two lifelong friends (Jermaine Fowler and Andrew Santino) […]
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‘Ricky Stanicky’ Review: Zac Efron and John Cena in Peter Farrelly’s Tired Throwback to ’90s Chaos Comedy
Three friends get more than they bargained for when they hire a low-rent celebrity impersonator to pose as the imaginary buddy who has served as their scapegoat since childhood.
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Zac Efron Hires John Cena to Become His Best Friend in Peter Farrelly’s ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Trailer
John Cena is the best friend whom Zac Efron never had in the first trailer for Prime Video’s comedy Ricky Stanicky. Peter Farrelly directed the Amazon MGM Studios feature that begins streaming March 7. The movie follows Dean (Efron) and two lifelong friends who invent an imaginary pal named Ricky Stanicky as someone to blame […]
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Zac Efron on “Jarring” Transformation for ‘The Iron Claw’: “I Did Not Look Anything Like Me”
Zac Efron undergoes quite the transformation in The Iron Claw, putting on pounds of muscle to become professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich; he also dons a shaggy wig for the role and often wears tiny wrestling shorts in the ring. “In the best way possible, I did not look anything like me. It was jarring […]
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‘The Iron Claw’ Review: Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White in Sean Durkin’s Conventional but Affecting Wrestling Drama
Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany and Lily James also star in the elegiac salute to the Von Erichs, a Texas sports dynasty walloped by a string of tragedies.
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Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White Plagued by Family Tragedy in Trailer for Wrestling Drama ‘The Iron Claw’
Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White grapple with tragedy and triumph as two of the Von Erich brothers in the first look at A24’s wrestling drama The Iron Claw. The trailer, released on Wednesday, explores how the real-life Erich wrestling empire was built — and brought to the deadly brink — by Jack Adkisson Sr., known […]
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Malibu Triathlon Gets Green Light from Malibu City Council After Threat From Tidewater Goby
The Malibu Triathlon is on. The Malibu City Council voted to allow the triathlon to go ahead this weekend after the fate of the event was in question over permitting issues as a result of an altered course that was designed as a way to protect an endangered fish species that have taken residence in […]
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Malibu Triathlon Runs Into Fishy Situation: Tidewater Goby Force Organizers to Alter Course
The Malibu Triathlon — a high-profile event scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 that in years past has hosted the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Lopez, Zac Efron, Max Greenfield and Mark Feuerstein — is in danger of being scrapped before it starts. Organizers recently sent out an email blast to competitors alerting them to a change in […]
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Jeremy Allen White Describes “Gross” Diet to Gain Weight for A24 Wrestling Movie: “You Don’t Feel Great”
Somehow, food keeps becoming a focus amid Jeremy Allen White’s recent projects. The star of FX’s The Bear, returning next month for season two, spoke to Esquire in an interview published online Monday about his role as the late real-life wrestler Kerry Von Erich in the upcoming A24 feature The Iron Claw. The Sean Durkin-directed […]
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