ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Trevor Noah took his new show Loud and Clear to New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on 8 November, breaking a record in the process. The South African comedian and Daily Show host became the first African to sell out the famous arena, which has a capacity of roughly 14,000 seats. “Last night was incredible! Thank you to...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - New York's fall auctions will highlight lesser known artists next week as the market searches for diversity amid an absence of works set to make astronomical amounts. Christie's set a record price for a living artist during its spring sale this year, two years after selling Leonardo de Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" for $450 million, the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - US rapper T.I. has provoked outrage by revealing that he forces his 18-year-old daughter to undergo an annual "virginity test" at the gynecologist. The Grammy-winning musician told a podcast how he escorts Deyjah Harris to the doctor's office after each birthday to "check her hymen." "Usually like the day after the (birthday)...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - When Vienna's ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra marks its 50th anniversary with a special concert on Wednesday, it will be under the baton of its new chief conductor who, for the first time in Austria, is a woman. Top-tier orchestras in Vienna - arguably the world capital of classical music - are traditionally a predominantly male...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Musicians who have released new works between February 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020, are invited to submit their music for consideration in the 26th edition of the SA Music Awards under a myriad of categories. The SAMAs are designed to honour and appreciate the best of the best across the South African music landscape through a...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Apple moves into new territory Friday with a streaming television service that features a budding library of original shows starring big-name celebrities, aimed at winning over its gadget lovers at home and on the go. The Apple TV on-demand streaming service was set to debut in more than 100 countries at $4.99 per month. Apple is...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - After having reached an agreement with A E Networks Africa to extend the current contract, MultiChoice will be able to continue airing the History and Lifetime channels on the DStv platform. According to a statement issued by the pay-tv platform, this extension of the contract, which was set to expire at the end of October, will...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Veteran actor and comedian John Witherspoon, who is known for his roles in movies such as Friday and Friday after next, has died at his home on Tuesday. Tributes have poured in for the late actor who is survived by his wife and two sons. In a tweet, the family announced details of his death: “It is with deepest sorrow that we can...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS - A prequel series to global TV phenomenon "Game of Thrones" has been ordered, WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, as it set out launch details for its new HBO Max streaming service. The new show in George RR Martin's fictional world of Westeros will take place 300 years prior to fantasy epic "Thrones" and will be called "House of the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The pop star’s last album, ‘Purpose’, was released in 2015. Justin Bieber just put his fans on the edge of their seats by announcing that a new album could be on its way before the holidays. The Sorry singer announced on Instagram that he would drop a new album before the end of the year if his post received 20 million likes. Ten...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - A 13th-century painting by the Italian master Cimabue that goes on auction Sunday, after being found in an ordinary home in France, is among a handful of surprising discoveries that have thrilled the art world. The Renaissance painter's "Christ Mocked" had been hanging in an elderly woman's kitchen. She had it valued, thinking it...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Pop and dance music singer Tamara Dey is demanding R4.5 million in maintenance from the father of her baby, who has now been identified as Mninginisi Nkhavi Mhinga, who is musical icon Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s son, Sunday World reports. Dey is reportedly dragging Mhinga to court to try and have the R10,000 monthly payments she is...

OUDTSHOORN NUUS - Die bestuur van Kunste Onbeperk het hulle onderneming van verlede jaar om inwoners by die beplanning van die KKNK te betrek, hierdie week nagekom. Ongeveer 50 inwoners het Dinsdagaand 'n gespreksessie oor die komende Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees 2020 by die Ostrich Emporium bygewoon. Tydens die geleentheid is die twee nuwe...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Leonardo da Vinci is the star in a blockbuster retrospective opening Thursday 24 October, at the Louvre museum in Paris to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master. Some 240,000 people have already reserved their place in line for the exhibition, the biggest ever organised to showcase the Tuscan polymath's indelible...