The first novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series came out in 1993, followed by 34 more books in the years since, about a Washington, D.C., police detective with a Ph.D. in forensic psychology.

Morgan Freeman – the man with a voice smoother than butter and acting chops that could steal the scene from a meteor shower.

For a star who commands so much respect from his peers, it should not be taken lightly when Freeman pays it forward and ...