Weekend Argus Saturday 2022-07-09

The first few minutes of episode one of the new season of Kelly Khumalo’s reality show, Life With Kelly Khumalo, offers an apt glimpse into the controversial Afropop artist’s current mindset. Responding to Radio 702 host Relebogile Mabotja’s question about how she’s coping with all the external noise and scrutiny around her alleged involvement in a cover-up of the murder of Senzo Meyiwa, Khumalo replied sharply. “I’m not coping. I’m living. “And secondly, the noise is external. It has absolutely nothing to do with me. When I’m needed, and when the time is right, the world will hear my voice. So whatever noise they’re making has absolutely nothing to do with me.” Khumalo went on to add how this isn’t the only case that has been a failure in the…

Taron Egerton has confirmed that the latest Kingsman movie is set to start filming next year. The 32-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin in Kingsman: The Blue Blood and suggested it could head into production in 2023 before adding the decision would be made by “grown-ups”. Speaking on the Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham, Taron said: “My understanding is that we are to be shooting the third instalment in my saga, I believe, next year. “But you know, don’t listen to what I say because I really don’t know. You know, they’re grown-up decisions.” The new film had been due to be shot following the prequel The King’s Man but director Matthew Vaughn revealed that plans had been changed. He explained: “That was…

Ellie Goulding is set to launch her next chapter with the Big Sean duet, Easy Lover. The Burn hitmaker recently surprised fans with a sped-up version of her 2010 hit Lights, and has now announced her first new music of 2022 will be a collaboration with the American rapper, due out on July 15. Goulding told fans on her mailing list: “Easy Lover featuring the loveliest man of all time, Big Sean, out July 15. This has been a long time coming. “It’s had many lives and I’m expecting it to pop off in 2022. Can’t wait for you to hear it.” The Still Falling For You hitmaker’s last studio album was 2020’s Brightest Blue, while she released the single New Love with Silk City, Mark Ronson and Diplo’s electronic…

Chefs, comedians and a hit man-turned-wannabe actor populate the best shows of 2022, suggesting, perhaps, that our most ambitious and resonant stories stem from re-examining what work could and should look like. For those keeping track at home (and perhaps looking to cut some cords as prices continue to rise), HBO Max remains the most reliable source of prestige programming among the streaming sites; just under half the 10 shows on the list are hosted there. In South Africa, most of the shows can be found on Showmax. Abbott Elementary Who knew there was life left in the mockumentary format? Apparently Quinta Brunson, who helped revive the network sitcom this year as the star and creator of Abbott Elementary, about teachers with varying levels of experience and idealism at a…

High-END jewellery brand Fabergé has created a fresh iteration of the Compliquée Peacock Watch. Made in collaboration with master craftsman André Martinez, an expert in miniaturist artistic painting on watch dials, and workmaster Jean-Marc Wiederrecht of Agenhor, this piece builds on the Compliquée Peacock’s High Mechanical award-winning performance at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2015. Each watch dial is unique and has an abstract Martinez design inspired by peacock feathers. Each design is limited to 10 numbered pieces. These works of art are wristbands that can be worn as art. The House of Fabergé, founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Fabergé, is renowned for its elaborate jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for the Russian Tsars, and for a range of other work of high quality and intricate…

Contemporary society has held many antiquated notions of beauty, and opened its arms to sustainable trends that have changed peoples’ perceptions and laid a non-conformist ideological plank that works on monetary and intellectual levels. For ages, the beauty industry was mocked for promoting unrealistic standards of beauty and being classist for catering to only the ultra-rich populations. But this is untrue in the present context. Lab-grown (LG) diamonds, or sustainable diamonds, is one such game-changing money-spinner on the Indian markets. It has promoted an eco-friendly policy absent before. The concept of LG diamonds was new in Indian territory in the mid-2000s when most experts wrote it off, saying it would never be able to stand tall against naturally mined diamonds, which were at the peak of sales in those days.…