Oprah Winfrey to topline “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”May 4, 2016 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oprah Winfrey is moving forward with her passion project "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". The former daytime queen has long been working on the movie as a producer and now she is committed to take the key role of Deborah Lacks, AceShowbiz reports. The film depicts the true story of Henrietta Lacks through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah. It will follow her search to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Henrietta's cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and sparking debate over medical ethics. Winfrey teams up with "True Blood" creator Alan Ball to adapt Rebecca Skloot's nonfiction bestseller which took over a decade to complete and, when it finally hit the stand in 2010, it became a huge hit. George C. Wolfe will direct the pic and Lacks' family will serve as consultants. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |