Entertainment
‘The Number One Fan’ Makes Waves In Cinema
It is another good news for
movie buffs across the country as Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie industry and the third largest movie clan in the world has churned out new movies currently making waves in cinemas across the country. One of the latest movies is “the Number One Fan”.
The Number One Fan is Juliet Ibrahim’s first production and she plays the role of a famous actress, Lala Gam Hammond who has touched many lives from a director (Prince David Osie) who wins awards each time she features her in his films to a photographer who ensures she looks flawless on magazine covers to a fashion designer who ensures she looks stunning in her designs.
The film opens at a point when Lala has gotten bored with her acting career after a string of multiple awards. The film is set in an affluent neigbourhood in which Lala and her husband John (Yemi Blag) reside John is a geologist who is in a world of trouble after losing $480,000 belonging to a local mafia boss, Mr. Jack (Kopi Adjorlolo) when he fails to find gold at any of his mining projects. But that is just one in a series of intriguing subplots.
The Number One Fan also features Julia Ibrahim’s sister, Sonia Ibrahim who plays the role of a character called Wendy, a local kid with British accent who has mysteriously developed affection for Lala. She moves into the same affluent neigbourhood and begins stalk Lala. That is the subplot of the film which concerns the world of entertainers and public figures and the people who stalk them. The main plot is really a whod unit.
The Number One Fan centres on several characters in the tightly knit affluent neigbourhood, one of the those neigbourhood so insular that everyone suspects that the killer had to be some one they knew. Residents are gripped by paranoid fears and the affluent residents keep looking over their shoulders for a suspects. Any one standing out from the crowd among neighbourhood becomes a prime suspect, including all of the Lala’s employees and her husband.
Director Moses Inwang brings to life the fears, guilt and lusts of its characters with screen play by Patrick Ikechuchukwu and story by Juliet Ibrahim. We get to know the characters, their friends and neigbours and watch them change as the fear creeps into the neigbourhood. It is a must watch movie.
Another movie of interest is ONE NIGHT in VEGAS. It stars Jimmy Jenn-Louis, Sarodj Bertin, John Dumelo etc.
Synopsis: James and Jenny an estrainged couple must go all the way to Vegas to rekindle a lost sparkle in their relationship only to find out that what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas.
It is a thrilling and exciting drama for movie buffs to watch.
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.