Word: travolta
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...Something bigger than us.” That was the theme evoked again and again by the cast and crew of the new firefighter film, Ladder 49. With a marquee led by the recently A-listed Joaquin Phoenix and buoyed by screen veteran John Travolta, the movie captures a lifetime’s passage of firefighting for the members of one ladder in the Baltimore Fire Department as seen through the eyes of Phoenix’s character, Jack Morrison. A sweeping timeline highlights the brotherly bond formed by the men in the firehouse, where duty takes precedence, but often...
...Travolta was also a natural choice for Russell as the tempered Captain Mike Kennedy, who was inspired by a lieutenant that the actor trained with in the six weeks prior to shooting...
...that this man managed his group with care, with order and with laughter—but he was strong,” says Travolta. “And I thought if I could take all of those and combine them, that would be a leader.” But the largest commitment to truth for most of the actors came from the firemen themselves once the cameras began to roll...
Allen, then, has been much married. To Anthony Hopkins' Nixon in Nixon. To Daniel Day-Lewis' John Proctor in The Crucible. To Kevin Kline's cheating spouse in The Ice Storm, to John Travolta's FBI agent in Face/Off and to William H. Macy's George in Pleasantville. Not the worst husbands in the world, but, sheesh, enough. Allen would never say "sheesh," but she put her foot down. "More than anything, I felt like the vein had collapsed--like if you were a junkie," she says of the spousal roles. "There's no more to give...
...Tuesday, not long before my stomach gives out, MGM's Tabu still has men dancing competitively on tabletops to impress women, like some '80s John Travolta movie someone forgot to make. "The clubs are now carrying Vegas," says Cy Waits, the bar's VIP manager. "The casinos want us to bring in quality. Young people are more reckless with their money." Along with clubs, arenas and music venues have sprouted up in the hotels, replacing the crooners with major pop and hip-hop acts. "For years people thought it was where acts go to retire," says Russell Jones, general manager...