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K.J. Yossman “White Lies,” a murder mystery series starring Natalie Dormer, has been acquired by Sundance Now for North America. A collaboration between production company Quizzical Pictures and Pan-African broadcaster M-Net in partnership with Fremantle, “White Lies” is set in the wealthy Bishopscourt neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa.

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the six filmmakers selected for its third annual Episodic Directing Intensive: John Gutierrez, Lorena Lourenço, Alfonso Morgan-Terrero, Huriyyah Muhammad, Kelsey Taylor and So Young Shelly Yo.

Christopher Vourlias South Africa’s Known Associates Group (KAG) is teaming up with Canada’s Inner City Films (ICF) and Circle Blue Entertainment (CBE) to launch a new venture that will produce African feature films and TV series for audiences around the world, the companies announced Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. With offices in Johannesburg, Toronto and Los Angeles, the KIC Group will build on the track records of the three pioneering companies while also developing innovative financing models and capitalizing on an existing co-production treaty between their respective countries.

BAFTA TV Awards host Rob Beckett charmed audiences at the show but it's not all been smooth sailing for the comedian. Despite his career highs, Rob has faced personal challenges, including a secret health battle that he's bravely spoken about.The 38 year old funnyman, who tied the knot with his sweetheart Louise Watts in 2015, has previously shared with the Daily Mail how his wife supported him financially during his early comedy days, saying she "paid all the bills for three years when I was earning no money as a comedian".

Adventurer, author and presenter Alice Morrison doesn’t do things by halves. After ditching the rat race in 2011, she’s taken on countless extraordinary expeditions all over the world and been called the Indiana Jones for girls. Born in Scotland, Alice spent her early years in Uganda and Ghana.

The Challenge: All Stars is nearly here!

Love Island is set for a major revamp as it approaches its 10th anniversary in 2025.The ITV dating show's producers are reportedly ready to quadruple their weekly budget to secure a new location beyond Majorca. A unique property "shaped like a UFO" located in Portugal's stunning Algarve region has been identified as an early favourite.

Michaela Strachan was going through one of the toughest times of her life when she started out on Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales.The nature expert and Springwatch host had lost a number of loved ones over the preceding year, including her best friend Lucy who passed away from breast cancer just before filming began. It was an incredibly difficult year for Michaela, 57, but the broadcaster has experienced more than her fair share of tragedy over the years, from health battles to divorce. She joins Spencer Matthews, Tom Rosenthal, Eshaan Akbar, Christine McGuinness, Amanda Lovett and Sonali Shah on the 220km trek for the BBC Two show.

Looks like Rebel Wilson won her fight against Sacha Baron Cohen!

Rebel Wilson‘s memoir has been revealed, in which she describes in detail her alleged interactions with Sacha Baron Cohen as they worked on 2016’s “The Brothers Grimsby.”Wilson, 44, said that she initially met Cohen, 52, during a dinner party in 2013 and was later asked by the “Borat” star to play his girlfriend, Dawn, in the ill-fated R-rated comedy. “It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene,” the “Rebel Rising” excerpt read, which was obtained by People on Wednesday.

Rebel Wilson has been making headlines this week for her feud with Sacha Baron Cohen amid the upcoming release of her memoir, in which she writes about working with the actor.

Black-ish star Jenifer Lewis has spoken about her near-death experience after falling off a 10-foot balcony while on holidays two years ago.Lewis, 67, opened up for the first time about the experience with ABC’s Good Morning America host Robin Roberts to speak about the accident and her recovery.Lewis explained that she went on a trip to Africa to celebrate the conclusion of the sitcom, which ran from 2014 until 2022, after eight seasons.Lewis said: “I was going to retire and move back home. I had conquered a dream. I had travelled around the world, and life was wonderful.”Having visited Cape Town and Rwanda in November 2022,, Lewis then made her way to the Serengeti.“When the sun sets in the Serengeti, there are no streetlights.

