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Alex Ritman Distribution and production banner Signature Entertainment has promoted two of its most senior execs. Elizabeth Williams, previously director of acquisitions and TV, has been upped to chief commercial officer.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who went to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole.

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.

Oscar Pistorius will soon be out of prison.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here is making an early return to our screens this year, with a special spin-off series.

Footballer Jesse Lingard is to stand trial after denying providing the details of a fictitious man when his Range Rover was flashed by a speed camera.

Strictly Come Dancing stars judge Motsi and dancer Oti Mabuse suffered an immense family tragedy when their brother took his own life. Sisters Motsi, 41 and Oti, 32, were left devastated after their half-brother Neo took his own life at the age of 18 while they were growing up in the South African township of Mabopane, near the capital, Pretoria. Not only did his death leave the whole family distraught, but it also meant the family were shunned by superstitious locals who thought it would bring bad luck to anyone associating with the family.

Naman Ramachandran The Backstreet Boys, who have a massive fan base in India, will be returning to the country after 13 years for two concerts. The band’s world tour began after the release of chart topping 2019 album “DNA,” featuring the hit “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.” BookMyShow and Live Nation are bringing the tour to India. The band will play at Jio World Gardens, Mumbai on May 4 and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on May 5. Prior to that the Backstreet Boys have performances lined up in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Hong Kong, Reykjavik and Cairo. After India, the tour carries on in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Jeddah, Tel Aviv, Cape Town and Pretoria.

EXCLUSIVE: South African screenwriter Sabelo ‘Subz’ Mgidi has signed with Alta Global Media for management. 

Harry Potter, now experiments as an actor, taking on smaller, more intimate roles in films such as Swiss Army Man, Escape From Pretoria and the upcoming Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.Hermione’s Emma Watson is similar, fronting projects from 2019’s Little Women to appearing in This Is The End as herself.Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, has also been starring in new roles, such as M Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV series Servant.He also took on a side project that no one saw coming: buying an ice cream van with his staggering Wizarding World fortune.It’s not too surprising when you consider his first dream was to be an ice cream driver long before he ever stepped into Hogwarts.In celebration of the franchise coming to an end, he fulfilled his dream, rocking up on the last day filming with his long sought-after vehicle.The final film in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II premiered in cinemas an unbelievable 11 years ago in 2011.For the final day of shooting, Rupert rocked up on set in his very own ice cream van, handing out lollies and 99s to the cast and crew.He spoke about his ice cream van in an interview with the Daily Mail in 2014, admitting that had an awkward encounter the first time he took the vehicle for a spin.Rupert said: "My first ambition was to become an ice-cream man, which is why I bought the Bedford van."Not long after I first got it, I pulled into a pub to do a U-turn and there were eight kids with their pocket money out, hoping to buy a 99 or whatever."But I had nothing to give them. I've learnt my lesson since then.”He made sure to keep it stocked ever since, though he isn’t actually allowed to sell anything from the van.He continued: “I keep my van well stocked.

Bravo’s “Real Housewives” will be expanding in another continent.

The Real Housewives franchise is getting even bigger!

Naman Ramachandran NBCUniversal Formats has strengthened its partnership with leading African entertainment company Multichoice for several more African versions of “The Real Housewives” format.First up are versions set in Nairobi and Pretoria, with several others in the pipeline. Independent production company Provoco is currently filming the 14-part series in Pretoria, while filming will commence on the Nairobi version in September with Kenyan producers Young Rich Television.The expansion comes after NBCUniversal Formats recently held The Real Housewives of Africa Summit in Cape Town for its production partners across the continent.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRising star Phoenix Raei joins Hugo Weaving as the lead of “The Rooster,” an Australian mystery drama film in which a small-town cop discovers the dead body of his best friend.The film, which has just completed principal photography in Victoria state, is directed by actor Mark Leonard Winter (“Escape From Pretoria”), making his debut as a feature director.As performers, Weaving and Winter have previously appeared together in “Measure for Measure” and “The Dressmaker.”Raei, who has recent credits in “Clickbait,” “Stateless” and “The Night Agent,” stars in “The Rooster” as the cop who confronts Weaving’s volatile character, a forest-dwelling hermit who was the last person known to have seen his pal. Other cast include: Helen Thomson (“Elvis,” “Top of the Lake”), Rhys Mitchell (“Cake,” “Upper Middle Bogan”), Bert La Bonte (“Surviving Summer,” “Five Bedrooms”), John Waters (“Offspring,” “Mystery Road”), Camilla Ah Kin (“Wakefield,” “Holding the Man”), Robert Menzies (“Little Tornadoes,” “Glitch”) and Deirdre Rubenstein (“Force of Destiny,” “Superwog”).“ ‘The Rooster’ is a gripping story about friendship and how hope can come from unlikely places.

Elon Musk's dad has sensationally claimed that his technology mogul son was neglected while living with his mother.Errol Musk married his ex-wife Maye in 1970 before the pair divorced in 1979 after having three children together, including SpaceX CEO Elon.Elon and his siblings, younger brother Kimbal and younger sister Tosca, lived with Maye for the first eight years of Elon's life, years ravaged by poor parenting, according to electromechanical engineer Errol.In an interview with a psychologist known as Anneke, Errol claimed that school officials had threatened to call social services and the police if he didn’t do “something about the condition of the boys."“I was completely taken aback,” he said, claiming that the boys would turn up to school dirty, fall asleep in class and ask for food.“Elon sometimes never came to school. He would just walk around the neighborhood," Errol claimed.A maid at one of the family's homes was apparently ready to walk out, too, because the children were "left with no food."Elon, the world's wealthiest man, was born in Pretoria on June 28, 1971.

Netflix will release its latest project from Africa, the action thriller Silverton Siege, to coincide with South Africa’s Freedom Day on April 27.

Naman Ramachandran “Silverton Siege,” an action thriller inspired by the real life incident that sparked the global Free Mandela movement, is being added to Netflix. The film is directed by noted South African filmmaker Mandla Dube (“Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu”) and stars Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini and Stefan Erasmus.Set in 1980, Rametsi, Dlamini and Erasmus portray the Silverton Siege trio – three young freedom fighters with nothing left to lose.

internet over whether an unidentified submerged object is a car or a boat.On a Reddit forum dedicated to the study of Google Maps, one user posted a photo of Fresh Creek on Andros Island, BahamasIn the middle of the shot, a large rectangular object can be seen beneath the waves, however precisely what it remains unclear. The original poster kicked off the discussion by calmy asserting: "This is a sunken boat, right?"But tragically the poster found little agreement with others shooting back that it looked more like a "sunken sedan."Precisely how the car ended up underwater is unclear.

Netflix is gifting $1M to film and TV students in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

The doctor who raised the alarm over the Omicron variant said patients had shown ‘unusual but mild’ symptoms.

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Webber (The Dirt, Escape From Pretoria) is set to star opposite Tom Blyth in Billy the Kid, Epix’s hourlong drama series, written by Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst.