He's played the president of the United States and he's played God twice, but that was nothing compared with the challenge of becoming Nelson Mandela, says actor Morgan Freeman.
Below is the list of nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.
The biggest box-office hit of all time and a small independent film that grossed about $16 million led all comers when the nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning.
"I'd like to thank the Academy for this extraordinary honor. Congratulations to Matt Damon on his nomination. I'm especially grateful to Clint Eastwood, Invictus producer, Lori McCreary, and the entire cast and crew of
Here are my latest predictions for who'll get nominated in the eight main Oscar races on February 2.
Jeff Bridges is told to "wrap it up" and other highlights of this year's show
Also manning the phones are Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon
The nominations for the 67th Golden Globes are listed below, with winners italicized in bold and asterisked:
Despite an industry dominated by young Hollywood, older actresses ruled the Golden Globe nominations on Tuesday morning. But "Up in the Air" was the critical darling with six nominations.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
He's played the president of the United States and he's played God twice, but that was nothing compared with the challenge of becoming Nelson Mandela, says actor Morgan Freeman.
Below is the list of nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.
The biggest box-office hit of all time and a small independent film that grossed about $16 million led all comers when the nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning.
"I'd like to thank the Academy for this extraordinary honor. Congratulations to Matt Damon on his nomination. I'm especially grateful to Clint Eastwood, Invictus producer, Lori McCreary, and the entire cast and crew of
Here are my latest predictions for who'll get nominated in the eight main Oscar races on February 2.
Jeff Bridges is told to "wrap it up" and other highlights of this year's show
Also manning the phones are Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Matt Damon
The nominations for the 67th Golden Globes are listed below, with winners italicized in bold and asterisked:
Despite an industry dominated by young Hollywood, older actresses ruled the Golden Globe nominations on Tuesday morning. But "Up in the Air" was the critical darling with six nominations.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Morgan Freeman and others react to receiving Globe nods as award season officially kicks off
Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" dominated the pre-holiday weekend with a $25 million nationwide debut, pushing the frame up over the same weekend last year.
As another Oscar season kicks into gear, Clint Eastwood returns with his annual contribution to Hollywood's self-esteem, in this case a solidly uplifting historical drama about President Nelson Mandela and South Africa's bid to win the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
The National Board of Review also taps George Clooney and Morgan Freeman for best actor honors
Every movie genre has special lessons to impart. Serious dramas offer sober reminders about how miserable people were in the olden days. A decent horror flick will teach you not to camp out in the woods with a group of rowdy, sex-crazed teenagers.
The woman also seeks to quash rumors, tearfully saying, "I'm not Freeman's mistress"
To mark President Barack Obama's inauguration, the Screening Room takes a look at some of the great presidents who have graced our cinema screens.
Kennedy Center Chairman Stephen Schwarzman hailed the "extraordinary genius and tenacity" of the 2008 lifetime achievement award recipients, who were announced Tuesday
"I'm doing very well," says the actor, who also thanks his "many well-wishers"
Freeman and Myrna Colley-Lee separated before the accident that has the actor currently hospitalized
The Oscar winner is visiting with family and looks forward to leaving the hospital, says his rep
The Dark Knight actor will have surgery for a broken arm and elbow, says his rep
The Dark Knight star is airlifted from Mississippi to a hospital in Memphis
Dr. Phil introduced the country stars at Monday's unveiling ceremony
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in serious condition but in "good spirits" Monday at a Tennessee hospital after a car wreck near his home in northern Mississippi, his business partner said.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi
Nick Patten apparently has never been happier to go work on two hours of sleep.
Mike Myers is back with a new character and movie that's a fine mess
Jolie dodges and curves bullets in her latest action-packed thriller
The blues are sometimes said to have spread from a single crossroads in Clarksdale, Miss. This month, fans celebrate the uniquely American art form at the city's annual Juke Joint Festival, which opens on Saturday.
The couple's foundation is financially strong – and generous, say tax files
We all have our favorites for the big honors at Hollywood's top awards show, but over its 80-year history there have been some classic films, performers and people behind the scenes that have been criminally overlooked by Oscar.
Ben Affleck's directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," may not have been a huge box office hit (it earned about $20 million domestically), but looking at it on DVD reminds you why it's at least three-quarters of a first-rate film.
Can a film be held together purely by the power of its cast? That's the risk director Rob Reiner's taken with "The Bucket List," a movie derided by some as little more than a shop-front for its megastars.
Got a terminal illness? Hooray. In the movies, looming death means last-minute adventures and loads of uplifting life lessons
"The Bucket List," director Rob Reiner's latest, suggests dying could be the best thing that ever happens to you -- just so long as you find a lonely billionaire lying in the next bed.
What do women want? Antonio Banderas is willing to find out – even if it means a sex change.
Would you believe it if I said that the fearsome homicidal baddie in "Turistas" is the most humane and morally responsible person in the movie?
"Lucky Number Slevin" is not exactly an inviting title for a booby-trapped hipster gangster thriller -- it looks like a misprint and sounds, when you say it aloud, as if it were being uttered by Sylvester the Cat.
Morgan Freeman will be honored with UCLA's Spencer Tracy Award, which recognizes outstanding screen performances and professional achievement.
"Electric" TV, "Stoned" music, and eight other things we recommend this week:
Despite the manipulative and trite mechanisms that detract from "Elizabethtown" -- the pop-addled soundtrack, the two-hour-plus run time -- the film is at least thematically consistent with director Cameron Crowe's more rewarding works.
Great business ideas often come from strange places, but no one expects to find one at the bottom of a river. Yet that's what happened to George Goodwin. When he went fishing in shallow Florida riv...
"An Unfinished Life" gathered dust on a shelf at Miramax for two years before finally seeing the light of day. The belated release is understandable. Slowly paced with an extremely predictable ending, the film has its faults.
Victims of Hurricane Katrina will be getting a little help from celebrities.
How would you like to be present on the set of hit TV show "Lost"? Or take a limo ride with Morgan Freeman? I know many of you, given the opportunity, would dine with Halle Berry.
"Batman & Robin," the fourth installment in the Batman franchise, hit theaters with a loud thud in 1997. It was a bad time for the Caped Crusader, whose movies had started out so promisingly. The winged warrior was at least on life-support -- if not downright down and out.
"The Aviator" had more Oscars, but it was "Million Dollar Baby" that scored the knockout punch at the Academy Awards Sunday night.
Movie screens across the country lit up in 2004 with some exceptional films and dozens of outstanding performances, some of which are now up for Academy Awards.
Two years ago, Martin Scorsese won the best director Golden Globe for "Gangs of New York." However, the directing Oscar that year went to Roman Polanski -- who wasn't even nominated for a Globe -- for "The Pianist."
Amid all the big hits, sequels and comic-book-inspired capers, one trend ruled the year: the biography film.
"Million Dollar Baby" has one of the worst titles I've heard in awhile. It's a film set in the boxing world, but the title makes it sound like a Busby Berkeley musical.
(CNN) -- Actors Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Liam Neeson, "Insomnia" director Christopher Nolan and "Blade" writer David Goyer are just a few of the incredibly robust and talented people involved in the making of a new movie.
This is the second time around for a screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel "The Big Bounce." Back in 1969, it bombed with a cast featuring Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor Young and Lee Grant.
A moderate earthquake near a coastal resort on the Pacific Ocean jolted the region Thursday and could be felt nearly 200 miles away in Mexico City.
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