In this March 8, 2015 file photo, actress Kerry Washington at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : "Scandal" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) --
HBO says "Scandal" star Kerry Washington will play Anita Hill in a film about Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
The film will be titled "Confirmation," and Washington is also among its executive producers.
Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Thomas put the issue at the center of a fierce national debate. Hill became a hero and a target, while Thomas was confirmed as an associate justice.
Last year saw the release of "Anita," a documentary by the Oscar-winning filmmaker Freida Mock about the Brandeis University law professor.
HBO didn't give other casting details or an airdate for "Confirmation" in its announcement Thursday.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan attends the trailer launch of his film Tanhaji in Mumbai, India, Nov. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
Police arrested on Sunday a 30-year-old man in India's financial capital Mumbai whom they said was considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan.
The assault shocked the country's film industry and raised concerns over the lack of security in Mumbai, home to many Bollywood actors.
Khan was stabbed with a knife on Thursday at his home and sustained one deep wound near his spine. A female employee at Khan's home was also injured during the attack. The actor, who underwent surgery, was out of danger, his doctors said.
Senior police officer Dixit Gedam said the suspect was a Bangladeshi citizen who had entered India illegally and changed his name from Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad to Bijoy Das, and that initial evidence suggested he entered Khan's home with the intention of theft.
The suspect was arrested on the outskirts of Mumbai where he has lived for five or six months, Gedam said.
Khan, also a movie producer, has been featured in about 70 films and television series. He is the son of former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore.
He won multiple awards for his roles in Hindi cinema, including seven Filmfare Awards. In 2010, he received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
