What's going on in Nollywood? Get the news,the scoops and the interviews with Nigerian actors and actresses still hot from the presses.
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WITHOUT PREJUDICE I find this apology necessary after my earlier rejoinder which was published on Nigerianfilms com The comments and reactions I ve been getting necessitated this follow up apology to actor Mr Jim Iyke over a false story I wrote about him and an alleged relationship with a HIV positive woman Sally in Germany I want to state the following At no time did I attempt to contact Mr Iyke or his management team to research the truth of the alleged story At no time did
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
A lot of reactions have greeted our story about Nollywood stars campaigning for the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the presidential poll next year Some Nollywood stars that were excluded were not happy and have been reaching out and asking for ways to be included while others have gone to town with what they called the authentic story on the matter One of such stories had it that coordinator of the Mobilization for Jonathan Francis Duru got N million while he is sh
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners NANTAP was thrown into mourning as three of its members perished in a car accident that occurred in Lagos on Sunday August The deceased namely Miss Joju Adeduro Miss Kathryn David and Miss Getrude Anyichie were returning from an event in the morning when the vehicle conveying them had a head on collision with a speeding Toyota Camry number withheld None of the three ladies surv
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
On my way to Abuja recently I got a seat right beside the former managing director of Genesis Deluxe Cinema Lekki Mr Keneth Mkparu For about one hour that we spent on air I engaged him in a discussion over the state of Nigeria movie industry call it film industry or Nollywood if you like We both agreed that there is a revolution taking place in the industry right now something is gradually pushing Nollywood to the much expected level Now producers are getting it right to a
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Ucheobi Nnenne Jessica Jombo is one of the hottest actresses in Nollywood with hundreds of appearances in home videos In this interview with ADUNOLA FASUYI she opens up on so many issues Excerpts CAN you tell us a little about your background I attended Aba Owerri Road Primary School Aba Abayi Girls Aba and Queens College Enugu for my primary and secondary school education respectively I am an actress a writer an executive producer I am from Abriba in Abia State I have fo
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The prolific producer Kunle Afolayan has been making unprecedented success ever since his latest flick Figure has recorded success in Nollywood industry in Nigeria The new movie that features prominent faces like Ramsey Nouah Omoni Oboli etc received about five plagues during the last African Movies Academy Awards a k a AMAA on different categories This actually is not the story Kunle Afolayan who is supposed to be a role model of sort to the emerging generation is not in anyway
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Friday, August 06, 2010
While her contemporaries have all jumped into music as an alternative to the movie thing they do the sultry actress Ebube Nwagbo borne out of her relentless effort in showing appreciation to her teeming fans all over the world more importantly Nigeria has pitched a tent in the esoteric world of beauty as she brands a Human Hair known as Posh Hair The new product Posh Hair that has been certified okay by those who have romanced it has become a toast of every highflying lady out t
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Ever since this top Nollywood diva Ini Edo got married to her beau Philip Ehiagwina the America based businessman she snatched from another woman different tales have been trailing her That her marriage to Philip has crumbled is not confirmed as it was reported recently that she is facing a hard time with her marriage while another report has it that she just got a new wonder on wheels from her husband as a gift when she went to visit him in America a couple of weeks back A fresh
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Sunday, August 01, 2010
Temporary respite has come the way of Nollywood actor Prince James Uche who had chronic leg cancer He has been discharged from the hospital and now goes for treatment as an outpatient However the woes of the actor are not over as a medical bill of over N hangs on his neck Saturday Sun gathered that he was only discharged from the hospital without paying his full bill on personal recognition and because the medical director of the medical institution took pity on him At pr
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Friday, July 30, 2010
For making the Nigerian motion picture ndustry proud especially Nollywood the famous duo of Chinedu Ikedieze MFR popularly known as Aki and Patience Ozokwo MFR affectionately called Mama G by fans will soon be hosted to a lavish reception by the leadership of Actors Guild of Nigeria AGN The reception we reliably gathered is part of the activities lined up for them by AGN for receiving this year s National Honour Awards For the duo being singled out this year in the whole of N
