Pretoria News is a local newspaper circulating in the Tshwane Metropolitan area. Pretoria News covers a range of local news, as well as national and international news, comment and analysis by experts, sport, entertainment and lifestyle.
Marion Winik The sixth and final instalment of the EL James series Fifty Shades, Freed, released on June 1, is selling briskly, as one might expect. Its chart-busting progenitor, Fifty Shades of Grey, published in 2011, sold 15.2 million copies by 2020, making it the bestselling book of the last decade. Despite its widely agreed upon lack of literary merit, Fifty Shades of Grey bristled with tension and packed major shock value, as soft-core sadomasochistic porn entered the mainstream of women’s fiction. As copies of Fifty Shades were seen on the sidelines at the soccer game, the city pool and the PTA meeting, a flood of media coverage was churned out in an attempt to figure out why women would embrace such a thing. But embrace they did. An international…
Bang Showbiz Jennifer Lopez says she has “never been better”. The 51-year-old singer-and-actress split from fiance Alex Rodriguez three months ago and subsequently rekindled her romance with former flame Ben Affleck, and she admitted she is having the “best time of (her) life” at the moment. She said: “I’m super happy. I know people are always wondering, ‘How are you? What’s going on? Are you okay?’ I’ve never been better. “I want my people who care about me, because I care about them so much, to know that I’ve really gotten to a place in my life where I’m great on my own. And I think once you get to that place, then amazing things happen to you that you never imagine in your life happening again. And so that…
Native Americans are concerned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are irrigating their gardens with water they consider as sacred. Prince Harry and Meghan’s mansion in California is built on land that once belonged to the Chumash tribe. The area is home to several hot and cold springs, as well as a series of underground rivers from which local residents divert water. Tribe leader Eleanor Fishburn says that Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39 – who stepped down as senior royals last year – should not be using the water to irrigate their gardens. According to The Sun newspaper, she said: “For us, this water is a pure water, a holy water and a ceremonial water. As a native population, it is sacred for us and the idea that people…
Lutho Pasiya lutho.pasiya@inl.co.za Most bubbly connoisseurs know that a bottle of sparkling wine can only be called Champagne if it comes from the region of France with that name and is made under certain regulations. However, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin thinks otherwise. A new Russian law makes the counter-claim that the word Champagne can only be used for Russian sparkling wine. Confused? Let’s break it down. French Champagne producers are being forced to rebrand their prized fizz to “sparkling wine” on bottles destined for Russia after the introduction of a new law brought in by Putin. The law says wine made in France’s Champagne region can only be sold in Russia if it is called “sparkling wine”. It is no secret that French winemakers are fiercely protective of the term…
Liam Karabo Joyce and Marchelle Abrahams In the mid to late 2000s, Danny K and Lee-Ann Liebenberg were the hottest celebrity couple in South Africa. A former Miss South Africa finalist, Liebenberg was setting the scene on fire as one of the most popular models at the time, topping FHM hotlists and bagging the cover of magazines, including the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Danny K (Koppel) was the pop and R&B crooner whose collaborations with Mandoza and Kabelo made him a superstar. Meanwhile, Nicky van der Walt and Lisa Gundelfinger were the toast of Haute société. The polo player and hotshot businessman Van der Walt was a constant at exclusive gatherings with Gundelfinger – at the time a law student and also the daughter of the well known divorce lawyer…
Gerry Cupido geraldine.cupido@inl.co.za The groom wore jeans and the bride wore a Vera Wang gown and stiletto cowboy boots. American Country singer Blake Shelton and pop star Gwen Stefani tied the knot last weekend during an intimate wedding ceremony at Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch. The Hollaback Girl singer this week took to Instagram to share images taken on their special day. The blushing bride was positively beaming with joy and looking ever the chic pop star in a white custom made Vera Wang gown. The gown the 51-year-old mother-of-three wore during the ceremony featured a full-length tulle skirt and sweetheart-style fitted bodice. The dress featured “hand pieced silk, crystal and sequin embroidered foliage delicately trickling from the waist down the skirt”, said designer Vera Wang. During the ceremony she wore a…
