A.O. Scott New York Times Samuel L. Jackson The Avengers

May 3rd, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson lashed out at a New York Times film critic on Twitter Thursday for writing a negative review of The Avengers.

Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Comics adaptation opening Friday, took issue with A.O. Scott‘s article, which criticized “the overblown, skull-assaulting action sequences,” among other aspects.

Scott, who wrote that the movie is “hardly worth raging about, [and] its failures are significant and dispiriting,” also described Jackson’s acting as “more master of ceremonies than mission commander.”

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Barack Obama Samuel L. Jackson

February 11th, 2012

In the March issue of Ebony, Samuel L. Jackson gives an outspoken interview in which he says that he supported President Obama because of his race.

“I voted for Barack because he was black,” Jackson is quoted by the New York Post as saying in the magazine.

He continues, “‘Cuz that’s what other folks vote for other people – because they look like them.”

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Ewan McGregor Liam Neeson Natalie Portman Samuel L. Jackson Star Wars The Phantom Menace

October 29th, 2011

More than a decade after its hugely anticipated release (and overwhelmingly negative critical reception), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is returning to theaters, this time in 3D.

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Chris Evans Chris Hemsworth Jeremy Renner Joss Whedon Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr. Samuel L. Jackson Scarlett Johansson The Avengers

October 11th, 2011

The trailer for The Avengers, the superhero extravaganza starring most of Hollywood, just debuted.

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Django Unchained Inglourious Basterds Jamie Foxx Kevin Costner Kurt Russell Leonardo DiCaprio Quentin Tarantino Samuel L. Jackson

October 1st, 2011

Kurt Russell will reportedly replace Kevin Costner as one of the bad guys in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino‘s star-studded project about a freed slave (Jamie Foxx) coming to rescue his wife from a plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio).

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Christoph Waltz Django Unchained Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino Samuel L. Jackson Will Smith

May 7th, 2011

Will Smith is reportedly the frontrunner to star in ‘Django Unchained,’ Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming movie about a slave in the Old South searching for his wife.

The “spaghetti Western” would team the title character with a German bounty hunter, expected to be played by Christoph Waltz, as they look for Django’s wife and attempt to take down a plantation owner.

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Gabriel Aubry Halle Berry Katherine Heigl Martin Luther King Jr. New Year's Eve Samuel L. Jackson The Mountaintop

April 17th, 2011

Halle Berry has been forced to drop out of her Broadway debut.

The Oscar winner was set to appear in “The Mountaintop,” a fictionalized account of the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination – with Samuel L. Jackson starring as King – but producers of the show said in a statement, “Ms. Berry would not be appearing in the role due to child-custody issues.”

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Laurence Fishburne MediaTakeOut Montana Fishburne Samuel L. Jackson

November 21st, 2010

It’s not unusual for MediaTakeOut to get the facts wrong.
This time, the site can’t even get the faces right.

According to the MediaFakeOut crew, the woman pictured on the magazine cover displayed here is Samuel L. Jackson’s daughter.

Whoops.

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