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The internet has been buzzing over the last 24 hours after the 2nd Season of Netflix's UNTOLD series opened with the Manti Te'o story - 'Untold:  The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist' co directed by Ryan Duffy and Tony Vainuku.

Key name right there - Tony Vainuku.  Not just because Tony is one of the Directors, but because if it wasn't for him, Manti may not have been open to sharing his story.   

The Samoan NFL players incredible story is told in the Netflix two part episode (screening now - peep the trailer above).  It details the scandal around the Hawaiian born, former Notre Dame football standout who was infamously duped into believing his longtime girlfriend (who he never met in person) died just before his 2013 BCS National Championship game, before it was revealed that his dead girlfriend wasn't dead, his girlfriend or was even real.…more

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson became Ellen's "biggest guest" when he appeared on her show in 2003 during her first month on the air.

The actor made his last appearance in 2019, when he talked about his early morning wedding in Hawaii.

Dwayne talks to guest host Kerry Washington about his eldest daughter Simone making her WWE debut, buying his Mum a house, his friendship with Kevin Hart, adopting a dog, playing Black Adam, and his business partner/the first woman to own a sports league - Dany Garcia, joins them to talk about rebooting the XFL.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson wowed fans at Comic Con San Diego with an epic surprise, in person appearance dressed in his full Black Adam costume to share exclusive footage from the highly anticipated superhero movie.

Black Adam is set to be released on the 21st October introducing the DC antihero for the first time and co-stars Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Cintineo as Atom Smasher and Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone. 

Peep the Black Adam San Diego Comic Con Teaser Trailer above and his epic entrance plus the full Black Adam panel below ...

Step away from the desk and have a boogie break!

The Pacific Community have created a series of videos showcasing varying Pacific Island dance styles.

In honour of Kiribati Language Week - Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati - get up and moving with this Coco crowd.

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Credit: Pacific Community

#ICYMI Jason Momoa has joined the Fast and Furious cast and has confirmed he'll be playing a villain.

While talking to Entertainment Tonight about his upcoming projects, Momoa confirmed his role on Fast 10, stating, “It's fun, I get to play the bad guy, which I haven't gotten to do for a while. Now, I get to be the bad boy. A very flamboyant bad boy. A little panache!"

In the video above he shows Tyrese Gibson through his own cars and takes him for a ride.

The Fast Family Youtube page has shared a few of the behind the scenes moments with some of the cast and cars - check them out here 

The Island in Me is an award-winning feature by Spanish/American filmmaker Gemma Cubero del Barrio that takes the viewer to the remote atoll of Pukapuka in the Cook Islands, a unique place never before captured in film – Pukapuka is only four hundred inhabitants and ten metres above sea level.

The film follows two women who grew up on Pukapuka and return home after decades away - Amelia Hokulea Borofsky, the daughter of anthropologist Robert Borofsky who lived in Pukapuka in the mid-1970 and Johnny Frisbie, a Cook Island legend in her own right (her book Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, written at age fifteen, was the first published literary work by a Pacific Island author).

Both lived on Pukapuka as children and left at different times, but they both return to reconnect – with emotion, celebration, and a sense of belonging. Director del Barrio also weaves in her own intimate story.

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 19th Festival International du Film Documentaire Oceanien FIFO in Tahiti.…more

The world needed a hero, it got Black Adam.  Coming to theatres around the world in October 2022.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stars in the action adventure “Black Adam.”

It's the first-ever feature film to explore the story of the DC Super Hero comes to the big screen.  Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Samoan actor Beulah Koale's latest movie "DUAL" hit the big screens in the US last weekend starring Karen Gillam (Jumanji) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad).

He talks here about his role and you can check out the trailer below - 

Samoan actor and comedian Rose Matafeo was recently on the Kelly Clarkson show to talk about Season two of her HBO Max series 'Starstruck'.

She dishes on filming the show during lockdown, living alone in her London bachelorette pad and starting stand-up comedy when she was 15.

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Get familiar with Rose here where she shares with us her journey to comedic stardom, her love for cats and her vehement distaste for her Rastafarian parents choice in music.