Morgan Freeman

(Getty Images | Inset from Daily Mail) The first pictures of Morgan Freeman playing the part of Nelson Mandela in the upcoming film Invictus have hit the Internet, and if the movie is any good, it appears to be an iconic role for the acclaimed actor. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon as Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar. (Daily Mail) Invictus tells the story of how Nelson Mandela brought South African whites and black together behind its rugby team in 1995, just a year after he was elected president following the collapse of apartheid. While Freeman will play Mandela, Matt Damon will play South African ... Read Full Story

“Driving Miss Daisy” My Butt Maybe “Miss Daisy” Was Driving August 4. 2008 Morgan Freeman Just last week I wrote how some believe the movie Batman “Dark Knight” is jinxed due to the deaths and bad incidents associated with it. Today, another Batman star has encountered tragedy. “Dark Knight” actors, Christian Bale, who was arrested last month (left) and Morgan Freeman (right) Actor Morgan Freeman met in an accident, where his car flipped several times after flying off the highway into a ditch. Emergency services had to use the Jaws of Life to remove him from the wreck, then transported him to a neighboring ... Read Full Story

Morgan Freeman has settled the lawsuit stemming from his car crash last year. Morgan’s passenger Demaris Meyer sued him in US District court in February, accusing him of negligent driving when he ran her 1997 Nissan Maxima off the side of a rural highway near his Mississippi home. The car flipped over several times before landing upright. Read Full Story

By: Ellie Kam on July 10th, 2009 at1:28 pm We mentioned last month that Morgan Freeman had been banging his 27-year-old step-granddaughter E’Dena Hines for the last ten years or so. Morgan became close to the girl after years of raising her with his second wife Myrna. Now, the National Enquirer is reporting that Morgan has decided to make things right (wrong?) by marrying the girl. The only thing holding them back is Morgan’s pending divorce with Myrna. According to people close to the Freeman family, both Morgan and E’Dena are in love and itching to make it official. Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES: A woman who was Morgan Freeman’s passenger in an August car crash sued the Oscar winner for negligence on Wednesday and said she wants to clear her name from claims she was his mistress. Demaris Meyer, the passenger, also said that despite media reports to the contrary, she and Freeman met the night of the accident at a country club, where they dined with mutual friends, and that she was not in a romantic affair with him. “I have been labeled as the ‘other woman’ and have been accused of having caused the breakup of Mr. Freeman’s marriage. Nothing could be further ... Read Full Story