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In between a diatribe on the war in Ukraine and a detailed look into justice system, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver managed to fit in a jab at one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. After playing a compilation of television lawyers appealing their client’s convictions, Oliver pointed out what he thought was the…

Bill Maher unloaded on celebrity candidates for high political office as a “recurring nightmare that we just can’t shake.” In his show-ending “New Rule,” he singled out Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Caitlyn Jenner, Matthew McConaughey and Randy Quaid. All have expressed varying levels of interest in running for either…

The Rock backed now President Biden in last year's smackdown of an election, but Dwayne Johnson may have caught the White House bug himself to one day succeed Uncle Joe. Always savvy on social media, the Fast & Furious franchise star went online this morning to weigh in on a recent Newsweek poll that found almost 50%…

Dwayne Johnson has called out Donald Trump in a passionate video in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. "Where are you? Where is our leader?" Johnson asks. "Where is our leader at this time when our country is down on its knees, begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain with its arms out, just…

Earlier this morning, NBC revealed it had handed a straight-to-series order to Dwayne 'The Rock’ Johnson and Nahnatchka Khan for Young Rock, a single-camera comedy that tells the story of the wrestling star and actor's colorful early years. After a technological mishap at the Winter TCA press tour, Johnson recorded a…

Dwayne Johnson has confirmed his long-awaited turn as DC’s Black Adam will start filming in 2020. Black Adam is Shazam's arch-nemesis and a complex antihero with a rich history of his own. Johnson was to play the character in the first movie before the parties decided he warranted his own pic, and he came aboard in…

Putting his money where his motor mouth is, Kevin Hart is inviting fans to see his his latest film on his dime. Hart announced this afternoon that he’s bought every seat of the 3:15 PM Arclight Hollywood screening of Central Intelligence, the action comedy co-starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that debuted today in…

Is the Fast & Furious series getting a spinoff? Maybe, maybe not but the possibility has been bandied about ever since Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s breakout character DSS Agent Luke Hobbs was introduced in 2011’s Fast 5. Now Johnson has obliquely weighed in on the possibility himself in a post to his Instagram feed…

Screenwriter Douglas Cook died at noon Sunday in Santa Monica. He was 56 and was surrounded by his family when he passed away. Cook and his writing parter David Weisberg wrote the screenplays for The Rock, Double Jeopardy and the upcoming picture Criminal. The Rock, for producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson…

The release of the first trailer back in November for the next Fast & Furious franchise film, now called Fast 7, created quite a lot of noise when it hit. The latest trailer crashed through today, as Jason Statham hunts the gang for revenge. The film also stars the late Paul Walker, as well as The Rock, Vin Diesel and…

"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7 — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tweeted the news himself this morning. Johnson has been teasing for months that he’d be starring in a DC Comics pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Daddario just landed the female lead opposite Dwayne Johnson on San Andreas, which New Line hopes will be its next big tentpole. In the Brad Peyton-directed film, Johnson plays a chopper pilot who sets out to rescue his estranged daughter after a massive earthquake hits California. Beau Flynn is…