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Morgan Freeman, Marisa Tomei To Star In ‘Prop 8’ Play On Broadway

Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei will appear in a one-night-only reading on Broadway of a play about Proposition 8.

On Wednesday, producers announced some of the cast members who will perform in Dustin Lance Black’s play “8’’ as part of a fundraiser at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Sept. 19.

Morgan Freeman Calls Obama ‘A Bit Too Regular To Be President Of The United States’

Morgan Freeman has lived through quite a few Presidents in his 74 years, but when he met the current Commander in Chief, he wasn’t left awestruck.

Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Others Fete Morgan Freeman At AFI Life Achievement Ceremony

Standing on the soundstage where Fred Astaire once danced and Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road, Morgan Freeman accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.

Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Helen Mirren, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Robbins and Forest Whitaker were among the stars who feted Freeman during a ceremony Thursday at Sony Studios, former home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Attorney: Morgan Freeman, Wife Have Finalized Their Divorce In Mississippi

Actor Morgan Freeman and his wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi.

A Tallahatchie County judge entered the divorce decree on Sept. 15, William R. Wright, an attorney who represented Freeman, told The Association Press. Terms of the divorce are sealed, Wright said.

Morgan Freeman Replaces The Late Cronkite’s Voice Introducing ‘CBS Evening News’

Nearly six months after his death, Walter Cronkite’s voice is leaving the “CBS Evening News.”

His introduction of anchor Katie Couric was replaced Monday by a voiceover featuring actor Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman Settles Suit On Car Wreck

Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.

Demaris Meyer filed a federal lawsuit against the Academy Award-winning actor in February, claiming Freeman had been drinking the night of the accident last summer and was negligent when the car ran off the side of a rural highway near his Mississippi Delta home.

Settlement Deadline Set In Morgan Freeman Lawsuit

A federal judge says actor Morgan Freeman and the woman suing him over a car wreck should submit settlement proposals to the court by July 15.

Demaris Meyer claims the 71-year-old Oscar-winning actor was negligent when the car he was driving ran off the side of a rural Mississippi highway in August. Meyer was a passenger in the car when it flipped several times. Both of them were seriously injured.

Morgan Freeman Responds To Car Wreck Lawsuit

The woman in the passenger seat the night Morgan Freeman crashed a car on a rural Mississippi highway was partly to blame for the accident, the actor’s attorney said Friday in court papers.

Morgan Freeman Signs On For New Series With Science Channel

Actor Morgan Freeman is teaming with the Science Channel to make a series on space exploration that is expected to air on the cable network early next year.

Titled “Through the Wormhole,” the series will look into such topics as the possibility of life beyond Earth, future expeditions to Mars and problems caused by the sun.

Morgan Freeman’s Passenger Claims He Was Drinking Prior To August Crash

Morgan Freeman’s passenger, Demaris Meyer, claimed the actor was drinking prior to the August 2008 car crash in Mississippi that left both Freeman and Meyer injured.

According to court documents filed Wednesday in Mississippi federal court and obtained by Access Hollywood, Meyer claimed that “throughout the course of dinner and afterward drinks were consumed by Freeman” at the Bayou Bend Golf & Country Club.

Morgan Freeman Sued By Passenger Over August Car Crash

Morgan Freeman is being sued by Demaris Meyer, the passenger who was injured during the “Dark Knight” star’s August 2008 car crash in Mississippi, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Radar Online first reported the news that Meyers will be holding a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred Wednesday in Los Angeles, where details from the crash and the nature of Meyer’s relationship with the then-married Freeman will be revealed.

Morgan Freeman: Hand ‘Paralyzed’ Following Car Crash

Five months after a serious car crash in Mississippi, Morgan Freeman is still without the use of his left hand.

When Access caught up with the Oscar winner on Thursday night at the Living Legends of Aviation event in Hollywood, Freeman revealed his hand is still paralyzed.