Former US First Lady, Michelle Obama is to feature alongside puppets in a Netflix show that aims to teach children the joys of home cooking over eating ready meals. Michelle Obama will play a supermarket owner opposite Waffles and Mochi, who are from The Land of Frozen Food. The former US first lady described the series, which…
A portrait of Nigerian actor and producer, Enyinna Nwigwe,has been selected for a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art in the United States. The portrait created by a Nigerian-American photographer, Iké Udé was chosen to join thousands of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa on permanent exhibition…
Mariah Carey’s older sister is suing the US singer for 1.2 million dollars for emotional distress which she says was caused by remarks in her memoir. In her complaint, Alison Carey referred to claims in the book that she gave 12-year-old Mariah Valium, and threw boiling tea on her. Alison denied the claims, saying Mariah did not…
Three women have been nominated for best director at the Golden Globe awards, the first time more than one women has been shortlisted in a single year. Regina King, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell are up for the prize, which had only previously nominated five women in the Golden Globes’ 77 year-history. Mank leads the overall film…
Award-winning comedian, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth has described Nigeria’s approach to secure COVID-19 vaccines as worrisome. Speaking in video on his Instagram page, the comedian cited an example of a neighbouring country, Ghana which he said has already secured over seventeen million vaccines for its thirty million population. Basketmouth also expressed annoyance over what he…
Stakeholders in the Nigerian showbiz industry are in shock after the sector lost three leading figures over the last three days. First was the death of movie director and producer, CHICO EJIRO, who died on Christmas Day; followed by popular motivational speaker, UBONG KING. The latest to join the list is popular rapper, LOTANNA UDEZUE, also known…