1st March 2008

Former WWE wrestler Dwayne Johnson told Soccer AM why his first love was football… American football that is!

Johnson who was known as The Rock during his eight year association with the WWE is now a successful actor but revealed if it hadn’t been for a bad injury, his life would most likely have taken a very different path.

“It was always my first choice,” he explained. “I’d play down at University in Miami, where we won a national championship and I just love the game of football, in fact I just love athletics period. (more…)

Another highlight from WonderCon this year was the panel and presentation for Warner Brothers’ upcoming summer comedy Get Smart. Appearing live in San Francisco today were the director Pete Segal and stars Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell. Not only did they deliver one hell of a hilarious Q&A, but the new trailer that debuted for the audience looked fantastic and played to enormous applause and cheers. Not only is this going to be a huge summer hit, but Carell perfectly embodies a contemporary Agent Maxwell Smart. (more…)

The 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards Ended With a Bang on Sunday Night 
HOLLYWOOD, CA UNITED STATES 05/21/2007

Show to air domestically on AMC On Friday, May 25th at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ — The stars were out and the
action was in full force at this year’s Taurus World Stunt Awards on the
Paramount Pictures lot last night. An enthusiastic audience of over 1700
watched as action film icon Burt Reynolds, star of the blockbuster hit 300
Gerard Butler, and the “godmother of stunt women,” Jeannie Epper were
honored for their remarkable contributions to the world of action films.
Awards host Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson kept the proceedings lively (more…)

According to the New York Post:

Disney Channel’s “Cory in the House,” off to a strong start, has snared Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for an upcoming episode. Johnson, who taped his guest spot Monday, will play the presi dent’s newly appointed spe cial fitness advisor. “Cory,” a spinoff from “That’s So Raven,” is averaging 4.1 mil lion viewers through four air ings and doing extremely well among young girls (6-12 and 9-14).

@ the Los Angeles taping of the Spike TV Video Game Awards The Rock personally introduced the world premiere of the “Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run” videogame trailer. So when we see this on December 10th we will get our first look at the video game starring The Rock!

credit: insidevideogamesblog