Robert M. Schwartz, Freeman's lawyer, sent a letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker asking the network to apologize to the actor over the accusations.

The Oscar-winning actor claims that he is "devastated that 80 years of my life are at risk of being undermined."

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Freeman will produce the project through his production company, Revelations Entertainment.

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Black Music Month originated in 1979.  President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the great music, achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we’ve lost.

Oscar Award winning actor Morgan Freeman lends his voice to a new campaign ad for Hillary Clinton where he highlights all of the ways in which the former Secretary of State has helped minorities throughout her career.

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The legendary actor experienced quite the close call!

The man who fatally stabbed E'Dena Hines, the step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman, has been charged with murder.

33-year-old E'Dena Hines, Morgan Freeman's granddaughter, was stabbed to death.

Sanaa Lathan isn’t going to be easily tricked by a few skillful magicians in the sequel to “Now You See Me.” Morgan Freeman may have let The Four Horsemen get the better of him the 2013 magical thriller, but we’re hoping Sanaa might fair a little better. According to Deadline.com, she signed on to play […]

Macaulay Culkin isn’t dead, and neither  are these other stars who were prematurely pronounced dead!  

Morgan Freeman is finally putting an end to those pesky rumors that he’s planning to tie the knot with his step-granddaughter E’Dena Hines. The 74 year-old Golden Globe winner, also denied claims that he’s been in a relationship with Hines, 27, for the past 10 years. In his statement, Freeman says: “The recent reports of […]