Lionel Messi is regarded by many as the undisputed Goat of soccer. The Argentine captain has won a record eight Ballon d’Or and cemented himself as one of the most successful athletes of all time. However, the World Cup winner has been subjected to criticism from a certain section of fans who could not accept that his favorite TV series is Game of Thrones.
Lionel Messi after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022
Game of Thrones, an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire started on a high note as one of the best TV series of all time. It amassed a massive fandom and was critically appreciated for a long time before it crashed hard in its concluding seasons. The crash landing had a detrimental impact on its popularity which is also evident in the latest reaction to Messi’s words.
Lionel Messi expresses...
Lionel Messi after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022
Game of Thrones, an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire started on a high note as one of the best TV series of all time. It amassed a massive fandom and was critically appreciated for a long time before it crashed hard in its concluding seasons. The crash landing had a detrimental impact on its popularity which is also evident in the latest reaction to Messi’s words.
Lionel Messi expresses...
- 3/30/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
It’s unanimously known that The Rock is second to none when it comes to trash-talking, especially when he took the gimmick of Hollywood Rock during his feud with Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold in 2003. And while fans would’ve never guessed they’d get to witness that version of the Brahma bull again, they got more than what they bargained for in the latest edition of SmackDown.
The Rock | WWE
After weeks of backlash from the WWE universe, the Black Adam star resorted to his Hollywood Rock gimmick during the Friday Night SmackDown, and he didn’t take kindly to the Salt Lake City crowd.
Salt Lake City Wasn’t Ready for What Hollywood Rock Was Cooking
Turning on the crowd isn’t something new for Hollywood Rock, who once tore the entire Toronto Crowd into shreds during the early 2000s. And similar was the case for fans in Salt Lake City,...
The Rock | WWE
After weeks of backlash from the WWE universe, the Black Adam star resorted to his Hollywood Rock gimmick during the Friday Night SmackDown, and he didn’t take kindly to the Salt Lake City crowd.
Salt Lake City Wasn’t Ready for What Hollywood Rock Was Cooking
Turning on the crowd isn’t something new for Hollywood Rock, who once tore the entire Toronto Crowd into shreds during the early 2000s. And similar was the case for fans in Salt Lake City,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
Leonardo DiCaprio has been the center of Hollywood’s spotlight for more than two decades. However, despite offering fans critically acclaimed projects, it’s been only a couple of years since we started learning about his humble beginnings and unconventional childhood.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
The renowned actor Leonardo DiCaprio was the only child of Irmelin Indenbirken, a German-born legal secretary, and George DiCaprio who was an artist and comic book distributor. While the actor grew up in a cozy family, it’s been only recently that fans found old photos of the trio from the 1970s, in Los Angeles.
Leonardo DiCaprio and His Unconventional Childhood
Rising to prominence through his work in James Cameron’s Titanic, alongside Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio achieved an envious success in his Hollywood career. Thereafter, the actor never had to look back on his career, for he steadily turned into one of the most...
Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
The renowned actor Leonardo DiCaprio was the only child of Irmelin Indenbirken, a German-born legal secretary, and George DiCaprio who was an artist and comic book distributor. While the actor grew up in a cozy family, it’s been only recently that fans found old photos of the trio from the 1970s, in Los Angeles.
Leonardo DiCaprio and His Unconventional Childhood
Rising to prominence through his work in James Cameron’s Titanic, alongside Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio achieved an envious success in his Hollywood career. Thereafter, the actor never had to look back on his career, for he steadily turned into one of the most...
- 2/18/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Leo DiCaprio’s niece Normandie, 6, went missing after her father, Adam Farrar, was arrested on Jan. 25. Police allege she was abducted and hidden by a member of her family. The little girl’s aunt spoke out to say she is ‘safe,’ but could not answer where she is.
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s niece, Normandie Farr, 6, was “abducted by a family member,” according to Los Angeles police, who have charged her father, Leo’s oldest stepbrother Adam Farrar, with “concealing” the little girl before his Jan. 25 arrest for drug-related charges in Texas, after his girlfriend, Normandie’s mom Charity Moore, was arrested on drug charges on Jan. 20.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Niece Abducted: Normandie Farrar Missing After Dad’s Arrest
Leonardo’s niece, Normandie, was reported missing in Texas after her family’s string of drug-related arrests.
Adam Farrar Arrested
Normandie’s aunt, Rachell, spoke out to say that the little girl is safe,...
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s niece, Normandie Farr, 6, was “abducted by a family member,” according to Los Angeles police, who have charged her father, Leo’s oldest stepbrother Adam Farrar, with “concealing” the little girl before his Jan. 25 arrest for drug-related charges in Texas, after his girlfriend, Normandie’s mom Charity Moore, was arrested on drug charges on Jan. 20.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Niece Abducted: Normandie Farrar Missing After Dad’s Arrest
Leonardo’s niece, Normandie, was reported missing in Texas after her family’s string of drug-related arrests.
Adam Farrar Arrested
Normandie’s aunt, Rachell, spoke out to say that the little girl is safe,...
