Denzel Washington News

Standing a few feet away from actors Denzel Washington and Rosario Dawson is not how most Penn State students would expect to spend a cold fall morning in Centre County.

Nicolas Cage goes wild as a corrupt-drug addicted cop in this re-make of the '92 cult classic.

What a week for Johnny Depp. First, he reportedly agrees to a $35 million deal to reprise the lead role in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

Malcolm is probably very happy to have his dad cheering him on in the crowds. Children - no matter how young or old- always like it when their parents show interest in what they do.

Oscar winning A-list actor Denzel Washington is taking a chance at a crucial stage of his leading man career, leaving behind the crappy Tony Scott action films and their big paychecks for a low-paying/high prestige job on Broadway.

When August Wilson's "Fences" had its premiere at New Haven's Yale Repertory Theatre before moving on to Broadway in 1987 it starred James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson.

Another major film star is heading to Broadway: Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington will play Troy Maxson in a revival of August Wilson 's "Fences" in late spring of 2010, according to an executive involved with the production.

New and notable on DVD this week: "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" : This remake of the '70s classic has John Travolta as the gunman who hijacks a New York subway train, and Denzel Washington as the transit authority worker who has to figure out how to stop him from murdering innocent people.

And yet here we have a lovely little dance scene with Uma Thurman and John Travolta's characters -- energetic, slightly titillating, and downright cute, set to a Chuck Berry tune.

Video Event of the Week: Could it be Sony's DVD version of the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 with Denzel Washington and John Travolta ? Would Fox's 20th anniversary Blu-ray of Say Anything , the brilliant Cameron Crowe teen romance starring the young John Cusack , conceivably make the cut? Or, god forbid, against every decent human impulse ...

DVD Tuesday: 'G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra' & 'Taking Of Pelham 123' A scene from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Coming out this week on DVD and Blu-ray; G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra makes those action figures from the 80s look even more realistic; Denzel Washington stars in the thriller The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 ; the documentary Food, Inc.

Federal prosecutors charged 53 people on Wednesday with running open-air drug markets at two housing projects near Yankee Stadium.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA 2 1/2 stars $29.98. 117 mins. Another '80s toy hits the big screen as G.I. Joe crosses the world in pursuit of a corrupt arms dealer.

DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009 Theatrical Release Date: June 12, 2009 Rating: R Genre: Drama Run Time: 106 min.

Maybe if there had been a line of Pelham 123 action figures, box-office history would have been different.

Addressing the 80s crisis of muscular men who could only afford bow-ties and cuffs as formal wear, Tony Scott will direct a film about the rise and fall of Somer "Steve" Banerjee, the man who created Chippendales.A While Banerjee built his male strip club into an 80s phenomenon, he was undone by excess and paranoia which was highly unusual for 80s ...

A TV star who worked with Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and Eddie Murphy has revealed what they are really like - and explains why he made Mischa Barton cry.

Perfect Strangers star Bronson Pinchot spoke out against his past co-stars, calling Tom Cruise homophobic and describing working with Denzel Washington as a "dreadful experience," according to The A.V. Club .

Today's blog picks up where my colleague Tom Bayles left off after spending yesterday touring Sarasota with a group of Hollywood producers.

The opening shot of Law Abiding Citizen swirls around the statue of William Penn, one of the most well-known pacifist thinkers of early American history, as he stands atop the courthouse in Philadelphia.