Pieter Howes

On Sunday night, the Weinstein Company issued a statement declaring that it would be filing for bankruptcy. The news follows a breakdown in negotiations with Maria Contreras-Sweet, who is representing an investment firm that was pegged to purchase the studio from Mr. Weinstein. According to Reuters, the Weinstein Company has been scrambling to come to […]

In the wake of a tragic mass shooting in Florida on Wednesday that left 17 people dead, new and harrowing details about the gunman continue to emerge. Earlier this week Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old Parkland resident, walked into his former school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, and fired a barrage of rounds from a semiautomatic AR-15 […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been facing fickle allegiances within the African National Congress ever since the election of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as the new ANC president at last year’s party congress. Political analysts have asserted that Zuma might have overestimated the strength of his support within the party’s National Executive Committee, with […]

While on a visit to the snow-covered Scandinavian countries Norway and Sweden, Prince William and his wife Kate were photographed challenging one another to an ice hockey shootout. The much-loved royal couple is representing the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in what has been described as an attempt to charm fellow European countries before Brexit finally […]

Donald Trump told his nearly 50 million followers on Twitter that “throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart,” but a recently released report claims that in certain respects, the U.S. president’s abilities compare to that of an 8-year-old. As reported by the Independent, analysts at Factba.se […]

On Tuesday morning, within a matter of five minutes, Santa Barbara residents were plunged into chaos as nearly two inches of rain caused the drenched soil to become unstable, resulting in devastating mudslides. So far, the death toll has risen to 13, but the number is expected to increase as rescue workers excavate tons of […]

Days after President Donald Trump took credit for initiating constructive talks between North and South Korea, President Moon Jae-in has affirmed the claims by agreeing that the American Commander-in-Chief does indeed deserve credit. This weekend, Trump said that “if I weren’t involved they wouldn’t be talking about the Olympics right now.” He also said that […]

In his explosive new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, author, journalist, and columnist Michael Wolff has made some pretty bold claims about the inner workings of the president’s mind, as well as the way he is regarded by those around him. According to Wolff, senior White House officials have called Trump […]

The iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers owned by billions of Apple consumers worldwide are in danger of being hacked due to a potentially devastating security flaw. No, Meltdown and Spectre are not titles of James Bond films. They are bugs that are reportedly 20-years-old but have only recently been discovered. The Silicone Valley giant announced […]

As 19-year-old Nafisa Akhtar and her friend, 18-year-old Anashra Ali stood in the dock in a Manchester, United Kingdom, courtroom they couldn’t contain their giggles while the magistrate sternly rebuked them. According to the Daily Mail, Magistrate Suzanne O’Connell was not impressed when the two young women grinned as they confessed to charges of shoplifting […]

In recent days, news headlines across the globe have been dominated by countrywide protest action taking place in Iran as the nation’s people launched the most aggressive challenge of the religious status quo since the 2009 protests that rejected the re-election of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Thus far roughly 13 people have been reported dead […]

There have been numerous petitions to press for a process to impeach President Donald Trump, but thus far none have been quite as well-organized and successful as that of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer. Started only two months ago, some members of the Democratic Party establishment brushed off Steyer’s campaign as an “unhelpful vanity project,” according […]

Not everyone has a taste for the festive season melodies that flood public spaces and family homes alike during the month of December. Yet, even if you fall into that category, there’s very little chance that you’ve never heard Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in your vicinity at some point in […]

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington handed down an order that set aside another attempt by the Trump administration to prevent transgender people from joining the United States military. The order, detailed in a six-page document, stated that President Donald Trump’s administration had “not shown a […]

One week after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Embassy in Israel would be moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, leaders of the Muslim world who gathered at a summit in Turkey have lashed out at the controversial decision. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was founded in 1969 as a body that represents […]

Seven Democratic senators, some of the highest-ranking women on Capitol Hill, have called on Senator Al Franken to resign following another allegation of sexual harassment that surfaced earlier this week. According to a report by Politico, a former congressional aide for the Democratic Party had alleged that three years before Franken became a senator he […]

The United States “will never be the same” now that Donald Trump is the Commander in Chief, according to Sigmar Gabriel. Germany’s highest-ranking diplomat was addressing foreign policy experts at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum when he issued a stern warning to the global community to be wary of America’s new approach to international affairs. […]

