Bukola And Chico Of Classic FM Rock Eva Soaps Launch in Lagos

The compères of the Event, Bukky and Chico Of Classic FM Lagos, Nigeria.

Top OAPs Bukola Sawyerr Izeogu of the Lagos Jazz Series, Chocolate City Group and her colleague Chico Chukwuma Aligwekwe at Classic Fm 97.3 rocked the maiden media parley and launch of EVA soaps on Wednesday November 21, 2012, at The Regent Luxury Suites, 25, Joel Ogunnaike Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Also present were top Nigerian news media celebrities from The Encomium, Entertainment Express, The Nation, Brand World TV, The Moment, Daily Champion, Daily Sun, City People, Ovation International, Supple magazine, Nigerians Report, TALK OF THE TOWN, Daily Independent, This Day and others.

The Unveiling of the Eva Complexion Care Soap, L -R Lady Clara Okoro , Mr. Charles Nwagbara , Mr. Emeka Oramadike, General Manager Evans Industries, Engr. Dan Nwaiwu and Mrs. Nonye Okwara of Events Gallery.

Marketing Manager Ekulo Group, Mr Emeka Oramadike, General Manager Of Evans Industries Ltd, Engr. Dan Nwaiwu, and Quality Control Manager, Mr Gbenga Adepoju.

Quality Control Manager of Evans Industries Ltd, Mr. Gbenga Adepoju answering questions about the Eva Brand.

Mrs. Nonye Okwara, CEO of Events Gallery Limited, Chico Chukwuma Aligwekwe and Bukola Sawyerr Izeogu' of Classic FM 97.3 and Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, aka "Orikinla", Founder/Festival Director of Eko International Film Festival and Founder/CEO of Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema at the launching of EVA soaps on Wednesday November 21, 2012, at The Regent Luxury Suites, 25, Joel Ogunnaike Street, GRA IKeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima with Mr. Ingram Osigwe, the Media Consultant of Evans Industries Limited, the makers of EVA Range of Soaps in Nigeria.

Upcoming Nollywood actor and hip hop rapper Aloysius Onyejegbu.

Eva complexion soaps come in 6 variants of Eva Classic, Eva Gold, Eva Ivory, Eva Herbal, Eva Pearl and Eva Forever.

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NE-YO: R.E.D

iTunes Review

This album is Mastered for iTunes. Though it’s his fifth studio album, 2012’s R.E.D. — an acronym for Realizing Every Dream — is Ne-Yo’s first full-length on Motown. From the subtly retro-soul of opener “Cracks In Mr. Perfect” (cleverly tripped-up with self-deprecating lyrics that somehow make him even more charming) to the libidinous tension of the closing dance-pop hit “Burning Up,” R.E.D. plays as if the prolific R&B singer-songwriter saved his best songs for this album. And now as Senior Vice President of A&R for Motown, Ne-Yo seems even more driven to make top-shelf recordings. He enlisted indie-pop star Sia Furler to collaborate with the writing on standout jam “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself).” Her additions of synthesizer laced Euro-pop textures and soaring melodies in the song’s uplifting chorus are a perfect fit with Ne-Yo’s impassioned singing. Moreover, the hooks are so catchy — they beg for further songwriting alliance. With the sultry rhythm of a heavy heartbeat, “Lazy Love” proves that Ne-Yo can pen a steamy serenade on par with those of R. Kelly.

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The Legends of Motown Return on November 24 on PBS

21 Nov 2012 16:00 Africa/Lagos

MY MUSIC: MOTOWN BIG HITS & MORE
Begins Airing November 24 on PBS (check local listings)
- Classics from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes & Other Legends -

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- My Music PBS series Producer TJ Lubinsky has spent the last year in the Motown vaults assembling this program of classics from 1959 to 1967, featuring The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, Martha & The Vandellas and other legends. MY MUSIC: MOTOWN BIG HITS & MORE presents the best moments from past PBS Motown specials, enhanced with additional footage and archival gems. An exclusive 6-CD set of original Motown recordings – including first-time stereo mixes, favorite B-sides and album cuts – is being offered to PBS viewers who support this new fund-raising special. MOTOWN: BIG HITS & MORE premieres on PBS stations beginning November 24, 2012 ( check local listings ).

