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"Bring me the emperor!"
Remember when Matthew Fox got creepily ripped for Alex Cross and Tommy Lee Jones was the only guy in the crowd who wasn't amused during a legitimately funny moment at the Golden Globes? Well, forget both of those moments because both actors are back in a movie that's cast the actors in a different light, with the exception that Jones is still grumpy.
In the upcoming political thriller Emperor, General Douglas MacArthur (Jones) finds himself temporarily the de facto ruler of Japan following the country's surrender at the end of World War II. MacArthur chooses General Bonner Fellers (Fox), an expert on Japanese culture, to uncover whether Japan's Emperor Hirohito had anything to do with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Further complicating Fox's investigation is his search for his lost love, a Japanese exchange student he had met years before in the U.S., though the movie's first trailer is solely focused on Fox's struggle to uncover the truth.
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No longer Lost, Dr. Jack Shephard has gone batsh*t crazy!
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We've seen so much of Madea we almost didn't recognize Perry as himself!
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Wait until you see Matthew Fox's Cape Fear-esque transformation!
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Hold the dress.
At first glance of the poster for the upcoming action-thriller Alex Cross, one might wonder why Tyler Perry made a movie without "Madea" in the title, which is understandable, but there's an explanation. The titular character is from a series of novels by author James Patterson, two of which have already turned into movies — 1997's Kiss the Girls and 2001's Along Came a Spider — with Morgan Freeman in the Cross role.
For Alex Cross, Perry takes over the role of Patterson's police detective and psychologist, and has to track down Michael "The Butcher" Sullivan (Matthew Fox), a former military officer turned cage-fighting serial killer who makes the case personal for Cross. Perry won't be the only actor making an image-shattering turn as Fox lost close to 40 pounds after training for six months to play the character. The Lost actor recently admitted to Collider that the decision to do so was all his.
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watch the TV spot and read Fox's explanation >> Posted 10.02.12 by Ryan -
It's the showdown everyone has been asking for: Madea vs. Jack Shephard. Only this time, Tyler Perry won't be dressed in drag as his signature character (don't worry, Madea will be back in June 29's Madea's Witness Protection) and Matthew Fox isn't trying to save anyone from a mysterious island — he wants to kill everyone in his path, particularly Perry's titular character and his family in the upcoming action-thriller Alex Cross.
Based on James Patterson's novel Cross, Alex Cross will see Perry take over the character previously portrayed by Morgan Freeman in 1997's Kiss the Girls and 2001's Along Came a Spider. The first photos of Fox as MMA-fighting serial killer Michael "The Butcher" Sullivan were released in May, showing that Fox has spent plenty of time in the gym preparing for the role and the movie's first trailer shows that Perry have his hands full with Fox's sadistic character, who makes the daring mistake to cross Alex Cross, which the trailer specifically warns against.
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Usually when Tyler Perry is on a movie poster it's as his on-screen alter ego, Madea. In his new thriller, though, Perry ditches the wig and makeup for a trench coat and a gun.
In Alex Cross, Perry plays the detective first made famous by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider (the Cross character was created by author James Patterson).
The poster shows Perry on a rooftop overlooked by a shadowy Matthew Fox. The poster features the tagline "Don't Ever Cross Alex Cross."
The movie, based on the 16th Alex Cross novel, I, Alex Cross, follows the detective as he tries to hunt down the psychotic man, played by Fox, who killed his wife. If you thought Perry looked unrecognizable outside his Madea costume, then take a look at Fox, who is practically indistinguishable from the Fox we know from Lost and Party of Five.
check out the full-size poster >> Posted 06.25.12 by Chris -
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Justin Bieber can take down a paparazzo but not a glass wall. Between songs during a concert in Paris, the Biebs ran into a wall of glass. A disoriented Bieber went back on stage and finished his set, but then passed out cold for 15 seconds as he walked to his dressing room, reports TMZ. Thankfully, a doctor said though Bieber suffered a concussion he'll be fine. Apparently, Bieber has an issue with glass surfaces. In 2012, Bieber walked into a glass revolving door. Maybe he just got distracted by his own reflection?
