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• Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals recent heart surgery to make him “more of a machine” like the Terminator

  25-03-2024 22:55 via nme.com
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed that he had a pacemaker fitted last week after undergoing previous heart surgeries.
  Schwarzenegger, 76, explained he now has a “machine part” just like his Terminator character – and said he would have to take a pause from going to the gym.
  Speaking on his podcast Arnold’s Pump Club, released today (March 25), the actor said:  ‘Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine: I got a pacemaker.
  “I hav
  
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• Mark Wahlberg was originally “pissed off” about his character in ‘The Departed’

  25-03-2024 21:34 via nme.com
  
  Mark Wahlberg has said he was originally “pissed off” about his character in The Departed, revealing that he was supposed to play another part initially.
  READ MORE: The wisdom of Martin Scorsese: “I had to go through everything in order to learn”
  Wahlberg earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sergeant Dignam of the Massachusetts State Police in the film. His character works with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Billy Costigan who goes undercover to
  
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• ‘Late Night With The Devil’ makes $666,666 in opening weekend

  25-03-2024 17:54 via nme.com
  
  Horror film Late Night With The Devil has made an apt figure of $666,666 in just one day over the weekend.
  The new film – which comes from directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes – stars David Dastmalchian as a late night talk show host who invites an apparently possessed girl onto his TV show.
  The film debuted in US cinemas over the weekend, and according to Variety made the coincidentally devilish number of $666,666 (£527,452) on Sunday (March 24), with an overall haul of $2.8mil
  
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• Anne Hathaway remembers “angel” Christopher Nolan backing her amid online “humiliation”

  25-03-2024 17:06 via nme.com
  
  Anne Hathaway has praised Christopher Nolan for backing her amid an online backlash over a decade ago.
  The actress was subjected to negative public opinion around the time of her 2013 Oscar win for Les Misérables.
  However, she called Nolan an “angel” for giving her a chance in 2014’s Interstellar at that time in her life, especially as other filmmakers had refused to cast her due to the backlash.
  “A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so co
  
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• Hugh Grant says he’s considered going into politics

  25-03-2024 12:59 via nme.com
  
  Hugh Grant has revealed it has “crossed his mind” to go into politics, though admitted he would find it “almost impossible to actually get anything done”.
  The actor, who is currently appearing in HBO political TV series The Regime alongside Kate Winslet, has been politically active, notably in campaigns against the British tabloid press, and has played politicians on screen, including in Love Actually and A Very English Scandal.
  Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Grant was
  
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• Rebel Wilson claims she has been “threatened” by Sacha Baron Cohen over plans to name him as “asshole” in memoir

  25-03-2024 12:07 via nme.com
  
  Rebel Wilson has claimed that Sacha Baron Cohen is trying to “threaten” her after naming him in her upcoming memoir as an “asshole” that led her to adopt a “no-assholes policy”.
  The Australian star previously confirmed that she had written a chapter on a then-unnamed star in Rebel Rising, which is due to be published next month, and subsequently alleged in an Instagram Story that the “the asshole is trying to threaten me”.
  “He’s hired a
  
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• ‘Game Of Thrones’ star remembers young Cillian Murphy’s raw talent

  25-03-2024 12:02 via nme.com
  
  Game Of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has reminisced about working with a younger Cillian Murphy as he praised the star’s talent.
  Murphy recently won the Oscar for Best Actor for his turn in Oppenheimer, and in the past appeared alongside fellow Irishman Cunningham in a number of projects including The Tale of Sweety Barrett, Breakfast On Pluto and The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
  Speaking on RTÉ show Sunday with Miriam, the star was asked whether he spotted Murphy’s talent ear
  
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• Former 007 George Lazenby approves of Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the next James Bond

  25-03-2024 08:12 via nme.com
  
  Former James Bond star George Lazenby has shared his stamp of approval for Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be the next actor to take on the mantle of Agent 007.READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingLazenby, who played Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, shared his thoughts on Taylor-Johnson’s rumoured posting as the beloved spy to TMZ, saying the young actor will seemingly be able to “handle the stunts and
  
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• Kevin Bacon to return to ‘Footloose’ high school to attend prom after months-long campaign by students

  25-03-2024 04:09 via nme.com
  
  Forty years after Footloose‘s release, Kevin Bacon will return to Payson High School to attend the school’s final prom.READ MORE: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ review: nostalgic return to the old neighbourhoodLater this year, Payson High School will be relocating to a new location, leaving its current home of Main Street, Payson, Utah for the first time since 1967. The current location is also best known for the 1984 cult film Footloose, where it served as the fictitious
  
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