The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Local screen legend dies - Bernama Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:59 AM PDT Veteran artiste Datin Umi Kalthum, 81, passed away at her home in Taman Ukay Prima Saujana Melawati early this morning. "My mother did not have any ailments and was still active. We realised that she had passed away in her sleep when we tried to wake her up for sahur about 4.30 am," her daughter Noorkumalasari, 57, told Bernama. "I last saw her two days ago when I took her some food and we chatted as usual," she added. She said the late Umi Kalthum's remains would be laid to rest at the Klang Gate Muslim Cemetary at Hulu Klang, near here before the Zohor prayers. She leaves behind eight children, four boys and four girls; 22 grandchildren and a great-grandchild from her marriage with the late actor S. Roomai Noor. Umi Kalthum's real name was Patimah Bahudin and she had acted in more than 20 movies. Among them are famous Malay classics, such as Bawang Putih Bawang Merah, Raden Mas, Laila Majnun, Menanti Hari Esok and Syukur 21. Meanwhile, her fellow artiste Rosnani Jamil, 77, said it was a great sorrow that she could not break fast with her good friend as planned on August 3. "We had planned to break fast at the Finas (National Film Development Corporation) building, organised by the Veteran Artistes Welfare Association. But it's fate that Allah has taken her back first," she said. Meanwhile, veteran actor Datuk Aziz Satar, 88, said he first met her in Singapore in 1956 and had always kept in touch. "We never lost touch. She had a good sense of humour and I used to tease her whenever we met," he said. - Bernama, July 24, 2013. |
| Sacha Baron Cohen drops Freddie Mercury biopic, bandmates want less controversy Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:54 PM PDT A creative dispute with Freddie Mercury's former bandmates appears to behind actor Sacha Baron Cohen's decision to abandon the film, Deadline.com reports. After several years of involvement in plans for a biopic of Queen's charismatic frontman, Baron Cohen has removed himself from the project entirely. The British comedian and actor, propelled to worldwide fame through "Borat," envisioned a dark, sombre film exploring the singer's troubled side. The surviving members of Queen, however, who hold the right to final approval, were not on board. Deadline.com reports that Freddie Mercury's bandmates would prefer a less controversial portrait of their colleague, who died of complications from AIDS in 1991. Baron Cohen's departure calls the entire project into question. He was the driving force behind the film from the start, having sparked the interest of screenwriter Peter Morgan ("Skyfall," "The Queen") to develop the script. The plot was to focus on Queen's legendary Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985. Tom Hooper, who directed Sacha Baron Cohen in "Les Mis̩rables," was approached by the actor as a possible director. РAFP/Relaxnews, July 24, 2013. |
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