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Don Cheadle to Replace Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2

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Don Cheadle to Replace Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2

Originally posted 10/14/2008 12:20PM

Robert Downey Jr. will be getting a new sidekick in Iron Man 2.

Don Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard in the sequel, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Cheadle, 43, will step in as Jim Rhodes, best friend to Downey's Tony Stark/Iron Man, who in the Iron Man comic books later becomes the armor-wearing hero War Machine.

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Halle Berry on 'What You Don't Know About Don Cheadle'

Halle Berry Reveals 'What You Don't Know About Don Cheadle'

Originally posted 06/30/2008 01:00PM

Don Cheadle was honored at the Los Angeles Film Festival Sunday night by actress Halle Berry, who gave a personal – and informative – speech about her fellow actor.

After congratulating Cheadle, 43, whom she affectionately calls "Che Che," on receiving the Spirit of Independence Award, Berry coyly told the audience which included Jennifer Beals, Julia Nixon, Illeanna Douglas, and Loretta Devine: "I'm here to tell you tonight what you don’t know about Don Cheadle."

In Halle Berry's own words, here are some fun facts about the Hotel Rwanda actor:

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George Clooney, Don Cheadle Honored By Nobel Laureates | Don Cheadle, George Clooney

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George Clooney, Don Cheadle Honored By Nobel Laureates

Originally posted 12/13/2007 02:50PM

George Clooney and Don Cheadle accepted the Peace Summit Award Thursday for their work bringing attention to the atrocities in the Darfur Region of the Sudan.

"Don and I are here today to speak for those voices that can't be heard over the sound of the violence. We're here to plead for help," Clooney said during a news conference in Rome where the ceremony was held.

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Clooney and Cheadle Honored by Nobel Prize Winners | Don Cheadle, George Clooney

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Clooney and Cheadle Honored by Nobel Prize Winners

Originally posted 11/26/2007 08:00PM

George Clooney and Don Cheadle will be sharing a prestigious honor for their efforts to bring peace to Africa's war-torn Darfur region, awarded by a collection of Nobel laureates.

The 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – a group that includes former Soviet President Michael Gorbachev, former President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu – will present the actors with the 2007 Peace Summit Award at its annual meeting in Rome next month.

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Don Cheadle Inspired by African Trip | Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Inspired by African Trip

Originally posted 08/23/2005 10:15AM

Don Cheadle nabbed an Oscar nomination for his role as hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in 2004's critically acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda. But it was a recent trip to the country and neighboring states that made a lasting impression on Cheadle.

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Celeb Spotlight: Don Cheadle | Don Cheadle

Celeb Spotlight: Don Cheadle

Originally posted 12/22/2004 06:00AM

Critics may be universally praising Don Cheadle's performance in Hotel Rwanda, but don't ask the actor to watch himself in the film, or in any other. "All I can see is everything I'm doing wrong that is a sham and a fraud," Cheadle, 40, told the Los Angeles Times. "I look at it like, 'Ugh, Don, you missed that. You weren't there in that moment. You liar!' "

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Marcia Cross's Holiday Chill | Marcia Cross

Marcia Cross's Holiday Chill

Originally posted 12/20/2004 06:00AM

Some of Insider's favorite celebs are crisscrossing the globe for the holidays. Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross will jet from Los Angeles to the cold Northeast to see her family in Massachusetts where she plans to "sit around and open presents and eat," she tells us. Texan Hilary Duff plans to spend her first-ever Christmas in Los Angeles, as does Bostonian Mark Wahlberg and his 15-month-old daughter, Ella: "It's very weird with the pink houses and the palm trees and 80-degree weather. But my family's coming in from Boston, so it'll be nice." The O.C.'s Benjamin McKenzie will head to Vienna and Budapest on a family vacation. Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani, who spent time with his family in London last year, will trade-off and go see her family in Anaheim, Calif. Vanessa Carlton plans to go horseback riding in Arizona. Ashlee Simpson and her parents will head to Hawaii – "No cameras," she insists – while Usher heads off to St. Barts in the Caribbean: "It's cold. I gotta go somewhere warm." Party-hopper of the year Paris Hilton will celebrate Christmas with her family in Aspen before hitting Florida for double-duty on New Year's Eve: She'll open the new club Paris in Orlando, then jet to South Beach to count down to midnight at the Shelborne Beach Resort. Other members of the nightclub elite who have RSVP'd to ring in the new year there include Vin Diesel, Lindsay Lohan, Gisele Bundchen and Owen Wilson.

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