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Link Time! 12/27

BuzzSugar — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:30:02 PST

According to the MTV Movies Blog, the young members of the cast of Sweeney Todd claim they would love to make sequels to the gory musical.
TV Squad has details on a huge Futurama marathon happening now through Dec. 31.
Stereogum gets pumped for Radiohead's New Year's Eve webcast.
Popwatch wonders which movies should be preserved for future generations, citing A Christmas Story and When Harry Met Sally as key titles on their list.
Give Me My Remote has a fan video of the Office crew reacting to the saga of
Jim and Pam.
Cinematical has a great interview with the stars of The Great Debaters, including "Big Denzel" and "Little Denzel."

Poster image courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Denzel Knows the Power of a Good Debate

PopSugar — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:33:32 PST

Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker showed off The Great Debaters in NYC last night. Newlyweds Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman were also in the house but there was no sign of Oprah this time around. In the movie, Denzel plays a professor who helps get a debate team started at all-black Wiley College in Texas in 1935 and apparently he was still feeling his character's spirit this week. On Tuesday it was announced that he had donated $1 million to re-establish the debate team at Wiley. Sounds like Denzel's new movie can still teach us a lesson, even many decades later.

More pics including Candice Bergen, Jill Stuart and Cady Huffman so just

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Images include: Cady Huffman, Candice Bergen, Denzel Washington, Denzel Whitaker, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Missoni, Jill Stuart, Jurnee Smollett, Liz Lange, Marshall Rose, Nate Parker, Pauletta Pearson, Sondra Nielsen, Sharon Jones, Zuleikha Robinson, Harvey Weinstein, Georgina Chapman.

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Movie Preview: The Great Debaters

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:26:01 PST

Right as everyone's buzzing about Denzel Washington's award-worthy turn in American Gangster, we get a trailer for The Great Debaters, another movie that has Washington's magical charm all over it. Add to that an inspirational historical plot fraught with race tensions, and a tight-looking cast - which includes another Oscar favorite, Forest Whitaker - and you've got the makings for a huge Hollywood success.

Washington plays Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at the all-black Wiley College in Texas in 1935. He helps form the school's first debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard's team in the national championship.

Weird sidenote: One of the young actors in this movie is actually named - and I'm not kidding - Denzel Whitaker. He's not a relative of either Denzel Washington or Forest Whitaker, though he was named after Denzel. Weird, right?

To watch the heartwarming trailer for The Great Debaters which opens December 25,

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