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‘Safe House’ Star Denzel Washington Predicts Viola Davis Will Win Best Actress Oscar

Denzel Washington is ready for the Academy Awards – and his money is on Viola Davis for Best Actress.

Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington Get Germany’s Golden Camera Awards As Best Actors

Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington have received Germany’s most prestigious film award as best international actors.

Denzel Washington Promotes ‘Safe House’ To Female Moviegoers: ‘Come See Ryan Reynolds’

Denzel Washington has an action film on his hands with “Safe House” and he has a big selling point to get women into theater seats.

“Come see Ryan Reynolds,” he laughed with Access Hollywood correspondent Jill Martin over the weekend as he promoted his new film. “He’s a good looking guy, a halfway decent looking guy.

Denzel Washington Donates $2.25 Million To Fordham, Endows Theater Chair

Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater.

The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.

Denzel Washington To Deliver Commencement Address At The University Of Pennsylvania

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington has been selected to deliver the commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.

College officials announced Tuesday that Washington will address about 5,000 graduates and receive an honorary degree at the May 16 ceremony.

Denzel Washington To Host Nobel Peace Concert

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, organizers said Thursday.

Artists including British pop band Florence and the Machine, U.S. pop singer Colbie Caillat, pianist Herbie Hancock and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will also perform at the show on Dec. 11, a day after the award ceremony in Oslo.

Denzel Washington Opens ‘Fences’ On Broadway

First seen in New York in 1987 with James Earl Jones, “Fences” has now returned with an equally starry actor, Denzel Washington in the lead.

Washington, last on Broadway in 2005 in a production of “Julius Caesar,” acquits himself well in this blistering revival, directed with a sure, steady hand by Wilson veteran Kenny Leon. It’s a big, bold performance in a big, bold play, rife with emotion-drenched soliloquies for its star about life, love, death and the devil.

Denzel Washington Set For ‘Fences’ On Broadway

Get ready for another big name on Broadway.

Denzel Washington plans to return to the New York stage next spring in a revival of August Wilson’s “Fences.”

Ohio Call For Extras For New Denzel Washington Movie Draws Hundreds, Many Looking For Any Job

A casting call for a new Denzel Washington movie was like any other job fair to many of the hundreds who turned out in Ohio.

While some of the men expressed interest in meeting the star, others who auditioned to be extras Wednesday in Canton said the promise of $100-a-day paychecks was a bigger lure.

Denzel Washington On John Travolta Missing ‘Pelham 1 2 3’ Premiere: ‘He’s Where He Needs To Be’

As John Travolta and his family continue to mourn the loss of Jett Travolta, the actor continues to remain out of the Hollywood spotlight – and according to co-star Denzel Washington, his friend is doing the right thing by laying low.

“Well, you know, this is a movie, this is entertainment,” Denzel told Access Hollywood Thursday night in LA when asked if “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” premiere was bittersweet without John. “He’s where he needs to be.”

Denzel Washington Donates To Roswell Boys&Girls Club

Denzel Washington took time off from filming in New Mexico this week to present a $50,000 donation to the struggling Roswell Boys&Girls Club.

Tom Cruise & Denzel Washington To Face Off In Spy Thriller

Tom Cruise & Denzel Washington are set to square off against one another in the big screen adaptation of “The Matarese Circle,” Access Hollywood has learned.

Tom is in final negotiations to play Russian spy Vasili Taleniekov, who faces American intelligence operative Brandon Scofield, played by Denzel, a source confirmed to Access.