Fashioning Modern Africanism

MTV today announced that film and television powerhouse  Drew Barrymore has been tapped to host the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards LIVE from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on  Monday, May 8, beginning at  02:00 CAT. The evening will honour the biggest and best in both movies and television, across scripted and unscripted, for one supersized, can’t-miss event, which will also air on MTV internationally in more than 150 countries. Barrymore has been nominated a total of nine times and has taken home three Golden Popcorns. She won her first award for “Best Kiss” for The Wedding Singer. She also won “Best On-Screen Team” for Charlie’s Angels (2001). She was most recently nominated for Best Talk/Topical Show at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED. In 2020, she and Sandler were also honoured as “Dynamic Duo” at the MTV Awards: Greatest of All Time.  "We are thrilled to announce that Drew Barrymore will be hosting the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. As a talented actress and

  MTV LOVE & HIP HOP  TO CELEBRATE THE MEGACY   Hip hop reigns supreme as we continue to watch young rappers in Mzansi show off the best of this music culture. Sadly, one of the country’s most iconic hip hop stars, AKA’s tragic passing has left the Love and Hip Hop SA cast distraught as they grapple with his sudden death.     Popularly known as the Supa Mega by his adoring fans, Kiernan Forbes was close friends with Da L.E.S and Yanga Chief. They both dropped numerous hit tracks with AKA over the years.  In the third episode of Love and Hip Hop South Africa we see the cast of the show navigate through the shockingly devastating news of AKA’s passing as they share their tributes to their industry peer.  See the trailer  here   The cast also speaks about the fear that is looming in South Africa regarding the crime stats and tragic losses from senseless killings in the country. “I'm sitting here and I'm thinking, do we even have enough money to protect ourselves, and furthermo