Pokello Nare has always been beautiful because she’s Pokello the undisputed Queen of Swag.
Picture – Pokello Instagram
But of late it seems like the 2013 Big Brother housemate has had a peak in hotness. Now we all know Pokello for her signature haircut but she has had a change of style and is now sporting braids.
Be it either the presence or absence of hair Pokello is just disturbingly hot
The mother of two sons is showing us that just like wine she is getting better with age. Our fear now is that at 50 she might even be looking hotter than your varsity girl.
It was a razzle-dazzle spectacular when Idols revealed this season’s Top 10 to an excited audience at the South African State Theatre in Pretoria and the millions of viewers at home.
Idols Top 10
DStv customers held their collective breath last night as 16 were cut down to 10, with host Proverb delivering news that was a blessing to some and a blow to others. But before the big chop, Group 1’s eight contestants took to the stage one last time as a squad for a rendition of Bruno Mars’ That’s What I Like.
Soon enough, hearts were in throats as Proverb came on with a drum roll. Season 13’s youngest contestant, Paxton, was the first person to occupy a chair in the Winners’ Circle. She wasn’t alone for long, as Phindy, Faith and Thokozile joined her. The ladies were showing a strong presence.
Lindo, Christo, Blessed and Gugu Zulu didn’t garner enough votes, leaving their faith in the hands of the judges who had two saves to round off the Top 10.
To give everyone a breather from the nerves, Group 2 took to the stage to perform Black Box’s evergreen hit, Fantasy. Soon after, Proverb delivered good news to the ecstatic Mthokozisi and Botlhale, who became the first guys to make the Top 10.
After more heart-stopping pauses from Proverb, Thapelo and Tee got the thumbs up but Gabi, Hadassah, Basetsana and Minnie were left crossing fingers to be on the judges’ “save” list.
The judges rounded off the Top 10 by saving Lindo and Christo, making it a clean sweep for all the guys in the competition.
Randall, who has been sitting at the judges’ table the longest, had this sage advice: “After 12 seasons, you can forget just what an impact Idols has. Grab this opportunity with both hands and make it work for you!”
It wasn’t all frayed nerves and butterflies – Idols is a music show after all! The night’s line-up lit up the stage with popular tunes that were a welcome respite, including Gobisiqolo by Bhizer featuring Busiswa, S.C Gorna, Trigger Bhepepe. Vusi Nova made his first big stage appearance after his assault, crooning Ndikuthandile.
Wayse and I Never Quit brought some dance moves with a medley of songs, and Sun-El Musician featuring Samthing Soweto entertained with Akanamali. Idols 13’s new in-house mentor, Donald, performed his hit Raindrops featuring the multi-talented and multi award-winning Tiwa Savage.
Idols XIII Top Ten:
Paxton Fielies
Phindy Dube
Faith Msibi
Thokozile Ndimande
Mthokozisi Ndaba
Botlhale Phora
Thapelo Esau
Tee Xaba
Lindo Sithole
Christo Daniels
Idols SA season 13 is on Mzansi Magic, DStv Channel 161 on Sundays at 17:00 CAT
Lamont Chitepo is prolific when it comes to music videos, from Maoko Mudengato the highly successful and award-winning song Maiwe which features Kin, the UK based singer is your source of artistic inspiration.
In his new video Your Way, Lamont again recruited the best for this love story
First of all, the casting is perfect, the dancing is gorgeous, the wardrobe is something to inspire (heavy dose of style inspiration) —But it’s also set on what looks like an expensive beach house with hauntingly beautiful ladies and gents having a good time.
The people in the video don’t look like they are in a rush to go anywhere, they are partying in a slow, somewhat lazy way and the combination is extra colourful, creative and dreamy.
The track Your Way which features Nigerian singer Nuzak is a creatively made song, that seeks to trigger Lamont’s dispatch into the ever aggressive international market.
The way the video cuts to poolside dancers, Lamont seated and singing on an expensive lounge suite and carefully selected clips from the house party give the resulting footage a captivating effect.
The video has an “All round Watchable Feel” you can even watch it during your Monday’s coffee break.
He is already teasing a new video that he calls ”Body Diagram’ with some provocative pictures on his Facebook page but for now …Your Way
Love is probably music’s most popular topic and it’s almost predictable that when an artist says they have a new song, it will be about that.
Bryan K
But Bryan Kadengu always breathes new life into this subject, remember when he dropped Heavy Machine? It is somewhat a task to categorise his sound as he seems to have freed himself of the constraints of genre.
The young man just dropped a new song titled Magi and it features certified hit maker Ex Q and DJ Towers and the three showcased tight chemistry on Maggie.
In Heavy Machine, he sings about a voluptuous African woman, and as evidenced by his video his preference (then) where the fuller figured type.
However, in Maggie, he is a with a slender girl, the type that you see in Victoria’s secret Shows….Ok, Bryan, we know you are trying to prove to us that your heart is as flexible as your voice is on any beat. We forgive you
Bryan K possesses something few other singers have or ever will, fresh lyrics and compositions, a very strong vocal and it’s that combination that gives him an unmatched sound.
