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Producer Spotlight – Layla Swart
Layla Swart – Producer of Knuckle City (2019) – is a South African producer who has been involved in a couple of heavy-weight SA films. Her most recent attribute to the film industry – Knuckle City written and directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka – has been selected to... read more
Actor Spotlight: Seputla Sebogodi.
Our actor-spotlight for the week is no other than the well-known multi-talented Seputla Sebogodi. Seputla Sebogodi is a South African actor and gospel singer who became a household name when portraying the villainous Kenneth Mashaba on the SABC soap opera Generations... read more
Gone but not forgotten: Boxing champ Baby Lee.
The Weekend of the 30th of August marked the end of Woman’s month, and with it came another femicide to add to South Africa’s pile of missing people dockets, rape cases and pending murder investigations. The victim in this case – Leighandre “Baby Lee”... read more
Happy Sindane
Happy Sindane was born around 1984 on the northern edge of Johannesburg. When he was more or less six years old, Happy and his mother met a woman called Betty Sindane. Happy’s mother asked Betty to look after her child while she quickly disappeared into a liquor... read more
From SA to LA: South African celebrities making it big in Hollywood
1. John Kani John Kani is an internationally renowned South African actor known for roles both on screen and stage. In his youth, he worked alongside theatre heavyweights Athol Fugard and Winston Nstohona. In 1975 both Kani and Nstohona received a joint... read more
The Great Heart: Remembering Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg was born in Bacup, a town in Lancashire, England in 1953. His mother was a Jazz Singer hailing originally from Zimbabwe and raised Johnny in Zimbabwe until she remarried a South African journalist and immigrated to South Africa when Johnny was seven years... read more
Why Businesses Should Use Videos for Social Media Marketing
As the social media landscape continues to be a vital part of any company’s marketing campaign, it is becoming increasingly evident that video content is taking over social media. Consumers spend 1/3 of their online time watching videos on social media, with 45%... read more
Disney Releases First Sneak Peak of New Mulan Live-Action
Disney has added 1998′s animated classic, Mulan, to their ever-growing list of live-action adaptations. Mulan will join the likes of The Lion King, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. The new trailer was released by Disney on 7 July and has left many fans of the... read more
Actor Spotlight: Award-Winner Vuyo Dabula
42 Year old Vuyo Dabula is a South African Actor, best known for his roles in the feature film Five Fingers for Marseilles and the prime-time television SABC soapie Generations: The Legacy, in which he portrays the character ‘Gadaffi’. For his role as ‘Tau’ in Five... read more
Arri Alexa Mini LF: Large format, small camera
Towards the beginning of 2018, ARRI announced that it would be releasing it’s new Alexa Mini LF which takes the popular Alexa Mini body and equips it with ARRI’s large format sensors, “large format, small camera” as ARRI has marketed. This will... read more
Quentin Tarantino’s Debuts “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” at Cannes
Acclaimed Director Quentin Tarantino screened his much-anticipated film “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The film was one of the highlights at the festival this week as Tarantino has premiered many of his films at... read more
Locally brewed: Bram Fischer movie still showing at select cinemas.
Bram Fischer was an Apartheid era activist most famous for defending Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, amongst other comrades, in the infamous Rivonia trial. The Rivonia trial took place after convicted members of the ANC conspired to commit sabotage and violent acts... read more
Taylor Swift’s New Music Video “ME!” Breaks Vevo Records
Taylor Swift’s latest music video “ME!” featuring Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco, has broken multiple YouTube records since its release.
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“The Wound” to make world premiere at 2017 Sundance Festival
The Wound, a film by John Trengrove, is making waves both internationally and locally. The film, shot entirely in South Africa, will have its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival has... read more
Dead Hearts – Follow your heart
Dead Hearts – “Follow your heart”, written/directed by Stephen W. Martin. A young mortician, willing to give his heart away, is in search of true love. This endearing short film is centered around young love and the way in which love endures even in the strangest of... read more
Musicals and Mathematicians – The Oscar Nominations for 2017
Following the controversy that swept through Hollywood last year, along with the current stifling political climate, one could guess that this year’s Academy Award Oscar nominations announcement would be highly anticipated and wildly unexpected. But, as with the... read more
“Taking chances, making mistakes” – The world says goodbye to Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore, whose witty and graceful performances on top-rated television shows in the ‘60s and ’70s helped define a new vision of American womanhood, died on 25 Jan, 2017 in Greenwich, Conn, at the age of 80. Her family said her death, at Greenwich Hospital,... read more