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The Rock has heaped praises on the actor who helped him kickstart his career in Hollywood.

Dwayne “The Rock†Johnsonâ€s first Hollywood venture was The Mummy Returns in 2001, in which he played the role of The Scorpion King. He has come a long way since then and has established himself as one of the highest-paid actors in the industry. 24 years later, The Peopleâ€s Champion showed his gratitude to co-star Brendan Fraser for helping him kickstart his acting career.

During a recent interview on the New Heights podcast, The Rock expressed his gratitude towards Brendan Fraser for “embracing†him when he got cast in The Mummy Returns.

“The very first movie I ever did was a movie called The Mummy Returns. Brendan Fraser was one of the biggest stars in the world, as he is today. Brendan Fraser, by the way, I always want to make mention of this. He was one of the biggest stars in the world. That was his franchise. I am coming in, I have never acted before, Iâ€m excited. He could have easily said, ‘I donâ€t know if I want this wrestler. But instead, Fraser embraced me. I love that man for that, and he helped kick off my career.†[H/T Entertainment Weekly]

The Rock Says He Has A Slight Influence in Choosing John Cenaâ€s Final Opponent

The Rock stated that he has a slight influence in choosing John Cenaâ€s final opponent.

Speaking on the same episode of New Heights, The Rock stated that he has a “tiny bit of influence†in booking John Cenaâ€s retirement match, but said that it was ultimately Cenaâ€s call to make.

“I have a tiny bit of influence in the booking of it, but really, itâ€s whoever John wants. Thatâ€s what it comes down to. Whoever he wants. That should be who it is. Itâ€s not me, Nick Khan, or Triple H. Itâ€s whoever John wants. That guy has earned it. The best part about John is that he comes as advertised. Who you think he is, thatâ€s who he is. Heâ€s a good dude, and I love that guy.†[H/T Fightful]

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Hollywood can be a tricky place, and sometimes feuds will erupt out of nowhere. Politics can also come into play, but there are always two sides of looking at any decision. Still, Hornswoggle hasnâ€t forgotten how he believes Peter Dinklage took a lot of roles away from fellow little people.

Hornswoggle has seen controversy before, and heâ€s certainly fearless about this subject. “F*ck Peter Dinklage. Man, like, I donâ€t know, maybe I shouldnâ€t speak on it, but I donâ€t care,†Hornswoggle said on the Ariel Helwani Show after the host brought up his beef with the Game of Thrones star.

When asked if he has buried the hatched with Peter Dinklage, Honswoggle replied, “No! Because he hasnâ€t responded back.â€

This all stems from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs movie, which Peter Dinklage was highly vocal about. Hornswoggle remembered how this beef started, as he recounted to Ariel Helwani.

“Hereâ€s the thing, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney was putting it out. Peter Dinklage was on a podcast and said, ‘what Iâ€ve been fighting for my community to get these other roles,†this that and the other thing. So Disney cancels it, and then Disney casts it as normal-sized actors, and not dwarfs. What are we doing?â€

“Now, I stand up for my community. My issue is when you did Elf, that check cashed just fine. Youâ€ve done a lot of roles where it was made for a little person. Sure, have you done roles that werenâ€t? Yes, and Iâ€m very proud of you for doing those roles.â€

Hornswoggle then broke it down that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could have given seven amazing roles to actors in the little person community. He didnâ€t want those parts, but others would have thrived at the chance to audition for that Disney film. Those seven roles would have also come with casting extras, stunt doubles, and understudies.

Now, Hornswoggle states that thanks to Peter Dinklageâ€s stance on the matter, Disney went another direction to take those roles away. Swoggle also questioned why Dinklage is a representative voice for his community in the first place.

When Ariel Helwani asked Hornswoggle if he believes Peter Dinklage has the political pull to make Disney change their decision about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, he responded, “Yes.â€

We will have to see if Peter Dinlage ever responds to Hornswoggle about this. After all, Swoggle said that heâ€s still upset about the situation because heâ€s been ghosted so far.

What’s your take on this matter? Does Hornswoggle have a legit gripe about things? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.

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Besides competing in the WWE ring, Drew McIntyre is also making waves in Hollywood. Kevin Nash believes a former WWE star is helping him make his mark in Hollywood.

McIntyre recently landed a role in the upcoming Highlander reboot. McIntyre will star alongside Henry Cavill, who plays the role of Connor McLeod. McIntyre will portray his brother, Angus MacLeod.

During a recent conversation on Kliq This, Kevin Nash spoke about McIntyre and his forthcoming role in the Highlander movie. Nash responded to a fanâ€s comment about being unhappy with McIntyreâ€s position in WWE and how the movie allowed him to take a break from TV. Nash mentioned the reunion of Batista and McIntyre in the film and noted that this isnâ€t a coincidence. This is why he believes that Batista could be helping Drew McIntyre get more opportunities and action in Hollywood.

“Thatâ€s the second film that him and Batista have been together in. So I think Daveâ€s helping Drew get some action,†Nash said (H/T: WrestlingInc).

Prior to the Highlander reboot, Batista and Drew McIntyre shared the screen in 2024â€s The Killerâ€s Game. As far as his WWE career goes, Drew McIntyre last competed at last monthâ€s Wrestlepalooza event, where he unsuccessfully challenged Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Since then, he started a feud with Jacob Fatu on WWE SmackDown.

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Is Cody Rhodes going to pursue more Hollywood projects? Here is what we know.

The current WWE Champion and arguably the face of the company, Cody Rhodes, recently went on a small hiatus to film his role as ‘Guile’ in the upcoming Street Fighter live-action movie. The American Nightmare will also be joined by Roman Reigns in the film as ‘Akuma’.

Recently, speaking with Local 12 in Cincinnati after the October 3rd episode of SmackDown, Rhodes shared his honest thoughts about a future in Hollywood. Not brushing away any potential future chances, he said,

“If those opportunities come up, I love those opportunities. The idea that we can go off and do this, and tell stories in different worlds, meet these new people, and challenge ourselves as storytellers or artists or however you wanna look at a pro-wrestler. “It was very helpful for me to do it. I came back better at wrestling, believe it or not, from being able to go and do that.”

“So I’d like to find my own lane. I’ve watched what The Rock has done, Smashing Machine is – no pun intended – it’s a smash. It’s unbelievable, his work. “Batista, completely different lane, unbelievable work. John Cena and the Peacemaker stuff, it’s gangbusters. “If that’s the route we’re going, I wanna find a different lane, but I’m very grateful for the path that they’ve set and how they’re doing it.”

H/t Wrestletalk

Set to be directed by Kitao Sakurai, Street Fighter is currently booked for an October 2026 release.

Cody Rhodes Makes A Shocking Admission About His ‘Street Fighter’ Role

Recently, during his appearance on the Pat McAfee show, Cody Rhodes admitted to performing his own stunts while filming ‘Street Fighter’.

“I was adamant that anything thatâ€s a stunt, Iâ€m gonna do it. If that requires me being on these wires, I wanna do it.â€

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The one American owner present at Cae Ras was Birmingham’s Tom Wagner, bobble-hatted in the Blues away end having also been spotted at the adjacent Turf Inn pub before the game sharing pints with both sets of supporters.

He lead a rallying cry at half-time with a video posted on social media admitting the energy on the pitch “wasn’t great” and urging more noise from the fans.

What manager Chris Davies could do with is a little less noise about his own position.

Remarkably given the way they stylishly stormed to promotion last year, there have been supporter grumblings about the start to the season with one win in five league games going into this fixture.

He and his side were late out of the dressing rooms at half-time, although he said it was due to giving “direction” rather than “shouting and screaming”.

