Tanzania Entertainment News API

Get the live top entertainment headlines from Tanzania with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top entertainment headlines from Tanzania. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=tz&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=entertainment" \
  --data-urlencode "country=tz" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "entertainment", "country": "tz", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "entertainment",
    country: "tz",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "entertainment",
    "country"  => "tz",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=tz&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 28476,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d947d928bf314aac3158e6abe3a8c5eb",
            "title": "John Frieda, Celebrity Hair Stylist and Hair Care Business Entrepreneur, Dies at 75",
            "description": "The celebrity hair stylist’s death was announced by his salon on Tuesday, Nov. 3",
            "content": "NEED TO KNOW\nJohn Frieda has died, his salon announced on Tuesday, Nov. 3; no further details were shared\nFrieda was best known for working with celebrity clientele, including Princess Diana, Madonna, Twiggy and notably for creating Joanna Lumley's i... [4625 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/john-frieda-celebrity-hair-stylist-015831013.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/7df470d88a954d9b8a7532e958104f1cc6ed1b92a1d3fe2d1b05cf8aeb7ff11f/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fpeople_218%2F01c55b9b695741b9621901951de4331b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3675b6679b02aaedaac67f38079830b6",
            "title": "Park Hoon-jung’s Assassin Noir ‘Tristes Tropiques’ Sells to North America, France, Spain",
            "description": "“Tristes Tropiques,” the latest genre outing from “New World” and “The Witch” director Park Hoon-jung, has been picked up for North America by Well Go USA as Finecut, which is carrying the film in its...",
            "content": "\"Tristes Tropiques,\" the latest genre outing from \"New World\" and \"The Witch\" director Park Hoon-jung, has been picked up for North America by Well Go USA as Finecut, which is carrying the film in its AFM line-up, closes a fresh round of deals ahead ... [2962 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/park-hoon-jung-assassin-noir-010000161.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/ca4ed95d9e0b8d7130a3fcba2eb134ef812f7324a581728a2bb23edd47acc098/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fvariety.com%2Fe7acb8294ef5a2d8033be9e991e485e0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7baf0bc72e64897cb31afe549e138d88",
            "title": "BAFTA Breakthrough 2026 Includes Other Bennet Sister's Ella Bruccoleri",
            "description": "BAFTA has unveiled its 2026 Breakthrough UK cohort, selecting 21 emerging creatives for its annual talent development program, supported by Netflix.",
            "content": "BAFTA has unveiled its 2026 Breakthrough U.K. cohort, selecting 21 emerging creatives across film, television and games for its annual talent development program, supported by Netflix.\nNow in its 13th year, the initiative recognizes rising talent acr... [2170 chars]",
            "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bafta-breakthrough-2026-other-bennet-sister-ella-bruccoleri-1236938267/",
            "image": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/bafta-breakthrough-2026.png?w=1000&h=563&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c96d85bc8a846b5845a5420fe892ac16",
                "name": "Variety",
                "url": "https://variety.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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