ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Strobe lights flash across a near-empty dance floor, as a DJ live-streams thumping electronic music from a Singapore nightclub to revellers confined to their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak sweeping the globe has shuttered once lively nightspots from London to New York, but innovative DJs have started putting...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - While most of us are in lockdown without much to do, its important to keep ourselves entertained (and to check on each other in these stressful times) Binge watching series and movies is always a good way to pass the time, so we made a list of super fashionable movies for you to watch right now. These are out top picks: The Devil...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - As the amount of time people spend at home due to social distancing, lockdowns and self-isolation increases, more and more people have taken to social media to reflect on relationships and their importance. One such person is Canadian rapper Drake, who penned a heartfelt message to his son Adonis, which he shared along with...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - A travelling Czech circus stuck abroad under the coronavirus lockdown has been overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers helping to feed its troupe of animals after cancelled shows left it penniless. Stranded in Latvia, the family-run Circus Alex has been unable to perform or return home since borders were closed in mid-March. Its...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - For kids, the world is pretty weird right now. But then the school holidays a time when books, TV and movies become the magical normal just got extended. Here are six excellent animations for the youngsters, and great family-friendly shows and movies you can all enjoy together. In case you’re worried about what your kids are...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Veteran Afro jazz star Manu Dibango died on Tuesday after contracting the new coronavirus, his music publisher told AFP. The 86-year-old Cameroonian, best known for the 1972 hit ‘Soul Makossa’, is one of the first worldwide stars to die as a result of Covid-19. ‘He died early this morning in a hospital in the Paris region,’ his...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The week was a disaster as events were canned one after the other. However, some major concerts have only been postponed. How the major music events have been affected: Cancelled: Park Acoustics All those who bought tickets will be refunded and organisers are negotiating alternative performance dates for the artists. Student ticket...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Like all domestic workers, Sophie Machaka slogged hard. Saving some of her hard-earned money, she envisioned her youngest daughter Yvonne Ntombizodwa Machaka becoming a lawyer. Little did she know that her dream would be “dashed” when Ntombizodwa today a legendary award-winning singer popularly known as Yvonne Chaka Chaka would...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - During apartheid, the South African government conscripted thousands of members of the white male population into the army. Many young men did their bit to keep the communists from the door and if we refused to do our duty for the country we faced jail. I got to know a number of “conscious objectors” and the stories they recounted...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has announced that the South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) will no longer take place at the Sandton Convention Centre due to the coronavirus outbreak. It said in a statement on Monday: “In light of the announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa and government’s strict...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - There’s no denying the literary skills of author Stephen King to pen horror stories like no other writer in his lifetime, and his 2018 book The Outsider lives up to what fans have come to love. So with HBO’s 10-part miniseries of the book, viewer numbers soared because every King fan streamed the show myself included. But was it...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Oscar-winner Tom Hanks said he and his wife were taking their new roles as quarantined coronavirus patients in their stride Friday, urging the public to heed the advice of experts. Holed up in a Gold Coast hospital in Australia, Hanks 63, said he and singer-songwriter partner Rita Wilson were taking the enforced isolation...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Sarah Langa and her businessman husband, Jehan Mackay, have reportedly called it quits. According to a Sunday World report, Jehan served Sarah with a divorce summons in January. The couple tied the knot in a lavish white wedding ceremony in December 2016. But it seems that their fairytale romance started to fall apart by early...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - American rock band Pearl Jam announced late Monday they are postponing the first leg of their North American tour this spring over coronavirus concerns. "Unfortunately, communing in large groups is a huge part of what we do as a band and the tour we've been busy planning for months is now in jeopardy... We have and will always keep...