Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Help! Short men won’t let me be – Essence


Okoro Uwale a.k.a Essence started her singing career at a very tender age, but went professional at age 18. The Itsekiri, Delta State-born singer, graduated from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, where she studied Theatre Arts. After secondary school education,

PICTURES of Late comedian CD John finally laid to rest.



INI EDO BEGINS UN WORK IN EARNEST


April 23 will always be ever green in the mind of actress and UN Habitat Youth Envoy, Ini Edo and those who accompany her to Dustbin
Estate in Ajegunle Area of Lagos. The ‘ever green’ in the day has nothing to do with the fact that a day before was her birthday, it has nothing to do with the fact that she was discharged from hospital that morning, or the fact that her husband and team (comprising of management company, publicist and few family and friends) were with her.

Nigerian filmmaker in love with Punjab

Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) It's not just the Yash Chopras and Imtiaz Alis of Bollywood who love capturing the flavours of Punjab in their romance sagas. Nigerian filmmaker Chukwuma Osakwe too is smitten by the place and its people and has added some 'Punjabi tadka' in his debut film 'Jude'.

Osakwe, 32, who did a three-month filmmaking course from comedian Jaspal Bhatti's Mad Arts School in neighbouring Mohali town last year, enjoys a very strong connection with Punjab.

His multi-cultural movie, which stars a Punjabi actress, is nearing completion and will see a June-July release.

First time I saw Genevieve Nnaji, the world stood still–Majid Michel


He dated only one woman before he got married. He has never strayed into another woman’s arms all the way since 2004. Then he met Genevieve Nnaji and was so struck that he offered to carry her bag and become her personal assistant but he has no qualms about showing his butt in movies. In fact, he’ll do it again. It’s all in a day’s job. Majid Mitchel is one hell of a guy. Find out more about the half-Ghanian, half-Lebanese star actor, in this interview he had with SAM OLATUNJI in Ghana.

My wife dictates roles I play in movies – Majid Michel


Call him, the notorious playboy on screen, and you may not be wrong. Majid Michel, born of a Lebanese father
and a Ghanaian mother is one Ghanaian actor you cannot but admire on screen. Daring and romantic, Majid rules his world when it comes to the screen. Grossly misunderstood by his teeming fans , he is seen as an incurable playboy.

As one of the international stars who graced the just concluded 7th edition of the African Movie Academy Awards(AMAA), held last Sunday, in Yenoghoa, Majid paints a different picture of himself. He also put the