Latest Bill Paxton News
Daisy Edgar-jones Says Twisters Honours The Original By Using Real Tornado Footage
Daisy Edgar-Jones believes 'Twisters' honours the original 1996 movie by incorporating real footage of storms and tornados. The 26-year-old actress – who stars in the disaster flick alongside Glen Powell, 35, and Anthony Ramos, 32...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 July 2024
James Paxton Took Time To 'Process' Being On Twisters Set Without Late Dad Bill Paxton
James Paxton found it "emotional" being on the set of 'Twisters'.The 30-year-old actor makes a brief appearance in the sequel to 1996's 'Twister' - which starred his late father Bill Paxton - and he admitted...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 July 2024
Helen Hunt Is Thrilled By The Ongoing Appeal Of Twister
Helen Hunt is delighted that 'Twister' has stood the test of time.The 61-year-old star played tornado-obsessed Jo Harding in the 1996 disaster film and is happy with the renewed attention resulting from the upcoming sequel...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 July 2024
Late Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman And Bill Paxton Hailed As ‘Shapeshifters’
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Paxton are being hailed as “shapeshifters” by director Jan de Bont.The pair were cast by 80-year-old filmmaker Jan in his 1996 blockbuster ‘Twister’, and he has now paid tribute to...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 04 July 2024
Twister 'Cannot Be Remade'
'Twister' director Jan de Bont is adamant the disaster movie "cannot be remade".De Bont helmed the 1996 original starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt about a storm chasers caught up in a tornado which wreaks...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 August 2023
Joseph Kosinski To Direct Twister Reboot
Joseph Kosinski is set to direct a reboot of 'Twister'.According to Variety, the 46-year-old filmmaker is in talks with Universal to helm a remake of the 1996 movie, which starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 June 2020
Bill Paxton's Family Sue Hospital And Surgeon Over Wrongful Death
A year on from the sudden death of beloved character actor Bill Paxton from surgical complications following heart surgery, the star’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai hospital and the doctor who...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 February 2018
Bill Paxton's Cause Of Death Revealed
Following his sudden and tragic passing last month at the age of 61, the late Bill Paxton’s cause of death has been officially listed as having suffered a stroke that occurred 11 days after heart...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 March 2017
Bill Paxton Has Died At 61, But Was Optimistic Until The End
Another one of Hollywood's greats has passed away in the shape of Bill Paxton. He died last week at the age of 61 from a stroke after surgical complications; an event made all the more...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 February 2017
Bill Paxton Discovers Familial Link To Texas Founding Father Sam Houston
The Apollo 13 star portrays the man known as "the father of Texas" in the epic TV drama, about the Texas Revolution against Mexico in the 1830s and the rise of the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 May 2015
Bill Paxton To Play 'Grand Theft Auto' Nemesis In Bbc Drama
Bill Paxton will play Jack Thompson, the attorney who tried to destroy the video games company Rockstar Games in a new series for the BBC. Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe will play Sam Houser, the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 April 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal Receives High Praise For 'Nightcrawler'
Jake Gyllenhaal's performance in Nightcrawler has been highly praised by critics ahead of the film's US and UK release.Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.Read More: Author Claims To Be Son Of Zodiac Killer - Remember The Movie?Nightcrawler...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 September 2014
Wait, Is Tom Cruise's 'Edge Of Tomorrow' The Best Movie Of 2014?
It was bound to be a flop. It had to be a flop. But Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow is emerging as one of the best movies of 2014 and has put a small group...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 May 2014
'Million Dollar Arm' Released: A Home Run For Jon Hamm? [Trailer]
Million Dollar Arm is released today in the USA, bringing Craig Gillespie's take on the remarkable true story of sports coach J.B. Bernstein to life with Mad Men's Jon Hamm in the driving seat alongside...
