To All The Muslim Brothers and Sisters

Happy Eid Mubarak to all the Muslim brothers and sisters, you all have a great celebration

2013 Nollywood Movies Awards: See Winners List

 Nollywood Movies Awards 2013 was held on Saturday 12th, at Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos. The event was hosted by Dakore Akande and Segun Arinze. See the list of the winners

 
Best Movie
1. Hoodrush
2. Journey to Self
3. The Meeting
4. Phone Swap
5. Udeme mmi
6. Mrs Somebody
Best Lead Actor
1. Bayo Alawiye – The Gods are still not to blame
2. Gabriel Afolayan – First Cause
3. Iyke Adiele – Broken
4. OC Ukeje – Hoodrush
5. Moses Armstrong – Udeme mmi
6. Wale Ojo – Phone Swap
Best Lead Actress
1. Rita Dominic – The Meeting
2. Nse Ikpe-Etim – Mr & Mrs
3. Mercy Johnson – Dumebi
4. Funke Akindele – Maami
5. Bimbo Akintola – Hoodrush
6. Uche Jombo – Mrs Somebody
Best Actor Indigenous
1. Ekere Nkanga – Kokomma
2. Wole Ojo – Maami
3. Segun ‘Lanko’ Ogunremi – Odasan
4. Imeh Bishop Udoh – Udeme mmi
Best Actress Indigenous
1. Tope Brass – Odasan
2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
3. Obonganwan Bennet-James – Udeme Mmi
4. Funke Akindele – Maami
Best Indigenous Movie
1. Udeme mmi
2. Odasan
3. Maami
4. Kokomma
Best Director
1. Mildred Okwo – The Meeting
2. Lancelot Imasuen – Udeme mmi
3. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
4. Kunle Afolayan – Phone Swap
5. Tope Oshin Ogun – Journey to Self
Best Editing
1. Paul Apel – Mr & Mrs
2. Yemi Jolaosho – Phone Swap
3. Victor Ehi-Amedu – Adesuwa
4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
5. Okey Benson – The Meeting
6. Kunle Adejuyigbe – Journey to Self
Best Sound Design
1. Obi Emelonye – Last Flight to Abuja
2. Semiu Adewuyi – Kokomma
3. Carl Raccah – Journey to Self
4. Olukunle Adegbite – The Gods are still not to blame
5. Alex Njuguna – The Meeting
6. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
Best Cinematography
1. Alfred Chia – Heros & Zeros
2. James Costello – Last Flight to Abuja
3. Shalom Uyi Enabulele – Broken
4. Yinka Edward – Phone Swap
5. Jim Bishop – The Meeting
6. Byron Ene – The Gods are still not to blame
Best Original Screenplay
1. Tunde Babalola – Maami
2. Mildred Okwo/ Tunde Babalola – The Meeting
3. Rita C Onwurah – Udeme mmi
4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
5. Tchidi Chikere – Dumebi
6. Kemi Adesoye – Phone Swap
Best Costume Design
1. Jaiye Owolabi – The Gods are still not to blame
2. Titi Aluko – Phone Swap
3. Ekene Okoye Mpon – Kiss and the brides
4. Yolanda Okereke/ Aminat Olateju – Journey to Self
5. Wanger Ayu/ Rosaline Ijejem – Mr & Mrs
6. Iyen Agbonifo – Adesuwa
Best Make-up
1. Temisan Etsede – Adesuwa
2. Touch of Glamour/Tobi Jeje- Phillip & Korede Olowoyo – Journey to self
3. Tracy Iyoha – The Gods are still not to blame
4. Jennifer Alegieuno – The Meeting
5. Olivia Obasi – Broken Jennifer Alegieuno – The Meeting
Best Set Design
1. Pat Nebo – Phone Swap
2. Adeoye Bakare – Heros & Zeros
3. Hilary Patrick – The Meeting
4. Sango B’ Song – Last flight to Abuja
Best Soundtrack
1. Truth – The Meeting
2. Luke Corradine – Last Flight to Abuja
3. Patrick Mathias – Hoodrush
4. Slam – Udeme Mmi
5. Truth – Phone Swap
6. Oludare Olateju – The Gods are still not to blame
Best Diaspora Movie
1. Man on Ground
2. Alaalo
3. Turning Point
4. The past came calling
5. Secret Past
Best Short Movie
1. Unspoken
2. 15 Minutes
3. Epitaph
4. Ogondah
5. Blink
6. Till Death do us apart
Best Rising Star (Male)
1. OC Ukeje – Hoodrush
2. Ifeanyi Kalu – Kokomma
3.Bobby Obodo – Mrs Somebody
4. Uti Nwachukwu – In the cupboard
Best Rising Star (Female)
1. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting
2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
3. Ijeoma Agu – Hoodrush
4. Rachel Isaac – Daisy
5. Tehila Adiele – Broken
6. Tess Abubakar – In the cupboard

Funny Video: Celebrities Reading Mean Tweets On Jimmy Kimmel

In honour of Kanye West appearing on Jimmy Kimmel yesterday, there was a music edition of Mean Tweets. Celebrities were reading terrible things people wrote about them. Watch

Bianka Johnson: Flavour and Emeka Abandoned MC Loph's Mum

According to Linda Ikeji, Bianka Johnson is the lady  Pictured above with MC Loph's Mother. She said Flavour who was MC Loph childhood friend and Emeka Morgan, the CEO of the record label the deceased was signed abandoned MC's mother and his child. This is just a story from someone and I dont know how true it is.

