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11/01/2024

Actor Ken Jeong receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

An actor, doctor, avid Dodger fan and now a Walk of Fame star recipient.

Ken Jeong received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday for his acting career, which includes several movies, including “The Hangover,” as well as TV shows like NBC’s “Community.”

Jeong expressed gratitude for his fans, saying he does not have to use his medical license again.

"But because of (the fans), I never have to go back," Jeong said. "I'm not the funniest guy in the world, I'm not the most talented guy … But I'm the most grateful guy."
Jeong, who did his residency at UCLA and worked as a physician at Kaiser Permanente for several years before starting his film and TV career, said his first acting class at Duke University, where he received his undergraduate degree, sparked the fire in his heart.

"I didn't know if it was possible," Jeong recalled.

- Read more; nbclosangeles.com/news/local

10/31/2024

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from The Acting Academy! 👻🎃

Get into character and enjoy a spooky, fun-filled night! 🕸️✨

10/31/2024

Zoe Saldaña Details the Important Lesson She’s Passed on to Her Kids

Zoe Saldaña exclusively told E! News the core value she’s made sure to instill in her three sons at Variety’s Power of Women event Oct. 24.

Zoe Saldaña wants her kids to know the value of hard work.

That’s why the Emilia Pérez star—who shares twin boys Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio, 9, as well as son Zen Anton Hilario, 7, with husband Marco Perego—has reframed the way she talks about her own professional life at home.

“I've replaced, throughout the years, two very important words,” Zoe exclusively told E! News at Variety’s Power of Women event Oct. 24. “I used to tell them I have to go to work, and now I tell them I want to go to work.”

“I just feel like it teaches them that work is a part of life,” she explained, “and that if you're doing things that make you happy, all you have to do is just share it with the people that you love around you.”

Besides imparting life lessons, the Guardians of the Galaxy star, 46, revealed what aspects of motherhood bring her the most satisfaction.

- Read more; eonline.com/news/1409137

10/30/2024

‘It Ends with Us’ Star Brandon Sklenar Joins Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried in ‘The Housemaid’

Lionsgate is backing Paul Feig’s psychological thriller based on author Freida McFadden's novel.

Brandon Sklenar is set to star opposite Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in director Paul Feig’s psychological thriller The Housemaid for Lionsgate.

Sklenar most recently appeared opposite Blake Lively in It Ends With Us, the romantic drama that became a box office hit with $348.2 million globally

Lionsgate is backing the project, which stars Sweeney plays Millie, a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew (Sklenar), an upscale, wealthy couple. But Millie soon learns family secrets far more dangerous than her own past.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news

10/29/2024

The governor wants to increase incentives to film and television to $750 million a year. Further changes may be on the way as the migration of production from the state borders on an exodus.

MasterChef. Supergirl. The Kelly Clarkson Show. These productions all initially filmed in California but were convinced to leave at least in part due to more lucrative tax credits in others regions. Now, as runaway production and Hollywood cost-cutting threatens the state’s hold on the film and television business, Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping in.

An early budget proposal looks to vastly increase California’s current cap for a program that provides tax relief to producers across the business from $330 million to $750 million a year, Newsom is set to reveal on Sunday. The expansion would shower as much as $3.75 billion in tax credits to the industry over five years starting in 2025.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news

10/28/2024

It’s been 50 years since this landmark Canadian movie changed the course of the horror genre. It’s still scary as hell

Bob Clark’s sorority house-set “Black Christmas,” beloved by Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth, heavily influenced the ‘80s wave of slasher movies.

WARNING: This article contains spoilers.

For Lynne Griffin, the audition seemed very straightforward. After all, the character the Toronto actress was trying out for didn’t have many lines. But one question seemed unusual: “How do you feel about having a plastic bag over your head?”

She was actually fine with that because as an avid swimmer she had lots of experience holding her breath. With that response, Griffin landed the role of Clare, the first member of a university sorority house to be murdered by a serial killer in “Black Christmas.”

- Read more; thestar.com/entertainment/movies

10/25/2024

‘Succession’ Star A***n Moayed to Exec Produce Oscar Contender ‘Motherland’ (Exclusive)

Jasmin Mozaffari’s short drama is making a push for Academy Awards consideration after earnings prizes at Toronto, Aspen Shortfest and the Canadian Screen Awards.

Emmy and Tony-nominated actor A***n Moayed has signed on to executive produce Iranian-Canadian director Jasmin Mozaffari’s short film drama Motherland.

