Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iron Man 2 actor said he secured the role, but they "never got to my scene." Because Rockwell only had one line in the movie, ...

We are sad to report that New Jersey high school principal, Joe Clark, has died at 82. He was the inspiration behind Morgan Freeman's character in the 1989 film Lean on Me. As the principal of ...

Joe Clark, the New Jersey principal who inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me” starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 82. Clark’s death was announced by his family, who said he died on Tuesday after a ...

"He was the best of the best in terms of education," Morgan Freeman tells PEOPLE of Joe Clark, who died Wednesday Morgan Freeman is remembering Joe Clark, the high school principal who inspired the ...

"Rocky" director Avildsen was stressed out over "hundreds of kid" extras during the 1989 production, Imperioli said. Michael Imperioli is reflecting on his first Hollywood gig, one that made him ...

Industry insiders mull over the history of "experimental" as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless. 1 hour ago "Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and ...

Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his ...

The legendary New Jersey principal who inspired the 1989 film "Lean on Me" died at the age of 82, his family said Wednesday. Joe Louis Clark served as the principal of Paterson's Eastside High School, ...

Released in 1989, Lean On Me is undoubtedly one of the classic films of Black cinema. Starring Morgan Freeman and loosely based on the life story of Joe Clark, the film details a real life, inner-city ...

The CW has put in development Lean On Me, a female-led hourlong drama inspired by the 1989 film that starred Morgan Freeman, from writer Wendy Calhoun (Station 19), LeBron James & Maverick Carter’s ...