Daily entertainment news covering Derek Luke en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/04/nbc_announces_new_scripted_series_for_20 Mon, 04 May 2009 12:42:38 EST Entertainment News 121214@http://www.starpulse.com/news NBC has announced the pickups of six new series featuring four new dramas: "Trauma," "Parenthood," "Mercy" and the event series "Day One," as well as two new comedies

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/16/movie_spotlight_notorious_ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:20:42 EST Entertainment News 108136@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the last few years, biopics, namely music biopics have become a routine. It's only fitting that Notorious becomes this year's first.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/29/eagle_eye_soars_to_no_1_at_box_office_wi Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:40:07 EST Entertainment News 99382@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shia LaBeouf's conspiracy thriller "Eagle Eye" debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/24/review_ambitious_miracle_at_st_anna_neve Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:03:38 EST Entertainment News 99011@http://www.starpulse.com/news In Spike Lee's long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/12/spike_lee_still_wants_wesley_snipes_for_ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 98049@http://www.starpulse.com/news Fallen star Wesley Snipes has been offered a comeback role once his tax troubles have been resolved - director Spike Lee insists he's the only man he wants to play his James Brown.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/16/alicia_keys_gears_up_for_north_american_ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 84546@http://www.starpulse.com/news After wowing fans during her successful sold-out European tour, MBK/J Records' global superstar Alicia Keys is just days away from bringing that same excitement on the North American leg of her As I Am Tour presented by Lexus.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/11/movie_review_definitely_maybe_a_cracklin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:05 EST Entertainment News 77631@http://www.starpulse.com/news Surely it's not too early to feel nostalgic for 1992. After all, it was 16 whole years ago. No iPods yet - and those clunky cell phones! Kurt Cobain was still alive and Bill Clinton hadn't even met Monica Lewinsky, much less have sexual relations with that woman.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/12/war_comes_to_hollywood Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:43:46 EST Entertainment News 67509@http://www.starpulse.com/news As far back as the 30s, celebrities and even cartoon characters endorsed the purchase of war bonds to support World War I. Then again, there were those who opposed war. For example, producers came up with films such as "Johnny Got his Gun" in 1971, which was based on the 1938 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/12/michael_pena_bonded_with_lion_for_lambs_ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:04:51 EST Entertainment News 67495@http://www.starpulse.com/news Michael Pena bonded with Lions For Lambs co-star Derek Luke by praying with him before every scene. Pena readily admits he's not "big on religion" but he happily took a moment with Luke to get into character for war scenes in the Robert Redford movie.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/06/film_review_lions_for_lambs_asks_questio Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:04:51 EST Entertainment News 66752@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Lions for Lambs,'' the preachy, star-driven first release of United Artists under Tom Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner's management, seems to ask every question imaginable about the war on terrorism while offering not a hint of answers. No one will ever look back decades from now and say ''Lions for Lambs'' was even remotely a definitive film about the war on terror.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/22/robert_redford_directs_stars_with_meryl_ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:42:59 EST Entertainment News 31181@http://www.starpulse.com/news Robert Redford's Lions For Lambs will be released in North America on Friday, November 9, 2007, with the remainder of the world to view the release in subsequent months. Principal photography began on January 29 with Robert Redford directing and starring alongside Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Derek Luke, Michael Pena, Andrew Garfield and Peter Berg.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/11/steven_spielberg_penelope_cruz_aamp_othe Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:17:18 EST Entertainment News 23505@http://www.starpulse.com/news Steven Spielberg, Penelope Cruz, Larry King and Jennifer Lopez were amongst a host of stars who gathered to celebrate the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes on Saturday night. Cruise's producing partner Paula Wagner and her husband Rick Nicita hosted a post-wedding bash for the newlyweds in their Beverly Hills, California mansion - three weeks after the actor wed Holmes in Bracciano, Italy.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/27/catch_a_fire_star_scarred_by_film Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:10:10 EST Entertainment News 19869@http://www.starpulse.com/news Derek Luke was left so scarred after playing real-life anti-apartheid activist Patrick Chamusso in new drama Catch A Fire he couldn't work for nine months after the film wrapped. The actor spent months researching his character in South Africa and admits the country left a huge impression on him.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/25/opening_october_27_catch_a_fire Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:53:38 EST Entertainment News 19686@http://www.starpulse.com/news The political thriller "Catch a Fire" stars Tim Robbins as a policeman in Apartheid South Africa in the 1980s who befriends an oil worker named Patrick, played by Derek Luke, whose family has been brutalized by government terror squads. Photo Gallery / Watch the trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/25/hollywood_awards_honor_world_trade_cente Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:25:11 EST Entertainment News 19628@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oliver Stone's gripping 9/11 drama World Trade Center was named Best Film in the first major awards show of the 2006/2007 season, beating out Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the Hollywood Awards Sunday night. The night's big award was voted for by online film fans.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/10/catch_a_fire_actor_s_research_led_to_nel Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:39:38 EST Entertainment News 18251@http://www.starpulse.com/news Derek Luke was left shocked during a research visit to a South African prison for new movie Catch A Fire, when he spent time in the cell where former South African leader Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 18 years.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/28/hollywood_film_festival_honors_lindsay_l Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:02:49 EST Entertainment News 17071@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lindsay Lohan seems to have patched up her strained relations with the movie industry - she's been named as one of this year's Hollywood Film Festival honorees. Her latest accolade could put her in line for an Oscar nomination - the awards are generally seen as a showcase for Academy Award hopefuls. Lohan is joined by actor/director Forest Whitaker and actor Derek Luke on the list of honorees.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/21/fall_2006_movie_preview_crimes_aamp_thri Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:37:21 EST Entertainment News 13621@http://www.starpulse.com/news One week before fall officially begins, The Black Dahlia hits theaters (Sept. 15). Based on a novel by James Ellroy, the film details one of the most notorious unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history. It centers on two cops, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart), who investigate the death of a brutally murdered young woman (Mia Kirshner).

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