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Program highlights include:

Heat Wave – Martha Reeves

Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas

It's The Same Old Song – Four Tops

Baby I Need Your Loving – Four Tops

Tracks Of My Tears – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Tears Of A Clown – The Miracles

Stop! In The Name Of Love – Diana Ross & The Supremes
You Can't Hurry Love – Diana Ross & The Supremes

SOURCE TJL Productions

CONTACT: Jim Pierson, TJL, +1-310-936-3616, piersonjb@aol.com

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2 Makes Lionsgate Billion Dollar Richer

19 Nov 2012 14:00 Africa/Lagos

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN -- PART 2 PROPELS LIONSGATE PAST ONE BILLION DOLLAR MARK AT THE 2012 DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE
BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 Shatters TWILIGHT Franchise Record with Estimated $340.9 Million Worldwide Opening Weekend



SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Propelled by its blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA and HUNGER GAMES young adult franchises, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, has become the first studio outside the traditional majors to eclipse the $1 billion mark at the domestic box office in a single calendar year, the Company reported today.

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The Company also expects to roar across the $1 billion mark at the international box office and the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office (domestic and international combined) in the next few weeks as THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 continues to build on its franchise record-shattering opening weekend of $340.9 million at the worldwide box office, outpacing the best previous TWILIGHT installment by approximately 40 percent to date.

A commercially powerful Lionsgate slate including the blockbuster first film in THE HUNGER GAMES franchise, which grossed $408 million at the domestic box office and is the 13th highest-grossing domestic release of all time, and TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 have combined to push Lionsgate's domestic box office total to $1.08 billion with nearly two months remaining in the calendar year and TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 just beginning its theatrical run.

The Company will also open the critically-acclaimed drama THE IMPOSSIBLE on December 21 st. THE IMPOSSIBLE has already launched in Spain with a mammoth box office haul of nearly $50 million, ranking second all time at the Spanish box office behind AVATAR.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 achieved the best opening weekend worldwide box office performance in TWILIGHT franchise history with franchise bests in numerous major territories around the world, including –

Latin America, where the film has delivered $43 million in its first five days and is 57% ahead of the opening of BREAKING DAWN – PART 1. Lionsgate distributes in Latin America through its recently expanded joint venture partnership with IDC.

France, with $16.4 million in its opening weekend, achieving the best opening weekend of the year

Spain, where BREAKING DAWN PART 2 is the top-grossing three-day opening weekend of all time

The UK, with $23.4 million in its opening weekend, up 10% from BREAKING DAWN—PART 1 and

Russia and the other CIS nations, which set a new franchise record with an opening weekend of $20.3 million.

"Every member of our Motion Picture Group should take tremendous pride in this singular accomplishment," said Lionsgate Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer and Vice Chairman Michael Burns. "The strength of our theatrical slate, both domestically and internationally, reflects the critical mass we've built throughout all of our businesses. Led by the next three installments of our HUNGER GAMES franchise and new and emerging brands like ENDER'S GAME and DIVERGENT, our pipeline going forward continues to be strong."

"We're thrilled that THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 is off to such a great start worldwide, and we owe a tremendous debt of thanks to Stephenie Meyer and the entire TWILIGHT team," said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. "Our results reflect not only the global appeal of our HUNGER GAMES and TWILIGHT franchises but our portfolio approach to our slate, which has already generated eight different films this year that have grossed more than $40 million at the domestic box office. Our slate going forward will continue to be driven by the same powerful mix of franchise tentpoles, strong brands and critically exciting films."

ABOUT LIONSGATE:

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 25 shows on 18 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, the critically acclaimed series Weeds, Nurse Jackie and Boss, the new comedy Anger Management, which has been picked up for another 90 episodes by FX, the network series Nashville, picked up for a full season of 22 episodes by ABC, the syndication successes Tyler Perry's House of Payne, its spinoff Meet the Browns, The Wendy Williams Show, Are We There Yet? and the upcoming Orange Is The New Black, an original series for Netflix.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, which grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which achieved the best worldwide opening in Twilight franchise history, The Possession, Sinister, The Expendables 2, Cabin in the Woods, Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection and Arbitrage. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company has now added the blockbuster Twilight Saga, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, to its current slate, giving the Company the two premier young adult franchises in the world. Recent Summit hits include Red, Letters to Juliet, Knowing and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, The Hurt Locker.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

For further information, please contact:

Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

Kinley Cross
310-255-5114
kcross@lionsgate.com

SOURCE Lionsgate

Web Site: http://www.lionsgate.com

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Portrait of a Nigerian Celebrity Gossip Blogger and Her Vagina Dialogues

