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- Wiz Khalifa Busted for Marijuana For the Second Time in 10 days
- Actor John Dumelo Launches Reality Show
- Article: Wealth From Your Creativity- Stella Damasus
- Olu Jacobs, Nadia Buari, Bimbo Manuel, Norbert Young are Heroes and Zeros
- "Would Be Honoured To Have Manchester United Players Dance Oliver Twist"- D'banj Tells SkySports
- MBGN 2012 Contestants In Traditional Attire [Photos]
- J.Martins ,Djinee Step Into BET Spotlight
| Wiz Khalifa Busted for Marijuana For the Second Time in 10 days Posted: 02 May 2012 02:33 PM PDT  Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been arrested for cannabis possession for the second time in ten days. The 'Black and Yellow' rapper was busted by cops in North Carolina after the officers pulled over his tour bus following his concert in Winston-Salem on Tuesday night (01.05.12) and discovered 11.39 grams of marijuana after searching the vehicle, according to TMZ.com. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office has revealed Wiz was cited for possession of a controlled substance and then released and he now must appear in court to face charges at a later date. The 24-year-old hip-hop star who is engaged to amber rose was cautioned for the offence by police after he was discovered in a hotel room on April 21 smoking a joint following complaints from other guests. Wiz tried to get rid of the evidence by throwing the drug-laced cigarette out of his window before letting the police recovered the joint .  | ||||||||
| Actor John Dumelo Launches Reality Show Posted: 02 May 2012 11:06 AM PDT
The show is featuring dumelo himself ,though ,he is yet to disclose what the show will look like . Most parts of the show have been shot in canada and the united states.
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| Article: Wealth From Your Creativity- Stella Damasus Posted: 02 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT  From this title you might think this is one of those inspirational or guide to money-making kind of articles. Sorry to disappoint you, this is straight, frank talk from me. Might get me into a lot of trouble but I really do not mind. I got a call from a colleague of mine who just entered the movie industry a few years ago. She is very beautiful, married, talented and hardworking. She was crying on the phone as she was talking and I did not understand why. It was about an article that was published about her in magazines and on the Internet. As I listened to her speak with strong emotions, I felt sorry for her because unlike me she had not developed a thick skin for things like this. The story about her was ridiculously hilarious because she was with me in Abuja as at the time she was supposed to have committed these so-called atrocities. I laughed so hard and said: "Welcome to the club my dear, this is supposed to make you stronger". She did not understand what I meant so I promised that I would explain when I see her. One thing was certain though, a human being has been hurt, her friends and family were extremely upset, her husband is thinking twice about allowing her to continue in this movie business because he cannot understand why someone who wants to work hard and entertain people should be treated this way. I felt bad for them because I have been there too many times and right now as I am writing I am still dealing with my own media issues. My case is different because I have become my own person in my career and at this point, I know what I want, who I am, where I am going and what I am doing. So, regardless of what is being said, my life is beautiful thanks to my God who has blessed me and no man can ever change that. Anyway it got me thinking about my life and that of others who have had unthinkable things written about them. I also remembered that there is a saying that goes like this: "There is no smoke without fire" . My new journey as a writer has exposed me and taught me so many things about how some journalists have been able to use that saying to create stories about us and make people believe it. So you can say Stella is exposing them but I choose to say I am enlightening them. I will get to the real point shortly. So, this is how it works. There is a list of entertainers and popular people according to a lot of journalists who write junk. This list is in categories • Celebs who are A listers •Celebs who have not been in the media in a while •Celebs whose names can sell papers in times of slow news •Celebs who like to react when something comes out. (when something is written about them) •Celebs who have money to spend to kill stories about them •Celebs who love publicity and like to pay for it •Celebs who are very quiet so when negative things are written about them people are too curious to resist •Celebs who are relatively new and who have not been in the news The list is longer but let me stop here for now. So, it now depends on the target that the journalist has been given. He then looks at the list and looks for the celeb that fits into his plan to meet his target. For instance if his boss says, "sales have been low