Tuesday, November 30, 2010

PETROLUEUM MINISTER,ALISON MADUEKWE'S STEP SON ALLEGELY BEATS LADY SILLY AT LAGOS HANGOUT9 Comments


    Ugonna, step son of Nigeria’s current minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Maduekwe. Ugonna’s father is former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Alison Maduekwe.The young man  is still in the books of men of the Bar Beach police station, Victoria Island.They want him to explain reasons behind
his unpalatable actions last weekend.
    The heavily built University of Maryland (USA) graduate was said to have brutalized a young lady at the opening of Volar by Vutton in VI on Saturday 13 November 2010.
    The misunderstanding between Ugonna and the said lady started when she tried entering the section of the club where He (Ugonna) and his friends were rollicking with expensive choice drinks and hot chics.
It was gathered that the young man who is one of the biggest spenders in Lagos hangouts was ‘high in the spirit’ after taking  a lot of drinks and is rumoured to have spent amount close to a million Naira with  his friends (Who are mostly silverspoon kids  from the UK and USA)
   Sources  said that it was a brutal experience for the lady over a small issue.
“If you see this dude. He is fat and stocky, using his power to cause bodily harm on a female. After failed attempts to rectify the problems with the club operators (because the guy was spending so much money all they could say was “sorry ma” and “can we offer you a drink”).
    The young lady contacted the Lagos commissioner of police and three police vehicles full off officers came to the club. Ugonna was shouting obscene words and yelling ” bring the f..king DPO to me”..”Ill call my chief security officers”..and continued to rant “Do you know who I am”. After 15 minutes of him tussling with the about 10 officers he was whisked away by a friend then later came back to retrieve his vehicle.
The young lady suffered bruised chins(ankles) a swollen lip and bruised knee causing a limp. She had to  seek medical attention.


Source.....Niyitabiti

Palace Order Dictates Camila Parker Bowles Must Curtsy Kate Middleton

    Prince Charles' wife Camilla Parker Bowles is poised to drop another etiquette peg down the royal pecking order when Prince William and Kate Middleton wed next spring.
A doctrine put in effect by the Queen stipulates that
Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will have to curtsy to Middleton, who is 35 years her junior!
  The situation is complicated, largely hinging on who's present when the women are together: If William and Kate are in a room when Camilla is by herself, a curtsy would be expected from Camilla; if Charles and Camilla are in a room when Kate is by herself, a curtsy would be expected from Kate, one expert told UK newspaper Daily Mail.
In 2005, the Queen authored the private document, titled Entitled Precedence Of The Royal Family To Be Observed At Court, the year Camilla wed Prince Charles.
      An ex-courtier said the move was a political gesture, made at the time to ease potentially uncomfortable exchanges between Camilla and Princess Anne and Princess Alexandra, both of whom had given "their adult lives to royal service and who saw no reason to [pay respectful gestures toward] at the time, [a] highly unpopular woman."
    While Middleton will most likely have a "happy to be here" attitude, the ex-courtier said the curtsy issue could resonate with the handsome monarch-in-waiting.
King William? Polls Show Brits Want William, Not Charles To Be Next King
"Kate may not mind where she is on the totem-pole, because she’ll want to please everyone," the courtier told the paper. "But William will mind, and I foresee difficulties ahead ... while William feels warmly towards Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, he’s conscious they are lesser royals. He will wish to see them behaving correctly towards their future Queen."

Here’s the palace pecking order:
The Queen
Kate Middleton (if William is with her, otherwise she drops at least four places)
Princess Anne
Princess Beatrice
Princess Eugenie
Princess Alexandra
Duchess of Cornwall
Countess of Wessex
Lady Louise Windsor
Zara Phillips
Lady Sarah Chatto
The daughters of the Duke of Gloucester (Lady Davina Lewis and Lady Rose Gilman)
Lady Helen Windsor
    William and Kate are slated to get married next year, which marks the 30th anniversary of his parents' legendary 1981 wedding.

Return of Jenifa: star studded cast

Funke Akindele's Return of Jenifa is almost coplete. The new movie is a star-studded one. Singer Omawumi, TV presenter, Denrele Edun, some members of Mo'Hits, Kwam 1, comedienne Helen Paul and a few other stars will feature in the new movie. Sources say this new movie will blow everyone away.
Can't wait to see this movie
 
