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Ms South Africa Mia le Roux posts Insta message about why she withdrew from Ms Universe. Seems Ms Nigeria didn't put glass in her shoes - she was experiencing vertigo. See comments >>
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21-year-old Miss Denmark Victoria Kjær Theilvig crowned Miss Universe 2024 this weekend and controversial Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina wins First Runner-Up. Guess whose side the Miss Universe organisation is on? Nigeria: 1. South Africa: 0. Mia withdrew but you catch our drift. >>
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17 Nov 2024 12:48
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Miss Universe pageant to air live and delayed on S3 on Sunday 17 November at 04h00 with a repeat at 20h00. 127 contestants in Mexico City, Mario Lopez as host. Current title holder Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua will hand over the crown to Ms SA Mia le Roux (we're manifesting). >>
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07 Nov 2024 12:17
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SABC to air SAFTAs Craft Awards for the first time in 18 ceremonies. They're happening on Friday 25 October, streaming live on YouTube at 19h00 and will broadcast on S3 on Sunday 3 November at 19h30.
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National Film and Video Foundation selects kykNET movie Old Righteous Blues as South Africa's entry to the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category. It's set in Robertson, Western Cape, and follows Hantjie who tries to restore the once-glorious Old Righteous Blues Christmas Choir Band (Kerskoor) to its former glory amidst a bitter feud with a rival choir. >>
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11 Oct 2024 10:44
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And the theme for the 18th SAFTAs is... “Back to Basics, Celebrating South Africa’s Golden Narratives”. We assumed it was because a cancelled show headlines the Soapie/Telenovela categories (The River), but no, it's to mark South Africa's 30 years of democracy.
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Emmy Awards Red Carpet airs on E! Entertainment on Monday 16 September at 17h00. Still titled Live From The Red Carpet, even though it's not live. Two hours in total. Lots of preening. Who will annoy us most? Answer: The Bear's Jeremy Allen White (Carmy) - if he refuses to smile while looking sulky. How about you?
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Thembinkosi Mthembu leads the acting categories of the 2024 SAFTAs with a total of four nominations: Best Actor in a TV Drama for Adulting and Shaka iLembe, Best Actor in a Telenovela for Outlaws and Best Supporting Actor in a Telenovela for The River. As far as we know, this is unprecedented.
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Eminem to open 2024 MTV VMAs with a performance from his newly released album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Centres round his battle with his alter ego Slim Shady, referred to in his earlier songs My Name Is... and The Real Slim Shady. The moral of the story: Don't be shady now. Ceremony airs live on MTV on Thursday 12 September at 02h00.
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Schitt's Creek creators and stars Eugene and Dan Levy to host 76th Emmy Awards - the first father and son combo to front them. Our plea to them: Give us LOTS of laughs. Say wikid stuff. Don't be afraid to do it just because you're Canadian and not American. Everyone must grow up and dzeal. Ceremony airs live on M-Net on 16 September at 02h00, with a delayed broadcast at 21h00 the same day.
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Nomalanga Shozi and Mpho Popps to host 2024 Royalty Soapie Awards at the Heartfelt Arena in Pretoria on Saturday 24 August. Radio DJ and former Hectic Nine-9 and RGB presenter Samora Mangesi will be on the red carpet. Airs on SABC1 on 31 August at 20h00.
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Binnelanders and Suidooster stars Hans Strydom and Denise Newman to receive Lifestime Achievement Awards at kykNET's Silwerskerm Film and TV Awards on 31 August. They'll be awarded in the evening. Producer Roberta Durrant (Arendsvlei, Madam & Eve, Stokvel) will also receive one, awarded at the technical awards earlier.
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17 Aug 2024 14:31
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2024 Royalty Soapie Awards air on SABC1 on Saturday 31 August at 20h00, a week after the ceremony. Cancelled shows The River and The Estate lead the nominations. Puhlease. Same yawn-fest as last year. More notable is that there are five newcomers: Umkhokha, Redemption, Isitha, Diepe Waters and Gqeberha: The Empire. Missing: Uzalo - didn't enter this year.
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28-year-old Mia le Roux was crowned Ms South Africa on Saturday night (10 August). According to Mia, this is why she entered:" As a deaf woman with a cochlear implant, I represent a community that often goes unheard. I am here to prove that, despite being differently-abled, it has not affected me in terms of what I am capable of." 28-year-old Nompumelelo Maduna, who made the Top 3 in 2019, was runner-up. Third time lucky? Pix, Q&A in the comments. >>
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11 Aug 2024 15:04
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76th Emmy Awards ceremony will be on M-Net on Monday 16 September at 02h00 with a rebroadcast on the night at 21h00. See Emmy popcorn pack on the TVSA homepage for nominees.
