Forest Whitaker News

SOUTHPAW stars Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Rita Ora, Naomie Harris and Victor Ortiz.

Shady Records/Interscope Records will release Southpaw (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture), soundtrack to The Weinstein Company motion picture Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

The sought after Trap group 'Chef Sean and Blaze' releases their newest video, entitled "Stash in the Hooptie". The group's frontman and Chicago native Chef Sean is no stranger to the spotlight.

Legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) was “a genius who lived fast and died young, revolutionizing an art form in a few short years” (NPR). The Grammy Award-winning bebop legend is the subject of Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD, the first world premiere in almost four decades for Opera Philadelphia, recognized by Opera News as “one of the leading instigators of new work in the country.” The new chamber opera was created for American tenor Lawrence Brownlee, a nominee for the 2015 International Opera Male Singer of the Year Award, by composer Daniel Schnyder, whose “thrilling classical-tinged jazz blend…constantly pushes the envelope” (Jazz Times), to a libretto by award-winning poet and playwright Bridgette Wimberly. Directed by Ron Daniels under the leadership of Music Director Corrado Rovaris, Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD premieres in Opera Philadelphia's Aurora Series for Chamber Opera, crowning the company's 40th Anniversary Season with a five-performance run in the Kimmel Center's intimate Perelman Theater (June 5–14). Tickets are available from Ticket Philadelphia at 215.893.1018 or operaphila.org.

The new film DOPE,written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa co-stars Zoë Kravitz, Blake Anderson, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise and Forest Whitaker

Legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) was 'a genius who lived fast and died young, revolutionizing an art form in a few short years' (NPR).

Melissa Leo returns to Penny Templeton Studio for a two-day Master Class Workshop on the craft of acting, today, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced a major new musical commission. Based on the spell-binding novel by Anne Rice, Cry to Heaven is a dramatic new musical with music and lyrics by three-time Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Wilder and a book by Roy Freirich and Debrah Neal. The show will be developed through The 5th Avenue's New Works Program focusing on early stage cultivation of new musicals, one of seven musicals in various stages of development.

Lionsgate's (NYSE: LGF) Codeblack Filmshas signed an output deal with Eagle Films, a motion picture producer and distributor based in the Middle East and North Africa, the two companies announced today.

The unique performing arts intensive will take place at the Dallas Convention Center (600 South Griffin Street, Dallas, TX) tonight, March 10 - Saturday, March 14, 2015. The five-day intensive will culminate in a unique Broadway-style concert event featuring performances by Dallas' brightest rising stars on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 8 p.m.

The unique performing arts intensive will take place at the Dallas Convention Center (600 South Griffin Street, Dallas, TX) Tuesday, March 10 - Saturday, March 14, 2015. The five-day intensive will culminate in a unique Broadway-style concert event featuring performances by Dallas' brightest rising stars on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Melissa Leo returns to Penny Templeton Studio for a two-day Master Class Workshop on the craft of acting, Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, TAKEN 3, starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Forest Whitaker, is expected to take in $35 million or more by Sunday. On Friday alone, the film grossed $14 million.

Rust Co-Operative's new show, NAT, will make its bow at the Rosebank Theatre this January, the first season on South African stages for the vibrant and provocative theatre company.

Liam Neeson will use his 'very particular set of skills' for the last time in TAKEN 3, the final installment of the TAKEN action-thriller series.

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker stopped by this morning's LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL and shared his aspirations to make his Broadway debut in the very near future.

Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Frank Dotzler, Sam Spruell and Dougray Scott star in director Olivier Megaton's TAKEN 3. The film hits theaters in January, 2015. Get a firt look below!

The multi-faceted Mr. Otis Sallid has signed on as associate director/producer on 5x platinum recording super star, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You Christmas concert, at New York's Beacon Theatre, December 15, 16, 18, 20 and 21st.

JuntoBox Films, a collaborative film studio for filmmakers and fans co-chaired by Forest Whitaker, today announced the lead roles of their newest feature 'The Driver,' cast using their proprietary online casting application and social media campaign on the juntoboxfilms.com website.

The Hollywood Film Awards today announced that multi-talented Academy and Emmy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actress, Grammy Award-winning musician and talk show host Queen Latifah will host the inaugural broadcast of the HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS