The duo of Davido and Sean Tizzle recently proved that they are not just talented when it comes to music, they can also interpret roles in movies. The pop stars recently made their Nollywood debut in different movies.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Davido, Sean Tizzle now making Nollywood movie
The duo of Davido and Sean Tizzle recently proved that they are not just talented when it comes to music, they can also interpret roles in movies. The pop stars recently made their Nollywood debut in different movies.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
COMANDO(Arnold Schwarzenegger) confess, Divorcing His Wife Remains My Biggest Mistake.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 67, has opened up about his 2011 divorce from ex wife, Maria Shriver; calling it “without any doubt the biggest setback, the biggest failure.”
Monday, June 22, 2015
Paul Walker's daughter posts heartbreaking before death photo,@ Father's Day
Meadow Walker shared this photo and wrote "Happy Father's Day!"
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Tonto Dikeh shared photos from her hospital bed,
The actress shared this photo on instagram this morning and wrote what you see below
Monday, June 8, 2015
See Eniola Badmus running down the street of London with her wedding dress
this picture is taken from her upcoming movie soon to hit naija
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
Nollywood Abuja releases movie to condemn ‘make it syndrome’
To correct this anomaly, Nollywood Abuja is set to premier a movie; ‘Dairy of the Triplets’, featuring veteran movie artists and on-air personalities, to promote value for hard work among the Nigerian youth for a peaceful society.
ABUJA – The yearning to make it in life as quick as possible at all cost, no doubt, could not be ruled out as one of the factors responsible for the increase in crime rate in the society.
This situation, generally accepted, is rampant nowadays among the youths in the society.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the Producer/Director of the movie, Bright Wonder, said “Diary of the Triplets” is a classic comedy movie serial that chronicles the story of three young men on their journey in pursuit of success.
According to him, the trio was raised in Christian homes, but driven by an irresistible desire for success; they would do almost anything to break out of poverty.
He said; “the classic movie chronicles the story of three young men on their journey in pursuit of success. They were raised in Christian homes, but driven by an irresistible desire for success; they would do almost everything to break out of poverty.”
Bright explained that the hilarious movie had three different seasons which include; ‘soft landing’, ‘survival’ and ‘Inspired’.
“Now the movie industry is set to witness a ground-breaking comedy film that will exceed the expectations of Nollywood’s newfound status and one that its fans have waited a long time for,” he said.
The director noted that the Nollywood’s franchise comedy movie will arrest movie audience and keep the glue to the set, adding that the movie is destined to take the African and international box office by storm.
“The producers of ‘Diary of the triplets are willing to franchise the premiere of the movie to across other states in Nigeria, Africa, United kingdom and other countries of the world.
“Diary of the Triplets” features popular Nollywood acts such as Kalu Ikeagwu, Ayo Emmanuel, Jide Attah, Sydney Diala, Iyke Adiele, Osas Iyamu, amongst others.
The movie, produced by High Definition Film Studios, Abuja, will be premiered at the Silverbird Cenema, Abuja on June 26, 27 and 28.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
AFRIFF 2015 gets underway
The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), has commenced with activities for her fifth edition holding between the 8th and 15th of November,with the announcement of her call for entry. Speaking from London via video conferencing with journalists in Lagos, Keith Shiri, Artistic Director for AFRIFF explained, that only films produced after January 1, 2014 and are yet to be officially screened to an African or Global audience will be eligible to compete in the five categories that AFRIFF champions.
“This year again, we are expecting to receive fantastic Feature Films, Documentaries, Animation, Short Films and Student Short Films, which is a category geared towards appreciating the efforts of upcoming and talented student film makers,” he said. He also stated that comprehensive information on the guidelines and procedures for submission could be found on their website while emphasizing that AFRIFF was committed to giving inclusive expression to African Cinema and would continuously be in the forefront of the drive for excellence.
AFRIFF is amongst the select film festivals worldwide that award monetary prizes for the best films in their competitive categories with the winning Feature film entry receiving $6,000, Documentary $5,000, Short film $3,000, Animation $3,000 and Student Short taking home $2,000.
Commendation is also received for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, all under the Feature Film category while the winning entries for the eclectic Special Jury Award For Outstanding Film and Audience’ Choice Award could be films from any of the categories. AFRIFF’s Call for Entry closes on the 24th of July, 2015.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
I set pace for entertainers to hold political office – Hilda Dokubo.
Veteran actress, Hilda Dokubo is a woman of many colours; a wife, a mother, an actress, a crusader and one time special adviser on youths affair to the former governor of Rivers state, Gov. Peter Odili. The beautiful ageless actress who is known for her roles in Black Maria, End of the wicked, Onye Eze etc last week featured in a new film, titled Stigma. In this interview, she speaks on the film stigma, the Non Governmental Organisation that she runs-CREATE, and the secret to her ageless beauty amongst other things.
What is so unique about this film Stigma, which you featured in?
Hilda-Dokubo
Hilda-Dokubo
Love is the uniqueness of the story. HIV has been said over and over again but not stigmatization. We had hardly done anything on what happens after you have contracted HIV/AIDS, and how you feel living with it and how people feel living with you. Stigmatization is a killer. It just means rejection as a result of hate? And when people reject you, it is the same as they show you hate. When you are shown hate, you can’t tape any energy as it a negative one. So you can’t tape any form of strength from rejection or hate. But you get a lot of strength from love. So love is what is special about this film. As we saw two characters in the same script, a mother and a child. One dies as a result of rejection while the other lives and even achieves more as a result of love.
