24 ENTERTAINMENT
May 14-20, 2013
TURKS AND CAICOS NEWS EXPRESS
Haysbert to star in film about The Bahamas’ first Prime Minister Popular American actor, Dennis Haysbert will be starring in “The Black Moses”, a film about the life and times of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, the first black Prime Minister of The Bahamas. Haysbert’s velvety-voice can be heard in the trailer which was just released. Pindling, regarded as the “Father of the Nation” in The Bahamas led it to independence in 1973 and served as Prime Minister of
The Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1965 to 1997 when he resigned from public life. He died in 2000. The film is to debut it this fall. “The Black Moses” is said to be a documentary and will feature commentary from widow Dame Marguerite Pindling; American minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, American politician,
diplomat, activist and pastor Andrew Young; Sir Sidney Poitier; former South African President Thabo Mbeki (for Nelson Mandela); former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney; Former Jamaican PM PJ Patterson, musician Wyclef Jean; and many other international luminaries. Director Travolta writes on his IMDB page, “Was L.O Pindling, first black Prime Minister of The Bahamas, one of history’s greatest national
Liberators, or was he one of history’s greatest national Drug Dealers? The Black Moses takes a looks at the popular folk ‘moses mythology’ as it was manifested through the life and times of Sir Lynden Pindling. It follows L.O Pindling as he sets on a course to bring about social, political, and economic revolution to the British Bahama Islands.” Dennis Haysbert has been known to spend time in The Bahamas, and was
Dennis Haysbert (left) will star in “The Black Moses” a film about the life and times of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (right).
honoured at the 2011 FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island film festival offshoot of Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival with a Career Achievement Award. He has appeared in films such as Waiting to Exhale, and Love & Basketball, and on television, he has played the president of the United States on 24 and now appears
as Jonas Blaine in the CBS series, The Unit. In addition, he is the easily-recognizable television spokesman for Allstate insurance. On his Facebook fan page he writes the following about the trailer, “Now three years in the making, we’re working steadily to deliver to you the best movie possible.” (Bahamas Weekly)
Michael Jackson was acting like a person that his friend did not recognise in his last days.
Witness: Michael Jackson was paranoid, talking to himself in last days MICHAEL Jackson appeared paranoid, repeating himself and shivering from chills in his final days, his longtime makeup artist testified Thursday. “This was not the man I knew,” Karen Faye testified. “He was acting like a person I didn’t recognize.” Faye, who did Jackson’s makeup and hair for 27 years, was the sixth witness called by lawyers for Michael Jackson’s mother and children in their wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live. She testified Thursday and will return to the stand Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom. The Jacksons contend that AEG Live is liable in the pop icon’s June 25, 2009, death from an overdose of a surgical anesthetic because it negligently hired, retained or supervised the doctor treating him. Michael Jackson’s brightest and darkest moments brought laughter and tears as Faye testified. Faye, who traveled with
Jackson on his “Bad,” “Dangerous” and “History” tours, said she was concerned when she first saw the schedule for Jackson’s 50 “This Is It” shows at London’s O2 arena. “On looking at that, I said, ‘He can’t do this,’” Faye testified. “The shows are far too close together. I knew what he needed between shows. I thought he might last a week.” When she raised the matter with show director Kenny Ortega, “he kind of fluffed it off,” she said. “Michael’s adrenaline and what it takes for him to perform with that much effort and what he himself puts into a show, he needed a lot more time to at least get some rest and sleep, and to be healthy and maintain that kind of longevity,” she said. He was “very upbeat, but he was on the thin side” when she saw him in April as preparations for the start of the shows in July were under way, she said. “I thought he had plenty of time to put on some body mass and muscle mass.”