Tag Archives : Robert Downey Jr

Brainy, but stuffy. Edwardian. Never appearing in public without his Inverness overcoat. Debonair, but sexlessly so. Oh yes, occasionally he would shield a gun and leap out of carriages to grab the bad guy. This is how we liked our leading Hollywood man in the 1930s and 1940s. But not anymore. The image of the time-less character gets a complete makeover [...]

Smith, 40, is the second black actor to win the search Quigley in 76 years of history. Sidney Poitier became the first in 1968 after the success of “Guess Who Comes to Dinner” and “In the Heat of the Night.” Three new entrants in the list of 2008 – Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man”, Christian Bale, “Batman” [...]