Someone pull out a chair for Morgan Freeman to sit himself down in. The veteran actor recently stirred up controversy with his thoughts on God.…
Hollywood is all abuzz with news of director Steven Spielberg in final talks to helm the biblical drama MOSES. While mainstream outlets are putting actors like Liam Neeson and Daniel Craig high on their list of casting choices, most have failed to ponder the million dollar question–Who says Moses has to be White? 2011 was […]
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, one of the most-recognizable actors in American cinema, has enrolled in Oprah Winfrey‘s cable show “Master Class.” SEE ALSO: Creator Of “Boondocks” Was Eager To Work On “Red Tails” http://www.oprah.com/common/omplayer_embed.html?article_id=35514 First Look: Oprah’s Master Class with Morgan Freeman On the show, Morgan, who is best-known for his explosive performances in […]
Anthony Mackie (The Night Catches Us, Million Dollar Baby) and Lance Gross (Our Family Wedding, House of Payne) may or may not strike you as acting newcomers. But when you compare them to Laurence Fishburne and Denzel Washington, they’re definitely Hollywood babies. Samuel L. Jackson has been around since Spike Lee’s breakout films and Laurence […]
After appearing in Conan the Barbarian this summer, Morgan Freeman is back on the big screen in Dolphin Tale. The inspirational story is about a dolphin who’s given a prosthetic tale, and it opens in theaters on September 23rd. Find out more about this film in “Coming Attractions” from TV One and TheUrbanDaily. RELATED POSTS: […]
From The Hollywood Reporter By Pamela McClintock and Tim Appelo When Kenneth Branagh cast Idris Elba as Heimdall in the upcoming summer tentpole Thor, a furious debate erupted among fanboys, with some insisting it was wrong for a black man to play a Nordic god. But the London-born actor has no patience for the debate. […]
Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President (sorry, Bill Clinton does NOT count) the only time we saw a Commander-in-Chief of color was in the movies. Sometimes the portrayals were dignified (Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact) other times they were not (Terry Crews in Idiocracy), but nine times out of ten the world was […]
Tyler Perry is teaming with director Rob Cohen to star in a new on-screen adaptation of the popular Alex Cross detective series. Morgan Freeman has starred in two previous films (Along Came A Spider and Kiss The Girls ) based on the books by James Patterson. According to TheHollywoodReporter an indie version of the film […]
While the Internet can kill time, money and even some music careers it has not claimed Morgan Freeman’s life. An unfortunate prank turned ugly yesterday when a Kentucky man named C.J. Wiley tweeted “@CNN: Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has passed away in his Burbank home.” On his Twitter page CJ said he was cutting […]
Over the years we’ve seen more than our fair share of movies aimed towards the black audience.
