Entertainment
PH Hosts Amaa 2016 Edition ’Morrow
Port Harcourt, the Riv
ers State capital is now set to host this year’s prestigious awards ceremony, the African Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA. The AMAA Awards are presented annually to recognise excellence of professionals in the film industry. It was founded by peace Anyiam-Osigwe and run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture.
The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMAA awards are widely considered to be Africa’s most film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. The 2016 ceremony is scheduled to hold in June 2016 and will take place at the Obi Wali international Centre, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
AMAA has approximately 26 award categories which include:
1. Best Short Film
2. Best Documentary
3. Best diaspora feature
4. Best Diaspora Documentary
5. Best Animation
6. Achievement in Production Design
7. Achievement in Costume Design
8. Achievement in Make-up
9. Achievement in Soundtrack
10. Achievement in visual effects
11. Achievement in Sound
12. Achievement in Cinematography
13. Achievement in Editing
14. Best film by an African living Abroad
15. Best Actor in a Leading Role
16. Best Actress in a Leading Role
17. Best First Feature Film by a Director
18. Best Diaspora Short Film
19. Achievement in Screen Play
20. Best Nigerian Film
21. Best Film in an African language
22. Most Promising Actor
23. Best Child Actor
24. Best actor in a supporting role
25. Best Actress in a Supporting Role
26. Best Director
27. Best Film
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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