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Director Antoine Fuqua knew he’d have to pull out some stops to convince Denzel Washington to saddle up for The Magnificent Seven. After all, Washington had never done a Western. And there are big shoes to fill: Yul Brynner led an immortal cast (including Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson) in the original 1960 tale of gunslingers banding together to save a Mexican village from marauding […]

CLEVELAND— She’s known as the Queen of Soul to millions of fans across the world for her singing, but now, Aretha Franklin can add something else to her resume: Doctor. Well, not a real doctor, but Ms. Franklin will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from Case Western Reserve University on November 5 […]