More behind the scene pictures after the jump

David Beckham Fights New Cheating Claims

David Beckham was suspected of having late night hotel trysts with multiple women
behind-the-back of his Posh Spice wife Victoria, according to court papers filed by a magazine publisher being sued by the soccer superstar in a massive $25 million libel writ.
In Touch Weekly and Bauer, one of the world's largest publishers, used the privilege of court papers to make the seedy allegations against dad-of-three Beckham, claiming in the papers they suspected he carried on an affair with a Los Angeles-based lingerie saleswoman and would secretly meet her at the Figueroa Hotel near Staples Center after LA Lakers basketball games.
RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained the explosive documents lodged in a Californian court last week, in which it's alleged.
   A source told In Touch how the lingerie store worker showed friends text messages she received from Beckham and that In Touch "continued to believe that Beckham did have a relationship with this lingerie saleswoman" even though he and the woman had denied it.
 At least three sets of independent sources -- including "an acquaintance of Beckham" -- detailed his strange behavior at two different hotels, at which he "appeared to be spending time with women who were not his wife".
 Beckham's nanny saw "suggestive text messages" implying that he had an affair with Shery Shabani, the Beverly Hills mother whose children go to the same posh private school as Beckham's three boys.
A source close to Beckham — who nows plays for the LA Galaxy — last night told RadarOnline.com he was not concerned about the cheating slurs.
"This is a smokescreen and it is not going to hold up in court," the close pal said.
"He is not backing down, he plans to go full throttle in this matter and this posturing, with no evidence and no facts, isn't going to stall the inevitable."
However, the move is a dramatic escalation in the battle against In Touch, its editor Michelle Lee and the mag's publishers Bauer -- owed by billionaire German businessman Heinz Bauerwhich -- which printed sensational claims that he romped with a Bosnian hooker.
Beckham, 35, is also suing the former prostitute Imra Nici, 26, who peddled the story that she slept with him for $10,000 cash in London and New York in 2007.
The new allegations are bound to reverberate through England's campaign to win the 2018 World Cup, with the former national captain set to represent his homeland in Switzerland this week, alongside a high-powered delegation including Prince William and British prime minister David Cameron.
The trio are hoping to woo football chiefs to back Britain ahead of the vote on December 2.
In court papers, In Touch's executive editor Deborah Baer said the mag received information concerning stories detailing how Beckham engaged in "extramarital affairs" before it published Nici's pack of claims.
"He ignores the years of press – unchallenged by any legal claims – documenting his prior affairs, including another one with a 'high class prostitute'."


Source.....Radaronline

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When there was serious hustle....Face, 2face and Blackface aka Plantashun Boiz.

Picture Credit....nigerianfilmandtvaddict

Blazin Hot Video ..... Mariah Carey feat Her Mom “Patricia Carey” - Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Singer Mariah Carey and her mum Patricia Carey performed together recently.Watch the video after the jump 
 

Blazin Hot Video ..... Goldie feat. Jaywon – Jawo Jawo

  Talented singer Goldie is out with a new video.You think her video with Rapper Eldee was very good,wait till you see this one.Watch it after the jump

AKINGBOLA WANTS EFCC TO GIVE HIM BACK HIS HOME

  The former  Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola has taken EFCC to court.He is  asking the court to  allow him to take possession of his

12 Ruxton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos home. Akingbola wants the court to compel the EFCC (Economic and Financial Commission) to leave the house since it was not part of the schedule of property attached before the court.
The  previous judge in Akingbola’s case, Mr. Justice Tijani Abubakar had earlier given an interim forfeiture of the property belonging to the former bank chief.The present trial judge, Justice Achibong of the Federal High Court,Ikoyi, today (Monday November 29) said he is going to  reserve his  ruling pending the determination of the matter on stay of proceedings earlier argued on behalf of Akingbola by his lawyer, Chief Felix Fagbohungbe (SAN)
    Akingbola refused to take his plea when his case came up for hearing today in Lagos. His lawyer, Fagbohungbe (SAN) argued that his client had already filed an application asking the court to quash the charges before him.
    Erastus Akingbola is currently standing trial for gross embezzlement and mismanagement of money in his care as the Vice Chairman / Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Nigeria Plc to the the tune of over 300 Billion Naira.


Mothers Share Breast Milk Through Facebook

    A new group called Eats on Feets is using the social network site facebook to connect moms who
can’t breastfeed or have low supply, with mothers who have milk to spare.    
   Eats on Feets  is basically a matchmaking site for moms who need donated milk and those whose cups overfloweth. The network went global earlier this month, and already has active chapters in America,Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and other countries. Mothers decide for themselves how they want to screen donors, whether through a questionnaire or by requiring a blood test for diseases that can be transmitted through breast milk. There’s a handy-dandy YouTube video from the University of California Berkeley teaching how to flash-pasteurize breast milk at home to kill viruses.

