HOLLYWOOD: The Oscar winning star of Chicago is to play the Egyptian queen in the upcoming $30 million 3D Hollywood epic Cleo.Hugh Jackman, the Australian actor who starred in the X Men, is in talks to play her Roman lover Mark Antony. The film, which is Hollywood's first attempt at a musical based on the life of two of history's most famous lovers, will be directed by Steven Soderbergh, who made his debut with Sex, Lies and Videotapes, and will feature a soundtrack by the punk band Guided by Voices.Zeta-Jones, 39, astounded fans and critics when she revealed her musical skills in the Oscar winning 2002 big screen adaptation of Chicago. The Welsh born actress, who co-starred in the musical film opposite Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger, won the best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as the gun-toting Velma Kelly.The definitive film of Cleopatra's life remains the 1963 version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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