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'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57
LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Nations:U.S. People:Patrick Swayze Tom Cruise Emilio Estevez Forest Whitaker Rob Lowe Matt Dillon
2009-09-14
Danny Glover's slavery film lacked "white heroes", producers said
PARIS (AFP) - US actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes.
Nations:Venezuela France U.S. Japan People:Sidney Poitier Harry Belafonte Angela Bassett Hugo Chavez Wesley Snipes Don Cheadle
2008-07-25
France's 'white' film industry resists change
PARIS (AFP) - Where are the French Denzel Washingtons, Forest Whitakers, Wesley Snipes or Halle Berrys? France's silver screen is still overwhelmingly and despairingly white, say advocates of diversity in French film who are at a loss to explain the industry's resistance to offer star roles to black actors.
Nations:France People:Wesley Snipes Will Smith Source:(AFP)
2008-07-18
Wesley Snipes petitions court to leave country
OCALA, Fla. - Lawyers for Wesley Snipes are asking a Florida judge to let the 45-year-old actor leave the country while they appeal his three federal tax convictions.
People:Wesley Snipes Source:(AP)
2008-06-26
Wesley Snipes gets bail pending appeal in tax case
Actor Wesley Snipes was granted bail on Thursday pending an appeal of his conviction and sentencing last month to three years in prison for failing to file income tax returns for 1999 through 2001.
People:Wesley Snipes
2008-05-23
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