NearFatal

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTatum O’Neal has revealed that she had a near-fatal overdose and stroke in 2020.During a recent interview with People, the 59-year-old actor recalled how she overdosed on drugs and suffered a severe stroke, which left her in a coma for six weeks. “I almost died,” O’Neal, who’s been open about her issues with drugs, said.As noted by the publication, she overdosed on a combination of…

When it comes to the worst examples of a franchise fundamentally failing to understand its own audience, the decision to make The Expendables 3 a PG-13 movie with a cast of fresh faces taking up a huge amount of screentime definitely has to be up there in terms of sheer boneheaded decisions. The entire selling point of the property was wish-fulfillment for action junkies delivered on a blockbuster scale, with fans flocking to see some of the genre’s biggest legends duke it out in a string of overblown, bullet-riddled set…

Eminem is shedding more light on his past struggles with substance abuse.During a recent episode of Paul Rosenberg’s podcast, the Grammy-winning rapper opened up about his near-fatal overdose 15 years ago. Em previously revealed he had been battling an addiction to prescription pills, and was hospitalized in 2007 after accidentally ODing on methadone. “It took a long time for my brain to start working again,” Em said to his longtime manager.“You literally were coming off of an overdose, and they had to sort of stabilize…

Justin Bieber’s grandmother, Kathy Bieber, was involved in a brutal car accident in the singer’s hometown of Stratford, Ontario on Saturday. TMZ reports news of the crash broke via a Facebook public community page dedicated to classic cars in the Stratford area. A photo was posted on the page, showing a red and white convertible engulfed in smoke.Brandan Steven, who also appears to be related to Justin, took to the page to claim he was involved in the accident with Kathy, Bieber’s grandmother on his dad Jeremy’s side.“We…