Mariane Pearl (born Mariane van Neyenhoff on July 23, 1967 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002.

Mariane Pearl is of Afro-Cuban and Dutch ancestry, and was raised in Paris, France. A freelance journalist, she met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment in Paris. They married in August 1999. They lived in Bombay, India, where he was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, later traveling to Karachi, Pakistan, to cover aspects of the War on Terrorism.

After her husband was killed, Pearl authored the memoir A Mighty Heart, currently being adapted into a film starring Angelina Jolie and Dan Futterman

thandie newton should have played that role, seriously. and maybe she would win an oscar. not angelina (that's never gonna happen again) but thandie. still, this movie reeks of another beyond borders.

dan futterman is hot

I have no clue why people assume roles like these are only for people of mixed race or one race or another. The whole purpose of acting is to act. You know, pretend you're something you aren't. That includes other races. Do we really need a list of white actors who played mixed race characters to justify Angelina's role? I don't understand why there is so much garbage paranoia about it.

Oh yeah, he's that dude from Urbania. He's kinda cool.

Bound to be mediocre if Jolie picked the flick, though, isn't it?.......