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‘Kickboxer’s’ Dance Scene Proves Jean-Claude Van Damme Is a Legend

Jean-Claude Van Damme makes exactly one kind of movie: a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. This winning formula is really utilized in his two late ’80s breakout films, 1988’s Bloodsport and 1989’s Kickboxer. Unquestionably all-American man (Frank Dux/Kurt Sloane) travels to Asia (Hong Kong/Bangkok) to compete in an intense tournament (the Kumite/kickboxing), but the stakes are raised when his ally (fellow American Ray/brother Eric) is badly injured and JCVD vows revenge. The same movie, made twice in two years. Who was going to stop this martial arts master from making movies his way? No one!

When deciding which Van Damme movie to watch, you really have to focus on things besides the plot. Each movie’s got their charm, like Bloodsport’s banging soundtrack (“Ku-mi-te, Ku-mi-te, Ku-mi-te!”) or Double Impact’s rampant use of aerobics wear. But of all of Van Damme’s movies, only one truly captures his moves. Kickboxer–which you can now stream on STARZ–stands out as the best JCVD movie because of one two-minute sequence. This is the movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme proves he Jean-Claude Can Dance.The moment comes at the 55:30 mark of Kickboxer. Jean-Claude–er, I mean, United States citizen Kurt Sloane–is in a dive bar in Thailand. His new master is teaching him a lesson in Muay Thai by getting him drunk and asking him to cut a rug. It doesn’t make much sense in context of the movie, either, but who cares? It gets Van Damme on the damn dance floor, and that’s all you need to know!As the funky smooth rock ‘n’ soul sounds of Beau Williams’ “Feeling So Good Today” blares (this song is 100% the summertime banger you’ve been waiting for), Van Damme gingerly approaches the dance floor… and then he lets the music get into him. You see it, right? The build-up to that handclap–and once those hands clap, he knows and you know that it is on. Things are about to get funky.Oh–and I have to point out that while the moves you’re about to see are more than enough to make this the greatest scene in ’80s cinema, the fact that Van Damme gets stanky while wearing the widest, pleat-iest khakis found in your dad’s closet and what I can only describe as a spandex suspenders/tank-top aerobics set just makes this worthy of being preserved by the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.So anyway, Van Damme is feeling the rhythm. Specifically, he’s feeling the rhythm with his hands and his hips, as seen in this tight little shimmy.JCVD is all about the contained grindage, keeping his handclaps close and his gyrations closer. But when he wants to cut loose? Boy, he cuts loose!Yeah, boy, shake that booty! It’s in there somewhere underneath what are surely massive, massive pockets. That GIF is almost a reverse Roxbury; he’s one guy in the middle trying his hardest to booty-bounce the women flanking him. Jean-Claude is a dance innovator.But if you think you’ve seen him cut loose, uh-uh! You have not! Cut loose, Van Damme!Look at him go–and more importantly, look at that face! We all assume that Jean-Claude is happiest when he’s satiating his thirst for vengeance in the ring or bedding a smoking hot international journalist. Turns out, he’s not. He’s happiest in that GIF above, twirling and stretching and squatting. Do they bestow knighthood upon exceptional individuals in Belgium? Shouldn’t the grace and power of this GIF earned Van Damme the title of Sir?But still, somehow, you ain’t seen nothing yet–because Van Damme’s gotta walk it out!He’s a superstar stunner doing a victory jig down the smallest, least enthusiastic Soul Train Line ever. Also this GIF captures Van Damme’s signature move: the downward-facing, all-smiles, elbow squat strut.Okay, I lied. That’s not his signature move. We all know what Jean-Claude’s signature move is, and you best believe he saved the best for last.Like every single Drag Race queen ever, Van Damme knows when to bust out the splits for maximum effect! It’s also here in this one GIF that suddenly those dumpy khakis look… uh… suddenly alluring. That is the power of dance!Lest you forget that you’re watching a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, Kickboxer knows that it’s time to toss in some real danger into this routine. You can’t catch Kurt Sloane off guard!And thus endeth the routine. Kurt Sloane’s learned how to… uh, you know, he hasn’t learned much! I guess he’s learned that he can still kick ass while drunk and dancing. Honestly, that’s a valuable lesson that Kurt Sloane needed to learn, Jean-Claude Van Damme needed to learn, and every single film historian needed to learn. There’s nothing that the Muscles from Brussels can’t accomplish if there’s a jukebox blasting and a move to bust.Obviously you should watch all of Kickboxer right now, but here’s the full scene since I know you’re going to need to study this in order to learn all the moves in time for wedding season.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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