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Buzz News Roundup, 6/10
- After just one episode, Nurse Jackie has been renewed for a second season. — TV.com
- Rosie O'Donnell may star in a Broadway revival of the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms. — Variety
- David Letterman beat Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show for the first time on Tuesday.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/27
- Chris Noth is leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Jeff Goldblum is joining the show in his place, writes Variety.
- Bob Saget is the newest target of a Comedy Central roast, reports Broadcasting & Cable.
- Musicians and fans gathered in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the AP writes.
- Showtime is producing a Dexter-ish drama called Hilary Jones about a female Los Angeles cop who works as a prostitute on the weekends, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
- According to ComingSoon, Marcia Cross's first feature film role since joining Desperate Housewives will be in an indie comedy titled Peck.
- Bravo's Real Housewives series is heading to Atlanta; details are at The Futon Critic.
- James Gandolfini's wardrobe from The Sopranos raised almost $188,000 at a charity auction benefiting soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports.
- Variety has the news that the excellent Korean horror-thriller The Host will be getting a sequel.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/1
- Comedy Central has renewed "Lil' Bush" and "Mind of Mencia," Zap2it reports.
- Variety has the news that Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas will be starring together in the caper drama The Code.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, NBC has picked up a drama series based on the Daniel Dafoe classic novel Robinson Crusoe.
- Eve's next album, which was pushed from August to October, now won't be released until sometime 2008, for unexplained reasons, Billboard reports.
- "Grey's Anatomy" is the most expensive show for advertisers this fall, Mediaweek reports, but it still can't touch "American Idol."
- Nelson Mandela's next international AIDS awareness concert will be held in Johannesburg on Dec. 1, writes the AP.
- Dakota Blue Richards, the 13-year-old actress starring soon in The Golden Compass, has been cast in The Secret of Moonacre, based on the classic children's novel The Little White Horse, Variety reports.
- In TV casting news, Lourdes Benedicto has joined "Cashmere Mafia" to play the love interest for Bonnie Somerville's character, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, former "Invasion" star Eddie Cibrian will show up on two new shows, Zap2it reports, playing the love interest each time.
Morgan Freeman to Play Nelson Mandela
Crazy interesting news:
Morgan Freeman will portray former South African President Nelson Mandela in The Human Factor, a drama based on an upcoming book titled The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World.
According to the article...
"Pic is set after the fall of apartheid, when South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
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Movie Preview: Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Hope you haven't OD'd on Matt Damon yet! Just yesterday I showed you a preview of his upcoming Jason Bourne-esque action flick, Green Zone and today we get a peek at Invictus. In the upcoming film from Clint Eastwood, Damon stars as a Francois Pienaar, real-life member of South Africa's rugby team who's summoned by Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) to rally support in the country and unite the racial divide.
Jennifer Hudson Makes a Big Move Back to the Big Screen
I was a bit worried about what would become of Jennifer Hudson's film career when she followed up her tour de force performance in Dreamgirls with a role in Sex and the City, but it looks like the singer/actress is ready to sink her teeth into another juicy role. Hudson is set to play Winnie Mandela, Nelson's former wife, in the upcoming drama Winnie. The film is based on the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography Winnie Mandela: A Life and will be directed by Darrell J.
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