Actress Thandie Newton talks to Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow about the One Billion Rising campaign to raise awareness about violence against women. Please check out her brilliant and insightful interview with Jon Snow. Well done Thandie. [Thanks Lisa] CLICK HERE to read blogger Lisa Bent’s article about the campaign.
British actress Thandie Newton has been cast to play an Igbo woman in the film adaptation of Ngozi Adichie’s award-winning novel Half Of A Yellow Sun, the story of the Nigerian-Biafran War. According to Clutch Magazine Newton is set to play one of the main roles along side fellow British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. But the casting of Newton who is mixed race (mother is from Zimbabwe and father is English) has caused major upset and an online petition has been set up demanding that an Igbo actress is cast […]
“Don’t get me started on black people being on the cover of big magazines. It’s so preposterous. I mean, I’ve been on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar four times; I’ve been on the cover of InStyle four times, but Vogue, not once.” “And people say to me, I mean literally, people have said to me, ‘What have you got against Vogue that you don’t want to be on their cover?’ And I just laugh.” [An extract from Thandie’s interview with Pride Magazine] […]
The world premiere of Guy Ritchie’s latest film ‘RocknRolla’ took place this evening in London at the Odeon West End. Guy Ritche with wife Madonna Actor Idris Elba (calm yourselves ladies) British designer Oswald Boateng and partner Actress Thandie Newton Photographs: Wireimage/Ferdaus Shamim
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