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NEWS ABOUT: Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle stories: 4 news summaries

 Year's Top 10 
 Moments of 
 Celeb Activism 

Oprah, Paris, Will.i.am make a difference

Dec 29, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s been a big year for celebrity activism—so big that it deserves its own year-end top 10 list, Tina Daunt writes in the Los Angeles Times. Some famous faces that made a difference in 2008:
  • Oprah Winfrey fought hard for Barack Obama, including hosting a traffic-stopping garden
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Barack Obama • Don Cheadle • Ron Burkle • Paris Hilton • Oprah Winfrey • Matt Damon • political activism • activist • Sarah Silverman • George Clooney • Will.i.am • Proposition 8 • Norman Lear • Best of 2008

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 Traitor's Layered Thrills Impress

'Twisty' plot covers all sides of the story

Aug 29, 08 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are impressed with terrorism thriller Traitor’s maze of a plot, superb acting, and moral ambiguity. The film squeezes “a vast and sometimes contradictory compendium of post-9/11 fears and anxieties into 110 swift minutes” while trying “to cover every side and cater to just about every possible... More »

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Don Cheadle • film • movie review • political thriller

 Ocean's 14 Beached: Cheadle 

No more movies for Clooney's crime franchise, Cheadle says

Jul 12, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Clooney and friends won’t be pulling off any more heists on the big screen, OK! reports. Asked whether he would act in an Ocean’s 14, co-star Don Cheadle replied flatly, “No. Done. It’s a wrap.” Steven Soderbergh's star-studded series, now apparently... More »

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Don Cheadle • George Clooney • movies • Steven Soderbergh • sequel

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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