Billy Bob Thornton

Baltimore's Lester Speight defends the human race in 'Transformers 3'

2011-07-01 03:37:00

When "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" posted a casting call for "Hardcore Eddie," every muscleman-actor on the way up in Hollywood went out for the part. They knew the character would be on-screen during crucial, cataclysmic action, right alongside...

Holiday movie schedule

2005-10-30 00:00:00

Release dates are subject to change. Nov. 23 The Ice Harvest - Harold Ramis stretches a bit with this comic thriller, in which John Cusack's sleazebag lawyer lusts after Connie Nielsen's strip-club owner. Billy Bob Thornton, so good at playing...

Summer movies release schedule

2005-04-19 00:00:00

Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release. Late April: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM: The corporate train wreck unfolds through insider interviews and company video and audio tapes. THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES: An outgunned...

Lucas, Spielberg usher in summer with sci-fi wars

2005-04-19 05:20:00

This summer means war between old buddies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Colleagues on the "Indiana Jones" franchise, the two will duke it out for the title of galactic overlord on the 2005 science fiction front, Lucas with the final installment of...

Coming this season

2003-09-04 00:00:00

September Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for the role of a "normal" guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything...

It's elementary, Oscar

2002-01-28 00:00:00

Sherlock Holmes never tried his hand at Oscar prognosticating, but indications are he would have had a flair for it. "When you have eliminated the impossible," the great detective said, "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." As it...

'Bloody Sunday' movie wins awards

2002-02-18 05:18:00

British director Paul Greengrass' dramatization of the most infamous incident in Northern Ireland's troubles, "Bloody Sunday," shared the Berlin film festival's top Golden Bear award Sunday with "Spirited Away," an animated adventure from Japan's Hayao...

Race to the Oscars

2003-08-28 00:00:00

If everything goes right for Hollywood over the next four months, you'll be running from multiplex to multiplex thinking, "Ah, finally, an overload of great movies!" Such a scenario has yet to play out, ever, yet you may find yourself scrambling just the...

Awards return glitz to Hollywood

2002-01-20 19:40:00

One look at Heather Locklear provided proof that the sparkle has returned to Hollywood's red carpet. Locklear paraded into the Beverly Hilton Hotel for Sunday's Golden Globes in a turquoise-and-diamond minidress with an equally glittery attached...

Oscar predictions are cast in gold

2002-01-24 00:00:00

The Golden Globes are history - which means it's time to start handicapping the Oscar race in earnest. Judging by Sunday's awards show, A Beautiful Mind should earn itself a passel of Oscar nominations when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

Simple Plan manages to be gloomy, chipper

2004-02-05 00:00:00

Beneath the skater-boy image and good-time vibe, the guys of Simple Plan are sensitive. They feel your pain. Misunderstood by your folks? Feel like the rest of the world is against you? These Canadian pop-punk dudes have been there. On No Pads, No...

Billy Bob Thornton on Angelina Jolie marriage: 'I blew it'

2012-05-16 04:32:14

In addition to his writing, acting and directing, Thornton has had an active music career. He's put out four solo albums and three more with his group The Boxmasters.

2012-04-16 13:41:00

's twin babies, Knox and Vivienne. Their birthplaces are located right below the global coordinates for the birthplaces of Maddox, Shiloh, Zahara and Pax. But they also leave lots of arm space for more birth tatts to come.

2012-04-16 00:00:00

Eloping in Las Vegas? Red flag. Eloping in Las Vegas with someone almost twice your age (Jolie was 24, Thornton was 44) after two months of courtship? Double red flag.

2012-04-15 00:00:00