By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S leading sports personalities have joined their fellow compatriots in the online protest #ZimbabweanLivesMatter which has gone viral globally by denouncing corruption and human rights abuses by the government. There has been an outpouring of outrage in Zimbabwe after journalists, opposition politicians and human rights activists who have spoken against the government
TimesLive Members of the royal family have joined many well-wishers in wishing the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, a happy 39th birthday. The duchess is celebrating her birthday in her hometown of Los Angeles, California, where she now lives with her husband Prince Harry and son Archie following their exit from the royal family. Meghan
By Munashe Makuwe WWE superstar Nikki Bella has welcomed the birth of her first child with fiancé Artem Chigvintsev. The Total Bella reality TV star took to Instagram on Sunday, August 2 to share the special news. “Our baby boy is here and we couldn’t be HAPPIER and more in LOVE! Everyone is safe and
By Agencies RENOWNED Zimbabwean author and film maker, Tsitsi Dangarembga has been shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for her novel This Mournable Body. The Booker Dozen, or shortlist for the 2020 Booker Prize were announced on 28 July 2020. Made up of 13 books, the shortlist was made by a panel of five judges
TimesLive SA comedian Trevor Noah is on cloud nine after he and his late night show, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, scored six nominations at this year’s prestigious Emmy Awards. The nominees were announced on Tuesday evening, with Trevor credited for his writing and hosting on The Daily Show. The award-winning show picked up nominations in
By Staff Reporter The award-winning short film, The Letter Reader, directed by Sibusiso Khuzwayo, is now streaming on Netflix and Showmax. The short film tells the story of Siyabonga, a 12-year-old boy from Johannesburg who is sent to a village in KwaZulu-Natal and is inspired by Thabo Mbeki’s biography, The dream deferred by Mark Gevisser.
By Mary Taruvinga SOCIALITE Felistas Murata, better known as Mai Titi in the entertainment industry, has been slapped with a $500 000 defamation suit by a local home decor expert, Memory Muyaka over Facebook posts in which she labelled the latter a prostitute. Muyaka, also known as Mai Maketeni after her company which has taken
BBC Nick Cordero, a Broadway and TV actor who spent months in intensive care after suffering complications from coronavirus, has died aged 41. “My heart is broken as I cannot imagine our lives without him,” wrote his wife Amanda Kloots on Instagram. Cordero was nominated for a Tony for his role in Bullets Over Broadway
By Munashe Makuwe SOCIALITE and preacher, Prophet Passion Java is one person who is now well known for his controversial sayings and behaviour. However Tuesday, he announced in a video posted on his Instagram telling that Boss Lashan will be now running all his social media accounts including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Starting Tuesday, Boss Lashan
BBC Carl Reiner, who helped create The Dick Van Dyke Show and acted in films like Ocean’s Eleven, has died aged 98. The prolific writer, comedian, director and actor also directed several films including Steve Martin vehicles The Jerk (1979) and All of Me (1984). He was in 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels
BBC Zimbabwe’s first film to feature on streaming service Netflix is a romantic comedy about a struggling single mother who finds love and good fortune in a TV cooking show contest. It is a tale of hope that mirrors the production of Cook Off, made in 2017 on an initial cash budget of $8,000 (£6,400),
By Munashe Makuwe LOCAL comedienne, Mai Titi has warned colleagues in the comedy industry, Kapfupi and Marabha to beware of people seeking to use the street theatre legends’ popularity to enhance their own social media following. Mai Titi took to Facebook to give advice in a post in which she said, “Kapfupi and Marabha take
BBC Veteran stage and film actor Sir Ian Holm, who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings films, has died at the age of 88. Sir Ian, Oscar-nominated as the coach in Chariots of Fire, also played the android Ash in 1979’s Alien. “It is with great sadness we can confirm that the
By Munashe Makuwe APOSTLE Chiwenga has resumed his feud with socialite and controversial preacher, Passion Java, calling the latter a failure. Apostle Chiwenga, known for his controversial videos on social media, said Java was being unintelligent and rich through his wife’s money. “I don’t envy or respect you (Java),” Chiwenga said in a video that
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE Covid-19 outbreak has forced the cancellation of the inaugural Bulawayo Day and Arts Festival which were scheduled to start on June 1, 2020. The Bulawayo Day and the Arts Festival are hosted by the Bulawayo City Council. The events were supposed to start this Monday, ending Saturday and were meant to
BBC Forbes magazine has struck reality TV star and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner from its list of billionaires, and accused her family of inflating the value of her cosmetics business. Forbes said the family went to “unusual lengths” to present its youngest member as richer than she was. In tweets, Jenner dismissed the article as “inaccurate
Channel24 Berge Zobayan, a representative for and family member of the pilot flying the helicopter that crashed and claimed his life, as well as that of Kobe and Gianna Bryant and six other passengers, has filed an answer with the Superior Court blaming no one but the NBA legend and the passengers on that January
By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE’S award-winning film, Cook Off, a 2017 comedy film will soon be shown on Netflix. The channel is the world’s leading internet entertainment service attracting over 160 million subscribers. The comedy was produced by Joe Njagu, written and directed by Tomas Brickhill. It features Tendaiishe Chitima, Jessesi Mungoshi, Eddie Sandifolo, Chirikure Chirikure,
By Munashe Makuwe NGONI Munetsiwa, husband to Madam Boss has sneered at social media haters who were dismissing his marriage to the popular comedienne as a petticoat government. Among the naysayers are comedienne Mai Titi who has dismissed ‘Mhofela’ as a puppet to Madam Boss. Haters described Mhofela, as he is known in the arts
By Munashe Makuwe HOLLYWOOD star Tom Hanks has sent a message of encouragement to college graduates who were not able to have an in-person graduation ceremony due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Hanks surprised the 2020 graduating class of Wright State University with an epic virtual video message. Tom and his wife Rita
