Movie:money Monster
- NewsKevin Polowy
Jodie Foster on Real-Life Inspiration for 'Money Monster' and George Clooney's Hip-Hop Dance Moves
Jodie Foster at the Cannes Film Festival (Associated Press)
- NewsKevin Polowy
Jack O'Connell on Perfecting the New York Accent and How His Tough Background Prepared Him for 'Money Monster'
Jack O'Connell is just anonymous enough — for now, anyway — that unfamiliar viewers who see Money Monster are going to be stunned to discover he was brought up in Derby, England. The 25-year-old Brit nails the Queens accent, along with the borough’s blue-collar sensibilities, as Kyle Budwell, a man so enraged by a bad, savings-depleting stock tip that he takes hostage the TV financial guru (George Clooney) responsible for the bum advice. O'Connell has earned acclaim in a series of low-budget B
- NewsKevin Polowy
Don't Worry, Jodie Foster Is Not Done Acting — But Directing Comes First
Jodie Foster at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival (Associated Press)
- NewsKevin Polowy
Jack O'Connell Calls Young Han Solo Audition Process 'Frustrating'
Rising British star Jack O'Connell has been on a roll lately, landing lead roles in high-profile dramas directed by Angelina Jolie (Unbroken) and Jodie Foster (Money Monster).
- NewsMeriah Doty
Jodie Foster: Change for Women Directors in Hollywood 'Not Quick Enough'
The latest damning study has been released as the industry awaits findings from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s ongoing investigation into the discrimination of women directors. While Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, among others, has given lengthy testimony to the feds, there’s one prominent women director who has not been contacted: Jodie Foster. Although director and Oscar-winning actress exclusively tells Yahoo Movies that she has not been asked to speak with the EEOC,
- NewsMeriah Doty
Director Jodie Foster Breaks Down Exclusive Trailer for George Clooney-Julia Roberts Thriller 'Money Monster'
George Clooney is having an epically bad day. As you can see in the exclusive first trailer above, the plot follows Clooney’s Lee Gates, an amped-up Wall Street wizard (think CNBC’s Jim Cramer) whose TV show gets hijacked by a disgruntled viewer, Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell). “This poor guy Kyle put the only amount of money he has in one stock and loses everything in nine minutes,” Foster tells Yahoo Movies.
