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Maya Jama has touched down in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of the Love Island All Stars launch.The spin-off show will start on Monday, 15 January, and it will see some old Love Island stars from across all series enter a villa for a second chance at love. Maya, 29, is once again the host of the show and she's already in South Africa, as she gave her fans plenty of updates from her journey.

Former Love Island star Georgia Harrison has been spotted in South Africa ahead of the launch of Love Island All Stars.The spin-off show kicks off on Monday, 15 January, with a host of former Love Island stars entering a villa for a second chance at love. Georgia, 29, appeared on Love Island in 2017, and her now being in South Africa suggests that she's set to be on Love Island All Stars.

Helen Flanagan has admitted she's had a few disasters whilst on holiday with her three children in the luxury destination of Bali. The mum, 33, who is best known for playing Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, is currently enjoying quality time away in the exotic location with her family.

Joseph Lelyveld, who won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, and was a former executive editor and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on Friday at his Manhattan home.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who went to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole.

Oscar Pistorius is no longer in prison.

Love Island fans can barely wait for the highly-anticipated All Stars series to air this month but it's now been reported that the show will begin with a huge format change. Fans of the popular ITV2 dating show will get their next winter fix when the All Stars spin-off launches on Monday 15 January but speculation is rife as fans speculate which Islanders will return. But according to The Sun, the series is set to begin with a rather big format change right from the beginning of the iconic launch show.The publication reported that the show will host it's "biggest launch show yet" with 12 Islanders instead of the usual 10 moving into the sun-soaked South African villa.

Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed from prison on parole more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, it was revealed today.

Alex Ritman David Tennant is set to host the BAFTA Film Awards for the first time. The actor — best known for playing Doctor Who — will oversee proceedings during the U.K.’s biggest night for film on Feb. 18 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

“Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100. After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, her manager, Mitch Clem, told the Hollywood Reporter.Born in South Africa in 1923, Johns had a theatrical family – her father, Mervyn Johns, was a Welsh actor, and her mother, Alyce Steele-Wareham, was an Australian-born concert pianist.

Glynis Johns, the actress who played Mrs. Winifred Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, has sadly died at the age of 100. The star's publicist confirmed on Thursday 4 January that she died of natural causes.

Love Islands: All Stars will officially land on the small screen in just over a week.

EastEnders star Max Bowden, who plays Ben Mitchell, will be leaving the soap after four years. The actor, 28, who has played the role of Ben on the hit BBC soap since 2019, is leaving EastEnders next year. His final scenes are thought to air in the coming weeks, a show insider revealed to the Daily Star.

Former EastEnders actress Shana Swash has announced that she welcomed her first child just days before Christmas. Announcing the new arrival, Shana, 33, shared a black-and-white photo of the newborn on her Instagram page, where she shared the tot's name, simply captioning the snap: "Kitty Frances Swash Jones [white heart emoji] 18.12.2023." Fans were quick to share messages of congratulations, with one writing: "Beautiful name for a perfect little girl congratulations." While another added: "She’s beautiful, huge congratulations to you all! Love her name xx" "ohh congrats! So delighted for you! Biggest hugs and love" penned a third, while a fourth said: "Massive Congrats @shana_swash She's divine! Sx" Over the summer, Shana who is the younger sister of Joe Swash announced she and fiancé Nick Jones were expecting their first child.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Mbongeni Ngema, a distinguished South African musician and creator of the musical “Sarafina!,” died on Wednesday in a car accident. He was 68. “Ngema was killed in a head-on car accident while returning from a funeral he was attending in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape this evening,” his family said in a statement to the Associated Press.

Mbongeni Ngema, the South African creator of Whoopi Goldberg film Sarafina!, has died in a car accident. He was aged 68.

Once Christmas Day is out the way the festivities do not end across the UK. The following day, known as Boxing Day, is a bank holiday with many families using it to extend the celebration and spend more time together.

Kathy Beale is one of Walford's leading ladies after appearing on the first-ever EastEnders episode in February 1985. During earlier episodes of the much-loved BBC One soap, Kathy was married to Pete Beale (Peter Dean), the twin brother to Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), who was famed for selling his fruit and veg on Bridge Street Market - now owned by Martin Fowler (James Bye).

