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Forest Whitaker To Receive The Honorary Palme D’Or Award At Cannes Film Festival
Forest Whitaker will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The 60-year-old actor feels "incredibly honoured" about being presented with the prestigious gong at the upcoming spectacle, which will take...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 May 2022
Francis Ford Coppola Wants Starry Cast For Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola is eyeing an all-star cast for 'Megalopolis'.The 'Godfather' director is willing to spend more than $100 million making the movie that has been in the pipeline for decades and is hoping that...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 September 2021
Forest Whitaker To Star In Havoc
Forest Whitaker has joined the last of ‘Havoc’.The 59-year-old actor will star alongside Tom Hardy in the upcoming Netflix crime drama film, which hails from writer, director, and producer Gareth Evans as the first production...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 March 2021
Forest Whitaker Says Last King Of Scotland Was A Career Turning Point
Forest Whitaker thinks 'The Last King of Scotland' marked a turning point in his career.The 59-year-old actor played Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film, and he admits it was the kind of role...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 November 2020
Forest Whitaker Fails To Engage Critics With His Broadway Debut 'Hughie'
Forest Whitaker has finally made his Broadway debut in Michael Grandage's revival of Eugene O'Neill's 'Hughie'; a safe choice in some ways, given that there's little action involved and it stands at just an hour...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 February 2016
Forest Whitaker And Jonathan Rhys Meyers Join Roots Reboot
The Matrix star was recently cast as real-life author Alex Haley in the revamp, taking over the role originated by James Earl Jones in the 1977 mini-series Roots: The Saga Of An American...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 September 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal Respects Boxing After Making Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal ''fell in love with boxing'' on the set of 'Southpaw'.The 34-year-old actor trained as a pugilist for months to play Billy Hope in the new movie because he didn't use a stunt double...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 July 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal: Acting Isn't Difficult
Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't think acting is difficult.The 34-year-old star, who appears in new boxing movie 'Southpaw', alongside Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker, has claimed his chosen profession is ''absurd''.He said: ''I would never call acting...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 July 2015
Forest Whitaker & Chris Cornell To Celebrate With Dalai Lama As Buddhist Leader Turns 80
The two stars will cut short their American Independence Day weekend festivities to celebrate with the spiritual guru at the Peak Mind Foundation event. Oscar winner Whitaker has been asked to introduce...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 July 2015
Forest Whitaker 'Cast In Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One'
Forest Whitaker is reportedly set to star in 'Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One'.The 53-year-old actor will join Felicity Jones in director Gareth Edwards' eagerly-awaited 'Star Wars' spin-off movie, which is set for release in 2016.The...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 June 2015
Forest Whitaker Added To The Cast Of Star Wars: Rogue One
As excitement continues to build for the release of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, fans of the galaxy far, far away have been given even more to get lively about with Forest...
By Charlotte Court in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 June 2015
Anglophile Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is in an Anglophile because his English fans gave him the confidence to pursue an acting career.The now 34-year-old actor starred in 'This Is Our Youth' at the Garrick Theatre in London in...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2015
A Week In Movies: Russell Crowe Hits Madrid, Julie Andrews Graces Los Angeles And M:i-5 Disrupts Streets In London, While New Trailers Arrive For Spectre, Southpaw And Mad Max
As his new film The Water Diviner begins to roll out across Europe this weekend, actor and first-time director Russell Crowe was on-hand in Madrid this week for a red carpet premiere with glamorous costar...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 April 2015
Rita Ora: Gyllenhaal Helped Me On Southpaw
Rita Ora says Jake Gyllenhaal made it ''very easy'' for her to act with him in upcoming film 'Southpaw'.The singer has a role in the boxing drama and she admits Jake - who plays pugilist...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 March 2015
Liam Neeson Admits Bryan Mills Has Finally Met His Match In 'Taken 3'
Liam Neeson is set to return yet again for another spell of breakneck action and a seemingly impossible manhunt in 'Taken 3'; a movie which he claims will be the biggest of the franchise yet...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 January 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal Gets Ripped For Southpaw: Is There Anything He Can't Do?
