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What is aphasia? An expert explains condition forcing Bruce Willis to retire

by Swathi Kiran, Boston University Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is “stepping away” from his career in film and TV after being diagnosed with aphasia, his...

After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into her own hands

Anna May Wong appears alongside Akim Tamiroff in a promotional poster for the 1939 film ‘King of Chinatown.’ LMPC/Getty Images by Shirley J. Lim, Stony Brook...

‘West Side Story’ may be timeless – but life in gangs today differs

Dancing with danger. West Side Story/Amblin by David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder; James Densley, Metropolitan State University , and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University The...

New Film, “Jingle Jangle”, has a Holiday Message The World can Relate To.

Just in time for the Holidays, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey follows toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (played by Forest Whitaker). Narrated by Phylicia Rashad as...

George Lucas, wife donate $25M to Chicago school

CHICAGO (AP) — Filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are donating $25 million to a prestigious private school on Chicago's South Side. The...

First Oscar Concert honors nominated composers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 85 years, Oscar is putting on his very first concert, and there are plans to televise future shows worldwide. The...

Review: ‘The Best Man Holiday’ overcomes sophomore jinx

Actor Terrence Howard arrives on the red carpet for the world premiere of the feature film "The Best Man Holiday" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP) We’ve waited long enough. After almost 15 years, "The Best Man" (1999) crew has reunited for Christmas at the Sullivan’s in "The Best Man Holiday." The original cast returns starring Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun, Regina Hall and Melissa De Sousa.

‘Half of a Yellow Sun’: Thandie Newton, typhoid and a tale of civil war

by Jenny Soffel LONDON (CNN) -- One of the most eagerly awaited films to come out of Africa in recent years, starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hitting the big screen. "Half of a Yellow Sun" recently premiered at Toronto's International Film Festival. The British-Nigerian production is about the Nigerian civil war -- the Biafran war -- that tore up the country between 1967 and 1970, and is an adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's bestselling novel of the same name. "It is essentially a love story set in the war," the film's Nigerian-born director Biyi Bandele told CNN.

Usher training for role as iconic boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in new film

Singer Usher is on the November 2013 cover of Men's Health magazine, giving readers a preview of his upcoming role as Sugar Ray Leonard in a new film. At 34-years old, Usher says he weighed about 180 pounds when he accepted the role, but is now "cruising" his way down to the 170's.

Viola Davis and Terrence Howard make great couple in ‘Prisoners’

Terrence Howard and Viola Davis seen at Warner Bros. Premiere of 'Prisoners', on Thursday, Sep, 12, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Warner Bros./AP Images) Warner Brothers Pictures has been on roll lately dropping great summer movies like "We're the Millers" and "The Conjuring". Not to mention the highly anticipated film "Gravity," about Sandra Bullock trapped in outer space, will be released in early October.

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