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21 July 2008 4:28 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Hounsou Tackles Thulsa Doom: Djimon Hounsou has partnered with Dynamite Entertainment to star in and produce a bigscreen feature about immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom, a central figure in the Conan the Barbarian and Kull comicbooks. Doom was portrayed by James Earl Jones in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. Planned pic will showcase the origins of the flawed hero and show how his road to hell was paved with good intentions. [Variety] Producers team for Papillon Redo: New Spanish production shingle Atlantia Canarias is teaming with L.A. producers Branko Lustig and John Kelly for a remake of the Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman starrer Papillon. Currently in the earliest stage of development, with no screenwriter or director attached, Papillon will shoot in English on a budget of about $90 million, Lustig said. As someone that thinks Papillon is the best McQueen movie (yup, better than Bullitt, Magnificent Seven, etc.) I think this is a Horrible idea.

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4 July 2008 10:27 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Don Cheadle, Sidney Poitier, Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington have joined U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama on a new list of the coolest African-Americans.

Music producer Quincy Jones, Richard Roundtree, Sammy Davis Jr., Jay-z, Prince, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson also make Ebony magazine's new 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time list.

Late icons Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur and Malcolm X are also included.

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3 July 2008 4:02 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have participated in a charity poker event benefiting the Darfur region of Sudan. The no-limit Texas Hold'Em game at the Rio Pavilion, Las Vegas will help the victims of the humanitarian crisis in the region. It was the second annual Ante Up For Africa event organised by Don Cheadle, which last year raised $$850,000. Other celebrities (more)

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1 July 2008 4:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Halle Berry paid a bizarre glowing tribute to actor pal Don Cheadle at the Spirit of Independence Awards on Sunday - revealing his love of ironing, golf, Tai Chi, and cartoons.

Berry presented Cheadle with the prize at the event, part of the Los Angeles Film Festival, and regaled the star-studded audience with some personal information about the Ocean's Eleven actor.

She said, "I'm here to tell you tonight what you don't know about Don Cheadle. He loves to iron. He loves to iron so much he went and got one of those steamers, like a professional steamer.

"Don has a putting green in his backyard that he built so he can just putt, putt, putt, putt, putt and much to (wife) Bridget's dismay, he's always out there putting.

"Ladies might want to know how Don keeps his sexy figure - 'cause he's hot, he's kinda got a sexy thing going on. He does Tai Chi every morning, or every other morning."

She added, "Don is a funny, funny man in life and in movies he's really funny. You know what makes him laugh? Any Pixar film. I don't know what that says about him other than he has not been able to give up cartoons."

She concluded her speech with the tribute: "Don, I want you to know that I admire you, I respect you. Your heart is one of the biggest of anybody, not only in this town, but anybody that I know and I'm honoured to call you my friend."

Cheadle succeeds actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood, who won the award in 2007.

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29 June 2008 10:00 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Don Cheadle was honored at the Los Angeles Film Festival Sunday night by actress Halle Berry, who gave a personal – and informative – speech about her fellow actor. After congratulating Cheadle, 43, whom she affectionately calls "Che Che," on receiving the Spirit of Independence Award, Berry coyly told the audience which included Jennifer Beals, Julia Nixon, Illeanna Douglas, and Loretta Devine: "I'm here to tell you tonight what you don’t know about Don Cheadle." In Halle Berry's own words, here are some fun facts about the Hotel Rwanda actor: What he loves"He loves to iron. He loves to

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12 June 2008 2:02 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

About a month ago we posted a trailer review for Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s upcoming thriller “Traitor,” and today we finally got a hold of the film’s official poster. Looks interesting enough.

Scheduled for a release Aug. 27, 2008, the film centers on a U.S. special operative who turns his back on his country to join a terrorist group. Don Cheadle, Jeff Daniels and Guy Pearce star.

You can check out the compelling trailer right here. Enjoy the one-sheet below.

