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Grammy Award Winning Singer, Cesaria Evora of Cape Verde dies at age 70
So Fly Wins Jay's Search 2011
Reggae star Buju Banton appeals drug conviction
Vybz Kartel Hit With Two New Charges in Murder Case
Oprah Winfrey Calls Kim Kardashian a Fraudulent and Selfish celebrity
Nollywood actress,Oby Gold Edozieh Gets Married to Singer Alex O (Photos)

Grammy Award Winning Singer, Cesaria Evora of Cape Verde dies at age 70

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 01:26 PM PST

Gramming award winning singer Cesora Evora has died . Evora who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died Saturday at 70.
Evora known as the "Barefoot Diva" because she always performed without shoes died in the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Mindelo, on her native island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, her label Lusafrica said in a statement on its website.

In recent years she had had several operations, including open-heart surgery last year and retired in September because of the health problems.Evora was considered one of the world's greatest exponents of Morna, a form of blues considered the national music of the Cape Verde islands, a former Portuguese colony which gained independence in 1975.

She was recently listed as one of Africa's biggest stars by CNN alongside Nigeria's Asa ,Tuface and Nneka.

Two days of national mourning has been declared in the small island nation, with President Jorge Carlos Fonseca calling her "one of the major cultural references of Cape Verde".

Cesaria Evora had a son and a daughter by different men but never married.

So Fly Wins Jay's Search 2011

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST

Segun Demuren hands So fly a cash prize of 300,000

It was to a cheering audience that the judges of Jay's Search 2011 (Chairman of Punch Newspapers Wole Aboderin, EME boss Segun Demuren, Producer and Rapper eLDee and singer Segun Obe) announced So Fly winner of the second edition of Jay's Search at Oriental Hotel Lekki on December 16, 2011.

23 year old Ormali Daniel, a graduate of the Nnamdi Azikwe University Akwa battled nine others for the grand prize of 300,000, a Kopykats Entertainment recording deal for one single, one music video, a makeover/photo shoot, airplay, promotions and publicity, and was announced winner after two rounds of performance.

The first round saw him perform his own composition "Ihuoma" which got the crowd cheering. "You are the best performer I have seen here today" one of the judges Segun Demuren said to him' after his first performance.

"I really have nothing to say to you except that it was good, very impressive" eLDee says

But with the second performance, the judges did not hesitate to give their honest opinion

"I don't think you chose the right song" Segun Obe says after he rendered Wande Coal's Ololufe. He continues, "You have the voice, persona and stage presence which is what we are looking for in Jay's Search, but there's more to being an artiste, picking the right song is really important"

Put together by the Aboderin family in honor of their late brother Jaiye Aboderin, 23 year old undergraduate, OluwaSunbo Olundegun (BigMa) emerged winner of the first edition of Jay Search in 2009. Big Ma went home with a cash prize of N150,000, a record deal with T.W.O's Kopykats Entertainment which includes, an opportunity to release one audio single, a music video, do a photo shoot and be properly packaged in readiness for the industry, all courtesy of Jay Search.

"I'm so excited, and I'm happy my trip from Kaduna to Lagos paid off" Daniel tells journalists "I was scared at some point when the judges said it was a tie between myself and Tayhor Phillips. But then, the audience saved me and I'd be forever grateful to them"

Jaiye Aboderin died on December 3, 2004, aged 33. He slumped and died after a game of basketball. While alive Jaiye touched the lives of many in the entertainment industry, including musicians, actors and comedians alike. In tribute to him Freestyle, Mode9, Rugged man with Tunde and Wunmi Obe put together a song titled "Tribute to Jay" in 2007. He left behind a wife- Actress Stella Damasus and two daughters, Angelica and Isabel.

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So Fly-Winner

Reggae star Buju Banton appeals drug conviction

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:19 AM PST

Grammy-winning reggae star Buju Banton claims in an appeal of his federal drug conviction there was not enough evidence to prove he was involved in a cocaine conspiracy.

The appeal filed Friday by attorney David O. Markus also says Banton was relentlessly pursued by a federal informant seeking a $50,000 government payday. Markus says that resulted in improper entrapment.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, is serving a 10-year prison sentence following his February conviction on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges. A related gun charge was tossed out by a judge.

Banton is extremely popular in his native Jamaica and won a Grammy for his latest album shortly before his drug conviction.

It will likely be months before the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issues a decision.

Associated press

Vybz Kartel Hit With Two New Charges in Murder Case

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:08 AM PST

Embattled Dancehall superstar, Adidja Palmer, more popularly known as Vybz Kartel, now faces two additional charges in one of his murder cases.

On Wednesday morning, the prominent entertainer was charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice regarding the Clive "Lizard" Williams murder case. Kartel's Portmore Empire protégé, Vanessa Saddler, otherwise known as Gaza Slim, also stands charged with the same offences.

Law enforcement officials insist that they possess a cellular phone containing a text message in which Vybz Kartel allegedly ordered Gaza Slim to concoct a robbery story in an attempt to aid his legal defense.

Earlier this month, Vybz hit the headlines for allegedly escaping prison with seven other convicts and killing a guard in the process. These reports were later confirmed to false and Vybz was still incarcerated.

Kartel is due to attend the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court on December 19.

Oprah Winfrey Calls Kim Kardashian a Fraudulent and Selfish celebrity

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 02:38 AM PST

Oprah and Sean Penn in haiti

The queen of TV talk, Oprah Winfrey, has come out and bashed Kim Kardashian for being a total phony. Kim made a fake charity trip to Haiti in a desperate bid to rebuild her crumbling image and Oprah calls Kim out for using this worthy cause for her own selfish ends. Kim is so desperate for some good publicity and positive press , her image is so tarnished after filing for divorce Kris Humphries that she flew to earthquake ravaged Haiti for supposed charity work.

Kim went to Haiti with a charity group along with her mother, Kris Jenner, to support the group, whose Web site says it's "a movement to advance the health, safety, and well being of women throughout Haiti."

According to National Enquirer " Kim insults the locals & spends a fortune pampering herself while Oprah roughs it with the refugees. Oprah was at the refugee camp with Sean Penn and Kim was at a fashion show!

Also two days ago,her ex-husband Kris Humphries called the Kardashian show a fake reality tv show being organized by people without any talent .

Nollywood actress,Oby Gold Edozieh Gets Married to Singer Alex O (Photos)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:53 AM PST

Mr and Mrs Okoroigwe

Nollywood actress/producer Oby Gold Edozieh secretly got married to Singer Alex Okoroigwe popularly known as Alex O. yesterday December 16,2011 at Federal Marriage Registry , Ikoyi Lagos.Friends of the new couple including actor Chidi Mokeme, actress Nkiru sylvanus were present . See more photos below