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This is indeed good news!


Nollywood mega-star, Genevieve Nnaji was just featured on "Oprah Winfrey" show on  an episode "meet the most famous people in the world" and she was listed as the most famous actress in africa, montage of photos and a video clip (from the movie ‘Bursting Out’) featuring Genevieve was shown as her various career highlights were mentioned. Genny who was referred to as the “Julia Roberts of Africa” on the show was chosen due to her wide appeal across the African continent and all over the world. and i hear Oprah even pronounced her name well. Other stars from around the world including Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan (India) and Lu Yu (China) were also featured on the show.
This may not translate to money but i must commend Genny on this feet, its big deal,Oprah??? This is just the beginning, am proud of her and who says nigerians can do nothing but fraud and dupe unsuspecting rich muguls,Genevieve has paid her dues and deserves every inch of recognition that she gets. I know the media would soon go agog with this as this even seems to be the word on everyone's lips,getting a mention from Oprah at all is major and who else deserves that platform if not the delectable and brilliant Miss Nnaji.

Why should Africa depend on the western world for aids? I do not comprehend that when we African can feed the world, we have the resources and manpower to be number one in the world in Agriculture only if we focus on it. I have lived in Russia, Britain, Germany, USA and I see that farming is a lucrative occupation. Families become rich just by farming while African families are running away from it.

We should encourage ourselves back into farming, which has been and will always be our way of life.

Visit http://www.opozifarm.com 

 
Multi-talented Uche Jombo makes production debut with star-studded‘Nollywood Hustler’

Posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

By Bella www.bellanaija.comShe’s known as an actress but Uche Jombo has many titles to her name – she is a mathematician/statistician, actress, screenwriter and now you can add producer to that list! Uche is making her production debut with the movie – Nollywood Hustler which she also stars in. The movie is co-produced by ‘Games Men Play’ producer Emem Isong and directed by Moses Inyang.

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Nollywood Hustler takes a comedic look at Nollywood; the real stars and the wannabes. This star-studded movie stars Ramsey Nouah, Monalisa Chinda and Lancelot Imasuen acting as fictionalized versions of themselves. Charles Inojie stars as the wannabe producer and Uche Jombo as the wannabe actress. With the supporting cast including talented actors Ejike Asiegbu, Susan Peters and Bishop Ime.

At the links below you can find photos from the set of the movie including a scene from the movie which recreates a red carpet event tagged ‘Celebrities Give Back’ with real celebrities walking down the carpet as themselves and talking about their projects and the act of giving back.

These celebs included Genevieve Nnaji, Ini Edo-Ehiagwina, Ngozi Ezeonu, Kalu Ikeagwu, Muma Gee, Zik Zulu Okafor, Vivian Ejike, musical duo Bracket, Kevin Luciano of Questionmark Entertainment, rapper Sasha and Julie of WOW magazine.

This movie takes a swipe at nollywood top players and wanna-bees.it tells the real story of the actors' successes,failures and the'almost got there' syndrome. with the real A-list stars playing themselves in this about to be released flick.

An event in the movie tagged 'celebrities give back' shows the real celebrities walk on the red carpet as they are cheered on by their real-life fans. amongst those to look out for in this move include geneveieve nnaji, ini edo-ehiagwina, sasha, daniigaraw, ngozi ezeonu, kalu ikeagwu, ufuoma ejenebor, muma-gee, omoni oboli,b lessing effiom-egberukky sanda,uche iwuji,zik zulu,kevin luciano gabriel,vivian ejike(producer), righteousman,lancelot imaseun,uche jombo, monalisa chinda, ramsey nouah. this movie takes a look at the funny side of happenings in nollywood.

Director of this movie is moses ewang, producers include uche jombo and emem isong. Executive producer is uche jombo.

It will blow your mind. It is a brilliant script and whoever wrote the story deserve a pat on the back-enjoy the pictures. note: all the celebs mentioned are playing as themselves with their real names in the movie.

Watch out for this one .............

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                             sometimes we underrate that word called 'sorry', but we don't know the power it possesses. i remember a couple who had a misunderstanding over an issue of infidelity; the man was caught with a strange woman on his matrimonial bed by his wife, who just returned from a long journey unexpectedly.  the wife who was surprised & aghast, screamed & rushed out of the room into the  family garden, weeping brokenly.

                               the man came out few minutes later, went over to where the wife sat crying & asked  her, 'what are you doing there, weeping like a child?' he told her that she should go inside & don't allow the neighbours see her & make carricature of her by her stupid act. he walked away, got into his car & drove off.

                                 the infidelity act & the offhanded altitude of the man resulted to greater negative issues which at the end destroyed the 7 years old marriage which had produced 2 beautiful kids. the woman later left with her kids, made arrangements & travelled to canada with her kids with the help of her brother who was based in canada. by the time the husband realised his mistakes, it was too late  to make amendment & he lost out completely.

