The poem that inspired Mandela was "Invictus," by the English poet William Ernest Henley, and it was in a book of poetry I read as a young boy living on a very poor Indian reservation.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
Los Angeles gets a bad rap. It's assailed for being shallow and rarely acknowledged for its good heart. But Los Angeles has a huge heart - at the center of which is pulsating non-stop activism.
Jurriaan Kamp | Posted 12.13.2009 | Green
The movie Invictus is a lesson in statesmanship. Nelson Mandela withstood vested interests and built a new nation. That's what leaders need to do in response to the challenge posed by global warming.
Esther Iverem | Posted 12.11.2009 | Entertainment
Despite the regal performance by Morgan Freeman, it may be difficult for those who fought for South Africa to see Invictus as anything other than a diversion from the true gravity of this history.
Marshall Fine | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment
The film is about a chapter of sports and international political history that few outside of South Africa would be aware of. In most ways, it's a standard underdog tale, but this one comes with a difference.
The Guardian | Posted 12.08.2009 | World
Leading actors in South Africa have spoken out against Hollywood stars cherrypicking the best roles in films about their country. Members of the Creat...
Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment
Nope, it's not a prosthetic. Morgan Freeman let his fingers breathe in what looked like a compression glove at the Thursday night premiere of his new ...
Pamela Ezell | Posted 11.27.2009 | Entertainment
I wonder why there hasn't been more in the popular culture linking the two leaders -- Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela -- and their transcendent personal histories.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment
In our country, hate sells. Even the idealists among us must be wondering if the idea of brotherhood can compete against it. Well, it can. It did in South Africa.
Jill Brooke | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
The words "Till Death Do Us Part" have defined how we look at marriage for generations. But in fact, they are five of the most polarizing words.
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment
Hollywood tends not to embrace most signs of aging, but these celebs are wearing their gray with pride. Who is pulling off the salt-and-pepper look an...
The Hollywood Ham | Posted 08.30.2009 | Comedy
"Most Shawshank fans claim they can watch it from any point and it doesn't affect the viewing experience," explained one TNT exec.
Katya Wachtel | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment
Morgan Freeman attempts to coax a revolution in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi, where the local high school still has segregated proms.
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.10.2009 | Entertainment
One Oscar winner is the subject of some pretty damaging rumors. Morgan Freeman may have robbed his ex-wife's daughter's cradle. The National Enquire...
AP | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge says actor Morgan Freeman and the woman suing him over a car wreck should submit settlement proposals to the co...
John Farr | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment
Wayne's persona -- its bigness, roughness, but also its decency -- literally came to define our heritage. And to a surprising degree, it still does.
AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — The woman who was with Morgan Freeman the night of a car crash that injured both of them insists she was never romantically linked...
New York Times | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment
BARACK OBAMA'S victory in November demonstrated, to the surprise of many Americans and much of the world, that we were ready to see a black man as pre...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment
PARK CITY, Utah — Morgan Freeman was disappointed to learn that his local high school in Charleston, Miss., still held separate proms, one for b...
E! | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment
While support for an actors' strike was already running thin thanks to the industry-wide burnout still being felt from the 100-day writers' strike in ...
Michael Giltz | Posted 01.05.2009 | Entertainment
With Frost/Nixon opening today in select cities, Universal has found the right time to celebrate director Ron Howard by releasing The Ron Howard Spotlight Collection. Which four movies of Ron Howard's do you think are his best?
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 09.24.2008 | Green
Sierra spoke with Freeman about PlanIt Now, a nonprofit he founded after Hurricane Ivan hit Grenada in 2004 that works to help people in the Gulf Coast and Caribbean ready their families and businesses for big storms.
AP | Posted 09.06.2008 | Entertainment
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and...
AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment
JACKSON, Miss. — Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand following a car wreck...
New York Times | Michael Cieply | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment
"The Dark Knight" just spilled over into early morning. In a frenzy, fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next ...
Tim Giago | Posted 12.21.2009 | Books