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Television
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eNews Channel Anchor Caught Napping Live On Air [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Reading the news can be a tiresome event – just ask eNews anchor Ayanda-Allie Paine! After announcing the weather segment on Saturday night, Paine slouched over her desk and rested her head on her right arm for a quick rest. But watch what happens as the camera accidentally stays on her instead of cutting to the weather girl. Awkward.
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Information Highway Is More Like A Country Lane
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you ever think back to a time before the internet? Before instant gratification and information at your fingertips, it was a time when you had to go to a library to find things out. It seems prehistoric compared to our lives now, where anything we want, information wise, is there for the taking. But […]
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Death Row TV Show Is A Hit In China
12 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What’s hot on TV in China’s Henan Province these days? Just a little show where death row inmates are interviewed moments before they are killed for their crimes. The show is called “Interview Before Execution” and it has China riveted to the tune of nearly 40 million viewers every week.
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Dove Men+Care Announces Exciting New Brand Ambassador
09 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Dove are ready to announce their shiny new brand ambassador for the Dove Men+Care range. We’ve kept a sharp eye on this one. I mean, we all love a clean, well groomed guy, but a brand ambassador for a minimal fuss, absolutely-does-the-job product like Dove Men+Care needs to be manly, too, you know? So who […]
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Riaan Cruywagen: The Autobiography
08 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Riaan Cruywagen will release an autobiography at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival this year. It will be available in stores from April 2. The man who knows the news before the news happens, has enjoyed a prosperous 47 years in broadcasting, of which 37 were spent as an Afrikaans newsreader.
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SABC Approves 24-Hour News Channel Launch Date
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The SABC has had plans to launch a new channel for a while. It has now announced that its new channel will again attempt an April 1 launch. And no, that’s no April Fool’s joke like last time. They’re serious this time. The channel will be a 24-hour news channel, and will be launched in conjunction with MultiChoice.
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Watch The Simpsons Take On Game Of Thrones [VIDEO]
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch as two of TV’s hottest properties mash up in a glorious homage of one opening sequence to another!
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Tech Report – Track The Track
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We all know how annoying it is when you get a snippet of a song stuck in your head and it plays in a loop. Try as you might, you just can’t get rid of it and you have no idea how to identify it, until slowly, it begins to drive you mad. Don’t sweat. […]
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Tech Report – Prevent Online Embarrassment
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s common knowledge that job recruiters are increasingly scanning through your online presence, before considering you for a job. Seth shows us how to prevent any online embarrassments, with a few nifty apps that erase evidence of last night’s shenanigans.
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Young Carrie Bradshaw Cast In Sex And The City Prequel
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The CW network in the States has released a much anticipated nugget of casting news related to their hotly-awaited prequel series to HBO’s smash hit, Sex and the City. Ladies and… er, some gentlemen, meet young Carrie Bradshaw!
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Lions Supporter With Swastika Tattoo Spotted On TV
27 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
Just in case you missed the TV coverage of the Lions vs. Cheetahs game on Saturday, this supporter featured during the coverage. Someone took a photo of him and the photo has been doing the rounds on Twitter. We have been sent it by no less than six different people, so please stop. Here it […]
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BBC Weatherman Predicts Bucket Loads Of… Wait, What? [VIDEO]
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
BBC weather forecaster, Alex Deakin, managed to predict what no other weather forecaster has previously forecast on Saturday evening’s BBC World weather report. He meant to say “sunshine”, but he definitely didn’t, and instead conjured up a very strange weather prediction indeed. N5FW.
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The Wait Is Over! Clifton Shores Coming To DStv This Year
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Champing at the bit to see Clifton Shores?! Well, the wait is over as DSTv’s Vuzu has nabbed the rights to screen the hotly anticipated, Mother City-based “reality” show sometime this year.
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Mad Men Season 5 Trailer – Don And Roger Are Back! [VIDEO]
21 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We’ve just picked up the promo trailers for the new season of Mad Men. If you are like us (which you are) then you would have been chomping at the bit, waiting for season 5 to come out. Well, it looks like the wait will soon be over. Check out the trailer about Roger below […]
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WATCH: Kevin Costner Speaks At Whitney Houston’s Funeral
18 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A very emotional Kevin Costner spoke at Whitney Houston’s funeral on Saturday 18 February. He related some stories of their time on set of The Bodyguard. Follow link to watch.
