Lenny Henry to bring Othello to London’s West End

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

London, Apr 25 (ANI): English actor Lenny Henry is all set to bring his portrayal of Shakespeare's Othello to London's West End later this year. Critics hailed Henry, 50, who is currently touring the UK with the Northern Broadsides production, as having ...

Obama joke lands real estate agent in a soup

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Adelaide, Feb.5 (ANI): A real estate agent has drawn fire over a newspaper column containing a racially "offensive" joke about Barack Obama, but she says she is unrepentant. Century 21 agent Jo Lemmer began a piece in South Australia's Blackwood Times on the election of Barack Obama as US president with: ...

Robert Downey Jr. feared being ‘crucified’ over ‘Tropic Thunder’ role

Friday, January 30th, 2009

London, Jan 30 (ANI): Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he initially turned down his Oscar-nominated role in 'Tropic Thunder' - because he feared he would be 'crucified' for portraying a black man on screen. The white 'Iron Man' star has received the Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as ...

Kenyans celebrate as son of soil Obama gets set o become 44th US President

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Nairobi (Kenya), Jan.20 (ANI): Americans aren't the only ones celebrating Barack Obama's ascendancy to the US presidency. Kenyans too are embracing the American-born son of a Kenyan man as one of their own. "I feel so great because he's one of us, he's like a brother to us," Fox News quoted ...