Hollywood has always had its share of big-name black talent, from Sidney Poitier to Hattie McDaniel to Louis Gossett, Jr. But looking back, none of those big names owned Hollywood like Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, or Audrey Hepburn did. Poitier, McDaniel, and Gossett, Jr. were immensely talented pioneers, but they were vastly outnumbered by their peers in the industry. Unfortunate as it was, they were the exception in Hollywood, not the rule.

This was probably due in part to the social fabric of America at the time. It can’t have been easy for Sidney Poitier, even with his incredible tal...

Kevin Smith’s “Cop Out” turned out to be a delightful action comedy in the vein of typical buddy cop movies from the 80s and early 90s. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I laughed throughout the film. This was primarily due to hilarious performances from Tracy Morgan and Sean William Scott. To read more about what I thought of “Cop Out” check out my Starpulse review here.

The first week of March delivers to theaters Tim Burton’s long awaited whimsical tale “Alice in Wonderland,” the gritty cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest,” and the NYC release of the animated feature “The Secret of ...

Ah, Valentine's Day weekend, the perfect time for Hollywood to embrace the mainstream audience by giving them cheesy and wonderful romantic comedies to prepare for the big day of love. This year the aptly named "Valentine's Day" is perfectly timed to get big notice, but one of the first things that impresses viewers is seeing the celebrity cast involved. It seems like almost every major actor is involved with this project, including Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Dempsey, and on and on with at least ten other ...

Wyclef Jean will co-host a telethon to raise funds for the people of his native Haiti with movie star George Clooney.

The actor stepped up to front a global celebrity show for victims of Haiti's catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake - and Wyclef is to join him by hosting the New York-part of the event, which will take place on January 22.

The two-hour Hope For Haiti telethon will air on MTV and other networks. Performances and appearances are still to be confirmed but it is understood Sting will play live.

Donations will benefit relief efforts in the Caribbean country.

Clooney h...

Best pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck faced off at the poker table on Thursday night as part of a charity event in Las Vegas.

The Oscar winners joined event host Don Cheadle and celebrities including actors Brad Garrett and Danny Masterson, and retired boxing champ Mike Tyson to help raise money for Ante Up for Africa.

The stars joined members of the public and dug deep into their pockets to join in the fun, handing over $5,000 as a buy-in for the gambling tournament, with all proceeds benefiting the ENOUGH project and Refugees International - organizations which aim to raise awarene...

So, have you seen this year's comedy about an overweight, overzealous, loser-y mall cop who takes his job way too seriously and is hopelessly in love with a fellow shopping center employee? If you're not sure whether I'm referring to January's hit Paul Blart: Mall Cop or the newest Seth Rogen comedy Observe and Report (in theaters now), don't be too hard on yourself: Both flicks have eerily similar plotlines. This isn't the first time two films with the same subject matter have been released within a year of one another; Hollywood has a talent for redundancy (see: recycling and ripping off)...

The hilarious family comedy Hotel for Dogs finds a new home on April 28, 2009 when it arrives on DVD and Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring Emma Roberts (Nancy Drew), Jake T. Austin (Wizards of Waverly Place), Don Cheadle (Ocean's 11), Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Kevin Dillon (Entourage), the exciting and inspiring animal adventure shows just how far friendship and imagination can take you. When two orphans find themselves in a foster home with a strict "no pets" policy, they set out to find a home for their canine companion and end up creating a haven for all the strays in...

Cast your votes for your favorite male & female celebrities in Starpulse.com's First Annual "Celebrity March Madness" showdown! In the spirit of the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments, we bring you two celebrity tournaments throughout the month of March that will determine the number one male and female celebrity - chosen by YOU!

All you have to do is cast your vote in the poll under the picture for one of the two celebs in each matchup! At the end of the round, we'll tally the votes and get the next round underway. There's even a bracket (updated after each round) with all ...

It's the FINAL ROUND! Cast your votes for your favorite celebs in this Championship of action in Starpulse's first annual "Celebrity Madness" tournament! We've seen plenty of upsets in the first four rounds of action and the original 64 are now down to 2!

Check out the full brackets for all 64 Male & 64 Female Celebs here; and get all the results from the previous rounds of action!

Voting has ended in the final round and the winners have been announced! Click below to see who the winners are:

#7 Gerard Butler vs #16 Jeffrey Dean Morgan

#2 Jessica Alba vs ...

Mickey Rourke is taking his role as a villain in the Iron Man sequel very seriously - he has visited a Russian prison to research his character.

The Wrestler star is set to play Russian super villain Whiplash in the 2010 movie, and he has taken off to Moscow to get into the mindset of a former Eastern Bloc baddie. The actor toured the Butyrka prison in Moscow on Friday. While there he met guards and even asked to be briefly locked in a cell.

