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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Elon Musk‘s father Errol Musk is opening up about the time he was involved in a gunfight.

Paddy McGuinness is throwing himself into work after his love split pain with a secret new TV project.The Bolton funnyman put his domestic woes behind him yesterday when he chatted to fans at the airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.He told them he had been in the country working on an "exciting" new show.READ MORE: Christine McGuinness' RHOC return teased as ITV star drops hint after Paddy splitPaddy, 49, posed happily for photos at OR Tambo International before boarding a flight back to the UK.Writing on Instagram, he said: "Had an amazing few days in South Africa.

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.

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.

Jolene, who lives in Johannesburg in South Africa, has been growing her hair her entire life and has a strict routine to take care of it.In a viral video with more than 22 million views, Jolene transforms herself into the Disney princess character while showing her blonde tresses.READ MORE: Real-life Rapunzel with 6ft-long hair reveals her daughters also have iconic locksUsing a "Rapunzel" filter on TikTok, she teases the viewers before turning around to show the shiny effect on her mid-thigh length hair while playing the theme music of Tangled in the background."My heart is so happy right now," she wrote in the caption. Viewers loved her hair and said she "geuinely fits the trend", with one saying: "You and your hair are literally gorgeous I cant!"A second commented: "100% have to cosplay Rapunzel now."While many express their wish to grow their hair as long as Jolene's, the sport science student told Daily Star that having long locks isn't all it's cut out to be.She said: "Some long hair struggles I face daily is getting my hair caught on everything."I once got my hair caught in the rowing machine at the gym...it was not pretty."My hair also gets caught in the car door quite often when I close it.

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.

family’s pet dog.The St Bernard, who weighed 60kg and stood at a whopping 6ft-tall, had lived in the home for almost a year before the savage incident and was previously “calm and perfect” and loved cuddling up to the youngster.But the pooch suddenly turned to predator in a random outburst that left one-year-old Mené covered in blood and gruesome wounds.Mum Lizanne Naudé, from Johannesburg, South Africa, told The Mirror: “Her lip was completely ripped open and she had a huge wound near her neck - it's amazing that didn't hit a major artery."We had no idea how she would even look after the skin grafts and face surgery because she was so bandaged up."It's been nearly a year now but the impact has been huge - it's hard not to think about the worst that could have happened."My daughter and son are both traumatised and my husband and I both have nightmares about it.”After Mené was raced to hospital following the brutal attack, medics covered her in bandages.Although her wounds have healed, the youngster still needs treatment at a scar clinic and now struggles with her babbling speech.Lizanne, 32, continued: “He was house trained and perfect with the kids - he'd never flinch and we'd never had any issues but that day he just changed."He gave no signs he was going to attack - animal instinct you can never really trust and you need to be aware of it.Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up to one of our free newsletters here."We're thankful at the end of the day because it could have been so much more serious, but it's been a hell of a rollercoaster."The day after the attack, that took place on August 22 last year, dad Jaco was taking the family pet to the vets when it attacked him again.Vets decided

plane crash that killed all of the other 103 passengers on board including two Brits. Ruben van Assouw, 9, was named the sole survivor after he was flung from the aircraft when it exploded and disintegrated into pieces.

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.