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Television
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Local Soap Star Fired For Not Endorsing A Bank On Isidingo
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A loyal Isidingo cast member has reportedly been fired because he refused endorse a bank, whose name was included in his lines.
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Trevor Noah Will Star In Will Smith Produced US Sitcom
25 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those little cameo appearances on QI, The Tonight Show and The Late Show seemed to have really done the trick for Trevor Noah’s career – as it has just been revealed that he will star in his very own US sitcom.
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Tech Report: Survive The Christmas Road Trip With These Apps [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Christmas is bearing down upon you. Heck, it’s bearing down on all of us. Specifically, the prospect of enduring the annual Christmas road trip is particularly daunting. Lucky for us, these apps will make the prospect of boiled eggs and toasted sarmies in tin foil slightly less awful.
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Patrick Swayze’s ‘Ghost’ Might Become A TV Show
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That pottery-wheel scene from the original ‘Ghost’ movie will probably go down as one of the most memorable movies scenes of all time. Aliens who study human film will write essays about it. And now there’s a chance it might re-emerge in a TV series.
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Tech Report: Enjoy These iOS7 Tips And Tricks [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
If you’re somewhat disenchanted with how quickly the honeymoon was over for you and iOS7, you may want to rekindle your love for the piece of technology that you spend more time with than anything else by taking a deeper look into its innermost being, and finding new, fresh delights. For your pleasure, we present these iOS7 tips and tricks.
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This SA Band Will Be On The Jimmy Kimmel Show Tomorrow [VIDEOS]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meet Jean-Philip Grobler, aka St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, St. Lucia grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School in KwaZulu-Natal. Nowadays he lives in Brooklyn, and is blowing up on the New York music scene. On October 31 he posted the following announcement to the band’s Facebook page:
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Tech Report: This Stellenbosch-Made App Is Revolutionising The Way You Buy Things [VIDEO]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Meet SnapScan. Developed in Stellenbosch, SnapScan is a mobile payment system that uses a combination of QR code recognition and PIN entry for payment of goods and services, without a credit card or cash note ever seeing the light of day. It’s a payment system that could mean the end of grubby banknotes and troublesome change, and we have the lowdown.
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Stop Everything: They’re Making An ‘Entourage’ Movie
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
After much anticipation and controversy, the show’s creator and screenwriter, Doug Ellin, has confirmed that the hit show will become a movie. I say anticipation because since the show launched in 2004, it captured everyone’s attention with it’s “one celebrity cameo per show format”, creating a massive worldwide audience.
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Tech Report: How To Stop The NSA From Spying On You [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may, like us, have been rattled by the news that the NSA is pying on pretty much everyone in the world. If your paranoia has gotten a firm grip on you, you may well want to join the growing band of people who opt to go underground. But you need not necessarily lose your ability to surf the web. Check out how.
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For Old Time’s Sake: A Time Lapse Of Your Favourite Breaking Bad Locations [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Joel Schat created this radical timelapse highlighting the locations of Walter White’s gradual journey from high school chemistry teacher to New Mexico’s meth kingpin. All the major filming locations are represented, from the White house, to Los Pollos Hermanos, to Saul Goodman’s office.
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Tech Report – JustDeleteMe Will Show You How To Scrub Yourself From The Internet [VIDEO]
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve gotten to that point where many of us are questioning this whole internet thing. If you are among the many thousands of people who want out from the internet, or think you may well want to join that club in the future, then you need to check out JustDelete.Me.
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TopTV Is An Ex-Parrot
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Goodbye, TopTV. Fare thee well, for you are no more. After suffering months and months of severe brand damage by asking, being denied, asking again, and being denied again for permission to flight porn channels, the owners of the TopTV brand, On Digital Media have decided to pack it in.
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Tech Report: How Anne Hirsch Is Killing It On YouTube [VIDEO]
10 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Local YouTube phemon, Anne Hirsch has been causing quite a stink (a nice stink) lately, and her success has begged the question: Is the future of South African comedy online? Watch the clip, and find out. Catch Tech Report every Thursday evening at 21h30 on eNCA Africa DSTV channel 403. Check out their YouTube channel, here. Follow […]
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Here’s The Full Kanye West/Jimmy Kimmel Interview – Features 8 Minute Rant [VIDEOS]
10 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kanye West made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show yesterday to clear the air following a very public Twitter spat between the pair some time in the last 10 days. The full interview is well worth your time. If you don’t have much time to spare, hit part 2 straight away, and skip to the four minute mark for an amazing eight-minute long rant.
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You Know Those Beautiful BBC Wildlife Films? They’re Fake
09 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Veteran BBC cameraman, Doug Allen confirmed in a recent convocation speech at a UK university that scenes in BBC wildlife documentaries are regularly filmed in artificial sets to guarantee the quality of the shots.
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The New Fox Newsroom Is Completely Over The Top [VIDEO]
08 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Fox News has just unveiled its ridiculous new newsroom – it’s clear they’re big fans of Minority Report. Their new studio comes complete with giant 55-inch touchscreen tablets (or BATs – Big Area Touchscreens), an 11,5 meter video wall full of tweets and journalists furiously touching, flicking and swiping through apps with potential news stories.
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Tech Report – Local Niche App Makes Selling A Car A Total Cakewalk [VIDEO]
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you a car salesman? Know someone who is? This next story might just change your life… In this segment, Seth finds out about a new niche app that makes selling cars that much easier. It’s called JustCapture.It.
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Tech Report: This Awesome Local App Just Made The Cab Call Centre Extinct [VIDEO]
26 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
What’s the problem with ordering a cab in South Africa? Everything. If by some miracle you manage to communicate clearly with the hellfire of ambient noise that is the taxi cab call centre, you can count yourself among the lucky and privileged few who don’t have their cab stolen by loitering students. Why? Because there’s no way to tell when your cab will arrive. But there is now, thanks to Zapacab.
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All The Emmy Award Results
23 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you missed the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad last night in order to watch the Emmys, then this post isn’t for you. You already know this information – but also, why would you miss Breaking Bad? What is wrong with you. For everyone else, we present the full list of winners from this year’s Emmys for your educational pleasure.
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Good News: We’ll Be Flying Around In Jet Packs From Next Year
20 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
That’s right. After telling us that personal jetpacks were ‘around the corner’ since our youth, whoever is in charge of this stuff has finally pulled finger and it looks like hipsters will be flying around Woodstock in no time..
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Tech Report: The Paleo Diet App Rundown [VIDEO]
19 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you paleo? Do you hate bread with a deep and burning passion? Do you run barefoot, or workout in shoes that have their own toes? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’ll almost certainly enjoy this helpful rundown of apps for eating paleo.
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Gupta TV Staff From India Are Working Illegally In SA
17 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the visa irregularities at the Gupta-owned 24-hour news channel, Africa News Network 7 (ANN7), or if you prefer, Gupta-TV.
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Tech Report: Chemical LED Lights Could Be Eskom’s Saviour [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom has the very serious problem of trying to increase electricity output while managing the already stressed grid. Of course, they could do this by discouraging electricity use, but that would cause shrinkage in production and consumption, hurting our economy. Lucky for Eskom, a South African company called Illuminate is producing a light that will take a load off our electricity grid without asking us to turn off the lights
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Trailer For Downton Abbey Season 4 – Right Here – Enter Paul Giamatti [VIDEO]
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The season 4 trailer for Downton Abbey was released over the weekend, and we have it for you right here! The Countess of Grantham kicks it off with ”You have a straightforward choice, you must choose either death or life.”
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UCT Gets A Considerable Mention In Hit Series ‘Suits’ [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Here’s something to show your Stellenbosch friends. Episode seven of the third series of smash hit legal series, Suits sets UCT as the background context for a character in that episode. As you’ll see in this clip, UCT gets airtime.
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Gupta-TV Anchor’s Priceless Reaction To Another Balls-Up, “Hayibo, Guys!” [VIDEO] #sobaditsgood
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Good morning. The sun has risen once more, so obviously there’s yet another balls-up from our favourite news channel, ANN7. Check it out. After the Gupta TV production team slipped up yet again and failed to play the audio for a segment, the on-screen presenter had enough. Instead of hearing music overlay of the news segment we hear a clearly frustrated, “Hayibo, guys!”
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The Fail Train Rolls On: ANN7’s Agony Is Never Ending [VIDEO] #sobaditsgood
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
One can only imagine that the executive producer of this hot mess is reaching Hitler/Bunker levels of desperation, as the misery storm that is Africa News Network 7 continues to spiral toward the earth – a fuselage without wings, captained by a corpse. CLICK HERE and HERE… AND HERE for yesterday’s ANN7 fails. Do you work […]
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The Acting In This Samsung Ad Is Almost As Bad As The Presenting On ANN7 [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Which means that it’s sitting somewhere on a scale between “appalling” and “this is a spoof commissioned by a reddit subthread”. We particularly enjoyed the neat categorisation of the clueless housewife, gaming asian guy, and bored porn addict/ponzi scheme architect.
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Gupta-TV Launch Was A Balls-Up #awkies
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa News Network 7, or ANN7 for short, launched last night complete with Zulu dancers, a Zahara solo and complete confusion on Twitter. ANN7 is the brand new 24-hour news channel on DStv, funded by the Gupta family.
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Data Crunching Smart Phone Will Blow You Away [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two local 20-something entrepreneurs have developed a bona-fide smart phone ideally suited to our local context where smartphones are expensive to buy, and data isn’t cheap. Dream Mobile tackles both of those problems.
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