Category: Movies
THE MAKING OF A TARANTINO: JAMES ABINIBI ON HEEDING THE CALL
Nigeria’s fast-rising filmmaker, James Abinibi, who is famous for his artistic-cum-creative digital works, such as ‘A Great Day,’ ‘Honourable’ and ‘Mentally’ is elite in the digital design industry. However, film-making was a call that had for long been knocking on his heart. The passion for film and storytelling that had burnt in him culminated in…
LYNDA DOZIE, RONYA MAN, DELROY NOMAMIUKOR & NORBERT ASIKHIA STAR IN HIV AWARENESS SHORT FILM LONELY HEART
Do you know your partner’s HIV status? “Lonely Heart” is a HIV Awareness short film which tells the story of a 22 year old undergraduate Jane Halliday (Lynda Dozie), who contracts HIV virus from her boyfriend David (Delroy Nomamiukor) an aspiring music artiste who had kept his HIV status a secret only for her to…
SOFIA VERGARA IS THE HIGHEST-PAID TV ACTRESS FOR 7TH YEAR
Sofia Vergara is cashing in! The 46-year-old has been listed by Forbes as the highest paid actress on the small screen for the seventh year in a row, earning $42.5m in 2017-18. The actress owes this earning not only to her salary from ABC’s hit comedy The Modern Family but also to endorsements and lucrative licensing deals including, coffee maker…
KEMI ADETIBA’S “KING OF BOYS” PREMIERES TO A WARM RECEPTION FROM FANS & CRITICS
Kemi Adetiba’s new movie King of Boys had its world premiere on Sunday, and the A-list event brought together the very best entertainers in Nigeria. The stylish event which was themed “Gangster Royalty” saw the likes of Dare Art Alade, Sess, Sola Sobowale, Falz, Adekunle Gold, Ebuka, Noble Igwe, Toni Tones and a host of others grace…
OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE LISTED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 100 PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Nollywood actor and filmmaker Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has just revealed that she has been listed as one of the Most Influential 100 People of African Descent. The MIPAD list recognizes the positive contributions made by people of African descent, worldwide, across 4 categories. It is a unique global list that identifies, in total, 200 outstanding individuals under 40, with 100 inside Africa,…
MY SIBLINGS AND I
Siblings can be in your face and refuse to give you privacy, siblings can be telltales but of course, there is nothing quite likes family. So gather the family around and have a good laugh together as you watch My Siblings & I, a comedy series featuring some of your favorites like Funke Akindele, Patrick Doyle, Jide…
KENDRICK LAMAR TO APPEAR IN “POWER”
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rapper Kendrick Lamar will appear as a guest star on the Starz series “Power,” the network announced today. Lamar will play opposite star 50 Cent in episode 505, titled “Happy Birthday,” which is scheduled to air on Sunday, July 29. The crime drama set in New York was created by Courtney A….
BIODUN CASTON DADA “ACADA MAGAZINE” PUBLISHER DELVES INTO FILM MAKING, SET TO DROP ‘KOMPLICATED’.
Publisher of Nigeria’s foremost campus magazine; Acada Extra, Biodun Caston-Dada has diversified into film making. The hard working journalist who has over the years worked with the organisers of the continent’s biggest movie awards, Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) recently revealed that his new project, a movie is set for release. The movie titled ‘Komplicated’,…
#THESTARSAREAGELESS! OMONI OBOLI CELEBRATES 40TH BIRTHDAY WITH NEW BOOK.
You can now add author as a title when referring to Nollywood actress Omoni Oboli who turn 40 today. To celebrate the big 40, the actress has been sharing photos of herself counting down to today. Now the actress has revealed she’s written a book titled “The Stars Are Ageless”. She wrote: THE STARS ARE AGELESS 🌟⭐️💫 You…
ONYEKA NWELUE’S NEW FILM FEATURE “WOLE SOYINKA: A GOD AND THE BIAFRANS” TO BE PREVIEWED AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY JULY 13TH.
Award-winning Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue is at Harvard University, working at The Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, developing and curating a documentary film project on Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, titled, “Wole Soyinka: A God and the Biafrans,” which traces Wole Soyinka’s relationship with Igbo people and how he ended up in…