Maggie might not be that song that goes into your favourites section on your playlist, but it’s that kind of a song that provokes your thoughts especially when he describes the quality that makes her (Maggie) marriage material.
Such rich lyrics from a young boy is what earns him respect and a seat at the table with the high and mighty.
Song is Produced by top African producers Simba Tagz and Kamera, video directed by Peter Chigayo.
Spencer has now built a reputation of throwing flashy, A-list parties that change the face of that joint along Samora Machel.
The coming of age of a boss deserves a bigger celebration that lasts for days we are hoping this one will spill over into the weekend.
The party will be hosted by the celebrity duo of Candice Mwakalyelyeand Comic Pastor.
Now y’all know the drill, two of the country’s finest dressers songstress and Fashion designer Cindy Munyavi and 2016 Style Oracle Awards best-dressed Journalist, Herald scribe Tafadzwa ‘The Boss’ Zimoyo will be waiting for you on the red carpet.
There are not taking any fashion excuses, the weather has become oppressively hot but that doesn’t mean you can get away with violating the Red Carpet look.
Same time last year a few of you were guilty of violating the dress code and Zimbuzz muted justice on you, Read all of it HERE
“Red carpet means formal gone are the days when people would rock the Pharell Williams style or look but its thing of past. Tuxedos and blazer are measure points you don’t go wrong,” advised Tafadzwa Zimoyo.
That automatically rules out your favourite ripped denim and that 2006 Dembare Jersey.
Zimoyo said he was expecting to see glitz and glamour as most Zimbabweans now understood the concept of the red carpet.
Blue and Black seemed to be an odd combination but the Entertainment journalist thinks it’s a perfect marriage.
“Both are my favourite colours when it comes to elegance, in fact, two years ago Boss Spencer hosted for me a black and blue affair birthday party and we coincidentally pulled the same look, the eight and six button,” he said with a grin.
Tafadzwa Zimoyo and Boss Spencer
His advice to the brothers coming to the party
“My fashion advice for men on the Blue and Black combination is pick one and then dominate with it but don’t overdo it. Stick to the colours and don’t add your own,” he said.
Zimoyo, however, refused to give a hint on what he is going to wear to the party deciding to leave the task to his stylist Cynthia Bizure of JanJam.
We couldn’t get hold of Cindy as she was said to be 41,000 feet above sea level, we understand she has gone for some shopping as well as meeting some of her foreign based designers.
Wearing makeup was made to accentuate one’s beauty not to wear a whole new face. However, some women end up looking like the woman next door just by failing to master the art of makeup.
Meeting the same person in a week, you would swear you met seven different faces.
Such women turn all heads towards them as they walk the streets, not because they’d be looking good but because they’ll be looking like clowns in the middle of a circus.
Well, ladies, I guess it would be great to give each other a few pointers to the mistakes we tend to make, such that we stop clowning with our looks.
1.Choosing the wrong colour/shade of foundationor powder for your skin tone Most women haven’t yet mastered what colour goes with their skin tone. They tend to pick anything they lay their hands on.
Makeup comes in different shades for different skin tones. Allow a professional make-up artist to help you choose a suitable shade for your skin tone.
Picture – pinterest.com
2.Failure to master face shape, and following makeup trends and forgetting what suits them. Do not just follow makeup trends that come, all makeup techniques serve a purpose. Let’s take for instance Contouring is for making those with fuller faces look slimmer, however, if you already have a slim face, if you go hard on your contouring it will only do more harm than good and will make you look thin.
Highlighting on the cheekbone is to accentuate the cheekbone, if you already have an emphasised cheekbone why do it.Leave it for those that really need to do it.
3.Wearing make-up for the wrong time of the day. Some women wear evening make-up during the day. I’m sure most of you are wondering if there is a difference between day and evening make-up.
Picture Instagram- @urbandecaycosmetics
The answer is, yes there is, there are some rules pertaining to make-up, no smoky eye during the day as well as some colours are not to be worn during the day.
For a day look one has to wear natural or earthy colours, therefore every lady must own a nude eye shadow palette for the day looks. Bright colours for your eyes are ok for an evening look.
You find some ladies wanting to match their outfits with their eyeshadows. I know the idea may sound cool but sadly it’s an N to the O, NO!!
4.Drifting away from the natural look; ladies let’s maintain a natural look and avoid looking dramatic.
Always follow the shape of your natural eyebrows and avoid the new unnatural inventions like ‘squiggle, braided, feather and MacDonald’s brows, except when we intend to be dramatic for instance for Colour-photographic makeup. Creative can be problematic for the natural look.
Picture Instagram – @hudabeauty
5. Last but not least, using black eyeliner for eyebrows. Ladies please, always use brown eyeliner for your eyebrows to keep them looking as natural as possible. Eyebrows are the most important part of your make-up application. Eyebrows have the loudest voice.It is the first thing that people notice before they even notice you.
Let’s seek tips from make-up professionals or fellow sisters and avoid giving these men more reasons to hate our make-up.
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So as has been reported earlier on this sitemulti-award winning hip hop artist Stunner released his latest nine track album Stray Bullet last Thursday.
Stunner
Now veering towards two decades in the rap game it’s certainly true that he is still remarkably anticontempary prospect of his peers.
