Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames is preparing to step into the shoes of noble waiter Sam, the lead character in a big screen adaptation of "Master Harold ... and the Boys," a role Danny Glover originated on Broadway. Based on Athol Fugard's 1982 play, "Master Harold" is set on the southeast coast of South Africa and follows the relationship between a white young man named Hally (Freddie Highmore), and two black waiters, Sam (Rhames) and Willie. In the play, Sam and Willie were servants of Hally's family and have been a part of his upbringing. Hally educated Sam with the knowledge acquired from school textbooks, and Sam ... Read Full Story

Access Motion Pictures produced this film over a year ago and has yet to find a distributor to release it in theaters. Directed by Robert Townsend ('The Five Heartbeats'), 'Phantom' chronicles Sonny Liston 's ( Ving Rhames ) rise to fame as a boxer and the single "phantom punch" he took at the hands of Muhammad Ali, which many believe led to the demise of his career. Stacey Dash plays his wife, Geraldine. The film also stars Nicholas Turturro, David Proval, Bridgette Wilson and Troy Amos-Ross . Liston was the 24th of 25 children born to an Arkansas sharecropper. Prone to violence, he served ... Read Full Story

A man working as a caretaker in a home owned by "Pulp Fiction" star Ving Rhames was found dead inside the property, apparently the victim of a vicious attack by two dogs, police said Friday. The man, who as in his 40s, had dog bites all over his body when he was found in the upscale Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood, but a coroner has yet to determine the exact cause of death, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, "appears to have suffered a number of injuries as a result of the dog mauling," Los Angeles police lieutenant Ray Lombardo ... Read Full Story

A man working as a caretaker in a home owned by "Pulp Fiction" star Ving Rhames was found dead inside the property, apparently the victim of a vicious attack by two dogs, police said Friday. The man, who as in his 40s, had dog bites all over his body when he was found in the upscale Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood, but a coroner has yet to determine the exact cause of death, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, "appears to have suffered a number of injuries as a result of the dog mauling," Los Angeles police lieutenant Ray Lombardo ... Read Full Story

There are some stories I just won't do simply because they seem really too much. The incident which was sensationalized as "Ving Rhames' Dogs Maul Caretaker" and kill him was one of those. What a sad situation for all involved. Ving tells People what went down: "He was much more than a caretaker," Rhames, 48, says. "He really became a member of the family. He was at my mother's birthdays, my children's birthdays. He was the person I could trust." Despite widespread reports that Rhames's dogs mauled Adams to death, "My dogs are family dogs," he says. "Jacob didn't have any bites on his ... Read Full Story