Johannesburg  - Miriam Makeba, South Africa's "Mama Africa", who died at 76 in Italy on Sunday, was the much-loved voice of her country's anti-apartheid struggle during her long years in exile and an ambassador for African music in the West.

Born outside Johannesburg on March 4, 1932, in Soweto township, Makeba was the first female African musician to receive a Grammy award, which came in 1966 for her album with Calypso king Harry Belafonte, entitled An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba.

Melbourne, Nov 10 : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has received an apology from Vanity Fair magazine after she unknowingly posed with genuine fox fur in the photoshoot.

The magazine has apologised to the five-time Oscar-nominated actress for "miscommunication", insisting that they thought she was aware of it.

London, Nov 10 : With its unusual pairing of a celebrity and professional dancer, Strictly Come Dancing has become the world’s most popular TV programme.

The show sold internationally as ''Dancing With The Stars'' has become the world’s most watched programme, with the BBC selling the format to 38 countries.

"Dancing With The Stars is the most popular format in the world and is worth around £60 million a year,” the Telegraph quoted Wayne Garvie, the BBC''s director of Worldwide content, as saying.

London, Nov 10 : Girls Aloud’s ‘Out of Control’ has topped the UK albums chart. Last week''s chart-topper, ‘Funhouse by’ Pink, falls to two, while Enrique Iglesias debuts at three with his ‘Greatest Hits’ disc, reports BBC.

Meanwhile, The X Factor finalists have vanquished competition from Beyonce, Britney Spears and Leona Lewis to remain atop the UK singles chart.

Their cover of Mariah Carey''s ''Hero'' notches up a second week at number one, forcing Beyonce to settle at second position with ''If I Were A Boy''.

The top ten on UK albums chart:

Washington, Nov 10 : DreamWorks'' ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’ has topped the weekend box office after raking in 63.5 million dollars.

According to studio estimates, ‘Role Models’ came second with 19.3 million dollars and ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year; came third, with 9.3 million dollars.

Fourth on the list was Changeling, which earned 7.3 million dollars, reports E! Ionline.

Rounding off the top five was ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’, which raked in 6.5 million dollars.

Washington, Nov 10 : Aussie actress Nicole Kidman is all set to play the world’s first post-op transsexual in the movie ‘The Danish Girl’, with actress Charlize Theron.

Kidman will also be producing the movie, which is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, reports the Hollywood Reporter.

The story is based on how the marriage of the two artists changed dramatically after Einar stood in for a female model that Greta was set to paint.