ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Lieb Bester, 72, has died from kidney failure after having been admitted to hospital with Covid-19 twice. We look back on his life and the impact he had on South Africa’s television scene. Known for his prominent role as Fritz Retief in the kykNET drama series Villa Rosa, the talented actor also starred in various South African...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - About 6500 artists have been asked to resubmit their banking details by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) to receive their royalties. Samro released a statement urging artists to resubmit their correct banking details, as they are currently sitting with just over R30 million in pending royalties due to the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Global streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday said it added more subscribers than expected in the recently ended quarter and will add video games to its entertainment mix to fuel growth. The company ended the second quarter with 209 million paid subscribers and revenue of $7.3 billion, some 19 percent higher than the same period a year...

VERMAAKNUUS - Die werk van tien visuele kunstenaars uit die Tuinroete maak deel uit van vanjaar se KKNK Virtuele Galery, ondersteun deur Absa. Dié kunsgalery het op 29 Junie vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar sy virtuele “deure” oopgemaak vir kunsliefhebbers regoor Suid-Afrika, trouens die hele wêreld, om uitstaande kuns in die gemak en veiligheid...

VERMAAKNUUS - Rekord het met hartseer verneem dat bekende Afrikaanse akteur en musikant Lieb Bester (72) sy stryd teen Covid-19 verloor het. Woensdagoggend is die nuus van sy heengaan op sosiale media gedeel. Op die Burre Burger Facebook-blad: “Oom Lieb Bester, oom was ‘n yster… Rus sag by Jesus se voete… Ons wou so graag partytjie saam gehou het by...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Singer Karlien van Jaarsveld’s latest Instagram posts not only show that she is human, but also poses as a challenge for humanity, specifically South Africans in the current climate. Vvan Jaarsveld says she is always hiding the tears behind her sunglasses when she stops at the traffic light and like many, she also doesn’t always...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Britney Spears, in a furious Instagram post, said she has "quit" doing live performances and slammed her father's control over her affairs. For weeks the pop superstar has been pleading with a judge in Los Angeles to free her from the years-long conservatorship largely governed by her father, Jamie, ramping up worldwide interest in...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - When two comedians started a podcast about Britney Spears's quirky Instagram posts, they had no idea it would fuel a global online movement uniting superfans with rights activists in outrage over the star's legal situation. Britney's Gram began in 2017 as a lighthearted podcast in which hosts Tess Barker and Babs Gray dissected the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Congratulations have been streaming in for Olympic gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk after it was announced his wife is expecting their first child. His wife, Chesney van Niekerk, shared the news on Instagram in a creative way by posting an illustration of the couple in a park, with Ches hold a flag “Bun in the Oven” and Wayde...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Twilight saga star Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in the highly anticipated drama film, Spencer, which follows the life of Diana during the 1990s when she decided to separate from Prince Charles amid rumours of him having an affair. The synopsis of the film reads: “December, 1991: The Prince and Princess of Wales’...

VERMAAKNUUS - Willem Anker en Jaco Bouwer se Samsa-masjien is “terug op die planke” en teaterliefhebbers kan nou eksklusief dié multi-bekroonde produksie as verfilmde drama geniet as deel van die Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) se aanlyn fees in 2021. Sedert dié produksie in 2012 by die KKNK gedebuteer het, het dit skoonskip gemaak by verskeie...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - New Disney superhero film "Black Widow" took in an estimated $80 million in North America this three-day weekend, a pandemic-era record as the Marvel Universe showed continuing lure, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The movie, starring Scarlett Johansson as the cat-suited superspy, took in an additional $60...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The Cannes film festival has fallen head over heels for a Norwegian film about a young woman trying to find herself and the unknown actress who plays her. "A star is born," declared The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. Renate Reinsve "takes off like a rocket and deserves star status to rival Lily James or Alicia Vikander," he added,...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Award-winning actor Clint Brink has taken to social media to disclose his health issues, specifically the struggle he is facing with psoriasis. The actor and musician posted a picture of himself in hospital, with a lengthy caption which highlights the health issues he is facing and how hectic life is for him and many others across...