PLUS: Rushdie's extravagant tale of trying to build a good society has echoes for SA.

Witness the unlikely romance that started it all in the highly anticipated Bridgerton spin-off limited series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.
Also in today's Entertainment Flash: Boyz II Men have added a Durband show to their SA tour lineup, King Charles' visit to France has been postponed, Minnie Dlamini opens up about her divorce a year later, and a beautiful portrait of David Attenborough fetches R115k at Wavescape's charity auction.

BRONWYN MCKAY, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

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Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm, look at her now. Because after all the drama, Selena Gomez, Instagram's most followed woman, has hit over 400 million followers on the social media platform one month after dethroning Kylie Jenner.
 

When she's not sharing behind-the-scenes snaps from set (the latest sees her in a wedding dress amid filming season three of Only Murders in the Building), the star uses her social media platforms to promote her Rare beauty line, share candid snaps of her family, and remind her fans every so often to kill 'em with kindness.
 

And that's exactly what they likely did amid ongoing drama between Gomez and Kylie Jenner, and Hailey and Justin Bieber.
 

Long story short: Selena Gomez dated Justin Bieber on and off for several years before he settled down with Hailey Bieber. And Jelenators thinking there was an overlap aside, the once squashed beef between Gomez and the model seems to have hit the grill, sizzling, after the Rhode founder's recent remarks, only to burn Kylie Jenner, who fans think took a dig at the Wolves singer's eyebrows.
 

Proving you can attack a girl but never her brows, just like that, Selena Gomez gained the most Instagram followers in 30 days (22 405 110), while Kylie Jenner lost the most (806 219).
 

Click 'read more' to find out how it happened.

Legendary supergroup Boyz II Men have added a Durban leg to their South African tour, scheduled for later this year.

Charles III was scheduled to arrive in France on Sunday, but the planned celebrations of historic cross-Channel relations were postponed.

Netflix and Shondaland released the trailer for the highly anticipated Bridgerton spin-off limited series centred on Queen Charlotte.

Minnie Dlamini said she could not live the best of herself while married to Quinton Jones as she opened up about the failed marriage in a recent interview.

A record R712 000 was raised for ocean charities by auctioneer comedian Nik Rabinowitz at the Wavescape Surfboard Art Auction in Cape Town.

REVIEW

"For those who love India, Salman Rushdie's novels, or both, this is vintage Rushdie – a good story with its sensitive and strong elephant feet firmly planted in another reality, surmounted by an elaborate howdah and riders who revel in excess and reveal common human traits."

- Victory City by Jane Rosenthal

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