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.
Beyoncé announced her highly anticipated Renaissance World Tour on the first day of Black History Month – an annual observance in the US that honours the African diaspora. Social media erupted and ticketing websites crashed briefly as fans worldwide rushed to secure tickets. Following her record-setting 32nd win at the 2023 Grammy Awards for her album Renaissance, the US singer-songwriter’s tour is the most sought-after musical event of the year. It will run from May to September, with performances so far scheduled only across Europe and North America. African fans were disappointed, but no doubt not surprised – Africa is almost always excluded from major world tours organised by global record labels. To be clear, it’s not just Beyoncé. Still, this particular exclusion is compounded by her love of the…
Viewers tend to focus on those two long black braids. Summon almost any image of the iconic Addams Family daughter, and there is that signature hair. One recent animated film iteration even terminated each braid with a tellingly ominous noose. Yet the real secret, honestly, was always in the eyes. Within America’s “first family” of macabre comedy, those distinguishing peepers were in evidence as far back as 1938, when these altogether ooky-kooky cartoon characters debuted in the New Yorker magazine, as rendered by creator Charles Addams. On the page, the parents in this Gothic menagerie, eventually named Morticia and Gomez Addams, had eyelids. Son Pugsley, too, had white space surrounding his pupils, as did Grandmama and Uncle Fester – and even their butler Lurch. Daughter Wednesday Addams, though, was always…
Tom Cruise is reportedly putting his film projects on hold to attend the coronation of King Charles. The British monarch will be crowned in London on May 6, and Cruise will pause filming for the new Mission: Impossible movie to attend the historic event. A source said: “Tom has been invited to King Charles’s coronation and there is no way he would have ever turned it down. “It is a hugely prestigious event and Tom is a real royalist – plus he is now close with Prince William and Kate. Tom has told film bosses to shut down the production on Mission: Impossible over the coronation weekend to make sure he can attend.” Cruise’s decision shocked the production staff of the new movie. But the film star is determined to…
Rihanna’s music plans remain “a big secret”. The 34-year-old star is set to perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday and tipped to head out on tour but she remains tight-lipped about her intentions. A source told the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: “There has been a lot of talk among people in the know, especially in the last week or two, that Rihanna is gearing up to announce a tour. “It seems to be more than just hearsay at this point.” Despite this, members of Rihanna’s team remain in the dark about her plans. A second source explained: “Even some members of Rihanna’s team have been kept in the dark. It’s all a big secret, from the details of her half-time show to what’s next, if anything.”…
hair loss might not be physically painful, but it can have a serious psychosocial impact on some individuals. From toupées to comb-overs, we’ve all seen men going out of their way to cover up bald patches. However, with modern advancements in hair treatment methodology, it has become easier for those suffering from hair loss to restore their crowning glory with hair transplant surgery. We spoke to Dr Kashmal Kalan, a hair restoration expert and medical director of the Alvi Armani hair transplant clinic. What made you decide to go into hair restoration? I could express myself both surgically and artistically and combine these to enhance patients’ lives. Being a part of one of the world's greatest and largest follicular unit extraction (FUE) clinics, Alvi Armani, is also a truly humbling…
When Twitter user @Jon_Stoic posted a video clip of random strangers being asked what they do for a living, it raised eyebrows, particularly among South African folks. Sharing the clip with his followers, he captioned the post, “Chad here owns $300-million (about R5.26 billion) worth of South African minerals and lives in America, he says his biggest issue is the civil rights of South Africans”. In the clip, Chad nonchalantly says he’s the heir to a company based in South Africa and inherited “like a 40% stake about two and a half years ago”. His friend, asked what she does for a living, revealed she is a college student, but on the side, sells pictures of her big toe. Chad, on the other hand, said he’s worth “roughly $300m”. “You’re…
