Celebrities
latest news & developmentsBlockout a digital guillotine against pro-Israel celebrities
One thing good about the Met Gala was that it sparked a movement that is raising awareness about the atrocities in Gaza
Entrepreneurship education innovates with online offering
The e-learning platform My Playbox profiles 11 South African entrepreneurs and unlocks their secrets for less than the price of a business textbook
The hashtags cometh: Must-have #MustFalls for 2016
There are a number of trends, attitudes and phenomena that we could quite happily do without this year, thank you very much, writes Gus Silber.
Robin Williams: Farewell, funny man
Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams passed away on Monday. We pay tribute to his life with five of his best movies.
Comic legend Robin Williams dies at 63
Tributes have poured in at the news of legendary comic actor Robin Williams’s death by apparent suicide at his home in California on Monday.
Covering celebrity deaths: The dos and don’ts
The death and funeral of Philip Seymour Hoffman has highlighted some dos and don’ts for the hit-hungry internet.
Bitch, please: I’m a hustler
Khanyi Mbau has released her biography and stars in a make-or-break musical revue. Bongani Madondo traces her roots to Jo’burg’s founding fathers.
Demons of our own making
It is difficult to digest genuine emotion while reading other people’s pontificated shock and devastation at a rate of 100 tweets per minute.
Famous females, fatal flaws
Whitney Houston joins a long list of women whose fame and success have been overshadowed by personal tragedy and addictions.
Celebrity sense and nonsense
The pseudo-scientific utterances of famous stars are often dangerously misleading or just wrong.
Fans, Romans, countrymen: Lend me your votes
Singer Youssou N’Dour has announced his presidential bid, and joins a long list of celebrities with lofty political ambitions.
Famous and fallible
It’s somewhat reassuring when rich, famous, shiny celebrities prove they are as flawed as the rest of us. We round up a few choice moments.
Goodbye to the A-list?
As big-name actors prove a box-office turn-off, now may be the time for mainstream Hollywood stars to take a hike, writes <b>Peter Bradshaw</b>.
William and Kate leave stars starstruck at Los Angeles dinner
It was the night when Hollywood royalty came to meet British royalty — and there was no question who were the more starstruck.
Brittany Murphy dies
Actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as Sin City and 8 Mile but suffered waning fortunes in recent years, has died.