Daily entertainment news covering The Shawshank Redemption en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/07/morgan_freeman_trial_date_set Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:48:35 EST Entertainment News 133243@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is set to come face-to-face with the woman accusing him of causing a serious car crash in court next year.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/13/morgan_freeman_responds_to_miss_car_wrec_1 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:30:00 EST Entertainment News 126377@http://www.starpulse.com/news JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The woman in the passenger seat the night Morgan Freeman crashed a car on a rural Mississippi highway was partly to blame for the accident, the actor's attorney said Friday in court papers.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/26/woman_in_morgan_freeman_crash_says_she_s Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:29:53 EST Entertainment News 111680@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman who was with Morgan Freeman the night of a car crash that injured both of them insists she was never romantically linked to Freeman

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/24/tis_the_season_for_things_we_love_to_hat Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:45:11 EST Entertainment News 106786@http://www.starpulse.com/news With the holiday season upon us in full force, we thought it would be totally inappropriate if we came up with this list of things in the entertainment world

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/27/the_underrated_greg_kinnear Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:34:17 EST Entertainment News 101928@http://www.starpulse.com/news He's that guy in decently funded movies you can't remember. The writing is always good to great, and you're not angry for watching one of his movies instead of

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/24/the_godfather_named_the_greatest_of_all_ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:52:19 EST Entertainment News 99027@http://www.starpulse.com/news Mafia classic The Godfather has beaten Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back to be named the greatest movie of all time in a new poll.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/22/tim_robbins_dedicates_the_lucky_ones_to_ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:02:19 EST Entertainment News 98754@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tim Robbins buddied up with battled-hardened soldiers to research his latest film role - and has dedicated the movie to them.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/06/morgan_freeman_is_heading_for_a_divorce_ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:40:22 EST Entertainment News 94947@http://www.starpulse.com/news Morgan Freeman is divorcing his wife of 24 years, his attorney has confirmed.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/04/morgan_freeman_is_in_good_spirits_ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:18:32 EST Entertainment News 94737@http://www.starpulse.com/news Morgan Freeman is in good spirits despite suffering serious injuries in a Mississippi car accident on Sunday, according to new reports.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/20/novel_roots_best_aamp_worst_films_based_ Tue, 20 May 2008 11:17:21 EST Entertainment News 87914@http://www.starpulse.com/news Many filmmakers are taking on the challenge of turning classic novels into feature films. It's a challenge because many people have fallen in love with the books

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/27/best_movie_hugs Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 75864@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's embrace as the ill-fated Titanic struck an iceberg has been voted the Best Movie Hug Ever.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/21/capsule_reviews_of_enchanted_and_other_f Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:16:15 EST Entertainment News 68626@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''August Rush'' - There are precious movies and then there are movies about 11-year-old orphans following ''the music.'' In this respect, ''August Rush'' is on another level.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/19/opening_november_21_the_mist Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:35:30 EST Entertainment News 68399@http://www.starpulse.com/news Frequent Stephen King collaborator Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) teams with the celebrated horror author once again for this tale of a terror based on a story originally published in King's 1985 horror anthology -Skeleton Crew, and concerning a small town engulfed by a malevolent mist. When a thick fog descends upon a typical suburban community and claims the lives of anyone unfortunate enough... Continue Summary Cast and Crew / Trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/19/afi_marks_40th_anniversary_with_11_simul Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:11:20 EST Entertainment News 60518@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The American Film Institute is celebrating its 40th anniversary by simultaneously screening 11 classic films, each with a live introduction by a star or filmmaker.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/22/morgan_freeman_and_john_cusack_star_in_t_24 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 51973@http://www.starpulse.com/news While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene (John Cusack) stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshals.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/19/parodies_of_paris_hilton_s_jailing_and_t Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:09:37 EST Entertainment News 47884@http://www.starpulse.com/news The bonanza surrounding Paris Hilton's jailing was - from the first scream of ''Mom!'' - destined for parody. It's the sort of thing for which talk-show hosts smack their lips. You can almost feel the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' wishing they weren't between seasons.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/07/the_shield_lures_oscar_nominated_frank_d Mon, 07 May 2007 14:04:42 EST Entertainment News 41283@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Filmmaker Frank Darabont of The Shawshank Redemption fame has been dazzled by The Shield since it began in 2002. He finally took action - or more specifically, he shouted ''Action!''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/20/mist_director_the_torture_porn_thing_is Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:15:16 EST Entertainment News 38935@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Frank Darabont has dismissed horror movies such as Hostel and Saw as "degrading." Darabont has based three of his films, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and the upcoming The Mist, on Stephen King novels but despises the brutality found in many contemporary horror movies.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/20/stephen_king_s_the_mist_coming_to_the_bi Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:17:37 EST Entertainment News 19278@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Frank Darabont is bringing another Stephen King novella to the big screen after finding success with the author's stories The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. "The Mist" tells the story of a small town being slowly engulfed in a thick mist that kills anyone caught in its darkness. When terrified survivors seek shelter in a supermarket, they're attacked by deadly creatures.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/14/afi_counts_down_100_most_inspirational_m Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST Entertainment News 7730@http://www.starpulse.com/news "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies," a new entertainment special saluting the most inspiring films, will be broadcast Wednesday, June 14, (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. During the broadcast, the confidential list of 100 inspiring films will be revealed by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/03/13/morgan_freeman_tells_inspiring_actors_ge Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:02:47 EST Entertainment News 4207@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman has been dishing out advice to budding actors - and insists a "big break" is the hardest challenge of all. The veteran star told students at the University of California, Los Angeles: "Once you've got the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/17/afi_to_count_down_100_most_inspiring_fil Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:08:00 EST Entertainment News 664@http://www.starpulse.com/news The American Film Institute (AFI) just announced its latest theme for the group's ninth annual celebration of 100 years of American movies. "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies will count down America's 100 most inspiring films, as chosen by experts of the motion picture community, in a three-hour television event on CBS in June 2006.

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