Speaking at the South By Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, Iron Man director Jon Favreau refused to confirm reports that Rourke was...

Scarlett Johansson has become the latest big name to join the starry list for the Iron Man sequel. She will play the villainous Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle in the new movie.

Johansson's representative has confirmed the actress signed up on Thursday, a day after Mickey Rourke joined the cast - he'll play villain Whiplash in the sequel, according to Daily Variety.

The film is scheduled for a May 2010 release.

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There are those types of actors in Hollywood who have recognizable faces but their names seem to slip your mind. Remember when Philip Seymour Hoffman and Don Cheadle were those types of elusive actors? They were in every genre of movie and their face was recognizable, but you drew a blank on their names. Now Philip is an Oscar winner and Don is an Oscar nominee. Kathryn Hahn shouldn't be one of those actors anymore! Drill her face AND name into your head - Kathryn Hahn.

Although Kathryn tends to gravitate towards comedic roles, she has a background in Broadway and television and made ...

Bringing comic book heroes (and villains) to the big screen has meant big bucks for movie studios in recent years. With huge budgets and state of the art special effects, it's easier than ever for filmmakers to convincingly create the fantasy worlds that classic comic characters inhabit, both delighting die-hard "geeks," and captivating folks who've never picked up a comic book in their lives.

Comic book films have always been popular, dating back to the movie serials of the 1940s featuring Superman, Batman, and Flash Gordon, just to name a few. Christopher Reeve's "Superman" in 1978...

January is the start of award season which means it's a tense time in Tinsel town! Actors are either being recognized or shunned for their tremendous work, agents are either celebrating with their stars or firing their "has-been" actors and we are betting on who is going to take home the Oscar! The stars, the fashion, the ambiance, the parties and actually taking home an Oscar along with the bragging rights that come along with it make this time of year so exciting!

The category of Best Picture is a huge deal and to be a part of the movie that wins is an honor! To say that you starre...

Irish rocker Bono has been awarded the annual Nobel Man of Peace prize for his efforts to combat poverty, debt and disease in Africa.

Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe hosted the award ceremony in the city on Friday, honoring the U2 frontman for his global campaign to persuade rich nations to lend assistance to the struggling continent.

Bono told the crowd, which included fellow Nobel laureates, "This is a very big award for me, because let's be honest this is as close as I am going to get - as close as a rock star is ever going to get to the Nobel Peace Prize. I am an over-awarded, ov...

Robert Downey Jr. insists he wasn't responsible for the decision to fire Terrence Howard from the Iron Man sequel, revealing he was sad to see his pal dropped from the movie.

Howard was recently shocked to learn he wouldn't be reprising his role as Iron Man/Tony Stark's best pal Jim Rhodes in the 2010 sequel. He dismissed reports a salary dispute was to blame, insisting studio bosses had dropped him in favor of Don Cheadle, who will take on the part.

Downey Jr, who plays Iron Man/Stark is keen to stay out of the conflict - but insists he was not responsible for Howard's firing.

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Don Cheadle is to play Iron Man's best friend Jim Rhodes in the 2010 sequel to the superhero blockbuster after Terrence Howard pulled out of the film over a reported salary dispute.

Trade reports suggest Robert Downey Jr. will return as Iron Man/Tony Stark and Gwyneth Paltrow will be back as Pepper Potts, but Howard will sit out the project.

Jon Favreau has also signed on to direct the sequel.

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The biopic is a longstanding Hollywood tradition. There are the big budget epics like the now infamous Elizabeth Taylor vehicle "Cleopatra," David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia," or Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi." Then there are the smaller pictures chronicling the equally gripping stories of those less celebrated. Daniel Day Lewis' portrayal of the Irish cerebral palsy painter, Christy Brown in "My Left Foot," or Bill Condon's 2004 film "Kinsey" about human sexuality researcher Alfred Kinsey come to mind.

In recent years, thanks in part to the wide success of the films "Ray...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Batman's rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. "The Dark Knight" on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.

The film hit that mark in just over six weeks, half the time it took "Titanic," which reached $500 million in a little more than three months. "Titanic," the biggest modern blockbuster, remains No. 1 on the domestic charts with $600.8 million. Despite its brisk pace, "The Dark ...

Don Cheadle showed the lighter side of his harrowing new thriller Traitor on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night by switching places with the host's bumbling sidekick for a torture scene skit.

Cheadle appeared to be set for a beating at the hands of hardcore officials in the prison cell scene, but he brought in his chubby 'stunt double' Guillermo Rodriguez just before the first punch made contact.

Then the actor sat back, calling for more violence and wincing at the smackdown as the Kimmel show regular appeared to take a battering.

Sitting behind the camera, the Ocean's Thirte...