Ghanaian Actress Yvonne Nelson launches Glaucoma Foundation


  Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson recently launched the Yvonne Nelson Glaucoma Foundation (YNGF). Yvonne was inspired to start her Foundation after a close family member became afflicted by the disease. Glaucoma is a progressive disease which affects the optic nerve. It is known as the
“silent thief of sight” and is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide.
     Yvonne hopes that the foundation will help raise awareness of the disease, encourage people to get tested and also lobby the Ghanaian government and pharmaceutical companies to ensure that Glaucoma medication is available and affordable to the thousands of people who are affected by this disease. YNGF has already started working with the Glaucoma Association of Ghana and they are gearing up to visit towns all around Ghana to carry out free Glaucoma diagnostic testing.
A few weeks ago, a launch event for the Foundation took place at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra and a charity music video was released to support the cause. The video features Yvonne Nelson alongside Sarkodie, Edem, Fresh Prince, Trigmatic, Bola-Ray, John Dumelo and Majid Michel.
     At the foundation launch event, Yvonne said “600,000 Ghanaians are reported to be suffering from Glaucoma so I urge everyone to get screened for the disease.”
This is definitely a great cause to support. Diseases such as Glaucoma do not receive adequate mainstream media coverage, therefore many people do not know that it exists.

Source.......Bellanaija

Who's Your Bet?






It's Survivor's last week!

All this time, I thought that the show was already finished and that the cast was just keeping the results as a secret, but little did I know that there will be a live finale!


So who do you think will be the winner?



If ever Akihito Sato wins, he says that he will be using the 3 Million Jackpot for his family to move here to the Philippines and open a restaurant, just like their family business in Brazil.
Solenn Heusaff actually doesn't need the money. But if she wins, she plans to use some of the money to get her own apartment, and the rest will be given to charity.


"The Manipulator" of the island, Aubrey Miles laughs at rumors that she and husband Troy Montero badly need the money. She says that she can actually earn it herself. Aubrey will be saving the jackpot for her son, Hunter.



Marian Rivera's ex-boyfriend, Ervic Vijandre plans to open a salon business for her mom.

I am dying to know who the winner will be this Friday!!!
I am rooting for Ervic! Sorry Aki... Hahaha!

Who's your bet?

Monday, November 29, 2010

Daniel Wilson Set To Release New Album


 Remeber Daniel Wilson?He was actually very hot in the 80's / 90's.Well the news  is that he is going to release a new album titled "cool and deadly".His last album was actually released about 12 years ago.The Rivers state born singer announced it recently during his birthday celebrations.


Wonder if he is going to collaborate with a new musician

Genevieve Nnaji, Don Jazzy, Bella Naija,Psquare Slug It Out For The Future Awards Young Person of the Year!

Uche Eze (Bella Naija)


The list of nominees in the Young Person Of The Year category for the highly anticipated future awards has been released.It was released one week before schedule and the nominees include Don Jazzy, Psquare,Uche Eze (Bela Naija) and a host of other talented Nigerians.
Check out the complete list and profile of the nominees in the category after the jump
The Young Person of The Year Nominees:
1.      Genevieve Nnaji, 31                                 – Actor
2.      Nnaemeka C. Ikegwuonu, 28                   – Advocate
3.      Uche Eze, 26                                            – Entrepreneur
4.      Psquare, 30                                              – Artiste
5.      Ojoma Ochai, 29                                      – Intrapreneur
6.      Michael Ajere (Don Jazzy), 29                  – Entrepreneur
7.      Nneka, 29                                                 – Artiste
8.      Debo Olaosebikan, 25                             – Scientist
9.      Blessing Okagbare, 22                             – Artiste
10.  Makinde Adeagbo, 25                                – Innovator

Genevieve Nnaji – ActorGenevieve Nnaji is an international star, representing the very best that Nollywood has to offer, and one of the best faces that the country can present to the world. The 31 year old multiple-award winning actress, who has been so credited on CNN and Oprah, is a global role model.

Nnaemeka C. Ikegwuonu – Advocate
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, 28, has received global acclaim for his work with communities in South-eastern Nigeria where he has promoted sustainable agricultural development and environmental conservation beneficial to rural poor farmers, with recognition that includes becoming a Laureate of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise – Young Laureates Program 2010.

Debo Olaosebikan – Scientist 25 year old Olaosebikan (also a rapper under the stage name Levelz!) is currently completing a PhD in Physics at Cornell University where he is working on the world's first silicon laser with Dr. Michal Lipson, one of the world's leading Nanophotonics pioneers, groundbreaking research that will introduce the world to an era of much more faster computer processes.


Psquare – Artiste Across Africa, the 20 year old twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye are a force to reckon with.

Nneka - Artiste
No one saw her coming! 29 year old Nneka Egbuna arrived in Nigeria from the world and soon went back to conquer it, becoming one of Nigeria’s most prominent global voices, winning the BET Awards and performing across the world.

Don Jazzy - EntrepreneurBorn Michael Ajere, the almost mythical Don Jazzy is a now-legendary Nigerian music entrepreneur. With Mo-Hits, the 29 year old has done nothing less than revolutionized Nigerian music and the capacity of the Nigerian music industry, creating a string of stars including D’banj, Wande Coal, Dr. Sid, and D’prince. 

