Orphan
LOS ANGELES: Producer of the film ‘Orphan’ Susan Downey poses with her husband, actor Robert Downey Jr, at the film’s premiere. reuters
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South African child star goes from township to red carpet
Eleven-year-old Sobahle Mkhabase lives in a township but is headed for the red carpet as the star of a new South African film scooping festival awards and drawing inevitable comparisons with ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
Director Madoda Ncayiyana’s ‘My Secret Sky’ tells the story of a brother and sister... 
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Uma Thurman enlists for ‘Girl Soldier’
Uma Thurman is to star in an independent drama based on the 1996 abduction of 140 schoolgirls in Uganda forced to fight as child soldiers and serve as sex slaves, it was reported. Thurman, the 39-year-old star of ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Kill Bill’, will play the nun who tracked down the armed rebels responsible...
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Miss World Australia
Sydney: Sophie Lavers (C) poses with the other 20 finalists after being crowned ‘Miss World Australia’ at a lavish ceremony. afp
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British women want to be curvy not thin
British women hanker after a curvy hourglass body shape rather than trying to be ultra slim, preferring Kate Winslet to Kate Moss, according to a poll published. Sixty percent admitted to being either an ‘apple’ or ‘pear shape’, but 75 percent said they wanted a figure like Catherine Zeta-Jones or Marilyn...
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Jeita Grotto among finalists for 7 Wonders of Nature
Lebanon’s Jeita Grotto was selected as one of 28 finalists for the seven natural wonders of the world, facing the Amazon, Mount Vesuvius and others for a spot on the prestigious list. “This is a moment every Lebanese should be proud of,” said Nabil Haddad, who heads Jeita’s national support committee....
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‘Frumpy’ Obama will never be fashion victim
US President Barack Obama admitted he’s a little frumpy, but brushed aside suggestions that he should pay greater attention to fashion. “Here’s my attitude. Michelle, she looks fabulous. I’m a little frumpy,” Obama laughed in an interview with NBC. He was defending himself after the US fashion police...
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Fujifilm unveils 3D digital camera
Japan’s Fujifilm unveiled a compact digital camera that can be used to shoot three-dimensional (3D) photos and movies that can be viewed without special glasses. The FinePix REAL 3D W1 uses a ‘groundbreaking’ system comprising two lenses whose images are merged in a single 3D picture or movie, the company...
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