Whitaker hopes Uganda will see true Amin in film
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As Ugandans eagerly awaited the first screening of "The Last King of Scotland," the Hollywood star playing Idi Amin said on Saturday he hoped the fictional film truly portrayed the life of the late dictator.
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The man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda says unless the UN genocide tribunal is extended it will be a failure.
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Kevin Macdonald's queasily enjoyable fiction film creates a portrait of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin from inside the palace walls.
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Forest Whitaker deserves his Best Actor Oscar.
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The actor behind the Gollum character in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy isn't monkeying around as he prepares for his next role as King Kong in a remake of the classic gorilla thriller.
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Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels vowed on Tuesday to resume an offensive against the government unless Kampala agrees to move faltering peace talks to a new venue outside south Sudan.
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The actor is trying hard to push awareness about the ongoing violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Forest Whitaker, an Oscar winner for his portrayal of ruthless dictator Idi Amin, is reversing direction to play one of the Bible's most beloved figures in a new audio version of the Old Testament.
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NZIZI, Uganda  - Flanked by the rolling green hills and steep, jagged escarpments of the western Rift Valley, an oil rig prepares to drill deep into Ugandan earth.
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Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson will relive a childhood dream when he starts filming a remake of the 1933 classic "King Kong" in his Wellington hometown next week.
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Director Kevin MacDonald looked to the past to tell the story of Idi Amin. But the Scottish filmmaker--whose movie could win actor Forest Whitaker an Oscar--is all about the future.
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Actress Lindsay Lohan says she hopes her new film will encourage young people to engage in politics.
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The first Oscar nomination for a South African film will boost the burgeoning industry and grab the attention of Hollywood, the film's director said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Oprah Winfrey and other producers behind the Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker film "The Great Debaters" will receive an award from the Producers Guild of America for illuminating provocative social issues.
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Robert Redford hopes his new film, "Lions for Lambs," about U.S. military action in Afghanistan will encourage American youth to "take command of their voice."
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South Africa toasted its first film nominated for an Oscar on Wednesday, hoping the poignant story of a woman's battle with AIDS could help the fledgling film industry take flight.
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin planned to intervene to save the UK from financial ruin in the 1970s, archives show.