Entertainment
Nollywood Unveils Best Performers 2013
The Nigerian movie in
dustry called Nollywood, the third best movie clan in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood has unveiled its best performers in the just concluded Nollywood Awards held at the Intercontinental Hotels Lagos, recently.
The second edition of the awards was attended by the ‘who is who’ in the movie industry, top Government officials and showbiz personalities within and outside the country.
The winners at the event include:
Rita Dominic: She emerged the best actress in leading roles. The movie titled “The meeting” where she played a leading role also won three awards in the events making it a total of 10 awards within and outside Nigeria since it hit the market.
O.C Ukeje: Best lead actor
Belinda Effah: Best rising star female (Kokomma)
Top Box office movie: Phone swap
Uti Nwachukwu: Best rising star male
(The cupboard)
Best movie (unspoken)
Best Diaspora movie (man on ground)
Best sound track: Patrick Mathias
(Hoodrush)
Best set design: Sango B’Song (last Flight to Abuja)
Best make up: Jennifer Alegreuna
(The meeting)
Best costume design: Jaiye Owolabi
The Gods are still not to blame)
Best original screen play: Kemi Adoso
(phone swap)
Best sound track: Obi Emelonye
(Last flight to Abuja)
Best Editing: Kunle Adejuyigbe
(Journey to self)
Best director: Mildred Okwo
(The meeting)
Best indigenous movie (Maami)
Best Actress indigenous Funke Akindele
Best actor indigenous: Imeh Bishop.
Among the top Nollywood stars who attended the event were: Rukky Sanda, Monalisa Chinda, Uche Jumbo, Tricia Isiegbe, the twin sisters, Chidinma and Chidebere Anieke and Linda Ejiofor. Others were Sylivia Oluchi, Empress Njama, Dakore Egbuson, Mary Uranta, Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, Segun Arinze etc.
Entertainment
They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
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.
Entertainment
Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
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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