var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('U.S. television presenter Oprah Winfrey arrives for the birthday dinner party of former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela at Hyde Park in London June 25, 2008.    REUTERS/Dylan Martinez     (BRITAIN)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/081017-oprah-hmed-730a.jpg','10:34 a.m. ET, 10/17/08','Dylan Martinez / Reuters','REUTERS',27238070),new ImageMetaData('FILES- This file picture shows former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela (C) receiving his 90th birthday greetings from the South African rugby and football national team on August 04, 2008 at the Nelson Mandela foundation in Johannesburg.When South Africa won the 1995 rugby World Cup just after apartheid, the new president Nelson Mandela donned a jersey and won over a sceptical white population in a symbol of unity for the young democracy.   South Africa will relive that iconic moment this week as the new Clint Eastwood film "Invictus" premieres in Johannesburg on December 8, 2009 conjuring memories made all the more poignant ahead of the football World Cup next year. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/afp/par2936570.jpg','1:02 a.m. ET, 12/8/09','PABALLO THEKISO / AFP/Getty Images','AFP',34322271),new ImageMetaData('Winnie Mandela (L), former wife of South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the premiere of INVICTUS directed by Clint Eastwood on December 8, 2009 in Johannesburg. US Oscar winning Morgan Freeman plays the role of the former South African president Nelson Mandela in the movie INVICTUS that premieres in South Africa. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/afp/par2937968.jpg','1:53 p.m. ET, 12/8/09','PABALLO THEKISO / AFP/Getty Images','AFP',34330521),new ImageMetaData('Files- This file picture shows Director Clint Eastwood arriving with his wife Dina Eastwood at the premiere of "Invictus" in Beverly Hills, California on December 3, 2009. From director Clint Eastwood, ?Invictus? tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa?s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa?s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.  When South Africa won the 1995 rugby World Cup just after apartheid, the new president Nelson Mandela donned a jersey and won over a sceptical white population in a symbol of unity for the young democracy. South Africa will relive that iconic moment this week as the new Clint Eastwood film "Invictus" premieres in Johannesburg on December 8, 2009 conjuring memories made all the more poignant ahead of the football World Cup next year.','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/afp/par2936580.jpg','1:01 a.m. ET, 12/8/09','GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP/Getty Images','AFP',34322263),new ImageMetaData('Actor Morgan Freeman arrives for a local premiere of the film "Invictus" in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Invictus was filmed locally and tells the story of the South African Rugby Team winning the 1995 World Cup Rugby tournament with Freeman playing the part of President Nelson Mandela. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/148a4d24-8788-4168-8d28-7acf4fdaf467.jpg','11:48 p.m. ET, 12/8/09','Alon Skuy / AP','AP',34339179));