Samuel L. Jackson

Michele and I are divided on the subject of whether celebrities owe us anything for seeing their movies or listening to their music.

It all started when one of our weekend personalities, "The Fitz," ran into Samuel L. Jackson over the weekend at a radio convention in Las Vegas and was rebuffed when he asked for a photo with the movie star. Fitz is a huge fan and was upset when Jackson turned him down. So Fitz went to Twitter and voiced his displeasure -- and Sam Jackson (yes, THEE Samuel L. Jackson) responded.

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While we wait for the official trailer to arrive, Legendary debuted the first sneak peek at Kong: Skull Island, taking us behind the scenes of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ epic journey into the heart of King Kong's origins. The featurette offers our first real look at the upcoming reboot, with footage from the Vietnam set and interviews with cast and crew members, and Tom Hiddleston packing a very large gun.

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So far, audiences haven’t flocked to Quentin Taratino’s latest film, The Hateful Eight, as they have with his last two films. Both Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained grossed over $120 million, but The Hateful Eight looks like it will be lucky to get to $50 million. This despite the 70mm roadshow version that encouraged audiences to see the film in theaters. A large part of the disappointing box-office take so far, is due in no small part to opening up against Star Wars: The Force Awakens, aka the Biggest Movie of All-Time, but Tarantino is not backing off his latest movie, instead doubling down and moving forward with plans to mount a stage production of his latest movie in London and New York.

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Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Daniel Craig -- what do these three have in common? I know ... super-easy question.

They all played James Bond. And the latest James Bond movie, "Spectre," is currently killing it in theaters!

But speculation is that this will be Craig's last Bond film -- leading to more speculation about who the next Bond might be.

Here's my suggestion: What about Samuel L. Jackson?

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