Weekend Beats

WHILE speaking with The Times over a new report on the entertainment industry’s effect on the Los Angeles County economy, chief economist with the L.A County Economic Development Corporation Robert Kleinhenz observed that, despite the loss of business to places around the world, the entertainment industry in L.A. County remains a focal point for the…

• Dede, Dare And Yinka Davies Retain Roles As Judges FOR lovers of entertainment, exciting times are here once again. After months of fine-tuning the talent hunt project and sealing sponsorship deals, leading entertainment franchise owners, Optima Media Group and lead sponsor, Etisalat Nigeria have unveiled the season five of TV reality show Nigerian Idol. …

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has partnered with Arise Monalisa Foundation (AMF) to further safeguard the health of Nigerian women.    After eight years of supporting major autism campaign causes, funding education for the less priviledged, organising charitable visits to orphanages and prisons amongst others, the Arise Monalisa Foundation…

FOLLOWING the announcement of the 2015 Academy Awards Awards nominations, M-Net Movies Premiere is delighted to bring viewers a feast of Academy Award winning films as well as one of 2015’s leading Oscar nominees in February.     The Oscar nominations were aired live on Wednesday on M-Net Movies Premiere where The Grand Budapest Hotel scooped…

AS a follow up to Relativity Education’s engagement with the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) to boost capacity for creative professionals in Africa, the CEO of AFRIFF, Ms. Chioma Ude was at the Los Angeles office of the organisation to debrief on the success of the last edition of the festival held in took place…

THOUGH an upcoming artiste, Henry Smith, who popularly by his moniker, Kettle Zeal, could simply be described as one Nigerian artiste with a different flavour. He is in love with African beats, just as he is attracted to other genres of music. He describes himself as unconventional and revolutionist with his brand of music, which…

AFRO-SOUL/Jazz songstress, Teni is back with a brand new alternative dancehall-soul single titled Bad Boy, a collaboration with singer and music producer, Shank. The new hit was co-written by Teni and Shank, and co-produced by Teni, Shank and John Black.      With comparisons to the legendry Sade Adu, and Afrobeat co-creator, Tony Allen, Teni is proving to be…

FOLLOWING his alleged endorsement of president Goodluck Jonathan in the February 14 general election by some dailies not The Guardian, Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti took during the week took to his Facebook page to debunk the rumour.      Seun in his post on the Facebook page said, “Please everyone disregard this news making the…

THE year 2014, no doubt was a good year for Akin Tofowomo popularly known as Shuga and the Shuga band, as the band played in all the major events and weddings within and outside Nigeria.       Toward the tail-end of last year, Shuga released the hugely popular wedding song, Married Today. The celebrated singer has…

PENTHAUZE Music artiste and record label boss, Phyno, following his Best Rap single win at the recently concluded 2014 Headies has kicked off the year with a brand new video. The rapper who is known for his indigenous feel on tracks and usual family friendly videos has taken a completely different approach for the year…

MUSIC producer, Babatunde Okungbowa, popularly known as OJB Jezreel, has teamed up with the Bowtie Club with support from some well-meaning institutions to launch a Kidney Trust Fund with the sole aim of raising funds towards assisting those suffering from kidney problems who want to get treatment abroad.     Weekend Beat gathered the initiative aims…