in the past two weeks"', it means that they need something to draw people's attention. The journalist then takes a look at the list of the celebs whose name and face can sell papers. He picks the one they themselves have labelled controversial and starts to think about what he can write that will have some elements of recognizable factors around the person that will make you think there is an element of truth in the story Let me explain that please: If Celeb A has a shop, just came back from a film festival in France, loves jewellery, has a black Range Rover, talks about her love for black underwear because she is light skinned in an interview, here is how this journalist X will make story around her. "Based on a report from a close reliable source, Celeb A was spotted in France with a new lover whose identity will soon be revealed. We have it on good authority that Celeb A was taken to the airport in a brand new Range Rover which sources have revealed was bought for her by this new lover. Celeb A boarded a flight to France where she met with her new found man who took her shopping and bought her black underwear which the celeb was showing off to her friends. The new ring this celeb spots on her finger is worth N2million and close sources have revealed that even though this man is married, he is willing to throw caution to the winds by showing the celeb how much he loves her publicly. This show of shame did not stop there, we also found out that he has bought a lot of expensive things to stock her shop in high brow Victoria Island. Tongues have been wagging especially with the fact that the wife of this man heard about this escapade and has threatened to come and deal with Celeb A if she does not leave her husband alone. When XX magazine placed a call to celeb A, she denied the allegation and said we should talk to her publicist." I just made this up and I am not even a qualified journalist, so you can imagine how a professionally done story will come out. Now also imagine any name that you know is a celeb and put her name in place of all the places I wrote celeb A and tell me how you feel about it. You see how easy it is to write something using elements that you can use to identify somebody and how it will make people say "there is no smoke without fire". Painful thing is that people will read these things, believe them without thinking twice, judge you instantly and start to talk about it with their friends who have friends, thereby helping to spread this story. Truth is that sometimes there is no smoke and there is no fire, it's just the business we are in. There are some stories that are true though but sometimes I wish our journalists will do more investigative journalism before they go ahead to destroy friendships, homes, businesses and opportunities. I don't think they realise the amount of damage that they cause all in the name of getting a promotion or impressing their boss. I also wonder how some of them are able to sleep knowing that they have cooked up untrue stories about people that can affect the children and families of these people. I believe that most of these journalists that write these "fictitious stories" are very creative though, because if you consider the amount of work they put into creating these stories you will see that they can be the best script writers ever. I am suggesting that they start looking into scriptwriting, this brings in a lot of money, especially in our country where the movie industry is thriving; without a script there can be no movie. They can also write for advertising agencies for adverts, jingles and then move on to writing for television series, radio dramas, etc. The opportunities are endless as we must realise that that journalism is broken down into different types. Instead of writing junk to keep a job it might be better to consider things like setting up a small media consultancy company, become a publicist for individuals and corporate brands/ products. Your company can be on contract as the media department and public relations by big companies that need their products and services to be brought to the attention of the people. If a journalist who has had experience in publicity, approaches an artiste who needs good media hype, all he needs to do is to spell out the benefit of having a publicist who would take the media aspect of your business and turn it into a money spinner. This means that if he succeeds in putting the celeb in the minds of the people as a positive role model, the celeb can have endorsement deals, be called to anchor events, become an ambassador for different organizations, etc. That way, the artiste will give a certain percentage of that to your media firm. The more the journalist portrays the artiste positively, the more these brands will want to employ the services of the artistes and the more money the journalist will make. Most of these journalists can also write small handbooks on how upcoming artistes can handle the media and how to handle their public persona, sale of the books can also bring in money. They can also organize seminars and invite one or two big media gurus to talk about the