Ojoma Ochai – Intrapreneur
Ojoma Ochai has distinguished herself with a storied career at the British Council, rising through the ranks to become, at 29, the Assistant Country Director for the international culture organisation, becoming a powerful symbol – in a country with a now-pervasive celebrity culture - that one can stay within and still shine bright and make a mark.

Blessing Okagbare – Athlete
22 year old Okagbare has been referred to as one of 2010’s most important athletes in the continent. A long and triple jumper and short sprinter, the Olympics medallist scored a 100 m/long jump double at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship for University of Texas at El Paso, and won the Nigerian 100 m title in 2010.

Uche Eze – Entrepreneur
Known by her famous brand, Eze is a pioneer in every sense of the word. BellaNaija.com is now the gold standard for online media and others can now do it because the 26 year old dared to quit her job in Corporate Nigeria to champion New Media innovation – becoming a TEDAfrica Fellow in the process, and featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and on CNN International.

Makinde Adeagbo – Innovator Facebook has changed the world, and 25 year old Adeagbo is one of its front runners. A Software Engineer with the company for four years, amongst other things the whiz-kid is famous for being part of a 2-man team responsible for reducing over 1 MB of Javascript to 2 KB, making the site load twice as fast worldwide.
Nominees in other categories will be unveiled on Monday, December 5, and voting will commence immediately on that date.

For more information and to vote click on the link  Thefuturenigeria

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R-Kelly anointing 2face Idibia.Or is it not what it looks like?

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Omowunmi Akinnifesi Spotted wearing a $150,000 diamond studded dress

  Ex-beauty Queen Omowunmi Akinnifesi was spotted wearing a stunning couture dress, rumoured to be valued at $150, 000 to Nigeria's Next Super Model contest on Friday.The  dress was designed by
 French/Lebanese designer,  Dany Atrache who was also one of the  designers who showcased at the modeling contest on Friday at Eko Hotel.This is his first visit to Africa.

Na Wah Ohh!!!Woman Stabs Man Over Facebook Post



A fight over a Facebook posting may have led to a stabbing in central Toledo on last Tuesday night. Toledo Police say
Aaron Calhoun, 25, went to a home on Pinewood Ave. to confront a couple after they posted something on Facebook about his sister. When Calhoun arrived at the home he was attacked, according to authorities.
Investigators say Calhoun was hit with a frying pan before being stabbed by Taresa O’Neal, 20. Calhoun was transported to Toledo Hospital with reportedly non life-threatening conditions. O’Neal and another man have been arrested.

Fantasia Admits Committing Abortion

  Fantasia Barrino has admitted she got pregnant by her married lover Antwaun Cook and had an abortion around the time of her failed suicide
 attempt, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
The American Idol winner made the sensational confession in a North Carolina court on Monday during Cook’s divorce proceeding with his ex-wife Paula.
Facing questions before a Mecklenburg County Court judge, the famous singer, 26, was pressed on whether she knew Cook was living with Paula when they embarked on their illicit affair.
The Idol season three winner has acknowledged she dated Cook “off and on for about 11 months” but said she believed he had separated from his wife.


Source..... Theurbandaily




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Blazin Hot Video : Darey ....... The Way You Are


    R & B superstar Darey recently released his first video from his latest album.The song titled  “The Way You Are“  was written and produced by Darey and Cobhams Asuqo.
Watch the beautiful Video after the jump

 

I WANT TO INSURE MY HIPS........MERCY JOHNSON

  Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson  granted an interview recently.In it she talked about being humiliated earlier on in life because of her humble background,her body, the movie industry and other things

Q: You have played different roles in the Nigerian movie industry to the extent that your fans don’t know the kind of person you are. How will you describe yourself?
A: I am like the girl next door. Most people know me as Mercy Johnson but did not bother to find out about the
Ozioma aspect of me. Mercy Johnson Ozioma are my real names and Ozioma in my dialect (Kogi State) means a girl with good luck. The fourth child in a family of seven, I was born about 26 years ago to an ex-military officer. I left my mother at the age of two to live with my father who was constantly being transferred from one station to another as a military man. I am proud of my dad because he taught me all I needed to know about crossing the bridge from being a child to an adult.

Q: Was acting part of your childhood ambition?
A: After my secondary school education, I failed the UME exams and came back to Lagos to get a degree and while that was on, I watched Genevieve Nnaji in a movie titled Sharon Stone. I later approached a friend for assistance to feature in a movie. He stared at my bosoms and hips and told me that I would make a good actress. He later took me to the National Theatre, but a role did not come until a year later, when I had my first lead role in a film titled The Maid.

Q: So, what was the experience like?
A: The Maid was my starting point and it was quite challenging to play the lead role because it was my first movie. I was fidgeting when I saw the likes of Eucharia Anunobi who I regarded as screen goddess during my secondary school days. I never thought I would make it with people like that. So when I saw her, I was so excited and considered standing beside her as sacred. She actually realised that and later helped me by giving me the needed courage.

