In Case You Haven’t Heard – 08/14/25

Prolific actors return to the big screen this summer, the polarizing Charlie Sheen gets the Netflix documentary treatment, and Leonardo DiCaprio is confronted by the Spanish police in this edition of In Case You Haven’t Heard.

Sounds like it’s pretty annoying to be a celebrity. Take Leonardo DiCaprio for instance – dude was just partying in Ibiza, Spain and suddenly he was part of a routine search by Spanish police. DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti were attending a party of a Spanish celebrity I’ve never heard of and before he knew it, Leo and some of his fellow partiers were being patted down by police who didn’t recognize him… the nerve. DiCaprio was very matter-of-fact about it and just scrolled on his phone during said pat down.

DiCaprio has been dating Ceretti, a 27 year-old Italian model for a couple years and, for the record, Vittoria does not like being labeled as a girlfriend. Sounds like it’s more annoying being a celebrity’s girlfriend. The model says whenever you date a celebrity with a bigger following, it can be difficult taking a backseat. Maybe she should date a barista, or a longshoreman, or a chimney sweep.

There are a couple potentially really cool films opening this weekend if you’re thinking about heading to the theater. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time to bring us the crime thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” a remake of the Japanese version directed by Akira Kurosawa in which Washington plays a music producer who finds himself caught in a ransom plot. The film is reviewing ridiculously fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 92 percent.

In 2021, a film called “Nobody” came out starring mostly comedic actor, Bob Odenkirk. The film was a surprise hit due to an interesting story and a different type of role for Odenkirk, who played an unassuming tough guy. The film rated well with critics and audiences. “Nobody” was so well received that the follow up, “Nobody 2,” also starring Odenkirk, is being released wide. It is reviewing about the same as the original, around 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Let’s go to the movies!

Like many famous actors who retire, Daniel Day Lewis is making a comeback. The Irish actor announced that he was hanging it up eight years ago, but a film directed by his son Ronan was enough to bring the three-time Oscar winner back to the big screen. New York City Film Festival goers will have the opportunity to see Lewis in the film “Anemone,” which premieres in September. Lewis is considered arguably the best actor of his generation, but wouldn’t it be hilarious if after eight years off he was terrible? Highly unlikely. 

Charlie Sheen fans buckle up, there is a new two-part documentary called “AKA Charlie Sheen” that will drop on Netflix. It’s being called a tell-all. If there is stuff beyond what we already know thanks to the tabloids, this could be horrifying. Sheen is the son of Martin Sheen and star of “Two and a Half Men,” “Platoon,” and had a small but hilarious part in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” The nepo baby actor discusses growing up in Malibu, what he calls his effortless rise to stardom, and his public and painful fall from Grace. Sheen has been clean for seven years now, so let’s hope, for entertainment purposes, the documentary focuses on the pre-sober years.

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