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celebregion weekly Top Ten movies at the Box office
E-Box Launches fashion and lifestyle programme
Big Brother housemate, Geraldine iheme book launch -Disfigured Emotions

celebregion weekly Top Ten movies at the Box office

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:50 PM PST

Little forkers is still at the top of Box office chart after the second week of release.see the full list below

STUDIO WEEKEND ESTIMATES (DOMESTIC)

Fri, Dec. 31 - Sun, Jan. 2	Weekend	Total
Little Fockers	$26,300,000	$103,190,905
True Grit (2010)	$24,500,000	$86,765,010
TRON: Legacy	$18,306,000	$130,853,871
Yogi Bear	$13,000,000	$66,130,000
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	$10,500,000	$87,141,297
Tangled	$10,008,000	$168,026,895
The Fighter	$10,000,000	$46,388,707
Gulliver's Travels (2010)	$9,100,000	$27,228,794
Black Swan	$8,450,000	$47,370,093
The King's Speech	$7,649,164	$22,806,942

E-Box Launches fashion and lifestyle programme

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST

Obinna enyinnaya,Elder smauel Enyinnaya, Olamide oshoffa

The official press launch of the brand took place at the Lagos Oriental hotel, 3 lekki road on the 31^st December, bringing the year to a successful end with the birth of a new programme.

E-box is a new, fresh and exciting programme with a special focus on lifestyle, music and fashion. This programme which is produced by Entertainment Afrique would cover various segments of the entertainment industry and also provide detailed information of life style activities all around the world.

The emergence of e-box undoubtedly will re-shape the landscape of the Nigerian entertainment industry as it is positioned to provide entertainment for the young and the young at heart.

Billed to be aired on Silverbird Television on Thursday at 9.30 – 10pm and Super screen on Wednesday at 6.30-7.00pm as well as on HITV.

The programme would be segmented into various parts namely Close up, Take 3, E news, Pret a port and E –access. These segments cut across all targets therefore not limiting it to any class; it is both a mass market and high net worth brand.

Close Up focuses on interviews with celebrities and stars with the aim of showcasing their lifestyle, unheard stories and how they made it to stardom.

Take 3 is targeted at the music industry, and the top 3 songs topping the airwaves

E-news is news from around globe, creating awareness and disseminating information

Pret – a –port is the fashion segment, bringing in reports from the fashion world

E- access brings the red carpet to life and total access to all the events

Ebox is a brand from the stable of Entertainment Afrique a parent company of Ebox with a mission to entertain and enlighten our world in all round manner inspiring moments of optimism and happiness through unique and engaging programs and a vision is to be a global enterprise with an exceptional passion for excellent service delivery in the entertainment industry, maintaining high corporate governance and social responsibility

Entertainment Afrique is one of the fastest growing entertainment companies in Nigeria, and was incorporated in Nigeria in 2010 by a team of young professionals with core values such as excellence, accountability etc under the direction of its group chairman Elder Samuel O Enyinnaya to provide unique and captivating entertainment programs globally.

The brand e-box is a 30 minute magazine styled programme that is a fusion of all the elements of entertainment which are music, movies, sports, lifestyle, book reviews, fashion, as opposed to what is currently being aired on TV, it has a an advantage of sensational touch an array of fresh, new, exciting and fashionable personalities. The fast paced style of the brand makes it a modern day TV show and can be positioned with its foreign counterparts.

Competitive Advantage
As TV stations continue to feed in more local contents in their programme menu, there is a question of whether some of them are in alignment with the value of the people, a good content is a constellation of quality picture, and good scripting based on values and creativity.
That opinion seems subjective as most experts in Tv productions are far from impressed with the quality of programmes that have taken the place of the foreign programmes on air.
With the emergence of our highly qualitative entertaining Television content Ebox, As it intends to feel the vacuum and meet and surpass the demands and expectation of the Nigerian and international viewers, with a team of creative seasoned producers, To raise the bar in the entertainment industry is a goal of the brand.

E-Box like every brand has come to the market with a lot of advantages, such job opportunity, and is also adversely contributing to the economy of the nation by taxes, and also providing a platform for the youth and a means for which their passion could be channeled into productivity.

The brand E-box is run by a group of talented individuals who are persistently working to provide an edge and flavor to the Nigerian entertainment industry.

Olamide oshoffa

The chairman elder samuel Eyinnaya

www.entertainmentafrique.com

Big Brother housemate, Geraldine iheme book launch -Disfigured Emotions

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:09 AM PST

Geraldine iheme and family

Big Brother Housemate Geraldine Iheme officially launched her first novel 'Disfigured Emotions' held at the Oriental Victoria Island,29^th December 2010 amidst a lively sizeable audience.

Basket Mouth was on hand to compere the event. The book was preceded by a Red Carpet session in a cool breezy evening. Jacqueline Iheme was well grounded with the synopsis, a brief story and process of the book and the writer.

A happy mother, Mrs. Iheme took her turn to praise her loving daughter ' she reminds me of her late father' asking for support from all for the book, as she was the first to launch the book on the night.

It was followed by review of the book by Mrs. Obasi.

The launch continued with support from Chief Emeka Etiaba, Chief Mrs. Nina Ekechi,Mrs. Ify Anasomu Akerele- DG Chamber of Shipping, as several support was welcome from the audience.

Mrs. Fisayo, Principal Christ the Cornerstone International School ( CTC), also rained praises on her former student, as well support the book launch.

Just to make the audience feel the grips of the book, as several short verses were read by Doyin Fisayo, Odunayo Balogun and Mitchell Udeze.

It was the turn of Geraldine Iheme to speak about her book, according to her it took her three years to write the book. She decided to write it, because a lot of issues are not been talked about and it is hurting in every sense. In her words "it is a fiction novel, it's in a world that exists only in my head", as she invites everyone to come experience that world. To her her it's a captivating and intriguing story of unspoken truth and a definite 'must read'.

Fellow housemates from South Africa and Mozambique were present to give their own support.

The night was blended with comedy by Basket Mouth and Fx and musical performances by super vocalist Bez and sensational Modele and chike.

It was indeed a memorable evening, and a book launch experience that has never been experienced before.