Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine' (2025) ; Mark Kerr after winning the heavyweight tournament during the UFC 14 on July 27, 1997 in Birmingham, Alabama. Dwayne Johnson and Emily ...

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Casting directors of some of this season’s buzziest films chronicle how enlisting professionals lent credibility to the contenders. By Max Gao For the first time in the ceremony’s 98-year history, ...

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Dwayne Johnson is up for his first Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Drama for his real-life portrayal of MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, a movie that brought him a 15-minute standing ...

‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there. Not nearly as pleasurably anxiety-inducing as ...

There's simply no hiding just how underwhelming The Smashing Machine's early box office run has been. Despite fanfare surrounding both Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and co-star Emily Blunt's performances, ...

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Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine' (2025) ; Mark Kerr after winning the heavyweight tournament during the UFC 15 on October 17, 1997 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The biographical ...