EAST RAND REALITY STARS IN USA

The acapella group Overtone, originally from the East Rand, have been given their own American TV reality series that will be shown internationally. E! Entertainment has bought the first 10 episodes of the series Mrs Eastwood & Company. The group of six were discovered by Dinah Eastwood, wife of Clint Eastwood, three years ago when they performed in Cape Town. The Eastwoods were in South Africa for the filming of the movie Invictus and were so impressed with Overtone that they included them on the soundtrack of Invictus. The group moved to the USA and were taken under the Eastwoods' wing. Mrs Eastwood & Company focuses on Dina Eastwood, her step-daughter Francesca and her and Clint's teenage daughter Morgan. It deals with how Dinah combines managing a music group with her family life. The series is filmed by Bunim/Murray Productions, which also makes the TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Filming takes place in the Eastwoods' homes in Carmel, California, and Los Angeles. E! channel will begin broadcasting the show on May 20 in the USA.