How do you spread the message of stigma for people to know its defect?
We are hoping that people will come along and support us. We are hoping that all the money that the federal and state governments with the international communities have or kept somewhere for the fight of HIV/AIDS should be release to us to spread the fight against stigmatization,especially at the grass root level.
You seem to have been off the movie scene, is this film a sort of come back?
Yes, it is.
Are you working on any project now?
I am actually working on two projects, one is a movie called “Asawana”.
Why the delve into politics?
I didn’t go into politics but got a political offer. When I left the industry, it was not to go into politics but to give back to the society by working with young people. So by working with young people I got appointed as Special Adviser (SA) to the former governor of Rivers state, Governor Peter Odili. I am grateful that by the example I left, entertainers are today given political offer. If I had messed up that role, nobody would call any entertainer to hold any appointment. So as the first person given such offer, I thank God for setting a good example.
Are you thinking of going into politics?
Right now no. but I am not God.
Do you think it is good for an artist to openly support a political party?
It is your conviction. If I can publicly say I am a born again Christian, the same way I can also say I’m a pagan. So when a political figure you love and trust comes on board, you can openly support him.
Is there any low point in your life that you survived that can encourage someone?
(Laughs) I have been through several hells and have survived them. One particular one is loosing my father as a child. If you grew up like me as a daddy’s girl whose major strength was my dad. Then you would understand what it means to face the pain. But I survived. So if you are out there and you suddenly wake up one morning and that source of everything you have is removed from you. Be strong, because inside of you lies a strength.
Creating businesses
And if you give up, you may never find out why such incident happened and you may never know how strong you are and the quality of your character you posses. Because you are who you are by what you do when nobody is there.
Does that experience affect the way you train your children?
When I am dealing with my children or young people, I prepare them for eventuality. Because anything can happen. So don’t let what has happened stop you; keep moving, you will get there.
What is the secret of your ageless beauty?
I take plenty of water and live very healthy. I don’t drink alcohol nor keep late nights. I don’t worry at all and rest well when I want to. I play a lot as am a very happy person. And lastly, I don’t brood over anything. When you annoy me, I tell you at the spot and I move on. In fact, my principle is to forgive everyone before I am offended.
Tell us about your NGO.
Yes, I run an NGO, called CREATE- Centre for Creative Arts Education. We use creative arts to empower young people and women. We teach them how to think creatively, create their own works and create the businesses that they want and how to build every single talent they posses.
How far has this NGO go?
Very far. We run a school. If you go online, we are the fourth best innovative training centre in Nigeria out of 298 institutions. That is not a joke. We are rated at the best creativity innovative centre in West Africa and we empower sixty women every year, this we do religiously.
What is the qualification to benefit from the NGO?
Just be a woman being. So the first criteria is the willingness to survive. So once you show us the willingness to survive as a women ,we give you a lifeline for survival.
Richard Mofe Damijo:Nollywood seeks special tribunal on piracy
AFRICAN Movie academy award winner and Nigerian born politician, Richard Mofe Damijo, has called on the incoming Buhari led federal government to set up a special tribunal to handle cases of piracy in the Nollywood industry.
He made the call, yesterday, during the first public presentation of a new movie entitled Oloibiri at Silverbird Cinemas, Abuja. The movie, produced by Rightangle Productions is an action thriller mirroring fear, dread and international exploration and governmental responsibility as well as the unseen benefits of desperate hope of the aggrieved militants in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
With the tribunal, Damijo said, it will spell out the punishment or compensation for any pirated work of art since what is obtainable now is too low and insignificant to minimize the loss. He said that the body of the law guiding piracy in the country is okay but expressed reservation on the manner of the policing.
Damijo who emphasized on the need for government to consider the call to ensure that offenders are prosecuted when they are found guilty and meant to pay for the damages, noted that the “existing laws are good but what is needed to add is maybe setting up special tribunal to handle cases of piracy and step up the punishment or compensation for piracy because right now it is too low and insignificant. “The body of the law is okay, the problem is in the policing and making sure that offenders are prosecuted when they are found guilty they pay damages.”
He added,“Though, my work is not to protect the movie from being pirated, somebody has that job. The regulator should ensure that all creative works of Nollywood are protected and we earn money from it. I am not going to stand here to legislate on the kind of movie film makers will do, I am just privileged to be part of the one that is topical now; just to entertain people and make them think as a people and amount of work that could be done. ”
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Debbie returns to the Nigerian Idol
More than seven hundred days after Oluwarise Deborah Ebun, otherwise known as Debie Rise, a professional guitarist, computer science graduate and super dynamic dancer, was proclaimed First Runner Up of the Nigerian Idol Season 4, she returns to the same stage only this time, not as a contestant but as a guest performer for the Nigerian Idol Season 5.
Since she became a winner under the auspices of the Etisalat-sponsored competition, Debie Rise has been rising and shining. She has been idolized by a teaming fan base for her excitingly melodious music and especially, for her idol eyes. She is a sum of wit, wisdom and wonder. She dances, raps, sings and plays the guitar so well that one cannot tell which one she does best.
The Nigerian Idol is a competition organized and proudly sponsored by one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company, Etisalat, aimed at scouting for, discovering and empowering Nigerian youths who are gifted with potentials in music making. It debuted in 2010 and it’s run annually with over a thousand people making entries in primary stage, and aired both nationwide and the world over on various media platforms
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