Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker and Sundance trying to save Newark

By Kimberly Nordyke LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sundance Channel is taking an in-depth look at the challenges facing Newark, N.J., in a new documentary series backed in part by Forest Whitaker. "Brick City" will center...

Lil Wayne Movie And 50 Cent Album Pushed Back To Next Year

NEW Friday Nov 14 11:40 AM CST posted by xxl staff It’s hard out here for a rapper. First Lil Wayne’s Halo Champagne was put on indefinite hold, and now the rapper will have to wait until next year to make his big screen debut....

Memories from the archives

This week I spent a day or two finally, reluctantly, digging through boxes holding 20 or so years’ worth of newsprint. Here was most of my life’s work, and at first glance, it didn’t look like much. It just looked like enough...

Don't smudge my lipstick!

THERE's a movie called Vantage Point that was about an assassination attempt on the US president where Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and Forest Whitaker played secret agents and a tourist who saw the whole thing.

Gold Derby nuggets: 'The Dark Knight' music out of tune with Oscars | 'Gomorrah' going for the...

• "The Dark Knight" may be contending in a slew of categories come Oscar time, but it looks like it is out of the running for its musical score. Variety reports that the exec committee of the academy's music branch...

Fergie Designs Star For Charity Auction

Written by Tim Saunders Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie was in New York yesterday to unveil the new Swarovski star for the Rockefeller Christmas Tree, and now you can bid on a special Swarovski star designed by the songstress in...

Feature: The Oscar Eye Visits Criticwatch ‘08

by Erik Childress “This year’s Oscar race starts with Sleepwalking.” I’m glad I’m not an Oscar voter, I don’t know how I could decide between Tim Robbins or Sean Penn for a Best Actor nomination. (Mystic River) – Joel Siegel...

A Painful Experience For Tim Curry - Lisa Kudrow's Son Ready for Hotel for Dogs

For Tim Curry, playing the evil maniac, Trymon, in "Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic" was a painful experience -- literally. He tells us that after playing King Arthur in "Spamalot" in New York and London...

Sly Stallone casting "ugly guys' for next movie

By Gregg Goldstein LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Don't look for any pretty boys in Sylvester Stallone's next action movie. Or for too much blood, either. The actor said he is currently writing the script for "The...

Stallone wants to direct Whitaker in film

Published: Nov. 8, 2008 at 3:46 PM SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hollywood heavyweight Sylvester Stallone says he wants to direct fellow actor Forest Whitaker in Stallone's upcoming movie "The Expendables." The...

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