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South African singer-songwriter Tyla won two BET awards in the early hours of Monday 1 July, for Best New Artist and Best International Act. Limpopo-born Makhadzi won the Viewers' Choice category of Best International Act. The delayed broadcast airs on BET at 19h00.
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Bomb production house co-founder Angus Gibson received the presidential Order of Ikhamanga in Silver on Tuesday (29 April), bestowed for excellence in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism or sport. Series produced and co-created by Angus include Shaka iLembe, Yizo, Yizo, Zone 14, aYeYe, Isithembiso and Isibaya.
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02 May 2024 10:25
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17th South African Sport Awards to air live on SABC1 on Sunday 5 May at 20h00. Team of the Year nominees are: the Springboks, the T20 Women's Cricket team and the Sheep Shearing team (baa!). Not their first time - they received a nomination in 2019.
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Oscar winners, losers and those who made "the invite list" show off their red carpet glad rags on E! on Monday 11 March at 17h00 and 23h00. It's called Live From E!: The Oscars but it isn't exactly live is it? Still, it aired live in the early hours, E! was actually there and everyone was alive - unless there was a vampire or two in attendance.
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11 Mar 2024 12:23
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96th Oscars to air live on M-Net at 01h00 on Monday 11 March with a re-broadcast at 21h00. Nucelar bomb movie Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11. Nominated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse airs on M-Net Movies 1 on 8 March at 14h25. Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - currently on Box Office.
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South African popster Tyla won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance at the 66th ceremony in the early hours of Tuesday 5 February. We've been looking and asking for a broadcast of it on DStv for dayz but it's nowhere to be seen. Let us know if you've spotted it anywhere.
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2024 Oscars to air live on M-Net at 01h00 on Monday 11 March 2024 with a rebroadcast at 21h00. Oppenheimer leads with the real life story about the making of the atomic bomb. 13 noms in total, followed by comedy fantasy Poor Things with 11.
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Oscar nominations stream live on YouTube on Tuesday 23 January at 15h30 CAT. Hosted by Atlanta star Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid - Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid's son. How'd he get the job? >>
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2024 BAFTA Film Awards to stream live on BritBox on Monday 18 February, hosted by David Tennant who'll arrive in his Doctor Who Tardis phone booth. Okay, maybe not, but would be a nice touch to avoid too much posh.
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South African-associated short film The Smeds and The Smoos won an International Emmy for Best Kids: Animation on Monday 20 November. Co-directed by South Africans Daniel Snaddon and Samantha Cutler, and co-written by Julia Smuts Louw. Produced by UK production house Magic Light Pictures and entered as an entry from United Kingdom. All winners in comments. >>
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Miss Universe 2023 to air live and delayed on the Pageant Channel (S3) on Sunday 19 November at 03h00, repeated at 19h30. Happening in El Salvador. Miss SA runner-up Bryoni Govender represents us. Married women, mothers and transgender entrants are "allowed" this year, but they still insist on calling everyone "Miss", thereby defining them according to their relationship with men. SHOULD be Ms Universe. >>
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13 Nov 2023 11:40
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Zozi Tunzi and Lawrence Maleka to host 17th SAFTAs on Saturday 30 September. Live broadcast airs at 20h00 on S3 and Mzansi Magic.
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22 Sep 2023 17:04
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Royalty Soapie Awards to introduce Pan-African categories at next edition, specifically Outstanding Pan-African Actress, Actor and Outstanding Pan-African Soapie. The 7th ceremony will be in March 2024.
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06 Sep 2023 10:49
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Binnelanders star Cindy Swanepoel and Die Kasteel star Solomon Cupido to host kykNET’s first Silwerskerm Film Festival Awards for Film and Television on Saturday 26 August at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Airs on kykNET on 27 August at 20h00. Music composition will be by Loki Rothman (Fraksie, Tydelik Terminaal).
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24 Aug 2023 15:43
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26-year-old entrepreneur and B.Com graduate Natasha Joubert won Miss South Africa 2023 on Sunday night (13 August) in an obvious conclusion to reality low Crown Chasers where she won the majority of challenges. Flashback three years: Natasha placed third in the 2020 Miss SA pageant and competed at Miss Universe in the same year. >>
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Second Basadi Awards to air on SABC2 but not live (surprise-surprise, NOT). Ceremony takes place on 12 August, broadcast on 27 August at 20h30. Honours women in entertainment. Idols runner-up Mmatema Moremi contests the Best Gospel category and Qwabe twins it reality low note with Best Duo/Collab nomination. Khanyi Mbau to host.
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08 Aug 2023 16:19
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Surprise, surprise - NOT. 2023 Emmys postponed to unconfirmed date in 2024 because of Tinseltown writer/actor's strike.
