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In anticipation of its release this coming week, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continued its promotional tour with a historic premiere in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday evening. This was a major event — and the first time a Marvel movie has held a premiere locally — with a large group of talent, filmmakers and press on hand for the black carpet rollout. The sequel to the $1.348B grossing original pic played across multiple screens at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX Lekki.

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Black Documentary Filmmakers Wrestle With ‘Revisiting History,’ ‘Disruption’: We Need to Tell Stories of Those ‘Who Didn’t Have the Voice Before’

Christopher Vourlias The disruptive power of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements has shifted the conversation around storytelling about underrepresented and marginalized communities, even as the backlash in the U.S. and other countries has swung the pendulum to the (far) right, putting many of those gains at risk.

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Green Day take a jab at Elon Musk during Johannesburg concert: “I’m not a part of the Elon agenda”

Green Day have taken a shot at Elon Musk during a recent concert in South Africa – check out footage of the performance below.On Sunday (January 19), Green Day performed their first show of the year at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. While performing ‘American Idiot’, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong swapped out a portion of the song’s lyrics to take a jab at X (formerly Twitter) and Tesla owner Elon Musk.Over the last year, Elon Musk – who is from Pretoria, South Africa – has been instrumental in Donald Trump‘s bid to return to the White House, championing him as the President of the United States.

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'Black Panther' Actress Connie Chiume Dies at Age 72

Connie Chiume has sadly passed away.

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‘Little Wing’ Filmmaker Dean Israelite Signs With UTA

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed director and producer Dean Israelite for representation in all areas.

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Tyla Joins Gunna & Skillibeng for 'Jump' Video - Watch & Read the Lyrics!

Tyla‘s back with a brand new music video!

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‘Wolf Night’: Hot Platinum Dunes Package With Filmmaker Jonathan Liebesman Making Rounds

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one that multiple studios are bidding on right nowfrom Platinum Dunes: Wolf Night.

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Joburg Film Festival Sets Apartheid-Era Documentary ‘London Recruits’ as Opening Film, Announces Full Line-Up

Christopher Vourlias Gordon Main’s apartheid-era documentary “London Recruits” has been tapped as the opening film at the sixth Joburg Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 27 – March 3 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa‘s history, when the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon.

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Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius released from jail over Reeva Steenkamp killing

Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed from prison on parole more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, it was revealed today.

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Tyla Talks Grammy Nom for ‘Water’ and Her Upcoming, ‘Experimental’ Debut Album

Thania Garcia Tyla has always wanted to be the world’s first global South African pop star — and she’s already well on her way. In the past month, Tyla’s summer single “Water” became her first Top 10 hit in the United States and also landed her a Grammy nomination for Best African Music Performance. “It makes sense,” she tells Variety nonchalantly over the phone.

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Ashley Judd hikes in the Alps as she celebrates ‘stunning recovery’ more than 2 years after serious leg injury

A post shared by Ashley Judd (@ashley_judd)In one of the photos, the California native was seen from behind as she walked along a trail with trekking poles. Judd was pictured beaming as she stood at the base of a waterfall in another snap. The Emmy Award nominee was seen sitting in front of a traditional alpine stone cabin in another photo.Judd previously detailed her “grueling 55-hour” after the injury, which landed her in the ICU.

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Ashley Judd hikes in the Alps as she celebrates 'stunning recovery' more than 2 years after serious leg injury

Ashley Judd is celebrating her "stunning recovery" as she marks two and half years since she shattered her leg in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In February 2021, the actress suffered a horrific injury after she tripped over a fallen tree while walking through a rainforest in the African country. On Saturday, Judd, 55, shared photos in which she was seen hiking the Alps while on a trip to Switzerland.

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Richard E Grant reveals his mother has died as he reflects on complicated relationship

Actor Richard E Grant has revealed that his mother, Leonne, has tragically died as he shared a lengthy video to Twitter where he reflected on their “complicated" relationship. In the candid video posted to social media, Richard is seen chatting to the camera as he revealed he found out that his 93 year old mother died earlier on in the day.

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Richard E Grant’s life off screen including heartbreaking reason he wears three watches

Following in the footsteps of comedy stars such as Stephen Fry and Richard Ayoade, this year’s BAFTA film awards will be hosted by Hollywood actor Richard E Grant and This Morning presenter Alison Hammond. Dressed to the nines for one night only, the charismatic duo will be joining forces as the reveal the winners of this year’s closely run awards race, to see who will get to take home of of the iconic BAFTA mask trophies.

