Travels in Afrofuturism, Themba Mkhize and an exhibition focusing on Johannesburg’s informal recyclers take centre stage in our weekly events guide
Ruth Carter and Laduma Ngxokolo’s collaborative costumes make ‘Coming 2 America’ easier on the eye
American Skin is drowned by its own ambitions, which are at odds with the moment it seeks to reckon with
Hosting the gala will be actress Sandra Oh and comedian Andy Samberg
"Zandi Tisani’s aesthetic emerges, it seems, from an egoless part of her subconscious".
"My aim is to take the local story and make it global and give the world an honest portrayal of where I come from."
The director has recast his signature film and its characters for a new generation
A film studies lecturer and filmmaker explains why Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” is one of the director’s most influential films.
Spike Lee’s gang satire and the Idris Elba war drama couldn’t get made in the traditional Hollywood system.
The next Spike Lee joint needs to do more than add to the growing list of reductive and voyeuristic features and documentaries about the tough city.
Spike Lee saw Sharlto Copley in District 9 and said "Who is this guy? I want to work with him.".
Mike Tyson is going back to pay TV, where his fights were some of the biggest moneymakers in boxing history.
Of the reams of writing and constant story updates done on Django Unchained, not much, if any, has been said about Kerry Washington’s insipid role.
Does "Django Unchained" say anything about Hollywood with regard to its handling of sensitive subject matter like slavery?
The acrimonious feud between two of Hollywood’s best-known film directors reached a new level of name-calling and accusation at the weekend as Spike Lee invoked America’s bitter legacy of slavery in response to Clint Eastwood’s comments to the Guardian on Friday.
A United States federal judge has sentenced Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004. Judge William Terrell Hodges laid down the harshest possible sentence on Thursday against Snipes (45) after the star of Demolition Man was found guilty on three misdemeanour counts.
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/ 28 November 2007
Oprah Winfrey has met with the family of the first pupil to complain of abuse at her elite school for disadvantaged South African girls, and invited the girl to return to the academy. The United States magazine People quoted the father of the pupil as saying they met for two hours with Winfrey on Sunday.
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/ 5 November 2007
United States television magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday that abuse charges at her all-girl academy in Johannesburg was one of the most devastating experiences in her life. ”This has been one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating, experiences of my life,” she said in a video news conference from Chicago.
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/ 5 November 2007
A former dormitory employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg was released on R3Â 000 bail by the Sebokeng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Virginia Mokgobo was arrested on charges of indecent assault, assault and crimen injuria.
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/ 31 October 2007
South African police are investigating alleged abuses at billionaire United States television magnate Oprah Winfrey’s all-girl leadership academy, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday. Rapport newspaper has reported a matron at the school allegedly fondled one of the pupils, and grabbed a girl by the throat and threw her against a wall.