Yes, my dear.
She has issues.
Both small one and big ones
The good apples and the rotten apples.
These issues have become embedded in the tissues of her drama queen personality.
The issues she has been carrying along in her excess baggage.
The issues she has spilled on the street of Blogosphere and polluting the atmosphere.
She has made an issue out of her missing clitoris.
No thanks to her ignorant mother who cut off the ugly thing even before she had her milk teeth.
Female genital mutilation was a must for all baby girls in their primitive clan.
To stop them from growing up into nymphomaniacs and spreading STDs and having unwanted pregnancies her primitive mother said.
But that left our poor girl with frigidity.
“Now, how can I have an orgasm when mama cut off my clitoris?”
She whined as she gazed at herself in the mirror in her birthday suit.
Then she looked miserably at her two orange sized boobs as well.
“And that is why my breasts are small too. Because cutting off my clito also affected my breasts from developing fully since puberty.”
My dear, don’t get twisted over your sexuality.
Female genital mutilation can really do collateral damage to the sexuality of a girl and yes, frigidity is one of them. But I have good news for you!
“What good news?”
You can still have orgasm.
‘Who told you that? No clito, no orgasm.”
Clito or no clito, you can still have orgasm.
“Please, stop pulling my legs.”
Look Eve Ensler even forgot to add it to her Vagina Monologues.
So, I am letting the cat out of the bag in our own Vagina Dialogues.
“Hmm.”
Remember when we were playing hide and seek moonlight games in Mushin.
“You mean Monshine?”
What is Moonshine. I mean Mushin the ghetto. Where we all grew up in that Face –Me- I Face –You tenement behind the refuse dump after the Idi Oro Market.
“I don’t want to be reminded of the nightmares of the past.”
Fine. But lest we forget, that Cinderella never lived in denial.
“Well, I am not Cinderella.”
Okay sorry Lindarella. Before we forget the direction of our Vagina Dialogues.
“You were saying?”
Yes, as I was saying. You can have multiple orgasms even without your clitoris.
“You are kidding me!”
No way. You don’t need your clitoris to have orgasms.
“But you know that even Dan whined about not making me come.”
Must you bring up Dan the DJ again? He is married!
“Okay. No more Dan the randy dandy DJ here.”
Fine. A woman does not even need a man to have multiple orgasms.
“Are you talking about the Dildo and Vibrator?”
No girlfriend. Those are expendable bedroom toys.
“Then how?”
Through your G-Spot.
“Pllllleeaassse. Give me a break. I have heard and read volumes about the G-Spot, but I am still searching for it!”
You must have been missing the direction!
“How?”
By using the wrong compass.
“You know I hate having sex since I don’t enjoy it.”
You don’t even need sex to trigger your G-Spot.
“Please, spare me the joke. Don’t make me laugh out aloud.”
I am not kidding. You don’t need to have sex to have multiple orgasms.
“So, I will just wish for it and have it?”
Will you just listen to me?
“Okay.”
Show me your index finger.
“Here it is.”
Yeah. All you need is your index finger. Now I know you never went to boarding school where many girls lose their virginity even before puberty. Are you ready my dear?
“Yes.”
Please, shut the door.


~ By Orikinla Osinachi, Monday November 19, 2012. Lagos, Nigeria.
~ Orikinla Osinachi is the author of Scarlet Tears of London, In the House of Dogs and other books.
© Orikinla Osinachi. 2012. This is a commercial work of intellectual property. No reproduction in any format of media without the authorization and permission of the author. Any violation of the copyright is subject to litigation wherever the violation is committed.






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Nigerian Film Restless City Wins Best Feature Prize at Colours of the Nile

One of the most ambitious Nigerian filmmakers Andrew Dosunmu’s Restless City was named Best Long Feature Film at the inaugural Colours of the Nile Film Festival, which ran in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012. The Nigerian film also won Best Cinematography.



The jury was made up of French/Tunisian filmmaker Karim Dridi; Ethiopian director Solomon BekeleWeya; South African producer Letebele Masemola-Jones; African Screens editor Don Dewale Omope; and Ioana-Frederique Westhoff from the ACP Films Programme.

Praising Restless City for dealing with “a rarely-touched–upon subject” in “the struggles of African migration to the USA,” the jury said, “Told with care and attention to detail, the winning film shows a very high level of originality, high artistic merit, an innovative approach to storytelling and profound cinematographic flair.”

