Fashioning Modern Africanism

If you don't know this about me, now you know. I live for gheigh tv. When Showmax comfirmed  Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show as one of the shows streaming this April, I was excited to tap into th is darkly funny documentary series about the Emmy-winning comedian’s tumultuous quest for love, sex, and truth. The HBO Original had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2024 and is now coming express from the US to Showmax on Wednesdays.  The first episode kicks off in the build up to the 2022 Emmy Awards, where Jerrod was nominated for his guest appearance hosting  Saturday Night Live  for the first time, as well as for Writing for  Rothaniel,  his Bo Burnham-directed comedy special where he came out as gay publicly.  Since winning the Emmy for  Rothaniel , Jerrod has gone on to host the Golden Globes, won a Writers Guild of America Award, and been nominated for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for  Poor Things , which went on to win four Oscars.  At the start

  New True Detective, The Cleaning Lady; first seasons of Fellow Travelers, Black Ops TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY  | Binge from 22 April When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.  To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. Night Country  is the most watched season of  True Detective , as well as the best-reviewed, with a 92% rating on  Rotten Tomatoes .  The critics’ consensus there says, “Frighteningly atmospheric and anchored by Jodie Foster and Kali Reis' superb performances,  Night Country  is a fresh and frosty variation on  True Detective 's existential themes,” while  The Guardian ’s 5/5-star review says, “a blazing Jodie Foster makes this show better than ever before.” Similar

The Equalizer 3, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie,   Retribution ,  Icahn: The Restless Billionaire & Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches THE EQUALIZER  | First on Showmax | Stream now Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington reunites with his  Training Day di rector Antoine Fuqua and his  Man on Fire  co-star Dakota Fanning to bring us the third and final chapter of  The Equalizer . Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past, finding a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy until events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his new friends’ protector by taking on the mafia. A #1 box office hit in the US last year,   The Equalizer 3  was nominated for Best Action/Adventure Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and is up for NAACP Image Awards for both Washington and

The Mommy Club,  a reality series about glamorous moms who seemingly have it all, is an all-access look at the lives of the one percent and the people who help them build their empires and raise their heirs.   Season 2 introduces two new cast members who will be bringing the fabulosity, class, glamour and wealth that viewers love to see: Nozipho Ntshangase and Jabulile Sande. The new faces are set to join returning cast members  Her Majesty, Mrs Mops, Nunurai and Ratile.   Nozipho is an energetic, forward and enthusiastic Zulu wife and mother of eight children. The social butterfly is a real globe trotter and a clear member of the “passport gang.” Over the years, Nozipho has been approached to join several reality shows but she declined because they were not the right fit for her and her family. “I watched the first season of  The Mommy Club  and I loved how classy and fabulous it was,” she says. “As soon as I saw it, I knew it was something that I wanted to be a part of, so when the c

Showmax just announced that media personality MaBlerh will host the reunion special for This Body Works For Me S2, airing on 23 February 2024.   One of  IOL ’s “TV shows that gripped the nation in 2023”, the hit Showmax Original reality series is a revealing look at the South African adult entertainment industry.    In the highly anticipated reunion, we will hear from  Bubbly, Diamond, Dione Xanthe, Gina, Lebo, Primadonna and Wandi  and get to the root of all the drama that unfolded right before our eyes. “I am a big fan of the show, so when the opportunity came for me to host the reunion for the second season of  This Body Works For Me , I grabbed it with both hands,” says MaBlerh. “Any chance I get to facilitate real conversations, I am more than happy to participate and get to the crux of any issue. There are so many things that happened this season and it would be a disservice for me not to get into them.” MaBlerh is no stranger to the role, having hosted reunions for the likes of 

The new Showmax has arrived to change the game for streaming in Africa.  Ten months after MultiChoice, Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky announced a joint streaming vision for Africa, the new Showmax is here, featuring a refreshed brand and a massive content lineup, all delivered on a powerful new streaming platform.   At the heart of the new offering is the world’s first standalone Premier League plan for mobile, with all 380 games offered live on Showmax Premier League for just R69 a month.  In addition, there are two more Showmax plans available to customers in 44 African countries: Showmax Entertainment on mobile for an unbelievable R39 a month at launch, as well as the Showmax Entertainment plan, where the monthly price falls from R99 to R89 per month.   “There are currently just over 450 million smartphones in the hands of individuals across Africa … and more than 250 million avid football lovers on the continent,” says Marc Jury, CEO of Showmax. “Showmax Premier League is a game-ch