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Matt Groening Awarded Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just in time to co-incide with the 500th episode of “The Simpsons,” Matt Groening, the show’s creator, has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons aired its first episode on 19 December, 1989, so I’d say it was a long enough wait. There was also doughnuts.
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Giant Ice Sculpture At Sandton Square Promotes Documentary Series
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A 22m long sculpture was erected in Sandton Square this weekend, emblazoned with ice copy “In the Sahara your body loses 1L of water an hour” – slowly melting as the day went on. This was to promote a new series on DSTV called “Human Season”. More details and footage inside.
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“White Collar” Star Matt Bomer Comes Out The Closet
14 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Matthew Bomer, star of the hit TV show, White Collar, has finally come out of the closet, ending years of speculation and rumours, and freeing up some space in there for Taylor Lautner. He made the announcement at a charity event this weekend, thanking his partner and three kids.
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“House” Will Come To An End This Season (It’s Not Lupus)
09 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s a little weird that I just so happened to have been listening to Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” when I stumbled upon this announcement on Entertainment Weekly. After eight seasons, a vicodin addiction and a bisexual Olivia Wilde, Dr House will be hanging up his cane. Full release from Fox after the jump.
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The Simpsons Join Barbie On Iran Toy Black List
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hot off the press in Iran this morning comes a report that the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran has added any and all toys derived from The Simpsons to a nationwide ban list, which includes Barbie dolls and assorted products.
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e.tv Fined R35 000 For Showing Gaddafi Images
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s only independent TV news channel has been fined R35 000 by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa for contraventions of the broadcasting code. The complaints were filed in October, for showing images of Colonel Gaddafi moments before his death. This was done at 07h30 and repeatedly until 12h00 without any warnings or advisories.
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TopTV’s CEO Axed After Plans For SA Porn Channel Go South
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been a rough ride for TopTV the last few months. The alternative pay TV provider has been adamant in trying to provide a full time porn channel on its network. This has faced monumental opposition, and their CEO has now been let go.
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The 2nd Game Of Thrones Season Two Trailer [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Few TV shows had us hooked last year like Game of Thrones. And if the three-month waiting period before season two feels like an eternity to you, then take comfort in this brand new trailer – after the jump.
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Guy From Wikileaks To Guest Star In 500th Simpsons Episode
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Simpsons are known for having the greatest variety in the people that guest star in their episodes. They can range from celebrities, political figures, even scientists such as Prof Stephen Hawking. As they approach their 500th episode, their special guest will be Julian Assange – founder of Wikileaks, and the first guest to appear on the show while still under house arrest.
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Police Investigation Opened Following Rape Allegations In Big Brother House
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A police investigation has been opened in Brazil after a Big Brother contestent was thrown out of the house for “inappropriate behaviour”. The 31 year-old male model was accused of sexually assaulting one of his housemates. A little tricky to dodge such allegations if the house you’re living in is filled with cameras.
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“The Simpsons” Searching For Ultimate Fan For 500th Ep. Bash
11 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
To celebrate 500 episodes with Springfield’s most famous family, the producers of ‘The Simpsons’ are also preparing to break a Guinness World Record by challenging the show’s biggest fans to sit down and watch all 500 episodes of the show, back to back.
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US Weatherman Loses Temper On Live TV [VIDEO]
23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Economic times are tough in the United States, and sometimes this means that news networks can’t always afford to send a journalist to cover stories in the field. That’s exactly what happened in Los Angeles, where this weatherman was sent to cover a children’s toy drive. He wasn’t very happy about it.
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Welcome To Tallafornia, The Jersey Shore of Ireland
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So we’ve now had Jersey Shore, Geordie Shore, and even Clifton Shores. It seems Ireland is feeling a little left out. With a trashier cast and a fraction of the budget, I present to you: Tallafornia.
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Game Of Thrones Season Two Teaser: Shiver… With Anticipation [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Critics adored the adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s sprawling fantasy epic, Game Of Thrones, and so did audiences around the world. So, imagine the frenzy when HBO dropped this little number on YouTube.
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Re-Make Mondays: Oil Is The Past, JR – Dallas
12 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The respective returns of J.R. Ewing and Jesse Metcalf! What’s not to love?
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