Morgan Freeman

New Trailer Released for 'The Dark Knight Rises' - Posted May 1, 2012
Legendary Pictures has released the third trailer for its upcoming Batman comic book adaptation, The Dark Knight Rises. We've embedded the trailer above--what do you think? According to Comic Book Resources, Titan Books will publish the official movie tie-in novel by Greg Cox. Both the ... [GalleyCat]

Morgan Freeman to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award - Posted November 9, 2011
Morgan Freeman will be honored with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's... [FishbowlLA]

Visa, Ned and a Trip to the Super Bowl - Posted November 8, 2011
On any other year, your credit card company offering you a trip to Indianapol... [AgencySpy]

Former Angels Announcer Physioc Completing Bucket List - Posted June 17, 2011
Former Angels announcer Steve Physioc was so inspired by the 2007 film The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and... [SportsNewser]

Morgan Freeman Reads 'Invictus' by William Ernest Henley - Posted April 15, 2011
In honor of National Poetry Month, we dug up a video of Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman reading Invictus. In 2009, Freeman played President Nelson Mandela in a film that shares its name with the poem. Freeman's character made references to the piece several times throughout the movie. Victorian poet ... [GalleyCat]

Oprah, Morgan Freeman and Mythbusters: Discovery Woos Advertisers and Media Buyers at Upfront Soiree - Posted April 15, 2011
Yesterday evening Discovery Communications held its annual upfront presentation, wooing advertisers and media buyers, while previewing upcoming programming and networks. With a suite of channels that includes Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, there was plenty of ground to cover. Luckily, ... [FishbowlNY]

New York Post Basically Ignores World Cup News - Posted December 1, 2010
(Oh boy, that's Morgan Freeman's music.) On Thursday, FIFA will award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to two separate nations. This is massive news. The New York Times has George Vecsey and Jere ... [SportsNewser]

Media Agrees: World Cup Voting Process Features Horrible Skullduggery and Corruption - Posted November 29, 2010
Hey look: It's Landon Donovan. On Thursday, FIFA's 242-man executive committee (or maybe ... [SportsNewser]

Friday Odds and Ends - Posted October 1, 2010
-Perennial hack Jay Leno digs up Morgan Freeman's McDonald's ad. ... [AgencySpy]

Morgan Freeman, Spike Lee, Bill Clinton, Mia Hamm Star in Video for Go USA Bid - Posted September 23, 2010
Go USA Bid brought out the big guns in its efforts to rally support for the United States as the host country for FIFA World Cup 2018 or 2022, releasing a video narrated by Morgan Freeman and featuring ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Leno's Back at Late Night Line-Up: American Heroes and Zeros - Posted February 22, 2010
NBC's revival of their prime time line-up, er Jay Leno moving back to late night, starts next week. His guests include athletes who won gold at the Olympics like Apolo Ohno, ... [FishbowlLA]

'Oscar Nominated for Best Picture' Means Just a Little Less This Morning Than Before - Posted February 2, 2010
We know Hollywood is the place for dreamers and the high aspirational. But ten nominations for best picture seems greedy and self-congratulatory. "There's just so much WONDERFUL, QUALITY work we just couldn't chose." As we've seen with politics, twice the candidates doesn't make them better choices. Just more. The complete list of the... [FishbowlLA]

Morgan Freeman the New Voice of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric - Posted January 4, 2010
The AP's David Bauder reports Morgan Freeman is the new announcer for the "CBS Evening News with ... [TVNewser]

Morgan Freeman in DC for "Invictus" Screening - Posted December 1, 2009
Mediocre blackberry pic of Matthews and Freeman by yours truly. Renowned actor Morgan Freeman graced DC last evening for a screening of "Invictus," which hits theaters December 11th. Directed by... [FishbowlDC]

The RNC, the Magic Negro and the LA Times - Posted December 31, 2008
In March, David Ehrenstein penned a piece... [FishbowlLA]

American Film Market Unspools For 29th Time in Santa Monica - Posted November 6, 2008
The American Film Market, which each year represents the diamonds and the dregs of the film business worldwide, opened its doors for a week at the Santa Monica Loews Beach Hotel on Wednesday with dozens of scurrying international sales reps, low-brow producers and a few dozen media.... [FishbowlLA]

Brad Pitt Returns As the Hunky Disembodied Voice of Sustainable Design - Posted October 25, 2007
Be still our hearts! We just got word from the peeps at Design: e2 that Brad Pitt will indeed be making another turn as narrator when the second part of the series premieres on No... [UnBeige]

AFI Teams With Target for Film Fete - Posted September 12, 2007
The American Film Institute is taking its 40th anniversary public thanks to a Target sponsored bash on Oct. 3 at the Arclight Hollywood. The film fete has already snagged RSVPs from George Lucas, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas, Julie Andrews and Sylvester Sta... [FishbowlLA]

Harrison Ford Lends His Voice To the Dalai Lama - Posted September 10, 2007
Harrison Ford may do for the Dalai Lama what Morgan Freeman did for penguins -- at least that's what the people who made The Dalai Lama Renaissance hope. Ford narrated the docu, which chronicles a meeting the Dalai Lama held at the... [FishbowlLA]