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 | John Travolta and Kelly Preston reportedly honour their late sonÂs memory in South Africa. (read more)
|  | Oprah Winfrey splashes out £1/2m treating 100 staff to lavish cruise (read more)
| | "They come because they're desperate. They need money, for whatever reason. Where else are they gonna get money? You don't see the way the poor people live until you come here and see it." - David Woolfson, owner, A1 Trading It's not a pretty picture, but it's one powerful depiction of reality. A1 Trading, a pawnshop in Edmonton's inner city, is the bank of last resort for junkies desperate for $10, out-of-work men who have to pawn their equipment, and two elderly Aboriginal ladies who need a bit ... (read more)
|  | "It's better to impose than to hide what one has." Well, Tsai Ming-liang's Face is certainly imposing. Visually, audibly, thematically and cinematically, Face is definitely not for the faint of heart. >"Welcome to my dream," Tsai said by way of introduction. And as with any dream, the film is entirely open to interpretation and indeed eschews any rational, cinematic conventions. With its obscure storyline of a director dealing with the death of his mother and the players in his production, Face ... (read more)
|  | Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Invictus, Clint Eastwood's new South Africa-set drama, will open nationwide on December 11, 2009. Directed by four-time Oscar winner Eastwood, the film stars Oscar winners Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. (read more)
|  | Box-office records aren't the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. We asked Guardian writers around the world to tell us about their countries' biggest homegrown hits ... South Africa Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past Dir: Gray Hofmeyr, 2008 When a TV broadcaster ran a public vote on the 100 greatest South Africans of all time, the winner was no surprise. But lower down the list, two heroes of the anti-apartheid movement, Oliver Tambo and Albert Luthuli, trailed in behind a white comedian. Leon Schuster ... (read more)
| | South Africa: Will Carling finds a winning formula for the whole family on holiday in South Africa (read more)
| | The teaser trailer for District 9 courtesy of Apple . District 9 depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. (read more)
|  | Gordon Ramsay has put plans for a new restaurant in Berlin on ice as he feels the recession more than most. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 02: Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsey prepares the food for the opening party in his maze Restaurant at the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 2, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Today is the Grand Opening of Sol Kerzner's first hotel in his home country since 1992. The 130 room property is One&Only's first Urban resort and sits in the fashionable Waterfront ... (read more)
|  | Novelist turned film-maker Shamim Sarif has two films, both based on her books, coming out tomorrow. She tells Rachael Scott how this one-two punch came about Having two of your novels turned into films is remarkable. Seeing both films released on the same day is amazing. That they're cross-cultural, lesbian, romantic dramas makes it extraordinary. But such is the experience of novelist turned film-maker Shamim Sarif. The World Unseen, which opens tomorrow, is a poetic love story about two Indian ... (read more)
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