Christopher Vourlias South Africa’s Known Associates, the fast-growing parent company of Johannesburg-based Known Associates Entertainment (KAE) and Cape Town-based Moonlighting Films, is launching into unscripted programming, Variety can reveal. The company has acquired a 60% stake in Zero Gravity, a production outfit founded in 2017 by former Endemol Shine Africa and Trace Studios CEO Sivan Pillay, and will team up with South African media giant Primedia to “relaunch multiple new high-end unscripted formats,” according to Pillay.

The Challenge: All Stars is coming!

Before his sad passing former Strictly Come Dancing star Robin Windsor took a 'dream trip' to Cape Town as a way to distract himself. Robin, 44, was found in a London hotel room just days after coming back from his trip. No official details regarding Robin's death have yet been announced.

It's been reported that former Strictly star Robin Windsor was found dead in a London hotel room.

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are emerging in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. That’s why we’re doing the hard work for you.

Paige Turley and Finley Tapp met on the first series of Winter Love Island in Africa in 2020 and were crowned winners after winning the hearts of the nation.

EXCLUSIVE: The EFM packages aren’t done just yet. Pirates Of The Caribbean director and Oscar winner Gore Verbinski has pulled together a strong cast for his fun-sounding next movie, titled Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

EXCLUSIVE: Wanda Banda has joined the cast of Netflix‘s South African teen crime drama Blood & Water.

Adam Levine is staying fit during the winter!

There have already been some awkward reunions on Love Island's new all-stars series which has thrilled fans as previous reality stars returned to screens for a second chance at love.

Love Island All Stars is set to welcome two new bombshells Tom Clare and Sophie Piper, but not everyone is thrilled, with one future bombshell dropping out of the show.Tom and Sophie will be entering the villa in Wednesday night's episode, 24 January. However, it seems that Tom's appearance has ruffled some feathers.

Love Island bosses have reportedly dished out a ‘flying ban’ to host Maya Jama while she films All Stars in South Africa. ITV was reportedly 'mortified' by how often Maya was flying between the UK and South Africa while filming the series last year.

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has landed U.S. and Canadian rights to South African limited series Devil’s Peak about a Detective tracking down a vigilante killer in Cape Town.

Maya Jama has touched down in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of the Love Island All Stars launch.The spin-off show will start on Monday, 15 January, and it will see some old Love Island stars from across all series enter a villa for a second chance at love. Maya, 29, is once again the host of the show and she's already in South Africa, as she gave her fans plenty of updates from her journey.

Former Love Island star Georgia Harrison has been spotted in South Africa ahead of the launch of Love Island All Stars.The spin-off show kicks off on Monday, 15 January, with a host of former Love Island stars entering a villa for a second chance at love. Georgia, 29, appeared on Love Island in 2017, and her now being in South Africa suggests that she's set to be on Love Island All Stars.

Amanda Holden has been branded "incredible" for posing in a dazzling gold bikini.The 52-year-old has posted a sizzling holiday picture to Instagram, enjoying an Aperol Spritz by the pool. She has sent her fans into a frenzy by showing off her washboard abs and radiant skin in Cape Town, South Africa.This is the second time the mum-of-two has updated her 2.1 million followers from her five-star hotel Mount Nelson. She used her latest bikini shot to promote second series of her TV series with friend and fellow host Alan Carr.

Simon, Lord Lovat got the axe.The Scottish Jacobite was the last person to be beheaded in England, in 1747 — and the Oscar winner, 59, is apparently his descendant.Crowe took to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday to reveal that he’s related to the late, great chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, who was executed for high treason in the 18th century. The “Beautiful Mind” star added that he had “been on the hunt to track down my Italian forebears” for a while now and has been researching his linage, which has led him down “a number of wrong tracks.”He explained that his great-great-great grandfather on his mother’s side was one Luigi Ghezzi.Ghezzi, who at one point worked in Argentina, later left on a ship bound to India.

Hollywood A-lister Russell Crowe has revealed just how close his connections to Scotland are.