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Hugh Jackman Rumored to Be Romancing Music Man Co-Star

Sutton Foster has now filed for divorce

(Newser) - Rumors have been swirling for quite a while that Hugh Jackman is romantically involved with his Broadway Music Man co-star, Sutton Foster, and on Tuesday Foster filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years, according to Page Six . Foster, 49, has been married to Ocean's Eleven screenwriter Ted...

Hugh Jackman Makes Plea on Behalf of Missing Dancer

Authorities find abandoned car of Hamilton performer Zelig Williams in South Carolina

(Newser) - A dancer from the hit Broadway play Hamilton has gone missing in South Carolina, and a big name is part of the push to find him. People reports that 28-year-old Zelig Williams, who more recently starred in MJ the Musical, was last seen leaving his home in Columbia on the...

Wesley Snipes Just Earned 2 Guinness World Records
Wesley Snipes
Just Earned
2 Guinness
World Records
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Aug 10, 2024 4:50 PM CDT

Wesley Snipes Just Earned 2 Guinness World Records

Blade cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine gives him longest career as a live-action Marvel character

(Newser) - Wesley Snipes has broken not one but two Guinness world records, thanks to his Blade cameo in Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine. Per Guinness , the 62-year-old actor showed up unexpectedly in the franchise's latest flick, which Gizmodo notes "was a shock to many." That appearance earned Snipes...

Marvel Back in Form With Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine:
Messy, 'Unadulterated Fun'
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Jul 26, 2024 11:11 AM CDT

Deadpool & Wolverine: Messy, 'Unadulterated Fun'

Sequel has some issues, but it's 'more electric—more alive—than any MCU installment in years.'

(Newser) - Six years after the events of Deadpool 2, Wade Wilson is living a quiet life when he learns that life might end. Threatened by the Time Variance Authority, which controls alternate realities and timelines, Wilson's Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) sets out to save the world and resurrect Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)...

Longtime Hollywood Couple Calls It Quits

Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness are separating after 27 years

(Newser) - One of Hollywood's most enduring couples is no more. Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness are separating after 27 years, reports TMZ . The statement they gave to People suggests an amicable split. "We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a...

Music Man Canceled After Hugh Jackman Gets COVID

But it will be back in the new year

(Newser) - The Broadway revival of The Music Man has been one of the hottest tickets in town and it has limped along without co-star Sutton Foster, who tested positive for COVID-19 during previews on Dec. 23. But now the show is being shuttered until the new year because Hugh Jackman has...

Chris Evans to Incredibly Brave Boy: 'Pal, You're a Hero'

The 'Captain America' actor has a special message for 6-year-old Bridger Walker

(Newser) - Not many 6-year-old boys get a congratulatory video from Captain America. But then, not many stand between their little sister and an angry dog—an act of bravery that earned young Bridger Walker 90 stitches to his face, CNN reports. "Captain America here, so I read your story, I...

Hugh Jackman Gets Poked by His No. 1 Frenemy

He and Ryan Reynolds have trolled each other for quite some time

(Newser) - Actor Hugh Jackman had a sweet message for his wife on Friday—and a fellow actor used it to keep up their teasing feud. People reports the 51-year-old took to Instagram with words of love for wife Deborra-Lee Furness: "These 24 years have been the best of my life!...

He Gives Most of His Income to His Students. He Just Won $1M

Kenya's Peter Tabichi just won 'world's best teacher' from Varkey Foundation

(Newser) - Peter Tabichi is a science and math teacher in one of the poorest schools in Kenya, and he gives away the majority of his paycheck to help his community and students at the Keriko secondary school in Pwami. The 36-year-old Franciscan friar just got those funds back, and then some:...

Logan Claws Out an $85.3M Win
 Logan Claws Out
an $85.3M Win
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Mar 5, 2017 12:03 PM CST

Logan Claws Out an $85.3M Win

Adamantium on display as 'Moonlight' is rising

(Newser) - The R-rated X-Men spinoff Logan slashed into the weekend box office, reports the AP , opening with a massive $85.3 million that surpassed expectations and ranks among the top March debuts ever. The 20th Century Fox release features Hugh Jackman in what he has hinted could be his final performance...

