Vanessa Bryant puts Nike on the spot after shoe design for daughter appearances online
Entertainment
Thu, Jun 03, 2021
Vanessa Bryant puts Nike on the spot after a tribute design for her late daughter Gianna Bryant surfaced online.
Taking to Instagram, Vanessa posted a photo of someone holding the shoe she helped design in collaboration with the sportswear powerhouse.
Vanessa expressed her confusion over how the individual was able to obtain the design despite its unavailability in stores. This is a shoe I worked on in honor of my daughter, Gianna, Vanessa wrote on Instagram. It was going to be called the MAMBACITA shoe as an exclusive black and white colorway on her daddy s shoes. I picked the colors in honor of her uniform, the number 2 she wore just like her uniform, the inside pattern, Kobe and Gigi on the back in gold instead of Kobe s signature, the inside shoe details (butterfly, wings, halo), etc.
Comedy Festival review: Look! I m Blind, Josh Davies
19 May, 2021 03:17 AM
3 minutes to read
By: Ethan Sills Josh Davies is a name most in New Zealand may not know, even if they are a fan of comedy. Unlike his fellow Billy T Award nominees this year, Davies has not had the same number of regular TV appearances or online viral fame to make him stand out among an increasingly crowded field.
Yet with his new Comedy Festival show, he quickly proves why he might just be one of the sharpest minds in comedy.
Davies new show is
Look! I m Blind, an exploration of his experiences living with low vision (he is fully blind in his left eye and has 20 per cent vision in the other as the result of a rare genetic disease).
Image: Instagram/AKA
Rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes has U-turned on his decision to return to the spotlight, announcing his withdrawal from the Huawei Joburg Day line-up and public appearances in general.
In a statement shared by AKA s management team, The T Effect, the rapper said he would not be performing at events in the near future.
Pumza Nohashe, his publicist, confirmed the withdrawal to SowetanLIVEs sister publication TshisaLIVE yesterday. “The hip-hop megastar has elected to take a step back from the musical eventing space because he is currently in a space where he feels it is necessary to place a greater emphasis on looking after his emotional and physical wellbeing.”
Comedy Festival review: Stories for Adults, Angella Dravid
12 May, 2021 05:31 AM
3 minutes to read
By: Ethan Sills In the four years since winning the Billy T Award, Angella Dravid has rapidly become one of New Zealand s most recognisable comedians. After appearances on Jono and Ben, Golden Boy, Creamerie, and, most notably, Taskmaster NZ – which she won – there are few local shows she hasn t shown up on yet.
One of Dravid s most notable characteristics that comes out often in panel shows or in lineups is her awkward, shy delivery, which has helped make her stand out against some of the larger than life figures in local comedy.