The Last King of Scotland
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Kerry Washington: At the center of this 'Scandal'… portraying Olivia. At 35, the Bronx, N.Y.-born actress has a varied list of credits that include "Ray," " The Last King Of Scotland " and the two "Fantastic Four" films. She has worked with directors as far-flung as Tyler Perry ("For …
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Celeb birthdays for the week of April 15-21
… 46. Singer Glen Hansard is 42. Guitarist David Brenner of Theory of a Deadman is 34. Actor James McAvoy (" The Last King of Scotland ," "The Chronicles of Narnia") is 33.
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'70s music revisited in varied SXSW documentaries
… number of documentaries, himself, including 2003's "Touching the Void," but it was his fiction film " The Last King of Scotland " that led him to Marley. While shooting in Uganda, he saw that Marley's popularity reached even to remote …
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'The Butler': Forest Whitaker May Join Oprah Winfrey In New Drama… Lewis as Lincoln; Whitaker as Allen). Whitaker won an Academy Award in 2007 for his portrayal of Idi Amin in " The Last King of Scotland ." Since then, however, he's been relegated to small roles and television work. Whether "The Butler …
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Marley documentary explores man behind the legend
… the life of reggae legend Bob Marley, against a backdrop of dozens of his songs. Director Kevin Macdonald (" The Last King of Scotland ," "One Day in September") said Sunday he hopes "to bring to people around the world a sense of who this …
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Hollywood dialect coach Robert Easton dies at 81
… coach Robert Easton, whose successes include teaching Forest Whitaker to speak like Idi Amin in the 2006 movie " The Last King of Scotland ," has died in Los Angeles. He was 81. Daughter Heather Woodruff Perry tells the Los Angeles Times ( http …
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McAvoy 'nearly killed' Fassbender in onset incident
… of X-Men: First Class - James Mcavoy "nearly killed" his movie co-star with a golf cart. The Last King of Scotland star was messing around behind the cameras when a cart ride went dangerously awry, but guilt-ridden McAvoy …
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Review: You are the filmmaker in `Life in a Day'
… and categorizing clips for possible inclusion by Macdonald (the Oscar-winning "One Day in September," " The Last King of Scotland ") and veteran editor Joe Walker, who clearly did yeoman's work in making it all flow together seamlessly …
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Review: 'Devil's Double' offers unsavory Iraq view
… fascinating portrait of evil, such as Bruno Ganz's Adolf Hitler in "Downfall" or Forest Whitaker's Idi Amin in " The Last King of Scotland ." This is a creature, a ranting beast, one you can't wait to see put down. What is fascinating, at least …
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Forest Whitaker is co-writing and executive producing a new series for TNT called H.I.K.E. Which of his films is your favorite?
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