ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso sheltering thousands of Malians who have fled jihadist violence in the region. Jolie visited the camp at Goudebou, in the northeast of the landlocked west African country, as part of her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee organisation, the...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Media personality and singer Leanne Dlamini announced on Instagram this week that over the past few months she had to do a serious introspection for the way she was speaking to herself. “I had to do a serious self-check over the last couple of months and apologise to myself and my daughters for the way I was speaking to myself and...

GEORGE VERMAAK NUUS - Op 29 Mei, sewe jaar gelede, was dit die opening van die grootste Christelike gemeenskapsradiostasie in die Suid-Kaap, Heartbeat FM, 'n droom en visie van Avril Ahrendse. Die radio kyk terug na 'n massiewe groei, nie net in luisteraars nie, maar ook verskillende afdelings soos onder andere: Heartbeat TV, Sport Beat, Heartbeat...

GEORGE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Those people who opted to watch the French Open tennis final missed a heart-warming and gentle concert presented by two of our favourite local musicians, the pianist Dalene Brits and the organist Gerrit Jordaan. They devised a programme entitled South and West Side Stories made up of arrangements by Brits for piano and...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Hollywood actor Russell Crowe announced plans on Wednesday to build a film studio on Australia's east coast, amid a rush of movie productions Down Under. The Oscar-winner said the studio would be constructed in Coffs Harbour, south of Brisbane, at a sprawling pre-existing resort complex. "For a number of years, I've been thinking...

GEORGE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Artists and organisers are bitterly disappointed that the Youth Day celebrations at the Garden Route Botanical Garden in George today have been called off. Until yesterday afternoon the George Municipality was unaware of the planned music and arts festival at the Garden as it was never approached for a population...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Steve Hofmeyr was one of the first to taste Boer Bier’s new Boer Cola to be launched on Youth Day and says this is the future if you don’t like the taste of politics any more. Taking charge in promoting one of the lockdown-inspired Boer Bier’s latest products, Steve Hofmeyr says Boer Cola is like nectar for the soul. In preparation...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Afrikaans Rockstar, Karen Zoid has never been known to be ordinary, which is why it’s no surprise that she has recently launched her very own signature wine. KykNET’s Republiek van Zoid Afrika host looks smitten with her signature wine a Shiraz named Sy Raas in hand as she has been casually posting glimpses of the bottle, the label...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Shaleen Surtie-Richards funeral took place on Sunday in Cape Town where the veteran actress of screen and stage was laid to rest a week after her passing. A limited number of people came together for a special provincial funeral which was granted by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the week. Surtie-Richards, 66, was found dead in...

VERMAAKNUUS - Die eerste Afrikaanse digbundel met die Covid-19-pandemie as tema, Maskers en mure, word op 11 Junie op Oudtshoorn bekendgestel. Die digters Daniel Hugo en Francois de Jongh was die samestellers. Die uitgewers is Turksvy-publikasies, in samewerking met die Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) met ondersteuning van die Wes-Kaapse...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - On 7 June 2021 the South African presidency’s Twitter page posted that President Cyril Ramaphosa mourns the death of veteran actress and performer Shaleen Surtie-Richards, but South Africans did not receive the post well. Many said that if the president had signed the Performers Protection Amendment Bill, then the actress would...

GEORGE NUUS - Die talentvolle saksofoon-speler en oud-Kwagga, Kerwin Albertus, (19) het op Vrydag 21 Mei 'n besonderse huiskonsert aangebied. Saam met hom op die verhoog was die Kaapse jazz-trio, The Mangoes, met Bradley Prins op elektriese kitaar, Duncan Johnson op saksofoon en Keno Carelse op dromme. Hierdie dinamiese trio is bygestaan deur Dillon...

GEORGE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - In spite of these uncertain times, where the music and entertainment sector is labelled "the forgotten industry", Garden Route brothers Raen (26) and Chant (22) Messina, aka Hermit State, didn't stop creating and are composing up a storm. It is not uncommon for artists and musicians to feel defeated and anxious about their...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - US rocker Bruce Springsteen announced Monday that his eponymous hit Broadway show will reopen in June, making him the first megastar to perform for an indoor audience at a major venue since the city began reopening. "Springsteen on Broadway" will admit only vaccinated audience members, the production said in a statement, with proof...