Mar 07, 2008 -
The Hollywood actor and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have agreed to front the
star-studded event in London’s Hyde Park on June 27 after being asked by the
iconic former South African leader.
As well as recognizing the landmark date, the event will raise money for
46664, Mandela’s AIDS charity.
A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “Will Smith is a big fan of
Nelson and wanted to help out.
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Jun 25, 2008 -
Boy you really do learn something new every day. So far my most surprising revelation is that Nelson Mandela and Naomi Campbell have been longtime friends. I just cannot imagine two such polar opposites.
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May 30, 2008 -
Amy Winehouse has had very public problems, but she's had no trouble filling her schedule with high-profile performances.
The troubled singer will sing at the 46664 Concert celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday at London's Hyde Park on June 27. The concert features an all-star lineup of Leona Lewis, Annie Lennox, Dame Shirley Bassey, Razorlight and more than a dozen South African musicians.
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Nov 19, 2009 -
Actress Jennifer Hudson an Oscar winner for the movie Dreamgirls is a famous actress and is going play a role of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie in a movie. Mandela played a very important role in freeing her husband after 27 years in jail but has been linked to a murder. The director of the movie is a South African film maker Darrell Roodt.
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Oct 13, 2009 -
OSLO – Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president.
Asked to comment on the uproar following Friday's announcement, four members of the five-seat panel told The Associated Press that they had expected the decision to generate both surprise and criticism.
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Oct 09, 2009 -
Way to make a mockery of the Nobel peace prize.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981JK20091009?sp=true
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize to mixed reviews
By Wojciech Moskwa and Matt Spetalnick
OSLO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for offering the world hope and striving for nuclear disarmament in a surprise award that drew both warm praise and sharp criticism.
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Jul 13, 2009 -
"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status ..." (Article 2, Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)
I have been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years.
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Jun 04, 2008 -
Matt Damon has signed up to star as South Africa rugby legend Francois Pienaar in a new film, Variety magazine reports.
Damon will star alongside Morgan Freeman in the Clint Eastwood-directed Human Factor, due to being filming in South Africa next year.
The film will focus on the life of the former South African president Nelson Mandela, played by Freeman, after the fall of the apartheid and during the campaign to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
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Feb 21, 2008 -
Celine Dion is an interesting lady. Her professional life is all about glamour, grand gestures and lots of fanfare. She just finished a four-year, multi-million-dollar stint performing in Las Vegas, where she had a specially-built performance hall just for her show.
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Mar 10, 2008 -
Matt Damon, 37, and his wife of two years, Luciana Barroso, 32, are expecting their second child together. They have a 20 month-old daughter, Isabella, and Matt is the stepfather of Luciana’s 9 year-old daughter, Alexia, from her first marriage. Damon and Luciana were seen out at the Empire Film Awards in London last night, where Bourne Ultimatum won best film.
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