With its airborne sharks, over-the-top gore and endless cheesy cameos from fading stars it ought to have flopped — but the viral “Sharknado” franchise shows no signs of losing its bite. A fifth film in five years, “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” is due for release on August 6, building on social media buzz that has … Read more
India captain Mithali Raj said now was time to “create the base” of a female equivalent to the Indian Premier League after her side’s hopes of Women’s World Cup final glory were snatched away by England at Lord’s. Raj’s side looked on course to lift the trophy for the first time at 191 for three, … Read more
Thousands of fans were treated to a first look at Steven Spielberg’s hotly anticipated sci-fi adventure “Ready Player One” at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. Starring Tye Sheridan, the movie is based on a 2011 novel about a teenager on a treasure hunt in a virtual reality game, in a world torn by an energy … Read more
Ben Affleck on Saturday dismissed speculation that he had filmed his last movie as Batman, telling fans he has the support of Warner Bros. to continue playing the Caped Crusader. Rumors have been swirling in the US entertainment press that the studio was casting around for a replacement for 44-year-old Affleck to lead a standalone … Read more
WWE and SuperSport, Africa’s premier sport channels provider, today announced a new multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in more than 50 countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. Starting August 28, GOtv customers will have access to the world’s biggest WWE entertainment when SuperSport airs flagship shows Raw® and SmackDown® as well as WWE … Read more
Jim Henson, the relentless innovator who gave the world Kermit the Frog and “The Muppet Show,” is getting a permanent tribute in New York, nearly 30 years after his death. If rarely seen on camera, Henson lived and breathed television, hooking adult Americans on puppets, turning puppetry into prime-time entertainment and for 25 years gave … Read more
It was whisky-a-go-go at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday as Halle Berry downed a huge glass of neat bourbon during a boozy panel for her new movie “Kingsman: The Golden Circle.” The sequel to 20th Century Fox’s hit 2014 spy thriller sees its heroes from the “Kingsman” secret service team up with their American counterparts, posing … Read more
South Africa’s central bank slashed its key interest rate for the first time in five years Thursday, as the continent’s most advanced economy battles recession and recent credit rating downgrades. The bank dropped the cost of borrowing by 25 basis points to 6.75 percent while also cutting its growth forecast for 2017 from 1.0 percent … Read more
Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has revealed who he referred to as ‘Sergeant Lee’ in his hit song ‘taking over’. Speaking on Okay FM, Wednesday, the ‘taking over’ hit maker said “I will officially outdoor Stonebwoy as ‘Sergeant Lee’ soon, since most Ghanaians refer to him as Sergeant Lee.” “I was composing my “Taking Over” song and … Read more
Disgraced American football star O. J. Simpson — who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, but jailed for armed robbery years later — is expected to be granted his release Thursday after nearly nine years in prison. Simpson, 70, could walk free as early as October 1 if a parole board in … Read more
Young people’s trust in key figures such as politicians and religious leaders has fallen sharply over the past five years but they remain largely happy, a global study said Thursday. Viacom, the US media company behind youth-oriented channels such as MTV and Nickelodeon as well as Hollywood studio Paramount, surveyed 28,600 people online in 30 … Read more
MGM Television and Zynga are partnering to develop a new television game show based on “Words With Friends,” the companies announced Wednesday. Since launching in 2009, “Words With Friends” has been installed more than 200 million times and is one of the App Store’s Top 10 free games of all time. An estimated 55 million Words With Friends … Read more
All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett’s return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT Brumbies as New Zealand look to underline their dominance over Australian sides in Friday’s Super Rugby quarter-final. Four Kiwi teams are in this weekend’s playoffs with the Canterbury Crusaders hosting the Otago Highlanders in an all-New Zealand quarter-final and the … Read more
The program “Stay Tuned,” produced by a 30-person team, resembles a regular news broadcast in that it is presented by a journalist seen on-screen. But it lasts just three minutes and consists of a rapid-fire series of video clips, none lasting even 10 seconds. Like other news organizations that broadcast content on social media, mainly … Read more
When John Lasseter was at high school he borrowed a weighty hardback called “The Art of Animation” and was astonished to discover that people could actually make money from drawing. The revelation inspired him to become one of history’s most successful and important animators, rivaled perhaps only by his friend, the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao … Read more
South Africa’s respected former finance minister Pravin Gordhan called Tuesday for President Jacob Zuma to resign, stepping up pressure on the embattled leader. Gordhan joined a growing number of activists in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) along with anti-apartheid veterans and business leaders who have appealed for Zuma to leave office. Gordhan was seen … Read more
The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote is needed to pass the legislation, recovering from surgery away from Washington. There are no votes to spare in the contentious effort to pass a new health care reform bill through Congress, where Republican leaders … Read more
Italy’s government has delayed a parliamentary vote on a citizenship rights bill as tensions rise over the number of migrants arriving on the country’s shores. The proposal to give children born on Italian soil to foreign parents citizenship rights at birth or after at least five years of Italian schooling enjoys the support of Prime … Read more
US President Donald Trump, fresh from a political holiday in Paris, went back on the offensive Sunday as a new poll showed his popularity dropping amid doubts about Russian meddling and deepening frustrations over stalled health-care legislation and other issues. In a tweet early Sunday, Trump used some of his toughest language against a favored … Read more
South Africa’s communist party has said it could contest elections on its own rather than as part of the alliance led by the ruling African National Congress, local media reported Sunday. SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande announced the proposals during his closing speech to the SACP party congress in Boksburg near Johannesburg on Saturday. Analysts … Read more