Tag Archives: Forest Whitaker

Oscar—The Day After

If you stayed up to watch the entire Academy Awards broadcast last night you may be just as tired today as the winners are. Okay, maybe not, but if you live on the East Coast and watched the nearly four-hour long telecast then you likely didn’t get to sleep until after 1 a.m. (I happen to live in the Central time zone and was in bed by midnight.) Regardless, it was a long show and many are now saying it could have run even longer if it wasn’t for an ingenious use of modern technology. Last night, the Academy unveiled … Continue reading →

Rolling Towards Oscar Night

Each year, there are several award ceremonies that take place before the Academy Awards. These ceremonies often give us a glimpse into who may be a favorite to win a coveted Oscar. Usually, the Golden Globes are considered a good indicator, but this does not always prove true. Adrien Brody, who was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama by the Foreign Press, lost to Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt. But, I think many people were surprised, including him, when he beat out four previous Oscar winners to take home the 2002 Oscar for … Continue reading →

The Last King of Scotland’s Forest Whitaker

I was cruising through my People magazine the other day when I saw a movie titled The Last King of Scotland. The picture caught my eye because the guy in it really didn’t look like a king of Scotland. It was in fact, an actor portraying Uganda ruler Idi Amin. Ew, I thought…why would anyone want to watch a movie about Idi Amin. Then, I read who the actor portraying him was. It was none other than one of my favorites – Forest Whitaker. Funny how much seeing that a certain actor is in a movie can change your whole … Continue reading →