Terry Dubrow And Heather Dubrow Host A Brand New Series The 7 Year Stitch Coming Soon To E! + A Rerun Of Lord Of The Skies Commences On Telemundo Africa

The Botched and Real Housewives star are set to host a new series

The ultimate power couple is sharing their secrets for a successful marriage. But will Terry Dubrow and Heather Dubrow's efforts be enough to save another couple's marriage? That's what they're determined to find out on E!'s The Seven Year Stitch.

Audiences rarely get to see reality stars at work and at home. The intimate view the Dubrow's have given to fans of the pros and cons of every aspect of their lives clarifies why they are ideal relationship experts.

According to Dr. Dubrow, he believes that “one of the key things about a relationship is that it has good and bad parts.” While that might not seem like the perfect script, it is reality. More importantly, he said that “if you don’t keep your relationship to a certain degree under a microscope and keep an eye on it, it will get out from under you.”

Heather explained, the heart of the program is to see how and why couples can be stitched back together. The couples are at a critical moment in their relationship. She said, “the honeymoon is over and real life has set it.”

The series is slated to air on E! next month

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Telemundo is bringing back an elite series

Rafael Amaya forged a new agreement with Telemundo Studios which would see the return of star studded Aurelio Casillas in the eighth instalment El Señor De Los Cielos (Lord Of The Skies). As viewers wait for an unspecified period for the new season Telemundo will be airing reruns to the show.

The series follows the life of Aurelio Casillas (Rafael Amaya), a drug lord who is recognized for knowing how to transfer drug substances to Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. Aurelio and his wife Ximena (Ximena Herrera) have three children, Rutila (Carmen Aub), Heriberto (Ruy Senderos), and Luz Marina (Gala Montes). He also has his faithful brother Chacorta (Raúl Méndez) who helps him in all his illicit businesses.

Queen Of Miami concludes on Thursday, 17 March at 23:00 and Lord Of The Skies follows Friday, 18 March in the same timeslot.

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As Predicted, PBS Kids Replaces eToonz On DStv Easyview With eExtra Possibly Being Phased Out For Either Telemundo And/Or Novela Magic

MultiChoice continues disregarding the existence of Easyview package which is set to lose 2 channels by the end of March. As seen in the previous week, MultiChoice found the relevant replacement for some packages.

Through an enquiry it was revealed that Easyview customers would be getting the educational channel, PBS Kids (channel 313) in place of entertainment channel eToonz (channel 311) and of course MultiChoice couldn't bother to mention that when announcing the addition of KIX to Access.

PBS Kids was available on the Easyview package when the channel was exclusive to the DStv app but likely due to costs it was put on Access when it launched in 2019.

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PBS Kids features a broad mix of live-action and animated children's programs which are designed for improving early literacy, math, and social-emotional skills of young children aged 3-9.

Also joining eToonz out the door by the end of March is eExtra of course details of a potential replacement channel is still awaiting confirmation. According to sources, either Telemundo from NBCUniversal or M-Net's Novela Magic will be slotted on the package.

Novela Magic and Telemundo both offer their fair share of repeats compared to Zee World and Star Life. So the idea of one of these two even both being made available to the platform doesn't seem far fetched.

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If you browse each DStv package, only Easyview customers don't have access to the existing bulk of local dramas spread across the M-Net channels if anything that channel will benefit that package. This channel will never make up for the loss of eExtra if anything you could consider it a suitable successor to SABC Encore.

Telemundo on the other hand could make up for eExtra as the content seen on both outlets were produced outside of Africa. The problem only dives down to the location in which these programs were filmed which can be a problem to some viewers as one had Turkish and Korean and this one Mexican.

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TRAGEDY 💔: The True Story Of Disney's Beloved Fairytale Princess, Pocahontas

Many tales have been told about Pocahontas, but not all of them are true.

Pocahontas has been romanticized throughout American history, thanks in no small part to the accounts of English settlers John Smith and John Rolfe, and of course, the 1995 Disney animated movie. But who was the real Pocahontas?

To help dispel the many myths surrounding the popular Native American figure, here are some facts that originate from Native American oral history and contemporary historical accounts.

Pocahontas was actually her nickname

Born around 1596, Pocahontas was actually known as Amonute, and to those closest to her, Matoaka. The name Pocahontas, in fact, belonged to her mother, who died while giving birth to her.

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Devastated by his wife's death, Pocahontas' father, Chief Powhatan Wahunseneca of the Pamunkey tribe of Virginia, called his little daughter Pocahontas as a nickname, which meant "playful one" or "ill-behaved child."

A spirited young girl who liked to do cartwheels, Pocahontas grew up to be a brave and intelligent leader and translator on behalf of her people.

There was no romance between Pocahontas and John Smith

By the time 27-year-old Smith and the rest of the English colonists arrived on Native American lands in 1607, Pocahontas was probably around 10 years old. Despite Smith embellishing the idea of a romance between them in order to sell books that he'd later author, they were never involved.
What is true is that Smith spent a few months with Pocahontas' tribe as a captive, and while there, he and Pocahontas taught each other basic aspects of their respective language.

Pocahontas would later marry Indian warrior Kocoum at age 14 and shortly give birth to their son "little Kocoum."

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Pocahontas didn't warn Smith of a planned assassination against him

While Smith was being held prisoner, Chief Powhatan grew to trust him. In 1607 the chief decided to offer Smith a "werowance" role, which was the tribe's way of acknowledging him as an official leader of the colonies, giving him access to coveted resources such as food and better land.
Smith would later allege that while he trained to become a werowance, Pocahontas warned him of a deadly plot against him, and thus, saved his life. However, contemporary accounts show that if a Native American chief was honoring a man, there would be no threat to his life.

Additionally, children were forbidden to attend a werowance ceremony, so Pocahontas wouldn't have been present.

Pocahontas was not traded to the English; she was kidnapped and raped

With tensions rising between the Powhatan and the English, rumors spread that Pocahontas was a prime target for kidnapping. Hoping to prevent future attacks by Native Americans, English Captain Samuel Argall made those rumors a reality and took the Chief's beloved daughter away with him after threatening violence against her village.

Before leaving, Argall offered a copper pot to the tribe and later claimed the two parties had made a trade. Forced to leave her husband and small son, Pocahontas boarded an English ship, not knowing that colonists had murdered her husband Kocoum shortly after.

While captive in Jamestown, Pocahontas was raped by possibly more than one colonist — an act that was incomprehensible to Native Americans. She grew into a deep depression and had a second son out of wedlock. That son would be named Thomas Rolfe, whose biological father may have actually been Sir Thomas Dale.

Pocahontas was not an eager goodwill ambassador of the New World

The story of Pocahontas marrying tobacco planter Rolfe for love is highly unlikely, especially considering Rolfe was under great financial pressure to somehow forge an alliance with the Powhatan to learn their secret tobacco curing techniques.

In the end, he decided the best way to win over the Powhatan was to marry Pocahontas, who all the while was being forced to wear English clothes, convert to Christianity and adopt the name, Rebecca.

Out of fear of being kidnapped himself, Chief Powhatan didn't attend Rolfe and Pocahontas' wedding ceremony and instead, offered a pearl necklace as a gift. He'd never see his daughter again.

To help further fund the tobacco business in the colonies, Rolfe took Pocahontas and son Thomas with him to England to show the court the "goodwill" between the colonists and Native Americans. Thus, Pocahontas was used as a prop, paraded around as an Indian princess who embraced western culture.

Although she was considered in good health right before leaving England, Pocahontas suddenly fell ill and died after dining with Rolfe and Argall, the man who kidnapped her. The tribesmen who accompanied Pocahontas on the trip believed she was poisoned.

At the time of her death, Pocahontas was around 21 years of age. She was buried in Gravesend, England at Saint George’s Church on March 21, 1617. The location of her remains is unknown.

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Could MultiChoice Bring Back Timeless Dizi Channel And tvN As Replacements For eExtra On DStv?

During the week, viewers were disturbed to hear the announcement that MultiChoice will be severing ties with most of eMedia Investments set of channels leaving them with e.tv and eNCA as the others remain available on Openview.

In these strings of announcements, MultiChoice announced several new channels KIX which will be also made available to Access customers, DreamWorks Channel and a second movie channel to make up for the scrapped channels.

Interesting enough, MultiChoice hasn't found a suitor for eExtra either they still haven't looked or just don't care and the other could be that they have already found its suitor and its staring at viewer's faces.

