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Around 36 hours before Harvey Weinstein is set to discover how long he is going to prison for, the disgraced producer and convicted sex offender's defense team today say they want the judge to low ball the sentence. "Please accept this letter as our request that the Court sentence Mr. Weinstein to a period of…

I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag has teamed with South African producer Hipster Media to develop a documentary about Nelson Mandela. The British production company is working up a series based on the audio recordings for Nelson Mandela's best-selling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. The project to record his…

Michael Sugar's Sugar23 and advertising and representation agency DMA United are partnering with Nelson Mandela's family to launch Mandela Media to develop long and short-form content under the Mandela Media banner. The partnership also will be responsible for production, branding and initiatives pertaining to…

Trevor Noah heads home to South Africa to host the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday, December 2. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Self-Deportation Edition will air Monday, December 3 at 11 PM ET/PT on Comedy Central; it will air Tuesday, December 4 at 10 PM CAT on Comedy Cen…

Three million, three hundred nine thousand and seven hundred forty five – and counting: Barack Obama’s Charlottesville tweet, in which the former president shares Nelson Mandela’s “No one is born hating another person” quote, is officially the most liked tweet ever. Twitter confirmed the new record at 12:41 a.m…

Just more than three years after his death, Nelson Mandela may still be too dominant, too regal and too multi-faceted a figure of history for any one book, film or television miniseries to grasp. But BET's Lawrence Fishburne-starring Madiba certainly makes a powerful and often successful effort out of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray's Maven Pictures is teaming with Going Clear producer Jacqui Lewis to produce a film adaptation of Zelda la Grange's bestselling book Good Morning, Mr. Mandela. The story charts the unlikely but true story of la Grange’s friendship and career with former President Nelson Mand…

Laurence Fishburne is set to play the lead role of Nelson Mandela in Madiba, a miniseries for BET Networks executive produced by the late South African hero’s grandson Kweku Mandela. The six-hour mini, directed by Kevin Hooks (Prison Break), is based on two Mandela books, Conversations With Myself and Nelson Mandela by…

A+E Networks has acquired the exclusive TV rights to Idris Elba: Mandela, My Dad & Me,  a one-hour docu by Idris Elba. The film, directed by Daniel Vernon, chronicles the story behind the creation of Mi Mandela, an album of South African music recorded by Elba in tribute to Mandela and to his own late father. The…

EXCLUSIVE: The Mandelas will be coming to the Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have invited Nelson and Winnie Mandela‘s daughters Zindzi and Zenani to attend the Oscars where U2 will be performing the Academy  Award-nominated song, “Ordinary Love” from the film  Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. Bono…

Oprah Winfrey will be honoring Nelson Mandela with a tribute during the 45th NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP and TV One announced today. That news came along with a list of the second group of presenters confirmed to participate at the February 22 awards. Idris Elba, Vin Diesel, Terry Crews, Nia Long, Naomie Harris…

Although there was plenty of star wattage at the 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival Saturday night there was even more electricity than usual because some genuine rock royalty was in attendance. U2’s Bono and The Edge were on hand to accept the Sonny Bono Visionary Award, which acknowledged their major…