Fancy as it may sound, a French Connection cocktail is actually a wonderfully simple and delicious drink that only requires ...

Although he inhabits the role as if he weren't even acting, Gene Hackman had one major problem with Popeye Doyle that he didn ...

One of the first major film stars to break out in the 1970s, Gene Hackman was the epitome of New Hollywood. An actor with livewire intensity, he had a grit and brusqueness that few others could ever ...

A year after finalizing her messy divorce from Benjamin Millepied, Natalie Portman is said to be dating French musician and ...

Hackman’s career as one of Hollywood’s most prominent actors included five Oscar nominations, including wins for Best Actor in 1972 (The French Connection) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role ...

William Friedkin’s 1971 thriller French Connection tells the story of bent cops ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy ‘Cloudy’ (Roy Scheider) as they attempt to foil a large narcotics ...

but he turned The French Connection down on the grounds it was too close to Peter Yates’ Bullitt (1968) in which he had appeared a couple of years before. McQueen might have made an excellent ...