The 46-year-old was found dead at his apartment at 35 Bethune Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
Sunday 2 February 2014
Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies @ 46
The 46-year-old was found dead at his apartment at 35 Bethune Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
Another Nollywood Icon Ijeoma Okori Dies During Child Birth
Another death is been recorded in Nollywood again, making total of more than three deaths within a week, the industry is really having a sad face, the death of Nollywood actress, Ijeoma Okori has been confirmed, she was not only a star actress but a strong member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Rivers State chapter.
From what we gathered, she died during the process of child birth, We were further informed that the woman died alongside her twin baby. Rest in peace.
[nigeriafilms.com]
Fast Rising Reggae Star Oge Kimono Speaks, Grateful To Dad For Sound Advice.
Like her father, Ras Kimono, Oge Kimono speaks in a blend of patois and English and sometimes you have to strain your ears to capture all she has to say. And she’s one girl who stands out in the crowd.
Ever since the act known as Oge Kimono dropped her debut single last year, she has never looked back as she has continued to grow from strength to strength. She recently shot the video of her single, Drum and Base due to popular demand and Oge couldn’t stop talking about her music career.
See excerpts of her interview below as she speaks on her music and appeal;
Nollywood Actress Queen Nwokoye Reveals Why She Doesn't Expose Her Body In Movies
Queen Nwokoye is one popular Nigerian celebrity who has managed to stay off trouble in her career by avoiding scandals or reports which say anything bad about her.
The Nollywood actress who can boast of clean records in the media department took to an interview to explain why unlike a lot of actresses these days, she never exposes her body, and has strong morals.
See excerpts of her interview below;
Popular Nollywood Actor Emeka Ike Gets Evicted From Building Premises
Nollywood popular actor, Emeka Ike, finally hit the end of the loosing pool over a property battle that has been dragging on for years.
The actor turned educationist's secondary school, St. Nicholas College, which he established in 2008 and reportedly invested over N200 million in, has been shutdown under court orders.
The school located at 1, Raji Olamideji Crescent, Magodo beside PMS filling station on CMD road was shut down or better still taken possession of by the court last week Friday, after he lost a court case that lasted 5 years.
Trouble In Fuji-ville: King Wasiu Ayinde Disgraces Pasuma At Event
The cordial relationship between Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde Marshal aka K1 De Ultimate and star singer Pasuma Alabi can never be the same again since they broke out two years ago.
The rivalry war between the duo is yet to rejoin the smooth cord that binds them together.
K1 and Pasuma’s fallout started after a romance allegation between Paso’s daughter, Wasilat and KWAM1. This we learnt was the major issue that broke the Fuji stars apart.
Months after the fight, Pasuma emerged as self-acclaimed Oga Nla 1 of fuji music.
The move we learnt forced K1 to vow a legal battle against Paso.
Instead of his legal suit, the Arabambi first of fuji music bent on waging war against pasuma over his decision to leave the defunct Arabambi clan. Since then, he has stopped sharing the same stage with him.
Recently at the launching of Murphy Afolabi‘s new movie, Omo Mushin, K1 showed that seniority is superiority when he prevented Oganla of fuji music from performing at the event.
Nigeria's Proposed Cyber Crime Bill: Penalties of 5 Years Imprisonment, N10million Fine Or A Death Sentence.
Strong laws have been put in place to correct and punish internet users for inappropriate online behaviors, according to the new Cyber Crime Bill.
Using offensive languages on other people, raining insults or even generally using abusive words on social networking sites now come with strict punishments of jail terms ranging from 12 months to five years for internet users in Nigeria.
According to this Bill which is still pending, a death penalty could also be given to offenders under some circumstances.
Here is a list of 'inappropriate online behavior' which will be tagged as offenses for Nigerian internet users, and their punishments as proposed by the Cyber Crime Bill 2014;
- insulting someone else publicly, through a computer system or network, counts as an offense and will be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than five years or to a fine of not less than N10m or to both fine and imprisonment.
Fathia 'Formerly' Balogun finds Love Again
Actress Fathia Balogun despite all controversies still remains one of the hard working actress that can’t stop storing us with her creative prowess. And now, fathia has been reportedly engaged secretly to a man called Seun, He is also married with kids but currently in the process of divorcing officially from his Nigerian born US wife. They are separated already but Seun still needs an official paper to back up the separation.
Nollywood Actress Liz Benson Back To Nollywood After Six Years
Veteran Nigerian actress Liz Benson has been off the screens for some years now since she got married and started her ministerial work, but the good news now is that the sweet Nollywood actress has returned back to the movie scenes .
The talented actress has also received nominations for Best Supporting actress for her role in Living Funeral movie.
Since 2007, the actress has only done two interesting Nollywood movies (Dry & Living Funeral).