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Actors Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines (left) and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from Lee Daniels’s ‘The Butler’. (AP)
FOREST WHITAKER

‘The Butler’ cruises to the top of box offices

Civil rights drama "The Butler" by director Lee Daniels has taken home its second US and Canadian box office title.

  • Reuters
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Director Abdellatif Kechiche
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Lesbian love story scoops top honours at Cannes

French director Abdellatif Kechiche immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see his Cannes winner.

  • Sapa Ap
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

‘Zulu’ brings Cannes to a close

Forest Whitaker turns in a solid performance as a cop searching for a white teenager’s murderer in "Zulu" – a violent portrayal of SA gang culture.

  • Staff Reporter
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Forest Whitaker in 2007 won the best actor Academy Award for his role as former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in The Last King of Scotland.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Whitaker and Bloom’s ‘Zulu’ to close Cannes film festival

Jerome Salle’s film <em>Zulu</em> starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom will close the 66th Cannes film festival next month.

  • Sapa Afp
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ANDREA CORR

Rockers Queen to headline Mandela Aids concert

Veteran rockers Queen, along with Razorlight and Simple Minds, will top the bill at an Aids benefit concert in London next month to mark Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday,…

  • Staff Reporter
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