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12 June 2008 11:53 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

The studio has released the first official movie poster from the upcoming film “Traitor” by director Jeffrey Nachmanoff (Hollywood Palms, The Big Gig) and starring Guy Pearce (Memento), Jeff Daniels and Don Cheadle. Synopsis: When straight-arrow agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) assumes command of a special FBI task force, he becomes entangled in a web of covert operations. All the clues in Clayton’s investigation point to Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), a former Special Ops soldier who now aids terrorists. But as [...]

Brian Corder

11 June 2008 12:19 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Don Cheadle will join Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood and movie pal George Clooney when he becomes a recipient of the Spirit of Independence Award at the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival.

The actor will be honoured for his outstanding contributions to film at a gala event on 29 June.

The Los Angeles Film Festival will open with the premiere of Angelina Jolie's new action film Wanted on 19 June. It will close with the Cheadle gala and the premiere of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.

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23 May 2008 10:31 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ben Affleck was so worried his views on the crisis in the Sudan would not be enough to spark change in the region he jetted off to Africa to get a closer look.

The movie star has just returned from a fact-finding trip to the Sudan after adopting the refugee problem and ongoing war in the area as a new cause.

United Nations officials advised Affleck to scrap his plans to fly to the war zone, telling him he would be putting his life at risk.

Speaking about his decision to follow in the footsteps of stars like George Clooney and Don Cheadle, the Daredevil star has told CNN, "I got really interested in southern Sudan for a number of reasons. I think it's a fascinating place going through some really hard times.

"I wanted to really feel like I understood the place and learn as much as I could about it, before I got into trying to be an advocate and kind of running my mouth about it.

"I got into doing some learning, talking to experts, travelling there."

Unshaved and tired, Affleck told CNN he has been left scarred by what he witnessed on his trip: "It was terrible. I've never seen anything like it."

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6 April 2008 8:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

George Clooney has donated $5.6 million (GBP2.8 million) to the United Nations peacekeeping force in war-torn Sudan, to enable the team to buy a fleet of helicopters.

The kind-hearted actor, who is a U.N. Messenger of Peace, has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against genocide in the Sudan after filming a documentary about the ongoing violence and refugee crisis there last year.

He has also set up the Not On Our Watch organisation with his Ocean's Thirteen castmates Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle - to help provide humanitarian aid in the region.

But when Clooney learned of the plight of the U.N. peacekeeping force Unamid in Darfur, he immediately dug deep in his pocket to do something about it.

A source explains, "George was horrified by the Sudanese government's 'scorched earth' (bomb) attacks on western Darfur last month.

"And when he was told that Unamid officials felt they could have done something about the attacks if they'd had the right equipment - they need 18 helicopters and so far have none - he decided to put his money where his mouth is."

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13 March 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A charity co-founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle has donated $500,000 (GBP250,000) to the United Nations World Food Program.

The money, handed over by the stars' Not On Our Watch organisation, is earmarked for the U.N.'s food aid agency to prevent hunger in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.

In a statement, Clooney said: "Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled."

Not On Our Watch has raised more than $9.3 million (GBP4.65 million) for Darfur, and last year donated $1 million (GBP500,000) to the World Food Program.

Clooney has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against the genocide in the Sudan after filming a documentary about the crisis last year.

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29 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Movie channel Starz, which, unlike other pay-TV cable outlets like HBO and Showtime, has never produced original dramatic programming, has signed a deal with Lionsgate to develop a series based on the 2004 movie Crash. Several of the movie's producers, including Paul Haggis, Don Cheadle, Bobby Moresco, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, and Tom Nunan, will also oversee the TV series. Haggis, who also co-wrote the screenplay of Crash, told Broadcasting & Cable magazine that he had originally envisioned it as a TV show. "I am thrilled that it's coming full circle and can't wait to see how it expands and transforms," he said.

