Daily entertainment news covering Freedom Writers en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/19/hilary_swank_recovering_after_hospital_p Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:26:41 EST Entertainment News 98548@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Hilary Swank is recovering after a hospital procedure to remove a small, benign growth, a representative for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/20/p_s_i_love_you_a_treacly_take_on_love_af Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:13:35 EST Entertainment News 72009@http://www.starpulse.com/news You can sort of see the allure ''P.S. I Love You'' might have held for Hilary Swank. It offers her a rare opportunity to play a romantic comedy heroine, though it also has its heavy moments to demonstrate her dramatic range.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/12/tearful_hilary_swank_accepts_peace_award Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 67492@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hilary Swank fought back tears when she was honored for her work in recent humanitarian movie Freedom Writers at the Time For Peace Awards on Thursday night.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/01/hilary_swank_s_charity_haircut Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 66091@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar winner Hilary Swank has received a haircut from talk show host Oprah Winfrey as part of a cancer charity campaign. The Freedom Writers star had been growing her locks long so she could donate them to a cancer sufferer, through hair product giant Pantene's Beautiful Lengths campaign.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/27/m_a_s_h_s_larry_gelbart_wins_humanitas_p Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:50:47 EST Entertainment News 49025@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Larry Gelbart, whose writing for the war sitcom ''M-A-S-H'' defined television in the 1970s, collected his second Humanitas Prize for screenwriting on Tuesday: this time for his lifelong career.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/17/new_movies_on_dvd_april_17 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:00:26 EST Entertainment News 37046@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Last King of Scotland is based on Giles Foden's novel detailing the brutal reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as seen through the eyes of his personal physician. James McAvoy stars as the doctor who slowly realizes that he is trapped in an inescapable nightmare, and Forest Whitaker assumes the role of the notorious despot. Also on DVD: Freedom Writers, Smokin' Aces, Notes On A Scandal, and The History Boys.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/29/epic_movie_tops_us_box_office Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:17:59 EST Entertainment News 27491@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spoof comedy Epic Movie has topped the US box office after its first weekend of release, taking $19.2 million. The film lampoons recent movie blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, The Chronicles of Narnia and X-Men, beat off competition from gangster thriller Smokin' Aces, which took $14.3 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/24/teachers_can_watch_freedom_writers_for_f Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:46:20 EST Entertainment News 27054@http://www.starpulse.com/news School teachers can see the new Hilary Swank movie Freedom Writers for free at AMC Entertainment Inc. cinemas for a week from Friday. The double Oscar winner stars in the film as an idealistic English teacher trying to overcome racial intolerance among her students in a Long Beach, California high school.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/16/common_i_think_hip_hop_is_bringing_peopl Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:40:03 EST Entertainment News 26247@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper Common raised his game to a new level when recording a song for new movie Freedom Writers because he was performing alongside the late Martin Luther King Jr. The hip-hop star teamed up with Black Eyed Pea Will.I.Am to record "A Dream" for the film, about a teacher who inspires a class of at-risk students to not let their impoverished backgrounds hold them back.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/11/hilary_swank_is_not_proud_of_being_a_hig Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:43:49 EST Entertainment News 25729@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hilary Swank has come under fire for her role as an inspirational school teacher in new movie Freedom Writers because the actress never graduated from high school. The star, who admits to being somewhat disruptive in her youth, faces controversy for her part in the film, which is based on a true story.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/08/night_at_the_museum_is_number_one_for_th Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:54:55 EST Entertainment News 25346@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ben Stiller's family hit Night At The Museum is still making an exhibition of itself at the top of the box office after taking over cinemas during the lucrative Christmas and New Year period. The film, in which Stiller plays a night security guard at a museum that comes alive, scored a healthy $24 million in its third weekend on release, taking its impressive overall tally to $164 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/06/courtney_love_gets_a_new_look Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:00:20 EST Entertainment News 25273@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rocker Courtney Love has a new look for the New Year after reportedly undergoing rhinoplasty and lip surgery during a pre-Christmas trip to France. Sources claim the star visited a surgeon in Paris, who specializes in fixing cosmetic disasters.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/02/opening_january_5_freedom_writers Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:59:22 EST Entertainment News 24860@http://www.starpulse.com/news Assigned the thankless task of teaching freshman English at a gang-infested Long Beach, CA high school, a 23-year-old teacher resorts to unconventional means of breaking through to her hardened students in director Richard LaGravenese's adaptation of Erin Gruwell's best-seller -The Freedom Writer's Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. Continue Summary Photo gallery / Watch trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/22/former_father_in_law_is_shocked_hilary_s Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:39:42 EST Entertainment News 24417@http://www.starpulse.com/news Chad Lowe's father is stunned to hear his former daughter-in-law Hilary Swank wants to start a family because she never wanted to have children when she was married. The Oscar winner, 32, was married to Lowe for eight years before the couple announced they were divorcing in May.

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