Jennifer Lopez is set to executive produce a legal drama, which is in development at CBS. Written by Michael Rauch, the untitled series centers around polar opposite identical twin brothers who duke it out in their personal lives but are at their best teaming up in the courtroom. The pop diva will executive produce alongside Rauch, Nuyorican’s Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Daniel A. Thomas. Following her role as a judge on reality TV show, American Idol, NBC approved a new reality dance competition “Word of Dance,” which has her serving as an executive producer. Lopez is popular for “Shades of Blue,”…
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Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award winner, Faithia Balogun, was recently a guest at Pulse Nigeria. During an exclusive interview, the “Iya Alake” actress spoke on the cancellation of the proposed film village in Kano by the Federal Government, following opposition from Islamic clerics. “For me, I think they are not ready. Everybody will come together and have a film village. We have just one film village in America, I think. So why have Lagos film village, Kaduna film village, something film village? We should have one big film village for everyone to shoot their movie, and go.” “Giving one person…
Mary Remmy Njoku plans to make a lot of changes in the Nigerian movie industry and she plans to begin by tackling forgotten veteran acts. The actress who is also the CEO of Roc Studios and wife of Jason Njoku, the founder of IROKO TV made the disclosure during a recent interview with Punch. Mary also revealed her desire to work with top Nollywood actresses, Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade Ekeine, but admitted that she could not afford to pay them. Addressing the issue of forgotten stars, Mary said: “Nollywood knows how to forget people. I don’t know if I…
American pop star Britney Spears, 34, has sworn that she will not be getting married again. The famous singer revealed this during her appearance on the ‘The Late Late Show’ Carpool Karaoke on August 26, 2016. When asked by James Corden what she is looking for in a man, the singer said “I think I might not ever go to men again. I’m just done with men.” The shocked host asked her if she wants to be alone for the rest of her life and Britney Spears said that she might kiss someone once in a while but she isn’t…
Amber Rose has no plans to waste time trying to keep track of the number of people she has slept with. The 32-year-old show host has admitted on the last episode of her show that she has actually lost track of the people she has slept with. “I’m 32-years-old, I’ve been around the block a few times. “I’m not going to sit there and count. Especially all the times I said he could put the head in, then take it out, does that count? Because I used to be so good for that, I was the queen of that.” Amber…
Mariah Carey’s older sister, Alison A. Carey has once again, made the news for unsavoury reasons. Following her arrest on Friday, August 26, 2016, the 55-year-old is currently facing prostitution charges made worse by the fact that she is HIV positive. The police have reportedly advised anyone who has patronised her, unprotected or not, should see a doctor. Alison was reportedly arrested after asking for money in exchange for sexual favours from an undercover police officer who was posing as a client. Following her arrest, Alison identified herself as Mariah’s sister. The reports have also revealed that Alison has been…
Tiwa Savage joined Janella Monae as she hosted the inaugural “Fem The Future” brunch to discuss the importance of women in the entertainment industry. Amongst those also in attendance was Lupita Nyong’O, Jidenna, Essence magazine’s entertainment director, Cori Murray, blogger Luvvie Ajayi and much more. The brunch took place yesterday, August 27, 2016, at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York City. The event held in order to give leading women in the entertainment industry an opportunity to come together and discuss the importance of their roles, while looking for more avenues create more positions for others after them. Tiwa…
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly dating a Nigerian fashion designer identified as Mobolaji Dawodu. Mobolaji is reported to be the son of a Nigerian fashion designer and has a young daughter. The young man is currently the Style fashion editor for GQ magazine and has reportedly been dating the ‘Star Wars’ actress discreetly for about six months. Us Weekly reports that Dawodu has also “discreetly told people they are dating.” Mobolaji who has reportedly worked with Style.com, Fader, and Details, has also shared cute snaps of himself and Lupita sporting matching outfits in June and another from the MET Gala.
Kemi Olunloyo took to Twitter to set the record straight concerning her social media presence and activities. Plagued with requests to follow fans back on her social media handles, the controversial media personality made it clear that she never played on the internet and only followed family, clients and supporters. In the same vein, Olunloyo made sure to clarify her self acclaimed status in Nigeria, claiming to be an idol worshipped by Nigerians. Olunloyo is a broadcast journalist known for her controversial statements and accusations thrown at top personalities in the entertainment industry.
Emem Isong has taken her twin babies, a boy and a girl to church to be dedicated. The Nollywood movie producer dedicated their kids today, August 28, 2016, at the House On The Rock Cathedral, Lekki. Isong welcomed her twin babies, Jewel and Divina in May this year with Cameroonian husband, Misodi Akama, in the USA. The couple got married in December of 2014 in Akwa Ibom State. Congrats to the new parents.
