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.
KRISTEN Stewart was “very naive” about fame during her younger years. The 31-year-old actress became an international star through her appearances in the Twilight movies, and Kristen admits she wasn’t fully prepared for what came her way. The Hollywood star, who played Bella Swan in the money-spinning film franchise, likened starring in the movies to going to “college”. And she thinks people developed a perception of her based on her on-screen character. Kristen – who starred in the films alongside Taylor Lautner and her ex-boyfriend Robert Pattinson – said: “Like, how fun for people to think they know you. Did you think I was going to do Twilight forever?” But Kristen admitted she can’t control what people think of her. She knows even a brief encounter can leave a bad…
Halle Berry admits that directing ‘Bruised’ was the hardest challenge of her career. The star makes her debut behind the camera in the sports drama flick, where she also plays a disgraced MMA fighter who decides to return for an unsanctioned bout, and admits that she felt like it was a triumph against the odds to helm the movie. Speaking at a Hollywood screening, Halle told The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t know how I did it. I was on some adrenaline… I was on a high. “I had to get this out of my body and so I had to do it. I just had to keep going day after day and I was energised by it, I was ignited by (it) and I was refusing to be told ‘no’.”…
Debashine Thangevelo debashine.thangevelo@inl.co.za Happiness Ever After has finally been released. The sequel to the 2016 hit, Happiness Is a Four-letter Word, has since made the Top 10 in South Africa Today list on Netflix. Its popularity among streamers is unsurprising given it has been a hugely-anticipated sequel for South Africa. But not everyone is blown away by the romantic drama, which is evident by the comments on the Twitterverse. And the division is understandable. Although the casting is topnotch, as is the production value, the storytelling and character development fail to carry through with the depth it so clearly aims to achieve. Unlike the original movie, which had a solid blueprint in Nozizwe Cynthia Jele’s novel to work off, this one tries to match its appeal by retaining that sisterhood…
Sacha van Niekerk sacha.vanniekerk@inl.co.za Luxury social media influencer Sarah Langa has become a member of The Arts Club, an exclusive private member club in the UK. The South African beauty and fashion blogger is a social media star with over 607 000 followers. Last Friday she took to Instagram to post a glamorous selfie in a floor-length emerald green gown by Rich Mnisi with a thigh-high slit. The tagged location was “The Arts Club”. The club was founded in 1863 to provide a haven for anyone with formal or recreational ties to the arts, literature, and sciences. Through two world wars, relocations and renovations, it has continued to provide a place of hospitality and companionship to its members, even expanding its reach by opening its first international outpost in the…
IN EARLIER times gemstones, along with gold and silver, were used as a form of money because of their universal value. Today, they are purchased because of their Vedic properties, as well as to secure savings from the fluctuating value of money. With the right knowledge some gemstones can be good investments too. Pawan Gupta, the director of PP Jewellers, and Rohan Sharma, the managing director of RK Jewellers, share a list of the top six gemstones that are expected to rise in value: Pink Diamonds The pink diamond is an exclusive and natural diamond that is trending among celebrities. According to the Argyle Diamond Mine, a pink diamond can cost as much as 20 times the price of a similar white diamond. British news service The Telegraph reported that…
Buhle Mbonambi buhle.mbonambi@inl.co.za Fashion historians have noted how important a role designers played in the wake of World War 2. With the world needing a bit of joy and upliftment, designers like Christian Dior came to the fore and changed the world of fashion forever. He launched the New Look in Paris, returning women’s fashion to an overtly feminine silhouette. It was groundbreaking and injected a new style that the world soon fell in love with. There was hope and a lust for life after a time of death and despair. The past 20 months have been filled with death and despair. And fashion, more than anything, is what allowed us to look beyond the hopelessness of Covid-19. That is the power of fashion and it’s even more prevalent this…