This Is Not Your Typical Superhero Movie
This Is Not
Your Typical
Superhero Movie
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Mar 3, 2017 11:44 AM CST

This Is Not Your Typical Superhero Movie

Hugh Jackman's latest turn as Wolverine is fantastic in 'Logan'

(Newser) - After 17 years as Wolverine, Hugh Jackman is apparently calling it quits. If so, critics love his finale. In Logan , Wolverine believes himself to be one of the world's last remaining mutants. Then he meets a mute girl with claws just like him. Here's what critics are saying:...

Hugh Jackman Helps Rescue His Own Kids

Son, daughter were caught in rip tide on Aussie beach

(Newser) - It was a scary day at the beach for Hugh Jackman on Saturday, and the on-screen superhero had to play one in real life. As 9news reports, the actor and his kids were at Australia's Bondi Beach when daughter Ava, 10, and son Oscar, 15, got caught in a...

Jackman Surprises Young Fan With 'Wolverine Pose'

Radio show video will warm your heart

(Newser) - In case you weren't already a little bit in love with Hugh Jackman, this should do the trick: The X-Men star recently surprised a 9-year-old boy with Cystic Fibrosis who was visiting KIIS 1065's Kyle & Jackie O Show . Domenic, whose visit was arranged by the Make A...

Recycled Chappie Belongs in 'Scrap Heap'
 Recycled Chappie 
 Belongs in 'Scrap Heap' 
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Mar 6, 2015 11:44 AM CST

Recycled Chappie Belongs in 'Scrap Heap'

Critics bash Neill Blomkamp's robot flick as copycat, failure

(Newser) - Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver, and Hugh Jackman star in Chappie, a film about a former police robot that develops the ability to think and feel and becomes the face of a revolution. According to critics, it's all a little too familiar. Here's what they're saying:
  • "Chappie,
...

11 Stars Whose Kids Are Adopted

It's a difficult process for celebrities too, they say

(Newser) - In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, the Stir rounds up 21 celebrities who've adopted kids:
  • Kristin Davis: The Sex and the City star adopted not just on the show, but in real life. She adopted Gemma Rose domestically in 2011, calling it a "wish come true."
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11 Celebs' Strange Pre-Fame Jobs

From birthday party clown to outhouse cleaner

(Newser) - Hey, you gotta start somewhere. Radar rounds up 25 celebrities who had strange—and sometimes a little embarrassing—jobs before they got their big breaks. A sampling:
  • Cindy Crawford: Shucked corn at a local fair for $4 an hour. (But note, that's how she ended up getting discovered.)
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Critics Totally Wowed by Latest X-Men

 Critics Totally Wowed 
 by Latest X-Men 
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May 23, 2014 12:14 PM CDT

Critics Totally Wowed by Latest X-Men

It may be tough to follow, but who cares?: reviews

(Newser) - The superheroes are back again in X-Men: Days of Future Past and boy, do they impress as they time-travel back to the 1970s. Critics are throwing the film a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of this writing, and audiences are even more generous. So what's there to...

Hugh Jackman Treated for Skin Cancer Again

He's fine, wants fans to use sunscreen

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman was once again treated for skin cancer—and the actor is once again using it as a way to remind fans to wear sunscreen. As he did after his 2013 scare , Jackman posted a picture of himself with a bandaged nose to Instagram . "Another Basel Cell Carsinoma,...

Hugh Jackman Reveals Skin Cancer Scare

He posts photo of bandaged nose, urges sunscreen

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman has just become a walking PSA for sunscreen. The Wolverine star posted a photo of himself on Instagram with a bandaged nose and this caption, reports E! Online : "Deb said to get the mark on my nose checked. Boy, was she right! I had a (basal) cell...

Jackman's Prisoners Takes No. 1



 Jackman's 
 Prisoners 
 Takes No. 1 
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Sep 22, 2013 1:04 PM CDT

Jackman's Prisoners Takes No. 1

But Chris Brown's 'Battle of the Year' wasn't

(Newser) - Despite complaints about the ending , Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal had a winning weekend with their thriller, Prisoners, taking in $21.4 million to lead the box office, reports the LA Times . Last week's winner, Insidious: Chapter 2, slipped into the No. 2 spot with $14.5 million, adds...

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