The Farewell's Oscars Snubs

By Amanda N'Duka

The series finale can be watched now on Netflix UK

The CW bid adieu to Arrow with an emotional series finale. After a successful journey of eight seasons and 170 episodes, series aired its finale episode on January 28.

Late last year, SABC 3 announced that it would be cancelling its popular and long-time running soapie Isidingo after 21 years on air. Now, filming on the show is coming to an end and some of the cast have already started saying goodbye to the beloved characters they played on the show. However, while filming is officially coming to an end this week, the series will remain on screen until its final episode in March.

In her feature-length debut Farewell Amor, Ekwa Msangi explores the meaning of home for an Angolan immigrant family newly reunited in New York City after almost two decades apart.According to the United Nations, the United States currently hosts 51 million international migrants (about 19 percent of the world’s population), the largest number of any country in the world.

It may be a hard pill to swallow, but it's time to say goodbye to Arrow now that the series finale is finally upon us. After countless saves, five spin-offs (and counting), and one final sacrifice, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) will take his final bow and say farewell.

Bad Bunny was one of many artists to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant on social media after the NBA player died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. Today, the Puerto Rico native further expressed his admiration for the basketball legend with a song titled “6 Rings.” Production is handled by SubeloNeo and Bad Bunny himself.

It's time for to hang up the bow.

After four years on Kaya FM, seasoned broadcaster Bridget Masinga has announced that this Friday will be her last show on the station. Bridget released a statement saying that she is leaving the ‘Home of the Afropolitan’ after starting on the station hostin an arts-focused show that aired between Monday and Wednesday from 9–11pm as well as on Sundays between 10pm–12am.

There are small, telling differences in the way each of the three long-separated main characters in “Farewell Amor” remembers the day of their reunion. Standing at JFK, awkwardly clutching a bunch of flowers to give to the wife and child he has not seen in 17 years, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine from “The Chi”), a soft-spoken Angolan taxicab driver greets Sylvia (Jayme Lawson), the teenage stranger who is his daughter, and she is surly and unsmiling.

Lucy Fallon has finally said goodbye to her Coronation Street alter-ego Bethany Platt and she had her co-stars on hand to help her celebrate her exit after five years on the cobbles. The actress, 24, hosted a glamorous event in Manchester with the help of Bash Parties who created a 10ft balloon tree, installed a selfie mirror photobooth, and a dessert table heaving with cake pops.

After five years of playing Bethany Platt, Lucy Fallon filmed her final Corrie scenes yesterday. 

Rangers full back Jordan Houston has paid tribute to the club and its fans after agreeing a deal to leave Ibrox after 13 years.

Jean-Paul Gaultier is going out with a bang. 

“The Farewell” has flopped in China with a dismal $261,000 opening weekend gross, and a cumulative of $580,000 so far, once again proving the difficulty of creating content that resonates equally on both sides of the Pacific — even when a story is set in China, features Chinese talent, and unfolds primarily in Mandarin.