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  • Birth Name: Todd Jones
  • Birth Place: Arkabutla, MS
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/17/1931, Capricorn
  • Profession: Actor
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Oprah Winfrey Receives Honorary Oscar for Philanthropy

Oprah Winfrey can add yet another title to her resume: Oscar winner. The former talk show host, who was nominated for 1985's The Color Purple, received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, given for philanthropic efforts.

"I never imagined receiving an Oscar, especially for doing what is part of my calling, part of my...read more

VIDEO: The Devil's Lube [HD]

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The Devil's Lube [HD]
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Length: 23:00
Aired: 12/15/2008

One of Charlies old partners in crime dies, leaving Charlie to reevaluate his own reckless lifestyle. Charlie Sheens brother EMILIO ESTEVEZ guest stars as Charlies old friend Andy, along with Oscar nominee JAMES EARL JONES as himself. watch

VIDEO: The Devil's Lube

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The Devil's Lube
Paid | Amazon Instant Video
Length: 23:00
Aired: 12/15/2008

One of Charlies old partners in crime dies, leaving Charlie to reevaluate his own reckless lifestyle. Charlie Sheens brother EMILIO ESTEVEZ guest stars as Charlies old friend Andy, along with Oscar nominee JAMES EARL JONES as himself. watch

James Earl Jones: Videos

The Lion King
The Lion King
Matewan
Paris - Sway

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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
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Robots
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The Greatest
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The Greatest (2009)

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The Tyrant
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The Devil's Lube [HD]
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The Tipping Point [HD]
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The L Word [HD]

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Year Title Description
2011 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Movie, Actor - Papa Jenkins
2008 The Clinton 12 TV Show Series, Narrator
2007 Earth Movie, Actor - Narrator

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Oprah Among Honorary Oscar Recipients

Oprah Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith will receive Honorary Oscars at this year's Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.

All three will receive their statuettes Nov. 12 at the third annual Governors Awards.

2012 Oscars date announced

Winfrey, a supporting actress nominee for 1985's The Color Purple, will be recognized for her extensive philanthropic efforts. She is the 34th Jean Hersholt recipient and the first since ...
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Eric McCormack, Angela Bassett to Announce SAG Award Nominees

The nominees for the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Dec. 18 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.

Former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack and ER's Angela Bassett will reveal the nominees with SAG president Alan Rosenberg, according to Variety. The announcement ... read more

Exclusive: James Earl Jones Officiates at Two and a Half Men Funeral

This... is Two and a Half Men.

Sources tell TVGuide.com exclusively that James Earl Jones and his world-famous baritone — which in the past has been put to great use as Darth Vader and the "voice" of CNN, to name but two examples — are going to be paying a visit to the CBS hitcom.

What brings Jones to the Harpers' world? As the episode's title makes clear, it is the none-too-small matter of ... read more

Darth Vader, Mrs. Huxtable Make Cat Calls

A fourth and all-black Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will open March 7 at the Broadhurst Theatre, it was announced on Tuesday. Directed by Debbie Allen (Fame, fame!), this staging features James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad as Big Daddy and Big Mama, Terrence Howard as their son, Brick, and Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) as Brick's "in need of an itch scratching" wife, Maggie. Previews begin Feb. 12. read more

The Next Bond Movie and More...

Send your movie questions to FlickChickQuestion Is the next James Bond movie going to be based on the next Ian Fleming Bond novel I havent heard anything yet and Im dying to know -- KerriFlickChick Apparently not Although there has been no official announcement from EONMGM rumors have leaked out that the next movie will be based on the short story Risico which first appeared in the 1960 short-story collection For Your Eyes Only To put that in context Ian Flemings Casino Royale was published in 1953 and followed by Live and Let Die 1954 Moonraker 1955 Diamonds Are Forever 1956 From Russia with Love 1957 Dr No 1958 and Goldfinger 1959 The first Bond movies were Dr No 1962 From Russia With Love 1963 Goldfinger 1964 Thunderball 1965 whose tortured history is too complicated to go into here but you can read about it in a previous column -- and You Only Live Twice 1969 Live and Let Die wasnt filmed until 1973 So starting at the begi read more

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