Danny Boyle acknowledged in an interview he couldn't make "Slumdog Millionaire" in today's day and age out of cultural appropriation concerns.

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

-Denzel Washington becomes the spokesman for American unity, yet he's built his career on scattered fragments of his country's history. In 40 years of playing roles in which historical figures and ...