- 1/30/2014
- by Kristine Hope Kowalski
- HollywoodLife
Adam Farrar, stepbrother of Oscar-nominated The Wolf of Wall Street star Leonardo DiCaprio, has been arrested on drug-related charges in Texas. Police detained Farrar, 42, in Collin County on Jan. 24. The charges include misdemeanor counts of possession of a dangerous drug, theft and harassment by phone. Jail records show all of the charges were outstanding warrants issued by Los Angeles authorities. The arrest reportedly occurred when Farrar attempted to visit his 38-year-old girlfriend Charity Moore at the Collin County Sheriff's Office. "Adam Farrar came in to visit an inmate, and we arrested him at that time," Lt. John Norton of the...
- 1/29/2014
- by Jacqueline Andriakos
- PEOPLE.com
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Considering the recent spate of teen violence and shootings, "Pups", the sophomore feature from filmmaker Ash ("Bang"), arrives with a definite timeliness.
But this tale of a pair of teen-age bank robbers plays too much like a juvenile version of "Dog Day Afternoon", and anyone old enough to have seen that classic will not make a favorable comparison. Nor does the film have the juice to fully connect with younger audiences. Recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, "Pups" faces an uncertain commercial future.
The film centers on Stevie Cameron Van Hoy), a 13-year-old suburban asthmatic who when first seen is videotaping his unsuccessful suicide attempt by hanging, and his understanding girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton). Stevie eventually decides to work out his frustrations by borrowing his mother's gun and attempting to hold up the local bank, with Rocky in tow.
Things go awry, of course, and the pair are soon holding a group of hostages and engaging in a lengthy standoff with police and the feds. Between dealing with the petulant Stevie's quixotic demands for pizza and a helicopter, the weary police negotiator, played by Burt Reynolds, must also field a series of calls from his wife and young daughter.
"Pups" strikes only the most obvious notes in its depiction of teen alienation, its satirical portrait of the media -- Stevie and Rocky are interviewed by MTV's Kurt Loder, amusingly playing himself -- and its assortment of stereotypical hostages, including a cynical, wheelchair-bound veteran of the Gulf War (Adam Farrar) and a nerdy bank manager David Alan Graf). The film's dialogue and situations are strictly by the book, with such contrived plot machinations as Rocky experiencing her first period in the midst of the crisis.
Reynolds (whose frequent co-star Charles Durning handled similar chores in "Dog Day") delivers an effectively restrained performance that's good enough to make you wish his material was better. As the teen bank robbers, Van Hoy and Barton are very convincing, though the former's bouts of hysteria grow increasingly hard to take. Filmmaker Ash, obviously working on a low budget and under difficult location conditions, does a thoroughly professional job, giving the film an assured technical polish.
PUPS
Fireheart Films
Credits: Director, screenplay: Ash; Producers: Ash, Daniel M. Berger; Executive producers: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Sachie Oyama; Director of photography: Carlos R. Arguello; Editor: Michael D. Schultz; Production designer: Daniel M. Berger. Color/stereo. Cast: Rocky: Mischa Barton; Stevie: Cameron Van Hoy; Daniel Bender: Burt Reynolds; Wheelchair man: Adam Farrar; Bank manager: David Alan Graf; Kurt Loder: Himself. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 101 minutes.
But this tale of a pair of teen-age bank robbers plays too much like a juvenile version of "Dog Day Afternoon", and anyone old enough to have seen that classic will not make a favorable comparison. Nor does the film have the juice to fully connect with younger audiences. Recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, "Pups" faces an uncertain commercial future.
The film centers on Stevie Cameron Van Hoy), a 13-year-old suburban asthmatic who when first seen is videotaping his unsuccessful suicide attempt by hanging, and his understanding girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton). Stevie eventually decides to work out his frustrations by borrowing his mother's gun and attempting to hold up the local bank, with Rocky in tow.
Things go awry, of course, and the pair are soon holding a group of hostages and engaging in a lengthy standoff with police and the feds. Between dealing with the petulant Stevie's quixotic demands for pizza and a helicopter, the weary police negotiator, played by Burt Reynolds, must also field a series of calls from his wife and young daughter.
"Pups" strikes only the most obvious notes in its depiction of teen alienation, its satirical portrait of the media -- Stevie and Rocky are interviewed by MTV's Kurt Loder, amusingly playing himself -- and its assortment of stereotypical hostages, including a cynical, wheelchair-bound veteran of the Gulf War (Adam Farrar) and a nerdy bank manager David Alan Graf). The film's dialogue and situations are strictly by the book, with such contrived plot machinations as Rocky experiencing her first period in the midst of the crisis.
Reynolds (whose frequent co-star Charles Durning handled similar chores in "Dog Day") delivers an effectively restrained performance that's good enough to make you wish his material was better. As the teen bank robbers, Van Hoy and Barton are very convincing, though the former's bouts of hysteria grow increasingly hard to take. Filmmaker Ash, obviously working on a low budget and under difficult location conditions, does a thoroughly professional job, giving the film an assured technical polish.
PUPS
Fireheart Films
Credits: Director, screenplay: Ash; Producers: Ash, Daniel M. Berger; Executive producers: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Sachie Oyama; Director of photography: Carlos R. Arguello; Editor: Michael D. Schultz; Production designer: Daniel M. Berger. Color/stereo. Cast: Rocky: Mischa Barton; Stevie: Cameron Van Hoy; Daniel Bender: Burt Reynolds; Wheelchair man: Adam Farrar; Bank manager: David Alan Graf; Kurt Loder: Himself. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 101 minutes.
- 12/7/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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