My name is Bianka Johnson, I reside in the United States of America. I am from Nigeria, a healthcare practitioner, actors-manager and a goodwill citizen. Flavour Nabania didn't make a tribute song "Iwe", he made a mockery of his friend, the late McLoph. Below is my story.

Tragedy brought us together.... That's how I came to know Mrs. Nwaozor, affectionately known to me as "Mama." Back in November 2011, someone posted a tribute video, "Iwe", by Flavor, on Facebook. On that day I distinctly remember viewing the video on YouTube and sobbing for over an hour after watching this video that paid homage to two siblings who so suddenly lost their lives. I was simply paralyzed thinking about the magnitude of grief one particular mother would have to endure. You see, Mama was the mother who lost those two adult children on the same day, specifically, a son, the erstwhile entertainer, MC Loph, and a daughter, Chinwe.

All I could think to myself is that life as we know it is so unfair. My spirit was disturbed and something, I don't know what it was, moved within me and I set out to find this woman. It became my duty....my obligation, to find her, to hug her and give her some semblance of hope and maybe a little peace, if she would allow me to.
  

So, I began to search for Mama. The first thing I did was to call Flavor's promoter, Igwe, who I knew was based in Houston, Texas. I asked to speak with Flavor and he informed me that Flavor had gone to the mall, but he would make sure Flavor would call me immediately he got back. At the time, Flavor was in the United States promoting the album he had recently released. The next day Igwe called me and put Flavor on the phone. I briefly introduced myself and went straight to thank him for showing love through his tribute song to a dear friend who had lost his life. Shortly after that, I expressed to him how his video moved me to tears and how I felt compelled to find Loph's mother. Flavor thanked me as well and gave me a telephone number to MC Loph's close friend in Lagos who went by the name Obi Mgbakor. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Flavor was in contact with Mama on a weekly, or at least, a monthly basis seeing as the late MC Loph and Flavor were childhood friends that grew up together. Without hesitation, I immediately called Obi Mgbakor in Lagos and introduced myself to him and requested Mama's contact information. Obi Mgbakor was guarded at first and was reluctant to give me Mama's number. He asked for my Facebook name so he could check out my profile. Without giving it a second thought, I provided it to him and his countenance changed after he was able to verify who I was and he even requested my friendship on Facebook. Obi Mgbakor gave me Mama's information and I contacted her the next day and introduced myself. Mama and I spent almost an hour on the phone the first time we spoke and she narrated so much to me. Mama was heartbroken and she said that she was actually shocked Flavor was the one that made it possible for us to start communicating. Mama went further to express her disappointment over Flavor's nonchalant attitude since the death of her son, MC Loph and her daughter Chinwe. "Flavor has not picked up the phone to call me since Obiajulu passed away, yet he made a hit tribute song on his behalf. May God be the judge," Mama said.  

Now, it must be noted that MC Loph died in a ghastly motor accident on September 14, 2011, while traveling on the Benin/Ore expressway to visit Mama with his pregnant fiancé Nkiru, who survived the ordeal. The phone conversation I had with Mama was in November 2011, two months after MC Loph's death and she said Flavor hadn't called? Unbelievable!  

Immediately I got off the phone with Mama I called Obi Mgbakor to verify what she told me. The whole thing was strange to me and I couldn't reconcile the feelings and emotions Flavor expressed in his tribute video with the nonchalant attitude he had towards his best friend's mother. Obi Mgbakor indeed confirmed that Flavor refused to call or visit mama after McLoph's death.

Right now, I want to set the record straight. Since the death of Mama's son, MC Loph, Flavor Nabania never called nor visited Mama and he never sent a dime to her for her upkeep. Flavor hasn't made any effort to reach out to Nkiru or MC Loph's infant son. Mama died from congestive heart failure exacerbated by heartbreak. But for the deaths of her two adult children at nthe same time, which took an enormous toll on her health, it is my belief that Mama would have lived longer. Since her death, I have read so many untrue stories including a statement made by MC Loph's former manager, Emeka Morgan. Once again, let me set the record straight: Mr. Morgan was never responsible for Mama's upkeep. He claimed that his record label was sending Mama thirty thousand naira a month. Mama never received thirty thousand Naira monthly from the record label and Mr Morgan never adopted MC Loph's son nor was he responsible for the infant's welfare as speculated by some brainless human beings. Mr. Morgan abandoned Mama as soon as the media attention surrounding her son's death died off. Mr. Morgan till date has yet to call Nkiru, MC Loph's fiancé, to say congratulations on the birth of Loph's son.  

It is my honest belief that God brought me close to Mama after her son's death for reasons beyond my comprehension. I took care of Mama until she died to the best of my ability. Today, I am blessed to have an extra angel watching over me. She lost two children at the same time who can never be replaced but before she died, Mama gained a grandson, a beautiful daughter in-law in Nkiru, and a daughter in me. Mama is gone, reunited with her children and I know she is at peace now. Mama will be buried on November 12, 2013. May her very gentle soul rest in peace.

Photo Of The Day: Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson

Nollywood star Funke Akindele posted this photo of her and co-star Mercy Johnson on her Instagram page. This is a scene in their up coming movie. How funny do you guys think the movie will be?

''I Don't Just Twerk'' Miley Cyrus on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Miley Cyrus was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Wearing an oversized white shirt and gold jewellery.

In  this video Miley joked about her Mtv Music Video Awards performance saying; "I feel like that was a good time for me to kind of show people kind of that I don't just twerk and lick stuff," Cyrus said. "I can sing. And I can act a little bit, too!"

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