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10 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Denzel Washington's new movie The Great Debaters is leading the nominations for the NAACP Image Awards after landing nods including Best Picture. The film, about a Texas professor who takes his African-American students to debate the great minds at Harvard University in the 1930s, is also up for Best Actor (Washington), Best Director (Washington), Best Actress (Jurnee Smollett) and Best Writing (Robert Eisele). Denzel Whitaker, Forest Whitaker and Nate Parker are all nominated for Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie. Elsewhere, in the Best Actor category Washington is up against Don Cheadle (Talk To Me), Terrence Howard (Pride), Will Smith (I Am Legend) and Columbus Short (Stomp The Yard). Best Actress is between Smollett, Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), Halle Berry (Things We Lost In The Fire), Jill Scott (Why Did I Get Married?) and Taraji P. Henson (Talk To Me). Competing against The Great Debaters in the Best Picture field are American Gangster, I Am Legend, Why Did I Get Married? and Talk To Me. The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People's 39th annual Image Awards takes place February 14 in Los Angeles.

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9 January 2008 5:40 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Denzel Washington's new movie The Great Debaters is leading the nominations for the Naacp Image Awards after landing nods including Best Picture.

The film, about a Texas professor who takes his African-American students to debate the great minds at Harvard University in the 1930s, is also up for Best Actor (Washington), Best Director (Washington), Best Actress (Jurnee Smollett) and Best Writing (Robert Eisele).

Denzel Whitaker, Forest Whitaker and Nate Parker are all nominated for Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie.

Elsewhere, in the Best Actor category Washington is up against Don Cheadle (Talk To Me), Terrence Howard (Pride), Will Smith (I Am Legend) and Columbus Short (Stomp The Yard).

Best Actress is between Smollett, Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), Halle Berry (Things We Lost In The Fire), Jill Scott (Why Did I Get Married?) and Taraji P. Henseon (Talk To Me).

Competing against The Great Debaters in the Best Picture field are American Gangster, I Am Legend, Why Did I Get Married? and Talk To Me.

The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People's 39th annual Image Awards takes place 14 February in Los Angeles.

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8 January 2008 11:13 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Don Cheadle is thrilled about rumours of a Brad Pitt museum in his Ocean's Thirteen star's hometown - and is offering to run tours.

Gossips in Springfield, Missouri, claim city chiefs want to honour the actor's career with a display of movie memorabilia and objects from his early life.

And Cheadle wants to help.

He says, "I would run tours. I would allow myself to be ensconced in wax. I would do whatever it takes to see that the Brad Pitt museum is a 100 per cent success."

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8 January 2008 4:13 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ethan and Joel Coen's movie No Country For Old Men has triumphed at the 2008 Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

The film landed the coveted Best Picture award as well as the Best Supporting Actor accolade for Javier Bardem at the ceremony on Monday night.

The awards, which are given out by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, are not covered by Writer's Guild contracts so was not affected by the ongoing strike which has forced other events, including the prestigious Golden Globe Awards, to be cancelled.

Other winners at the ceremony include Daniel Day Lewis, who picked up the Best Actor gong for his role in There Will Be Blood, and Julie Christie, who won Best Actress for Away From Her.

Amy Ryan was honoured as Best Supporting Actress for Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck's directorial debut - and teen pregnancy movie Juno was named Best Comedy.

Hairspray was also among the big winners of the night, scooping two awards for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Young Actress for its 19-year-old star Nikki Blonsky.

George Clooney, who was nominated for his starring turn in Michael Clayton, presented the inaugural Joel Siegel Award to his Ocean's 13 co-star Don Cheadle for his humanitarian work - and he used the opportunity to call for a resolution to the writers strike.

He told the audience, "When the strike happens, it's not just writers (affected). Our hope is that all the players will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done. That's the most important thing."

The main category winners are as follows:

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men

Best Comedy

Juno

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress

Julie Christie, Away from Her

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Acting Ensemble

Hairspray

Best Young Actor

Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, The Kite Runner

Best Young Actress

Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray

Best Director

Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Writer

Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Composer

Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

Best Song

Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard + Marketa Irglova, Once

Best Foreign Language Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Animated Feature

Ratatouille

Best Family Film

Enchanted

Best Documentary

Sicko

Best Picture Made for Television

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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16 articles from 2008