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It is true age has caught up with him yet year old maverick Highlife singer Fatai Rolling Dollar won t retire from music now The octogenarian singer was last week hosted to a birthday party in Surulere area of Lagos by the Association of Voice Over Artistes AVOA in recognition of his great contributions to Nigerian music He used the occasion to reaffirm his commitment towards musical production adding that as long God grants him life he would continue to perform both on stage and
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Pornographic movie sellers are currently having a good time as more Nigerians especially married women are patronising them Though the film sellers were raided late last year by the Lagos State Task Force headed by Supol Bayo Suleiman they are back in full force at various bus stops The raid even led the task Force to the Alaba International Market where it is believed the films popularly called blue films are churned out on a daily basis As a result of the raid the film sellers
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Van Vicker is a household name in the Nigerian movie industry notwithstanding the fact that he is a Ghanaian He was recently made one of the Glo ambassadors in Nigeria In this interview with FUNMI SALOME JOHNSON the fair complexion actor spoke on his Glo deal and he spoke on a number of rumour that have been making the round about him Excerpts How does it feel being a Glo ambassador more so when you are not a Nigerian It feels great being given an honour like that Besides the honou
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Friday, July 16, 2010
The President of Nigeria Society for Cinematographer a body of Cinematographers in Nigeria Mr Ngozi Nkebakwu Nwoko and others who narrowly escaped from kidnappers dragnet are said to have been rolling out drums thanking God for sparing their lives from Kidnappers hands last Friday where they were abducted on their way back from a colleague s burial at Illa in Delta State area of Lagos According to an eye witness account it was reveals that it was God s intervention that actually escap
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Adebayo Salami popularly called Oga Bello is a household name in Nollywood He did not just attain the heights easily as there were rough moments The veteran actor spoke with TOPE OLUKOLE on life as an actor Excerpts Adebayo Salani CAN you recall how you got into acting I did not start with film making I started with stage plays about years ago precisely in October In my school days I used to hear beats streaming over the fence and one day I decided to peep and see what
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Friday, July 09, 2010
SOMEONE who knows the motherly actress who is a quarrelsome mother in law in most Nollywood films Patience Ozokwo must help us get to her fast Mama Gee as the highly acclaimed actress is simply called has just been named as one of the distinguished Nigerians that will receive the national honours award But someone close to the secretariat hinted that the National awards secretariat is strongly in need of her citation ahead of the award ceremony Mama Gee can even contact us should incase
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Chika Ike is very passionate about Nollywood This she shows by defending it at all costs While some stakeholders in the industry readily admit that Nollywood movies are terrible Chika believes otherwise thereby proving the popular saying different strokes for different folks Always busy moving from one location to another OSEYIZA OOGBODO caught up with her and they had this brief chat Several people including some of your colleagues feel that Nollywood movies are bad and awful Do
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Saturday, July 03, 2010
Ace actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has given insight into why some men feel insecure in an affair with celebrities According to her men feel intimidated by the glamour of celebrity women Akindele who won the AMAA best actress award revealed that she is no longer temperamental She said that her turn around came about after an encounter with Olu Jacobs on location In this encounter she spoke about her growing up job as a scriptwriter and producer and other things
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The club the entertainment impresario Don Jazzy is running tucked inside the prestigious E Centre in Yaba is one of the most patronized lounges in the Mainland at the moment The beautiful watering hole which has become a toast of every fun seeker in Lagos we learnt always welcomes Mo Hits crew led by their boss Don Jazzy mostly on Fridays Rumour has it that Don Jazzy has been identified with a dirty habit of changing girls like clothe We gathered that he loves to bring different girls
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
In her less than five years in the movie industry Mercy Aigbe has emerged one of the few methodical role interpreters with immense box office appeal as she revealed that I love my job with a passion it is what keeps me going but there are lots of things that come with my job that would sometimes want to destabilise one For instance a section of the press have not really been fair to us Just because you call an artiste for an interview and maybe the person is busy at that particular
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
INollywood star actress Shan George may be beautiful and have a good sense of humour but she is one woman who will not discuss issue of marriage with anybody due to the fact that she has been so unfortunate in that aspect First she was Mrs Nwosisi then she metamorphosed into Mrs Momoh Osigwe and later to Mrs Jaiyeola and before one could start to register the latter to her name she switched over to her maiden name again Ms George She was recently asked why she has been so unfortunate
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Today Funke Akindele a graduate of Law from the Lagos State University Ojo is one of the popular crossover actresses in the nation s movie industry otherwise known as Nollywood Over the years the producer of the award winning movie Jennifa has had her own fair share of the pains and gains of stardom In this encounter with BABATUNDE SULAIMAN Akindele one of the Glo ambassadors clears the air on some rumours about her her ability to manage fame and other interesting issues b Sinc
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
How is it like coming back home Wow My country is amazing Entertainment has become something else in this country It s like America very big The music is rapidly growing Sincerely I m very impressed about Nigerians Which particular artiste has really impressed you I know D banj is doing very well for himself Naeto C is doing well for himself Tuface so many people We had a show with Tuface in Dubai it was hot He put up a very good show Africans came together for the show
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Fred Amata is one of the many Nigerians that will be watching the world cup from the television screens He however could have been one of those playing for Nigeria if he had followed his dreams He is a skilled actor director and producer who has entertainment running in his blood The Isoko Delta State born is from a family of three generations of thespians who have all played crucial roles in Nigeria s film and theatre industry His father Pa John Ifoghale Amata the first African to
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Browny Igboegwu simply called Browny by friends and relatives is a Public Administration and International Relations graduate who has been in the acting industry for quite awhile A first look at him will take one s mind back to the ace popular high life hip hop singer Paul Play In this interview he bares his mind on his career love life his award and his supposed ugliness Excerpts You look like Paul Play I have taken my time to look at that guy and I don t see any resemblance F
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Monday, June 07, 2010
Jide Kosoko a leading name in the Nigerian film industry is the immediate past president of the Association for Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners ANTP Kosoko who has been in the industry for over three decades and has featured in over films speaks with REPORTER Anthonia Soyingbe on the effect of democracy on the film industry among other issues Excerpts What will you say are the effects of civil rule in Nigeria on the film industry They have affected each other The prac
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Friday, June 04, 2010
In a bid to ensure that the efforts of the late rap music star Dagrin does not go in vain the management of Stingomania Records have concluded plans to immortalise him with a movie Entitled Ghetto Dreams the movie centres on the life and times of the late rapper while money raised from its sale will be given to his family According to a spokesperson of Stingomania we will also be establishing the Ghetto Dreams Foundation for young and struggling musicians This will be a foundati
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Nollywood golden boy Mike Ezunronye last Saturday had his traditional wedding at Mbano Imo State He married Nkechi Nnorom a medical psychologist based in Canada Showbiz Now was there to bring you the gists b Large turn out of showbiz people b If the large turn out of showbiz people is a test of popularity then Mike the groom is very popular From John Okafor to Mercy Johnson a cross section of stars were there to support one of their own The roll call include Patience Ozonkwo
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Joke Silva s commitment to the growth of Nollywood is well known On the day Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi sneaked into town to unwind the versatile actress deemed it fit to confront the embattled CBN boss in respect of the indiscrminate lending rates offered to her Nollywood counterparts by the various commercial banks in the country The event was the World premiere of Chinasa Onyechere s flick Dry Waters held at the National Arts Theatre
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Cross over Nollywood actress Titi Osinowo has said that despite criticisms from some quarters the motion picture industry in Nigeria has come to stay The light skinned script interpreter who has featured in both Yoruba and English flicks noted that for more than one decade Nollywood has proven to be a major force to reckon with thereby urging the government to invest in it According to her despite the socio economic challenges the future of Nollywood still remains brighter than
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