Keisha Castle-Hughes plays a pregnant woman and she is also one in real life. The 16-year-old Australian born Hughes, who starred in the movie Whale Rider (and became the youngest woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Oscar), is getting criticized for being pregnant with her boyfriend, yes boyfriend, not husband. In her upcoming movie she plays Mary (yes, Mary from the Bible) in The Nativity Story. The film follows Mary and Joseph as they travel to Jerusalem before the birth of Jesus. By the way, the film will be screened at the Vatican's Aulo Paolo VI on November 26. It's the first Hollywood film to have the honor to be screened at the capital of the Catholic Church. So, will Castle-Hughes's unwed pregnancy turn me off from seeing the film? Not a chance! I just hope she can fit into that Oscar dress come Academy Award time as her name is already being bandied about for a nomination.

peace,

paul