How a Nollywood Film Gets Made: Here's what a marketer does

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1379 words  |  Tandra Barner

So Niyi Akinmolayan, one of the film's producers, reached out and asked if he would join his production company, Anthill Studios, as a social media manager. He accepted. Later, Akinmolayan asked him what he needed to lead the marketing team at the studio. Ilozobhie found a graphic designer, and a communication manager and began to fire on multiple cylinders, spearheading the marketing for everything from Hey You to Ajakaju: Beast of Two Worlds. [Read More]

How a Nollywood Film Gets Made: Here's what an actor does

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1365 words  |  Patria Henriques

The Nollywood producer, Mimi Bartels, loved her content and reached out. She asked if Odokoro wanted to travel to Lagos and be a part of a film production. The actress told her parents in Enugu that she was going to see her supervisor. It was a lie. She instead travelled to Lagos to work on the production and begin her dreams of being an actress full-time. Since then, she's been in movies like Domitilla: The Sequel, Adire, Unwanted, an international TV series, and plays a starring role in the upcoming Netflix original series, Baby Farm. [Read More]

How to Find Your True Calling in Life

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1392 words  |  Tandra Barner

Thirty years ago, I stumbled into my calling by chance as a 22-year-old headed to medical school. One afternoon, I was walking through New York City’s East Village, and a tiny sliver of a storefront caught my eye. I went inside and started talking to the owners—a husband and wife named Angel and Carmen Perez. They told me they were both recovering heroin addicts who had quit their jobs working for the New York City subways to pursue their dream: creating a Museum of Addiction. [Read More]

Impossible' Director Praises Tom Cruise for Saving Cinema

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  337 words  |  Tandra Barner

Tom Cruise has been praised for his role in saving cinematic releases at the Sydney premiere of his new blockbuster “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”. The accolade came from the film’s director, Christopher McQuarrie, who said Cruise’s dedication to the medium was unparalleled. “The person I want to compliment is the person who will always dodge the compliments. It’s this man, Mr. Tom Cruise. When this whole process started four years ago, we were entering a period where it looked like this event was headed for extinction. [Read More]

Jay Z, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Diddy, Cassie at singer's VMA after party [PHOTOS]

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  108 words  |  Patria Henriques

The superstars were seen with their spouses, Kim Kardashian, Cassie and Alicia Keys celebrating the amazing night with Beyonce. Producer Swizz Beatz shared an exciting group photograph on Instagram on Sunday, featuring his wife, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Jay Z, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Diddy and girlfriend Cassie. The power couples were clearly having a good time together over drinks. "Family Zone," Swizz captioned the shot. ADVERTISEMENT [Read More]

Kate Middleton Breaks Tradition With New Family Photo

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  Billy Koelling

To celebrate Prince William’s 42nd birthday, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, turned to the whimsical, posting a fun photo she took of her husband and their three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. In the photo, the four are holding hands, leaping over a sand dune at the beach, arms in the air and mouths agape. The image was shared on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts on Friday morning, June 21, with the caption, “Happy Birthday, Papa, we all love you so much! [Read More]

Leah Sharibu 'converted' to Islam, gives birth to baby boy for Boko Haram commander

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  105 words  |  Billy Koelling

After one year in captivity, the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has been delivered of baby boy. According to Sahara Reporters, Leah was forced to accept Islam before she was married off to a Boko Haram commander while in captivity. Leah, the only Christian student among the kidnapped students from Government Secondary School, Dapchi, Adamawa State, refused to denounce her faith and was denied freedom in 2018. [Read More]

Macklemores Thrift Shop Is First Indie Hit to Top Charts in Nearly Two Decades

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  416 words  |  Patria Henriques

No, you didn’t hit your head and wake up in 1994 — an independent artist has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in nearly 20 years, and for only the second time in history. Thanks to their brassy, bargain-hunting hit “Thrift Shop,” Seattle hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis join ’90s folk-pop singer Lisa Loeb in the elusive club of artists who reached number one without a label. [Read More]

Mike Adenuga is closing in on Aliko Dangote as Africa's richest man

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  154 words  |  Tandra Barner

Aliko Dangote, Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Dangote Group, has retained his position as Africa’s richest man with a net worth of $10.3 billion, according to Forbes. In the last one year, Dangote's net worth dropped nearly $2 billion, Forbes, said it was due to a roughly 20% dip in the stock price of Dangote Cement, his most valuable asset. ADVERTISEMENT Mike Adenuga, owner of Globalcom, Nigeria’s third-largest mobile phone network, and an oil exploration firm Conoil Producing firm, trails Dangote with $9. [Read More]

My Salinger Year: Film Review

 Posted on August 8, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1688 words  |  Patria Henriques

Joanna Rakoff's memoir of working for a New York literary agency is no 'Devil Wears Prada,' pitched more to teens who dream of writing than to young professionals familiar with the publishing world. A writer writes, but there’s no evidence that Joanna Rakoff can even type when she takes the job as an assistant working for literary agent Phyllis Westberg in “My Salinger Year. [Read More]