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ION Film Festival: Duncan Mighty, Timaya, Others Storm Garden City
In line with its objective of promoting global awareness and peace through arts, culture and films, IONIFF Port Harcourt 09 scheduled to hold between 9th and 12th December in the garden city of Port Harcourt Rivers State is set to celebrate peace.
The Rivers State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Hon. Marcus Nle Ejii revealed that the state is ready to host the international communities, Nollywood and the entertainment industry based on the list of activities outlined for the first ever ION International Film Festival to be hosted in Africa.
According to him, the performances of sons of the soil as Duncan Mighty, Timaya, Nneka and international photographer George Oshodi with others such Wande Cole, Dbanj, Terry G and Seun kuti show the national and international communities the power of art as a vehicle to celebrate peace.
The Honorable commissioner is very pleased by the enthusiasm showed internationally, he added “award winners actors like Giancarlo Esposito, Adnan Siddiqui and beautiful bollywod actress Masumeh Makhija are set to be part of IONIFF Port Harcourt 09. To share our vision.”
Giancarlo has won two Obie Award’s for “Zooman and The Sign” at the Negro Ensemble Company and “Distant Fires” at “The Atlantic Theatre Company.
Giancarlo’s long list of Broadway credits include “Sacrilege”, “Seesaw”, “Merrily We Roll Along” and,” Lost In The Stars” to name a few. Currently, he is co-starring on Broadway with James Earl Jones, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in Debbie Allen’s rendition of the great classic Tennessee Williams play, “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”.
In 2008, Giancarlo Esposito makes his feature film directorial debut and is the producer and co-writer of “Gospel Hill” in which he co-stars with Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Julia Stiles and Samuel L. Jackson. “Gospel Hills” will be shown in Port Harcourt as part of the final selection during 4 days festival.
Adnan Siddiqui has worked primarily in television; He was nominated for Pakistan’s Lux Style Award in 2002 in the Best Actor category for the dramatic serial Zaib-un-Nisa, and again in 2004 for the serial Mendhi. The third time was the charm for Siddiqui when, in 2005, he was named Best Actor for his work in the dramatic serial Amer Bail at the TV One Awards. In 2007 he costarred with Angelina Jolie in Almighty hear.t, big Hollywood production.
Model turned actress Masumi Makhija has had an interesting beginning to her career in Bollywood with films like Mahesh Manjrekar’s Padmashri Laloo Prasad Yadav, Vishal Bharadwaj’s Miya Maqbool and Shona Urvashi’s Chupke Se. She has also worked in two international films: Gate To Heaven (produced by the makers of Run Lola Run) and Madhu Ambat’s 1:1.6 Ode To Lost Love.
Few days to go…..we are ready!
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.
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