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Influx of new music is all Twitter’s talking about on Friday

Not only did Solange, Hozier and 2 Chainz release their latest albums on Friday, but The Jonas Brothers made a come back with a…

Hellboy’s ‘red band’ trailer reveals action-packed British-based plot

A new trailer for the upcoming reboot of Hellboy has been released, giving fans a taste of what seems to be an action-packed dark…

Fans are blaming Netflix for ruining ‘The Notebook’s classic emotional ending

It seems Netflix in the UK unknowingly released a version of 2004 romantic drama The Notebook with a different ending to what fans are…

Star Trek: Discovery is getting a third season

CBS has confirmed that Star Trek: Discovery is getting a third season, the company announced on Thursday. “The massive success of Star Trek: Discovery’s…

Jean Grey gets very, very angry in new Dark Phoenix trailer

20th Century Fox has dropped the official trailer for Dark Phoenix, an origin story for X-Men’s Jean Grey. The trailer shows a confused and…

Trippin With Skhumba’s shining comedy is plagued by dim filming, dull editing

Showmax mentions in marketing material that its third Original Trippin With Skhumba would be a travel-comedy hybrid, but I’m not totally sure if it…

Detective Pikachu’s second trailer shows off more popular Pokemon

The second trailer for Detective Pikachu has dropped, revealing more about the movie’s plot and showcasing even more Pokemon. These popular Pokemon include Eevee,…

Prisoners use peanut butter to escape Alabama slammer

All the great prison breaks of history and popular culture involved some degree of cunning and invention. But peanut butter? CNN this week reported…

MiniMeme Podcast #5: Should Dunkirk have been more diverse?

Welcome to MiniMeme, the podcast brought to you by Burn Media’s junior staff as they tackle the topics that tickle their fancy. This week,…

#DestinyVideo: Cassper Nyovest evokes Black Mirror in latest video

South African recording artist Cassper Nyovest has created a stir on Twitter after dropping the video for his latest single “Destiny” yesterday. The heavily…

South Africa’s box office: Dunkirk done did it

Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk met the praise of many a critic but now it has passed the ultimate test: the South African audience. Kicking Despicable Me…

#NoConfederate: Game of Thrones shares limelight with protest

Last week, HBO announced a new series to be headed by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss. Currently dubbed Confederate, the show is set to…

Last week in trailers: Matt Damon, Pennywise & other scary white guys

Comic-Con Christmas is over. We ate all the food at once, and now it’s Boxing Day and the only leftovers are our aunt’s under-cooked…

Dunkirk movie review: made of the Reich stuff

The early months of World War Two were known as the phoney war for good reason, as Germany took Poland without Warsaw’s allies (Britain…

Lupita Nyong’o disguised herself at Comic-Con (but she isn’t the first)

Lupita Nyong’o has raked in tens of thousands of likes and retweets on Twitter after posting a video of her running and dancing around…

Black Coffee will host his own show on Apple’s Beats 1

South Africans are slowly taking over the US entertainment industry. First Trevor Noah’s big gig on The Daily Show, and now Apple’s Beats 1…

South Africa’s box office: Valerian bombs as the kids have their say

It was the last weekend of public school holidays, and South Africa’s children were not going back to school until they had assured their…

‘Cruel’ clip of Amor Vittone and Joost van der Westhuizen goes viral

YOU Magazine has released a sound clip that allegedly proves Amor Vittone was verbally abusive towards the late Joost van der Westhuizen when he…

South Africa, here’s what Twitter finds most annoying about you

It’s Monday. But instead of throwing that alarm clock out of the window and cowering beneath the covers, why not take some time to…

Last week in trailers: it’s Comic-Con Christmas, baby

Some weeks, absolutely no interesting trailers get released and building this roundup feels futile. Other weeks, there are so many trailers I wonder if…

Remember Amy Winehouse with this epic 46-track YouTube playlist

Even if you weren’t held by her eclectic charm, raspy voice and larger-than-life hairdos, there was probably an Amy Winehouse track that you’ve heard…

Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington commits suicide

Chester Bennington, the lead singer of nu-metal band Linkin Park, has died in an apparent suicide at his home in Los Angeles. News broke…

American Horror Story season seven now has a title

Ryan Murphy has announced the title of the next American Horror Story season: Cult. AHS: CULT — Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) July 21, 2017 Murphy has kept…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel