A BODY recovered from a lake in California is that of missing "Glee" actress Naya Rivera, officials have confirmed. "We are confident the body we found is that of Naya Rivera," Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told a news conference on the shore of Lake Piru near Los Angeles. Rivera, 33, was presumed drowned after going missing on Wednesday. She had rented a boat on Lake Piru with her four-year-old son, Josey, who was found unharmed. Her body was recovered early on Monday near the surface of the water in an area where the boat had gone missing that was…

AMERICAN actress Kelly Preston who has appeared in films including "Jerry Maguire" and "Twins", has died aged 57 after battling breast cancer for nearly two years, her husband, John Travolta, announced in an Instagram. "It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," the 66-year-old "Grease" actor said in his post. "Kelly's love and life will always be remembered. I will be taking some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don't hear…

 OWN CORRESPONDENT WHAT started as a cordial and brotherly text exchange between two Hollywood stars - Will Smith and 50 Cent - did not end well, their conversation suggests. Will, in the news after his wife Jada Pinkett Smith (48) confessed to an affair with R&B singer August Alsina (27), appeared to lose his cool and used an expletive. According to the post shared by 50 Cent, he started by asking: “Yo Will you alright over there?” Will replied: 'Yes, I'm cool. I appreciate your support brother.'  50 Cent asked: 'But why did she tell you that s**t on a…

BOLLYWOOD actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter have tested positive for the new coronavirus, a day after her father-in-law and top Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and her husband and actor Abhishek said they were infected with the virus. Maharastra state health minister Rajesh Tope said in a tweet Aishwarya and her daughter had tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. It was not clear whether they had been admitted to hospital, as Amitabh and Abhishek were on Saturday when they said they had mild symptoms. - Thomson Reuters Foundation. #AishwaryaRaiBachchan and #Aaradhya also test positive for #Covid19 after…

ACTRESS Jada Pinket -Smith has confessed to a romantic relationship with singer August Alsina, after first denying it. However, Jada revealed that the affair happened while she and husband Wil Smith were on a temporary separation. The confession came during the actress Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk to discuss Alsina's allegations they had a romance. She was joined by Will for the bombshell episode. The couple has two children Jaden (21) and Willow (19). Jada 48) explained that she had met August (27), who was really sick, through their son Jaden. She and Will then spoke about the time…

STAFF REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s multi award winning rapper AKA  has tested positive for COVID-19. AKA joints a list of South African celebrities and high profile politicians who have tested positive for the deadly virus. The rapper, whose real name is Jarryd Forbes, has gone into self-isolation and would use the time to document his experience. He said he had made his COVID-19 results public in an attempt to create awareness around the virus and caution citizens to be more careful in their daily interactions with others. “AKA pleaded with everyone to adhere to social distancing guidelines, to wear masks and…

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER https://twitter.com/VENTURASHERIFF/status/1281100742384685057 FANS of former “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, who is feared dead after a swimming accident,  have taken to social media to express their shock and anxiety.    The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in California had confirmed that they were searching for Rivera, 33,  in Lake Piru after a swimming accident. Lake Piru is approximately 90 kilometers northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The American news station KNBC reported that Rivera had rented a pontoon boat at the Lake Piru reservoir yesterday for her and her four-year old son. The boy was found alone without a life vest on…

A TEAR slipped down the cheek of Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku as she recalled how the global Black Lives Matter had kindled her pain and anger while she was stranded away from home due to coronavirus lockdowns. After Senegal closed its borders in March, the internationally renowned visual artist had no option but to remain at a residency in Dakar, where she had been creating large textile collages to explore her self-image after a cancer diagnosis. When the death of George Floyd in U.S. police custody sparked a global reckoning over racial injustice and oppression, the 44-year-old stitched a new…