Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home.

Wistful, melancholic, steeped in a sense of impermanence and looming mortality, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is not a movie one could have predicted from the maker of "Se7en," "Fight Club ...

Abandoned by his horrified father (Jason Flemyng), Benjamin is left at the doorstep of an old-age home, where he is taken in by nurse Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), who raises the elderly infant.

Before Taraji P. Henson went to work filming David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," the actress says she took some time to visit with her family in North Carolina. It turned out to ...

Benjamin’s birth in 1919 deeply disturbs his father Thomas (Jason Flemyng), who abandons the child with the face of an ancient on the steps of a nursing home where the generous Queenie (Taraji P ...

Daisy, meanwhile, studies dance and takes up residence in postwar Paris. During the late ’50s Benjamin, with cycle and leather jacket, reunites with Daisy and settles down to start a family.

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is imaginative, evocative, long on craftsmanship but way too long. David Fincher’s film, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, has moments o… ...

When Benjamin Button says he was born “under unusual circumstances,” believe it. Thanks to a blind clockmaker and a backward-running timepiece in a train station, he starts out life as a ...

Benjamin is born in 1860, not 1918, and fights in the Spanish-American War, not World War II. Daisy, Benjamin’s love interest, is named Hildegarde and isn’t a dancer. More to the point, she ...

Oscar loves Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Academy Award nominations arrive this morning and Brad and Angie are together in their nominations for acting. “This is a great honor for ...