Faye Winter, the most controversial contestant in Love Island history, has been hinting at a comeback in the All Stars series. Her explosive behaviour during the 2021 series led to nearly 25,000 complaints to Ofcom after she had a heated argument with Teddy Soares.The drama unfolded on movie night when Faye was shown a misleading clip of Teddy admitting he found Clarisse Juliette attractive during his time in Casa Amor. Her fiery reaction sparked outrage and a flood of complaints and Faye later apologised for her outburst.

It’s been an eventful 2023 for international TV and film. As the strikes shut down Hollywood and streamers retrenched from the mega-spends of the Covid era, shows and movies from far and wide came were already in demand like never before, as viewers look to new countries for inspiration. Call it the Squid Game effect, or whatever you want, but neither subtitles nor geographical boundaries are an impediment to content getting seen any more. Here, we run down each Deadline International journalist’s top pick from the year, for the most part avoiding spoilers (there are some though, so this is a fair warning). You’ll find big-ticket U.S. fare, Japanese anime, restaurant TV dramas and Australian newsroom stories among our eclectic selections.

Katie Price has shared a parenting dilemma involving her youngest daughter Bunny, which is costing her a lot of money, as the former glamour model confessed that she allows nine year old Bunny to use her credit card for online shopping.The mum-of-five admitted to Jamie Laing on his Private Parts podcast that the situation is a "nightmare". Katie revealed: "Bunny's on this site called Temu and she's got my card and she's so clever and I see packages coming all the time", as reported in the Mirror.

Katie Price has teased that she's set her sights on a potential Netflix film, revealing that she hopes This Country actress and writer Daisy May Cooper could pen the flick. During an appearance on Jamie Laing's Private Parts podcast, Katie, 45, opened up about her friendship with Daisy, 37, who recently joined Katie on an episode of her own podcast.

Ghetts has teamed up with London rapper Skrapz on his latest single ‘Twin Sisters’ from his forthcoming LP ‘On Purpose, With Purpose‘.Produced by frequent Ghetts-collaborator TenBillion Dreams, the track opens up with a cheeky and explicit verse with the rapper saying: “One night I stayed round / Now I know my way round / Used to wonder what the pillow saw when you’re faced down / I’ve been fucking twin sisters / they don’t make the same sound”.The song also comes with a head-spinning visual by Dutch director Geerten Harmens (A$AP Rocky, Lil Wayne, Gunna). The video sees Ghetts sitting on an invisible chair in a puffer jacket in a white room.It features trippy camera movements as the rapper walks around and is surrounded by other things, such as a couple dressed in what appears to be Victorian garb, a butler holding a plate of spaghetti bolognese and more.‘Twin Sisters’ follows Ghetts’ previous release, ‘Laps’ featuring the South African singer Moonchild Sanelly, which marked his first new single in two years.

Love Island's upcoming spin-off show Love Island All Stars is said to have been thrown into chaos after one of its stars 'pulled out last minute'.The new series - the first of its kind - will see some of the most iconic stars from across the previous seasons come together for a second shot at love. It will be filmed in South Africa, and fans don't have long to wait, as ITV recently confirmed that it will air in January 2024. But, according to The Sun, Anna Vakili, who appeared on the show in 2015, has had a change of heart and has decided to no longer take part in the new series.

Katie Price is said to be set for a return to I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! for its All Star series, twenty years after originally starring on the show. Back in 2004, the 45 year old mum-of-five charmed the nation as she fell in love with now-ex husband Peter Andre, with whom she shares children Junior, 18, and Princess, 16.

