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You may not know his name, but you almost certainly recognize his face -- and you might even know his voice too: Since the early 1980s, Keith David has been one of the most prolific actors in the business, scoring roles in a dizzying array of films, lending his voice to cartoons and videogames, and even singing when he feels like it.

Continuing in our look back on the last decade, Screenhead examines the major movie events of the year 2003.

It's only fitting I write an article on biography films about musicians since many of my articles is about music.

Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker , during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea to produce a feature-length film about pianist Thelonious Monk , released somewhat later during the same year as ...

The creatures in "Where the Wild Things Are" aren't really wild at all, in the sense of party-time wild.

Forest Whitaker has had a varied career, one that has seen him playing characters as diverse as a legendary jazz man and an African dictator.

Charlie "Bird" Parker never got to play his alto sax at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Archives from September 14, 2009 The Wayback Machine: Wrestler Haystack Calhoun pays a visit One of the cardinal rules of journalism is that the reporter should never become part of the story.

The Monterey County Film Commission and the Monterey Jazz Festival this week are set to present "Bird," the movie directed by Clint Eastwood about jazz great Charlie Parker.

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This attractive, dark-haired New York stage actress first attracted notice as an unlikely Prince of Denmark in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 1983 production of "Hamlet". The Connecticut native came to the stage.... This attractive, dark-haired New York stage actress first attracted notice as an unlikely Prince of Denmark in the New York ...

Though actor Forest Whitaker started college on an athletic scholarship, the charismatic and award-winning performer made the unlikely shift from football to studying to become a classical tenor and eventually, an.... Though actor Forest Whitaker started college on an athletic scholarship, the charismatic and award-winning performer made the ...

In an example of epic understatement combined with "DUH!"-ism, the American Film Institute has bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts on Clint Eastwood, for "contribution of distinction to the art of the moving image." The conferral came during commencement ceremonies for AFI's 2009 graduating class, which took place on Wednesday .