Zoe Saldana channels Nina Simone in 1st trailer for “Nina” (video) March 3, 2016 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first trailer for Zoe Saldana‘s “Nina” was released just one day after the film’s official release date was announced, and it gives audiences a glimpse into Nina Simone’s troubled life, TheWrap reports. In the trailer, Zoe Saldana befriends David Oyelowo‘s Clifton Henderson, who becomes her manager and tries to dissuade the singer from drinking and smoking, and even tries to get her to work out when he realizes fans don’t want to see Simone perform as the woman she has become. Fans took to Twitter on Tuesday, March 1 to point out that Saldana looks nothing like Simone, the legendary African-American singer-songwriter and civil rights activist whose struggles to balance music, family and personal political beliefs left her living alone in France, feeling exiled from her native U.S. In 2012, rumors circulated that Saldana would play Simone, and the response was overwhelmingly negative, with fans saying Saldana is too light-skinned to portray the singer. In 2014, an image was released in which Saldana’s nose had been altered with a prosthetic. Many took to Twitter to suggest that Saldana’s casting was a form of blackface. Simone was also the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary feature this year, “What Happened, Miss Simone?” “Nina” hits theaters on Apr. 22 and is written and directed by Cynthia Mort. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |