Forest Whitaker
An impressive supporting player who manages to be versatile despite his imposing looks, Whitaker attended college on a football scholarship, which helped him land his first recognizable role as an ang...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
07/14/1961
Longview, TX |
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By the Numbers: March 29
April 04, 2002 12:49pm ESTThe box office preview of the weekend beginning March 29 Jodie Foster David Fincher Panic Room Robin Williams Danny DeVito Edward Norton Death to Smoochy Clockstoppers Jonathan Frakes Dennis Quaid The Rookie E.T. Steven Spielberg Blade 2: Bloodhunt Wesley Snipes Ice Age Showtime Eddie Murphy Robert De Niro Resident Evil Paul Anderson The Time Machine We Were Soliders Mel Gibson Denzel Washington John Q The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson A Beautiful Min
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Panic Room Review
March 29, 2002 5:28am ESTEven without a twist or two, this compelling psychological thriller delivers the goods.
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News Roundup: Dec. 31
December 31, 2001 6:44am ESTNews Roundup for Dec. 13 Harry Potter books burned. Ben Kingsley The Bee Gees Dick Clark Michael Jackson Rosie O'Donnell Marilyn Manson Fat Albert Bill Cosby Forest Whitaker Barry Manilow
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News Roundup: Nov. 12
November 12, 2001 11:44am ESTHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, REM guitarist Peter Buck, Fleetwood Mac, Brian Denehey,Jay Leno, Clive Barker, Todd McFarlane, Forest Whitaker, Fat Albert, Paul Newman, Sylvester Stallone, Rambo IV, Jack Nicholson, more...
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COMING SOON: Madonna, Movie Star (Take 14)
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2000 -- Acting ability aside, you have to admire Madonna's tenacity when it comes to putting herself time and again in front of the lens, raw and intrepid -- as if she's never heard of seriously bad flicks such as "Body of Evidence," "Who's That Girl" and "Shanghai Express." The list goes on and on. "Next Best Thing" So this Friday finds the M One going at it all over again with "The Next Best Thing" (opening nationwide). In her continual quest to prove that sh
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A 'Scary' Success
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTHOLLYWOOD, July 21, 2000 -- Who would have thought the lowbrow, gross-out humor of "Scary Movie" would be a sign of social progress? Yet, the teen-horror spoof, which just cracked the $100 million mark at the box office Thursday, will soon become the highest-grossing movie ever by a black director. This weekend, the scatalogically minded comedy helmed by Keenen Ivory Wayans will eclipse the $101.3 million gross set by "Stir Crazy," directed by Sidney Poitier, in 1980. It's already surpassed "Bo
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'Whole Nine Yards' Defeats 'Next Best Thing'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 5, 2000 -- Despite all the hype, Madonna came in second best at the weekend box office.Studio tracking studies predicting a first-place opening for Paramount's "The Next Best Thing," the romantic comedy/drama teaming the Material Girl with Rupert Everett, were wrong. Instead, top honors went for the third consecutive weekend to Warner Bros.' "The Whole Nine Yards."Bruce Willis "Yards," the R-rated hit comedy from Warners, Morgan Creek and Franchise Pictures, held str
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ROLE CALL: Hanks Seeks His Own 'Beauty'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, August 9, 2000 -- Tom Hanks is returning to the big screen, and this time he'll work with yet another superstar director. The Hollywood Reporter says Hanks and Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar fo "american Beauty, are set to make "The Road to Perdition," a 1930's-era gangster story, for DreamWorks. The movie starts shooting early next year. "The Road to Perdition" is based on a graphic novel published by DC Comics. The screenplay is by David Self, who previously wrote "The Haunting." HEY
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ROLE CALL: More Monkey Business
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Aug. 3, 2000 -- Helena Bonham Carter is just the latest high-profile actor to go ape. The "Fight Club" star has signed up for Tim Burton's reworking of "Planet of the Apes," according to The Hollywood Reporter. She joins a cast that already includes Mark Wahlberg, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tim Roth and others. The film begins shooting this fall for a summer 2001 release. Ben Affleck CINDERELLA DUDE: Ben Affleck keeps lining up the post-"Armageddon" roles. First he got the Jack Ryan
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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Mission' Memorial
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., May 25, 2000 -- Most moviegoers' mission Memorial Day weekend will be to see Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2." The PG-13-rated action adventure sequel -- known for short as "M:I-2" -- got off to a flying start with its Wednesday opening to $12.5 million at a record-setting 3,653 theaters ($3,422 per theater). "It's a 37 percent first choice in the tracking," an insider points out, predicting blockbuster business for the long holiday weekend. Looking back, he adds, the or
