BritBox Launches In South Africa; VIS Sets ‘Stories To Stay Awake’ At Amazon; Mise En Scène Adds Two For EFM — Global Briefs

Jon Burlingame When Lolita Ritmanis was growing up in Portland, Oregon, she didn’t even speak English.

While there is no African country of Zamunda, from which Coming to America's Prince Akeem hails, the movie had an impact on the continent when it was released in 1988 — particularly in South Africa, home to Nomzamo Mbatha, who makes her big studio debut in the sequel, premiering on Amazon on March 5.

in partnership with Canadian cannabis developer Canopy Growth Corp.But the goal for the filmmaker-cum-cannabis-entrepreneur was always to bring his weed business to America, according to Rogen’s statement on Twitter.“Almost ten years I go, I envisioned having my own weed company,” the 38-year-old comedian and gifted pottery sculptor told followers.

Disney Plus has made good on its plans to offer general entertainment service Star in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, giving the company a new streaming outlet for more grown-up programming.

Celebrated for his 2000 film The Great Dance, South African documentary filmmaker Craig Foster found himself, a decade later, exhausted from the pressures of trying to survive as a documentarian. Feeling a sense of detachment from the outside world as well as the people closest to him, Foster attempted to rekindle his passion for life by free-diving in the freezing temps of the Atlantic, vowing to do so every day for a year.

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BBC Studios and ITV said on Tuesday that their joint streaming venture BritBox will launch in South Africa in the second half of 2021. With the introduction in the country, the advertising-free subscription VOD service will expand into its fifth territory following successful launches in the U.S., Canada,the United Kingdom, and, most recently, Australia.

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Marsha Thomason Joins ‘The Bay’; Season 3 GreenlitLost and White Collar actress Marsha Thomason has joined the cast of ITV drama The Bay, as the British broadcaster confirmed it has renewed the drama for a third season. Thomason will join the detective drama as Morecambe Criminal Investigation Department’s new family liaison officer, DS Jenn Townsend, following Morven Christie’s decision to leave the show.

Andrew Hampp Growing up in Africa, one of the first Hollywood movies to make an impact on Sipho Dlamini was Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy “Coming to America,” in which the comedian starred as a prince from the fictional African country of Zamunda.“I know how significant a movie it was to people living in Africa or Africans in the diaspora,” says Dlamini, a veteran music executive who in January was promoted to CEO of Universal Music South Africa and Sub-Saharan South Africa.

Sonic The Hedgehog sequel has set a UK release date.The forthcoming film, titled Sonic The Hedgehog 2, is set to reach cinemas in 2022.Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is to begin filming next month, actress Tika Sumpter confirmed recently.Sumpter, who played Maddie Wachowski in the first film and will reprise her role, said: “[My daughter] is super excited about Sonic 2, which I’m about to start in March.

“The issue of mutations is top of mind,” said Governor Gavin Newsom at his Wednesday Covid-19 press conference, “not only here in the State of California, but across the globe.”

LGBTQ artists are out there making new music to disrupt, inspire and give joy to the soul. Here’s a batch of fresh local queer music releases you need to check out.