Matt Damon Says Nelson Mandela Great Political Leader of His Lifetime
Fox News - 36 minutes agoDamon plays rugby team captain Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela film, "Invictus."
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Damon plays rugby team captain Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela film, "Invictus."
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In this stirring film, Clint Eastwood recounts the true tale of Nelson Mandela and his plan to use rugby to unite his nation.
Soccer drama, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, shows the healing power of sports
A pair of Oscar winning directors debut new films this weekend, but all anyone really wants to talk about is the King of the World. Thanks to some embargo-breaking reviews, the first (and second and third) word on James Cameron's Avatar has finally reached the masses. And, apparently, it's better than it looks! (Be honest, the ad campaign for this thing has been terrible.) In fact, some critics ...
Francois Pienaar was the "big blonde son of apartheid," a white South African who grew up dreaming of glory on the rugby field.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, paying tribute to activists who have taken on governments around the world while uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war.
Walt Disney Studios' first hand-drawn animated feature in six years probably won't rival the debuts of any recent Pixar or DreamWorks computer-generated hits, though it is sure to top the box office this weekend.
ASSOCIATED PRESSMorgan Freeman, left, as Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon, as Francois Pienaar, star in Clint Eastwood’s uplifting “Invictus.” ‘It matters not how strait the gate/How charged with punishments the scroll/I am the master of my fate/I am the captain...
Invictus RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Directed by Clint Eastwood. (PG-13. 134 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Morgan Freeman has become such a notable and noble presence in American film that it would seem almost as...
President Barack Obama says the nonviolence practiced by such leaders as Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. should be a guiding force.
Nine days after announcing a major intensification of the war in Afghanistan, President Obama arrived is Oslo Thursday to formally accept the peace prize.
(Corrects spelling of Mother Teresa seventh paragraph.)
A wartime president being honored for peace, Barack Obama said Thursday that criticism of his Nobel prize as premature might recede if he advances goals such as a nuclear-free world and tackling climate change.
By LEWIS BEALE NEWSDAY Ever since 1948, when South Africa's racially segregated policy of apartheid was introduced, filmmakers have been fascinated by the brutality of its methods, the resistance movement that sprung up to combat it and the individuals on both sides who fought for their beliefs - no matter how twisted. And even though the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela...