BowJay turns five
Local accessories entrepreneur Jenell Pierre recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of her business, BowJay, with a show exhibition and sale at St Stanislaus College auditorium.
Jenell, who started out making hair bows, has over the years progressed to bowties made of fabric, wood and other materials, purses, bags, scarves and hats among other accessories.
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) will host its first ‘Sing De Ting: Karaoke & Lyme’ on Wednesday evening at the Dutch Bottle Café, Lot 10 North Road, between Light and Cummings streets, Bourda, in Georgetown.
According to a press release, the fundraiser will benefit SASOD’s LGBT Emergency Shelter Fund which aims to provide support and services to homeless LGBT youth and other victims of bias violence.
The event starts at 6 pm and admission is free. SASOD promises an entertaining and exhilarating evening filled with singing, networking and merriment. All genres of music will be available for karaoke singers to make their selections, the release said and snacks and drinks will be on sale, including signature cocktails and shots by popular Guyanese mixologists.
Opening the show, African designer Dara Kehinde launched ‘Odunayo’ the second collection of her Rhoda Doxa’s line.
Spoken word poet Renetta Burnett recited two poems: “Maybe I’m too Deep” and “An Apology to the Little Black Girl in Me”.
Then it was BowJay’s turn and models strutted the catwalk showing off their sophisticated yet glamourous look wearing colourful and patterned hair bows and bow ties. The crowd present cheered them on especially the youngest – who is just a kindergartener.
Also taking the stage was local singer and guitarist, Abel Stokes who performed “She’s Royal”; former Miss World Guyana Ruqayyah Boyer
did a performance of Sunshine, making way for renowned local artistes Kwasi Ace and Calvin Burnett who sang a number of songs including “This Place is Crazy” while the excited crowd sang along and gyrated to the beat.
After the show, Jenell said she has always had a passion for this and never thought it to be difficult as she was only making her dreams come true.
Jenell extended gratitude to all those who have supported her especially her staff.
To mark her fifth year in the business, apart from the show, Jenell said she was headed to Trinidad and Tobago this month to explore expansion opportunities.
In Guyana, BowJay’s items are retailed at the Marriott Hotel Gift Shop and at Giftland Mall in the Gents Section. In addition, interested persons can check out BowJay at www.fb.com\bowjayandmore or call or WhatsApp 642-8369, items can be made to order.
(Reuters) - Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson topped a Forbes magazine list of the world's highest paid actors on Thursday with an estimated 2016 payday of $64.5 million.
Johnson, 44, knocked Robert Downey Jr off the top spot and more than doubled his 2015 earnings, largely thanks to his action comedy Central Intelligence. Johnson, known as "The Rock" during his wrestling career, also collected advance fees from the eighth installment of the popular Fast and Furious racing movie franchise.
The Forbes annual list again highlighted the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood. Earlier this week the magazine named Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence the world's highest paid actress for a second straight year, with an estimated 2016 take of $46 million.
Forbes said 18 actors banked more than $20 million in its June 2015-June 2016 scoring period, compared with four actresses.
Jackie Chan, who has not had a big US box office hit for years but is a prolific actor and producer in the burgeoning Chinese entertainment market, was second on the list with $61 million. Matt Damon came in third with $55 million, largely due to the success of his 2015 space film The Martian.
Iron Man Downey fell from top spot, despite reprising his comic book hero role in Captain America: Civil War. He ranked eighth, tied with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, with $33 million.
Harrison Ford crept onto the list for the first time since 2009 thanks to his return as Han Solo in the blockbuster new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie and video game. Ford, who also is to reprise his role as adventurer Indiana Jones in 2019, ranked 20th with earnings of about $15 million.
Forbes estimates earnings, before taxes and management fees, from movies, TV and commercial endorsements.
The rest of the Top 10 were: Tom Cruise $53 million at number 4; Johnny Depp $48 million at number 5; number 6 was Ben Affleck with $43 million; 7, Vin Diesel with $35 million; Shah Rukh Khan and Robert Downey Jr with $33 million each at number 8 and Kumar Akshay $31 million at number 10.