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NEWS ABOUT: Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman stories: 17 news summaries

 Freeman to Wed 
 Step-Grandkid: 
 Enquirer 

Actor has raised her from childhood

Jul 10, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman plans to marry his step-granddaughter, whom he and his now-estranged second wife raised from childhood, family sources tell the National Enquirer. E’Dena Hines, the 27-year-old granddaughter of Freeman’s first wife, has been engaged in a secret affair with Freeman for nearly 10 years, and “becoming... More »

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Interview

 Freeman: It's Easy 
 Being Mandela 

Hollywood legend says Eastwood made role
a snap

Jun 3, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - When you’ve had the career Morgan Freeman’s had, “there aren’t many challenges in making movies,” the venerable actor tells Vogue. But he found one: Freeman’s taking on the role of Nelson Mandela in a big-budget biopic. “You've got to do this... More »

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Morgan Freeman • Clint Eastwood • Nelson Mandela • interview • celebrity interview

 Crash Passenger: 
 I'm Not Freeman's 
 Mistress 

Plaintiff says he offered her a place to stay

Feb 26, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The woman suing Morgan Freeman for damages after a car crash says the actor was drinking all night before getting behind the wheel, the Commercial Appeal of Memphis reports. Demaris Meyer also denied that she was his mistress but said they were headed for his home when they piled into... More »

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Morgan Freeman • car accident • drunk driving • civil lawsuits • mistress

(Newser) - The woman injured in a car crash with Morgan Freeman last year is filing suit against the actor, RadarOnline reports. Demaris Meyer has vowed to reveal the nature of her relationship with Freeman and release details—including explicit photos—of the crash. Freeman announced he was divorcing his wife shortly... More »

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Morgan Freeman • car crash • lawsuit • Gloria Allred • actor • celebrity divorces • Demaris Meyer • injuries


 Hardest-Working 
 Film Actors 

Morgan Freeman tops list with 9 films in 5 years

Dec 28, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Who's the hardest-working actor in show biz? Many would lay claim to the title, but Forbes actually tallied which troupers took on the most meaty roles in big-budget films over the past 3 years:
  • Morgan Freeman: Hollywood's top worker, he's played in nine films since 2005, including The Bucket
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Morgan Freeman • Steve Carell • Samuel L. Jackson • actor • Queen Latifah • Seth Rogen

 Kennedy Center 
 Salutes Freeman, Streisand 

DC meets LA in annual cultural celebration

Dec 8, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Entertainment’s elite descended on Washington last night for the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors, this year saluting Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp, George Jones, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Barbra Streisand, the Washington Post reports. They were honored by performances and speeches by a no-less star-studded roster. “It's like... More »

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entertainment • Morgan Freeman • politics • awards • Kennedy Center Honors • Barbra Streisand • The Who

 Dark Knight
 Curse Claims
 More Victims

Be afraid, be very afraid, Radar warns

Aug 10, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - First a technician died on the set of the Dark Knight, then Heath Ledger overdosed. Christian Bale allegedly assaulted his mother recently, and now Morgan Freeman is recovering from a nasty car accident and undergoing a divorce. Folks have started muttering about a Dark Knight curse, and Radar insists the... More »

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Morgan Freeman • curse • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Christian Bale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Michael Caine

 Freeman Leaves Hospital

Weekend wreck left actor, 71, with broken bones, other injuries

Aug 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Morgan Freeman was discharged today from the Tennessee hospital where the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi, the AP reports. A spokeswoman for the hospital gave no details other than that Freeman had checked out. More »

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Morgan Freeman • car accident • Tennessee • Mississippi • actor • hospitalization • celebrity divorces

 Morgan Freeman Divorcing 

Actor, wife Myrna Colley-Lee separated since December

Aug 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman is divorcing his wife after 24 years of marriage, Access Hollywood reports. The Academy-Award-winning actor is in divorce proceedings with Myrna Colley-Lee, and they have been legally separated since December, said Freeman's lawyer. Freeman, 71, broke his arm and elbow and suffered shoulder damage in a serious car... More »