Regardless, it felt like a key moment and his team responded as such with the goal coming within 20 seconds and as the result of an upping of intensity.

Although lacking the killer edge as they finished the better side, it still represents steady progress for a manager who made a point of reminding after the game that ambition is one thing – and Birmingham have plenty under Wagner and Brady – but it doesn’t have to be rushed.

“The idea that we were going to cruise the Championship would be a deluded mindset for me,” said Davies. “We knew from the off it would be a very, very hard season and you have to earn anything you get.

“But now I’ve seen how we’ve competed, we’ve got quality, we can enjoy the challenge, and I’m more optimistic now than at the start of the season.”

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WREXHAM, Wales — It had been billed in England as the “Hollywood derby,” Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac versus Tom Brady and two American-owned clubs with Premier League ambitions, but Wrexham and Birmingham City are discovering that life in the EFL Championship is a tale of grit and struggle rather than glory and fantasy.

After a 1-1 draw at the Racecourse Ground, with Patrick Roberts earning a point for Birmingham by canceling out George Dobson’s first-half opener, Wrexham are still without a home win in the league this season, and Birmingham’s recent poor form was extended to just one win in their past seven games.

Both sides went into this season hoping, maybe even expecting, to use last season’s promotion from League One as a springboard to challenge for a top-six finish and a place in the playoffs, but as the rest of the Championship clubs prepare to play their fixtures this weekend, Birmingham sit in 11th place with Wrexham in 14th.

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A run of winning form would likely send either of them into playoff contention, but neither is showing anything like promotion form right now, despite both clubs adding 12 new players to their respective squads during the summer.

And on a night when the battering winds of Storm Amy threatened to pull the corner flags from the ground, the true nature of the Championship was borne out for Wrexham and Birmingham.

It is a hard league, one that is about endurance as much as quality, and it can be a tough watch for fans — and owners — accustomed to everything going their way.

This season was always going to be a reality check for Wrexham. No team in the English game had ever achieved back-to-back-to-back promotions, as Wrexham managed by going up from League One last season, so the prospects of going straight through the Championship and into the Premier League at the first attempt were outlandish.

The Wrexham script has been pure Hollywood since Reynolds and Rob Mac bought the club in February 2021, but for every story to be credible, it needs the odd bump in the road somewhere along the line, and that is the chapter Phil Parkinson’s team are now in the middle of.

Both Wrexham and Birmingham City will be looking to get promoted to the Premier League next season. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

In the Championship, only Ipswich Town and Southampton (£50 million each), both relegated from the Premier League last season, spent more on new players this summer than the £30m splashed out by Wrexham.

Having made the giant leap from National League to Championship in just three seasons, Wrexham clearly needed that huge investment to upgrade their squad, and the overhaul has been so dramatic that only Academy product Max Cleworth remains in the team from the side that came out of the National League.

Promotion heroes such as Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer have moved on to Wigan Athletic and Swindon Town, respectively, while Elliot Lee can’t even get himself on Parkinson’s substitute bench.

Life moves on, but Wrexham are still waiting for their new team to click into gear. At this level, despite the big summer investment, they are a workmanlike team rather than an exciting one that is going to push for promotion.

“The squad are growing together and bonding together,” Parkinson said after the game. “We are looking stronger and we will use the next two weeks during the international break to keep improving.

“But we need to start turning these draws into wins.”

Birmingham are also a work in progress with manager Chris Davies coming under pressure from supporters for the failure to sustain last season’s incessant winning form, and he responded before this game by suggesting those with promotion expectations were “deluded.”

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“The theory that we were entitled to walk into the Championship and stroll it is deluded,” Davies told reporters. “We are a team that have to compete and earn everything we get at this level.

“The last time the team was in the Championship, it finished 22nd. It’s been 10 years since the team has been in the top 10 [of this division], so this is just the reality.

“We have to understand that it’s a hard league and arguably the most unforgiving league of them all in terms of the competitiveness of the teams.”

