Funke Akindele‘s ‘Behind the Scenes’ is heading to Netflix Naija. FilmOne Entertainment, the film’s distributor, made the announcement on X confirming that the movie will be available for streaming from April 3rd, 2026, giving everyone who missed it in cinemas a chance to finally catch it. The film follows Aderonke “Ronky-Fella” Faniran, a successful real…
Nollywood icon Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde premiered her directorial debut “Mother’s Love” at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, drawing a crowd of diaspora creatives including Jimmy Jean-Louis and Dami Kujembola. Following its screening at SVAFF and TIFF, the film will premiere in Nigeria on March 1 and release nationwide on March 6, 2026. As…
Daniel Etim Effiong is in full celebration mode as his directorial debut, ‘The Herd,’ storms the Nigerian box office with a massive ₦80 million gross in just 10 days. The actor took to social media in a collaborative post with FilmOne Entertainment, the film’s distributors, to share the exciting update, with joy, and gratitude. “SEE…
This comes shortly after the movie secured its spot as one of Nollywood’s top box office ranking films, grossing over ₦300 million. Nollywood actress, Wumi Toriola’s debut cinema production, ‘Queen Lateefah,’ has continued to attain great feats and is currently at ₦350 million since its release two months ago. The film’s distributor, Cinemax Nigeria took…
Come December 30, Tayo Sobola popularly known in the Nigerian entertainment circle as Sotayo Gaga and esteemed Sarauniya (Queen Mother) of Uke Kingdom, Nasarawa State will be staging a high octane double event, her birthday and first child thanksgiving ceremonies. The beautiful movie star who has been off the radar for a while gave birth…
The African Studies Association (ASA) at Rutgers University, US has announced the Ken Harrow ASA Film Fund and Sembène-Kelani Film Prize for outstanding African films. Akorokoafrica reported the establishment of the Ken Harrow ASA Film Fund and the renaming of the association’s film prize to the Sembène-Kelani Film Prize, in honour of two well-known figures…
Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa has condemned the award of ‘Best Dressed Female’ to popular cross-dresser, Bobrisky during the premiere of the movie “Ajanaku: Beast of Two Worlds” The movie, produced by actress Eniola Ajao, drew a star-studded audience to Circle Mall, Lekki, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Among the attendees was cross-dresser, Bobrisky who not…
Beautiful and Talented Abidemi Adisa is one of the new crops of talent rocking the Yoruba arm of the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood. Within her short entry, she’s been able to carve a niche for herself through her versatility and ability to interpret roles given to her. Her passion for the movie…
Chidi Joshua Nwanneka; one of the fast rising Nigeria filmmaker who is currently a final year student of the National film institute Jos set to drop his debut short film titled Chideziri. Chideziri is a story of a young filmmaker, who believes so much in film, he knows how difficult it is to break into…
Lights, Camera, Action, and Tierny Olalere bursts into her essence, this time she’s covering the crossover digital issue of SIMPLE Magazine, and like Houdini pulling a rabbit out of a hat, she morphs into multiple personalities within the space of 10 seconds – showing how easy being any character comes easy to her. It’s not…
