new name - Thandiwe Newton Discussion

[–] TheArgentinian (7251) 4 years ago

surprised her profile has been updated already. thought this site was abandoned by the admin.

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[–] rateater (10246) 4 years ago

yes me too, i read about it a second before i posted and she was already renamed

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[–] ItalianBuju (793) 4 years ago

Same, on both counts

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[–] huwdj (4571) 4 years ago

Always assumed there is feed from IMDb and that would have updated it.

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[–] TheArgentinian (7251) 4 years ago

That could be it. Maybe they use their API?

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[–] huwdj (4571) 4 years ago

Last time I looked there wasn't an API, or are least not an official one. I would have thought it would be easier to use the daily data extract files - but maybe I'm just old fashioned in that way?

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[–] Zinger (2439) 4 years ago

Thandiweeeeeeeee

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[–] BigMom (2032) 4 years ago

why did she change name?

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[–] rateater (10246) 4 years ago

“That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine,” Newton announced that for all future film and television projects, she will be credited as Thandiwe Newton, the original spelling of her name that only got switched to Thandie due to a misspelling in her first credit, the 1991 feature film Flirting. Thandiwe means “beloved” in Shona.

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