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Chloe Moretz Offered Role Of Young Prostitute In 'The Equalizer' With Denzel Washington
Okay, we didn't see this coming. At all. At only sixteen years old, Chloe Moretz is already looking to push the envelope with the roles she'll take on, featuring in the grimy indie "Hick" (which by all accounts was pretty awful) while this fall she'll reign in terror as "Carrie." But taking the part...
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Watch: Trailer For '2 Guns' Starring Denzel Washington & Mark Wahlberg
Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur and Mark Wahlberg must have hit it off during "Contraband," because when David O. Russell shifted his interests away from the project "2 Guns," Kormákur quickly filled the vacated director's chair. Coming via Universal Pictures this summer, "2 Guns" centers on a ...
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Antoine Fuqua Is Looking To Reteam w/ Denzel Washington On 'The Equalizer'
The Who will direct Denzel Washington in The Equalizer? contest continues...
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'Malcolm X' Revisited
There's a scene in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992) where the title character recalls his mother being harassed by the Ku Klux Klan in Nebraska while pregnant with him. They shatter her windows with rifles as she frantically pleads to be left alone with her children. A white band of KKK members cover ...
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Universal Moves Denzel Washington's '2 Guns' Release Date Up By 2 Weeks
Universal has changed the release date for Denzel Washington's action-comedy 2 Guns, in which he stars alongside Mark Wahlberg.
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The Early Gems: Notable Performances From 2013's Best Actor Nominees
Last week, we started to warm up for the Oscars by taking a look at some of the best of the early roles of the supporting actor and actress nominees, and the early films of the directing nominees. Now that the long weekend's finally over, we're continuing right where we left off, with a look at some...
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Why Denzel's Already Won (And He Doesn't Need An Oscar To Prove It)
If Denzel Washington wins the best actor Oscar this month, it won't break any obvious records; the actor won his first Academy Award in 1990. However, his role as Whip Whitaker in "Flight" (now available on XFINITY On Demand™) stands out for a reason made plain by the film'...
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State of the Oscar Race, Reading the Oscar Nominees Lunch Tea Leaves (VIDEO)
As of Friday, February 8, Academy members can vote for the Oscars, right up to February 19. Many have already received their paper ballots, and three have anonymously revealed their votes to the LA Times. All they reveal is that this year, more than most, the race is wide open and hard to call. "It'...
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August Wilson Gets His Wish - Denzel Washington Is Ready To Direct 'Fences' For The Screen
The age-old story on a stalled film adaptation of August Wilson's award-winning play Fences is that, the playwright insisted to the studio (Paramount Pictures at the time - this was in the late 1980s) that the director of the film be black.
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Denzel Washington Aiming To Bring Broadway's 'Fences' To The Big Screen
Denzel Washington has made quite a name for himself as an actor over the decades, and continues to be one of the more bankable Hollywood stars around even as he approaches 60. What might be more overlooked when it comes to Denzel is his relative success as a filmmaker. His previous directorial effor...
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