Staceyann and Zuri
I’m trying to sort my email life out so I’m coming across all these things I was meant to watch/read/try. I’ve been meaning to check out Staceyann and Zuri Chin’s Living Room Protest vlogs. Today, I’m glad I did. Isn’t this the sweetest thing you’ve seen all day?
On: Drew Pearce/Iron Man 3
The highly anticipated Iron Man 3 hit the big screen yesterday. In an exclusive interview with Tonight, Drew Pearce, who is the co-writer of the film, chatted about the screenplay, romance and working with the most inappropriate man he knows. By Helen Herimbi. Drew Pearce loves his job. This British film and television writer and […]
On: Fix Moeti
South African-born world traveller Fikile “Fix” Moeti is making a comeback to radio. She spoke to Helen Herimbi about home, hair and the hustle. Memories don’t live like people do/Baby, don’t forget me, I’m a travelling man/Moving through phases, space and time, I’ve got a lot of things I’ve got to do/But God willing I’m […]
On: Akin Omotoso
Akin Omotoso’s second feature film, Man On Ground, is a work close to the filmmaker’s heart, writes Helen Herimbi. The revolving doors swivelled in the silence. Everyone sat so still that wind colliding with skin would sound like a scream. Then Hakeem Kae-Kazim walked through the hotel’s merry-go-round-like entrance and looked towards us. Big as […]
On: Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons is a mogul and a mom but, as Helen Herimbi found out, the latter is her favourite job. Tall as a skyscraper, Kimora Lee Simmons hunches down to speak to her husband, Oscar-nominated actor, Djimon Hounsou. She asks if he’d like something to drink, water maybe? His response is inaudible, but he […]
On: Themba Ndaba
Themba Ndaba chats about playing the bad guy, remaining convincing and being a platinum blonde, writes Helen Herimbi. Themba Ndaba is dressed to the nines. He walks tall in the BEE uniform: a high collared shirt with a suede jacket and pointy club shoes to match. He is wearing the clothes of Austin Ntabele, the […]