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TV Presenter Kat Sinivasan landed his big break in 2007 when he was chosen as one of six band members on SABC2's talent search Famous! He made his presenting debut in the same year, on SABC1's YOTV.
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04 Jul 2025 17:56
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CASTING
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Klein Paradys co-winner Lee-Ann Gerber signed to kykNET's lifestyle and entertainment show Fiësta as a field presenter. She won the Klein Paradys reno show with her brother-in-law Johann in January with their transformation of a container into a glamped-up pad. She debuts on Fiësta on Sunday 6 July at 18h00. Her secret skill: she can lick her own elbow. >>
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04 Jul 2025 17:16
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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SABC2 to broadcast the upcoming rugby Test between South Africa and Italy in a deal with SuperSport. Kick-off: 17h10 on Saturday 12 July 2025 - at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. According to SARU, the deal forms part of their 30th anniversary celebrations of our World Cup win in 1995. Match will be on SABC radio stations too, and SuperSport obvs.
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04 Jul 2025 10:45
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CHANNEL NEWS
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S3 and SABC Sport to broadcast 2025 Durban July live on Saturday 5 July at 13h00. Kat Sinivasan and Zanele Potelwa will cover the schlebs prancing in outfits that don't belong to them. Or do they? If you're "dressed by someone" we presume the threads belong to them.
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03 Jul 2025 13:00
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COOL
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Streamer Viu debuted the first K-Drama to be dubbed into isiZulu on Monday 30 June 2025, titled Iqhawe Labafundi (High School: Return of a Gangster). Two more to follow in August: Ezinsukwini Zokuqala (Lovely Runner) and Izidla Mafa (The Heirs). Details in the comments. >>
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02 Jul 2025 13:08
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FANBOY
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kykNET's schleb magazine show Bravo! goes behind-the-scenes on Binnelanders on Thursday 3 July at 21h00.
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02 Jul 2025 13:05
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RIP
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Shooting Stars star Wiseman Sithole died on Sunday 29 June 2025, two days after his 51st birthday. His agent ERM Stars announced the news and the cause of his death hasn't been disclosed. Wiseman's other TV roles include Sandla on SABC2's Die Sentrum, Nkuli on e.tv's Traffic! and Xolani Makeba on kykNET's 2023 drama Straat.
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30 Jun 2025 17:01
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TV BIZ
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Streaming services Hallmark+ and Starz are now available as a bundle on Prime Video in America. Another sign that streamers are battling on their own. Viewers regularly tell us "There isn't enough to watch!" if they only have one streaming service - or even when they have more.
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30 Jun 2025 11:53
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RIP
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Prolific actress Meme Ditshego died on the evening of Wednesday 25 June 2025 after a short illness. Her agency Eye Media Artists has confirmed the news and her cause of death hasn't been disclosed. Meme's résumé includes starring roles on M-Net sitcom The Coconuts, SABC2's comedy-drama Onse Kasi and sitcom Ga Re Dumele, for which she won a Best Actress SAFTA.
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26 Jun 2025 18:50
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Noma Dumezweni, who's currently starring on the Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy Murderbot, was born to South African parents in Swaziland. Her father was an anti-apartheid activist and her mother took her and her sister to England as refugees when she was seven. Noma didn't see her father for 30 years. In 2015 she was the subject of a docco about reuniting with him titled Noma: Forgiving Apartheid. >>
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26 Jun 2025 14:58
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CASTING
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Joining Skemergrond for Season 2 are: Keeno-Lee Hector, Denver Vraagom, Adrian Steyn, Clint Aplon and Siobhan Hodgson. Search for them on TVSA to see what they've been in.