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Yes, I'm referring to Timeless Dizi Channel and tvN which were considered the rejects to DStv while TLNovelas got a saved of execution.

Timeless Dizi Channel is more or less the equivalent of eExtra as seen in some international territories the popular Turkish channel has been airing several eExtra titles including Kurt En Shura, Voëlvry, Bittersoet, Die Vreemdeling and Stiletto Vendetta.

The channel can be found on StarSat and StarTimes across Africa which has been considered a sinking ship as several premium international channels including Real Time, Discovery Family, Investigation Discovery and Discovery Science from Discovery Inc. have since then gone dark on the platform with no replacements on the cards.

How long do you suppose it will be till the troublesome pay-tv company announces the discontinuation of Timeless Dizi Channel?

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tvN has moved to bigger and better things or at least on MultiChoice's books as the content is bundled by their streaming service, Showmax and from what some have analysed not all content that is bundled under the streaming service makes it to DStv so this one is a 50/50 scenario.

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Roundups #26: El Último Rey Coming Soon To Las Estrellas, Euphoria Likely Cancelled As Season 3 Is Scheduled For 2024, Pieces Of Her Streaming March 24 On Netflix And What Is Pinocchio: A True Story?

A new biographical drama launches in Mexico

Based on the life of Vicente Fernández, the series tells the story of the former Mexican musician rise to stardom. Having recorded more than 50 albums and contributing to more than 30 films. His repertoire consisted of rancheras and other Mexican classics.

Pablo Montero takes on the lead role when it airs on March 14th on Las Estrellas - a sister channel to TLNovelas.

New thriller series coming to Netflix, Pieces Of Her

Based on the novel of the same name, the series follows the story of Andy who is caught in a deadly mass shooting at a local diner. Moments later, she witnesses her mother, Laura, violently eliminating the threat with ease. As Andy begins to unravel her mother's actions on that very day, her perspective on their entire familial relationship takes a new turn. Soon after, figures from her mother's past reappear, and she is forced to escape. While on the journey, she attempts to piece together the remnants of truth that her mother buried long ago.

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The series starts streaming March 4th.

Euphoria returns for a third season in 2024

In February, it was announced that the popular drama series had been renewed for a third season, generating excitement amongst followers of the series. However, as the season 2 finale premiered, it was revealed that Euphoria won't return until 2024.

This wait will be made even more difficult thanks to that shocking season 2 finale, where Fezco's younger brother, Ash (Javon Walton), was killed by police as they raided his and Fezco's home. Meanwhile, many relationships were left up in the air, leaving fans to wonder the fate of couples like Rue (Zendaya) and Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Nate (Jacob Elordi) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney).

Euphoria fans previously had to wait almost three years between the first two seasons, after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed filming on season 2. However, the hiatus was broken up by two specials that aired in the winter of 2020-2021.

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New Pinocchio which features A-list stars

In this thrilling, humorous take on the classic tale, the wooden hero is a skilled acrobat who performs stunts with his beloved horse, the wisecracking Tybalt. He runs off to join a circus, where he falls for the ringmaster's daughter Bella. But when Pinocchio learns the circus is a cover-up for robberies, he must stop the crime spree in order to save Bella-and hopefully become human. The whole family will love this magical adventure.

Pinocchio is voiced by Pauly Shore
Geppetto is voiced by Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Tybalt is voiced by John Heder

The movie is scheduled for release on March 18th.

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Talk With Toke Makinwa Returns For A Second Instalment On HONEY And Women Have To Pop The Question For The Groom To Be In This New Reality Series - April 2022 Highlights

Talk With Toke Makinwa
Season 2
TX: Friday 11 March 2022 – 3 June 2022
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30 
13 Episodes  
PG13  
60 minutes  
Genre: Talk 
In this tell-all talk show hosted by Nigerian media personality, Toke Makinwa, we see stars reveal the most intimate parts of their lives. She takes over as host for a sit-down with Africa’s most well-known and intriguing personalities, from your favourite influential actresses and musicians to DJ’s and models.

Battle of the Ankara
Season 1  
TX: TX: Monday 11 April 2022 – 4 July 2022
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30 
13 Episodes  
PG13  
60 minutes  
Genre: Reality
A design competition series where 10 up-and-coming fashion designers from different regions compete for the Ankara fashion crown. All designs are inspired, rooted and based in the Ankara material. Who will take the top spot?​ Luthando "Loot Love” Shosha hosts the show with Palesa Mokubung and Gert-Johan Coetzee​ as the judges.