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Star actor and winner of the first edition of Gulder Ultimate Search Celebrity Showdown Emeka Ike has been banned by the Actors Guild of Nigeria AGN Disclosing this to us yesterday the Chairman Board of Trustees BOT of AGN Prince Ifeanyi Dike claimed that making the decision was inevitable as Emeka s alleged misconduct and anti guild activities are becoming unbearable The actors in Nigeria have unanimously decided to suspend Emeka Ike indefinitely for anti guild activities We
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Ella Njudigbo is from a close knit family in Anambra State with just two younger brothers She is the only girl and the first child This graduate of Imo State University studied Public Administration Government Apart from being an actress she has written well over twelve scripts Yeah I write scripts I started writing scripts before I went into acting I have written nothing less than scripts that are in the market Twelve is an understatement But I said because some are not y
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Friday, July 23, 2010
The remains of veteran actress late Madam Florence Adetoun Oni was laid to rest at Atan Cemetry Akoka Yaba on Friday rd July The funeral service which had early held at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah s Witnesses Nubi Close off Park Road off Apapa Road Ebute Metta West Lagos saw a lot of her friends fans and other members of the Jehovah s Witnesses domination weeping and speaking of her good works while she was alive During the Funeral Talk Bro Dare O Ogunbanjo c
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Umah Oyinbala the dude who manages the affair of Jim Iyke most especially the one that was actively involved in the production of his new movie in Kaduna has been declared wanted by the hotel they used in Kaduna for non payment of bills Gist has it that the last time the handsome actor went to Kaduna for the Northern location shot of his movie he entered an agreement with a certain hotelier who agreed to work something out in the area of barter relationship with him Jim will give some h
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Veteran actor who was popularly called back in the days as Chief Koko a troublesome landlord in the rested TV Series Koko Close has confessed to have started smoking Marijuana at age Olumide Bakare the cross over artiste who has also taken part in so many block buster movies and soap such as Wale Adenuga s Papa Ajasco and Company amongst others reveals that one of the actions he took while growing up was to smoke Indian hemp He even confessed that cocaine was not new to him thou
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Prince James Uche s last week s distress cry for help was not in vain after all as Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and some well meaning Nigerians during the week donated cash and material gifts to facilitate the treatment of the ailing actor HVP last week reported the story of Uche s illness raising alarm that given the failing state of his health and with no aid coming his way as fast as possible the veteran actor may not survive the ailment that has left him bedridden for the
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Information at our disposal reveals that the handsome actor who is a Commissioner in Delta State Richard Mofe Damijo a k a RMD has just impregnated two women a London lover and another undergrad of the Delta State University Abraka Our source who regaled us of this new development in the life of Dr Gov Uduaghan s aide RMD informed us that one of the ladies he has just put in family way is one of the daughters of a top PDP political stalwart in Delta State While information is sa
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Our forefathers say if you do me and i come do you pass as you do me who go loose This is the proverb that best suits the one thousand dollar fees soon to be slammed on Nigerian actors who want to act in Ghana and Nollywoods response of slamming them Ghollywood back with two thousand dollars registration fees they slammed on Nollywood One of the actors hit by this new rules in handsome Ghanaian Actor Van Vicker whos claim to fame is Nollywood movies the actor according to sources is pres
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
On the morning of this interview I had arrived promptly at the hotel in Ebute Metta Lagos Having put a call through to her room the receptionist showed me to the bar She requested I wait for her there It turned out to be a long wait The irritation that was on the rise drained out when she arrived The genuineness of her explanation did it She had worked late into the night shooting a new commercial For many Oluwafunke Akindele hit our collective consciousness with the release of her co
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Except a miracle happens and fast too Abia state born veteran actor Prince James Uche may not survive the illness that has left him bedridden for eight months The tough talking actor is in a critical condition following the ravages of a strange illness that has not only kept the actor off the screen for sometimes now but has also impoverished him A concerned colleague sums up the situation thus This a test case for Ejike Asiegbu erstwhile president Actors Guild of Nigeria AGN w
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