'Rings' Star to Play King in New Orleans
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Sean Astin, who starred in "The Lord of the Rings" films, will play the role of a king in a Carnival parade on Feb. 6.
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Don King has promoted dozens of interesting fights in the past but tonight&#39;s heavyweight extravaganza at Madison Square Garden in New York promises to be something very special.
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Oscar-nominated &quot;Blood  Diamond&quot; star Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast of &quot;Get Some,&quot;  an indie action drama that starts shooting later this month.
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Ving Rhames is stepping  into the ring as heavyweight fighter Sonny Liston in the biopic  "Phantom Punch," which began production Monday in Toronto.
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&quot;The King of Queens&quot;  star Kevin James will walk the beat in the comedy feature &quot;Mall  Cop,&quot; playing a mild-mannered security guard who patrols a mall  that&#39;s taken over by highly organized thieves.
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Spike Lee is adding a fifth act to his cinematic chronicle of the   Big Easy, post-Hurricane Katrina.
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Playbill - Television stars Gaius Charles, Gbenga Akkinagbe and James McDaniel will star in the upcoming Hurricane Katrina-based drama Lower Ninth at New York City's Flea Theater.
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The actor behind the Gollum character in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy isn't monkeying around as he prepares for his next role as King Kong in a remake of the classic gorilla thriller.
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Oscar-nominated actor Forest Whitaker is in Uganda on Saturday for the local premiere of "The Last King of Scotland" in which he portrays brutal dictator Idi Amin, who seized power in the African nation in 1971 and was responsible for the disappearance of more than 500,000 people.
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Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis is to star in the movie remake of TinTin, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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LOS ANGELES  - Ed Harris is in negotiations to join Samuel L. Jackson in the indie crime thriller "Cleaner," which is set to begin shooting next month in Shreveport, La.
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LOS ANGELES  - Annie Parisse, co-star  of box office champ "National Treasure," is set to play the new  assistant district attorney on NBC's "Law & Order."
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The aura of Pistol Pete Maravich, the basketball impresario who's legend only grew larger after his death, is growing by leaps and bounds this week in New Orleans.
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Oscar winner Denzel Washington is to star as Brutus in a Broadway production of  Julius Caesar.
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Spike Lee was at the Venice Film Festival in Italy watching on television as Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans last August.
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Ticket sales have been far from spectacular, but Ivan Neville says performing at the same Hurricane Katrina anniversary concert Tuesday night as Stevie Wonder is going to be incredible no matter how many people are there.
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Yes, the Hollywood star will answer your questions!