Hotel Rwanda star overwhelmed by media

Hotel Rwanda star Sophie Okonedo was reduced to silence when questions relating to the film's bleak depiction of genocide in Africa were fired at her during a press conference - because she'd only prepared responses to fashion queries.

The British actress, who is of Nigerian descent, was expecting US journalists to quiz her about her favourite clothes and food throughout the promotional campaign - and was dumbfounded at being asked to express her thoughts on "America's foreign policy in Sudan".