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Morgan Freeman • divorce • actor

 Freeman in 'Good Spirits'


Aug 5, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman “has a broken arm, broken elbow, and minor shoulder damage but he is in good spirits," his publicist told People. The actor underwent successful surgery to correct the damage from a car accident Sunday night in Mississippi, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. "He's worried about his... More »

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Morgan Freeman • surgery • car accident • celebrity • Tennessee • Mississippi • actor • hospitalization

 Freeman
 Seriously Hurt
 in Car Accident 

71-year old actor injured in Miss.

Aug 4, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition after a car crash in Mississippi last night, reports the AP. The 71-year-old Oscar winner was airlifted 90 miles to a Memphis hospital after flipping his car several times. A business partner of Freeman's said he suffered some fractures but is expected to... More »

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Morgan Freeman • car crash • actor

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Film classics and actors the Academy overlooked

Feb 24, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals:
  • 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How
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Morgan Freeman • Academy Awards • Al Pacino • list • Citizen Kane • Brokeback Mountain • Martin Scorsese • Pulp Fiction • James Dean • classic cinema • Stanley Kubrick • Alfred Hitchcock • Robert Duvall • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

Bucket Tops Box Office List

First Sunday debuts in second as Juno holds strong at third

Jan 13, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bucket List kicked National Treasure: Book of Secrets from top spot this weekend in the best-ever debut for a Rob Reiner flick, Variety reports. First Sunday nabbed a close second and Juno kept crowds giggling in third. Tonight's toned-down Golden Globes will not help Juno as expected, but the... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • box office • Jack Nicholson • Nicolas Cage • Ice Cube • movies

NEW RELEASE

Bucket List Is Leaky Schlock

Into-the-sunset tearjerker suggests that  facing cancer can be fun

Jan 11, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bucket List, Rob Reiner’s new cancer comedy, “never ascends from the bowels of tearjerk formula and audience pandering," writes Newsday’s Jan Stuart. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill buddies trying to do it all before they die.... More »

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Morgan Freeman • movie review • Roger Ebert • Jack Nicholson • Rob Reiner • movies

Treasure Shines Again

National Treasure: Book of Secrets keeps top spot as Alvin out-sings Legend

Dec 30, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets shone in the top spot again this weekend as filmgoers kept flocking to the movies, Variety reports. Alvin and the Chipmunks crooned its way into second, humbling I Am Legend, as Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War claimed fourth over Juno, an offbeat dramedy that nabbed... More »

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Morgan Freeman • film • movie review • box office • Mike Nichols • Jack Nicholson • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Charlie Wilson's War • There Will Be Blood • Nicolas Cage • Persepolis • Paul Thomas Anderson • The Bucket List • I Am Legend • Alvin and the Chipmunks • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • movies

Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

With 'Evan Almighty,' Universal skews pious
in comedy division

Jun 20, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - God is returning to the big screen this Friday in Universal's Evan Almighty, a big-budget comedy aimed at the churchgoing. The LA TImes recalls that Hollywood used to balk at religiously-inflected films, but saw the light when Mel Gibson's spiritual blockbuster The Passion of the Christ raked in $370M in... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • religion • God • Evan Almighty • comedy • church • Noah's Ark • spirituality • Universal Studios • Steve Carell • movies

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

Does Barack Obama make white people
feel safe?

Mar 20, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if Barack Obama did not face enough obstacles, the junior senator from Illinois with Oval Office aspirations is likened to a "magic negro" by David Ehrenstein. The "magic negro" is a cultural and cinematic racial stereotype exemplified by some of the characters played by Sidney Poitier,... More »

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Barack Obama • Sidney Poitier • Scatman Crothers • Morgan Freeman • Don Cheadle • race • film • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • stereotypes • Election 2008 • movies

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