Don Cheadle
‘Unstoppable’ Review: Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez Bring Grit and Determination to Conventional but Crowd-Pleasing Sports Bio
Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle also star in the directing debut of veteran editor William Goldenberg, based on the underdog story of wrestling champion Anthony Robles.
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Toronto: ‘Unstoppable’ and ‘We Live in Time’ Both Very Moving, But Face Uphill Awards Climbs
The Toronto International Film Festival reserves its opening weekend for world premieres — as in, films that did not previously screen at Sundance, Cannes, Venice or Telluride. Unfortunately for the fest, it seems like most of this season’s movies with serious awards prospects opted not to wait. Cases-in-point: two films that debuted in prime slots on […]
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‘Unstoppable’ Director Thanks Producer Ben Affleck as Jennifer Lopez Film Premieres at Toronto
Unstoppable, a sports drama about a college wrestler who dreams of going pro that stars Jharrrel Jerome (Moonlight), Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, and Bobby Cannavale, and was directed by William Goldenberg, stepped into the ring on Friday for its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), earning a two-minute standing ovation. The movie’s […]
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Kevin Hart Hopes ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Will Be “the Big Thing of the Year”
In the opening monologue of the first episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams, played by Kevin Hart, lays the foundation for Peacock’s eight-part limited series (which is now streaming its first three episodes). “You know they burned Atlanta to the ground,” Chicken Man tells his friend, who runs a […]
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Don Cheadle Shares the ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ Cast’s Secret Weapon for Avoiding Paparazzi: Brad Pitt
Don Cheadle and his Ocean’s 12 castmates know their way around a paparazzi or two. The actor shared this week his secret weapon for avoiding constant cameras while on set of the 2004 film: Distract the press with Brad Pitt. Cheadle starred in Ocean’s Twelve, a follow-up to 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, alongside George Clooney, Matt […]
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‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Review: Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson and Don Cheadle Have a Blast in Peacock’s Inconsistent Comic Thriller
A top-notch ensemble leads this eight-episode look at the bloody aftermath of a scheme tied to a 1970 Muhammad Ali comeback fight in Atlanta.
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“A Dynamic Space That Honors and Celebrates Black Culture”: MVAAFF Celebrates Another Year With Stars Including Sanaa Lathan, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and More
While the all-star casts of The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat and Fight Night will have their glitzy premieres in Hollywood and New York, respectively, in the upcoming weeks, when it came time to screen those films to audiences for the first time, that took place far from the typical red carpet venues — a performing […]
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André Holland on the Tough Conversations He Had to Portray Huey P. Newton in ‘The Big Cigar’
In the opening narration of The Big Cigar, actor André Holland, who portrays Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV+ biographical drama, delivers a disclaimer about the events that will be portrayed onscreen: “The story I’m about to tell you is true, at least mostly true, at least how I remember […]
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Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton Gets the Hollywood Treatment in ‘The Big Cigar’ Trailer
André Holland takes on the role of revolutionary Huey P. Newton in the trailer for Apple TV+’s The Big Cigar. Far from a straight biopic about the founder of the Black Panther Party, the six-episode limited series based on Joshuah Bearman’s magazine article of the same name delivers the high-impact energy of a heist as […]
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Don Cheadle Boards Peacock’s ‘Fight Night’
Peacock’s limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist continues to add to its A-list cast. Don Cheadle is the latest actor to sign on to the drama, which tracks an armed robbery (and its fallout) on the night of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta. Cheadle joins a cast that also includes Kevin […]
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Stand Up to Cancer Sets Fundraising Special With Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore and Don Cheadle
Stand Up to Cancer is prepping a return to the airwaves. The nonprofit has set an Aug. 19 fundraising special that will feature a slew of stars raising money for the cause while also toasting the org’s milestone 15th anniversary. The one-hour show — titled “How it Started, How it’s Going” — will feature a […]
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‘Secret Invasion’ Director Ali Selim on G’iah’s Power-Up and How the Series Impacts Tony Stark’s Death
[This story contains spoilers for Secret Invasion.] In the finale of Secret Invasion, Emilia Clarke’s G’iah inherited a litany of MCU character superpowers, as Gravik’s (Kingsley Ben-Adir) plan to become a God-like Skrull backfired, resulting in his death. With G’iah now being seemingly invincible, director Ali Selim is opening up about how the choice and […]
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