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28 Jul 2023 14:59
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kykNET's Silverskerm Festival and awards ceremony expands to include TV this year, with series previews and award categories. At the Bay Hotel and Theatre On The Bay in Camps Bay from 23 to 26 August. Workshops include "The new era of reality TV - changes in format, content and approach."
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Apocalyptic heart tugger The Last of Us deservedly wins the Golden Popcorn trophy for Best Show at 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards, as well as Best Hero for Pedro Pascal and Best Duo for him and Bella Ramsey. We were rooting for The White Lotus and terrorific Yellowjackets for Best Show too. Chompy chompy!
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09 May 2023 17:41
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Drew Barrymore to host 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday 7 May in the US, in the early hours of Monday 8 May in SA. Nominees to be announced soon. Our fave category has always been Best Kiss. Now even more so. There's too little romance, hottness and sensuality in the world. We need and want MORE.
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95th Academy Awards to air live on M-Net Movies 1 on Monday 13 March at 02h00, with a repeat on M-Net in the evening, if all goes according to plan. Word from M-Net is that this is the plan pending final confirms. See comments for nominees. >>
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71st Miss Universe pageant to air live from New Orleans on 1Magic on Sunday 15 January at 03h00, with a repeat on Monday 16 January at 22h00. Even though it's happening in 2023, it's actually the 2022 pageant. Miss SA Ndavi Nokeri represents. Ceremony will be hosted by How Do I Look? presenter Jeannie Mai and Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo. >>
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The irrelevant Golden Globes airs live on M-Net Movies 1 at 03h00 on Wednesday 11 January, with a repeat at 21h00. Sitcom Abbott Elementary leads the TV categories with five nominations followed by The Crown, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Only Murders in the Building, Pam & Tommy and The White Lotus (which deserves five at least). The Banshees of Inisherin headlines Film with eight.
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Grammys will be samey in 2023. Trevor Noah's hosting for a third year in a row. Big ups to him but you'd think it's time to give someone else a shot. Ceremony airs on 1 Magic in the early hours of 6 February 2023.
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Succession composer Nicholas Britell nominated for 2023 Grammy in the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for Season 3. The only TV show in the category. The competition: The Batman (Michael Giacchino), Encanto (Germaine Franco), No Time to Die (Hans Zimmer) and The Power of the Dog (Jerry Greenwood)
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Zakes Bantwini, Wouter Kellerman and Nomcebo Zikode nominated for 2023 Grammy Award in the Best Global Music Performance category, for Bayethe. Ceremony airs on CBS and streamer Paramount+ in the US on 5 February. Updated: will definitely air on 1Magic in SA, and maybe Paramount+, if it's launched by then. We'll keep you posted once we know.
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And the host of this year's 15th Crown Gospel Awards is... surprise, surprise (NOT) - Khaya Mthethwa. They take place in Durban on 27 November and air on SABC2 on Sunday 4 December at 20h30.
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16 Nov 2022 15:48
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Jimmy Kimmel to host 95th Oscars on 12 March 2023. Meh. We want Chris Rock. According to the slap magnate, he was asked to host next year but turned it down, equating it with returning to the scene of a crime. >>
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M-Net crime thriller Reyka nominated for International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, and Kim Engelbrecht for Best Actress for her starring role as the titular character. Ceremony takes place on 21 November.
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29 Sep 2022 22:42
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23-year-old asset manager Ndavi Nokeri became a millionaire on Saturday 13 August when she won Miss SA 2022. Her runner-up was 22-year-old student Ayanda Thabethe who won R150,000 but no chance to enter international pageants. The set-up of runners-up competing at international pageants seems to be over now because Ndavi will represent at all three: Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Supranational.
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2022 Emmy Awards to air live on M-Net on Tuesday 13 September at 02h00, with a repeat at 21h30. Don't expect much fun, The Righteous Gemstones won't be on it. >>
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Thuli Madonsela to judge Miss South Africa. She's going to uncover kickbacks in the pageant industry. Jokes. She is actually judging though, along with Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India, Zozi Tunzi, Rolene Strauss, Devi Sankaree Govender, Miss SA 1990 Suzette van der Merwe and Thando Thabethe. Pageant airs live on M-Net and Mzansi Magic on Saturday 13 August at 18h30.
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01 Aug 2022 16:26
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95th Oscars to be held on Sunday 12 March 2023. Nominees announced on 24 January.
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16 May 2022 11:39
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2022 MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday 28 August in the US, early hours of Monday here. Hopefully without snotklaps but not a guarantee considering how much hype Will and Chris smacked into the Oscars.
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22 Apr 2022 16:27
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Will Smith banned from Academy Award events for a period 10 years from 8 April 2022. No explanation on why 10 years. Are people reformed in a decade?
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