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Centurion teen's heartfelt songs reach thousands
Centurion teen's heartfelt songs reach thousands

The Citizen

time12-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Citizen

Centurion teen's heartfelt songs reach thousands

The journey from hosting home concerts to having thousands of plays on a music streaming platform has been remarkable according to Centurion singer, Jade Nova. In a recent interview with Rekord, the 18-year-old artist from Doringkloof revealed that music has always been more than just a passion; it is her purpose. She recalled choreographing performances with her brother as a child, staging mini-concerts for their parents, in exchange for Pokémon or Lego time with him. 'We'd rehearse all week, I'd dress him up, and we'd put on shows in the living room. My parents always cheered us on as if we were on the biggest stage,' she said. Nova said that she was raised in a music-loving home by her two moms, with her earliest memories being filled with car sing-alongs and dance parties to 2010s pop icons such as Katy Perry, Pitbull, Shakira, and Taylor Swift. 'I've wanted to be a singer for as long as I can remember. It has always been my one dream.' At the age of 11, Nova began formal vocal training with her coach, Angie Bouwer, at Little Bird Vocal Academy. There, Bouwer helped her build stage confidence by encouraging her to participate in annual Eisteddfod performances. 'Angie was the sweetest and most supportive person. She helped me find my voice and believe in myself at a young age.' However, it was not until Nova was 16 that she took her first real step into the music industry by writing her debut single, 'Roses', a raw pop ballad inspired by her first heartbreak. 'I wrote the lyrics, and a boy in my school helped me bring it to life on the piano. I organised a fundraiser at school to pay for the production,' she added. Nova noted that her music is deeply influenced by various pop artists, including Lana Del Rey. She shared that while writing 'Roses', she spent hours listening to albums by Lana and Olivia Rodrigo, that helped her process her emotions. 'One of the biggest milestones that has helped me in my music career was being invited to the Afri-Indie and Aitsa Awards show, where I won Best Single of the Year for under 18s,' said Nova. 'I did not expect to win because it was not the style I wanted to pursue long-term, but it opened doors and gave me confidence.' The award, achieved in 2024, helped her connect with industry professionals and encouraged her to keep chasing her dreams. Her latest single, 'Rocketman', marks a new chapter in her music career. The song is an energetic and sweet track with lyrics about heartbreak and jealousy. 'I thought I had moved on from someone, but then I saw him with someone new. Writing 'Rocketman' helped me understand and express those feelings honestly.' Rather than suppressing difficult emotions like jealousy, sadness, and pettiness, Nova embraces them in her music. 'These feelings are real, and I wanted to write a song where people could feel them freely and know they are not alone,' she said. Nova believes the final line of the song is the most important part. 'It means that even if someone treats you like you do not matter, you were already a star before them, and you still are. They do not define your value.' 'Rocketman' debuted on June 4 with over 4 500 streams and was featured on five Spotify editorial playlists on its release day. This was a significant step up from the 150 streams Nova's debut single received. 'It showed me that persistence pays off. I always tell other young artists to keep going, even if their first releases do not get a lot of attention. Consistency is key,' she said. 'Post your TikToks, be yourself, and do not be afraid to be a little cringy. It all helps you grow.' Although she has not yet made a full music video, Nova created professional-looking video clips for TikTok to promote her single. 'We used what we had to make something that looks like a music video, and it has worked well. I love storytelling and visuals, so maybe I will do a full video in the future.' Balancing school and music is not easy for Nova, who is completing her matric year. 'I keep myself organised with a calendar and plan everything. My friends and family keep me grounded and help me stay focused,' she said. Nova hopes to begin performing live more often and is currently looking for a guitarist to join her band. Do you have more information about the story? Please send us an email to [email protected] or phone us on 083 625 4114. For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord's websites: Rekord East For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram or TikTok. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!

Taron Egerton gives hopeful update on Kingsman 3
Taron Egerton gives hopeful update on Kingsman 3

