LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

The last time Michael Douglas and Richard Plepler teamed up for a TV biopic, they spurned convention and produced a classic. Their latest, a listless history lesson on Benjamin Franklin's French ...

The 80-year-old Oscar winner last appeared as Benjamin Franklin in the 'Franklin' mini-seriesMichael Douglas says he's ...

At first, Michael didn't make quite the same ... In the series "Franklin" (streaming next month on Apple TV+), Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin during his eight-year tenure in Paris.

Michael Douglas is finding some common ground with ... interviewer referred to as his "third act" in life, to that of Benjamin Franklin, who became a Founding Father at 70 years old, leaving ...

Michael Douglas says he had his work cut out for him turning into Benjamin Franklin for his new Apple TV+ series. Talking with ET's Cassie DiLaura ahead of the release of his show, Franklin ...

"He was very proud," he said of Franklin and how he passed gas. "He wrote a whole book about it, so I decided the opening episode." Related: Michael Douglas Quips He's Playing 'Rascal' Benjamin ...

Is Elon Musk the new Benjamin Franklin? Michael Douglas, who plays the latter in the new AppleTV+ series Franklin, seems to believe the two have more in common than one would think. The actor stop ...

By Liza Foreman Benjamin Franklin’s diplomatic mission to ... and the series star and executive producer Michael Douglas hit the Croisette in Cannes to talk up the show ahead of its world ...

The talk inevitably turned political at the press conference for Michael Douglas ... sort of knows about who Benjamin Franklin is,” said Jupe, who joined Douglas along with the rest of ...

The 78-year-old actor is portraying one of the Founding Fathers of the United States in an upcoming, historic limited series. Michael Douglas has truly transformed for his upcoming role as ...