Entertainment
Divergent Wins Silverbird’s Movie Of The Week …As Omoni Oboli Emerges Personality Of The Week
Divergent, an action
cum adventure movie has emerged the Siliverbird Cinemas Movie of the week as Omoni Oboli, Nollywood’s A-list actress becomes the prestigious Cinema House Personality of the Week.
The Movie, Divergent stars Shailene Woodley, the James, Kate Winslet etc. The synopsis revolves around a world decided by factions based on virtues. Tris learns she’s divergent and won’t fit in, when she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents. Tris and the mysterious four must find out what makes the Divergent dangerous before it’s too late.
Render To Caesar: This Drama Genre features Ghenga Ak innagbe, Omoni Oboli, Wale Ojo, Kalu Ikeagwu, Lucky Ejim, etc.
Synopsis: The movie, ‘Render to Caesar’ revolves around two friends who returned home from abroad to join an ambitious government schemers in the Police Force: Detective Dipo Daniels and Pade Fashionro are immediately assigned to hunt and approach a notorious criminal mastermind who is wreaking havoc in Africa’s most vibrant city. It is a must watch for movie buffs.
Meanwhile, Omoni Oboli, Silverbird Cinema’s Personality of the Week, in 2010 won the award for Best Actress – Narrative feature at Los Angeles Movie awards, the award for Best Actress at Harlem International Film Festival. She was also nominated for the best actress in a leading role award at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
Born in Bosogor, Delta State, the actress and producer studied at the University of Benin majoring in French. In 1996, while in the University Omoni shot her first movie before she went underground. In 2009, she resurfaced with the movie “The Entanglement, in 2010 she featured in the award winning film The Figurine.
Apart from these block buster movies, other interesting Nollywood movies still abound for the entertainment of movie buffs and big screen viewers like Special Fever. Nigeria’s multi talented and platinum selling artiste and song writer, Dare Art Alade one of the Nigeria Idol Judges is set to storm the music industry with a new musical video titled Special Fever. Nollywood’s screen diva Rita Dominic will be playing a role in the video as the leading lady in music.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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