                                  a little humbling of the man could have saved this diseaster, the word 'SORRY', could have prevented the man from losing a good wife that is so rare to come by & also losing his beautiful kids too. Ego prevented him from saying sorry to a sweet wife, he erred greatly against.

                                    learn to say am sorry when you err, don't let pride hold you bondage. we all make mistakes, no one is perfect but the ability to realise our mistakes & make amendment for it, is what makes us super human beings. always learn to apologise when you've hurt that special person in your life, don't let pride cost you your happiness. be wise & learn the truth.

SATURDAY GOSSIP
Source: www.punchontheweb.com   
By Saturday Life & Beat
Nonye Ben-Nwankwo

Since the news of the collapse of the marriage between actress Monalisa Chinda and her estranged husband, Victor Dejo-Richards, broke, more sordid details have been unfolding.

Monalisa’s acquaintance, Florence, who Segun said was his link to Monalisa, told Life and Beat during the week that while she actually did the introduction, she never supported the idea of the two getting married.

Recalling how the whole thing started, Florence said, “We used to attend the same church in Isolo. Yes, he saw the picture of my friend, Monalisa with me and he said he wanted to see her. “He actually drove all the way from Isolo to Lekki to see Monalisa.”

Giving an insight into Dejo-Richards’past, Florence said “Victor was married to one Kemi before then. There reception was held in one fast food centre in Lagos. But the marriage did not last up to six months before they divorced.”

She also disclosed that Dejo-Richards got engaged to one other Lady in their church after his divorce.  “He got engaged to Sister Ann. Their plan to get married was announced in church. People knew them as an item. That was before he went to England. Nobody knew why he ended up not marrying Sister Ann.”

But if she knew all this, how come she didn’t tell Monalisa, Life and Beat queried. To that Florence said, “I was on my own when Lisa (MonaLisa) called me fro England and said I should guess who she was with. She told me she was with Victor. I told her all I knew about the guy, but she said she was an adult and I should leave her alone. She asked whether I was the only one who knew that Victor had been married. When I saw that her mind was made up, I left her.”

Life and Beat called Dejo-Richards to confirm the story, but he said, “Is that the matter on hand now? I had those relationships and the people have moved on with their lives. They are happily married with children. I want to make up with my wife and have my kid home. You people don’t seem to help matters. I have vowed not to talk about this any longer. What has what she said got to do with what is happening now? My marriage is what is important. I don’t want my marriage to break.”

Written by Tosyn Bucknor


I would like to start this article by blaming all those who had a problem with my car being full. It was because of them i emptied and cleaned it out. It was because of them i had nothing to wear as a i left Ikeja on Thursday the 24th. And it was therefore because of them that i missed the Arthur Guiness show!

Of course, funny news spreads faster than good news, and it also grabs the headlines. This article is therefore not about how fantastic M.I’s performance was, nor is it about Wande Coal putting on a good show. It is not even about the excellent work done with the stage and lighting. This article is more about the he said they said aftermath! The gist we gathered is that... The show did not start as scheduled as so, things got backed up. But some things had to go on as scheduled because the show was major and was being beamed live.

It was determined at some point that Sean Paul’s performance had to come up at a specific time since it was meant to be shown in other countries like Malaysia at that time. Some things then had to be axed, and unfortunately, the axe fell on Tu Face’s set! P Square did not appreciate this, and while they were performing one of the twins stopped the music and called the show, “...f**k*d” because they did not want Tu Face to perform.

Then they threw their mics down (or into the crowd) and walked off. The host tried to introduce Sean Paul, but the crowd began throwing things on the stage demanding for Tu Face who had, together with the Okoye twins, left the building... literally! A few calls and conversations later, he came back, performed to wild applause, and the show went on.. sort of!

The aftermath however is that facebook, twitter, and Nigeria began buzzing about this, and the buzz was about the twins! Apart from wondering why they were taking paracetamol for another man’s headache, a la Kanye West, people have pointed out that once again, P Square has shown why artistes need a PR team. Others have defended them and said they did the right thing, saying it is time for home based artistes to be treated with the same level of respect international artistes are treated. And then there are those who maybe see both sides, but feel PSquare should not have disrespected their fans. For me, this is one of those situations where you have so much to say but you wonder if you should. I would say though that things are not always black and white, and rescheduling does not always mean disrespect!

In any case, i would rather not let funny news win TOO MUCh! Reports say it was a well attended show, with a beautiful stage, and that the performances were top notch!

