Although the one presenter is South African, Star Gist won't be seen in South Africa when it starts tomorrow with presenters Vimbai Muthinhiri (25) from Zimbabwe (also known as "Miss Vee") and Lawrence Maleka (22) from South Africa, a pick up from the community TV station Soweto TV.
Whether Star Gist is going to replace the entertainment shows Studio 53 and Studio 53 Extra is the first high profile new TV show following the major restructuring of M-Net Africa's AfricaMagic TV channels isn't clear (and for quite a while now Africa now longer has 53 countries anyway).
The new Star Gist which will be a weekday show with 5 new episodes per week will do red carpet coverage and star profiles and will focus on daily African entertainment and fashion news, do profile segments with personalities, attend glamour events, visit behind-the-scenes of music video shoots, TV shows and movies and profile the unbelievable lifestyles of Africa's über rich who want to flaunt their wealth and conspicuous consumption.
"We're happy to be able to provide the continent with first class entertainment and up-to-the-minute industry news. The show is well-placed to take the newly rebranded AfricaMagic Entertainment to the next level," says Biola Alabi, the managing director of M-Net Africa.