country and how to resolve the issues we are facing in Nigeria today by giving people the right kind of information. How do we get this present young generation to bring that change in governance if the media cannot contribute in giving them an idea of what should be and how it should be done? I personally believe that instead of destroying people and feeding the public with so much negativity, these journalists can make money with their talents and at the same time help in the development of the country by being innovative and objective. Please note that I am not referring to all journalists, just those that write junk and believe it is journalism. I want to commend those that have been objective and truthful in their information, I appreciate those who have helped us one way or the other in the eyes of the world because now we are seeing the benefits. Gradually Hollywood feels safe enough to come and work with Nollywood, brands can now use most of us as brand ambassadors, etc. Let us try and see how we can use our talents and creativity to make money and develop our country positively. Quote:If you want the unusual, avoid conventional wisdom. —Leke Alder  | ||||||||
| Olu Jacobs, Nadia Buari, Bimbo Manuel, Norbert Young are Heroes and Zeros Posted: 02 May 2012 10:34 AM PDT
One of the most anticipated movies of this era in Nollywood, Heroes and Zeros has been tipped for greatness judging by the number of seasoned actors and actresses that took part in this one-of-a-kind Nollywood flick. The movie is scheduled to hit the big screens in Ghana sometime in May this year and also due for cinema release in Nigeria in the month of August. The movie features Bimbo Manuel, one of Nigeria's finest who actually started out on the television soaps and was shot into prominence in the soap, Checkmate. Same soap opera shots the likes of Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), Ego Boyo and others into prominence. Bimbo is an actor that has surely paid his dues in the Nigerian movie industry without any iota of doubt. His delivery in Heroes and Zeros has been described as 'way beyond extra ordinary' by a film critic who saw it in the studio. Heroes and Zeros is a fiction film, yet it looks like a reality-based documentary. Many scenarios appear as if they have been lifted directly from contemporary realities of Nigerian life and living. Nadia Buari, one of Ghana's best hands in movie industry gave a performance of a lifetime that the director, Niji Akanni described as her best so far 'because she was challenged to dig deep'. The movie features a slew of impressive casts of veterans in the industry and fast rising acts too who know their onions and have been impressive so far in their respective genres of acting, the likes of , Olu Jacobs, Tina Mba, Akin Lewis, Norbert Young, Brigette Cherile, Funsho Adeolu, Gabriel Afolayan, Jude Urhorra and many others took part in the movie. The works of the likes of Olu Jacobs, Tina Mba, Norbert Young, Akin Lewis clearly speak for them and they have all joined forces in this new movie, Heroes and Zeros to deliver another Niji Akanni's classic. Coming from the stable of entertainment powerhouse, KOGA, the movie was written, produced and directed by prolific filmmaker Niji Akanni, one of the best hands Nigeria has ever produced. SYNOPSIS Heroes and Zeros is the story of destructive pursuance of Tonia (Nadia Buari) by Amos Fele (Bimbo Manuel). Ten years ago, Amos Fele was a wealthy celebrity director in the Nigerian film industry. Now he lives in a ramshackle flat, doing occasional low-paying TV commercials for nameless products. He's a daily comic relief on the local soccer practice pitch: because though he's already 45 years old, he nurses a new, insane dream of making it into the dollar-soaked world of international soccer! His joyless marriage to Tinuke (Tina Mba) , a junior bank worker, is crumbling fast, especially after the death of their only child. A boost to his sagging spirit comes when a big-budget French-Nigerian film project appoints him as director. Suddenly, the press begins to (re)celebrate him. Top actors and producers begin to call him up. To his wife's distress, Fele also quickly reestablishes his wane reputation as a first-class womanizer. Fele's new rise coincides with that of Dibu Ijele (Gabriel Afolayan) as Yellow Journalism's new enfant terrible. Dibu is a reporter with Naija Scene, a weekly tabloid. The paper's new board of directors (led by Olu Jacobs), with its eyes on profit, supports Dibu's theory that the only way to beat the competition is to scoop and sell dirt about anyone with a famous face or name. Dibu's editor, Mr. Ayodele Alisa (Akin Lewis), an urbane fellow, tries to fight him and the board. Fele becomes obsessed with Tonia, a ravishing beauty and lead actress of the Nigerian-French film project. Ignoring the warnings of his best friend, Nnamdi (Norbert Young), a psychology professor, Fele pursues his obsession with Tonia to its tragic conclusion: losing his new job, ending his marriage and ending up in a mental hospital. Unknown to him, Tonia and her sister, BISOLA have something up their sleeves.
