Veteran actress, Joke Silva has described her recent appointment as the Managing Director of Malete Film Village, in Kwara State as “shocking’, saying that she never expected it.

Award winning actor, Okechukwu Chukwudi Ukeje a.k.a OC Ukeje and Ivie Okujaye shone brightly among the galaxy of movie and TV stars that converged at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel for the first edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. While Okeje carted home the highly coveted ‘Best Actor In A Drama’ plaque for his role in the movie Two Brides And A Baby, Okujaye was bestowed the ‘Industry Trial Blazer’ award.

Preparations for the first ever annual Calabar Jazz Festival billed to hold from March 29 through 31 have begun in earnest.

FOLLOWING recent spate of deaths in the Nigerian movie industry, a cleric who claimed to have seen a vision, Evangelist Emeka Omenka had warned media practitioners as well as members of the entertainment industry generally to intensify their prayers to avert further untimely deaths of very important Nollywood personalities.

The awards ceremonies all over the world are always a good time for celebrities to sport some serious blingage, and the just concluded maiden edition of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards was no exception.

Last month, it was heavily rumoured that Darey Art Alade paid the controversial American TV reality star, Kim Kardashian a whooping $500,000 just for her to co-host his “Love Like a Movie” Valentine concert in Lagos.

The Federal Government’s N3 billion grant to Nollywood will stimulate film production in Nigeria, Mr Afolabi Adesanya, the Managing Director/Chief Executive officer of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) , said.

Today, everyone quotes Shakespeare. It gives a certain credence, an authority to your writing. When you say ‘Shakespeare said’ no one cares whether you are writing entertainment, sports or politics, it is serious journalism. It’s only natural that we follow suit. Quite a pity that I’m not too sure who said “All is fair in love and war,” but I’m sincerely hoping that it was Shakespeare. If it was someone else, all is not lost, because some intellectuals have read this far. Lol!

One month after the devastating death of singer Goldie Harvey, her best friend, celebrity TV host and eccentric dresser Denrele Edun has no doubt moved on as he stormed the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards held last weekend at the Eko Hotel and Suites Lagos in mind numbing style.

The video of this hit song by Tiwa Savage has been finally released but unlike the pop beats that cascade through out the song, the video shows Tiwa playing a more quiet role.

Omotola rocked the night in this exquisitely made sequin coated gown re-establishing herself as the never aging Omosexy. See more photos here

WHO says lightning never strikes twice in the same place? Think again. Last week,Stars shone over and over again on the red carpet at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Elegant actress and movie diva Omotola Jolade Ekeinde burned brightly in a fiery orange patterned-blue striped floor length dress and then in metallic black of the same length that seemed to do her more justice than beauty. Mnet MD, Biola Alabi also changed up her dresses, seen in Iconic Invanity, and then later to a strapless gorgeous white dress with gold detailing.

For years, Nollywood power diva, mother of one and award winning actress Genevieve Nnaji or Genny as her close friends call her has maintained a fashion signature that depicted her as a bold, confident, very Miss Independent kind of lady; her dresses were never revealing, her make-up far from over-done, her hair-do and body carriage showed her class as a woman not ready to flirt around; but last weekend at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Genny stunned everyone!!!.

FAMILY of late Nollywood actor, Chief Justus Esiri, yesterday, released details of burial arrangement for the Village Headmaster.

Where persistence rules, great strides follow! Peter Oladotun Falade played the sax in Faze’s Originality as well as the sax version for Terry G’s Pass Me Your Love. It was my first encounter with him, and that memorable evening, he handled the saxophone in a manner that seemed like he was born with it.