Toyin Aimakhu has shared a before meets after photo collage, showing her stunning transformation journey. The Nollywood actress shared the photo on social media, contrasting a photo of herself as a young girl to the woman she has become. Aimakhu has obviously kept her good looks and complexion, looking like a fuller version of her younger self. Meanwhile, the actress who has been surrounded with various controversies of recent has finally returned to Instagram after her account was hacked. She seems to have started afresh with a new account, with 10 posts and almost 500 followers as opposed to her…
Today, August 28, Rihanna is set to be honoured with the Micheal Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards and Drake went out of his way to show just how thrilled he is for her with the biggest gift, literally. The pop queen took to her Instagram page to share a photo of the rapper’s gift to her which was a billboard post where he congratulated her on her big win. The billboard post read: “Congratulations to Rihanna from Drake and Everyone at OVO.” Commenting on the photo, Rihanna wrote: “When he extra.” This award marks a…
Marouane Fellaini had to help a woman pushed against an advertising board, while another man had to be carried away after being hurt, amid wild celebrations as Manchester United scored a late winner against Hull City on Saturday night. Marcus Rashford scored in the second minute of added time to give Manchester United a 1-0 win at the KCOM Stadium, leading celebrating players to gather in front of the North Stand, where the travelling fans were seated. Jubilant fans then piled forward to move closer to the players, leading an advertising board in front of them to collapse, with some…
John Stones has no regrets about missing out on a move to Chelsea in 2015 because he has ended up working with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City who he says is “the best manager in the world.” Stones handed in a transfer request in order to link up with Jose Mourinho at Chelsea but a move was denied by Everton. One year on the Toffees were unable to keep the England international from leaving for City, and he is happy with how it worked out. “I suppose what happened turned out to be a blessing in disguise,” he told reporters.…
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez have both passed medicals ahead of their moves to Arsenal, with the deals set to be announced next week. The Gunners moved on Thursday to trigger a £17 million release clause for Deportivo La Coruna striker Perez, while British media then reported that evening that the club had also agreed a £35m fee for Valencia defender Mustafi. Speaking after Arsenal secured their first Premier League win of the season with a 3-1 victory at Watford, Wenger said that the deals for both players are all but done, with just the…
Jose Mourinho said that substitute and match-winner Marcus Rashford gave Manchester United a “diversity” in their football during their 1-0 win against Hull City and predicted that the 18-year-old will play “a lot of matches for sure.” Rashford scored in the second minute of added time at the end of the game, 20 minutes after coming off the bench, to seal victory. He had looked likely before then, causing problems to Hull with his pace. Speaking in his news conference after Saturday’s win, Mourinho said: “When we brought the kid to the game, it gave us a diversity of football.…
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is expecting another gruelling game at Athletic Bilbao when the La Liga champions visit San Mames on Sunday. Barca scrapped a 1-0 win in the fixture last season thanks to a second-half strike from Luis Suarez after Lionel Messi missed a penalty. The Catalans were also thrashed 4-0 at San Mames in the Spanish Super Cup, the only domestic competition they failed to win last season. Athletic only field players who were born in or brought up in the Basque Country but finished fifth in La Liga last season, missing out on Champions League football by…
Real Madrid shrugged off the absence of the injured Cristiano Ronaldo to extend their perfect start to the season with a 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday thanks to Toni Kroos’s late winner. The European champions now lead their opponents in May’s Champions League final by four points after just two games as Atletico Madrid were held 0-0 at newly promoted Leganes. Alvaro Morata looked to have Real on their way to another three points when he eventually broke Celta’s resistence by smashing home on the hour mark. Fabian Orellana curled home a spectacular equaliser 24 minutes from time,…
Chelsea’s revitalised winger Eden Hazard has been challenged to step up his performances even further after making an impressive start under new Blues boss Antonio Conte. Hazard, England’s Footballer of the Year in 2015, endured a difficult campaign last season when Chelsea finished 10th in the table, Jose Mourinho was sacked and the Belgian international failed to score a Premier League goal until May. However, the former Lille player appears to have rediscovered his mojo. There were glimpses of a revival at the end of last season under caretaker manager Guus Hiddink and again at Euro 2016 despite Belgium’s quarterfinal…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged Mesut Ozil to build on his scoring start to the season after admitting the one element the midfielder’s game has lacked is goals. Ozil, Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez were on target in the Gunners’ 3-1 Premier League win at Watford on Saturday, their first victory of the campaign. It was only the Germany international’s 21st goal for the north London club since joining them from Real Madrid in 2013 – and Wenger admitted that for a player widely regarded as world-class it is an area he can still improve. Asked if Ozil’s presence…