TikTok’s ‘Add To Music App’ is set to roll out to users in 19 more countries worldwide following its launch last month.Last month, TikTok announced a new feature that allows users to directly save sounds from the app to their streaming platform of choice.Users in the US and UK can already utilise the feature now, which allows fans to save music they’ve discovered to Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.The social media platform has now announced plans for it to be available in the following countries: Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, Argentina, Colombia, The Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines.“Add To Music App has been designed to help music fans capture songs that they love on TikTok in the moment of discovery, and to easily save the song to their preferred music streaming service to enjoy whenever they like,” read a statement from the video sharing platform.The feature can be used by tapping on a sound which is listed below a user’s name, then hitting ‘Add to music app’, where you can choose your preferred streaming platform.

Olivia Hawkins could be returning to this year's Winter Love Island, just one year after her stint in the South African villa. The former islander, who proved rather controversial during her time on the show, has reportedly in talks to join the line-up for Love Island: All Stars, which will air in early 2024.

, , and to Malawi and then to Cape Town, and to see the power of female philanthropy and their commitment to girls' education. You could feel the electric energy in the crowd as the schoolgirls—all in freshly laundered uniforms—had found out only hours earlier who, exactly, was coming to visit.Clooney, Gates and Obama had chosen the Ludzi school—in Mchinji, a town located in the Central Region of Malawi—because of its longstanding support of the nonprofit organization Advancing Girls’ Education in Africa (AGE Africa), whose goal is to provide education, mentoring opportunities, and scholarships to vulnerable young women across 47 Malawian public secondary schools.In this Glamour exclusive, we delve into the personal and professional relationships of three of the most well-known women in the world, have meaningful conversations with local schoolgirls, and talk to prominent lawyers and activists about what it will take to, once and for all, eradicate child marriage globally.First things first: Yes, they’re on first-name terms with one another.Amal, Melinda, and Michelle huddled together, in displays of easy friendship, is a sight to behold: the communal comforting of women in tears sharing their stories in the library of the Ludzi school.

City Press that the singer had been struggling with liver failure. However, no official cause of death has been given.In a statement on Instagram, her family said: “She was a pure light, and an even purer heart, in this world.

Neighbours, the returning soap that has been playing elsewhere (Channel 5 and previously the BBC in the UK, has been released by its new home – streamer Freevee.The series will return to screens on 18 September, with new episodes releasing daily, Monday-Thursday, at 7 a.m. BST, on Amazon Freevee in the UK and the U.S.

If anyone knows what it's like to juggle a large family and a bustling career, it's Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon. With six children between them, they certainly have their hands full. But when Joe decided to enter the all-star version of I’m A Celebrity...

With six children, Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon’s home – aka Pickle Cottage – is busy at the best of times, but Joe tells OK! that it’s on another level during the festive period. “I’m really looking forward to Christmas this year,” he says. “I’m so lucky because it’s all about kids – and we’ve got so many!” In fact, the former EastEnders star, 41, jokes that the numbers involved mean they no longer receive invites.

Christmas has well and truly arrived at Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon's beautiful Pickle Cottage, but it appears that only one half of the couple know what they're doing when it comes to putting up decorations. In an exclusive interview with OK!, the 41 year old former EastEnders star joked that he just goes along with what wife Stacey - who appeared The X Factor back in 2009 - asks but often can't keep up. "“Stacey’s been making some crackers and making stars to put on the tree,” said Joe.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Australian streamer Stan has acquired rights to both seasons, totaling 20 episodes, of the Malaysian adaptation of Scandinavian crime series “The Bridge.” The agreement, brokered by Lyle Bettson-Barker, SVP Australia and New Zealand from Banijay Rights, represents the first time that Stan has acquired a Malaysian drama series. The Asian version of “The Bridge” was initially commissioned by Viu and HBO Asia in 2018, after Double Vision, part of the Vision New Media group, introduced Viu to the format. It broadcast to across 23 territories in the combined footprints of Viu and HBO Asia and was also shown on Viu in South Africa.The title has garnered more than 20 regional awards and nominations across its two seasons, making it the most awarded drama in Malaysian history. Season one faithfully follows the original show, and sees a dead body found on the border between Malaysia and Singapore, necessitating an investigator from each country to work together to solve the crime.

Tyla is opening up about the A-list artist that inspired her when she was a kid!

Prince Archie was just a few months old when his mum and dad Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to quit their royal roles.