By Lauren James in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 May 2014
Bill Paxton To Play Texas Legend Sam Houston In Tv Epic
Apollo 13 star Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser have joined the all-star cast of new mini-series Texas Rising.The two actors will team up with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Thomas Jane, Olivier Martinez and Chad...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 March 2014
Jake Gyllenhaal Hospitalized On 'Nightcrawler' Set. What's The Movie All About?
Jake Gyllenhaal was briefly hospitalized after punching a mirror on the set of his new movie Nightcrawler on Wednesday morning (November 13, 2013). The actor lost 20 pounds to play a crime reporter in the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 November 2013
Bill Paxton Recalls Magical Moments With Kennedy Before Assassination
Apollo 13 star Bill Paxton relived the day he spent gazing at President John F. Kennedy, hours before he was assassinated, as part of a U.S. Tv special to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 November 2013
Us Weekend Box Office: '2 Guns' Shoots Past 'The Smurfs 2' To No.1
2 Guns shoots to the top of the US Weekend Box Office grossing, on its opening weekend, over $27 million.Denzel Washington at the premiere of 2 Guns at the SVA Theatre, New York.2 Guns stars...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 August 2013
'2 Guns' Failures To Fire Up Critics In Early Reviews
2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, is due to be released on US cinemas on 2nd August. The film sees a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer forced to run following their...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 August 2013
Denzel Washington And Mark Wahlberg Team Up In '2 Guns' (Trailer)
Ok, so Denzel Washington's push for Oscar glory with 'Flight' didn't quite work out, but he's dusted himself down and got back in the saddle for '2 Guns' - a fairly standard though entertaining looking...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 April 2013
Thunderbirds Are Go! Itv To Remake Classic Children's Tv Series
The Thunderbirds remake has been given the green-light, with ITV and The Hobbit studio in New Zealand teaming up to work on a new instalment of the classic children's television series. A 2015 release date...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 February 2013
History Channel Makes History
The History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys miniseries, starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, managed to make history in its own right this week by setting records for the biggest audience for any non-sports program on...
By Lew Irwin on 31 May 2012
Bill Paxton Studied Old Civil War Letters For New Miniseries Role
Actor Bill Paxton studied old letters composed by his great-great-grandfather during the Civil War as research for his new historical miniseries Hatfields & Mccoys.Paxton and Kevin Costner play real-life rivals Randall MCCoy and William Anderson...
By WENN on 28 May 2012
Bill Paxton Denied Insurance Coverage For Titanic Dive
Titanic star Bill Paxton took a huge risk when he embarked on a deep sea dive to the famed wreck because he was unable to secure life insurance coverage for the trip.Director James Cameron invited...
By WENN on 25 May 2012
Paxton Keen To Meet 'Uncle Bill' After Discovering He's A Distant Relative
Former child star Sara Paxton is keen to meet her namesake Bill Paxton after learning he's a distant relative.The Last House on the Left star always noticed a family similarity in the Titanic actor and...
By WENN on 04 January 2012
Kevin Costner Takes Cast And Crew To Romania For American Civil War Drama
Kevin Costner, Tom Berenger and Bill Paxton have taken a trip back in time to shoot period drama Hatfields & Mccoys in Romania, even though the real-life tale is set in West Virginia.Costner, who is...
By WENN on 29 December 2011
Kevin Costner & Bill Paxton To Lead The Hatfields & The Mccoys Epic
Movie cowboys Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton are to play rivals in a new TV mini-series about feuding post-American Civil War families the Hatfields and the MCCoys.Tombstone star Paxton will play Randall MCCoy in the...
By WENN on 17 August 2011
Durst Warned Off Thora Birch
LIMP BIZKIT frontman FRED DURST has met celebrity resistance in his quest to date actress THORA BIRCH - her on-screen father BILL PAXTON won't let him go near her. However, luckily for Durst -...
By WENN on 13 August 2003
Bill Paxton Proud Of His Gap Teeth
APOLLO 13 star BILL PAXTON is standing apart from the majority of his Hollywood counterparts - by declaring he's proud of his imperfect teeth. While many of his fellow screen stars go to great...
By WENN on 11 April 2003
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