Patrick Swayze News

September 14, 2009
Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009
Patrick Swayze, the versatile actor who starred in some of the biggest Hollywood hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Sept. 14 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. Swayze's big break was in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders. As a lead, Swayze found success in the Cold War action flick Red Dawn and the ABC Civil War miniseries North and South. However, it was the sleeper hit Dirty Dancing that propelled Swayze to the big time. Swayze followed that commercial triumph with Road House, playing a philosophical bouncer; Ghost, as a dead man attempting to protect his girlfriend from harm; and Point Break, in which he lead a gang of bank-robbing surfers. More...

March 7, 2008
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Swayze, star of such hit films as Dirty Dancing, Ghost, and Road House, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. More...

August 20, 2007
Jessica Biel Strips Down for Powder Blue
We've heard plenty on no-nudity contracts, but this is one of those rare instance of reports on the exact opposite. Jessica Biel has signed a contract that specifically states (down to some rather exact details) how much she will bare for her next movie, Powder Blue. More...

August 10, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: J.J. Abrams' Untitled Gets Title (Maybe), Superman Villains, Kate Beckinsale on Possible Roles, And More!
In this week's ketchup, the Untitled J.J. Abrams Project appears to finally have a title (though we still can't be sure), Superman: Man of Steel will have two villains, and Kate Beckinsale tells the Comic-Con crowd about her past and future movie opportunities. More...

May 15, 2007
Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?
From the "sequels we're not dying for" department, we get a few tidbits regarding the possibility of A) "Tomb Raider 3" and B) "Point Break 2." (Really?) More...

December 6, 2004
What's the Cheesiest Line?
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