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Eating As Though the Environment Mattered

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.15.2013 | Green
Bruce Friedrich

Every time we eat meat, it's as though we're throwing away 6-20 calories worth of grains and legumes for every calorie we take in. Plus, we're contributing to exponentially more water use, desertification, air pollution, global warming, global poverty, and more.

The Next 'Forrest Gump'?

Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment

Fans of Lee Daniels' arch, salacious work on past films like "Precious" and "The Paperboy" might be disappointed in "The Butler." "I can't go into ...

Richard Pryor Biopic Makes A Major Change

Posted 04.03.2013 | Black Voices

As development for Richard Pryor’s biopic continues, the much anticipated flick has made another adjustment to its ever-changing production team. ...

Forest Whitaker Falsely Accused of Shoplifting: How Do I Explain Racism to My Son?

Etan Thomas | Posted 04.27.2013 | Black Voices
Etan Thomas

The "post-racial America" is a fantasy land that doesn't exist. I want my son to grow up to be proud of his race and his culture as every child of any race should. Unfortunately, far too often, the connotation that the world has for the term "black" is not always a positive one.

Forest Whitaker Accused Of Shoplifting, Frisked In Public

Posted 02.19.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Last week Forest Whitaker, an Academy Award winning actor, was accused of shoplifting at a New York City deli and publicly frisked by an employee. Acc...

Forest Whitaker Accused Of Stealing

TMZ | Posted 02.16.2013 | Celebrity

Forest Whitaker is furious with a NYC deli ... telling TMZ he was wrongly accused of shoplifting Friday morning ... and even FRISKED IN PUBLIC in a hu...

HE'S BACK

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 03.18.2013 | Entertainment

"The Last Stand" is the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie you didn't even realize you wanted to see. This is the action superstar's first leading role in a...

WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes 'The Last Stand'

Posted 11.08.2012 | Entertainment

No Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is complete without guns, explosions, and intense one-liners (a la "I'll be back"). As luck would have it, "The Last St...

PHOTOS: Meteorologists Who Resemble Stars

Posted 10.29.2012 | Celebrity

With Hurricane Sandy hitting our East Coast hard, we've been seeing a lot of familiar faces grace our television screens to report the latest on the s...

Hello, 2014 Oscars! TWC Acquires 'The Butler'

Posted 09.24.2012 | Entertainment

This year's Oscar race is already in full swing, but that doesn't mean you can't look ahead to next year's competition. The Weinstein Company announce...

Another Step Towards Global Peace

Forest Whitaker | Posted 11.24.2012 | Impact
Forest Whitaker

Youth have the power to create change. And for real progress to be made, they need to be a part of the solution.

Kerry Washington Aims To Adopt Failing Schools

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 06.23.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are adopting some of the nation's worst-performing schools and pledged M...

Forest Whitaker May Team With Oprah Winfrey For 'The Butler'

Posted 05.07.2012 | Entertainment

Last month, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Oprah Winfrey was negotiating to join "The Butler," director Lee Daniels's ("Precious") biopic ...

Mary J.Blige Plays For AIDS Charity

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 04.11.2012 | Impact

By ALICIA QUARLES, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- Mary J. Blige brought out plenty of emotion as she performed in front of a packed house to support...

Kia Makarechi

Dee Rees On Hollywood's Race Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.09.2012 | Arts

For all the talk of "liberal Hollywood," diversity is not among the movie industry's strengths. Dee Rees, the director of "Pariah," a semi-autobiog...

A True Spiritual Warrior -- Robert Easton

Laura Mola | Posted 02.27.2012 | Home
Laura Mola

Robert Easton was a teacher, a guru, and a support to a myriad of acting students who treasured him as the gem he was and treated him accordingly.

Forest Whitaker: Voodoo Psycho Thriller

Posted 10.03.2011 | Celebrity

Forest Whitaker is about to go crazy. The "Last King of Scotland" Oscar-winner is set to star with Anthony Mackie in "Vipaka," Variety reports. Acc...

8 Celebrities Who Played College Sports

Posted 08.09.2011 | College

Although many celebrities have tackled sports in film or participated in the occasional famous people golf tournament, not many have actually played s...

Whitney Houston Headed Back To The Big Screen

Posted 07.09.2011 | Entertainment

Over 15 years since they dominated Hollywood, Forest Whitaker is bringing back Whitney Houston and company for a sequel to "Waiting to Exhale." Ind...

Star-Studded Freedom Awards to Honor Luminaries of the Anti-Slavery Movement (VIDEO)

Free The Slaves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Free The Slaves

It's the third annual Freedom Awards and Freedom Rocks after party, honoring the best and brightest of the global, anti-slavery movement. And you can be a part of it.

As Repo Men, Jude Law and Forest Whitaker Go For Your Guts

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Brad Balfour

For veteran actors Forest Whitaker and Jude Law, this demented buddy movie, Repo Men, pulls on both their inner action heroes and tragic Shakespearean personae.

Repo Men: All's Bad That Ends Bad

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jackie K. Cooper

Here's my reaction to Repo Men as I was watching it. Don't like it, don't like it, don't like it, kinda like it, kinda like it, liking it, liking it, HATE IT!

HuffPost Review: Repo Men

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Part Blade Runner, part Brazil, and almost all bad ideas, Repo Men is a mean-spirited sci-fi action-thriller, when it isn't trying to prove how much heart it has.

Live on Tape from Our Family Wedding Premiere

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

I spoke with the stars from Our Family Wedding, which centers on the marriage between a young African American man and a Latino bride, and asked them to weigh in on the genre and anything I could think of.

HuffPost Review: Our Family Wedding

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Our Family Wedding is a broad multi-ethnic comedy that telegraphs every joke and is too punchless to actually have punchlines.