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Following a three year shoot, award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has just completed production on In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon, the documentary about Paul Simon’s legendary Grammy Award-winning career. The film also follows Simon’s journey creating his new album Seven Psalms, which poses questions about faith and mortality, during the pandemic and while dealing with his hearing loss. The film is expected to be part of the fall film festival circuit.

More than 1,300 flights, carrying an estimated 145,000 passengers, due to land or depart at London’s Heathrow Airport were either canceled or diverted on Friday after a nearby fire wiped out its power supply.

More than 1,300 flights, carrying an estimated 145,000 passengers, due to land or depart at London’s Heathrow Airport were either canceled or diverted on Friday after a nearby fire wiped out its power supply.

Christopher Vourlias The 7th edition of the Joburg Film Festival came to a close Saturday night, bringing an end to a busy week that saw the festival and its parallel industry event, JBX, make strides in establishing themselves as what festival founder Timothy Mangwedi is determined to transform into “the number one pop-culture, must-attend event in sub-Saharan Africa.” Across the three-day JBX, or Joburg Xchange, representatives of the South African and global screen industries explored ways to bolster cross-border collaboration, wrestled with thorny issues involving copyright law, AI and workers’ rights, and sought to ensure that African narratives remain in the hands of African storytellers. Meanwhile, a full-day program presented in collaboration with Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) showcased the advances made by women in the South African screen industries while highlighting how much remains to be done on the road to gender parity.

Christopher Vourlias South African producer Kutlwano Ditsele’s Ten30 Pictures is developing a slate of projects to follow on the heels of the Netflix original series “GO!,” which launches globally March 21. Speaking to Variety in Johannesburg, where the streamer will host the show’s premiere on March 16, Ditsele said this is just the first step for his young production outfit, insisting he plans on turning Ten30 into “the A24 of Africa.” “The biggest thing is to have an identity that says these stories are different to what’s [already out there],” he said.

Christopher Vourlias The Joburg Film Festival returns to the heart of South Africa’s entertainment industry from March 11 – 16, with a seventh edition that organizers say is designed to celebrate “the shared experiences and emotions that unite us through the art of storytelling.” Building on Johannesburg’s reputation as the “city of gold,” the festival is organized around the theme of a “golden thread” running through its selection of nearly 100 feature-length and short films and documentaries. Among them is a mix that includes festival hits from the likes of Sundance, Berlin and Cannes, alongside films from the host nation and the African continent that will be reaching audiences for the first time.

John Oliver devoted his Season 12 Last Week Tonight premiere to recapping and eviscerating the first four weeks of the new Trump Administration, saving his sharpest comments for the dismantling of USAID.

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New Zealand Herald.She claimed that after posting on a fan page for the Netflix show, she received a message from a person claiming they were Henderson’s agent, who put her in contact with who she thought was the 50-year-old actor.“We hit it off immediately and talked about favourite foods and common interests,” said Lea, claiming the two talked over WeChat and Telegram.The scammer, according to Lea, sent her voice messages in Henderson’s AI-doctored voice with promises that they’d be together soon.Come December 2024, Lea allegedly moved to New Zealand under the pretense that she was going to marry Henderson.“He told me he wanted to leave the acting world and live a quiet life in New Zealand with me – we planned marriage and three children,” she shared.Lea said she was supposed to pick the star up from Auckland Airport on New Year’s Eve, but the scammer told her that he allegedly was hospitalized during filming in South Africa.However, Lea’s friend allegedly sent her a Herald article about Henderson’s philanthropic mission in Matakana, New Zealand that exposed discrepancies in the scammer’s story.“I thought, ‘What is Martin doing in New Zealand in Matakana on a bike rally when he told me he was lying in a hospital bed in Johannesburg after a mild heart attack?'” said Lea.But by that point, Lea allegedly already spent more than $375,000 in purchases for “Henderson” due to the scheme.Lea said she paid $10K to bail him out of jail, $5K for a commercial flight for his trip back to New Zealand, $30K for a private jet from South Africa, $56K for fake invoices for a box that didn’t exist, $12K in gift cards and $5K in bitcoin transfers.

Whitney Houston.So if there was going to be one singer on earth to capture a historic moment in time, it was going to be the “I Will Always Love You” diva.And so Houston was the first major Western artist to perform in a post-apartheid South Africa after Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994, with three shows in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.But while the Johannesburg show on Nov. 12, 1994 was the one aired by HBO, the Nov. 8 Durban date is now showcased in “The Concert for a New South Africa [Durban],” a film that will be playing in select theaters on Oct.

started a petition to prevent Chris Brown from performing a show in the country, which has racked up over 27,000 signatures.The controversial pop star sold out the 94,00-capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg in less than two hours, with demand being so high that a second night was added.However, there was backlash over the announcement of the show given Brown’s history of domestic violence.In 2009, Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna and was later found guilty of felony assault. He was sentenced to five years probation, counselling and six months community service.

The Duke of Sussex has had a busy schedule recently as he travelled from New York to London and then Johannesburg on a number of engagements without his wife, Meghan Markle, or their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. And, if there was anything that commentators pointed out, it was that Prince Harry thrived being back focused on his greatest passions of supporting charities such as WellChild and Sentebale.

Naman Ramachandran A new feature film chronicling the life of South African transgender icon Granny Lee is due to begin production in Johannesburg in April 2025. The project, titled “Granny Lee,” participated at the Film London Production Finance Market during the ongoing BFI London Film Festival. The titular character is based on a real-life figure who was both white-passing and trans femme and lit up the underground disco scene in the 1980s in South Africa.

Moonchild Sanelly has announced her third album ‘Full Moon’ with a new single called ‘Do My Dance’, and shared details of a 2025 UK and Ireland tour. Listen and find all the details below.The South African musician and dancer is due to release the record on January 10 via Transgressive, following on from 2022’s ‘Phases’.

From New York to London and then Johannesburg, Prince Harry has had a busy couple of weeks and has been flying the world solo while his wife, Meghan Markle, remains at home with their two children; Archie and Lilibet. And with Harry attending the WellChild Awards during his UK visit before working for his charity organisation Sentebale in South Africa, many have pointed out how it seems as though the Duke Of Sussex is getting back into his old Royal ways with the appearances.

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Connie Chiume, the South African actor known for her role as tribal leader Zawavari in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, died Tuesday at a Johannesburg hospital. She was 72.

Award-winning actress Connie Chiume, who is best known for her role in Black Panther, has died at the age of 72.The star died in hospital in Johannesburg, her family have announced.The South African star played Zawavari, a member of the Wakandan tribal council and former leader of the mining tribe in the hugely successful Marvel movie Black Panther and its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever alongside Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett and the late Chadwick Boseman. Her family of two sons and two daughters announced her passing in a statement on Instagram that said: “The Chiume Family regrets to inform you of the passing of the internationally acclaimed award-winning actress Connie Chiume.

Christopher Vourlias The 15th edition of the Durban FilmMart, which ran July 19 – 22 in South Africa’s sun-splashed coastal mecca, wrapped on a high note this week with an invigorating sense of possibility among the industry professionals making the trek from all corners of the continent. The future of film finance in Africa, the prospects of pan-African collaboration and the pressing need to build a sustainable industry in the face of climate change were all on the agenda.

Naman Ramachandran Media conglomerate Vivendi is moving forward with its proposal to split into three separate entities, the company revealed on Monday. The plan, first revealed in December 2023, aims to address Vivendi’s conglomerate discount and unlock value for its subsidiaries. Under the proposed split, Canal+ would list on the London Stock Exchange, reflecting its international reach.