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April 29, 2017

5 shocking details from Mercy Aigbe’s unfolding marriage drama

Yesterday Friday started off on a fairly good note and while everyone prepared for the usual pre-weekend turnup, we stumbled on the most unprecedented news of the week. Nollywood sweetheart, Mercy Aigbe’s seven-year marriage had just crashed. There was no way to prepare for something like this. The reports claim her husband, Lanre Gentry had... Read More
Thinking Through
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April 22, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Are you ready? Senator Murray-Bruce wants to produce a Hollywood/Nollywood movie

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has come a long way with his Common Sense series, we just realised. To celebrate the 100th episode in the series, the Senator wants to shoot “a Nollywood/Hollywood movie that will take the world by storm”. So he’s calling on professionals and amateurs who desire worldwide fame to send in their scripts.... Read More
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April 20, 2017

Opinion: 6 problematic lessons Nollywood teaches girls about femininity

by Nkem Ndem If you are a fan of Nollywood movies, you probably already have certain impressions about Nigerians and their women especially. The female characters in Nollywood movies are almost always cast in similar roles. The young girls are often portrayed as damsels in distress who eventually find their purpose after they meet a... Read More
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April 18, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Bovi insists rape jokes are a corrective tool, Model calls out Drake for getting her pregnant and ditching her | More stories

Catch up on all the biggest stories from yesterday and other ones that unraveled while you slept – and are sure to buzz throughout this Tuesday. Chris Brown punches photographer in Florida night club It looks like Chris Breezy has gotten himself in trouble again. The singer reportedly punched a photographer at a Florida nightclub,... Read More
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April 6, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Beyonce’s Instagram posts are worth $1 million each, Madonna shades Pepsi’s controversial ad | More stories

Here are the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept and are still buzzing on today’s Entertainment Roundup. Beyonce’s Instagram posts are worth $1 million each  In case anyone forgot, Beyonce is the Queen of everything, we mean everything. The superstar has been named the most influential celebrity on Instagram. According... Read More
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March 30, 2017

BREAKING: Court lifts ban on Okafor’s law

by Dolapo Adelana A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has lifted the ban imposed on Nollywood producer, Omoni Oboli’s movie, Okafor’s Law, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Justice Ibrahim Buba lifted the order on Thursday paving the way for the public launch of the movie on Friday. The injunction was issued by the judge last Friday... Read More
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March 26, 2017

StarTimes Dish TV is packed with everything you need from TV and more

As we inch closer to the times when erstwhile television audience would have completely ditched the offerings of the box for online content that can easily be accessed on their mobile devices, pay-TV companies are doing everything to keep up. Everything! Now StarTimes appears to have recognized the need to step up its own game so by... Read More
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March 25, 2017

Film Review: American Driver moves in different directions, some of them funny

by Wilfred Okiche Moses Inwang’s latest film, American Driver isn’t a film per se, but a promotional reel of material shot along the sidelines of the Golden Icons Academy Awards (GIAMA) which is held in the United States of America. Which is not to say that American Driver isn’t funny. If you ignore the film’s... Read More
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March 22, 2017

The Film Blog: We have to absolutely disagree with this review – and any other negative review of Ojukokoro

Rhimes’s show is made under the opposite circumstances from Fincher’s: nearly twice as many episodes, ratings pressure, constant threat of cancellation, a ravenous tweeting audience. These forces wreck other network dramas, and Rhimes’s previous shows have flown off the rails, but “Scandal” has only got stronger. It’s become more opera than soap opera, as the... Read More
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March 21, 2017

The Thread: Does Nollywood really need to ask for our support?

When recession officially set in, the common sense Senator, Ben Murray Bruce, tooted his horn about patronising Made In Naija goods. From bags to cars, computers to make up products, we have been admonished to patronise our own. The entertainment industry (e.g Nollywood) has not been left out in requesting we go see their movies, download their... Read More
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March 21, 2017

Film Review: Ojukokoro is what happens when a fan of the Coen brothers jumps off a plane without a parachute

by Chi Ibe There were about 14 of us at the cinemas to watch the new film, Ojukokoro yesterday. The 14 included my friend who I had dragged with me, because – as I told him – it had been highly recommended by two people I deeply respect, who know how excited I get about... Read More
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March 18, 2017

Film Review: In Dare Olaitan’s Ojukokoro, greed is good

by Wilfred Okiche In the 1997 Hollywood film, Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino, playing a human incarnation of Satan, mischievously named vanity as his favourite sin. For Dare Olaitan, writer and director of the offbeat black comedy/thriller, Ojukokoro, there is nothing quite as grand as greed. It isn’t just the title of his debut film,- Ojukokoro... Read More
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March 15, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Angelina Jolie gives first lecture as Professor at the London School of Economics, Mercy Johnson bags political appointment | More stories

Here are all the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on today’s Entertainment Roundup. Angelina Jolie gives first lecture at the London School of Economics Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie gave her first lecture as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics on Tuesday.... Read More
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March 14, 2017

Geeks Meet Nollywood: 500 Startups Geeks on a Plane Lagos event

The African Technology Foundation in partnership with Filmhouse, will be hosting a special Red-carpet Party event, called Geeks Meet Nollywood, as part of the 500 Startups Geeks on a Plane Tech Tour. This exclusive VIP event will bring together Silicon Valley’s leading Media and Technology investors currently transforming the global film industry, together with Nollywood’s... Read More
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March 14, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Nollywood stars defend Apostle Suleman, 9ice returns with a new video | More stories

Here are the top entertainment stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Kemi Afolabi and her crew attacked on movie location Nollywood Yoruba actress, Kemi Afolabi and her movie crew were attacked by thugs while filming a new movie in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. The... Read More
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March 11, 2017

Film Review: Deep Fever is as bad as its title suggests

by Wilfred Okiche Never judge a film by its title. Or its trailer. Or its producers for that matter. All of these parameters could genuinely suck and the film could still end up blowing everything else out of the water. Deep Fever is as banal a title as one would expect for a film. Doesn’t... Read More
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March 2, 2017

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Spain appoints Minister of Sex Spain has appointed its first Minister of Sex. Prime minister Mariano Rajoy appointed Edelmira Barreira as the country’s sex boss to get Spaniards to produce more babies. 2. I will brief Buhari on outcome of security meeting –... Read More
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March 2, 2017

Court dissolves Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike’s marriage

by Dolapo Adelana A Lagos Island Customary Court, on Thursday dissolved the 17 year-old marriage between Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and his wife, Suzanne Emma. Chief Awo Awosola, presided over the three-man panel presided in a judgment following a petition filed by Suzanne. Other members of the panel of judges were: Mrs. Opeyemi Olanrewaju and... Read More
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February 15, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Cobhams releases new music video; Nollywood actor, Ime Bishop attacked | More stories

Here are all the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on today’s Entertainment Roundup. Cobhams releases the visuals to his new track – Empty Just last week, Nigerian music producer and now artiste, Cobhams Asuquo released the first single, Empty off his debut album. On... Read More
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