Q: How would you assess your exploits in the movie industry?
A: I have grown with time. There have been the good and bad times; there have been rumours and scandals. Sometimes when I cry in movies, it wasn’t the script that made me cry, but when I go back to my humble beginning and the height I’ve attained now, I give thanks to God. When I remember how we moved into an uncompleted building and had to take cover whenever it rained because of the condition of the house; how my brother did a menial job as a bricklayer to earn a living and those days when we rolled over a stick to cover the windows up till the point when I started acting and raised money to cover the roof; when I recall those days we were living with lizards because the floor and the walls of the house were not plastered, or when I had scars as a result of my several falls, I give glory to God.

Q: Was there anything you did as a child that you wouldn’t want to do now?
A: When I was in secondary school, I would wash my mates’ clothes and polish their shoes to get paid so that I could also pay my brother’s school fees and whenever names of people owing school fees were mentioned, I was always on top of the list. I faced a lot of embarrassment in school. My teachers flogged me; my uniform was always torn and tattered and when someone stole, they pointed at me because of my poor condition. It was a miserable life, but today, I thank God I lived a wretched life throughout my school days. I faced so much humiliation and that made me shy. Amidst all these, my greatest inspiration came from my dad and that kept me going. I witnessed lots of sad moments. I failed my first JAMB examination but passed on the second attempt. If I could have my way, I want to be a child again and live big.

Q: Was there any distraction between your childhood and spinsterhood?
A: Maybe those days when I had troubled mind. For instance, there was a time I stopped schooling to hawk pure water, plantain and other things. Do you know I was once a housemaid and also did some menial jobs for a particular artiste to make ends meet? I washed her clothes and did some other things in her home town to survive.

Q: Didn’t you have a boyfriend then?
A: Never. Who would want to befriend a girl with torn dresses, bad stockings and nothing to offer? The barracks life didn’t give an opportunity to such. But today, men flock around me.

Q: To an extent, people see you as a controversial actress. What can you tell us about this?
A: A lot of untrue things have been said about me. For instance, they said I stole money, while some said I snatched people’s husbands. I have come to realise that it doesn’t cost people anything to cook up lies about me and those were not coming until a telecommunication company called me for a deal. The next day, scandalous stories started flying and honestly, I lost the N50 million deal because of that.
Q: Has there been any time you took a script in exchange for sex?
A: It is a matter of choice. If you are approached with such and you feel your body is cheap and worth the script, then go ahead, but it is also an individual thing. If any lady tells you in Nollywood that it hasn’t happened to her, it is a cheap lie. Most people are scared of telling the truth, but the truth makes upcoming ones to watch their steps without making mistakes. Yes, such had come my way, but if you sleep around for roles, will you also sleep around to make fans love your work? It only takes God’s intervention for one to be successful in the industry.

Q: What part of your body do you treasure most?
A: My hips. I would like to insure them if there is need for it.

Q: How do you maintain your shape?
A: I think taking exercises plays a great role. I have a tracksuit I bought from Germany which I wear to jog with each time I join my brothers for exercise.

Q: Do you sometimes get carried away while playing romantic roles?
A: Whenever there is need for romantic roles, I close my eyes and say this could have been avoided. I don’t really feel anything. We only teach with our roles.

Q: Any advice for upcoming actresses?
A: Don’t come into the industry because you want to be famous, but because you love the art of acting. Then try to appreciate those who are there before you.

Quote of the day:.... Ruggedman to 9ice


You tried to tarnish my image and that of your wife because you wanted to sell CDs, God bless you. You can tease me all you want, but it would never change the fact that
 the first big stage you got on was through me. The first award you won was through me. You started making money after I introduced you to the world. The wife you married, I introduced to you. The first child you got was from the woman I introduced to you. I helped you come up in the industry…Never pay back good with evil. Be respectful to your elders.”

Ruggedman to 9ice from his new track - A word is enough for the 9ice.

Alicia Keys Talks Celebs Into Boycotting Facebook & Twitter For The Greater Good

Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and other celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive. The entertainers plan to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on
Wednesday, which is World AIDS Day. The participants will sign back on when the charity raises $1 million.
“It’s really important and super-cool to use mediums that we naturally are on,” Keys said in a phone interview from New York last week.
For the campaign – which also includes Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams, Janelle Monae and Keys’ husband, Swizz Beatz – celebrities have filmed “last tweet and testament” videos and will appear in ads showing them lying in coffins to represent what the campaign calls their digital deaths.
“It’s so important to shock you to the point of waking up,” Keys said. “It’s not that people don’t care or it’s not that people don’t want to do something, it’s that they never thought of it quite like that.”
The campaign, she said, puts the disease in perspective.
“This is such a direct and instantly emotional way and a little sarcastic, you know, of a way to get people to pay attention,” said Keys, who has more than 2.6 million followers on Twitter.
The foundation, which began in 2003, will accept donations through text messages and bar-code technology, which is featured in the charity’s Buy Life campaign. Raised efforts support families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
“We’re trying to sort of make the remark: Why do we care so much about the death of one celebrity as opposed to millions and millions of people dying in the place that we’re all from?” said Leigh Blake, the president and co-founder of Keep a Child Alive.
“It’s about love and respect and human dignity,” she added.