OTHER FRESH CONTENT 
Hair to the Throne
Season 1
TX: Monday 11 April 2022 – 4 July 2022
WAT 15:00 | CAT 16:00 | EAT 17:00
13 Episodes  
PG13  
60 minutes  
Genre: Reality
In an action-packed, hairstyling competition hosted by Nigerian supermodel, Adeola Ariyo, 8 African stylists go toe-to-toe for the title of champion. Each week they’re tasked with a unique challenge where they must deliver in a limited amount of time. A panel of esteemed judges decides who’s out each week until only one Hair Knockout champion remains. ​

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My Kenya Plate
Season 1
TX: Tuesday 12 April – 5 July 2022
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Kenya’s Chef Chep Chikoni takes viewers through a thrilling cooking journey. With a focus on Kenyan cuisine and interesting delicacies, each episode sees the chef break down dynamic meals that are quick and easy to make for viewers across the continent.  ​
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Will He Say Yes? Kenya
Season 1
TX: Wednesday 13 April – 6 July 2022
WAT 15:00 | CAT 16:00 | EAT 17:00
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30 minutes
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​​
On Will He Say Yes? Zambia, women take the bull by the horns and propose to their boyfriends. Hosted by Rose Sibisi and Tin Tin, each woman gets the opportunity to plan an authentic proposal, with the advice and guidance of two celebrity hosts. The big question is, will he say yes? ​​

Ehe! It’s A Match: Nigeria
Season 1
TX: Friday 15 April – 8 July 2022
WAT 17:30 | CAT 18:30 | EAT 19:30
13 Episodes
30 minutes
Genre: Reality
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Someone who has always wanted to introduce two of their single friends to one another gets the chance to do so. They transform their kitchen into a pop-up restaurant and host a date for two singles in their house. Will it be a match?

Continuing shows include 7 Colours.

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The Possible Reason Behind eToonz, eMovies, eMovies Extra And eExtra's Demise On DStv

MultiChoice has decided to part ways with the channels after almost 5 years following their failure to renew the contract with eMedia Investments for the channels.

As some are aware, eMedia Investments hasn't been profiting from these brands ever since their induction on DStv. They went from earning earning over R200 million with eNCA to less than R150 when eExtra, eMovies, eMovies Extra and eToonz were added.

During the years, the red brand has experienced their frustration with the pay-tv company. Take for instance the oral hearing set by ICASA, eMedia Investments boasted about how popular their channels were and MultiChoice not taking that into consideration left them with peanuts.

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At the time Afro Worldview was on air, the company found out that the controversial news channel was making more money than eNCA despite them operating the most watched news station on their platform.

Negotiations are held behind closed doors so no one really knows what happens during those meetings.

eMedia Investments confirmed that MultiChoice opted not to carry those channels but what led to the decision in the first place. Is it possible eMedia Investments was demanding for more money and MultiChoice packed their bags or was the issue just with the content?

I mean the way MultiChoice was pick to just replace them actually implies that the issue may or may not have been money but content.

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MultiChoice focuses more on content than performance when deciding how much money a company generate from their stock and these 4 channels despite being very reliable lacked one thing and that was originality.

Despite their dominance, eMovies had a stack of content from M-Net Movies and Studio Universal, e.tv played second fiddle to eExtra which played second to Zee TV and eToonz doppelganger was just metres apart but that all changes from March 18th.

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EVIL🔞: "Gloomy Sunday" The Song That Caused Suicides

If you're under 18 then this isn't for you

“Gloomy Sunday,” came to existence during one of history’s bleakest moments. Written in 1933 by Hungarian pianist and composer Reszõ Seress against the backdrop of the Great Depression and an increasing fascist influence in Hungary, and originally recorded in 1935 by Pál Kalmár, the song is something of a plea for mercy as humanity is at its worst. Seress’ original published lyrics were titled “Vége a világnak,” or “The World Is Ending,” and reflected a growing sense of horror and despair at the state of the world. A key sample lyric translates to “Meadows are coloured red with human blood/There are dead people on the streets everywhere,” just to give a frame of reference for the level of darkness that Seress’ composition harbored. No wonder it’s been blamed for anywhere between 17 and over 100 suicides.

