Weekend Argus Saturday 2022-04-09

IT PROBABLY goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: having only one working arm is one heck of an impediment. It makes daily tasks like driving more challenging, it complicates using a cellphone, and how you even get to properly enjoy a good ol’ T-Bone steak. From a young age, Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo (now popularly known as Black Coffee) has had to figure this all out and learn how to navigate the world with just one working arm. But, as we've come to find out, that one arm has become more like a wand, spinning the decks with a sort of mastery that few on this planet can match. As has been widely publicised since he rose to national and international fame, Black Coffee’s left hand was left paralysed…

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel's rom-com Shotgun Wedding is heading straight to Amazon Prime Video. The streaming service has acquired the rights to the Lionsgate flick in the US, and it will no longer be heading to cinemas as planned on June 29. Jennifer Salke, the head of Amazon Studios, said: “Packed with action, comedy and a dash of romance, Shotgun Wedding is one of those rare films with something for everyone. “With a cast led by Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, the film is bursting with star power and fantastic performances. We are thrilled to work with the entire film-making team to bring this hilarious, multifaceted film to Prime Video audiences around the world.” There is no release date for the movie on Prime yet. However, sources told Variety…

Britney Spears says she will address Justin Timberlake’s apology in her upcoming memoir. The Toxic hitmaker, 40, plans to respond to her ex-boyfriend who she dated between 1998-2002, in her as yet untitled autobiography. She is writing her story after being freed last year from the conservatorship that gave her father Jamie Spears control over her financial, health and professional decisions for 12 years. The 40-year-old pop star wrote on Instagram on Monday: “I’m writing a book … and as it’s actually healing and therapeutic … But instead of using my heart, I’m using the intellectual approach as Justin (Timberlake) did when he apologised to Janet (Jackson) and me. “Although he was never bullied or threatened by his family, he took the opportunity to apologise 20 years later!!! Timing…

“There are no right or wrong answers.” So says Johnny, a patient, constantly curious radio journalist portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in a gratifyingly mellow, unmannered turn in C'mon C'mon. As the film opens, Johnny is in Detroit interviewing young people for a “This American Life”-adjacent project about children’s feelings about their future. Actors often say that their craft is about listening, and C'mon C'mon turns that art up to 11: While tweens and teens hold forth about their dreams, anxieties and anger about everything from their families to impending environmental doom, Phoenix’s Johnny listens intently, his boom mic keeping a discreet distance, his eyes fixed on subjects who seem to come alive under his attentive gaze. That same energy comes into play days later when Johnny travels to Los Angeles…

Jewellery, and particularly the fine jewellery industry, is driven heavily by classics. They are high-value luxury goods that can be worn multiple times and still be passed down onto generations. Fine jewellery designer, Prakshi Sharma, shares timeless jewellery trends: Tennis bracelets When we say Tennis bracelets are never going out of fashion, we really mean it. It’s truly a classical and timeless piece of jewellery. It consists of a single row of hand-crafted diamonds of any one shape, which encircle the wrist and can always be customised for your exact wrist size. It can also be made with coloured gemstones like emeralds, sapphires, or rubies. Wear one as it is, pair it with a watch, stack, mix and match with bangles. There’s nothing you can’t do with a tennis bracelet.…

When Thebe Magugu was announced as the first AZ Factory “amigo” by the Richemont Group, many wondered what his collection would look like. Magugu, the famed South African designer, is taking the fashion world by storm. He is regarded as a leading light in the new generation of fashion designers, and was chosen by Johann Rupert’s Richemont Group to be the first guest designer for AZ Factory, founded by the late Alber Elbaz. As an “amigo”, he would design a capsule collection that had hallmarks of the late Elbaz, his vision for AZ Factory and also Magugu’s design aesthetic. The ethos of AZ Factor is simple: “We design beautiful, purposeful, solutions-driven fashion that works for everyone. We are life, not just lifestyle, a place to experiment and try new things.”…