Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Denzel Washington

‘You are going to die. You can be terrified, or you can live’: Don Cheadle on mortality, White Noise and that cockney accent

The actor’s career has continued to rise since he broke through in mid-90s, but he says he still has ‘percussive recognition’. As he stars in the Don DeLillo adaptation, he reflects on his varied career

The Guardian - UK

Why Austin Butler cries every time he sees one Elvis Presley performance

LOS ANGELES — Austin Butler has, as you might guess, a ton of Elvis playlists in his Spotify account. He created the first one three years ago while he was painting a Los Feliz house he had just moved into, right at the beginning of the five months he spent…

Los Angeles Times

Television Q&A: What was short-lived show about crime-fighting tech billionaire?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Streaming: the best films set on trains

Hurtling Brad Pitt thriller vehicle Bullet Train follows in the tracks of classics from Shanghai Express and The Lady Vanishes to Unstoppable

The Guardian - UK

Review: Samuel L. Jackson stars in a not-always-in-tune Broadway revival of 'The Piano Lesson'

NEW YORK — Spoiled as we've been with superb revivals of August Wilson plays, it's almost confusing to encounter a high-profile Broadway production that doesn't quite live up to expectations.

Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Broadway stars Samuel L. Jackson and reveals August Wilson’s new status

NEW YORK — For anyone who knows how hard August Wilson once struggled to get his plays financed and produced on Broadway with mostly unknown actors from his informal repertory company from the hinterlands, the writer’s newly vaulted Gotham status is nothing short of amazing.

Chicago Tribune

‘I can change the way Black women are seen’: Viola Davis on stereotypes, success and playing a warrior

Raised in poverty, the actor has conquered Hollywood, winning an Oscar, an Emmy and two Tony awards. Now she has brought her passion project to the screen – The Woman King’s epic tale of an elite female fighting force

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

What links David O Russell’s crime romp Amsterdam to Gloria Steinem and Bob Dylan?

Ahead of the shouty director’s latest film, we venture down the rabbit hole with Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Spike Lee

The Guardian - UK

What to stream: As 'Sidney' documentary arrives, where to find Poitier's best films

On Friday, Reginald Hudlin’s documentary “Sidney” debuts on Apple TV+, after its bow at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. The film depicts the life and groundbreaking career of the pioneering Bahamian American actor Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award. Produced by Oprah…

Tribune News Service

For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ Is an Act of Love for Poitier

Oprah Winfrey was discussing her profound affection for trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier — a longtime friend and mentor to her — when she was overcome by emotion during an interview on the upcoming documentary “Sidney,” a life-spanning portrait. She plunged her head into her hands and cried, “I just love…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Nepo baby’ fall preview: new films and TV from children of famous parents

The offspring of Denzel, Uma, Phoebe, Andie and Judd – and a Gainsbourg for good measure – follow in their parents’ celebrated paths

The Guardian - US

Star Wars doc reveals 5 ways the prequels were almost wildly different

The new VICE TV documentary series 'Icons Unearthed: Star Wars' reveals a lot you probably didn't know about the prequels.

Inverse

Academy Unearths Long-lost 'Race Films' in Black Cinema Exhibit

Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues. "Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971," opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Television Q&A: Why is show 'America's Got Talent' when contestants come from all over?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Baseball's stars come out to shine in glittering showcase at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES — On the night baseball royalty returned to Los Angeles, the skies above Chavez Ravine opened and showered Dodger Stadium with stars.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB honors Rachel Robinson on her 100th birthday

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts led the tribute before the All-Star Game.

WEKU

Denzel Washington honors Jackie Robinson with a speech at the MLB All-Star Game

"Beyond the field, Jackie Robinson challenged us to become better versions of ourselves," the actor said. The night also brought tributes to Robinson's widow, Rachel, on her 100th birthday.

The Guardian - US

Desus and Mero: how two kids from the Bronx revolutionised late night – then imploded

The cult comedy duo have split citing creative differences

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Denzel Washington Pays Homage to Jackie Robinson at All-Star Game

The late MLB legend was honored at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, 75 years after making his debut.

The Hindu

Megan Rapinoe receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, nods to detained Brittney Griner at White House

As they and several others received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest American civilian honor, Rapinoe wore a white pantsuit with the initials “BG” and a flower embroidered on the lapel

Los Angeles Times

Denzel Washington misses Medal of Freedom ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Denzel Washington was not present for the ceremony Thursday at the White House after testing positive for the coronavirus, a representative for the actor confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.

Tribune News Service

Biden awards Medal of Freedom, highest civilian honor, to Biles and others

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to two politically active female athletes — soccer star Megan Rapinoe and gymnast Simone Biles — and to the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs as part of his first slate of recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor.

The Independent UK

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

President Joe Biden has presented the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain

The Independent UK

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to ‘extraordinary group’ of 17, including Simone Biles and Gabby Giffords

The Medal of Freedom is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon an American civilian

ABC News

From Simone Biles to Steve Jobs, meet all the Americans being awarded a Presidential Medal Of Freedom this week

Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

1 … 22 23 24 25

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.