Moayed was born in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated with his family to the U.S. when he was 5 years old. He played Stewy Hosseini in HBO’s Succession and also has TV credits in Netflix’s Inventing Anna, HBO Max’s Love Life and Disney’s Ms. Marvel, in addition to a host of theatrical stage credits.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news

10/24/2024

Rebel Wilson Files to Strike ‘The Deb’ Producers’ ‘Meritless’ Defamation Claims

Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden accused the actress of defaming them when she said the trio sabotaged her directorial debut

Rebel Wilson has filed a motion to strike the “meritless” defamation claims from “The Deb” producers.

The actress/director’s legal documents were filed in Los Angeles on Monday and deny that she published “allegedly defamatory matter,” as suggested by Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden. The filing also stated that the plaintiffs have not been able to prove that anything Wilson has said of the trio is “not substantially true.”

“This motion was filed to ensure that Rebel can use her voice for what she has always done which is advocate for herself and others,” her attorney Bryan Freedman said in a statement.

- Read more; thewrap.com

10/23/2024

'Suits' Star Patrick J. Adams Makes Bold Statement About Former Co-Star Meghan Markle.

The former actress left the legal drama after Season 7 following her engagement to Prince Harry.

Patrick J. Adams recently made a rare comment about former Suits co-star Meghan Markle, his once onscreen love interest who left the show after she became engaged to Prince Harry.

Adams, who starred as Mike Ross opposite Markle's Rachel Zane, talked in a recent interview about his new Suits rewatch podcast while revealing if Markle, 42, was among those invited as a guest on the show.

Adams, 43, launched Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast with co-star Sarah Rafferty, the actress who played Donna Paulsen on the legal drama. While talking to the Hollywood Reporter about their new project, Adams revealed that all of their former castmates—including Markle—have been invited to come on the podcast.

"We’ve reached out to everybody and said, 'Come on as much and as often as possible,' and then we’ll independently keep going back out, seeing what their schedules are," Adams revealed. According to the outlet, he confirmed that Markle was among those who received an invitation.

But it's no secret that Markle has been distanced from much of the Suits resurgence over the past few years, as she was noticeably absent from the show's mini cast reunion at the Golden Globes back in January.

At the time, Gina Torres, who played Jessica Pearson, said Markle's exclusion from the reunion had to do with not having her number anymore.

"We don't have her number," Torres said. "We just don’t, so she’ll see. She’ll watch."

- Read more; parade.com/news

10/22/2024

Cynthia Erivo Speaks Out on Fan-Edited ‘Wicked’ Poster: “This Is Just Deeply Hurtful”

The movie’s co-star took to social media to argue that hiding her eyes and much of her face in the altered poster "is to erase me."

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has called out a fan-made movie poster for the highly anticipated movie musical from Universal Pictures as “deeply hurtful.”

The altered version of the official Universal poster hides Erivo’s eyes and much of her face to get closer to the original animated Broadway poster, where her character’s eyes were obscured by a wide-brimmed hat.

“The original poster is an illustration. I am a real life human being, whose chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer … because without words we communicate with our eyes,” Eviro, who plays Elphaba in Wicked, stated on her Instagram Story and X pages.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news

10/21/2024

Shirley MacLaine gave Elvis Presley advice as a young actor: 'He didn't know how to behave'

Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine revealed Hollywood tales in new memoir, 'The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime'

Shirley MacLaine shared time on the silver screen alongside dozens of leading actors.

In MacLaine's new memoir, "The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime," the Academy award-winning actress wrote about one rising star needing a little pep talk while on set.

MacLaine, 90, began in the entertainment industry as a contract player at Paramount, which is where she connected with Elvis Presley, who had also just embarked on his own acting career."His dressing room was two doors down, and he didn't know how to behave as he needed to on the set," MacLaine wrote, per People magazine.

- Read more; foxnews.com/entertainment

10/18/2024

'Sopranos’ star Drea de Matteo says walking away from Hollywood was easy

'I don't mingle with famous people. I don't, it's just not my world'

After being ostracized by her Hollywood peers and losing acting jobs for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Sopranos star Drea de Matteo says walking away from Hollywood was easy because she “never played the celebrity game.

“You know, a lot of people ask me about getting cancelled or getting kicked out of Hollywood or shunned. That never happened to me,” she explained in a new interview with Fox News. “I wasn’t in there to begin with. I’ve never been a Hollywood player. I’ve done a few acting parts of it on a few TV shows. I’ve done a good job. I even have, you know, some achievement awards and things. But like, I was never really in the industry.”