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25 Jun 2025 15:59
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REVIEW
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HISTORY's Battlefields South Africa with John Robbie gets a thumbs down from us. We've just watched Eps 2 and the facts are interesting but the execution is poor. Comes across as cheap. There's nothing dynamic - no visits to the locations where events happened or dramatic re-enactments - only simplistic artwork. Too studio based and the interactions between John and Ruda Landman are cringe. They're supposed to be "in conversation" but it's clear they're reading from a script, looking past each other! See comments >>
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25 Jun 2025 15:44
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REALITY LOW
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Eating gross sh!t makes a comeback in new Fear Factor revival, to be hosted by former Jackass Johnny Knoxville. Will have Survivor elements. Strangers live together under one roof in a remote location where they'll "face mind-blowing stunts, harrowing challenges and a twisted game of social strategy where trust is fleeting - and fear is a weapon." Produced by FOX for the 2025/2026 season.
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25 Jun 2025 13:05
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RENEWED!
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TVSA can reveal that kykNET & Kie's local Afrikaans novela Skemergrond will continue for Season 2. Premiere date: Monday 30 June 2025. Episodes remain Mondays to Thursdays at 19h30. Teasers comin' up on Thursday 26 June at 10h15.
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24 Jun 2025 16:14
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AWARDS
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Tyla won Favourite Global Music Star at the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday 21 June, which she headlined as host. Other category nominees didn't stand a chance. The ceremony's on Nickelodeon's YouTube channel and airs on NickTOONS (DStv 308) on Wednesday 25 June at 16h30, with a Pre-Show build-up at 16h00 hosted by Amapiano muso Zee Nxumalo. Vid and winners in comments. >>
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23 Jun 2025 15:33
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BREAK-UP
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Scandal follows Hungani Ndlovu and Stephanie Sandows who've confirmed they're calling it splitsville after six years of marriage. Sad :(. They've always seemed so tight. Divorce sucks. >>
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23 Jun 2025 11:29
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Veteran soccer and boxing commentator Phumlani Msibi died on Friday 20 July at the age of 57. Phumlani was the first isiZulu soccer commentator on SuperSport. He died after a short illness and the cause of his death hasn't been disclosed. >>
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21 Jun 2025 15:15
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Wanna play Survivor but don't wanna look a mess on TV? There's another way: the Survivor card game, ha. To survive you need to collect advantages, find idols, form secret alliances and face blindsides. Three to six players. The last two standing must make a case as to why they deserve the title of Sole Survivor. See comments for details.>>
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20 Jun 2025 17:25
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REALITY LOW
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Four teams of shark experts risk their limbs in Netflix reality competition All The Sharks. They have to find and photograph the most sharks for a measly prize of $50,000 (R1-million) for a marine charity. >>
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18 Jun 2025 15:39
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All three cast members on Mzansi Magic's new weight loss reality low Lose It or Lose Me are social media personalities a.k.a. wannabe schlebs instead of real world people. They are: TikToker Mixon “Tsekeleke” Tholo and digital creators Maletsatsi Otukile and Nonhlanhla Shabangu. The epitome of stunt casting. Their weights range from 178 to 214 kgs. >>
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17 Jun 2025 17:28
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Prime Video's new Jessica Biel "thriller" The Better Sister is The Worst Shite we've seen on the streamer. For starters Jessica's face doesn't move - no expressions at all - and then there's the lame script, yawnfest rhythm and non-existent intrigue.
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17 Jun 2025 12:51
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COOL
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This quote from the Squid Game 3 Official Trailer: "Bad people do bad things, but they blame others and go on to live in peace. Good people, on the other hand, beat themselves up about the smallest things." Premieres 27 June. >>
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17 Jun 2025 12:39
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REALITY LOW
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Child star Gary Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price to take a polygraph test on A&E's new spectacle Lie Detector: Truth or Lie. She takes the test to address public suspicion that she was involved in his controversial death in 2010. No local broadcaster confirmed. >>
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17 Jun 2025 11:59
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CHANNEL NEWS
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Blink Kant Bo returns to eExtra on Friday 4 July at 19h30, once Doodsondes ends in its Series Finale. On the BKB premiere: Ferit is shot and taken to the hospital. Everyone anxiously awaits his recovery.
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15 Jun 2025 12:54
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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SuperSport to air all 63 matches from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup - on DStv Compact SuperSport channels and Showmax Premier League. 15 June to 13 July 2025. The tournament's happening in 12 cities in America.