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| "Would Be Honoured To Have Manchester United Players Dance Oliver Twist"- D'banj Tells SkySports Posted: 02 May 2012 03:55 AM PDT  Nigerian Pop star D'banj was interviewed by SkySports . He talked about how he felt when Rio Ferdinand expressed his love for his debut UK single 'Oliver Twist' to his 2.6million Twitter followers . With Red Devils midfielder Tom Cleverley also waxing lyrical about the infectious tune all over the twittersphere, D'Banj is determined to make all of his United heroes including Sir Alex Ferguson - a fan of the song. See the excerpts from the Interview below I live in Nigeria and I've always been a Man United fan. In Nigeria, football is our thing. On Saturdays and Sundays, there's no traffic, you see people sitting down, everyone is in their house, watching a Premiership match or a Championship match. My family are actually divided; we have Manchester United, which is me, then you have Arsenal  | ||||||||
| MBGN 2012 Contestants In Traditional Attire [Photos] Posted: 02 May 2012 12:58 AM PDT  Miss Ebonyi-Abana onyeka, age 22 ,height 5 ft 9  Miss Enugu -adaugo ndu ,Age 22, Height 6 ft 1  Miss Benue -Aghedo oses ,Age 20, Height 5 ft 11  Miss Kogi -charity chinenye obiora,Age 21 , 5 ft 10  Miss Niger-chidueme vivian ifeoma ,Age 21,Height 5 ft 9  Miss Lagos chinaka olorunsola nkechi ,Age 21 ,height 5 ft 8  Miss Anambra-elsie anulidike,Age 22, height 6 ft  Miss Akwa ibom-Ester ephraim ,Age 20,height 5 ft 8   Miss Abuja- ifeoma umeokeke,age 21,height 5 ft 9  Miss gombe-igebu antonette,age 21,height ft 10  Miss Cross river -Isabella ayuk,age 25,5 ft 11  miss bayelsa-isaiah inara anthonia,age 20, height 5 ft 11  Miss kaduna-Joyce ngozi chidebe,age 22,6 ft  Miss born0-kelly ochuko,age 18,5ft 9  Miss Ogun-mavoro winfred,age 23,6ft  Miss imo-Nsofor gail anulika,height 5 ft 8  Miss Adamawa-ofomah chisokue,age 20,height 5 ft 9  Miss osun-okafor christabel nkechinyere,age 20 ,height 6 ft 1  Miss ekiti-Okekeni egbe rejoice,age 20,height 5 ft 9  Miss ondo-okereke barbara,age 21 ,height 5 ft 11  Miss Bauchi-okolo obianuju,age 25,5 ft 8  Miss Edo-omobhude omoye mary,age 19,height 5 ft 11  Miss Abia- onuoha glory ,age 20,height 6ft  Miss Delta-tifanny anabella davies , Age 22 , height 5 ft 7  Miss kwara-tomilayo salami,age 23, height 5 ft 6  Miss kebbi-uju chimezie ,age 23,height 5 ft 9  Miss rivers-charles damiete,age 23,height 5 ft 9  Miss plateau-Elshammah enadelo,Age 18, height 5 ft 9  Miss taraba-Onuoha grace,age 21,height 5 ft 9  Miss Yobe- oyenmowa omoregie,5ft 11 Share Your thoughts below!!!!!  | ||||||||
| J.Martins ,Djinee Step Into BET Spotlight Posted: 01 May 2012 11:47 PM PDT  Highlife-pop singer J Martins and singer Djinee are featuring on this week's BET Spotlight . BET spotlight is a new half hour series by BET International that invites some of the brightest stars to step into BET spotlight where they share their lives through words and music.The program will air on friday May 4,2012 at 8:30 PM GMT.  |
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