Gab Post SA

HOLLYWOOD superstar Matt Damon has to play rugby well enough to pass as former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar on screen - and it's all up to one of Pienaar's World Cup-winning team-mates. Chester Williams, who played wing in the team - then captained by Pienaar - which won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has to get Damon to master the sport before shooting on the film, The Human Factor, starts next week. The film, directed by Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood, concerns the Springboks' historic win. It also stars actor Morgan Freeman as former President Nelson Mandela. Although he would not reveal much, Williams did say that training Damon has "been easy". "I have been very fortunate to be training such a professional person in the game such as Matt Damon. He has a yearning to learn how to play, and has a clear understanding of the importance of the game as well," he said. Williams has had just under a month to train the Bourne Identity star at the Gardens R

I have never felt so dumb or literally scared in my life like when I went to Club INC on Friday night with my friends. So its way past midnight and this guy puts his hands in my pockets, walking around us as we dance with friends and he literally tries to pick-pocket me, me being me, I ask him what he is doing. I take one look at him he is dressed in a beautiful shirt, jeans, formal shoes, like most guys dress when going out clubbing, so he says he was just tryna dance with me and I think well maybe I am a bit paranoid. So I dismissed him and carried on dancing until I spotted him again behind my friend who happened to have her cellphone in her jacket pocket. So in that I start getting suspicious and I warn her to put her phone in her boobs and she immediately obliges, also telling me she felt someone doing something to her a while earlier. Then just minutes into the dancing I see the same guy again lurking around some other unaware women who were chatting to the DJ and dancing up a st

She was a great dancer, a role model to kids of the 90s, a maestro in music and a star in all the things she did... Since her death many people have never gotten around where South African music is going to date... But she will always be missed and loved... I know she is in a greater place, where no man can judge her or mistake her for something she is not. Imagine what a great place heaven is with all great people just having a great chill session she is having with people such as 2 pac , Breanda Fassie , Lucky Dube , Bob Marley, Biggy , Jabu Khanyile , Mahlathini , Miriam Makeba , Jabu from Malaika , Michael Jackson and all those stars? Wow I miss Lebo for her divaness , her spunk and style.... You may be gone but you a certainly not FORGOTTEN in my memories. You made the 90s a great time for youth.... Much love and respect!

Daughtry Nominated for an American Music Award Band Earns Nod for the Year’s Adult Contemporary Music Favorite Artist Award Debuts New Single “Life After You” on Ellen Today, Launches First Headlining Arena Tour on October 19 in Topeka , Kansas Los Angeles, CA – October 13, 2009 – Daughtry was nominated by the American Music Awards for the year’s Adult Contemporary Music Favorite Artist Award which is scheduled to air live November 22 on ABC. “The band is really proud of this album and honored to be nominated,” says singer Chris Daughtry. “It’s a great feeling to be part of such a talented group of artists.” This is Daughtry’s 6 th American Music Award nomination in three years. The group won Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group in 2008 after picking up three awards in 2007, including Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The nomination announcement comes the same week the band will debut “Life After You,” the follow-up single to “No Surprise,” the group’s fourth No. 1 hit

This is definitely image suicide for Nicole Kidman's career as her man Keith Urban has checked himself into rehab. I applaud him for seeking help to get rid of his habits but one can only imagine how Tom Cruise is seeing this whole thing... Poor Nicole!!! READ: Keith Urban checked himself into rehab last night for drug issues. All promotional work for his new CD has been postponed. He issued this statement saying: "I deeply regret the hurt this has caused Nicole and the ones that love and support me," "One can never let ones guard down on recovery and I'm afraid that I have. With the strength and unwavering support I am blessed to have from my wife, family and friends, I am determined and resolved to a positive outcome." GABIVILLE THINKS : Whatever the case, we need to acknowledge that the brother is atleast getting help. Kudos to you Urban...

