Celebrity
6 Feb 2015
HE has scaled the high hurdles of securing the party nomination. Next will be to scale what some observers have described as the ‘taller wall’ of securing the mandate of the electorates in his constituency—Surulere, to represent them at the Lagos State House of Assembly. D-day is February 28 and notable actor, producer…
6 Feb 2015
THE cross-border comedy movie ‘30 Days in Atlanta’ which reportedly grossed N140 million naira in box office sales was last week named Film of the Year by the organisers of the annual Creative Industry Awards. The awards organised by the Creative Entrepreneur Association of Nigeria (CEAN) in conjunction with the British Council was instituted to…
23 Jan 2015
YEAR was 2013. Time Magazine had released its annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. On the list were great personalities such as the President of the United States, Barack Obama and iconic Hollywood actor Steven Spielberg. But on that well-peopled list too, of icons and the world’s most influential people, was Nigeria’s…
23 Jan 2015
ONE thing that has endeared Monalisa Chinda to many people is her willingness to always give back to society. Yearly, Monalisa, through her foundation the Monalisa Chinda Foundation (MCF) supports causes such as autism and slum children. This time, her interest is providing sustained basis care for women with cases of uterine fibroid. …
16 Jan 2015
LAST week, we featured 10 screen celebrities that were nominated out of a pool of 50 celebrities, as players to watch in 2015. In this last part of the report, SHAIBU HUSSEINI randomly picks another 10 from that pool that were nominated by moviegoers based on an online poll. However, the list is not in…
16 Jan 2015
BRITISH-Nigerian comedy, Gone Too Far, opened in Nigerian cinemas yesterday. Directed by Destiny Ekaragha, and based on a play by Bola Agbaje, which won a Laurence Olivier award in 2008, Gone Too Far stars Malachi Kirby, OC Ukeje, Shanika Warren-Markland, Adelayo Adedayo, and Golda John-Abiola. Also in the movie are Tosin Cole, Miles McDonald, Eddie…
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