Alex Castellanos, a veteran in the world of U.S. politics, knows his way around the corridors of the Republican Party establishment. Seven former GOP presidential candidates, including George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, have made decisions and taken actions according to advice from Mr. Castellanos. While appearing on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, the […]

John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, grilled Dustin Hoffman about allegations of sexual harassment against him during a panel discussion at the 92nd Street Y on Monday night. Oliver was acting as a panel moderator on behalf of the Tribeca Film Institute during a discussion following a 20th-anniversary screening of Wag The Dog. […]

According to actor Gabriel Byrne, who starred alongside Kevin Spacey in the 1995 blockbuster thriller The Usual Suspects, film production ground to a halt for two days after Spacey had been “accused of sexually inappropriate behavior our towards a younger actor.” Byrne, star of Vikings and HBO’s In Treatment, recalled the abrupt pause in filming […]

Brock Turner, a convicted sex offender, was released from a California jail on Friday morning after serving only half of his prescribed sentence for charges of sexual assault, including rape. At roughly 6 a.m. local time, Turner was spotted exiting the Santa Clara County Jail by himself. According to NBC News, he was carrying a […]

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. military to resume admitting transgender service members by January 1, 2018, thereby reinstating former President Barack Obama’s landmark policy. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum directing Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to “return to the longstanding […]

Following the suspenseful season finale of season two of Stranger Things in recent weeks, fans of the residents of Hawkins have been left with little to satisfy their unquenchable appetite for more adventures to keep the Upside Down at bay. But luckily they needn’t wait any longer, as Sesame Street has based one of its […]

Amongst the furor of seemingly endless allegations of sexual assault that have been dominating the news in recent weeks, President Donald Trump has called for swift action to be taken against the men who have been accused. However, members of the public and the political and celebrity elite have rebuked Trump for hypocrisy as he […]

According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Donald Trump’s “approval rating remains historically low, and confidence has declined.” The majority of Americans have indicated that President Trump has thus far failed to accomplish anything of significance in his first year in office draws to a close. Moreover, the poll results show that Trump’s […]

The gulf between President Trump’s White House and Congress seems to be expanding as some senators express grave concern about the way in which tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are escalating. Three Democratic senators on Wednesday proposed new legislation that would force President Trump to get Congressional approval before being permitted to deploy […]

Actress and model, Natassia Malthe, is the ninth woman to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Malthe, known for her roles in films such as Elektra and Big Momma’s House 2, was supported by her attorney, Gloria Allred, as she told the press about the night Weinstein allegedly raped […]

It’s Halloween season, and all over the United States, people are stretching their creativity to come up with original and unique displays, costumes, and decorations to make the most of the age-old scary-fun annual tradition. But some trick-or-treaters may have gone too far. A family living in Waretown, New Jersey, created an eerily realistic scene […]

Kathy Griffin is no stranger to controversy, not least when it comes to Donald Trump, even going so far as to depict herself holding what looked like the president’s severed head. This time, however, Griffin was making a guest appearance on Network Ten’s The Project when she called Trump a “Nazi.” Griffin, who is currently […]

In what may turn out to be a significant coup for the South African film and television industry, as well as entertainment consumers, the global streaming behemoth network, Netflix, has put out a call for original content that is unique to the region. According to MyBroadband, Netflix plans to fund South African films and series […]

In a recent exclusive interview with New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd, former President Jimmy Carter has expressed interest in serving as a diplomatic envoy to North Korea on behalf of President Donald Trump. Although the proposal might seem unorthodox — it’s not everyday practice for former U.S. presidents to interfere in the administrative dealings […]

In a bizarre and terrifying romantic plunge – literally – a young man decided to pop the question to his girlfriend as the passenger jet they were traveling on was plummeting rapidly, thousands of feet towards Earth. Chris Jeanes and his girlfriend, Casey Kinchella, were on their way to Bali on board an AirAsia flight […]

During an exclusive interview on FOX News’ Sunday Morning Futures, President Donald Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that the United States is “totally prepared” for a war with North Korea, fresh on the back of further provocations coming from Pyongyang. While Trump was quick to emphasize his “exceptional relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he […]

While Harvey Weinstein is currently in hot water – boiling, in fact – as accusations of sexual assault against him keep surfacing, President Donald Trump’s rape and sexual harassment accusers are demanding to know why he is not also being taken to task. It’s been nearly a year since Jessica Leeds, now 75-years-old, divulged details […]

President Donald Trump has frequently criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s handling of the 2012 ambush in Libya that led to the death of U.S. citizens, and now — following the recent deaths of American soldiers in Niger — politicians and pundits are referring to the event as “Trump’s Benghazi.” On October 4, during […]

Kurdish forces backed by the United States on Tuesday announced the liberation of Raqqa, the Syrian de facto capital of the rapidly declining Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. Raqqa has been the primary center of operations for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant […]

Weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, U.S. military veterans volunteering on the island have reached out on social media to paint a bleak picture of the recovery efforts, despite President Donald Trump’s claims that it’s all going very well. On Tuesday, author and scientist Lucian Randolph tweeted out a series of short video clips […]

President Donald Trump is reportedly furious at his Cabinet and frustrated that he has not been credited for his recent handling of the hurricane crises, leading him to lash out and alienate his allies on Capitol Hill. According to a report by the Washington Post, White House aides have alleged that President Trump is on […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his long-standing feud with the American sports industry after suggesting that tax law should be changed to revoke tax breaks enjoyed by the National Football League for “disrespecting our Anthem, Flag, and Country.” In what has been perceived by some as a veiled threat, President Trump allegedly implied that […]

Madagascar is facing an outbreak of pneumonic plague, a rare but highly lethal disease thought to be an affliction left behind in medieval times, is spreading rapidly across the African island nation. The plague has claimed the lives of 33 people since Saturday, while an estimated 230 more have contracted the disease. According to the […]

Google has reportedly found evidence that Russian operatives spent vast sums of money on purchasing ads on the Silicone Valley giant’s various platforms, allegedly in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Among the platforms used was YouTube, owned by Google, where it was discovered that Russians had spent many […]

Whether it is about wearing designer stilettos to a hurricane disaster sight, or wearing sunglasses at night, in the dark, First Lady Melania Trump just can’t seem to shake off the public’s harsh criticism of her extravagant and sometimes inappropriate fashion choices. This is the second time in a week that Melania has been berated […]

A country musician who narrowly survived the massacre in Las Vegas has completely renounced his formerly fierce advocacy of gun laws protected in the 2nd Amendment in favor of “gun control, RIGHT NOW,” following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In a rare gun control pivot, Caleb Keeter, a self-proclaimed “proponent of the [second] […]

At least 58 people have been killed and over 500 injured following a mass shooting during a country music festival in Las Vegas, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Police are expecting the death toll to rise as emergency responders assess the extent of the injuries sustained while Jason Aldean was performing. […]

On Sunday night, in a show of solidarity with protesting NFL players nationwide, the Pittsburgh Steelers decided to stay off the field until after the American national anthem, which prompted a known Trump supporter to hurl a severe racial slur at the team’s coach, Mike Tomlin. The Steelers players were playing in Chicago and were […]

Amid escalating tensions surrounding NFL national anthem protests, former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon has said that all Americans “should get down every night and thank God that Donald Trump is president of the United States.” Bannon, now serving as the executive chairman of Breitbart News, was speaking at a rally in Fairhope, […]

President Donald Trump has once again taken to Twitter to demand that National Football League (NFL) owners and managers “fire or suspend” players who choose to take the knee in protest while the American national anthem is being sung. Trump also urged NFL fans to boycott games if officials are tardy in their response to […]

An exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal has uncovered an unsettling propaganda strategy in North Korea during a recent visit to the country’s capital, Pyongyang. Veteran Journal reporter John Lyons and Korean Peninsula correspondent Jonathan Cheng were granted a rare opportunity to visit the nuclear-obsessed city with its modern concrete towers that house a […]

According to the latest public polling conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News, most Americans think President Donald Trump is doing an abysmal job as commander in chief, with almost all of his measures receiving high disapproval scores. With tensions between the U.S. and North Korea continuing to escalate, two-thirds of Americans are opposed […]

In the midst of a severe drought that has been plaguing Cape Town residents for months – with the metropolitan area even being declared a disaster zone – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille will soon install an R90,000 private water purifier at her government residence using taxpayers’ money. The expensive water purifying system will make […]