(born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone. in 1998, Washington starred in Spike Lee’s film, He Got Game. in 1999, Washington starred in The Hurricane a film about boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter whose conviction for triple murder was overturned after he had spent almost 20 years in prison. A former reporter who was angry at seeing the film portray Carter as innocent despite the overturned conviction began a campaign to pressure Academy Award voters not to award the film Oscars.

Denzel Washington to take lead on The American Can? Will Smith wants Denzel Washington to take on the lead role of ‘The American Can’ as he is no longer able to take on the part himself. Denzel Washingt… [link]

(born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. When he was 14, his parents’ marriage fell apart and his mother sent him to a private preparatory school, Oakland Military Academy, in New Windsor, New York State. He participated in a staff talent show for the campers and a colleague suggested he try acting. Returning to Fordham that fall with a renewed purpose and focus, he enrolled at the Lincoln Center campus to study acting and was given the title roles in both Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones and Shakespeare’s Othello. Upon graduation he was given a scholarship to attend graduate school at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, where he stayed for one year before returning to New York to begin a professional acting career. in 1989 Washington won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a defiant self-possessed ex-slave soldier in the film Glory. Also that year he gave a powerful performance in The Mighty Quinn, and as the conflicted and disillusioned Reuben James, a British soldier who, despite a distinguished military career, returns to a civilian life where racism and inner city life leads to vigilantism and violence in For Queen and Country. Washington was reunited with Lee to play one of his most critically acclaimed roles as the title character of 1992′s Malcolm X. His performance as the black nationalist leader earned him another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Same-Sex Households Are Becoming MUCH More Common! This is EXACTLY what we like to hear! According to state census data just released, the number of gay and lesbian households in California have grown SIX times faster than those of heterosexual spouses between 2000 and 2010, climbing 36.2 as compared to the latter’s 5.7!William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution in Washington, [...] [link]