Jake Gyllenhaal is a shape shifter. There is no other explanation. We barely recognised him whilst he was filming 'Nightcrawler', with his sunken cheeks and generally gaunt demeanour, but now he's transformed yet again into...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 December 2014
Rita Ora Dubbed 'Sensational' By Hollywood Big Wig
Harvey Wenstein has dubbed ''sensational'' Rita Ora his ''biggest discovery''.The Hollywood veteran - who produced the Academy Award-winning film 'Shakespeare in Love' - has given the 23-year-old 'Hot Right Now' singer his seal of approval...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 November 2014
Stars Turn Out For Sophia Loren's 80th Birthday Gallery Gala
Forest Whitaker and Jon Voight were among the stars who turned out to help Italian actress Sophia Loren mark her 80th birthday at an exhibition in Mexico celebrating her life and career.The Oscar winner is...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 September 2014
Forest Whitaker Wins Big At The Naacp Image Awards
Actor Forest Whitaker was the big winner at the Naacp Image Awards on Saturday night (22Feb14) after landing a trio of prizes.Whitaker picked up the Chairman's Award in recognition of his stellar acting career and...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 February 2014
Is Forest Whitaker Set To Direct 'The Shack' Adaptation?
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker could be the man to direct the big screen version of The Shack, Deadline is reporting. Written by William Paul Young, The Shack tells the story of Mackenzie Allen Philips who...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 January 2014
Forest Whitaker To Direct The Shack?
Forest Whitaker is in talks to direct 'The Shack'.The 52-year-old actor is also expected to take on a supporting role in the movie, which is an adaptation of William Paul Young's best-selling novel 'The Shack'.Summit...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 January 2014
Lee Daniels To Direct Richard Pryor Biopic
Lee Daniels is in talks to direct a Richard Pryor biopic.The filmmaker is looking to once again join forces with The Weinstein Company after the success of his 2013 hit 'The Butler', with the production...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 January 2014
A Week In Movies: Stars Court Awards Attention At Premieres, While Bieber Hits The Red Carpet And Several New Trailers Arrive
Two big premieres this week were more about raising awards-worthy awareness than launching a movie. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis were all on hand for the August:...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 December 2013
Fruitvale Station Producers And Director Honoured With Stanley Kramer Award
Forest Whitaker and first-time director Ryan Coogler are to be honoured with one of Hollywood's most coveted trophies when they collect the Producers Guild of America's Stanley Kramer Award for acclaimed 2013 film Fruitvale Station.The...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 December 2013
Forget The Screen Actors Guild Nominees, Who Got Snubbed?!
This morning we were treated to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations. It's one of the biggest award ceremonies on the movie calendar and, well, it's kind of a big deal. Forget the Globes -...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 December 2013
Forest Whitaker Postpones Award Ceremony To Mourn Nelson Mandela
Organisers of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California have been forced to postpone their salute to Forest Whitaker because the Oscar winner is in South Africa to say farewell to Nelson Mandela.Whitaker was...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 December 2013
A Week In Movies: Catching Fire Lands In Cinemas, Black Nativity Premieres, A First Peek Into Noah's Ark
This week is pretty much all about The Hunger Games as Catching Fire arrives in cinemas around the world. After last week's world premiere in London, the cast headed back to America for back-to-back premieres...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 November 2013
Oprah Winfrey Sought Permission From Forest Whitaker's Wife To Create Chemistry For The Butler
Oprah Winfrey asked permission from Forest Whitaker's wife so she could get cosy with the star in a bid to create chemistry for Lee Daniels' The Butler.The media mogul, who plays Whitaker's onscreen partner in...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 November 2013
UK Movie Reviews Special: Dom Hemingway, The Butler, Don Jon, The Counsellor
It’s a big weekend for the UK box office, kicking off tomorrow (Fri Nov 15), when Jude Law’s Don Hemingway, Forest Whitaker’s The Butler, Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon and Michael Fassbender’s The Counsellor all...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 November 2013
Alex Pettyfer For Gay Action Movie?
Alex Pettyfer is being eyed to star in an action movie with gay leads.'The Butler' director Lee Daniels has outlined his intentions to cast the 'Magic Mike' hunk and a young black actor in a...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 October 2013
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