3 BOYS FOUND ALIVE AFTER BEING LOST FOR 50 DAYS IN THE OCEAN!

Three teenage boys from a remote South Pacific island went out to sea in search of love, only to end up lost and drifting 750 miles west into the ocean until their rescue 50 days later, one of
the boy's brothers told CNN Saturday.
Iele Filo said that the three boys, including his 15-year-old brother Filo, met two girls while helping host a rugby tournament on October 5 on Atafu in the Tokelau Islands, about midway between New Zealand and Hawaii.
After the event, the girls went home to Nukonou, the central island in the three-island chain.
Filo and Samu Pelesa, also 15, spent the night drinking heavily, before deciding to set off after the girls, Iele Filo, 16, said.
Those two were "drunk," according to Iele, and a sober Etueni Nasau, 14, decided to join them in their romantic adventure.
"They said they were going to go -- I thought they were kidding," Iele Filo said. "I didn't think they were really going to do it."
The three boys, who are cousins, left just after midnight to "chase after the girls," Iele Filo said. But they never reached their destination, and their 12-foot metal boat eventually lost power.
On Wednesday, a crew member of a New Zealand tuna fishing ship spotted the small boat from two miles away, in a far-flung stretch of sea between western Samoa and Fiji. The boys were famished, dehydrated, exhausted, naked and sunburned, but soon impressed their rescuers with their vivacious spirit and minds.
"They looked very bad -- bones protruding from underneath the skin -- but mentally strong, strong as an ox," Tai Fredricsen, the first mate of the Sanford fishing boat that ended up taking on the boys, told CNN on Thursday.
After eating and drinking on the boat, the boys were released to the Fiji coast guard around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. They were then admitted to Suva Public Hospital and, the next day, released to a physician identified as Dr. Rosemary Mitchell, a Suva police spokeswoman said.
Fredricsen said on Saturday that he had not spoken recently with the boys, but had gotten assurances that they "are doing well."
"I hope that our paths cross again," he told CNN while still at sea as he was and heading back to New Zealand.
Still, it would be near impossible to replicate the circumstances under which they first met, about 240 miles northwest of Fiji.
The boys told Fredricsen that they had left their island with enough coconuts to keep them hydrated for two days. They used a tarpaulin to catch rainwater and for shelter after their clothes disintegrated.
Just over two weeks ago -- about the same time that hundreds of people in the Tokelau Islands attended a service to mourn them, after they were declared dead -- the three caught and ate a seabird, according to Fredricsen.
The boys admitted drinking sea water two days before their rescue, something that could have shut down their kidneys had it continued.
After bring onboard, Fredricsen said he moved the boys to his cabin's king-sized bed, where "they all fit comfortably," and began administering first aid to their burned skin.
He began giving them small amounts of electrolyte-spiked liquids, and within a half-hour they could swallow again. Within a few hours, they were able to eat bits of dry white bread, then oranges and apples, until they were eventually requested French fries from McDonald's. Throughout the experience, the first mate said, the teens were smiling.
"The cooperation was just incredible from the start," Fredricsen said. "It was just an uplifting experience to meet these young men. They didn't give up."
Back in the Tokelau Islands, grief turned to elation when word spread that the boys were alive. Tanu Filo, the father of Filo and Iele, invited Fredricsen's crew to a traditional feast on the Tokelaus to celebrate the rescue.
"I was on cloud nine, I was so joyful," Tanu Filo told CNN on Thursday, after hearing the news. "I couldn't believe my son and his boys were found again. Unbelievable."

