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'Are these people f***ing crazy?': A 25th anniversary oral history of HBO's pioneering prison drama 'Oz'
The stars and creators of HBO's groundbreaking prison drama 'Oz' bare all on its 25th anniversary.
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J.K. Simmons and son start anew in touching trailer for comedic drama 'The Bachelors' (exclusive)
J.K. Simmons plays an educator who, following the death of his wife, moves his teenage son (Josh Wiggins) cross-country when to accept a teaching position at a prestigious private school.
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Johnny Depp, Laura Dern, and Other Celebrities Star in Teenage Cancer Patient’s Zombie Film
Johnny Depp, Laura Dern, J.K. Simmons, Richard Chamberlain, David Lynch, and Penelope Ann Miller helped make one seriously ill film fan’s dream come true. Anthony Conti is a 16-year-old boy who suffers from Stage 4 adrenal cortical cancer who dreamed of making a Hollywood film. The actors, working with directors Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), and Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures), created the short film The Black Ghiandola, which Conti co-wrote with Scott Kosar (Texas Chainsa
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Comedian Henry Phillips Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons in 'Punching Henry' Trailer (Exclusive)
The 2009 indie Punching the Clown did not set the box office on fire, but the Slamdance Audience Award winner did earn star Henry Phillips — who combines folk music and comedy — some serious clout with funny people. You can check out the film’s exclusive first trailer above.
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J.K. Simmons ‘Excited’ for Ben Affleck’s ‘Batman’ Movie
If you’re excited to see Ben Affleck’s standalone "Batman" film, you’re not the only one. J.K. Simmons, fresh from co-starring with Affleck in "The Accountant," told Yahoo Movies that he’s also looking forward to it. “I’m really excited to be working with Ben and, in the future, to be working with Ben on both sides of the camera,” Simmons said.
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‘Real Housewives’ Singers Meet Their Match in J.K. Simmons’s ‘Whiplash’ Character
On Thursday’s “Watch What Happens Live,” we found out what would happen if all of the “Real Housewives” stars who have attempted music careers ran into the character J.K. Simmons played, and won an Oscar for, in 2014’s “Whiplash.”
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Ben Affleck's Superhero-Like Character in 'The Accountant'
When Ben Affleck once again graces the silver screen this weekend, he’ll be playing a lead character with a secret identity that has highly advanced battle skills and brain function, driven by a moral code to help the good guys and put away the bad guys. It’s actually his character in The Accountant that also embodies these superhero-like qualities. “That’s what was really compelling about it,” Affleck told Yahoo Movies about the role.