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Tom Cruise mocked at the Oscars as Top Gun star skips the awards despite nominations

Tom Cruise didn't even have to attend the 2023 Oscars to be one of the most talked about stars last night, as the Top Gun actor skipped the star-studded ceremony despite his hit film being in with a chance of winning six awards

Daily Mirror

Hugh Grant, Malala and a donkey: the best memes and moments from the 2023 Oscars

There was cringe. There was chaos. There was Cocaine Bear. Here are the most viral bits from this year’s ceremony

The Guardian - AU

Elizabeth Banks saves herself from fall after dangerous trip onstage at Oscars

Things almost went horribly wrong

The Independent UK

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Cocaine Bear: Portrush actor JB Moore on Hollywood debut in blockbuster

"It’s a great ensemble cast, the characters Jimmy Warden created were so much fun to play"

Belfast Live

Comedy-horror Cocaine Bear is based on a true story. Well, kind of

Comedy-horror Cocaine Bear has an undoubtedly bizarre premise. But the movie is actually loosely based on real-life events.

The New Daily

'Cocaine Bear' gets high with $23.1M, 'Ant-Man' sinks fast

Sunday studio estimates say the gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear” sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend

The Independent UK

Cocaine Bear review – larky horror comedy is roaring good fun

Elizabeth Banks’s playfully anarchic creature-feature about a rampaging beast high on drugs is as daft as it is entertaining

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Cocaine Bear isn't entirely fictional. Here's the real story behind 'Pablo Eskobear'

Cocaine Bear's premise is pretty self-explanatory, but it's actually based on true events. So what really happened in a Georgia forest in the 1980s?

ABC News

Cocaine Bear doesn't even elicit a snort

Besides one action sequence and a fake bear that out-acts its human costars, the film fails its amusing title

Salon

The Guide #75: Has The Last of Us killed off the zombie genre?

In this week’s newsletter: That the quiet sixth episode might be the best yet proves we’ve just about run out of interesting things to say about the undead

The Guardian - UK

Review: The enjoyably grisly 'Cocaine Bear' is nothing to sniff at

In September 1985, Tennessee authorities discovered the body of Andrew Carter Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned drug smuggler who had fallen to his death from a plane. The bags full of cocaine he was transporting into the country took longer to recover. By the time the illicit cargo…

Los Angeles Times

Cocaine Bear review: beastly high-jinx movie will leave you gasping and giggling

This is Jaws meets Gilmore Girls and Brave

Evening Standard

Movie review: You don’t expect much, but silly and violent ‘Cocaine Bear’ still falls short

A great work of cinema has more to offer than its surface narrative; look deeper into it, and the viewer will find metaphors and themes meriting thought and discussion.

Tribune News Service

‘Cocaine Bear’ review: Bear finds smuggler’s drugs. The welcome, and truthiness, wear off fast

It gives me no pleasure to hate on “Cocaine Bear.” The director Elizabeth Banks (”Pitch Perfect 2,” the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot) isn’t the chief problem, even if her mashup of dismemberment, mugging and dubious heartwarming is this month’s working definition of “tonal problems.” But with this script, the project was…

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Inverse

'Cocaine Bear' Review: A Drug-Fueled Descent Into Pure Chaos

'Cocaine Bear' is a fittingly absurd, shockingly violent horror comedy. Here's Inverse's review of the new, Elizabeth Banks-directed film.

The Guardian - UK

Cocaine Bear review – critter-on-drugs thriller struggles to live up to sensational title

Not since Snakes on a Plane has a title promised so much, but despite a great cast the plot is too tame

The Independent UK

Cocaine Bear review: Horror comedy about drug-crazed animal lives up to its gloriously stupid title

Elizabeth Banks’s film turns its titular character into nature’s own avenging angel, who tears human beings apart as one might drunkenly demolish a McNuggets Sharebox after a night out

Chicago Sun-Times

Intoxicating ‘Cocaine Bear’ goes hilariously off the rails

Beast craves blow in darkly hilarious B-movie blood-fest worthy of a drive-in.

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Cocaine Bear, inspired by the true story of a bear on stimulants, fails to live up to its over-the-top premise

Starring Keri Russell and Ray Liotta (in his final film role), Cocaine Bear is a gory comedy-thriller inspired by a true story — but with more "murderous rampage" than "major renal failure".

The Independent UK

'Cocaine Bear' is here to strike a blow to staid Hollywood

Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie

Daily Mirror

Whoopi Goldberg slams the Oscars as female directors snubbed for all-male nominees

The View host Whoopi Goldberg has hit out at the Oscars as no women were nominated for a Best Director award at next months 95th annual Academy Awards ceremony

Los Angeles Times

Elizabeth Banks' 'Cocaine Bear' is now a video game. And people are eating it up

The marketing team behind Elizabeth Banks' "Cocaine Bear" on Tuesday released a bonkers video game inspired by the forthcoming film. And the internet is eating it up.

The Independent UK

‘That makes it okay’: Elizabeth Banks defends controversial Cocaine Bear scene

‘There were conversations about, should we age up these characters?’ Banks said

Chicago Tribune

Confidential settlement agreement reached in case over Ernie Banks’ estate

CHICAGO — Almost eight years later to the day of legendary Chicago Cubs player Ernie Banks’ passing, a confidential settlement was agreed upon over his estate, according to a news release.

The Independent UK

Cocaine Bear: True story of infamous bear who consumed duffel bag of cocaine and got Hollywood treatment

Animal overdosed after it ate 70 pounds of drugs thrown out of plane by infamous smuggler, Graeme Massie writes

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