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Nickname:	DeForest Whitaker /
Known for:	Platoon, The Crying Game, The Last King of Scotland
Birth name:	Forest Steven Whitaker
Birthday:	15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA
Height:	6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Lucy, Liev & Forest Take Their Turn At Sexy Ads

Picture Inside. First we saw John Mayer & Selma's Gap ad hotness, and now here is some equally gorgeous Lucy, Liev and Forest. I am definitely loving The Gap's Annie Leibovitz shot "Classics Redefined" ad campaign (check out the full set here). Liev and Forest are looking handsome as ever, but I'm loving me some Lucy rec... Read More » Lucy, Liev & Forest Take Their Turn At Sexy Ads

Forest Whitaker & Keisha (wifie) 79th Annual Acade...

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Reuters - "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and talent agent Bryan Lourd were among big Hollywood names named on Monday as members of U.S. President Barack Obama's Committee on Arts and the Humanities.
AP - The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.
Forest Whitaker wants an on-screen "father-son relationship" with 50 Cent.

The Oscar-winning actor is in negotiations to star alongside the rapper-turned-actor in the modern-day adaptation of the 1886 novel 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.
FOREST WHITAKER will cap off an amazing week at the SAG Awards on Sunday (25Jan09) by presenting JAMES EARL JONES with his Lifetime Achievement prize.The Oscar winner was in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of new U.S.President Barack Obama on Tuesday (20Jan09), and he’ll read the Academy Award nominations at a press conference on Thursday
Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President SID GANIS in reading out the Oscar nominations early on Thursday morning (22Jan09).Whitaker, who picked up a Best Actor honour last year (07) for his portrayal of African leader Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, will help unveil the
Actor-turned-director Sylvester Stallone is adding another Hollywood name to the star-studded line-up for his new movie The Expendables - Forest Whitaker is reportedly in talks to join the cast.


Reuters - Sylvester Stallone may have his man.
Forest Whitaker is delighted to land the lead role in a new Louis Armstrong biopic after winning the approval of the late star's estate.


FOREST WHITAKER is delighted to land the lead role in a new LOUIS ARMSTRONG biopic after winning the approval of the late star’s estate.The actor will play the legendary jazz musician in the upcoming movie and will also direct the picture.He says, "Armstrong left a monumental mark on our lives and our culture."He lived an
Leonardo DiCaprio joins his Hollywood peers in a series of Public Service Announcements to encourage young people to register to vote! In addition to Leo, celebrities appearing in the PSAs include: Forest Whitaker, Tobey Maguire, Will. i. am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman, Jamie Foxx and many more!   Watch the celebrity PSA now! Declare Yourself, Google and Myspace are all involved in this campaign!  Check out Google's voter information site to see how to register to vote and where to vote on election day!

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Forest Whitaker, Whoopi Goldberg, Barry Manilow and more stars have teamed up with former Eurythmics man Dave Stewart on an inspirational video for change, "American Prayer." "I found it more pertinent than ever to release this song at the moment when America dares to re-imagine itself and its place in the world," says Stewart. The uplifting anthem pays tribute to the everyday Americans and millions of people who are supporting Barack Obama's platform of change. The video features a clip from Martin Luther King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech and shows stars such as Pam Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Joss Stone, Macy Gray, Joan Baez, Jason Alexander and Herbie Hancock getting into the spirit of the campaign. The song is available on iTunes and the Dave Stewart Songbook Vol. 1, with proceeds to benefit MoveOn.org.

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice

Forest Whitaker may have won an Oscar, but in Hollywood circles these days he's not a whole lot more than prospective juror #14.We got the tip Forest Whitaker is at an L.A. courthouse as a possible juror in a case where the defendant is charged with...

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Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker was stabbed while working as a doorman at a nightclub - but lived to tell the tale. The Last King of Scotland star is used to violence on the movie set - acting in films such as Blown Away and The Shield - but wasn't so happy when he sustained a multitude of injuries in real-life.


Oscar-winner FOREST WHITAKER was once forced to risk his life wrestling a knife-wielding mental patient to the ground.The Last King Of Scotland star worked in a home for the mentally disabled before he became an actor, and had to restrain an escapee who had fled the institution.And Whitaker credits his fighting skills with his successful
Oscar-winning actor FOREST WHITAKER was stabbed while working as a doorman at a nightclub - but lived to tell the tale.The Last King of Scotland star is used to violence on the movie set - acting in films such as Blown Away and The Shield - but wasn’t so happy when he sustained a multitude
Forest Whitaker was delighted when he discovered his namesake, Denzel Whitaker, was playing his son in new movie The Great Debaters - because he could finally dispel reports the young actor is related to him in real life.


FOREST WHITAKER was delighted when he discovered his namesake, DENZEL WHITAKER, was playing his son in new movie THE GREAT DEBATERS - because he could finally dispel reports the young actor is related to him in real life.The Oscar winner admits he has been unable to change internet sites which list Denzel as his real-life
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is to portray the heroic basketball coach who led his Louisiana high school team to the state championships in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.


Oscar winner FOREST WHITAKER is to portray the heroic basketball coach who led his Louisiana high school team to the state championships in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.The Last King of Scotland star has signed up to play Al Collins in Patriots.Against all the odds, Collins drove the John Ehret High School team to glory,
(Tue. 25th) Drawing inspiration from the true story of a temperamental debate coach who molded the students of a small East Texas college into a formidable team that gave Harvard's squad a run for their money in the 1930s, Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters features the director himself as the ambitious educator, and Forest Whitaker as the resentful father... Continue Summary

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