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Role Recall: Martin Sheen reveals how 'Apocalypse Now' nearly killed him and explains why his 'West Wing' character is America's favorite president
The veteran actor reflects on some of his signature performances in "Badlands," "Apocalypse Now," "The Departed" and more.
Oliver Stone on why the U.S. government has been slow to release the JFK assassination files
Stone reflects on the 30th anniversary of "JFK" and why America is "dumb about education."
'Platoon' star Willem Dafoe breaks down his famous death scene from Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War classic
Dafoe shares his memories of making "Platoon" and playing the Green Goblin in the original "Spider-Man."
The It List: Joy Reid takes nightly anchor slot at MSNBC, San Diego Comic-Con goes virtual, celebrate One Direction's 10th anniversary and the best in pop culture the week of July 20, 2020
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'American Psycho' producer shares cult film's secrets on its 20th anniversary: 'Leonardo quit. There was public rancor'
Producer Edward R. Pressman says he met with David Lynch and Tim Burton to direct, while Leonardo DiCaprio pulled out of playing Patrick Bateman.
Oliver Stone: ‘Joker’ Reminds Me of ‘Natural Born Killers’ Backlash — ‘The Future Is Murder’
Stone looks back on the making of his controversial "Natural Born Killers," which turned 25 this year, and remains as prophetic as ever.
NewsYahoo MoviesRole Recall: Richard Dreyfuss on doubting 'Jaws,' coping with an abusive Bill Murray on 'What About Bob?' and more
Richard Dreyfuss tells behind-the-scenes stories from his most beloved films, including "American Graffiti," "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "The Goodbye Girl," "Stand By Me" and "What About Bob?"
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Benicio Del Toro to Star in Oliver Stone’s Drama ‘White Lies’
Benicio Del Toro is set to star in Oliver Stone’s drama “White Lies.” Stone will direct from his own script in a project that’s departure from his previous work, offering an intimate exploration of family, loss, and love. Nighthawk Capital Limited is financing the film, which will be produced by Fernando Sulichin with Ross Katz. […]
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Role Recall: Woody Harrelson on identifying with 'Cheers' character, learning to dunk, and what he really thinks of Jennifer Lawrence
Actor takes us on a tour of his greatest hits, from "Cheers" to "White Men Can't Jump" to "Hunger Games" to "True Detective."
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Actress Accuses Val Kilmer of Physically Assaulting Her During Audition for 'The Doors'
Actress Accuses Val Kilmer of Physically Assaulting Her During Audition for The Doors
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Oliver Stone backtracks on his defense of Harvey Weinstein, but now faces sexual harassment allegation of his own
The “JFK” director came to Harvey Weinstein’s defense, but now he’s backing off — and he’s also facing a sexual harassment allegation of his own.
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Oliver Stone says it's too early to plan the Trump biopic
"I don't want to chase the news," Oliver Stone tells Yahoo Entertainment about a possible Donald Trump film.
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'Greed is good': Oliver Stone explains origin and relevance of classic 'Wall Street' line 30 years later
Michael Douglas never actually says the line “greed is good” in Wall Street, the seminal stockbroking drama that Oliver Stone deposited in theaters 30 years ago this December. It’s one of those infamous, constantly misquoted movie lines, up there with “Play it again, Sam” (it’s “Play it, Sam”) and “If you build it, they will come” (“If you build it, he will come”).
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Oliver Stone Clashes With Stephen Colbert and ‘Late Show’ Audience Over Putin
Oliver Stone could not think of one negative thing to say about Vladimir Putin, so Stephen Colbert helped him.
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Oliver Stone’s ‘Putin Interviews’ Are Fascinating Ego Trips
The director Oliver Stone (Snowden, JFK, Natural Born Killers) spent a number of hours with Vladimir Putin between 2015 and 2017. The interviews aren’t combative — Stone did not arrive in Moscow on a mission to condemn Putin to his face, or to confront him about Russian espionage in America and elsewhere. Instead, Stone adopts an approach that is best described as “the flexible way” — which happens to be the phrase Putin uses to describe his life-long hobby, the daily practice of the martial art of judo.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Reveals Mistaken Identity Landed Him Oliver Stone Film 'Savages'
Aaron Taylor-Johnson said Oliver Stone cast him in Savages because he thought he was Jim Sturgess.
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Oliver Stone's Vladimir Putin Interviews to Air on Showtime as Four-Hour Documentary
Pay-cable network over four nights in June will air 'The Putin Interviews,' conversations between filmmaker Oliver Stone and Russian chief of state
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Oliver Stone Honored by Writers Guild of America West for Career
Oliver Stone, whose films include Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Wall Street, has been selected to receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2017 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. “Oliver Stone may be our most committed screenwriter, using an unparalleled sense of conflict and drama to define the past half century,” said WGA West President Howard A. Rodman.
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5 Unfiltered Facts About Oliver Stone, Courtesy of Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone was going to keep the good stories to himself.
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Kremlin Praises Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' as 'Brilliant' and 'a Must-See'
Government spokesman Dmitry Peskov raves about the movie, which opens in Russia on Thursday, to Russian media
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Toronto Film Review: Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ (Open Road)
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New 'Snowden' Clip: Edward Snowden Is a Hollywood-Style Super Genius
Snowden shows off his hacking skills
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Oliver Stone Says Cell Phones Will 'Burn Your Life to the Ground' in Comedic 'Snowden' PSA
Oliver Stone wants you to shut off your cellphones during a movie — and possibly forever. In a comedic movie theater-style public service announcement released Wednesday, the Snowden director warns audiences of the dangers that phones pose to personal privacy and security. Stone begins by highlighting the best parts of using the handheld devices we have all become attached to, complete with a gratuitous video clip of a bunch of cute cats playing with a toy.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Internet's Reaction to His 'Snowden' Voice: 'Nothing Surprises Me'
When the first trailer for the Oliver Stone-directed biopic Snowden was released online in April, it presented a good look at how the film would shape NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s story as a thriller full of intrigue, technology, and even a little sex. “Nothing Will Prepare You for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Snowden Voice,” read MTV’s peg. “Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nails Voice of Snowden,” opined Moviefone.
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Oliver Stone Calls Pokemon Go a ‘New Level of Invasion’ at Comic-Con ‘Snowden’ Panel
Director at panel warns audience of "surveillance capitalism”: "They are data mining every person in this room."
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Edward Snowden Beams Into Comic-Con Screening of Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'
Of all the celebrity appearances at Comic-Con on Thursday, none was more meta than Edward Snowden appearing via Google Hangout from an undisclosed location in Moscow to discuss a screening of Oliver Stone’s biopic Snowden. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who stars as the fugitive whistleblower, and Shailene Woodley, who plays his long-suffering girlfriend, joined Stone and the disembodied Snowden for a 30-minute Q&A after the Thursday event. Snowden appears briefly as himself at the end of the film to explain what has transpired in the years since he revealed the illegal data-mining of U.S. citizens by the NSA.