Playing a U.S. president on screen is one of the greatest honors for any actor. But it's a role that comes with its own set ...

February is to people who portray Abraham Lincoln what April is to accountants. “I have 45 appearances scheduled for next month,” said Kevin Wood, who does first-person portrayals of the 16th ...

Hollywood has portrayed Abraham Lincoln for over 100 years as everything from the Great Emancipator who battled slavery to a vampire hunter and most “excellent” time-traveling adventurer.

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln both overturns a century of cinematic portrayals of the 16th president of the United States and ... A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: George Buss is a Portrayal of Abraham Lincoln with 11 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1994 Roundtable as an Actor. The year with the highest ...

When Daniel Day-Lewis played Abraham Lincoln in the 2012 film, “Lincoln,” he prepared for the role by reading Lincoln’s writing as well as biographies about the president.

Forget the Incredible Hulk or Superman. It’s Abraham Lincoln who’s quickly turning into pop culture’s favorite superhero. “He is already the American with perhaps the most astounding ...

Scholars and guests examined the final stages of the Civil War and beginning of the Reconstruction era through the writings of President Abraham Lincoln. They paid particular attention to the ...

Barr Memorial Library and Kentucky Chautauqua will present "Abraham Lincoln: Wit and Wisdom of a President" at the library Nov. 21, beginning at 6 p.m. Born on a farm in what is now LaRue County ...

It has been more than 150 years since Abraham Lincoln served as 16th president of the United States, yet he is still considered to be one of the greatest of all presidents. A self-educated lawyer, … ...

Truchan’s mother, Dorothy McClerren, 96, revived her performance as Mary Todd Lincoln, one she did with her late husband who portrayed Abraham Lincoln, for the first time in more than two years ...