Don Cheadle's co-star in new movie Traitor sparked a homeland security emergency when he went online to find information about terrorist groups. Actor Hassam Ghancy opted to research his role in the new thriller - and quickly realized it isn't wise to type 'terrorist' into online search engines.

Cheadle explains to WENN, "When Hassam got this part he was going online to look up terrorist organizations and trying to surf the web and find all these things, and he got an e-mail saying, 'Why are you doing this? Why are you looking into this?' The powers that be shut his e-mail down. So you...

Don Cheadle will join Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood and movie pal George Clooney when he becomes a recipient of the Spirit of Independence Award at the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival.

The actor will be honored for his outstanding contributions to film at a gala event on June 29th. The Los Angeles Film Festival will open with the premiere of Angelina Jolie's new action film Wanted on June 19th.

It will close with the Cheadle gala and the premiere of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.

-Check out Don Cheadle's Filmography

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Of all the major stars today, not many cause such a divisive "love him or hate him" argument like Adam Sandler. Though if one can make it through the outstretched arms of his rabid fan base, and before you reach the angry mobs of critics and "haters" there is a very fascinating middle ground of people who are "intrigued" to say the least with Sandler's acting ability (in full disclosure the author of this piece falls into that "intrigued middle ground"). When given the right script Sander has proven time after time that he has true acting ability (see numbers 1, 3 and 5), and the intrigue ...

Ben Affleck was so worried his views on the crisis in the Sudan would not be enough to spark change in the region he jetted off to Africa to get a closer look.

The movie star has just returned from a fact-finding trip to the Sudan after adopting the refugee problem and ongoing war in the area as a new cause. United Nations officials advised Affleck to scrap his plans to fly to the war zone, telling him he would be putting his life at risk.

Speaking about his decision to follow in the footsteps of stars like George Clooney and Don Cheadle, the star has told CNN, "I got really inter...

George Clooney met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday to discuss the Sudan genocide crisis. The Oscar winner visited Brown's official residence in London's Downing Street in his capacity as a United Nations Messenger Of Peace, a post to which he was appointed in January.

Clooney, who talked to Brown ahead of the British premiere of his new movie Leatherheads, emerged from the meeting with the news a "wonderful suggestion" for buying peacekeeping helicopters had been made.

The actor/director then posed for pictures with Brown and his wife Sarah.

Brown said, "I...

A charity co-founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle has donated $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Program. The money, handed over by the stars' Not On Our Watch organization, is earmarked for the U.N.'s food aid agency to prevent hunger in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.

In a statement, Clooney said: "Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled."

Not On Our Watch has raised more than $9.3 million for Darfur, and last year donated $1 million to the World Food Program.

Clooney has become a leadi...

Brad Pitt has been credited with pulling in the stars for a "We Are The World"-type comedy recording session 'outing' Ben Affleck and funnyman Jimmy Kimmel as gay lovers. Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz and Robin Williams were among the celebrities who agreed to sing for the "I'm F---ing Ben Affleck" video, which aired on Kimmel's post-Oscars show on Sunday night.

Kimmel immediately turned to Affleck after his girlfriend, comedienne Sarah Silverman, filmed the infamous "I'm F---ing Matt Damon" video with The Bourne Supremacy star for Kimmel's recent fifth anniversary show.

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The logic behind the spin-off is very sound. Take a beloved character or concept from a pre-existing series and create an entire new show. You have an established character or brand and thus a built-in fan base. It makes perfect sense, no?

Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is not quite that simple. Certainly there have been spin-offs that attracted both fans and critics and managed to create a legacy all their own. Shows like "Frasier," "Angel," and "The Jeffersons" instantly come to mind. But for every successful spin-off, there have been dozens of miserable failures...

"In honor of this show's zero-waste policy, Sienna Miller has graciously offered to finish everyone's drinks tonight... Thanks Sienna." Spirit Awards host Rainn Wilson had Best Female Lead nominee Sienna Miller hiding her blushes during his monologue at the start of Saturday's show.

"You never know when you might be standing on a stage and there's an available mic. Maverick British moviemaker Tony Kaye on why he brought a guitar to the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California. Kaye wasn't the only celebrity who hit the red carpet with a guitar - Once star Glen Hansard...

"Once, my son opened a magazine and said, 'Dad, that's you!' It was a picture of Don Cheadle. I was like, 'That's great. You're color-blind,' I guess he thinks, 'Dad's in magazines.'" Steve Zahn was surprised his young son mistook him for Don Cheadle.

"I'm really proud to be a mom of two and not use a body double." Brooke Shields on playing sexy and naked on new TV show Lipstick Jungle.

"I don't go in as a celebrity. I'm just a concerned citizen. I'm concerned about the future of our country." Chuck Norris explains why he's backing Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mike Hucka...