Winnie Mandela

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February 7, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Nelson and Winnie Mandela's granddaughters open up about their new reality show…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'Skyfall' star Naomie Harris opened up about her role as a Bond girl during an interview with…
May 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Bishop T.D. Jakes has taken over as executive producer of the Winnie Mandela biopic...
January 17, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Many black celebrities have gone public, connecting the disease to diet and unhealthy eating in the black community...
December 13, 2011
SLIDESHOW - 'The Iron Lady' has nothing on these brave black women. While Meryl Streep is making headlines for her…
August 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - 'Winnie,' a film about Winnie Mandela will soon make it debut at the Toronto Film Festival, but…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the week in pop culture. Here's all the black entertainment news and headlines from the…
June 7, 2011
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela still isn't supporting a film about her life starring Jennifer Hudson, but she tells CNN that it has…
April 27, 2011
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - The opera depicts Madikizela-Mandela facing accusations she helped a gang of young men terrorize Soweto…
January 28, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela went home from the hospital Friday after suffering an acute respiratory…
November 19, 2010
OPINION - If movie trailers are supposed to be the appetizer to the feature film debut, the trailer for 'Winnie'…
May 24, 2010
Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, who is set to play Nelson Mandela's ex-wife in the new biopic "Winnie," reveals how…
May 17, 2010
CANNES, France (AP) - Jennifer Hudson's film biography of Winnie Mandela is about to start production, despite threats of legal…
May 7, 2010
Terrence Howard and Jennifer Hudson are slated to play Nelson and Winnie Mandela in the new, controversial biopic 'Winnie'...
March 11, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having "let us down," prompting outrage…