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13 Jun 2025 16:52
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Two schlebs won the jackpot of R250,000 for charity on Season 1 of Deal or No Deal Celebrity: Pearl Modiadie and Rorisang Thandekiso.
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13 Jun 2025 16:12
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Openview's SportyTV (Channel 125) and eVod to air and stream 26 of the 63 matches from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup between 15 June and 13 July. See comments for fixtures. >>
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13 Jun 2025 16:01
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The FIFA Club World Cup is different from the FIFA World Cup. The latter is a competition between national soccer teams from around the world and the Club World Cup is a tournament featuring club teams from around the world, which may include players who aren't from the club's country of origin.
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13 Jun 2025 16:01
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CELEBS
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Uzalo star Thuthuka Mthembu to play Deal or no Deal for charity in the Season 2 premiere of the Celebrity edition - on SABC1 on Saturday 14 June at 18h00. Thuthuka's portrayed Nonka “Miss Ghetto Fab” Xaba on Uzalo since December 2018 and will play for the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund charity. >>
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13 Jun 2025 11:03
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
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e.tv to rebroadcast Sarafina! in the build-up to Youth Day - on Saturday 14 June at 20h00. Will stream on eVod from the 15th to 21st. Tells the story of a young girl’s awakening to resistance during the 1976 Soweto Uprising. Stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Somizi, Mbongeni Ngema and Whoopi Goldberg. >>
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12 Jun 2025 15:37
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TEASER
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Coming up on kykNET's schleb magazine show Bravo! on Thursday 12 June at 21h00: three actors, a father and two kids for Daddy Day. Those featured are Binnelanders star Germandt Geldenhuys and his papa, Johan Scholtz and his lighty Simeon (both in Reënboogrant), and actor Neels Clasen and Neels Clasen Jnr.
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11 Jun 2025 16:11
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Disney+ to debut new series about Amanda Knox who was convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007 and acquitted in 2015. Series title: The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox - follows her process of setting herself free. Premieres 20 August. Grace Van Patten (Tell Me Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers) plays Amanda. >>
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11 Jun 2025 13:08
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CASTING
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Lerato Mvelase headlines new Netflix miniseries Marked, as Babalwa - a law-abiding cash-in-transit security guard until... desperation strikes. The story explores the idea of crossing moral lines out of love and fear when the system leaves good people with no good choices. Other starring cast includes Bonko Khoza, Ama Qamata, S’Dumo Mtshali and Sphamandla Dhludhu. Six eps. Premieres 31 July. >>
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10 Jun 2025 17:39
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eExtra injects Bloedspoor into its primetime schedule, premiering on Monday 16 June at 21h00. Doodloopstraat moves to 22h00 and Voelvry to 23h00. Bloedspoor's been on eVod and it's a legal eagle courtroom drama. It won the 2023 International Emmy for Best Telenovela.
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10 Jun 2025 11:57
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REALITY LOW
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Season 2 reunion special for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premieres on Disney+ on Tuesday 1 July, hosted by The Bachelor's Nick Viall. The problemo: the show's name isn't relevant anymore. Their lives aren't secret and haven't been since Season 1.
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09 Jun 2025 12:37
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CHANNEL NEWS
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Studio Universal (DStv 112) to air a behind-the-scenes special on new live action movie How to Train Your Dragon on Tuesday 10 June at 17h30 in the build-up to the film's release in cinemas on Friday, the... 13th. Bwahahaha. Will also be screening both original animated films on Saturday 14 June at 15h00, back-to-back. >>
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09 Jun 2025 11:30
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Third and final season of Squid Game premieres on Netflix on 27 June. The situation: Gi-hun gets thrust back into the brutal games, determined to dismantle them once and for all - still haunted by Player 001's betrayal and the loss of his closest ally, Jung-bae (Player 390). Our take: If only this series could change the abusive system we're all trapped in. Let us OUT! >>
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09 Jun 2025 11:00
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MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
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DStv and Showmax are airing movies starring Presley Chweneyagae as a tribute to the late actor. Oscar winning Tsotsi will be on M-Net, DStv Stream, Showmax, Mzansi Magic and M-Net Movies 4. His other films will be on Mzansi Bioskop. See comments for dates and times. >>
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06 Jun 2025 15:24
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Seems the Muvhango trainwreck isn't going to make it to its final episode. After all the fuss about it ending on 8 August it's suddenly been yanked from SABC2's schedule. No episodes on Thursday and Friday 5 and 6 June, no omnibus on Saturday and no explanation as to why.