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Grammy Awards 2023: Host Trevor Noah makes Harry Styles blush and jokes about Chinese spy balloon

Trevor Noah delivered a number of timely jokes, making Harry Styles blush at one point, as host of the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles from Crypto.com Arena.'Harry Styles is here tonight, that's right,' the South African comedian, 38, said of the 29-year-old singer at the luxe event. 'What can you say about this man that hasn't been said? Incredible album, mind-blowing - what is it 15-night run at MSG and The Forum? Noah continued, 'Women throw their panties at this man and then he puts them on and he looks better in them than they do! Easily the world's sexiest man!'The Johannesburg, South Africa-born TV personality called the As It Was singer the 'sex symbol of the globe, especially now that they killed off the green M&M.'Some people took to social media to say Styles appeared a bit uncomfortable following the jokes from Noah.

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Imani Pullum To Star In Kagiso Lediga Coming-Of-Age Drama From Skybound Galactic At Freevee

EXCLUSIVE: Rising young actor Imani Pullum (Emancipation, The Orville: New Horizons) has been cast as the lead in Amazon Freevee’s coming-of-age drama Untitled Kagiso Lediga Project. The eight-episode series hails from Queen Sono creator Lediga, Skybound Galactic, a joint venture between Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, and Johannesburg-based producer Diprente.

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Kagiso Lediga Coming-Of-Age Drama Gets Series Order At Freevee

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has given a series greenlight to a coming-of-age drama from Queen Sono creator Kagiso Lediga and writer Camilo Saloojee, Skybound Galactic, a part of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, Johannesburg-based producer Diprente and Sony Pictures Television.

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Netflix Africa Bosses Talk Originals, Co-Production Strategy and Expansion Plans: ‘We Can Only Go Forward and Spend More’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Thinus Ferreira Guest ContributorNetflix’s top executive team in Africa plans to continue spending on scripted and unscripted content across genres until it unearths the big “Squid Game”-like show that captures global buzz.During Tuesday’s “See What’s Next Africa” showcase in Johannesburg, South Africa, the streamer unveiled several African original renewals, some co-production developments, more details around existing projects, and another multi-project output deal with the South Africa filmmaker Mandlakayise Walter Dube for films and series.Under the partnership, Dube — who directed Netflix’s first commissioned African film “Silverton Siege,” released earlier this year — will direct a variety of Netflix-owned projects. He joins Nigeria’s Junle Afolayan of Kunle Afolayan Productions and Mo Abudu of EbonyLife Studios who have similar output deals with the streamer already.

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Meghan Markle denies she lied to Oprah about being an ‘only child’ in tell-all interview

Meghan Markle denied this week that she lied to Oprah Winfrey about being an "only child" in her tell-all interview last year. The Duchess of Sussex’s legal team said in a court filing Monday in connection to her half-sister Samantha Markle’s defamation lawsuit that Meghan made a "subjective" statement about how she felt about her childhood. "Meghan’s response to that question that she ‘grew up as an only child’ was obviously not meant to be a statement of objective fact that she had no genetic siblings or half-siblings," her legal team said in the filing.

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Wimbledon’s Cameron Norrie’s life away from tennis including stunning girlfriend

Cameron Norrie is one of Britain's tennis aces after turning professional in 2017 and now ranking No. 12 in the world for his singles matches. But while he takes centre stage at his games eagle-eyed fans have spotted a mystery woman cheering him on from the stand - but who is she? The successful young woman who hails from New Zealand is called Louise Jacobi and she is the founder and director of an interior design company called Please Don’t Touch.

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Trevor Noah pays tribute to his beloved grandmother Frances 'Gogo' Noah following her death at 95

Trevor Noah is mourning the loss of the woman he says showed him 'the truest definition of unconditional love.'On Thursday, The Daily Show host announced the death of his beloved grandmother Frances Noah, otherwise known as Gogo, at the age of 95.TheJohannesburg, South African native paid tribute to his family's matriarch by sharing a silent video of the two posing for a photo, which was led with a famous quote from Gogo: 'How can I smile for a photo when I don't have teeth?' RIP: Trevor Noah, 38, is mourning the death of his grandmother Frances 'Gogo' Noah, following her death at the age of 95'This morning our family laid to rest the oldest member of our clan Frances Noah, or as most of us referred to her, Gogo,' the comedian, 38, began in his tribute.'My grandmother was born in 1927 and even though she was 95 years old, she still had the best memory of us all.

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