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South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.
Remember a while back when we told you about Jennifer Hudson’s next acting gig in the Winnie Mandela biopic? Well many native South Africans are up in arms about the Oscar winner portraying the ex-wife of the nation’s first Black president Nelson Mandela. According to Yahoo, The Creative Workers Union of South Africa is against foreign [...]
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S.AFRICAN ACTORS AGAINST HUDSON AS WINNIE: Union group says Mandela's ex-wife should be played by a native actress.
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has come under attack from a South African actors' union after she was cast as the ex-wife of the country's former president Nelson Mandela in a new biopic.
A super low budget entry from Werner Herzog, a not-so-low budget Alice Sebold adaptation care of Peter Jackson, the directorial debut of Tom Ford, Clint Eastwood taking on Nelson Mandela, and Jeff Bridges making a serious play for Oscar. Only in December would we get all of these films coming at us on a single Friday. And to make your decision as to which option might be your best bet ...
In "Invictus," the life of Nelson Mandela is woven together with that of the South African national rugby team, whose captain is played by Matt Damon. Also: Ray Romano returns to TV, "Julie & Julia" hits DVD.
Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1937 but raised from infancy in Charleston, Mississippi by his paternal grandmother. Every summer as a young child, he would visit his parents who had moved to Chicago, which is where he developed his love of the cinema.
Could Zuma Be What South Africa Needs?
Agence France Presse is reporting that South African actors are up in arms over the casting of Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 'Winnie,' an upcoming film by veteran South African director Darrell J. Roodt.
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*Morgan Freeman will visit South Africa to attend the local premiere of his latest film "Invictus," which stars the Oscar winner as former South African president Nelson Mandela.
Predictable and manipulative, "Invictus" is a movie Clint Eastwood could make in his sleep. Despite that — and judging from this often inspiring if generic sports drama — he was too professional to ever sneak in more than a nap.
Clint Eastwood, who deals in a variety of subjects yet often gives his films recognizable authorial stamps, would seem to be prime evidence of the strength of auteurism: the dulcet-toned romantic weepie “The Bridges of Madison County” feels as much like an “Eastwood film” as the shadowy political thriller “Absolute Power” or the boxing tragedy “Million Dollar Baby.” Yet in recent years, Eastwood ...
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