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Are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West moving in together? Both have reportedly discreetly listed their homes for sale. Kim has her Beverly Hills home on the market for $5M and Kanye has his L.A. crib listed. Sources close to the couple confirm both are selling so they can live together. To celebrate hitting 2 million followers on Instagram, Kim posted a photo of her in a leather thong and knee-high boots. Like she doesn't get enough attention already.
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Finally some good news for Matthew Fox. The civil suit by Heather Bormann, the Cleveland bus driver who accused the Lost star of punching her in the chest and groin during an August 2011 incident, has been dropped. The woman's attorney told E! News that he withdrew Bormann's suit after she failed to pay his attorney fees. The news of the dropped lawsuit couldn't come at a better time for Fox, who was arrested for a DUI three weeks ago in Oregon, and just this week Fox's former Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan accused Fox of beating women. We'll never look at Fox the same and neither will you have seeing this recent photo of him as an MMA-fighting serial killer in the upcoming Alex Cross.
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And in breastfeeding news, Alanis Morissettesaid she's willing to breastfeed her son until he's six.
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If anyone has been wondering what Matthew Fox has been up to since Lost aired its final episode (besides collecting DUIs), the actor has apparently been living in the gym preparing for his role as an MMA-fighting serial killer in Alex Cross.
Based on the James Patterson novel I, Alex Cross, the movie adaptation was expected to be a change of pace for Tyler Perry, who has assumed the title role previously portrayed by Morgan Freeman in 1997's Kiss the Girls and 2001's Along Came a Spider. But it's Fox that is almost unrecognizable in the first-look photos from the movie.
Fox plays Michael "The Butcher" Sullivan, the man responsible for killing Cross' wife, and Fox appears to be surprisingly up to the task of playing the psychotic character. While the photos of Perry and Ed Burns (playing Cross's partner, Tommy Kane) look fairly tame, it would appear that director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) has created an action-heavy movie considering that almost every photo features a character holding a gun.
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First Ryan Gosling. Then Patrick Dempsey. Now Mila Kunis and Dustin Hoffman are getting into the hero business. On Saturday, a 50-year-old man working at Kunis' home suffered a violet seizure, collapsed, and starting choking and coughing up blood. While a friend called 911, Mila rushed to the man and turned his head to the side so he wouldn't choke. When paramedics arrived, Mila volunteered to ride in the ambulance to the hospital. The man made a full recovery. Then we learn that on April 27, Hoffman came to the rescue of a man who had a heart attack while running through London's Hyde Park. The actor called an ambulance and waited with the man after he collapsed. On his recovery blog, San Dempster thanked medical staff and "my new found favorite celebrity Dustin Hoffman who called 999 (UK's 911) and waited by my side until paramedics arrived."
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Lost star Matthew Fox was arrested for DUI on Friday in Oregon. Police say Fox was pulled over at 3:23 a.m. on suspicion of driving under the influence. Fox, who had a passenger in the car, was taken into custody but released later that day. TMZ reports Matthew was en route to a fast food restaurant for some late night eats at the time of his arrest. Those Jack in the Box tacos are never worth it.
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He's a teen heartthrob and multi-platinum singer. Now he's a high school graduate. In an interview with Daily Telegraph, Justin Bieber revealed he just finished high school. "I passed my test — I'm free! It was hard doing school and work every day." He then added: "That was something my mom really wanted me to do, so I had to do it for her. I mean, this kind of lifestyle has given me a different perspective on life. I've been able to travel the world. At school, usually you have to do a lot of writing and reading. I'm really not into that stuff. I like to be out there."
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Today we are finally getting our first glimpse of Charlize Theron's adopted son. The actress was seen with Jackson at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. In March, Theron announced plans to adopt. In May's UK Vogue, she talks about her decision to start a family. "I've always been very honest in saying I wanted a family," she said. "I've always known I wanted a family. I don't think my mom could wait any more!"
Posted 05.08.12 by Chris