Source....CNN

Ibinabo Fiberesima drops new single

Ex-beauty queen and Nollywood actress Ibinabo Fiberesima is set to drop anew album soon.
“I have done a duet with
Charles Granville on his new album ‘Wired for Greatness” The song is titled ‘Look Within.”
Granville who hails from Abonnema in Rivers State, started his music career 10 years ago as a Gospel singer in his Redeemed Christian Church of God as a provincial youth music director.” Ibinabo disclosed to Showtime in a message sent via e-mail.
According to the actress-turned-preacher, she decided to do this particular song because she’s a testimony to the lyrics of the song.
“I met Charles some years ago and I listened to his music and liked it instantly. Thus I started following his works. I decided to do this particular song because I am a testimony to the lyrics of the song. I wasn’t sure I could do it but he was patient enough to wait till I finally went to the studio to record. and I thank God I did.”
While Charles, she said composed the music, K-Solo produced the album. For her, Charles believed in her talent prompting his insistence to give her a chance to prove her mettle. “He believed in me, and he said the song gives me the chance to tell my story to the world. I chose to do this particular song because I actually feel it inside of me. I live it each day and what better way to tell the world about my new exciting faith in God.”
Ibinabo said, they are planning to do a music video, prior to releasing during this yuletide season.
The actress-turned-preacher gave her life to Christ while she was serving her jail term at Kirikiri Maximum Prison.
A former night club owner, Ibinabo took the bold step after she realised that the promises of Men were nothing but fake.
“I got born again when I was in prison. I discovered that the promises of man are fake. Yes, I’m spreading the word of God at every given opportunity. I visit schools in Port-Harcourt to talk to children about Christ. Each time I’m praying, I always ask God that whenever people see me, let them see the glory of God in me,” she muted in a recent interview.

I don’t beat women........Saheed Balogun

   Saheed Balogun's lover, Funke Adesiyan, granted The Sun newspapers an interview some weeks back where she told of how she was severally assaulted by Saheed and why she broke off their relationship.After the interview was published, Punch newspapers reached out to Saheed to get his side of the story...

Check out Saheed had to say after the jump.......

“I don’t beat women. That story is not true. I don’t even want to talk about it. Both of us have decided not to say anything about it any longer. But if you don’t believe me, I will text her number to you and you will call her and confirm.” Balogun said
When Punch called Funke Adesiyan, she confirmed Balogun’s story, saying that she was quoted out of context.
“Saheed doesn’t beat me. I didn’t mean it the way it sounded. He is not a woman beater. I don’t have any problems with him. We are still together.”

Abeke Makeovers Is The Best Makeup House


Talented makeup artist Irantiola Funmilola of Abeke Makeovers was recently recognised as the best makeup artist in Nigeria by
City People .The award was given to her recently in Lagos, Nigeria.



Congrats Girl!!!!!!!

Ghana Movie Awards 2010 Nominations Out, Van Vicker,Yvonne Nelson, Nadia Buari,Make The List.

   The list of nominees for the Ghanaian Movie Awards 2010 is out.Nominees include Jackie Appiah( in the best actress category)Nadia Buari ,Yvonne Nelson(in the best supporting actress category)Majid Michael (In the best actor category) and a host of other nominees.
Checkout the complete list of nominees.....

1. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (ENGLISH)
Senanu Gbedawu (Check Mate)
Majid Michel (The Beast)
J.O.T Agyemany (I Sing Of A Well)
Prince Osei (Kiss Me If You Can)
Eddie Nartey (Kiss Me If You Can)
Van Vicker (Dna Test)
Ruffy Samuel (Love & Lust)
2. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (ENGLISH)
Martha Ankomah (Kiss Me If You Can)
Akorfa Edjeani Asiedu (I Sing Of A Well)
Ama Abebrese (Sinking Sands)
Lydia Forson (A Sting In A Tale)
Lucky Lawson (Desperate To Survive)
Jackie Appiah (4 Play)
Juliet Ibrahim (4 Play)