                            he was called 'the bull' but his real name was theophilus. he was married with two boys, though he had not planned to stop at two kids but the doctor adviced the wife to put a stop to child bearing for some medical reasons. he loved his family & provided  greatly for them, he never allowed any lack as long as he can afford  it. he did not allow the wife to work or trade, he said the burden of being a mother & a wife was already a huge task on it's own & he wouldn't want to add more on her tender shoulder & the wife accepted the arrangement & stayed at home, a full time house-wife.

                             theophilus, was a manager in one of the new generation banks, he was a good man, loved by his colleagues, family & friends, he assisted some of his friends to secure loans at the bank & with his influence assisted some of his family members & friends to secure employment in different sectors of the economy. he had put 15 years of his life to the banking sector & he knew his onions when it came to finance. 

                               unfortunately, things did not remain the same for him, for long.  without knowing how it happened,  a fraud was commited in his bank, involving a huge amount of money & since he was the manager in charge
fingers were pointed at him, after a thorough & solid investigations, he was arrested, charged to court,  convicted & sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour. 

                           after a year of visiting & taking food to him at the prison, his wife stopped visiting. he tried to send word to her, he got no reply, he stopped receiving visitors, nobody cared enough to visit him in the prison yard, his friends deserted him & he didn't know what happened to his wife. he stayed at the prison a lonely sad man. on the third year of serving his sentence, the government granted him & some other in-mates amnesty, even that, did not bring a smile to his once robust & handsome face.

                              on the day he was to be discharged, there was nobody to welcome him out of the prison yard, into his just regained freedom. he was the more disillusioned. but he mustered courage & decided to go to his house. he got to the place & it seemed deserted. he walked on & pushed the door, it was ajar, he entered into the house & it was empty, no furniture, no single soul in the building. every where was empty. he sat on the bare floor & wept like a child. he knew in his heart that he was innocent of that fraud & he also knew that it was a framed work done by his enemies to destroy him, he wept the more, when he was done, he stretched out on the floor & fell into a deep slumber.

                              consequently, theophilus recovered slowly, he learnt from his wife's family that his wife took the kids, packed all the property they had in the house & relocated to another city & her family refused to give him the address of the new place, at least to see his boys. theophilus is still finding it hard to believe that his lovely wife could have the heart to treat him that way.

                            when i heard this man's story, i shed buckets of tears, i couldn't imagine a wife well provided for, when the going was good, abandoning the husband when he needed her the most. well i can only say to theophilus, take heart & be a man, the lord shall surely vindicate you, the truth will surely come out someday. i can only say that your wife does not deserve a good man like you, you shall meet that woman who will trully love & appreciate you greatly.

                            AND to all the men that got abandoned by their wives just because things turned around for bad for you, be rest assured that the lord shall surely remember you for HIS great blessings from above, don't be distressed, remember that after the rain comes the sunshine. it shall get better.

                                 

                      
                                                            

 

                                      

                                     Sometimes in life there are decisions we make that can either mar us or make us, some of these decisions have to do with other peoples' influence in our lives or  our own free self-willed desire. a man that allows people to think for him, can not really call himself a free man. how can a man be free if he does not think for himself, people who are bound to the influence or suggestions of other people, be it subtle or direct are slaves to those people. it is always a wise thing to have a mind of your own.

                                          As whitney houston sang in one of her songs, the greatest love of all, " i've decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow if i fail,  if i succeed, atleast i'll live as i believe". well some people could be wondering how one can live without taking advice from other people, one can listen to some peoples' advice & then weigh the pros & cons, before embarking on their proposed venture, if they are not certain of the particular road, which they are about to tread on, but it is not everyone we should give access into our lives, we should be mindful of the kind of people we allow to speak  into our lives.

                                           we should thrive to be our own person, don't be a photocopy of  someone's original, be the original you & let people admire you for that uniqueness which you exibit, which no one else can be able to comprehend, no matter what you think you  look  like, you have that unique thing about you, which no other individual can  be able to copy.

                                           BE YOURSELF, BE ORIGINAL & BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE.

We have seen so many great stars in our time al over africa. The Nollywood and Gollywood lot have been the centre of attraction lately but how about other parts of africa and  the carribean, do you have any one you consider the greatest star of Africa? Lets know your views on this. Thanks for joining this- happy blogging!

Genevieve, Rita Dominic & Mercedes carpet Dejo Richards
By SAMUEL OLATUNJI
Sunday, September 20, 2009
www.sunnewsonline.com

•Genevieve Photo: Sun News Publishing

Showpiece Index

The crash of Monalisa Chindah’s marriage with her estranged husband, Segun Dejo-Richards is already having a ripple effect with Dejo’s interview in some national newspapers.