In a show of support, Birmingham chairman Tom Wagner, who watched the game standing among the away fans at the Racecourse Ground, gave his backing to the club’s under-fire manager.

“Chris has the complete and total confidence of the board,” Wagner said. “Period. Full stop.

“We are focused on a process and I am confident the process he is pursuing will pay dividends and we will be competitors. The vast majority of people understand that.”

The problem with success, however, is that supporters and owners are rarely happy to settle for a year off. Once they have tasted the celebratory champagne, they only ever want more. But this year might be one of those down years, a season when both have to adjust to a higher level before being better equipped to make the big jump to the Premier League next time.

A year of consolidation will never be a Hollywood storyline, but even Wrexham can’t be superheroes every season.

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Former WWE Champion Adam Scherr, known to wrestling fans as Braun Strowman, is about to land a massive acting role in Hollywood.

The Monster Among Men is making waves in Hollywood with a potential career-defining opportunity. The former Universal Champion has revealed he is in talks to play the iconic horror villain Jason Voorhees in a new Friday the 13th movie.

Speaking during an interview at Fantastic Fest while promoting his role in Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon, Scherr expressed his eagerness to take on the legendary slasher character.

Oh, Friday the 13th. Jason,” he said when asked about which horror franchise he’d like to join, adding that he would “gladly shave this beard off to play that character.”

The former strongman-turned-actor also hinted that discussions are already underway, stating:

There may be some talks about it with people that I know and my agency. If we could ever get everybody to get back on the same page and allow the things to work, I might be the next Voorhees.”

🚨 Former WWE star Braun Strowman in talks to portray the legendary horror iconic Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th

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Adam Scherr was released by the company in May 2025 due to financial reasons and has officially declared himself ‘semi-retired’ from wrestling as he focuses on building his acting career. His transition from the squared circle to the silver screen includes a security guard role in the upcoming horror comedy Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon.

The film, directed by Jason Lei Howden, serves as a sequel to the popular 2015 movie and features Scherr alongside stars Milo Cawthorne and Kimberley Crossman. Beyond movies, Scherr is also expanding his television presence with Everything On The Menu, a food series premiering on USA Network and streaming on Paramount+ in fall 2025.

The show will showcase a different side of the former WWE star as he travels across America exploring various cuisines. His acting ambitions represent a significant career shift for someone who previously held the WWE Universal Championship and broke multiple records in WWE events. With the Friday the 13th franchise potentially offering him a major Hollywood breakthrough, Scherr’s Hollywood journey could reach new heights.

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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was in Los Angeles on Monday — but not for basketball.

He was there to help honor Bill Nye at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On Monday, Nye’s star was added to the iconic Los Angeles attraction, a tribute to his many years as a science educator in pop culture. Nye rose to fame for his role presenting the 1990s show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” which came off the air in syndication form at the end of the decade but lived on in classrooms around the country for many years after.

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One of the many students that Nye helped develop a passion for science? The now-Celtics star.

Brown spoke about Nye’s influence on his and other students’ interest in science at Monday’s ceremony.

“My love for science runs deep, and I have Bill to thank for that,” Brown said. “But not just for myself, [but] for a generation of students who grew up in the public school system possibly thinking that school was not for them.”

Nye’s shows were built on making science education captivating to young students, a feature Brown also touched on in his speech.

“When they rolled that TV out with the trolley,” Brown said, “we knew what time it was.”

Brown and Nye teaming up isn’t a new sight. In November, Brown expressed his interest on social media in meeting the legendary television show host. Less than a month later, the two connected in the tunnel after a Celtics-Washington Wizards game. A short while later, Nye was a part of the launch event in Boston for Brown’s “White Noise” sneakers in February.

The guard’s science-related ventures have long gone hand-in-hand with his basketball career. In 2019, he became a Media Lab Director’s Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among other academic pursuits.

Brown and Celtics will tip off the 2025 regular season on Oct. 22 against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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