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Genevieve Nnaji Premiers Lion Heart At Toronto Film Festival
Lion Heart, which serves as Genevieve Nnaji directorial debut will be shown five times during the Toronto International Film festival (TIFF).
The movie whose cast include Genevieve Nnaji, Onyeka Onwenu, Peter Okoye (musician), Nkem Owoh (Osofia), and Pete Edochie, amongst others was premiered two days after the 2018 TIFF kicked off in Toronto, Canada.
Lion Heart is to be shown five time -during TIFF, and has already appeared on screen on Friday, September 7, Saturday, September 8, Monday, September 10, Wednesday, September 12, and will be shown on Saturday September 15.
Present at the premier were some of the major cast of the movie including Genevieve Nnaji, Peter Okoye, Nkem Owoh and Onyeka Onwenu.
The movie being the first to be directed by Genevieve, was billed to have its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Other celebrities cast in the movie include Kanayo O.Kanayo, Kalu Ikeagwu, Jimina Osundo, Yakubu Mohammed and Sani Muazu.
Apart from Peter Okoye, “Lion Heart” also stars another popular Nigerian artiste, Phyno.
Lion Heart also marks the first original film from Nigeria to be acknowledged by Netflix and taken into its catalogue.
Genevieve Nnaji is said to have made Nigeria proud.
Gideon Victoria
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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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