Dejo had claimed in an interview that Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic and Mercedes were once living with Monalisa and living off her. This did not go down well with the people mentioned and most of them, except Genevieve are already contemplating lawsuist against him for dragging them into matter that does not concern them.

Genevieve is backing down simply because Monalisa sent her an apology via a text on behalf of her estranged husband.

Speaking to Sunday Sun, Genevieve wondered how Dejo would drag her into his ‘mess’ as the questions directed at him have nothing to do with her. ‘First of all, who is this chap and how does he know my name? As the time Lisa and I were friends, she hadn’t gone to London. And according to him, that is where they met. In other words, he never knew me and still doesn’t know me, so he should know better than to mention my name in their issues. I don’t want to say much on this because Monalisa sent me a text today apologizing on his behalf. And I really do understand the cheap publicity stunt he is trying to pull. I will not indulge him further’.

Mercedes, a friend of the trio who claims she hasn’t seen or spoken to Monalisa in five years is also angry that her name could be dragged into the matter, considering the fact that their friendship nose dived the day Monalisa and her brother (whom Monalisa was dating at that time) broke up.

Speaking to Sunday Sun from Ghana, where she went to for a business deal, Mercedes spoke angrily and only stopped when the reporter’s credit ran out on her. ‘I can’t still understand why this guy would mention my name in his woes. I don’t know him and I’ve never met him before. I don’t think I will even recognize him if I pass him on the road, so why should I be an issue in his mess? I never lived with Monalisa. She was dating my brother as at that time and we were all friends, Genny, (Genevieve), Rita, Monalisa and I. So we hanged out together. Sometimes they were in my place at Marwa Gardens, (Ikeja) or Rita’s place at Hospital Quarters where she was living with her sister-in-law. We could stay at each other place for days or weeks as most girls do.

So I can’t turn around to say Rita or Genny lived with me; that would be a lie. As at that time, Lisa could not even afford to feed me alone not to talk of five people, so how could all of us with family be living off one woman? She and my brother were dating and when their relationship packed up, my relationship with Monalisa did not go on smoothly again. We stopped being friends then. So, how can I have anything to do with their break up? I think this guy is just trying to cause unnecessary trouble. He was not even in the picture when we were friends. The only guy I know with Monalisa, aside my brother that she dated, was a Lebanese guy who rented the Lekki house for her. That guy was also a platonic friend of Rita’s. So, this Dejo guy is just talking about things he knows nothing about. He needs to be called to order’, she thundered.

Ms Dominic who is holidaying in United States says Dejo Richards must be delusional to say she was living off Monalisa or blocking her from getting roles when she was the one that introduced her to Zik Zulu Okafor and Chico Ejiro. 

Responding to our email enquiries, Rita wrote: ‘I want to say that I am away on vacation and have not read the interview. But from the little read to me, it seems that Mr. Richards is using the press to expose private conversation he may have had with his wife while they were married. His actions were undignified to say the least and I will not be part of the dirty games. My advice is that he should focus on his family and stop defaming innocent people to sell his story.’

On the allegation that she advised Moanlisa not to marry him because Dejo-Richards is from the South West part of Nigeria and that she continued to stand against her marriage, Rita says nothing could be further from the truth. ‘The truth is, I don’t know this man. I was living and working in Nigeria when he claims to have met Lisa in London. Lisa and I had lost touch so, I was not privy to her relationship with this man. I did not know when they got married; I only found out a few days ago that they are no longer together.’

On whether she lived off Monalisa when they were friends, Dominic reacted that Dejo Richards must be a delusional soul to have said that. ‘Mr. Richards must be delusional (for saying I was living off Monalisa). At one time, I moved in with my sister-in-law at General Hospital’s Doctors Quarters, Lagos Island. When she moved to England to meet her husband (Rita’s brother), Monalisa started staying with me. It was not just Lisa; I had other friends who stayed with me from time-to-time. Later we moved to Lekki, after which I travelled to England.

We were struggling actors waiting to make it, so, how could Lisa who had no job be feeding us?’ She asked.

On the allegation that she was calling producers not to give Monalisa jobs and ill-advising her not to take major roles, Rita says it is pure lie. ‘Basorge cast me in my first role. After that, I started getting roles offered to me.
I was the one that recommended and introduced Monalisa to Zik Zulu and Chico Ejiro. They started giving her roles to play after that. You can call them to verify this statement. By the time Lisa came back from London, my career had already taken off. So, I don’t know where Mr. Richards is getting his information from.’

Segun Dejo-Richards was the husband of star actress, Monalisa, until their marriage broke up recently.
Since the break up, Dejo Richards has been saying he wants his wife back, pointing fingers at Mr. Kool, Monalisa’s relative and some of her friends for ill-advising her.

Source: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showpiece/2009/sept/20/showpiece-20-09-2009-002.htm