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by Ben Pike Premium Content Subscriber only As father of three Chris Turton watched The Gloaming on TV he started shouting at the screen "somebody help her". Mr Turton found his 17-year-old boy, who had used the same method depicted in the Stan program. Daniel died in Northern Beaches Hospital a week later. "It certainly wasnt evident as we started watching the program that suicide was going to be involved and be so, so graphic," Mr Turton, 55, told The Su...

A father and daughter’s traumatic encounters with depictions of suicide on film and TV has prompted the government to investigate clearer warnings.

by Ben Pike Premium Content Subscriber only As father of three Chris Turton watched The Gloaming on TV he started shouting at the screen "somebody help her". Mr Turton found his 17-year-old boy, who had used the same method depicted in the Stan program. Daniel died in Northern Beaches Hospital a week later. "It certainly wasnt evident as we started watching the program that suicide was going to be involved and be so, so graphic," Mr Turton, 55, told The Su...

A father and daughter’s traumatic encounters with depictions of suicide on film and TV has prompted the government to investigate clearer warnings.

The matter is set to be determined by a selected mediation committee led by comedians Jalang’o, Churchill, alongside celebrities Big Ted, Refigah, Nonini and other stakeholders. According to Mutua, the committee has four days to look into the said complaint raised by KFCB against Omondi before advising the board on what action to take against him. “The program in contention dubbed ‘Wife Material 2’ is hereby suspended forthwith until the case is heard and determined by this self-regulat...

Ezekiel Mutua Goes After Betty Kyalos New KTN Show Betty Kyallo pictured next to her Mercedes Benz File The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has gone after media personality Betty Kyalos new show on KTN following alleged complaints over its promotional poster. In a press statement, Mutua took issue with the show rated 18 and above years airing at 8 pm. He stated that the rating should apply to content being aired within the watershed period. He, therefore, raised the mat...

We ask these strong, powerful females who they look up to Which woman do I look up to in admiration? On the personal side there is Blessed Mary, mother of Lord Jesus, the embodiment of a mother’s devotion to her child. There is my mother Evangelina, with her old-school but timeless family values. On the political side, there are many dating back to Queen Elizabeth I, or Golda Meir, or Margaret Thatcher, or even her contemporary Queen Elizabeth II who is now into her seventh decade of leading ...

He added that his arrest amounts to gagging artistic freedom and creativity. “Atheists in Kenya Society are shocked and dismayed by the arrest of comedian Eric Omondi. Eric has exhibited great talent and creativity during his illustrious career. The arrest of Eric Omondi is an attempt by agents of the state, in particular the CEO of the Kenya Films and Classification Board, Dr. Ezekiel Mutua, and the DCI to police morality in Kenya. His arrest amounts to gagging artistic freedom and creativit...

ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa (EA) has expressed serious concerns over the arrest of Eric Omondi, a Kenyan comedian, under the country’s censorship laws. Eric Omondi was arrested hours after he released his reality show Marriage Material on his social media accounts.

THE STANDARD By Mireri Junior | January 23rd 2021 at 13:07:20 GMT +0300 Oscar award winner, Lupita Nyongo during a press conference in 2015 when she announced that she will be The Global Elephant Ambassador with the international conservation organisation WildAid. [File, Standard] Kenyans on social media have defended award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o against the accusations that her response to Tourism CS Balalas claims that she was unreachable for a tourism ambassador job was disresp...