On the opening day of The Joburg Film Festival, Showmax released an open commissioning brief to the African film industry calling for pitches for a slate of 10 live action films. The African streamer has won the South African Film and Television Awards’ Made-for-TV Movie Award for two years in a row, first with Loving Thokoza and then with Boxing …

Ryan Coogler and Tracy Oliver, who are both University of Southern California alumni, have joined the School of Cinematic Arts Board of Councilors. The writer, director and producer, known for Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Creed, is a two-time Oscar nominee. He credited the school for all the skills he has used during his more than a decade-long …

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, which were announced Tuesday morning. The film scored 11 noms, including best picture, where it will compete along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking. …

Faouzia, Davido, Burna Boy, Ans-T Crazy, Wizkid, Marwan Moussa, Makahazi, Didi B,Others Shine At 8th Edition In Senegal IT was a breathtaking experience, Sunday night, at the 15-000 capacity Dakar Arena, in Dakar, Senegal, as superstars across the continent clinched trophies at the 8th edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), aka ‘The Teranga Edition’. Broadcast live to over …

Arafa, Comfort Booth, OJ Posharella, Princess Jecoco, Samantha Homossany and Tutupie to star in The Real Housewives of Abuja Showmax is taking fans of the beloved The Real Housewives franchise to the city of wealth and power, Abuja. The Real Housewives of Abuja (RHOAbuja) marks the eighth version of the hit format in Africa and is set to premiere exclusively …

In 2022, Showmax kicked off its investment in Ghana with two Showmax Original titles – Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s drama series ENO and the documentary reality series My Perfect Funeral – a deliberate move by the African streaming service to support the film and TV industry in Ghana and broaden the scope for African content made by Africans. This investment is paying …

Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Angela Bassett, Ke Huy Quan, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Coolidge, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Yeoh, Julia Garner, Zendaya, Guillermo del Toro, Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler were among those honored Tuesday night.   The full list of winners is as follows: Best Motion Picture – Drama Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis The Fabelmans (WINNER) Tár Top …

From becoming a global sensation for his coffin dance meme to finally selling the meme as NFT, Benjamin Aidoo has had quite the journey. And his luck is not about to run out anytime soon as the prominent Ghanaian pallbearer is now the face of the Showmax Original reality series My Perfect Funeral. The 10-part Ghanaian series, which launched in …

“Now in Ghana, if there are no pallbearers, they’ll rate it as a poor funeral,” Benjamin Aidoo says at the very beginning of the new Ghanaian reality series, My Perfect Funeral, now streaming on Showmax. The 10-part Showmax Original reality series follows five families in Ghana as they prepare to bury their loved ones. With two episodes dedicated to each …

Lecrae and Limoblaze to co-headline RockFest 2.0 Christian Music Festival in Lagos, Nigeria on December 16th. (Reach Records, Atlanta GA: Source Jackie O & Co.) Reach Records is kicking off the 2022 holiday, rolling out several 116 singles for your seasonal playlists. First up was “Silent Night (Hush),” featuring Crystal Nicole & Q Parker (112), followed by “Silent Night (Afrobeats),” …