Hudson to Play Nelson Mandela’s Ex-Wife

LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson is to play the role of Winnie Mandela, the controversy-plagued ex-wife of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela in a new movie called Winnie, Variety reported on Wednesday.

The film is based on the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography, Winnie Mandela: A Life, according to Variety.

Production is scheduled to begin May 30 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Transkei and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela served 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment.

The movie is the second about the Mandelas this year, with Morgan Freeman set to star as the iconic president in the Clint Eastwood film Invictus, which is due in cinemas in December.

Hudson, who is expected to sing the film’s theme song, won the Oscar for her screen debut in Dreamgirls and followed with The Secret Life of Bees and Sex in the City.

“I was compelled and moved when I read the script,” Hudson said. “Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary woman and I’m honoured to be the actress asked to portray her. This is a powerful part of history that should be told.”

Winnie Mandela was a fierce opponent to apartheid alongside her husband before the end of the racist regime. But she was tarnished by an association with a bodyguard who murdered a 14-year-old alleged informer in 1989. The Mandelas divorced in 1996 and she was convicted of fraud in 2003 for stealing from a funeral fund.

Winnie will be directed by Darrell J. Roodt, the veteran South African filmmaker whose 2006 film Yesterday was Africa’s Best Foreign Film nominee, and who also directed Cry, The Beloved Country and Sarafina!

Kate Hudson And Alex Rodriguez Update

Kate Hudson And Alex Rodriguez Update: Kate Hudson joined A-Rod on the 27th night sky, holding the Yankees win the World Series with a night on the town.
The third baseman and his “Almost Famous” arm candy were seen at the access point after the game 10ak Manhattan, where they partied with Derek Jeter and his girlfriend Minka Kelly, and a mother of Rod, Lourdes Navarro, and his sister Suzy, Usmagazine. com reports.

Rodriguez and Hudson arrived at 2 am, but Kate left after half an hour, while A-Rod remained around 5 am, “a spy tells the magazine. “Minka and Derek seemed very happy, like everyone, and did not leave until 5 too.”

Hudson applauded the Bronx Bombers, along with his father, Kurt Russell, at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday in a sold out crowd that included a list of New Yorkers, like Spike Lee, Donald Trump and Regis Philbin and Mary J. Blige, who sang the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Since connecting to the All-Star player in May, Hudson has followed the 2007 MVP to win all season, including away games at Miami and Toronto.

There are rumors that she loves to round the bases with stud slugger.

“I love sex!” a snitch tells the magazine. “They talk about all day. Kate gets graphic talking about his body, including his parents.”

Rodriguez is rumored to be something of a player, so he has had much practice bedding. He was photographed with a stripper while he was still married, has been linked to Madonna, and an adventure remembers seeing pictures of the slugger as a centaur that hangs over her bed.
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Kate Hudson sheds 20 pounds by giving up alcohol

American actress Kate Hudson is said to have lost 20 pounds for her role in new movie ‘Earthbound’ by giving up alcohol.

Hudson, 30, was forced to slim down to portray a terminally ill woman, who falls in love with her doctor.

And she found the perfect solution was to give up her favourite beverages, even though it wasn’t an easy task to do.

“I love my glass of wine. I love tequila. To be in New York for two weeks and not have one beverage, I’m not sure I’ve ever done that!” Contactmusic quoted her as telling Elle magazine.

Time Change 2009 Fall

Latest news Updated, Time Change 2009 Fall: Day Light Savings 2009 Time Change caused one week of confusion. Daylight Savings 2009 Time Change needs a change of its own as U.S. residents were left confused since Friday last week, exclaiming – what time is it!
The good news is all this confusion is about to end. Daylight Savings Time concludes November 1, 2009! In fact many LALATE readers report computers turned on LAST Sunday set clocks back.

The current change to Daylight Savings was implemented during the Bush Administration. Two years ago, Daylight Savings Time 2009 Fall Back was switched from the last Sunday of October to the first Sunday of November. For 2009, that falls November 1, 2009.

The next time you change your clocks is March 14 2010 – the second Sunday in March. And if you are wondering, while many call itDay Light Savings Time, what is the correct name?

a. Day Light Savings Time
b. Daylight Savings Time
c. Daylight Saving Time.

The correct answer is “c”.

If you don’t like the concept of Time Changes, then you have George Vernon Hudson to blame.

Hudson in 1895 came up with the concept of Daylight Savings Time. Since then, it’s repeatedly been controversial. Churchill said once in support of Daylight Savings Time that it affords “the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country”.

Historians believe the concept may date back to the Romans who used different clock scales in ancient times at different parts of the years.
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Frank pushing quick movement on credit card bill (AP)

Rep. Barney Frank, the tough-talking liberal ushering through a major rewrite of rules governing Wall Street, sounded a warning shot on Thursday to big banks: Start playing nice or Congress will make your life even more difficult.

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Brooke Astor’s 85-Year-Old Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her

John Eligon for the New York Times: The son of Brooke Astor, the legendary New York society matriarch, was convicted on Thursday of stealing from her as she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the twilight of her life.

Barring an appeal, the jury’s verdict means that Mrs. Astor’s son, Anthony D. Marshall, an 85-year-old war veteran who fought at Iwo Jima, can be sentenced to anywhere from 1 to 25 years behind bars.

Mr. Marshall was found guilty of 14 of the 16 counts against him, including one of two first-degree grand larceny charges, the most serious he faced. Jurors convicted him of givi

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Chuckling, joking in control tower before NY crash (AP)

AP – The air traffic controller banters and chuckles, engrossed in a teasing phone call with a giggling friend, unaware that two aircraft are on a collision course over New York’s Hudson River.

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Kate Hudson to wed A-Rod?

Kate Hudson is all set to exchange vows with baseball beau Alex Rodriguez after they moved in together.

The ”Fool’’s Gold” actress loves the way her romance with the baseball star has blossomed.

And friends are expecting the couple to announce their engagement in the near future.

“Kate is head over heels for Alex and he feels the same way. As long as things continue to be so great, they will get married. They are practically there already with the shared homes, the children and balancing work,” Contactmusic quoted a source as saying on the FOX 411 blog.

The couple have just moved in together in New York and are taking steps to help their children bond.

The couple has been dating since May.

Governor Palin Takes President Obama to School

President Obama could learn a thing or two from Governor Palin. The president is in my state, the state of New York. In fact, tomorrow he will be a mere 35 miles from where I live as he speaks at Hudson Valley Community College.

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