Yvonne Okoro (4 Play)
Roselyn Ngissah (4 Play)
3. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (LOCAL)
Kofi Adu A.K.A Agya Koo (Ama Ghana)
Akwesi Boadi A.K.A Akrobetu (Sika Akuaba)
Francis Kusi (Yaa Asantewaa War)
Timothy Bentum (Devil’s Seed)
Ebenezer Donkor (Madam Moke)
4. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (LOCAL)
Rose Mensah A.K.A Kyeiwaa
Emelia Brobbery (Tumi)
Vivian Jill (Ama Ghana)
Mercy Asiedu (Abrokyire Beyie)
Theresah Mensah (Yaa Asantewaa War)
5. BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)
John Dumelo (Game)
Ekow Blankson (Check Mate)
Ekow Smith Asante (Naked Faces)
Kofi Adjorlolo (Beast)
Adjetey Anang (A Sting In A Tale)
Kweku Sintim Misa (Check Mate)
Omar Sheriff Captan (4 Play)
Gavivina Tamakloe (Black Mail)
Chris Attoh (Sinking Sands)
6. BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)
Nadia Buari (Check Mate)
Yvonne Nelson (Game)
Beverly Afaglo (Game)
Rama Brew (Who Loves Me)
Kalsum Sinare (Trinity)
Naa Ashorkor (Check Mate)
Khareema Aguiar (Check Mate)
Nana Hayford (Beast)
Doris Sackitey (Sinking Sands)
7. BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORING ROLE (LOCAL)
Kofi Davis Essuman (Adults Only)
Ofori Attah (Awieye)
Clement Bonney (Ama Ghana)
Kofi Laing (Ama Ghana
Lord Kenya (Devil’s Seed)
Samuel Ofori (Akrasi Burger)
William Addo (Madam Moke)
8. BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (LOCAL)
Nana McBrown (Madam Moke)
Barbara Newton (Abrokyire Bayie)
Pearl Kugblenu (Devil’s Seed)
Alexis Ntsiakoh (Abrokyire Bayie)
Gloria Osei Safo (Madam Moke)
9. BEST WRITING – ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY
Leila Djansi (I Sing Of A Well)
Leila Djansi (Sinking Sands)
Shirley Frimpong Manso ( A Sting In Tale)
Benjamin K. Adu (Ama Ghana)
Kobbi Rana (Kiss Me If You Can)
10. BEST VISUAL EFFECT
Barry Isa Quaye (Flash Fever)
Afra Marley (Game)
Ken Attoh (A Sting In A Tale
Godfrey Grant (A Sting In A Tale)
Kalifa Adams (Devil’s Seed)
11. BEST WARDROBE
Mabel Germain (Sinking Sands)
Lydia Laryea (A Sting In A Tale)
Samira Yakubu (Black Mail)
George Atoba (Ama Ghana)
12. BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Who Loves Me (Wutah)
Delilah (Ofori Amponsah)
Kiss Me If You Can (Kobbi Rana)
A Sting In A Tale (Vip)
Ama Ghana (Patrick Adu)
Game (Bias)
A Sting In A Tale (4×4)
Chelsea (Dasebre Dwamena)
13. BEST DIRECTING (ENGLISH)
Shirley Frimpong Manso (A Sting In A Tale)
Kobbi Rana (Kiss Me If You Can)
Leila Djansi (Sinking Sands)
Patrick Yadaah (Dna Test)
Socrate Safo (Adults Only)
14. BEST DIRECTING (LOCAL)
Omar Sheriff Captan (Delilah)
Asare Bediako (Tumi)
Frank Gharbin (Ama Ghana)
Albert Kudovu (Abrokyire Bayie)
Kweku Twumasi (Yaa Asantewaa)
15. BEST EDITING
Afra Marley (Game)
Afra Marley (Trinity)
Nana A. Manso (A Sting In A Tale)
Fred Agyepong (Flash Fever)
16. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bob J (Check Mate)
Bob J (A Sting In A Tale)
Prince Nyarko (Ama Ghana)
Samuel Gyandoh (Chelsea)
17. BEST MAKE UP
Lydia (Trinity)
Jude Odeh (Ama Ghana)
Jane A. Williams (Check Mate)
I Sing Of A Well (Ruth Mensah)
Lyrdyna Abuhipsah (Beast)
18. BEST PICTURE
Ama Ghana
I Sing Of A Well
Sinking Sands
A Sting In A Tale
Chelsea
Check Mate
19. BEST STORY
Who Loves Me
Sinking Sands
A Sting In A Tale
Game
20. BEST ART DIRECTION
Game
Check Mate
Sinking Sands
Ama Ghana
21. BEST ACTOR / WEST AFRICA COLLABORATION
Yemi Blaq (Sinking Sands)
Ramsey Noah (Guilty Pleasures)
Desmond Elliot (Guilty Pleasures)
Uti Nkwachukwu (Busting Out)
22. BEST ACTRESS / WEST AFRICA COLLABORATION
Genevieve Nnaji (Silent Scandal)
Nse (Guilty Pleasures)
Tonto Dikeh ( Love & Lust)
Uche Jumbo (Nollywood Hustlers)
Omotola Jalade (Private Storm)
Mercy Johnson (Shakira)
23. BEST MOVE / AFRICAN COLLABORATION
Sinking Sands
Guilty Pleasures
Love & Lust
Private Storm
Bursting Out

24. BEST MUSIC SCORE
Game
Ama Ghana
A Sting In A Tale
Kiss Me If You Can
4 Play
Sinking Sands

Parabéns Daniel Matsunaga!


My fave Brapanese hottie is turning 23 years old today!


I wish you more projects (here in the Philippines!) and good health...




I wonder what your birthday wish is?


Shucks. I wasn't able to watch Party Pilipinas this afternoon. Did you celebrate your birthday there?


I just wish that you stay longer here in the Philippines... or might as well, stay here forever.


Stay humble and approachable! We love you Daniel!!!



Thursday, November 25, 2010

Garage Mag December-January Issue


Jake Cuenca once again graces the cover of Garage Mag for their December-January issue.

Let's go back to September 2008 when Garage launched their Premier Issue...


The new issue hits the stands by December 1.

Folded and Hung Spring Summer 2011 Backstage Pass


A collection of backstage pics from Folded and Hung's Spring Summer/Streetcast fashion show.












Hideo Muraoka




Mark Whittington






How I wish that I could get a backstage pass too. Sigh.

photos from Jujiin's page.