Seen it and done it all, he has everything to prove on this great masterpiece. He is already an iconic megastar of the highest order in Zimbabwean music with a discography that has an array of hot-banging pickup tunes.
A fully-fledged stunt man himself, his focus is mainly on preserving his own monetary interest than paying attention to petty feuds.
Well, that doesn’t mean that he cannot throw a shade or two every time he has a chance to. That much he does at least enough to give “irrelevant people” the limelight.
Thematically, Stray Bullet is balanced between love, hustle socially-conscious, and braggadocio songs.
The latter is prevalent in rap music, but when Stunner adopts it with his swag delivery; he has got endorsements and numbers to back it up.
His life is an open book and his reality is refreshingly gimmick-free, an antithesis to many rappers whose charm relies on their foot-in-mouth tendencies and pure lies.
Songs like “They Know” and “Mune Mari Here” are evidence that this rapper’s multi-layered introspection offers more depth and focus across a longer time span.
Sonically, it’s a genre hopping project that vacillates between dance/pop sound bed and new age hip-hop beats.
Technically, the Godo hit maker raps with no less dexterity than he did on his last project If I Die Tonight (Akarohwa Mari and I need Money.)
Self-aware as ever (Stray Bullet), however, the kickback is swift and brutal (Zvinei Nemi and Musatifinhure)
In all this Stunner also allows room for a gang of promising up-and-coming such as Episode, Pessh, Boom Beto and Element B to provide some diverse flavours.
All rendered awesome contributions, but Pessh, by virtue of her being the only female feature, definitely has the stellar one.
Appearing on the beautiful ballad “Follow Me” she’s delicate, smooth and perfectly atmospheric, an inspired choice.
Well, all in all, Stray Bullet is actually an undeniable masterpiece.
The Zimbabwean hip hop community may never openly admit that Stunner has taken the hip-hop reign, but his consistently strong projects make argument for him.
Cast him as an urban groover, but truth be told, Stray Bullet is yet another notch in his catalogue that might just make his contemporaries, specifically the young, to understand it’s time to really start putting in work.
Until an heir apparently steps up, this album confirms Stunner is clinging to his crown as king of Zimbabwean rap, against all odds.
Pickup tracks:
Follow Me
Stray Bullet
Mune Mari Here
Stray Bullet is now available on online stores. Stream it on any of these links below ;
Mommy-to-be Dyonne sure knows how to mix up maternity wear as she displayed her baby bump for the first time in public during her fiance Stunner’s album launch last night.
Stunner’s much-hyped album is titled Stray Bullet but on this one, the King of Hip Hop hit the target, he didn’t stray at all!!!!
The stylish Dyonne opted for a high heel and red bandage dress with a short train that gave it a bridal finery.
We don’t know how far along she is with her pregnancy but it looks like she wants to slay every stage of it all the way to the labour room.
Dione and her mother-in-law are the coolest family in showbiz right now, the two have a new found bond — they love to colour-coordinate their clothes.
Dionne alongside Stunner’s Mother
The two showed just how much they are getting along when they both stepped on the red carpet during Stunner’s album launch wearing identical red colour.
A pregnant Dionne looked very comfortable alongside her mother-in-law as she followed proceedings from her fiance’s album launch tonight at the Alliance Française in Harare.
This was the first time that Stunner’s mother was seeing his son perform live in a career than spans more than a decade.
During his performance, Stunner would frequently gaze at the two who were seated on the front row and each time he did it with a smile.
Now there is nothing cuter than this…… Happy people.
He created the biggest YouTube viral video of 2016, turned Carpool Karaoke into a pop culture phenomenon, has several British comedy and acting awards on his resume and nabbed the Emmy award for Outstanding Interactive programme in 2016, the first year he spearheaded the US Late Late Show.
James Corden
Now, the inimitable and highly talented James Corden will ensure that M-Net viewers have smiles on their faces when they tune into the channel of magic at 5pm Mondays to Fridays from Monday 18 September.
While The Late Late Show with James Corden became famous for its Carpool Karaoke with number one selling artists like Adele, Will Smith, Usher and many more.
It is also frequented by a mix of celebrity guests and showcases Corden’s extraordinary comic talent in musical acts, games and sketches.
The multi-faceted British born performer’s accomplishments span award-winning routines in television, theatre, film and on the comedy stage.
He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of a UK television series, a feature film actor, and an acclaimed host, writer and producer in several genres of television.
The Late Late Show will move into the M-Net slot that was previously occupied by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which will move to Vuzu (116) M-Net’s sister channel from Monday 11 September.
Until James makes his debut on M-Net on 18 September, M-Net viewers can enjoy Celebrity Family Feud season 3, the popular game show will see celebs face off against each other for charity and is hosted by Steve Harvey.
NB:The Ellen DeGeneres Show which usually aired on M-Net 101 at 17:00 Monday to Friday will be moving to Vuzu channel 116.
Season 15 of The Ellen DeGeneres will start on Vuzu channel 116 from Monday 11 September. It will air Monday to Friday.
From Monday 18 September at 17:00, Late Late Show with James Corden starts
