GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT NEWS - Are you an amateur, semi-professional or professional film or video producer? Then the Garden Route 48 Hour Film Race is just for you. The concept is simple. You will have 48 hours from the moment that you receive the mystery genre, prop, character and dialogue to conceptualise, script, shoot, edit, and deliver your...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Media reports on Tuesday evening claim that popular cooking show Dinner at Somizi’s is based on intellectual property theft. The Sowetan reported that media personality Somizi Mhlongo’s show on Mzansi Magic was an idea by Hastings Moeng. Moeng alleges that he is the brains behind the hit show and has evidence to prove it. Former...

ENTERTAINMENT - A dragon encircles a tower, wretched souls face torture, superheroes scale a mosaic wall - these may seem like scenes from a half-remembered dream, but are in fact famed Thai temples. The Buddhist-majority kingdom has its share of solemn worship houses and pagodas, but there are also its quirkier counterparts which double as tourist...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi recently made a short visit back home amid all the coronavirus chaos to reconnect with family. She chronicled her visit in an Instagram post showing herself preparing some mogodu over the coals in a castiron “drievoet” pot. Almost as though she remembered that it’s heritage month in South Africa. “Even...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Broadway stars who once lit up New York's most bankable stages now face a reckoning over the future of the performing arts, in an industry that has bled money since the pandemic began. Like essentially all other cultural institutions, New York's famed musical theater district shut down as the city became the US epicenter of the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Director and award-winning cinematographer, William Collinson (Double Echo, Last Broken Darkness), offers a new take on ageism in his latest film, Mr Johnson. The film will have its world premiere at this year’s Garden Route International Film Festival (21 September 11 October 2020). When David Johnson awakes from a 47-year coma at...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Explore creativity in the beautiful Bo-Langkloof. The Langkloof Gallery and Sculpture Garden, and The Kannabos Gallery, invite you to their spring exhibitions from 18 to 27 September. These exhibitions are by two artists in two galleries. The two artists are Allana Willox-Fourie (Kannabos) and Sheena Ridley (Langkloof) Only 80km...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The series launched the careers of The Kardashian-Jenner clan which followed the lives of siblings Kim, Kourtney, Khloé and Rob Kardashian and younger siblings Kendall and Kylie Jenner while also focusing on “momager” Kris Jenner. In the early seasons of the series, the show featured Caitlyn Jenner, previously known as Bruce, who...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Government has honoured well-known legends Hugh Masekela, Dr Phillip Tabane and Professor Willie Keorapetse Kgositsile with postage stamps. The three were honoured for the role they played during the country’s darkest of times of apartheid. This is a result of a 2018 Cabinet decision, which would see the South African Post Office...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Just days after its release, director Ridley Scott’s (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator) latest sci-fi offering is already garnering massive positive reviews. “Though I will be writing a medium length review, here is the only thing you need to know about this new sci fi series executive produced by ALIEN director Ridley Scott…you MUST...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - With over 100 million views on YouTube, Master KG’s smash-hit Jerusalema continues to gain traction and international celebrities are not immune to its infectiousness. The latest in a string of big-name celebs to post about the song is none other than Janet Jackson, who is literally gushing over the track. Mere hours after football...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Mere hours after DJ Sbu’s fans rallied behind him and encouraged others to support his latest MoFaya venture, the DJ is now on receiving end of major criticism on Twitter. On Tuesday Sbu made an impressive move with the launch of his range of MoFaya soft drinks and said: “I created this drink for you South Africa. Here is a drink...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - She is more popularly known as “the sister of South Africa’s Miss Universe” Zozibini Tunzi, but Idols contestant Sibabalwe Tunzi made it all by herself and says she loved the experience. As one of the latest to depart from the singing show this week, Siba told The Citizen: “I had a great experience and learnt a lot from the judges...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Much to the delight and dislike of many, American fans accused the singer of cultural appropriation while British fans were pleased and unbothered. This could be because British fans understood the significance of the outfit and didn’t take offense. Many Jamaican fans said they had bigger problems than Adele’s choice of hairstyle...