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DISNEY+ RELEASES INFO ABOUT IMAGINE DOCUMENTARIES’ “LIGHT & MAGIC”

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Disney+ released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic,” an immersive series that chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM_XwzOK_98&feature=youtu.be Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtain of Industrial ...

STAGEWORX SCHOOL CELEBRATE STUDENT EXCELLENCE

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To celebrate student excellence, Stageworx School of Performing Arts is thrilled to announce their year-end showcase and student award presentations taking place at Nu Metro Cinema at Clearwater Mall, Roodepoort over the weekend of 11th & 12th December 2021. The achievements of students of Stageworx School of Performing Arts during the course of 2021 and the ...

DISNEY TEAM UP WITH KUGALI TO CREATE NEW SERIES“IWÁJÚ”

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Walt Disney Animation Studios is teaming up with the Pan-African comic book entertainment company Kugali to create an all-new original series called “Iwájú,” which will debut on Disney+ in 2022. WDAS Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Lee made the announcement this week, citing Kugali founders Tolu Olowofoyeku, Ziki Nelson and Hamid Ibrahim’s dream to bring African stories—created by African artists—to ...

NICKELODEON TO PREMIERE TYLER PERRY’S 1ST KIDS SERIES

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Kid rapper and pint-sized powerhouse Young Dylan will join the Nickelodeon Africa family this festive season.  The brand-new live-action series, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan,will premiere on Monday, 14th December exclusively on Nickelodeon Africa (DStv Channel 305) at 16:25 CAT/15:25 WAT. Executive produced, directed and written by Perry, the first scripted kids’ series by Tyler Perry, follows a family whose world is turned upside down when ...

ZAKES BANTWINI APPOINTED EXECUTIVE HEAD OF A&R FOR SONY MUSIC AFRICA

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  Platinum selling Artist & Producer, Zakhele Madida (Zakes Bantwini) has been appointed to the role of ‘Executive Head of A&R’ for Sony Music Africa. Zakes will assume the role immediately, working creatively to develop and release new content from Sony Music Africa’s domestic artist roster under the banner of a newly developed (soon to be announced) ...

INTRODUCING THE GSPORT TRUST

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Leading women’s sports initiative gsport is set to re-launch as seven eminent women make the pledge to raise the profile of women’s sport in South Africa. The formation of the gsport Trust comes as the initiative celebrates its seventh birthday after its launch on 1 August 2006, with the aim of telling the story of South ...

CHRIS ATTOH QUITS TINSEL

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Acclaimed Ghana actor Chris Attoh has announced his resignation form the MNET Africa series Tinsel after 7 long years with the show. The role of the character the bubbly Kwame Mensah will be written out over the next few months and Chris will shoot his last scenes during September. We resigned to to pursue other career interests ...