Mumba's up

Samantha Mumba is in line for the lead role in the remake of Lee Clark’s 1958 movie, Sleeping Beauty. The Dublin-born singer-turned-actress already has one major Hollywood blockbuster to her credit, having starred in the Spielberg box-office winner The Time Machine. However, the Sleeping Beauty role would undoubtedly be her biggest yet, placing her in the frontline of female box-office draws.
"There’s no doubt that she has the talent," one industry insider told hotperess.com. "The only question is whether or not the world is ready to see a black artist like Samantha in a role that would traditionally have been seen as the archetype of pale-skinned beauty. But it would be a fantastic choice, for a whole lot of different reasons."