PLUS: Ben Affleck reaches new directorial heights with Air.

Singer/songwriter Msaki tells us about her decision to take a break from the music industry and what she hopes to gain from her time off - see the interview below.
Also in today's Entertainment Flash: XCODE is unlike any other theatre show and is a must-see at The Outlore in Cape Town, Lalela Mswane is one of the judges for Mister Supranational SA, Jonathan Majors has been dropped by his talent manager amid domestic violence charges against him, and Aaron Carter's cause of death has been revealed.

BRONWYN MCKAY, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

It was a "huge disaster for Netflix" when it was forced to issue an apology on Sunday after its service buckled under pressure due to the high demand for the live-streamed reunion episode of Love is Blind.
 

While Netflix rectified what it referred to as "the first-of-its-kind live reunion" by filming and immediately availing the highly-anticipated episode on Monday, we look at what actually happened.
 

Viewers eagerly waited for the live stream to begin at 20:00 ET on Sunday (02:00 SAST on Monday). But, 30 minutes later, the Lacheys addressed the snafu in an Instagram story.
 

"Everybody broke the internet to see this reunion," Vanessa said. "So, we are ready to roll. We just got to figure this out. We're getting everything to work. We are not asking any questions to anybody until we're streaming live into your living rooms, onto your phones, onto your tablets, [or] whatever you're watching on."
 

But, according to Buzzfeed, an extremely high amount of traffic caused too many technical issues for the episode to actually go live.
 

Regardless, fans took their outrage to Twitter.
 

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XCODE dares to leap into the future and effortlessly captivates the audience at the same time. It’s a thrilling, exciting, and curious experience.

Reigning Miss Supranational Lalela Mswane will be a VIP guest and judge at this weekend's first-ever edition of Mister Supranational South Africa in Johannesburg.

For subscribers

Singer/songwriter Msaki tells us about her decision to take a break from the music industry and what she hopes to gain from her time off.

Jonathan Majors has been dropped by his talent manager Entertainment 360, amid domestic violence charges against the Creed III star.

Singer Aaron Carter's cause of death has been revealed five months after he was found unconscious in his bathtub at his residence in California.

REVIEW

"Air might be a glorified advertisement for Nike and Air Jordans, but it is a well-made one. The film ensures that the audience knows how awesome Nike is, and if you feel like buying a pair of their sneakers after viewing, that's just the movie doing its job."

- Air by Joel Ontong

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