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Italian actress Caterina Murino, who charmed Daniel Craig as James Bond back in 2006 in Casino Royale, has just landed the role to play a former Colombian presidential candidate. According to THR, Murino will play Ingrid Betancourt in the English language film In Search of Ingrid.

The film is based on two books by Betancourt’s former husband Juan Carlos Lecompete, which details “what happened when Betancourt, a senator in Colombia and at the time a candidate for president, was taken hostage by terrorists and held in a South American jungle from 2002 to 2008 before being rescued by Colombian security forces.” Lecompete will be played by popular Mexican actor and photographer Valentino Lanus. Lanus will also be producing the project, along with Peter Rawley and Robert Katz.

Betty Kaplan is set to direct, as well as write the screenplay. Kaplan has done several adaptation work in the past — her films Of Love and Shadows,...

NEW YORK -- HBO and two PBS stations copped three George Foster Peabody Awards apiece, and ABC News' Nightline took home two honors, the Peabody Board said Wednesday. The board cited 31 programs on 23 outlets as the winners reflected a wide range of subjects -- unlike a year ago, when the events of Sept. 11 dominated the entry box. This year, three winners dealt with Sept. 11-related subjects. For the first time, the Peabody Awards ceremony -- scheduled for May 19 in New York -- will run on national television when A&E airs the event in June. Peabodys went to eight PBS outlets, including three apiece produced by New York's WNET and Boston's WGBH, which won two awards for a pair of ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre productions: American Collection: Almost a Woman and Othello. A panel of 15 judges from the television industry, academia and the media judged the 62nd annual awards, which honor excellence in broadcasting. Other winners include NBC for its new Boomtown series, Fox for an episode of Boston Public and CBS News and 48 Hours for 9/11, a documentary about the events of Sept. 11. HBO won three awards: for its Six Feet Under series; The Gathering Storm, a historical drama about Winston Churchill; and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam.

NEW YORK -- HBO and two PBS stations copped three George Foster Peabody Awards apiece, and ABC News' Nightline took home two honors, the Peabody Board said Wednesday. The board cited 31 programs on 23 outlets as the winners reflected a wide range of subjects -- unlike a year ago, when the events of Sept. 11 dominated the entry box. This year, three winners dealt with Sept. 11-related subjects. For the first time, the Peabody Awards ceremony -- scheduled for May 19 in New York -- will run on national television when A&E airs the event in June. Peabodys went to eight PBS outlets, including three apiece produced by New York's WNET and Boston's WGBH, which won two awards for a pair of ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre productions: American Collection: Almost a Woman and Othello. A panel of 15 judges from the television industry, academia and the media judged the 62nd annual awards, which honor excellence in broadcasting. Other winners include NBC for its new Boomtown series, Fox for an episode of Boston Public and CBS News and 48 Hours for 9/11, a documentary about the events of Sept. 11. HBO won three awards: for its Six Feet Under series; The Gathering Storm, a historical drama about Winston Churchill; and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam.