Saturday, October 15, 2011
Popular comedian, Emeka Smith, tells NONYE BEN-NWANKWO about how he shot to stardom.You won an award recentlyYes. I won the City People Best New Comedian award. Then again, an entertainment body gave me another award last year.How did your comedy come about?Apart from comedy, the only thing I could have done was to be an actor. I had actually wanted to be an actor. I was working towards being an actor before I stumbled into comedy.It wasnt as if you set ou
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
The last may not have been heard of comic actor,Kayode Odumosu,popularly known as Pa Kasumus health.The veteran actor is still on medication,though he is getting much better but he still spends thousands naira,at least N30,000 monthly on medication.By all indications,Pa Kasumu is not happy with the manner the public is treating his predicament.Some people took advantage of his ill health to give him bad press and even created embarrassing scenes for him.It would be recalled that his sic
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
He is one comedian whose name has evolved to become a brand in the entertainment industry; Gbenga Adeyinka The 1st needs no introduction when it comes to stand up comedy, in this chat he talks about his relationship with Nigerian Breweries. How is your Relationship With Star?Well, my relationship with Star lager beer brand remains one of the most benefitting brand-ambassador relationships Ive had in my career. Star, like I tell people has been dedicated to me for over 5yrs and Ive
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The more money you make, the more expensive your taste becomes. Dynamic comedian AY was spotted yesterday in Lekki phase 1 in his white range rover with his number plate reading CFR.A little bird tolds us that he came to negotiate the terms for purchase of a house in the high brow area. Wow, guess making people laugh has made AY laugh so hard to the bank.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
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Saturday, October 08, 2011
Not many comedians have a rosy start but Akinlami Babatunde Julius made inroads into the comedy circles when he won the AY Open Mic Comedy Competition. Fresh from a UK outing, the comedian who is better known as Elenu in the Nigerian entertainment circles spoke with OVWE MEDEME on how he stumbled into comedy, his recent endorsement by the Akwa Ibom State governor, life before comedy and other issues.WHAT has Elenu been up to of recent?I have been very busy. I just returned from a
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
At the moment,Nigerian comedian Teju Babyface is soaring higher in Ghana.The talented comedian cum Events Compere has suddenly become the new darling of Ghanaians since his TV show,The Teju Baby Show started running in Ghana some weeks back.Teju became the first Nigerian comedian to be running a weekly show in Ghana when he struck a deal with Accra-based Viasat 1 not long ago.Since the TV show,which airs on Saturday nights started,Ghanaians have formed a good taste for it and no one
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Sunday, October 02, 2011
Few weeks after Gbenga Adeyinkas Laffmattazz in Ibadan, those that supported him in different ways have complained to R over the comedians unfulfilled promises to them.Owners of two night clubs in Ibadan are bitter that Gbenga did not feature any Ibadan- based artist in any of the two shows he held that day contrary to the promise he made when he met with entertainment stakeholders few days before the show.It is utter disrespect to those of us who are trying to reposition Ibadan as a
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Saturday, October 01, 2011
Comic actors and childhood friends, Olaniyi Afonja Sanyeri and Adekola Tijani Oleyo are the rave- in their forte in the- in the yoruba movie industry.The clamour for their works by fans and practitioners have given them the leeway to eclipse the popularity of top shots in their field, Babatunde Omidina. Baba Suwe and Bolaji Amusan Mr Latin in and out of the movie industry.The duo are generally regarded as natural with their style and more professional in their approach to work.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Barely two months after the induction of Barrister Fred Agbeyegbe as the first grand Living Legend of the Nigerian theatre by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners NANTAP, another Nigerian theatre icon and filmmaker , Moses Olaoluwa Olusanya Adejumo popularly known as Baba Sala was last Friday honoured with the title of Grand Living Legend of Nigerian Theatre.The event which was Living Legend Series 2, held at the Banquet Hall of the National theatre Iganmu Lagos,
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