Perth Now

time11-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Perth Now

Taron Egerton gives hopeful update on Kingsman 3

Taron Egerton still thinks a third Kingsman movie will happen. Work on the next action/spy flick has been ongoing since the 2021 prequel The King's Man, though director Matthew Vaughn, 54, previously said the project had been slowed due to Egerton's busy schedule. Now, the 35-year-old actor - who portrayed Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin in 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service and its 2017 sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle - has insisted that he, Vaugn and Harry Hart actor Colin Firth are all still keen to make a third movie. When The Playlist asked Egerton about Vaughn's delay comments, he replied: 'Is that what he said? Yeah, he's so funny. 'He did call me on Friday night, actually. Yeah, look, we both want to do it. And I know Colin is open to doing it, too. 'I think the interesting thing will be figuring out whether we all see the same thing. I love Matthew. Matthew is like family to me. 'I really think there's a brilliant story to tell with the third Kingsman. And I still think it will happen.' Kingsman: The Secret Service - which also starred Mark Strong, Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson - follows a rebellious teen who is recruited into a secret spy organisation and trained to become a gentleman agent. As a tech billionaire plots global destruction, the rookie must rise to the challenge and stop him before it's too late. The film proved to be a critical and commercial hit when it debuted in 2014, bringing in $414.51 million at the box office on a production budget of $81 million. While the sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle wasn't as well-received by critics when it released in 2017, it was still a box office success - grossing $410.9 million against a production budget of $104 million. Egerton previously said he hoped the third Kingsman movie would be a 'fitting' conclusion to the spy franchise. He told Collider: '[Vaughn] has every intention of making it, and I have every intention of playing Eggsy one more time. That was always what I thought I was committed to doing. 'It's the role that made my name, I suppose, in a way, I just want it to be absolutely right if we do it again, and I want the story to do justice to the part that really changed my life. 'I want it to be a fitting ending. And I would, obviously, really hope that Colin would come back for at least a part of it, and who knows? We'll have to see, but we are planning to talk about it, actually, the next time we see one another, so who knows? Watch this space.' The Rocketman star suggested the Argylle filmmaker wanted to put the relationship between Eggsy and Harry to the test in the third movie. Egerton explained: 'Eggsy and Harry [will be in it], obviously. But it's the gang coming back together, and it's one of those moments that ... when we wrote the screenplay, it was very much about, okay, I saw how people loved the relationship of Eggsy and Harry. 'So we just came up with this thing, what could be the ultimate reason for them to either fall in love or to hate each other forever? So that's what this movie is all about is will they or won't they, let's just say.'

'Raw' biopic on Ozzy Osbourne's life is on the way
'Raw' biopic on Ozzy Osbourne's life is on the way

The Advertiser

time07-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Advertiser

'Raw' biopic on Ozzy Osbourne's life is on the way

An Ozzy Osbourne biopic is in the works. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, played the final gig of his career at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday and his son Jack Osbourne has revealed that a "raw" movie about his remarkable life could be hitting the big screen as early as 2027. Jack told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "We have the film on the way. We have a lot of good momentum on the Ozzy biopic. "We have a director attached now and the script is done, and Sony Studios is going to be producing it. "It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going be raw. "We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out." Jack explained that a "phenomenal" director is helming the project and is a "die-hard fan" of Osbourne's. "The director is absolutely phenomenal," he said. "I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan. "If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027." It was previously reported in 2021 that a movie about Osbourne and his wife Sharon was in the pipeline. The project was billed to focus on the lives and epic love story of the rocker and his wife and tell the story of their decades-long bond. Osbourne and Sharon have been married since 1982 and their relationship exploded into pop culture with the MTV reality series The Osbournes, which centred on the domestic lives of the couple and their children Kelly and Jack and aired between 2002 and 2005. The screenplay for the project was adapted by Oscar-nominated scribe Lee Hall, whose credits include the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Steven Spielberg's take on War Horse. Music will also play a pivotal role in the film, which will include hits from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy's solo career. An Ozzy Osbourne biopic is in the works. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, played the final gig of his career at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday and his son Jack Osbourne has revealed that a "raw" movie about his remarkable life could be hitting the big screen as early as 2027. Jack told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "We have the film on the way. We have a lot of good momentum on the Ozzy biopic. "We have a director attached now and the script is done, and Sony Studios is going to be producing it. "It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going be raw. "We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out." Jack explained that a "phenomenal" director is helming the project and is a "die-hard fan" of Osbourne's. "The director is absolutely phenomenal," he said. "I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan. "If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027." It was previously reported in 2021 that a movie about Osbourne and his wife Sharon was in the pipeline. The project was billed to focus on the lives and epic love story of the rocker and his wife and tell the story of their decades-long bond. Osbourne and Sharon have been married since 1982 and their relationship exploded into pop culture with the MTV reality series The Osbournes, which centred on the domestic lives of the couple and their children Kelly and Jack and aired between 2002 and 2005. The screenplay for the project was adapted by Oscar-nominated scribe Lee Hall, whose credits include the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Steven Spielberg's take on War Horse. Music will also play a pivotal role in the film, which will include hits from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy's solo career. An Ozzy Osbourne biopic is in the works. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, played the final gig of his career at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday and his son Jack Osbourne has revealed that a "raw" movie about his remarkable life could be hitting the big screen as early as 2027. Jack told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "We have the film on the way. We have a lot of good momentum on the Ozzy biopic. "We have a director attached now and the script is done, and Sony Studios is going to be producing it. "It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going be raw. "We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out." Jack explained that a "phenomenal" director is helming the project and is a "die-hard fan" of Osbourne's. "The director is absolutely phenomenal," he said. "I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan. "If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027." It was previously reported in 2021 that a movie about Osbourne and his wife Sharon was in the pipeline. The project was billed to focus on the lives and epic love story of the rocker and his wife and tell the story of their decades-long bond. Osbourne and Sharon have been married since 1982 and their relationship exploded into pop culture with the MTV reality series The Osbournes, which centred on the domestic lives of the couple and their children Kelly and Jack and aired between 2002 and 2005. The screenplay for the project was adapted by Oscar-nominated scribe Lee Hall, whose credits include the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Steven Spielberg's take on War Horse. Music will also play a pivotal role in the film, which will include hits from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy's solo career. An Ozzy Osbourne biopic is in the works. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, played the final gig of his career at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday and his son Jack Osbourne has revealed that a "raw" movie about his remarkable life could be hitting the big screen as early as 2027. Jack told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "We have the film on the way. We have a lot of good momentum on the Ozzy biopic. "We have a director attached now and the script is done, and Sony Studios is going to be producing it. "It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going be raw. "We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out." Jack explained that a "phenomenal" director is helming the project and is a "die-hard fan" of Osbourne's. "The director is absolutely phenomenal," he said. "I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan. "If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027." It was previously reported in 2021 that a movie about Osbourne and his wife Sharon was in the pipeline. The project was billed to focus on the lives and epic love story of the rocker and his wife and tell the story of their decades-long bond. Osbourne and Sharon have been married since 1982 and their relationship exploded into pop culture with the MTV reality series The Osbournes, which centred on the domestic lives of the couple and their children Kelly and Jack and aired between 2002 and 2005. The screenplay for the project was adapted by Oscar-nominated scribe Lee Hall, whose credits include the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Steven Spielberg's take on War Horse. Music will also play a pivotal role in the film, which will include hits from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy's solo career.

