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Morgan Freeman 2nd Afro-American to Nab Golden Globe Honor
Earlier today Morgan Freeman was announced as the recipient of this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. This marks only the second time that the award - which has been given out since 1952 (though in 1976 and 2008 it was not awarded) - to a person of color. Though it also m...
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Morgan Freeman to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present Morgan Freeman with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2012.
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DOLPHIN TALE: NEW TO DVD!
Not all family films are created equal. This one was inspired by the remarkable real-life story of a dolphin named Winter who washed ashore in Florida, had to have its tail amputated, and taught itself to swim even without the appendage. As it turns out, that wasn’t the end of Winter...
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Danny DeVito Plans To Return To Directing With 'Charlotte Doyle'
Danny DeVito's film career has hit somewhat of a pause for the last couple of years (presumably as a result of his commitment to FX comedy series "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"), but it looks as though he'll soon be returning in a big way with a directorial effort planned for the adaptation of ...
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Morgan Freeman Will Reveal Magician Secrets In 'Now You See Me'
Granted, we're not always fond of Morgan Freeman's career choices -- "Dolphin Tale"? narrating every commercial ever? -- but give the guy even a halfway decent script and he'll kill it every time. Which makes us even more excited that he's lining up a fantastic sounding project with a great array of...
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Morgan Freeman & Annette Bening Join Rob Reiner's 'The Third Act'
Rob Reiner is a bit of a conundrum. He's made three bona fide classics -- "This Is Spinal Tap," "The Princess Bride" and "When Harry Met Sally...," delivered some better than average blockbusters like "Misery" and "A Few Good Men," and most recently, had one of his biggest hits ever with "The Bucket...
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Morgan Freeman Circling 'Akira,' Zac Efron Offered Lead Role
Steam is beginning to build around Warner Bros. remake of the classic anime "Akira" with some interesting names being thrown around. But first a quick history recap: In February of this year, directing duo Allen and Albert Hughes were brought on to direct the film and this summer, Albert Torres ("Henry Poole Is Here") was hired to pen a new draft of the script with a due date of September. The project will be a two-film, PG-13 adaptation of the manga with the Hughes Brothers currently only on board for the first section which will bring books 1-3 of the series to the big screen. And it now looks like all systems are go as casting is tentative...
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Clint Eastwood & Co.
So how did I luck into a moment of serendipitous spontaneity with Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, and Morgan Freeman? Allow me to explain. As any media veteran will tell you, participating in movie press junkets...
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