- Read more; torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity

10/17/2024

Angelina Jolie to Receive Career Achievement Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Jolie will accept the Maltin Modern Master Award on Feb. 5, 2025.

Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the festival announced on Wednesday. Her latest film, “Maria,” which was directed by Pablo Larraín and in which she plays famed opera singer Maria Callas, will be released in select theaters on Nov. 27 before streaming on Netflix on Dec. 11.

The Maltin Modern Master Award is named after film critic Leonard Maltin, who has been a moderator at the Santa Barbara film festival for many years, and it recognizes an “individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry,” according to the festival. “Angelina Jolie makes bold choices, both as an actress and as a director,” Maltin said via statement. “She sets the bar high in both disciplines and always comes through.”

- Read more; thewrap.com

10/16/2024

10/15/2024

Actress 'dazzles' as woman who is always miserable in Mike Leigh film

Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste and director Mike Leigh have reunited for a hard-hitting new film, nearly three decades after they first worked together.

Hard Truths, about an irritable woman whose constant misery puts severe strain on those around her, premiered at the London Film Festival on Monday evening.

Leigh and Jean-Baptiste previously collaborated on 1996's Secrets & Lies - which scored Oscar nominations for best picture as well as best director and best supporting actress respectively.

Their critically acclaimed new film, which Leigh revealed was turned down by other film festivals, could see them both in the Academy Awards race once again.

- Read more; msn.com/en-us/movies/news

10/14/2024

Wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving from The Acting Academy!

🍂 As we celebrate with family and friends, let's also take a moment to appreciate the journeys that shape us—both on stage and off.

May your holiday be filled with gratitude, growth, and inspiration.

10/11/2024

For Scott Speedman, ‘Felicity’ fame was a ‘culture shock.’ Now it works to his benefit

Scott Speedman knows something about survival mode. He and his partner welcomed their second child just over a month ago and, well, he’s familiar with getting through the days on little sleep.

“My kid’s not sleeping at all, so I drive him around from like, 12:30 to 2:30 in the morning,” he says. “I’ve lived in Silver Lake for 21 years now. I was there in my 20s and early 30s, and did all the bars and clubs. It’s hilarious to now have this kid in the back [of the car] while the clubs are getting out; to go by the Cha Cha Lounge and all these bars that are just flooded with kids while I’ve got the lullaby music mix on Spotify going.”

- Read more; latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-10-11/

10/10/2024

Degrassi Reunion! Members of the OG Cast Return to Canada for a Sweetly Nostalgic Get-Together

Cast members from 1986’s ‘Degrassi Junior High’ got together for a drinks and bar snacks while in Toronto for NostalgiaCon

The Degrassi Junior High gang had a class reunion!

On Sunday, Oct. 6, Canadian actor and director Stefan Brogren, 52, shared a group photo on Threads and Instagram of himself with fellow original Degrassi alumni Kristen Bourne, Amanda Stepto, Stacie Mistysyn and Pat Mastroianni. The cute pic showed the actors gathered around a table at Toronto sports bar The Dog and Bear sharing drinks and fries.

“So Joey, Caitlin, Spike, Tessa Campanelli and Snake walk in to a bar….” Brogren wrote in the post’s caption, referencing everyone’s characters, along with .

On Instagram, Brogren added the bar’s handle along with ?, a reference to Siluck Saysanasy’s Degrassi Junior High character Yick Yu.

- Read more; people.com

10/09/2024

Toronto: Jude Law Shines as a Haunted Lawman in ‘The Order,’ Could Land First Oscar Nom in 21 Years

The 51-year-old English actor, who was last Oscar-nominated for 2003's 'Cold Mountain,' returns to contention for his portrayal of an FBI agent leading the hunt for domestic terrorists in Justin Kurzel's latest film.

On the heels of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31, Aussie filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s The Order arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. And, as was the case on the other side of the ocean, the film — which King Richard Oscar nominee Zach Baylin adapted from Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s 1989 book The Silent Brotherhood, about the FBI’s pursuit of a domestic terror group in the 1980s — was largely embraced by critics and audiences. As for awards season prospects, it has one in particular: lead actor Jude Law.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news

10/08/2024

‘Public Enemies’: Channel 4 Doc To Explore Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef

EXCLUSIVE: Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s beef nearly broke the internet earlier this year and Channel 4 is now delving deep via a single doc.

