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...unexpectedly defeated the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics. Add in an avuncular presidential candidate - Ronald Reagan - who would come to tap the victory's almost mythical national significance to sell the idea of a new American dawn. Turn it all into a movie. Who would you cast? Arnold Vosloo as Reagan and Presley Chweneyagae as U.S. hockey team captain Mike Eruzione, right...
...Matt Damon to shoot a Clint Eastwood movie about South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup victory over the New Zealand All Blacks. It's not that Freeman (playing President Nelson Mandela) or Damon (who stars as Springbok captain Francois Pienaar) will do a bad job. South African actors Vosloo (The Mummy) and Chweneyagae (the Oscar-winning Tsotsi) wouldn't either. It's just a little strange that South Africa's most important stories are so often told by foreigners. "Imagine how the Americans would feel if we cast a South African as Martin Luther King," says Johannesburg-based producer...
With South Africa taking ownership of its stories, the country's best talent is sticking around to help with the telling. In the past, successful stars or filmmakers like Vosloo or Tsotsi director Gavin Hood would have left for Los Angeles. Charlize Theron, South Africa's biggest star, never even acted at home. But Nkosi, who was cast in Peter Jackson's upcoming alien blockbuster District 9, shot in Soweto last year, says that while he's happy to act for Hollywood, he has no wish to act in it. South Africa is too exciting. "We were shut away from...
...awful that Gates and microsoft are barring others from achieving success. I have used Windows since its first release here, but my next personal computer is going to be an iMac, and I'll be surfing the Net via Netscape Navigator, not Microsoft's Internet Explorer. EVE VOSLOO East London, South Africa...
...first round he valiantly battled No. 144 Wolfgang Schranz to a 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 victory despite cramping in the third set. Blake required intravenous fluids after the match. The next day, he cruised to an impressive 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 343 Luis Vosloo setting up a final match with former top-15 player David Wheaton...