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‘Fast & Furious’-Themed Roller Coaster Coming to Universal Studios Hollywood


Universal Studios Hollywood is doubling down on the Fast & Furious saga. The park says it will soon begin construction on a roller coaster themed to the $7 billion franchise.
Following the addition of Fast & Furious – Supercharged, a 3-D experience on the Studio Tour, in 2015, a “state-of-the-art ride system” uniquely designed to engulf riders within the ongoing adventures of Dom Toretto and company will debut in the coming years, according to Wednesday’s announcement.

While there’s currently no premiere date, Universal Studios Hollywood also tells fans to expect an attraction with “innovative and technological achievements never previously employed” at the Los Angeles-area theme park, boasting the “decades-long expertise in revolutionizing the development of the contemporary roller coaster” from Universal Destinations & Experiences.
Long-rumored to be in the works, official confirmation of the untitled thrill ride comes amid construction of Universal Orlando Resort’s fourth resort, Universal’s Epic Universe, as well as development of a kids-focused park in Frisco, Texas. The announcement doesn’t include specific details of its location on USH’s park map, but plenty of online chatter has pointed to the proximity of the Upper Lot’s recently-closed Animal Actors stunt show as an educated guess for its future home.

Within the last year, Universal Studios Hollywood has introduced multiple IP-based attractions, from permanent installations like Super Nintendo World and Nope’s Jupiter Claim set, to standard additions for Halloween Horror Nights, including the just announced Stranger Things haunt where guests will come face-to-face with Vecna in the Upside Down. Upon its completion, the Fast & Furious coaster will, by all accounts, be the only pop culture franchise at the park represented by two separate attractions.
For now, it’s anyone’s guess whether the ride will debut before, after or coincide with the saga’s 11th installment that’s slated to hit theaters in 2025 (the same year Universal’s new Florida park is expected to open its turnstiles). Vin Diesel announced the release date of Fast X Part 2 on June 12, sharing a photo of himself with the saga’s latest antagonist, Jason Momoa.

“April 4th 2025… is less than 22 months away,” Diesel captioned the pic. “I love how expressive and collaborative all of the actors in our franchise feel coming into the World’s Saga. Jason wanted to try something totally unique and special and ended up creating a scene stealing character that the world won’t forget.”
ET spoke with Diesel at the block party for Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach project in Los Angeles in May 2023, where he reacted to the Luke Hobbs post-credits scene, which teased Dwayne Johnson’s return and indicated Hobbs is now in Momoa’s crosshairs.

“We have such a great cast,” Diesel shared. “We lead with love. We try to create an environment where people can do their best work.”
“That’s all actors really want, is to feel as though they’re supported to create unique characters. Characters that last forever,” he added, “and you see that in this franchise.”

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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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