Tuesday, May 18, 2010
newsmakers
Indonesian film on Obama’s boyhood
JAKARTA, Indonesia
An Indonesian filmmaker said Monday that his upcoming movie about the childhood of President Barack Obama will portray how the diversity of Jakarta influenced the future president. Obama lived in the city with his mother and Indonesian stepfather from 1967 to 1971.
Director Damien Dematra is basing his movie on a fictionalized account of Obama’s childhood that he published earlier this year, using interviews with neighbors and friends of Obama and his family. The movie will be in both English and the Indonesian language. “Obama Anak Menteng” (“Obama, the Menteng Kid”) began shooting last week in the west Java city of Bandung, about 110 miles southeast of Jakarta.
Bret Michaels will make final round
NEW YORK
Rock star Bret Michaels will get to play the final round of “The Celebrity Apprentice.” The Poison frontman passed muster with host Donald Trump on Sunday’s edition, and he’ll be back for next week’s live conclusion. Michaels will square off against actress Holly Robinson Peete to settle who wins the NBC reality competition. Fired Sunday were wrestler-model Maria Kanellis, Australian chef Curtis Stone, and rock-star wife and TV personality Sharon Osbourne.
Michaels’ presence in the series, which through Sunday’s episode had been taped months ago, stoked viewer interest after he suffered a brain hemorrhage in April that left him in intensive care.
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