James Earl Jones

26 November 2009: Veteran star JAMES EARL JONES has defended his casting in a traditionally white role for a new West End version of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, insisting he can relate to his character as well as any other actor. The Coming to...

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...Broadway last year by rendering Tennessee Williams's time-honoured classic in African-American colours. Big Daddy? That was James Earl Jones (of intergalactic renown as the voice of Vader). Big Mama? That role went to Phylicia Rashad,...

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JAMES EARL JONES - JONES DEFENDS ALL-BLACK STAGE CAST Caption: James Earl Jones (Picture) Photocall first day of rehearsals for new production of 'Cat on a hot tin Roof' held at the Dominion theatre London, England .... JONES DEFENDS...

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...to dispense with having sex. Audiences don't want to see Big Daddy and Big Mama in bed - but I like to talk about it." - James Earl Jones, who plays Big Daddy in the all-black stage version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, now in London.

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...Hope), as well as multiple Emmy nominations and awards for his TV work. You wouldn't know any of this to look at him, because what Jones is most famous for is his voice. Deep, rumbling, august: it's the sound Moses might have heard when...

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...allot 8% of our time to the "other side" so we can promote ourselves as "fair and balanced. " It's also a prerequisite to having James Earl Jones do a vocal spot, and we are desperate to have Darth Vader saying, "THIS is starcasm.net. " OK,...

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James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Adrian Lester and Sanaa Lathan The 2008 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, which featured an African-American cast led by James Earl Jones as Big Daddy and Phylicia Rashad as...

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...radio, and not have the puppet there. Do you know how many celebrity guests there have been on Sesame Street? I know that James Earl Jones was the first. And now we've had over 400. The most memorable were the ones that come in and have...

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...and, actually, God, it was probably the shock of hearing him rant that fuelled the furore. "I just love doing it," Jones says, eyes widening. "I love hearing that intake of breath. Our producer found us audiences I'd never experienced...

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