ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Movie-lovers, rejoice! The Joburg Film Festival officially opens its doors across the city of gold today Friday, November 9th . The second festival is hosting a huge list of over 40 films that will showcase the best in African and international cinema from over 16 countries. The list includes feature films, short films,...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - On Wednesday the news dropped that Breaking Bad series creator Vince Gilligan was working on a feature- length Breaking Bad movie. Details were scarce, although a report in Variety stated that while it was unclear whether the film would see a cinema release, it would be two hours in length. Now, more information has emerged, thanks...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Air pollution in New Delhi hit hazardous levels Thursday after a night of free-for-all Diwali fireworks, despite Supreme Court efforts to curb the smog-fuelling partying. Major monuments including the India Gate and Red Fort were hidden by a toxic haze and commuters donned masks as visibility on major roads was reduced to barely 50...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Netflix said Wednesday it will produce more series in Europe in languages other than English following the global success of Spanish crime caper "Money Heist" and German mystery "Dark". "We have seen that shows we have done were able to find gigantic global audiences, where the vast majority of viewing comes from outside the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Say You’ll Be There: Best-selling 90s girl band the Spice Girls promise to give fans what they really, really want on a UK reunion tour next year. The band — minus pop star-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham — released details of a comeback tour, which will see them play Wembley Stadium, Britain’s biggest venue. In a video...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - For the lovers of opera, there is plenty to celebrate: a new season of stellar international performances takes to Cinema Nouveau screens this month. This is the 13th season of the award-winning series The Met: Live in HD, where audiences can experience the finest opera the world has to offer on the big screen. The star-studded...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - One of South Africa’s best-loved personalities has landed her dream job. The third season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa will be hosted by the effervescent, always-colourful radio and television star Anele Mdoda. Mdoda, a self-proclaimed “superfan” of the popular television franchise, will take on this coveted role when the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello was the top winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday night, with Best Song, Best Artist, Best Videoand Best US Act in a show that featured a stellar performance from Janet Jackson. Cabello, 21, who already led the pack at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, urged her fans in the United...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Proof if any further was needed that video games are serious business, Red Dead Redemption 2, the new open-world wild west adventure from Rockstar Games has broken the opening weekend earnings record for all entertainment media. Released last week Friday, Red Dead Redemption pulled in $725 million dollars in just three days. As...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS and VIDEO - Award-winning actor Michael B. Jordan is set to meet local fans next month, as he’ll be visiting South Africa at the end of November to kick off his international publicity tour for his latest film Creed II. The film, that drops locally on November 30th, sees Jordan reprise the role of Adonis Creed in the latest...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Veteran Afrikaans actress Shareen Swart has passed away. Swart was best known for playing the characters Meisie Moolman in Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling and Katinka on 7de Laan. She also has roled in the TV shows Villa Rosa and Binnelanders. The Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute PALI , of which Swart was the CEO and a founder,...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Fresh from hosting the sold out Big 5 Comedy Show at the Teatro earlier this year, comedian Stuart Taylor returns to the Johannesburg stage with his new one-man show Funny You Should Say That. This stand-up comedian, entertainer and actor brings the laughs with a two-week run at the Auto and General Theatre on the Square in...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Dave Chappelle has added and extra date to his planned tour of South Africa. Big Concerts has announced that due to exceptional demand, the US comedian will perform two shows at Montecasino in Johannesburg, instead of just the one. The new date will see Chappelle step on stage a second time at Teatro on Thursday, December 6th....

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - You probably have a good idea of what operating system OS runs on your phone, and may even know the version number. After all, Android and iOS almost define our relationships with our phones. Not many, on the other hand, know anything about the OS on their TVs. Older TVs don’t even have names for their OS. Newer TVs with internet...