Forest Whitaker Gets a Star!

On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, that is!

LAST KING Wins BAFTA Awards

Three BAFTA's for director Kevin MacDonald's new classic.

Forest Whitaker Hosts SNL This Weekend!

Check him out on NBC, Saturday, Feb. 10th.

Forest Whitaker Wins SAG Award® for Best Actor

The next in a long line of honors for his portrayal of Idi Amin.

A Snapshot of Forest's Past Work

No one can claim he doesn't challenge himself with his choice of roles.

Forest Whitaker Wins an Oscar® Nomination

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND's Forest Whitaker gets the"Best Actor" Oscar® nod.

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Rolling Stone's Review of The Last King of Scotland

Powerful. Thundering. Colossal -- puny words to describe Forest Whitaker's king-size, Oscar-ready performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. There is pow to spare in this first feature -- and a lively one -- from documentarian Kevin Macdonald (Touching the

Village Voice Review: The Last King of Scotland

Absolute PowerA chameleonic Forest Whitaker dominates an awkward Idi Amin biopic

Entertainment Weekly's EW.com Movie Review: The Last King of Scotland

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who terrorized his country in the 1970s and died in Saudi Arabian exile in 2003, granted himself many outlandish titles during his heinous eight-year reign, among them President for Life, and Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth

USATODAY.com - Cruelty and complicity are king in 'Scotland'

In a fall film season filled with pretenders and non-starters, The Last King of Scotland features the first performance worthy of a best-actor Oscar nomination.

MSNBC.com - Whitaker astounds in ‘Last King of Scotland’

Whitaker astounds in ‘Last King of Scotland’His performance is so good that you’ll actually feel sorry for Idi Amin

The Hollywood Reporter Review of The Last King of Scotland

Director Kevin Macdonald introduced the Telluride screening of"The Last King of Scotland"by saying,"It's my first feature. Please be gentle."But there's little need for gentleness. Much of"Scotland"is an extraordinary piece about naivete caught up s

San Francisco Chronicle - Whitaker mines Amin's heart of darkness in 'King'

Now that Hollywood belatedly has gotten around to Amin, he shares screen time with a fictional character, something the self-aggrandizing general surely would have found galling. But the brilliance of"The Last King of Scotland'' -- an immediate contender

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES - Whitaker powerful as Amin in 'Last King'

The brutal, life-crushing power exercised by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in his beleaguered African nation during most of the 1970s is yet another tragic chapter in the annals of world genocide. Now, this notorious and repressive ruler's life is brought bac

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