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| Winnie Mandela biopic due out in September Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:16 PM PDT A movie starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard (pic)  as the Mandelas is slated for US theatrical release on September 6. "Winnie," by South African director Darrel J. Roodt, tells the story of Nelson Mandela's second wife, recounting her eventful private and public life from her childhood through her activism to her various criminal convictions. Jennifer Hudson, who won the TV reality competition "American Idol" and went on to become an actress ("Dreamgirls," "Sex and the City"), will play the controversial "Mother of the Nation," the icon of the struggle against apartheid. Winnie supported her husband during his incarceration from 1962 to 1990, during which she was only allowed two visits a year. Upon his release, however, Nelson Mandela chose to distance himself from her owing to her increasingly radical politics. The couple divorced in 1996 after nearly 40 years of marriage. Terrence Howard ("The Company You Keep") co-stars as the first black president of South Africa. "Winnie," which was actually made in 2011, will be coming out this fall three months before "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." In the latter, a biopic about Nelson Mandela, Idris Elba ("Luther") plays the Nobel Peace Prize winner opposite Naomie Harris ("Skyfall") as his wife. This film will be released on November 29 in the US. -AFP, July 4, 2013. |
| Metallica to rock Malaysia on Aug 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:55 PM PDT  Thrash metal band Metallica (pic) will make its concert debut in Kuala Lumpur's Stadium Merdeka on Aug 21, 2013. The Grammy-winning band last played in Southeast Asia in 1993, with a sold-out show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. "We've said it before ... with more than 30 years of travelling around the world behind us, there are very few places that we have yet to explore. "So it's rather thrilling for us to be back with yet another first, a stop in Kuala Lumpur," said the band in a statement on its official website. Metallica, which includes frontman James Hetfield, 49, drummer Lars Ulrich, 49, guitarist Kirk Hammett, 50, and bassist Rob Trujillo, 48, has sold 110 million albums worldwide since it emerged from San Francisco, the United States, in 1981. Tickets for Metallica Live in Malaysia 2013 are RM680, RM550, RM450, RM380, RM350 and RM195. Online ticket sales will begin on Monday at 10am at www.ticket charge.com.my. |
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