AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 (UPI) -- Billy Bob Thornton said in Texas he could relate more to his "Alamo" character, Davy Crockett, than to the odd-ball characters he often plays. "Every now and then ...

Billy Bob Thornton is in a Texas state of mind these days. Not only is he starring as Davy Crockett in The Alamo, but the Oscar winner also is teaming up with Tim McGraw for a benefit concert in ...

You may remember Billy Bob Thornton from any of the numerous movies and TV shows he's done or the music he's released with ...

"The Ballad of Davy Crockett", with its somewhat fanciful ... While in the 2004 version, Billy Bob Thornton played a capless and more conflicted Crockett whom the Mexicans executed after the ...

BILLY Bob Thornton is the real hero of “The Alamo” – and we’re not just talking about the character he plays, the legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett. Thornton lends gravity, focus and ...

Billy Bob Thornton: “At the risk of sounding pompous, I'm going to say that my life has been, up to this point, similar to Davey Crockett's." It sounds farfetched at first. Billy Bob Thornton ...

Yet on this particular evening, as depicted in John Lee Hancock’s sorely overlooked The Alamo, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett stands atop to the parapets of the Alamo to greet the melodic ...

Actor Billy Bob Thornton could be set for a new film role – as hero Davy Crockett. Variety says Walt Disney Studios are in talks with Thornton to play the role of Crockett in the period drama ...

Touchstone Pictures’ $100 million remake, starring Billy Bob Thornton in Wayne’s role, Davy Crockett, is about an hour shorter than Wayne’s production, yet it still threatens to achieve ...

If “Sling Blade” had been released when Billy ... Is Davy Crockett in “The Alamo” a man who enjoys the myth his life has become? Someone who only knows how to kill bears? Thornton plays ...

For many, it’s an image of Davy Crockett as enduring as John ... Hancock’s 2004 film “The Alamo,” starring Billy Bob Thornton as Crockett, the scene takes place at dusk on the night ...

Billy Bob Thornton has been a force in Hollywood ... Obviously, what an honor to play Davy Crockett. That’s a great thing. What an honor to play Gary Gaines at Permian. I also did “Parkland ...