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05 Jun 2025 15:36
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e.tv's Smoke & Mirrors stops smoking in April 2026. The channel has announced that it "will come to a natural conclusion", to be replaced by an undisclosed show. At first we presumed it had to do with the chaos surrounding Caesar, first played by Zolisa Xaluva and then Hlomla Dandala who's disappeared, but on second thoughts it could be a timeous natural end for it. See comments. >>
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05 Jun 2025 15:27
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SCARY
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From the director of My Octopus Teacher comes Shark Whisperer, a docco about conservationist and influencer Ocean Ramsey who swims with sharks without a cage, touches their noses and mouths, and holds their fins, in between getting handsy with her husband Juan who films her encounters #kinky. Footage in the comments >> Loads on Netflix 30 June.
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03 Jun 2025 17:16
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The working title for Mzansi Magic's Inimba was Crossroads, reflecting lead character Zoleka's forced choice between her daughter and career. Final title Inimba is an isiXhosa idiom that symbolises a mother's deep, unconditional love, not only for her own child but as a mother to others too. It can also refer to the pain of childbirth.
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03 Jun 2025 13:06
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SCARY
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New Netflix horror miniseries My Sad Dead ("Mis muertos tristes") goes into production at the end of June 2025. Based on the writings of Argentine author Mariana Enriquez. Four episodes explore the idea that true terror doesn't lie in the supernatural, but in the horrors that society hides. >>
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03 Jun 2025 12:06
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TRAILER
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Netflix releases official trailer for Semi-Soet movie sequel Semi-Soeter, featuring parent imposters and borrowed babies. Jaci (Anel Alexander) and JP (Nico Panagio) are back and must confront what “forever” really means. Loads 20 June 2025. First look in the comments. >>
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02 Jun 2025 12:58
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TV BIZ
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Streamers and broadcasters need to put a special focus on licensing classic movies otherwise they're going to disappear from the zeitgeist. Video shops are gone, cinemas are shutting down and the only legal way to watch classics is to buy them. They'd remain much more relevant on a TV platform e.g. Apple TV+ should introduce a library of all of Martin Scorsese's films as a tie up with their series about him.
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02 Jun 2025 12:45
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COOL
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This quote from Prime Video's action spy thriller Citadel - by Mason Kane's grandmother: "Don't go focusing on the things you can't change, only the things you can."
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30 May 2025 10:22
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CASTING
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Thabiso Bapela debuts on Muvhango on Monday 2 June as Letlotlo Maribe, Shaz's kinky new man. Thabiso's repertoire includes roles on Gomora, Giyani - Land of Blood, The Queen, Good Men, Isithembiso, The River and Kings of Jo'burg. >>
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29 May 2025 12:46
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CASTING
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The White Lotus creator, writer and director Mike White to compete on Survivor 50 - his second time on the show. He was a castaway in Season 37: David vs Goliath and was a contestant on two seasons of The Amazing Race, with his father Mel.
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28 May 2025 17:34
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CANCELLED!
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RIP Muvhango. >>
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28 May 2025 12:48
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RIP
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The River, Cobrizi and Tsotsi star Presley Chweneyagae died on Tuesday 27 May 2025, at the age of 40. His agency MLA confirmed the news to TVSA saying: "It is with profound sadness that we confirm the untimely passing of one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved actors." The cause of his death hasn't been disclosed. >>
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27 May 2025 11:42
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