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EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKThe best Easter eggs and cameos in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'
'The Rise of Skywalker' is on Disney+ as part of Star Wars Day, so it's a good time to have a look through at some of these little details.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith thinks 'Avengers: Endgame' will be as important as the bible to future generations
Kevin Smith might have liked Avengers: Endgame more than anyone else in the world.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK'Masters of the Universe' CG animated series is heading for Netflix
While we wait for that long-in-gestation live action He-Man movie, Netflix is rebooting the classic 80s cartoon for the 2020s.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith teases 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' cameo role
Smith made headlines back in 2014 when he shared a tearful selfie from the ultra-secretive Star Wars: The Force Awakens set.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith interview: 'After the heart attack, I don't care anymore if anyone judges me' (exclusive)
The cult-favourite auteur says he stopped caring what anybody thought about him.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith's ultra meta 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' announces UK cinema release date
And there isn't long for fans of the View Askewniverse to wait for this one.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKStan Lee's final movie cameo is 'brilliant' says Busted star Matt Willis
Stan Lee makes a cameo in Willis’ new film Madness In The Method, directed by Jason Mewes.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith says the Snyder Cut of 'Justice League' exists, wants it to be released
Kevin Smith has confirmed that Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League exists, and he wants Warner Bros to release it.
EntertainmentDigital SpyKevin Smith confirms Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
They're striking back – again.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK8 movies derailed by artists refusing to give permission to use their music
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again is out this week and boasts another film filled with classic ABBA songs, but not every movie has the luxury of artists giving permission for the use of their music.In fact, there have been several films over the years that have been derailed by singers or estates refusing to let songs be used in biopics about the performer.Here are eight of the most awkward cases.READ MORE31 actors who have played multiple comic book rolesDrew Pearce on brainstorming with Tarantino for ‘Star Trek’Margot Robbie seeks diverse cast for DC spin-off
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith shows off stunning weight loss following heart attack
Pictured with his wife and daughter, he wore his trademark hockey shirt and backwards baseball cap, but looked stunningly trim, having lost a massive 32lbs.
NewsIndiewireKevin Smith ‘Feels Great’ After Massive Heart Attack: ‘It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me’
Smith has lost 35 pounds since undergoing emergency surgery in February.
NewsDeadlineKevin Smith Returns Home As A Vegetarian After “Massive Heart Attack” — Update
<strong>UPDATE: </strong>After taking us through his harrowing journey of having a heart attack, Kevin Smith has finally returned home and is now a vegetarian. The fanboy of all fanboys and one-half of the iconic cult duo of <em>Jay and Silent Bob</em>, took to Twitter to let everyone know that he is feeling good. “Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!” he said. “Home is where the heart is and the heart is feeling good! It's actually getting more blood flow and oxygen than it has in a long time. So…
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKJames Gunn comes to Chris Pratt's defence over Kevin Smith 'prayers' backlash
No one berates Chris Pratt in front of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn and gets away with it.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith in hospital after suffering 'massive heart attack'
Smith, 47, was rushed to hospital after falling ill following a stand-up comedy show at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.
NewsThe WrapKevin Smith Says He Will Donate His Future Weinstein Residuals to Women in Film
Kevin Smith says he intends to donate all future residuals from his Miramax and The Weinstein Company-produced films to the organization Women in Film, following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. “My entire career is tied up with the man,” Smith said in the latest episode of his podcast, Hollywood Babble-On. “”It’s been a weird f–ing week.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKJay and Silent Bob Reboot starts production this autumn, Kevin Smith confirms
The 90s cult comedy icons, played by Smith and Jason Mewes, are coming back to screens for the first time in over a decade.
NewsYahoo MoviesExcelsior! See Stan Lee Get Immortalized at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre
In a ceremony emceed by noted fanboy Kevin Smith, Lee was saluted by the likes of actors Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson in Avengers and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, as well as former Spider-Man writer and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.
NewsThe Wrap‘Clerks’ Actress Lisa Spoonauer Dies at 44
Lisa Spoonauer, who played Caitlin Bree in the 1994 film “Clerks,” has died, the film’s director Kevin Smith said Tuesday. “Devastated to report that #LisaSpoonauer, who played Caitlin in #clerks, has passed away,” Smith wrote. Smith went on to recall how, after a night of open auditions, he failed to find the “perfect Caitlin Bree,” so he dropped in at an acting class at Brookdale Community College to scout for talent.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKRIP Michael Parks: Kill Bill actor dies aged 77
Director Kevin Smith announces passing of esteemed cult film icon, declaring him "the best actor I've ever known."
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKKevin Smith announces Jay and Silent Bob reboot plans
Played by Smith and his longtime cohort Jason Mewes, drug-dealing duo Jay and Silent Bob were the one constant thread connecting Smith’s first five films: 1994’s ‘Clerks,’ 1995’s ‘Mallrats,’ 1997’s ‘Chasing Amy,’ 1999’s ‘Dogma,’ and 2001’s ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.’ Whilst this last film was meant to close the book on Smith’s ‘Askewniverse’ (named for his production company of the time, View Askew), the characters later returned again in Smith’s 2006 film ‘Clerks II,’ plus little-seen 2013 animation ‘Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie’ from director Steve Stark. Whilst Smith has mainly focused on podcasting in recent years, in between making oddball indie movies ‘Tusk’ and ‘Yoga Hosers’ and directing episodes of TV’s ‘The Flash’ and ‘Supergirl,’ the writer-director has also been making efforts to return to his earlier days with plans for both a third ‘Clerks’ and a ‘Mallrats’ TV series.
NewsBen SkipperKevin Smith Reacts To Terrible Reviews Of His Latest Movie Yoga Hosers
Kevin Smith has had a difficult relationship with film critics over the years, but recently decided to make nice ahead of the release of ‘Yoga Hosers’ - his latest film. Smith has decided to tackle that criticism head-on, and “take it as a man” as he puts it, on his podcast Hollywood Babble-On. On camera, co-host Ralph Garman read excerpts from the most brutal reviews to Smith for the first time.
NewsBen BusseyKevin Smith & Harley Quinn Smith Get Tearful In Yoga Hosers Interview
You wouldn’t think that an ultra-low brow comedy about a duo of teenage convenience store clerks and yoga enthusiasts who do battle with an army of Nazi sausages could in any way result in a bracing attack of ‘the feels’ – but you might be surprised. Yahoo Movies invited Harley Quinn Smith, co-lead of ‘Yoga Hosers’ and daughter of director Kevin Smith, to interview her father on the eve of the film’s US theatrical release, and both parties were tearful by the end. In the interview, Smith Jr. only managed to ask her father a single question – to name his favourite actor he’d ever worked with.
NewsMike P WilliamsBill Murray’s Zombieland Role Was Meant For Patrick Swayze
During an interview on Geeking Out, an AMC show hosted by Kevin Smith, ‘Zombieland’ writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick talk about the cult movie as they make the stark revelation that legendary actor Bill Murray wasn’t meant to be in the movie - instead it was thought that the late Patrick Swayze would fill the cameo role. The likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme were allegedly approached and all of them turned it down, so they asked one of the film’s stars Woody Harrelson for ideas.
NewsBen ArnoldKevin Smith Tears Into Daughter's Online Troll Brilliantly
It seems that the only way that we can hope to deter the more repugnant trolls hiding behind their computer screens is to shame them one by one. Sure, it’ll take a while, but director Kevin Smith appears up to the challenge. Yesterday, Smith took one particularly loathsome keyboard warrior and eviscerated him for truly vile remarks he decided to make about an innocuous picture posted by his daughter, actress Harley Quinn Smith.