Katharine Hepburn made mean brownies. And Liz Taylor adored chicken with avocado and mushrooms. The gastronomic secrets of stars past are being served up in a new book. And they taste good. “The Dead Celebrity…
Date Archives March 2012
New music alert: Madtraxx, Ma3, Keko, Missy Elliot
“Africa watch out!” says musician Madtraxx who is in Kampala, Uganda today for the video launch of swaggalicious Ugandan rapper Keko’s brand new track ‘Make You Dance’ where he is featured. The video, which will…
Google making search smarter
Google says it is retooling its search machine to go beyond recognizing words in queries and begin understanding what it is people are asking for. The California-based Internet titan is intent on adding “semantic” capabilities…
Final preparations underway for St Patrick’s
Nairobi’s first St. Patrick’s Day Festival is celebrating all things Irish, including the internationally-acclaimed Riverdance. First popularized in the mid-1990s, Riverdance, is a dance known for it’s rapid leg movements and still upperbody. Originally choreographed…
Top 12 RnB tracks from 2011
2011 was the year of RnB and it even saw big newcomers such Bruno Mars and Adele come into the scene and even steal the spotlight. The competition for RnB King and Queen title is…
FILM REVIEW: John Carter
There’s no nice way to say this, but John Carter is not a movie you want to watch, especially on Big Screen. For all of 132 minutes and some KPLC interference in between, the much…
7 things all women want in a gentleman
“…I’d like to know what makes you cry, so I can always be the one that makes you smile” is a famous line from Joe Thomas’ popular song “I wanna know” which is all about…
Chocolate milk may be the new sports drink
In a recent Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Journal, researchers found that runners who drank fat-free chocolate milk following a difficult run went 23% longer compared to those who drank carbohydrate-only sports drinks….
Jill Scott bows out of Cape Town Jazz Fest
Musician, actress and spoken word poet Jill Scott has pulled out of the upcoming annual Jazz celebration in Cape Town due to a movie role that she is taking up. Efforts by the concert organisers…
Best neo soul songs from the 90s
Known for its distinct marriage of classic soul, urban and hip-hop; neo soul artists have one foot in the past and one in the present. With the Tusker Lite Experience with Joe, award-winning singer-songwriter and…