Denzel Washington is determined to get Ridley Scott his long "overdue" Oscar. Washington, who reunites with Scott for "Gladiator II" almost 20 years after 2007's "American Gangster," told The Hollywood Reporter that Scott not having won Best Director is almost criminal.

In Gladiator II, Denzel Washington plays a glamorous arms dealer and former gladiator who plots to control Rome. The character, Macrinus, is based on an actual historical figure. But director Ridley Scott says that Macrinus is a bit like a certain modern ...

“ Gladiator II ” director Ridley Scott is clearing the air about Denzel Washington’s claim that a same-sex kiss was cut from the new movie. “No, that’s bullshit,” Scott, 86, told Variety on the red carpet at the action film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday.