By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums
The idea of working with director Antoine Fuqua was enough for Angela Bassett to appear in the action flick, "Olympus Has Fallen." But things got better for the Oscar-nominated actress when she found out she'd share most of her scenes with Morgan Freeman.
The Sierra Club released a letter Monday with 30 names in the entertainment industry who are urging President Obama to make good on his promise to address global warming during his second term.
They're starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury say that life in their 80s continues to be exciting thanks to their determination to keep doing what they love.
They're starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury say that life in their 80s continues to be exciting thanks to their determination to keep doing what they love.
As with any major news event these days, people are learning about and reacting to the shootings in Connecticut via social media, and one Internet-based "meme" on the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., that has gone viral is a Facebook post on the media's objectification of killers by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman.
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voice-mail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Australian best-selling author Bryce Courtenay has died of stomach cancer. He was 79.
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Jodie Foster is adding a new trophy to her collection — a lifetime-achievement honor at the Golden Globes.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is preparing for his second debate with President Barack Obama but taking time to tell voters in Ohio that enthusiasm for him is surging both in this critical state and across the country.
It'll be springtime for Mel Brooks when the American Film Institute presents him with its highest honor, the Life Achievement Award.
It'll be springtime for Mel Brooks when the American Film Institute presents him with its highest honor, the Life Achievement Award.
"The president's top celebrity supporters have benefited from outsourcing, Hollywood-style," says ABC News political correspondent Jon Karl, who points out that President Obama's uber-fundraisers in Tinseltown regularly shoot movies that are supposedly set in the U.S. in overseas locations, rather than on American soil.
"When I saw Morgan do it, I said `I'd like to play that role,'" Jones said. "I thought I understood (Hoke) and I want to understand him more."
"When you hear the blues, you really don't think of it as black or white or yellow or purple or blue," Freeman said. "Buddy Guy, your blue brought us together."
