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Full Circle 2024: New Heights of Creativity and Courage

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The Creative Circle, an advertising industry NPO, has announced the dates for their annual Full Circle events in partnership with Ster Kinekor, official representative of Cannes Lions.

Newly elected Chair of the Creative Circle, Carl Willoughby, is looking forward to bringing home the theme of “new heights of creativity and courage” that led the Cannes Lions judging and work this year.

“The two afternoons will be an inspiring showcase of the top trends, insights and award winning work from Cannes, the International Festival of Creativity.”

Curated by the Creative Circle SA and presented by a panel of Cannes Lions judges and industry experts including Ann Nurock, Cannes Trend Spotter, the sessions will mine and unpack the best of this year’s global winning campaigns, trends and key learnings.

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South Africa Celebrates A Cultural Treasure As The 50th National Arts Festival Begins

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Drums rolled and choirs sang out as Makanda celebrated the opening of the 50th National Arts Festival. A contagious sense of national and regional pride resounded from the dignitaries who attended the milestone Festival ceremony held in the very same auditorium where the Festival was first launched in 1974.

The Festival’s home town of Makhanda is also the childhood home of the National Arts Festival’s Deputy Chair, writer and academic, Dr Siphiwo Mahala. He remarked on the journey of the Festival from a gathering founded to preserve British language and culture to “one of the most inclusive and diverse arts festival’s in the world.” Mahala said this was possible in part because of the shared values and enduring partnership of the Festival’s partners.

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DStv Content Creator Awards 2024 Entries Now Open

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The stage is set, and the spotlight is bright for the DStv Content Creator Awards 2024. The DStv Content Creator Awards is thrilled to announce that entries across all categories are now open, ready to honour the creative talents who are reshaping the content landscape.

This year is about storytelling in all its forms. It’s about the narrative, the stories, and, most importantly, the unique points of view of each content creator. It’s about celebrating the creator’s own perspective – the unfiltered, original POV of content creation that brings stories to life.

What’s New in 2024?
The DStv Content Creator Awards is shaking things up! This year will focus more on celebrating the content creators themselves rather than individual pieces of content. New categories have been introduced to echo the evolving nature of content and its creators because, in the world of digital storytelling, IYKYK.

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The South African Photographer of the Year Competition Exhibition

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Join us in celebrating the art of photography and the beauty of our natural world at the South African Photographer Of The Year Exhibition showcasing the shortlisted and winning photographs. It’s a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty of nature and wildlife through the lens of South Africa’s finest photographers.

The exhibition is on from Friday, 5 April from 09h00 – 15h00 and Saturday, 6 April, from 09h00 – 12h00 at Orms Showroom, 56 Roeland St, Cape Town City Centre and there is no entrance fee.

The 2022 winning images can be viewed on https://southafricanpoty.com/winners/

For more information about the competition, please visit the South African Photographer of the Year website on www.southafricanpoty.com

How to watch Live From E!: The Oscars, airing tonight on E!

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The most groundbreaking achievements in filmmaking and acting were celebrated this weekend at the 2024 Academy Awards. E!’s Live From E!: The Oscars, hosted by Laverne Cox, presented the most glamorous red carpet show of the 2024 award season.

If you missed the live broadcast, The 2024 Live From E!: The Oscars will air tonight on Monday 11 March at 17:00 and 23:00 (CAT) on E! (DStv 124).

Laverne Cox was joined by panelists Zanna Roberts Rassi, Zuri Hall, comedian Heather McMahan and designer Christian Siriano to offer commentary as the stars arrived, while movie expert Keltie Knight and E!’s Tiffany Smith gave fans a one-of-a-kind look at the red carpet from the rooftop at Ripley’s on Hollywood Boulevard.

This past year’s blockbuster films and their featured stars will be front and center during Live From E!: Oscars red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with special moments for fans everywhere.

The most nominated movie of the night was Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which was up for 13 awards, including nods for its stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr, and won 7 awards, including Best Picture. Meanwhile, Barbie, the highest-grossing film of 2023, earned eight nominations, with Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera each being recognized for their stellar performances, and won 1 award (Best Song).

Acting icons that attended the awards included Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Michelle Yeoh, Dwayne Johnson, Zendaya and Nicolas Cage.

E! is available on DStv Channel 124.