17 Stable Things in the Entertainment World Featuring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Quentin Tarantino and More
Education17 Stable Things in the Entertainment World Featuring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Quentin Tarantino and More
This is a follow up on my 17 Changes in the Entertainment World article. Now, it is time to have fun by looking at the things that don’t change. And please note that it is impossible for me to include everything so I made selections.
1) Quentin Tarantino makes another critically acclaimed, box office hit movie.
Pulp Fiction, 1994
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Kill Bill Vol. 1: 2003, Kill Bill Volume 2: 2004
Inglorious Bastards, 2009
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2) The highest grossing movie is written and directed by James Cameron.
The Terminator, 1984
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Titanic, 1997
Avatar, 2009
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3) Tom Cruise plays an action hero.
Top Gun – 1986
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Mission Impossible - 1996
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Mission Impossible 2 – 2000
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Minority Report- 2002
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Mission Impossible 3- 2006
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Note that Tom Cruise is working on the fourth Mission Impossible movie.
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4) Leonardo DiCaprio is popular.
Romeo + Juliet -1996
Titanic 1997
Catch Me if you can – 2002
The Aviator- 2004
The Departed, Blood Diamond- 2006
Body of Lies- 2008
Shutter Island, Inception- 2010
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5) There is a demand for vampire shows and movies.
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6) Mel Gibson still has the most children. He has 8.
7) It is cool to sign celebrities on for commercials: especially for cosmetics, perfumes and cars.
8) There is at least one bestselling author or two whose all books get made into films.
The John Grisham book movies:
* The Client (1994) (novel) , The Pelican Brief (1993) , The Firm (1993) (book) , A Time to Kill (1996), The Chamber (1996), The Runaway Jury (2003)
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* Stephen King: Carrie 1976, The Shining (1980), Cujo (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), Christine (1983), Pet Cemetery (1989), Misery (1990), …………, Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Dreamcatcher (2003), Secret Window (2004),….. (the dots represent the other movies I couldn't list.)
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* Stephenie Meyer: Twilight (2008), New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010) , Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011), Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
9) AC/DC rocks.
10) We get to talk about Paul McCartney one way or the other.
11) We love our British comedians and humor.
12) Susan Sarandon is pretty.
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13) Keanu Reeves is a sci-fi /action hero. He also plays in independent movies part-time.
Keanu Reeves, Johnny Mnemonic 1995
The Matrix 1999, The Matrix Reloaded (2003) , The Matrix Revolutions 2004, The Day The Earth Stood Still
14) Mel Gibson directs a (controversial) blockbuster. Braveheart (1995) was both critically and commercially a success. It went on to receive 5 Oscars (1 for Best Director and 1 for Best Film- both to Mel Gibson). Braveheart’s budget was around 50,000,000 and it made about $210,409,945. The Passion of Christ, 2004 was a huge box office success: 30,000,000 spent for a budget and its US Gross alone is $370,782,930.
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15) Kim Catrall takes her clothes off for a role. She did it for 6 years in Sex and The City TV series, and she did for the 2 movies. Sex and The City first aired in 1998.
16) Demi Moore is married to a popular actor. It used to be Bruce Willis. Now it is Ashton Kutcher.
17) Jim Carrey gets to make a fool of himself in movies. And the audience loves it.
Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura 1994
Me, Myself and Irene – 2000
Yes Man- 2008
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