Public Enemies: Kendrick vs Drake will use archive and interviews with those who’ve known and worked with the megastar rappers, charting both of their ascents. It will explore how and why Lamar, the visionary and poet from Compton, and Drake, the former child actor from Toronto, came to be so universally acclaimed, while contextualizing their careers through the contemporary history and culture which created them.

- Read more; deadline.com/2024/10

10/07/2024

Donald Glover cancels Childish Gambino tour dates over health issue

Donald Glover has canceled the remaining dates of Childish Gambino’s North American and European tour.

The musician, actor and “Atlanta” creator announced on Friday that he recently discovered an ailment that required surgery. After his New Orleans show on Sept. 7, he sought tests at a hospital and canceled a Houston show the following night. In a note on X, he did not elaborate on his condition.

“My path to recovery is something I need to confront seriously,” Glover wrote, adding that he needed “time out to heal.”

“The New World Tour” is Childish Gambino’s first tour since 2019. The run began on Aug. 11 in Oklahoma City and was to hit many major North American cities before moving to Europe, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia into early 2025.

- Read more; toronto.citynews.ca/2024/10/06

10/04/2024

'Waiting for magic to happen': The improvised drama of Toronto film 'Matt and Mara'

TORONTO — As a kid, Matt Johnson spent a lot of time talking himself out of trouble.

“My mom would tell me, ‘Oh, Matthew, I'm so worried that you're going to say something rude to somebody, and they're going to knock all your teeth out,’” the Toronto actor and director said on a video call.

But not only did being a cheeky rascal teach him some valuable life skills, he said, it prepared him for his role in Toronto filmmaker Kazik Radwanski’s new romantic dramedy “Matt and Mara."

The film is driven by free-flowing conversations, most of them improvised by the actors.

“I think all of that time as a kid being kind of an idiot and trying to make people laugh gave me a good sense of how to verbally get out of a bad situation that I had put myself in,” added Johnson, who directed and starred in 2023’s “BlackBerry.”

“A lot of my scenes in Kazik's movies are me doing that.”

The Toronto-set film, which begins its Canadian theatrical rollout Friday, earned praise after its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival for its realistic performances and unique take on the rom-com archetype.

- Read more; timescolonist.com/film-news

10/03/2024

10/02/2024

‘Babygirl': 5 reasons why Nicole Kidman will receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination

The Best Actress race is already extremely stacked as we get closer to the 2025 awards season, with at least 10 significant contenders about to battle it out for only five slots at the Oscars. But if there's one performance that is going to make it in, I believe it's Nicole Kidman in "Babygirl," written and directed by Halina Reijn. Why? Here are my top five reasons.

1. The performance.

Kidman gives a ferocious tour-de-force performance in "Babygirl," which played at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and is opening in theaters in December. Kidman plays a high-powered CEO named Romy who enters a relationship with an intern named Samuel (Harris Dickinson) and in turn puts her job and family in jeopardy. Romy makes questionable choices throughout the narrative, but Kidman always keeps her grounded and empathetic in what I believe is her best movie performance since 2010's "Rabbit Hole."

2. Academy favorite.

A major reason Kidman has a good shot at returning to the Oscars for "Babygirl" is that she's been nominated five times in the last 25 years, first for "Moulin Rouge" (2001), and second a year later for "The Hours" (2002), for which she won the Best Actress trophy. She returned for her emotionally devastating turn in "Rabbit Hole" (2010), then again in the past decade for "Lion" (2016) and "Being the Ricardos" (2021). With it being more than two decades since her victory for "The Hours,"

- Read more; msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news

10/01/2024

Oscar Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Read of the Race as September Comes to a Close.

The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor (awards) shares his take on 17 categories — now including best original song!

A note from Scott: As September comes to an end, the awards race is heating up. Numerous hopefuls are rolling out at the box office, with some soaring (DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot topped the weekend with a $35 million haul; Sony’s Saturday Night had the year’s second-best limited debut) and others failing to launch (Lionsgate’s Megalopolis generated a disappointing $4 million). Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 had the biggest Disney+ premiere of the year. And Warners’ Joker: Folie à Deux is premiering in LA Monday night ahead of its theatrical release next weekend.

- Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news

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‘It Ends with Us’ Star Brandon Sklenar Joins Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried in ‘The Housemaid’ Lionsgate is backing Paul Feig’s psychological thriller based on author Freida McFadden's novel. Brandon Sklenar is set to star opposite Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in director Paul Feig’s psychological thriller The Housemaid for Lionsgate. Sklenar most recently appeared opposite Blake Lively in It Ends With Us, the romantic drama that became a box office hit with $348.2 million globally Lionsgate is backing the project, which stars Sweeney plays Millie, a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew (Sklenar), an upscale, wealthy couple. But Millie soon learns family secrets far more dangerous than her own past. - Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

It’s been 50 years since this landmark Canadian movie changed the course of the horror genre. It’s still scary as hell Bob Clark’s sorority house-set “Black Christmas,” beloved by Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth, heavily influenced the ‘80s wave of slasher movies. WARNING: This article contains spoilers. For Lynne Griffin, the audition seemed very straightforward. After all, the character the Toronto actress was trying out for didn’t have many lines. But one question seemed unusual: “How do you feel about having a plastic bag over your head?” She was actually fine with that because as an avid swimmer she had lots of experience holding her breath. With that response, Griffin landed the role of Clare, the first member of a university sorority house to be murdered by a serial killer in “Black Christmas.” - Read more; thestar.com/entertainment/movies #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

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‘Harvest’ Production Crew Sowed the Very Field Seen in the Movie Prior to Filming: ‘It Was an Entire Process’ | Wrap Studio TIFF 2024: “Which hadn’t been touched in like 400 years or something,” star Caleb Landry Jones adds The production crew got their hands dirty for director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s drama “Harvest,” sowing the entire field – which apparently hadn’t been turned over in centuries – that was harvested in the historical film. “The important thing to know is that we actually sowed the field that you saw that we harvested,” Tsangari told TheWrap’s Joe McGovern at TheWrap’s 2024 TIFF Studio sponsored by Moët & Chandon and Boss Design. The film was shot in Scotland. “It was an entire process of actually sowing the seeds.” - Read more; thewrap.com #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

14 Buzzy Films for Sale in Toronto, and What It Means for the Indie Film Market Let’s see if those famously kind Canadian audiences can convince Hollywood studios and streamers to bring the indies of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival back with them through customs. As always, a promising crop of star-studded films are headed to TIFF in search of distribution. Some have tantalized audiences in Venice or Telluride, some showed only brief glimpses of their wares to early suitors in Cannes, and some are on the ground over the next week to make splashy debuts just in time for awards consideration. - Read more; variety.com/2024/film/news #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

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'Amazing Race Canada' and playing younger Blake Lively: Canadian twins Lauren and Nicole Peters go for Hollywood success "We just knew that was our goal and nothing was going to stop us," Nicole said From starring in A Simple Favor as younger versions of Blake Lively's twin characters, to acting with comedy legends like Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrosted, Canadian twins Lauren and Nicole Peters are making their mark on Hollywood. But they haven't left Canada behind, currently among the racers on The Amazing Race Canada Season 10 and members of the Canadian National Water Skiing Team. Actors, athletes, reality TV stars and social media sensations, these twins from Mississauga, Ont., are talents to watch. After deferring their acceptances to law schools, Lauren and Nicole are going all in to pursue their acting dreams in Los Angeles. - Read more; ca.news.yahoo.com #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

Ben Whishaw’s ‘Good Boy,’ Johnny Sibilly’s ‘Great Canyon’ to Open Vancouver Queer Film Fest (Exclusive)

The fest will close with the Sundance Palestinian drag queen drama ‘Layla,' which marks the feature debut for British-Iraqi director Amrou Al-Kadhi. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival has unveiled its first wave of titles, including opening films like Ben Whishaw’s Good Boy and Hacks actor Johnny Sibilly’s Great Canyon. The VQFF will kick off with Closer, an anthology of shorts led by Good Boy, the directorial debut from Mainstream co-writer Tom Stuart, the co-writer of Gia Coppola’s Venice-opener Mainstream. - Read more; hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

"Shut your filthy mouth": Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have Canadian debate on "Hot Ones" Vancouver’s own Ryan Reynolds and Australia’s Hugh Jackman faced off in a battle of hot wings and national pride on the hit YouTube series First We Feast: Hot Ones. Both actors, playing fan-favourite heroes Deadpool and Wolverine in the impending Marvel release, were on the latest episode of Hot Ones, which was released on Thursday morning. At one point during the 25-minute hot wing extravaganza, host Sean Evans pitted co-stars against each other and asked them which country was better in several categories. The stars were mostly humble and generous but, at one point, nearly came to comical blows in defence of their home countries. - Read more; dailyhive.com/canada #theactingacademy #casting #castingdirector #audition #laactor #talentagents #actingtalent #theactingacademy #canada #film #moviemaking #movie #shooting #filmmaking #directing

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