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  • Discovery Channel to document Lee Kuan Yew’s life

    Discovery Channel to document Lee Kuan Yew’s life

    MUMBAI: 23 March, 2015 marked the end of an era for Singapore, with the passing of former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

     

    Discovery Channel will pay a tribute to the man, who is regarded as the founding father of modern Singapore in Father of a Nation: Lee Kuan Yew, a one-hour special that will celebrate his life and chronicles some of his greatest achievements. The programme will premiere on 24 March at 8 pm on Discovery Channel. 

     

    In a matter of decades, Singapore emerged from a rural backwater island and evolved into a bustling economic powerhouse. Despite its lack of natural resources, the country now stands proud as one of Asia’s Tigers and this leap from third world to first can be attributed to one man – Lee Kuan Yew. 

     

    Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. He is also one of history’s longest-serving ministers, holding successive ministerial positions spanning more than 50 years. Known for his foresight and leadership, the eloquent and outspoken politician is hailed as one of Asia’s most influential figures and has been praised by other world leaders such as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and US president Barack Obama.

     

    Father of a Nation: Lee Kuan Yew documents the story of how one man survived World War 2, took on the British Empire, struggled for independence and fought for the people and country that he loved

     

  • Streep, Roberts to play mother daughter

    Streep, Roberts to play mother daughter

    MUMBAI: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts will star in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County.


    The John Wells directed film, based on the play written by Tracy Letts, follows the women of a family whose lives have splintered in many directions until a crisis bring them back to their childhood home and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them, the Hollywood Reporter said.
     
    Streep, who has endeared herself by playing Britains strong lady Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady will play the pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston. On the other hand, Roberts will play her daughter Barbara.


    Streep is currently in the best actress Oscar race for The Iron Lady.

  • Jessica Chastian to play Princess Diana

    Jessica Chastian to play Princess Diana

    MUMBAI: Jessica Chastain will play the late Diana, Princess of Wales in a romantic biopic titled Caught in Flight, according to movie blog Thompson on Hollywood.

    Chastian follows Meryl Streep who played Margaret Thatcher earlier or Anne Hathaway who played Jane Austen.

    Caught in Flight will depict a secret two-year affair the princess had with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan from 1995, that would be presented as a “love story between a princess locked in a tower and an ordinary man”.

    The script of the film has been written by The Libertine‘s Steven Jeffreys and would be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

    The film‘s pre-production will start in March 2012 under British production company Ecosse Films while it will be shot in Pakistan, Angola, the South of France and Paris.