Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks to a relaunch powered by a joint venture with Comcast and NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform, new pricing, mobile-only offers, as well as an expanded content lineup, including popular sports and more originals to offer up the best of African and international programming. Showmax’s goals: “to change the game for streaming in Africa” and to be the “number one streamer in Africa.”
African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group launched Showmax in South Africa before expanding to 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The relaunch on Monday, Feb. 12 comes just before the end of MultiChoice’s fiscal year, which wraps up in March, and after Amazone Prime Video signaled it would stop ordering new originals in Africa.
It also comes nearly a year after the company and Comcast’s entertainment arm...
African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group launched Showmax in South Africa before expanding to 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The relaunch on Monday, Feb. 12 comes just before the end of MultiChoice’s fiscal year, which wraps up in March, and after Amazone Prime Video signaled it would stop ordering new originals in Africa.
It also comes nearly a year after the company and Comcast’s entertainment arm...
- 2/9/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cecilia Gentili, an actress from Pose and an LGBTQ+ advocate, has died. She was 52.
A post on Gentili’s Instagram Stories confirmed news of her death, with many of her friends sharing tributes to the late actress coming soon after.
Pose co-star Dominique Jackson paid tribute to Gentili on Instagram saying she was “deeply saddened” by her departure.
“Even in death you are force to be reckoned with, your legacy one of movement, love and compassion unapologetic and true,” Jackson wrote. “I thank you dearly for All the work you have done. You sacrificed you boldly telling your truth and living it and for that you have changed and influenced many lives and the world. I Love You Forever Beautiful Strong Sister! Rest Well!”
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Jackson later shared a clip from the FX...
A post on Gentili’s Instagram Stories confirmed news of her death, with many of her friends sharing tributes to the late actress coming soon after.
Pose co-star Dominique Jackson paid tribute to Gentili on Instagram saying she was “deeply saddened” by her departure.
“Even in death you are force to be reckoned with, your legacy one of movement, love and compassion unapologetic and true,” Jackson wrote. “I thank you dearly for All the work you have done. You sacrificed you boldly telling your truth and living it and for that you have changed and influenced many lives and the world. I Love You Forever Beautiful Strong Sister! Rest Well!”
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A post shared by Dominique T.A.R Jackson (@dominiquet.a.r.jackson)
Jackson later shared a clip from the FX...
- 2/7/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Cecilia Gentili, beloved Pose actress and longtime trans activist, has died. She was 52.
A post on Gentili’s Instagram announced her death Tuesday afternoon. “Our beloved Cecilia Gentili passed away this morning to continue watching over us in spirit,” the announcement read. “Please be gentle with each other and love one another with ferocity.”
A post on her Instagram Story that same day announced plans for a memorial held at New York City’s Judson Memorial Church on Wednesday evening. “The first of many services,” the post read.
Gentili was born in Argentina in 1972. She played Miss Orlando, a New York City woman who provided discounted plastic surgery, in FX’s Pose, which ran from 2018 to 2021. Her co-star, Dominique Jackson, posted a tribute on Tuesday, writing she was “deeply saddened” by Gentili’s “departure.”
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“Even in death you...
A post on Gentili’s Instagram announced her death Tuesday afternoon. “Our beloved Cecilia Gentili passed away this morning to continue watching over us in spirit,” the announcement read. “Please be gentle with each other and love one another with ferocity.”
A post on her Instagram Story that same day announced plans for a memorial held at New York City’s Judson Memorial Church on Wednesday evening. “The first of many services,” the post read.
Gentili was born in Argentina in 1972. She played Miss Orlando, a New York City woman who provided discounted plastic surgery, in FX’s Pose, which ran from 2018 to 2021. Her co-star, Dominique Jackson, posted a tribute on Tuesday, writing she was “deeply saddened” by Gentili’s “departure.”
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A post shared by Cecilia Gentili (@ceciliagentili72)
“Even in death you...
- 2/7/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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