Speaking about the festival as a whole, the jury said, “The choice of films for the inaugural Colours of The Nile International Film Festival 2012, has been a compelling and visually inspiring cinematic feast from every corner of the African continent.”

Ambassador Xavier Marchal, the head of the European Union delegation to Ethiopia, spoke at the awards night, where he presented the Best African Short Film Award to Hisab by Ethiopia’s Ezra Wube. In his speech, the ambassador said, “The Colours of the Nile International Film Festival is making a new landscape in African cinema.”

While the films dealt with diverse subject matter, the jury was struck by a common thread – that of the displacement involved in migrant and immigrant lifestyles.

“This is perhaps not surprising, as it is very much a sign of the times throughout the world in which we live today,” said the jury. “Migration from one country to the other is something we can all relate to. It happens for a variety of reasons that ultimately lead to people seeking a better life for themselves and their families. It is an issue that is top of the social, economic and political agenda of most countries of the world.”

Other awards went to:

Best Short Film – Hisab by Ezra Wube (Ethiopia)
The jury was struck by Hisab’s “highly original, innovative and creative way of depicting the hustle and bustle of life in a capital city.” Hisab “mixed live sound with artistic animation techniques and used animals that are a distinct part of life in the city to portray, in a humourous way, the behaviour of humans.”

Best Documentary Film: Voyage of Hope by Michel K. Zongo (Burkina Faso)
The jury was “unanimously moved by the soberness and love with which the director goes on the journey from onecountry to another to trace the trail of his brother, who left the country for economical reasons 17 years ago and is rumoured to be dead.”

Best Screenplay: The Repentant by Merzak Allouachi (Algeria)
The jury was impressed with “how this story dealt with a very dramatic issue in contemporary Africa without the introduction of drama effects.” They said The Repentant “epitomizes what a good film is about: a great story well told.”

Best Sound: 1Ž2 Revolution by Karim El Hakim and Omar Shargawi (Egypt)
The jury says, “This award goes to an outstanding documentary, which worked with live sound recorded and adapted during a dramatic turn of events, while maintaining the original tension of the environment as the action occurred.”

Best Soundtrack: Otelo Burning by Sara Blecher (South Africa)
The jury felt Otelo Burning “deserved recognition for its superior and original soundtrack that adds to the visual appreciation of the film and firmly sets the story in the South African context.”

Best Actor: Kenneth Nkosi in Otelo Burning (South Africa)
Although Kenneth Nkosi seems to have a minor part in Otelo Burning, the jury felt he “conveys, with tremendous strength and humility, his emotional frustrations and sadness about the dramatic course the lives of his belovedones has taken.”

Best Actress: Elizabeth Melaku in Scent of a Lemon (Ethiopia)
The jury felt Elizabeth’s Melaku performance showed “highly remarkable and convincing screen acting” in her “transformation from a cheerful loving woman and caring wife to an introverted, bitter and struggling woman following unjustified societal pressure.”

Special mentions went to Abraham Gezahagne’s film Scent of a Lemon (Ethiopia);
Theresa Traore-Dahlberg’s short film Taxi Sister (Senegal and Sweden); and Eric Miyeni’s documentary Mining For Change (South Africa).

CNIFF was made possible with the generous support of partners The Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Seagull Films; Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival; and Institut Francais/ Cinémathèque Afrique, as well as sponsors European Union; French Embassy Addis Ababa; French Embassy Kenya Alliance Ethio-Francaise; Italian Cultural Institution EUNIC; Egypt Air; Fana Broadcasting Corporation; NyalaInsurances Share Company; BGI Ethiopia; Timret Le Hiowt Ethiopia/Wise Up; BRC Tour and Travel and Tizez Hotel Addis Ababa.

For more information, visit http://www.coloursofthenile.net/.


Watch and embed the trailers from the winning films:

1Ž2 Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWQLSOmJ_Q

Hisab: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOuvpREG70

Mining for Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ_15m7nrLo

Otelo Burning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gek4b3x0TTQ

Restless City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4VjY0h4YuI

Taxi Sister: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf6pVRRui0

Voyage Of Hope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQVuTIIkU1s

For more information, visit http://www.coloursofthenile.net/.

Or call Joy Sapieka at joyls@mweb.co.za - 0027 73 2125492 /
Kevin Kriedemann at kevin@kevinlikes.com - 0027 83 5562346

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