To hear “Gloomy Sunday” is to be blanketed in tragic beauty. The song’s minor key melody is at once incredibly catchy and ominously dark, crafted to evoke a sense of despair that transcends language. While Seress’ song became an international hit, eventually being recorded by Billie Holiday in what’s now probably the most famous version of the song, one need only hear the emotion in Kalmár’s gently aching voice to know the pain behind the verses. (Not to mention the vintage crackle of the nearly 90-year-old song gives it a particularly ghostly quality.) Yet its origins stem from something as simple as a breakup, Seress having written the song after the end of a relationship. That the song delved so deep into such harrowing personal feelings initially proved to be an obstacle for the songwriter in his attempt to have it published. One publisher reportedly said, “there is a sort of terrible compelling despair about it” about his reluctance to publish the song.

And yet, in spite of this, “Gloomy Sunday” eventually became a hit. More than that, it became a standard, recorded in many languages by countless artists, including Billie Holiday, Sinead O’Connor, Mel Tormé and Sarah Vaughn. But to hear the lore about the song, it’d seem to have some kind of sinister power over the people who hear it. It’s not even corporeal, but it has a massive body count. Some of the various accounts of its supposed, morbid misdeeds include: a shoemaker whose suicide note quoted the song; a girl in Vienna drowning while holding its sheet music; a man who shot himself after telling loved ones the song wouldn’t leave his head; a woman in London who overdosed while listening to “Gloomy Sunday”; sheet music was found in the apartment of a shopkeeper in Berlin who hanged herself—the list goes on, and those are only the apocryphal accounts that have managed to live on in the near-century since the song came into being. It’s a merciless fiend of a song, almost supernatural, like the video in The Ring you see before you die. Which, perhaps, makes my repeated listens to the song over the past week ill-advised. If it did, in fact, cause the carnage attributed to it.

Because of the epidemic of suicides in the aftermath of the song’s release, and possibly because of it, Hungarian authorities supposedly discouraged broadcast of the song. A more extreme version of the song was that it was banned, and an even more extreme one yet was that it was even banned in the US and UK, where its popularity spread. None of this, at least according to Snopes, can be corroborated, but it’s entirely understandable if broadcasters and the government were a little on edge because of what they were hearing. And to be fair, it is a mournful song. Gloomy, even! It’s not at all surprising to hear that deathrock icons Christian Death later covered it or, for that matter, doom metal band Pallbearer, whose version is actually quite stunning. But it does take a certain frame of mind to hear this song and not feel a sense of dread. “Terrible compelling despair” doesn’t seem at all exaggerated in describing the song, though that doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s quite pretty, and its earliest versions, particularly in the original Hungarian, are utterly haunting.

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- Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard - the woman who drugged and confined her daughter to a wheelchair

In some sense, the monstrous stories about “Gloomy Sunday” wreaking havoc seem to be a distraction from the genuine sadness surrounding the song. The landscape in which it was released was one of the darkest of the 20th century, as prosperity declined and iron-fisted hateful authoritarians rose. And we’re in a landscape now, globally, that mirrors the era in too many ways. And Hungary, up through the ’80s, had one of the highest suicide rates of any country in the world, which suggests that “Gloomy Sunday” was merely a reflection of the despair that surrounded it, rather than its cause. Most tragic of all, however, Seress himself dying after jumping off of a building in Budapest in 1968, which makes it the sole concrete connection among all of the stories out there. (There is also a story about the woman who broke up with him, initially inspiring the writing of the song, dying herself after hearing it, though there’s no evidence or documentation of this, just secondhand telephone games with the dead.)

Given all the baggage that “Gloomy Sunday” carries, it’s a song that’s easier to analyze than enjoy. Can one simply listen to a song that’s supposedly such a powerful, overwhelmingly dark presence without context. Can it be enjoyed for what it is? It can, possibly. But with the flood of information that’s already been disseminated, there’s more context than song, at this point. In 2019, it can’t be separated from its reputation as “The Hungarian Suicide Song,” for better or for worse. To hear it, however, it’s impossible to shake the lingering eerie feeling that it leaves with you. Beware of its hitchhiking ghosts.

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