ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Poet and Show Me Love host Ntsiki Mazwai may have criticised the wrong celebrity this time around after including TV personality Pearl Thusi in her comment about Khanya Mkangisa. Responding to Mkangisa’s arrest, Mazwai accused Thusi of being obnoxious, in a tweet that has since been removed. “Yazi you’ll be minding your own...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - In a tiny tent on a campsite in the hills outside Cannes, Christopher and Noe are wrestling with their tuxedos before heading off in the hope of hitting the festival's celebrated red carpet. Like dozens of other cash-strapped fans of the silver screen, they have pitched up at "Le Ranch", a campsite just down the road from the...

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Semi-finalists in this year's Mossel Bay's Got Talent showcase are hard at work, polishing their acts. The last two sets of auditions were held on Freedom Day, 27 April at the Indoor Sports Centre and 10 May at the Mossel Bay Town Hall. Acts selected on 27 April included: Thulani Godfrey, Noxolo Jantjies, Andisiwe Zilio, Shadows and...

MOSSELBAAI NUUS - Plaaslike rockgroep, Van Konings se jongste musiekvideo, Probeer nog 'n keer, 'n week nadat dit vrygestel is, is reeds deur meer as 10 000 kykers op YouTube gesien. Volgens aanduidings, is hierdie groep stadig maar seker beter om hulle merk in die musiekindustrie te maak. Hulle nuwe musiekvideo, volgens sanger en liedjieskrywer, Leon...

GREAT BRAK RIVER NEWS - The Great Brak River Youth Café, in association with Wonderful SA, hosted its first poetry day last week. Artists such as Lluyle Arendse, a local poet and spoken word artist from Friemersheim, participated in this event. Claudius Frans, also a local writer, released a book titled Ons Liefde and took time to inspire the young...

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - With the Mossel Bay's Got Talent (MBGT) showcase in its final stages, the spotlight falls on one of the longest serving members on the judging panel, dance school owner and teacher, Angeline Mynhardt. The Mossel Bay Advertiser posed a few questions to this seasoned performer and tutor. • How long have you been involved with MBGT? Ten...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The Eiffel Tower has celebrated its 130th birthday in Paris, with the city marking the anniversary with a light show at the famed monument. Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the tower - which soars to 324 metres in height and weighs 7,300 tonnes - still attracts nearly seven million visitors every year. Despite calls for its...

MOSSELBAAI NUUS - Mosselbaaiers het Vrydag, 17 Mei 'n kans om 'n uitsonderlike vertoning by te woon. In Afrikaans. Oor Afrikaans. Oor digkuns, musiek, lirieke - en die liefde natuurlik. Donkernagpantoen het in April onder luide applous in Kaapstad geopen. Bekroonde skrywer Riana Scheepers, in samewerking met die sensuele musiekpaar Coffee Snobs, gaan...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has finished filming a new thriller where he plays a white anti-apartheid activist who escaped from one of South Africa’s toughest jails, its distributor said Tuesday. Based on a true story, the breakout tale “Escape From Pretoria” is drawn from Tim Jenkin’s account of his dramatic escape from...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The latest season of the show, which helps farmers find love, is set to air in October. Producers introduced viewers to the 10 men searching for their soulmates on Sunday night. One of the men, Damian, is an openly gay farmer of cattle and sheep. The 37-year-old Bapsfontein resident is looking for a male companion. Many viewers are...

INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Doris Day, the US screen icon famed for her wholesome, girl-next-door appeal in a string of box office hits, died Monday at age 97, her foundation said in a statement to US media. The Doris Day Animal Foundation said the actress and animal rights activist, who had suffered a bout of pneumonia, died at her Carmel...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - From a zombie flick starring Iggy Pop to a tale of Chinese gangsters who decide to take over a city, these are the films vying for the top prize at the Cannes film festival which starts this week: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino apparently slaved for four months straight in the editing room to get his odyssey...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Broadway giant Andrew Lloyd Webber has leapfrogged Beatles legend Paul McCartney to become Britain’s wealthiest musician with an estimated fortune of £820 million ($1 billion, 953 million euros), according to the Sunday Times Rich List, published Thursday. Lloyd Webber, 71, wrote the scores for musicals “Cats”, “The Phantom of the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The Cannes film festival is not just about killings made on big-money movie deals sealed over champagne in hotel suites and on luxury yachts. It is a goldmine too for many locals in the French Riviera resort. "For my boss the festival is the goose that lays golden eggs," a hotel receptionist called Herve told AFP. The proof, he...