Empire Australasia – August 2019

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ALLIGATOR
CRAWL
DirectorAlexandreAjaknowshis
violent-animalonions,havingbeen
responsiblefor2010’sPiranha3D, so
expectthisKayaScodelario-fronted
disasterfilminvolvinganalligator
attackinga floodedhousetofeature
plentyofteeth.

LION
THELIONKING
Live-actioningtheclassic‘whatif
Hamlet, butPrideLands’Disney
filmlookssettomakeeffetepanto
villainScarintoa violentand
terrifyingantagonist.Alsolions
arebasicallythesharksof
solidground.

THEROCK
FAST& FURIOUSPRESENTS:HOBBS& SHAW
Themanwhofamouslypunteda
torpedowithoneofhissize14sinThe
FateOfTheFurioushasevolvedintoone
ofthemostdangerouspredatorsonour
planetthankstoa headystreakof
skull-bashing,terrorist-foilingand
bicep-curling.Beware!

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Secrets from the


Chateau — revealed


PREVIEW


Clockwise
from main: The
legendary Chateau;
loo-dweller Billy
Wilder; Fire
hazard Bette
Davis;
Piano
fancier Alan
Cumming.

A CHARACTER AS impressive as any
Hollywood actor could muster, Los Angeles’
legendary Chateau Marmont is the subject of
The Castle On Sunset, an outrageous new book
by Rat Pack Confidential author Shawn Levy.
John Belushi’s speedball death you probably
know about, but here are some tales from
Hollywood’s favourite hotel you might not.

BILLY WILDER LIVED IN THE LOO
On returning from Europe in 1934, legendary
director Billy Wilder was dismayed to find
his regular room was unavailable. Unwilling
to stay at any hotel in LA that wasn’t the
Marmont, he took up in a tiny antechamber
next to the women’s loos in the lobby. Ever
the storyteller, for years after he would tell people

The iconic Hollywood hotel is laid bare in a new


book — here are the most surprising new tales


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