South African Students Shortlisted For Oscar

From a South African student being shortlisted for
an Oscar to Pearl Thusi being suspended from
Metro FM, we round up the news that had us
talking.

South African student Nathan Rice has been shortlisted for the
Student Academy of Motion Picture Awards in the best short
foreign student film category. His film Homeless tells a story of a
young man and his younger brother who are forcefully removed
from their shack home and go on a journey to find their long lost
mother’s home. Rice, who is a third-year student at the AFDA
(the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live
Performance) Durban campus, received rave reviews from the
audience and critics’ at the AFDA graduation festival in November
2015 at Ster-Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau and Suncoast Cinecentre
Homeless will also be entered as AFDA’s nomination for the
International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT)
prize, that honours outstanding achievements by students.

KANYE WEST RELEASES THE TRACKLISTING FOR SWISH

Kanye West, who doesn’t tweet much, created a fuss with the
release of his upcoming album’s playlist. The scrawled list was
captioned with typical West aplomb in the tweet , “So happy to be
finished with the greatest album of all time,” which was retweeted
about a 100 000 times.
So happy to be finished with the best album of all time
pic.twitter.com/JBWa8OWvqw
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 25, 2016
The ten-track Swish will include the jam No More Parties In LA,
featuring Kendrick Lamar, and other previewed songs such as
Fade (featuring Post Malone and Ty Dollar $ign) and Real
Friends.

OKMALUMKOOLKAT IS BANGED UP ABROAD

Okmalumkoolkat performs in Soweto (Clarissa Sosin, M&G)
South African musician, dancer and all-round dapper guy
Okmalumkoolkat will spend the next three weeks in a Tasmanian
jail after being found guilty of sexual assault.
The artist, whose real name is Smiso Zwane, was sentenced on
Thursday to six months (five months suspended) for the assault,
about which he was reportedly “remorseful and embarrassed”.
The rapper, who was on the island to perform at the Mofo
festival, was apparently drunk when he entered the room of a
fellow musician at about 5.30am and proceeded to neck and
fondle her before she awoke and led him out of her room. This
scuppered the rest of Okmalumkoolkat’s Australian tour and could
slow down his international travelling.
A storm brewed over the #FreeMalumkoolkat hashtag started by
overzealous fans:
#FreeMalumKoolKat #FreeMalumKoolKat #FreeMalumKoolKat
#FreeMalumKoolKat #FreeMalumKoolKat #FreeMalumKoolKat
#FreeMalumKoolKat
— HappyBirthdayBaderse (@StussyBaderse) January 22, 2016
#FreeMalumKoolKat Australia needs to release the zulu Michael
Jackson @okmalumkoolkat
— ShiZer (@ShiZer_47) January 23, 2016
A lot of tweeps were not feeling it though.
#freemalumkoolkat yamasimba . just cause he’s a celeb le
condon’a nonsense
— kagiso (@kayg_k) January 23, 2016

METRO FM SUSPENDS THUSI AND PHAT JOE

Pearl Thusi. (Gallo)
The animosity between TV and radio presenters Pearl Thusi
and Bonang Matheba has escalated, costing Thusi her job on
radio. Thusi, who co-hosts a weekend show on Metro FM with
Phat Joe (Majota Kambule), was suspended from the SABC radio
station on January 21 after listeners complained about constant
“bashing” of Matheba and rapper AKA, Sunday World reported.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago was quoted by the paper
as saying there were issues the SABC needed to resolve with
Thusi and Phat Joe.
Last week, Thusi and Matheba, who also presents a show on
Metro FM, fired shots at each other on social media. It all started
when someone on Twitter asked Matheba why she doesn’t
respond to Thusi’s snide comments.
Matheba’s response: “Thats like an old pair of leather shoes that I
don’t even know when or where I bought. SOO tired. Time 4 new
ones.”
@EllaStemela @pearlthusi thats like an old pair of leather shoes
that I don’t even know when or where I bought. SOO tired. Time
4 new ones
— Bonang B* Matheba (@bonang_m) January 18, 2016
Thusi hit back with a snappy wisecrack and posted photos of
herself wearing leather boots while reading The Married Man’s
Guide to Adultery .
Black Pearl Hair x Michael Kors x books x old leather boots ?
pic.twitter.com/F1SJsQQ2s6
— PEARL THUSI (@PearlThusi) January 20, 2016
pic.twitter.com/KUmlHuflYW
— PEARL THUSI (@PearlThusi) January 20, 2016
Last year Zinhle Jiyane accused AKA of having an affair with
Matheba when she (Jiyane) was pregnant with their daughter
Kairo.

NICK CANNON OFFERS HIS BEST WISHES TO MARIAH CAREY AND HER FIANCE

US singer Mariah Carey couldn’t help showing off her engagement
ring when the paparazzi spotted the 35-carat diamond and
platinum bling on her finger. It’s allegedly valued at £8 million.
Last week Carey said yes when her billionaire Australian boyfriend
James Packer proposed. It seems there are no hard feelings
from her ex-husband and father of her two children, Nick Cannon,
who “wishes” the couple “all the best”. Cannon and Carey ended
their marriage in 2015 after seven years of marriage.
“#AllLove Congrats to @MariahCarey and James! May God Bless
Your Future Union… #GreatPeople #GreatCouple,” he wrote on
Instagram.