The darling of this year's Academy Awards sweepstakes isn't some captivating ingenue, or precocious child star. It's a middle-aged actor from Arkansas with a name that makes him sound like a cast ...

Step into an Arkansas town that feels lifted from Sling Blade. The accents are real, the food’s amazing, and the Southern spirit runs deep.

Billy Bob Thornton reflects on achieving success in his 40s with 1996's Oscar-winning Sling Blade Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an experienced culture editor and ...

The first phone number Suzy Lilly wrote down for Rob Saettele was not hers -- it was the one for the local weather service. Rob had just arrived in Little Rock from Los Angeles during the summer of ...

Jeff Nichols today launches The Bikeriders, a drama he wrote from a book of photographs by Danny Lyon. Inspired by the emotions that a generation of motorcycle riders found in the ’60s, Nichols ...

The career of Billy Bob Thornton has truly been a sight to behold as he’s carved out a unique legacy in both independent cinema and mainstream Hollywood. As an Oscar-winning actor who often writes and ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The restoration of Arkansas' oldest bridge, made famous in the 1996 Billy Bob Thornton film "Sling Blade," entered its final phase on Monday in Saline County. "It is the oldest ...

Miramax and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will unleash Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade on Blu-ray Disc to time with Father’s Day. The June 16 release will include at very least the director’s cut ...

Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton talks to PEOPLE about the life-changing advice Robert Redford once gave him Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an experienced culture editor ...