Ozzy Osbourne biopic in development
Ozzy Osbourne biopic in development

Perth Now

time07-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Perth Now

Ozzy Osbourne biopic in development

An Ozzy Osbourne biopic is in the works. The Black Sabbath rocker, 76, played the final gig of his career at Birmingham's Villa Park on Saturday (05.07.25) and his son Jack Osbourne has revealed that a "raw" movie about his remarkable life could be hitting the big screen as early as 2027. Jack told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "We have the film on the way. We have a lot of good momentum on the Ozzy biopic. "We have a director attached now, and the script is done, and Sony Studios is going to be producing it. "It is about to go through a script rewrite. It's going be raw. "We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out." Jack explained that a "phenomenal" director is helming the project and is a "die-hard fan" of Ozzy's. He said: "The director is absolutely phenomenal. "I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan. "If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027." It was previously reported in 2021 that a movie about Ozzy and his wife Sharon Osbourne was in the pipeline. The project was billed to focus on the lives and epic love story of the Paranoid rocker and his wife and tell the story of their decades-long bond. Ozzy and Sharon have been married since 1982 and their relationship exploded into pop culture with the MTV reality series The Osbournes – which centred on the domestic lives of the couple and their children Kelly and Jack and aired between 2002 and 2005. Sharon said at the time: "Our relationship at times was often wild, insane and dangerous but it was undying love that kept us together. "We're thrilled to partner with Sony Pictures and Polygram to bring our story to the screen." The screenplay for the project was being adapted by Oscar-nominated scribe Lee Hall, whose previous credits include the Sir Elton John biopic Rocketman and Steven Spielberg's take on War Horse. Music was also said to be playing a pivotal role in the film, which would include hits from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy's solo career. Sharon had insisted that she wanted the picture to focus on her life prior to marrying Ozzy. The 72-year-old star said: "I don't want to do another rock and roll, sex, drugs and money movie about a musician. That's not what I'm doing. There hasn't been a movie about a woman that actually works on the management side - that's a true story - and somebody that succeeds through the struggle and you come out the other side. "It's everything before we get married. It's the madness of my childhood, growing up in the industry with a powerful father who was somewhat violent."

Watch: Taron Egerton tries to protect daughter in 'She Rides Shotgun'
Watch: Taron Egerton tries to protect daughter in 'She Rides Shotgun'

UPI

time02-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • UPI

Watch: Taron Egerton tries to protect daughter in 'She Rides Shotgun'

1 of 3 | "She Rides Shotgun" arrives in theaters Aug. 1. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate July 2 (UPI) -- Lionsgate is previewing its action-thriller feature She Rides Shotgun, starring Taron Egerton. The Kingsman, Rocketman and Carry-On actor portrays Nate, a former prisoner who is trying to protect his daughter, 11-year-old Polly (Ana Sophia Hager), while the two of them evade Nate's "unrelenting enemies," according to an official synopsis. "Shy, precocious and wary of her father, Polly is swept up in Nate's dangerous plight as they flee to evade the corrupt sheriff and brutal leader of a gang who will stop at nothing to protect his criminal interests," the description reads. The trailer released Wednesday opens with Nate cutting Polly's hair. "Polly, from now on we're on our own. Dangerous men are coming for us. You're gonna have to do as I say. I want you to be brave and strong," he tells her. The preview shows the duo outrunning cops and Polly firing a gun to save her father's life. She Rides Shotgun premieres in theaters Aug. 1.

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