Ster - Kinekor Theatres (SK) has broken all previous pre -sale ticket records for a film release in South Africa. With over 18 000 tickets sold to date for Michael Jackson THIS IS IT , and still 8 days to go before Ster - Kinekor starts showing this highly anticipated film from 28 October along with cinemas globally, it is expected that this number will be surpassed. Only a few tickets are still left over for the official South African premieres of the film, exclusive to Ster - Kinekor Theatres. These events will take place in Johannesburg (SK Fourways ), Durban (SK Gateway), Cape Town (Cavendish Square) and Pretoria (SK Sterland ). Each will have a live satellite link to the Los Angeles-premiere of THIS IS IT, and will also include plenty of other thrills to make this an iconic Michael Jackson-experience like no other! Ster - Kinekor Group Marketing Executive Michael Bender says, “Considering that we have already doubled the previous record of 7 500 pre -sales at local cinema

The 16 th Annual MTN South African Music Awards Gears Up For Its Most Explosive Showcase Yet In Recognition of the Best In South African Music The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) have become the country’s premier annual music awards ceremony, recognising musical excellence across all genres, from traditional, to Afrikaans, to Rock and pop as well as paying tribute to the various facets of musical production including production, engineering and video production. The SAMAs are without a doubt the Grammys of South African music, and the coveted statuette the highest accolade a musician, band or producer can be awarded with. And so the countdown to the 16 th Annual MTN South African Music Awards, taking place in April 2010, has officially begun! SAMA 16 promises to exceed all expectations from previous years. Bigger and better, the MTN SAMAs in 2010 will expand on the platform based on a philosophy of inclusiveness that recognises, celebrates and rewards exc

Roger Friedman, of The Hollywood Reporter , reports that Jennifer Hudson is rumored to be in talks to star in an indie biopic about South African leader, Winnie Mandela . Hudson, who won the Academy Award for “Dreamgirls” and was so good in “The Secret Life of Bees,” is now rumored to be in talks for an indie biopic about South African leader Winnie Mandela. Winnie was a winner during her years as wife of Nelson Mandela during his 27-years of illegal incarceration. But in later years she lost her way, getting into legal trouble and becoming a pariah. She and Mandela have been divorced for some time. The word is that either the terrific Derek Luke or actor Idris Elba might be up for the part of Nelson Mandela. Details are still sketchy. Jennifer performed at Denise Rich’s annual Angel Ball Tuesday night. Introduced by Clive Davis, Jennifer sang “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” with just piano accompaniment to whoops and hollers from the celebrity-filled audience. Playing Winnie equ

Being at a concert is my big must do because I love watching people scream. But the tables were flipped this time on me, as people probably saw me screaming at John Legend, but that was the freakiest thing ever to happen to me. Here goes nothing. Straight after Knocks You Dow n hit singer Keri Hilson performed, I stood around with friends Monde Mkhizwana and Itumeleng Motuba waiting for John Legend to come on stage. When I thought it was taking too long, I thought why not get a drink during the interval so I can sing louder with a thrist-free voice. Then the lights went out, meaning someone was coming, and it could only be John Legend. But I didnt turn back I just kept walking out, some guy wearing a brown leather jacket, white shirt and black tie, just touches me on my hand and says “excuse me Miss”. And as I looked back this guy was surrounded by so many guards and I though “my he looks just like John Legend” – but never did I think it would be him. I mean this guy touched me and I

On TKZee’s first studio album in eight years, Coming Home, Tokollo “Magesh” Tshabalala, Kabelo “Bouga Luv” Mabalane, and Zwai Bala make no secret of their thrill at being back in the studio, back in the spotlight and back on top. “Let me tell you a thing about TKZee/it’s a brand oozing with supremacy … you want repertoire? We got it/Earning capacity? We got it/Hits back to back? We got it?,” Kabelo boldly states on the superb and eternally optimistic ‘Thata Eezy’. It’s a sentiment that ripples throughout the album’s 12-tracks – echoing the buzz that Tokollo, Kabelo and Zwai have felt since deciding to reunite to record a follow-up to 2001’s ‘Trinity’, much to the delight of the group’s extensive and loyal fanbase. “We told you. We told you alright, we’ll be back with a bang,” goes album opener, ‘Everyday’ and on ‘Viva la Pantsula!’, TKZee (with the help of a few creative collaborators) reclaim the enduring street cred they always had and balance it, just like in the group’s early

American R&B singer Keri Hilson visited the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls yesterday to join its Give campaign. The girls of the school - who have dedicated a combined 8000 hours to community service since the launch of the campaign on Thursday - invited Hilson to entertain 100 disadvantaged children from 30 schools in Gauteng. The singer, in South Africa on a concert tour, performed her hits Knock You Down and Slow Down to some of her biggest fans. She took part in a "motivation" class led by academy pupils and shared a story of peer pressure she had experienced. Hilson told the girls: "I am amazed at how profoundly you guys are speaking about leadership and peer pressure. It is true what you guys are saying about leaders - there are some negative and positive leaders in the world and they can help or break our communities. "I have a philosophy that I think you ladies can carry in life - that there are people who will be assets and others who will b