The 2012 edition of the Best of Nollywood awards (BON) was held at the Tafawa Balewa Auditorium, Lagos on Sunday November 11, 2012.Preceding the event was a red carpet session and guests, movie practitioners as well as key industry holders took their time to flaunt their gorgeous attires and take photographs before proceeding to the hall.COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS1) BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE (ENGLISH) Joseph Benjamin – Married But Living Single
2) BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE (ENGLISH) Nse Ikpe Etim – Phone Swap
3) BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE (YORUBA)
Femi Adebayo – Aiyekooto
4) BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE (YORUBA) Ayo Adesanya – Amope Alasela
5) BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE (HAUSA)
Ali Nuhu – Madubin Dubawa
6) BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE (HAUSA)
Fati Ladan – Adam7) BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA) Iyabo Ojo – Ijo Olomo
8) BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA) Ibrahim Chattah- Aiyekooto9) BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH) Yemi Blaq – The Search10) BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)- Tonto Dikeh– Broken Silence
11) BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (HAUSA) Saddik Sani Saddik – Adamsy12) BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (HAUSA) Rahama Hassan – Madubin Dubawa
13) MOST PROMISING ACT MALE- Alex Ekubo- In The Cupboard
14) MOST PROMISING ACT FEMALE- Belinda Effiah – Kokoma
15) CHILD ACTOR OF THE YEAR- Wale Akinwunmi – Amope Alasela
16) CHILD ACTRESS OF THE YEAR- Priscillia Ojo – Jejeloye
17) DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR- Bayo Tijani – Aiyekooto
18) MOVIE OF THE YEAR- Aiyekooto
19) COMEDY MOVIE OF THE YEAR- Okon Lagos
20) BEST MOVIE WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
-Kofo Tinubu
21) SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR- The Search
22) CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR-Aiyekooto23) MOVIE WITH BEST SOUND- Adesuwa
24) BEST EDITED MOVIE- I"ll Take my Chances
25) BEST PRODUCTION SET- Phone Swap
26) MOST PROMISING ACT- Moyo Lawal27) ONGA BEST USE OF NIGERIAN FOOD IN A NOLLYWOOD -Udeme28) BEST SHORT FILM-Silver Lining29) BEST USE OF COSTUME- Jejere
30) BEST KISS IN A NIGERIA MOVIE- Uti & Tonto – Broken Silence
31) BEST PRINT MEDIA JOURNALIST- Biodun Kupoluyi
SEE THE WEEKLY EARNINGS OF CHELSEA PLAYERS
I got this report from a friend, felt like sharing it. Ermmm, I'm surprised at some players' earnings, players like Victor Moses, Ivanovic, Ramires and Hazard. Harzard rakes in £185, 000 weekly? Wonderful!
1) Eden Hazard – £185,000
2) Fernando Torres – £175,000
3) John Terry – £175,000
4) Frank Lampard – £140,000
5) Ashley Cole – £120,000
6) Petr Cech – £100,000
7) Gary Cahill – £80,000
8) David Luiz – £75,000
9) John Obi Mikel – £75,000
10) Juan Mata – £67,000
11) Daniel Sturridge – £60,000
12) Ramires – £55,000
13) Oscar – £40,000
14) Paulo Ferreira – £40,000
15) Ryan Bertrand – £40,000
16) Marko Marin – £35,000
17) Cesar Azpilicueta – £30,000
18) Victor Moses – £30,000
19) Branislav Ivanovic – £28,500
20) Ross Turnbull – £17,000
21) Oriol Romeu – £15,000
JUSTIN BIEBER, TAYLOR SWIFT EMERGE 2012 MTV EMA AWARDS BIGGEST WINNERS
Held at Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, November 11, the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards saw Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber emerge the biggest winners of the night.
Both clinched two awards.
LIST OF WINNERS
Best Female-Taylor Swift
Best Male-Justin Bieber
Best New Act-One Direction
Best Song-"Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen
Best World Stage-Justin Bieber
Best Video -"Gangnam Style," PSY
Best Rock-Linkin Park
Best Pop-Justin Bieber
Best Look-Taylor Swift
Best Alternative-Lana Del Rey
Best Hip Hop-Nicki Minaj
Best Live-Taylor Swift
Biggest Fans-One Direction
Best PUSH-Carly Rae Jepsen
Global Icon-Whitney Houston
US Artist About To Go Global-MGK
Worldwide Act-Han Geng
Source: MTV
PHOTO OF THE DAY: MARIO BALOTELLI TRANSFORMS HIS £160, 000 BENTLEY
RHS: D'PRINCE: NEXT RATED OR UNDERRATED
Every time D'prince drops a single it becomes an instant hit and club banger, I would have thought his name will be on the Headies nomination list for Next rated, but that's a topic for another day.
For today the question still lingers "is he really the next rated or just another flash in the pan?" .
Find out more Here. We found an easy and stress free link Click & Download Now! http://www.hulkshare.com/vxbar2gp924g
Songs reviewed this week
1)Shasha P–Authentic
2)Sinzu ft Buna boy– Headless Chicken
3)Olamide—Voice Of The Street
4)DPrince ft mi—-Real G
5)Wacomzy —Jogodo
PHOTOS: 2012 NEXT MOVIE STAR HOUSEMATES PARTY IN STYLE
SEUN KUTI INSCRIBES 'FELA' ON HIS BACK
MEET THE JUDGES OF THE INTEL NIGERIA 'CREATE YOUR TOMORROW' COMPETITION
Though the winners are yet to be announced, while we await the result(s), please read the profile of these respected and well-versed judges.
(1) LOY OKEZIE -is a digital media strategist and founder/editor of TechLoy.com, a leading African technology news and analysis site. He is also the co-founder of Sowambe, an emerging social media lifestyle brand. He has advised several Internet companies (both local and foreign) as well as entrepreneurs and helped start-up CareersNigeria.com in 2007. Loy was hired in 2009 to help start-up an information search portal for Nigeria similar to Yahoo! and AOL.
One of the Business Administration graduate’s biggest career moments was when some of the world’s biggest blogs VentureBeat and GigaOM, tried to break his servers by linking to this blog after he broke the news about the Encipher Inye, Nigeria’s first tablet PC. He has been featured and quoted many times in several local and foreign media sites, worked with management and recruitment consulting firms based in Nigeria, France and the UK.
He has consulted for several Internet companies and has trained individuals and corporate bodies on personal and organizational effectiveness in the past. Loy is a conference speaker and has spoken at a number of speaking engagements such as: The New York Forum Africa, Libreville, Gabon, June 8 – 10, 2012, Open Innovation Africa Summit – Nairobi, Kenya, May 28 – 30, 2012, Mobile Web West Africa 2012, Lagos, Nigeria, April 25 – 26, 2012, 9 Ideas Conference – Douala, Cameroon, to mention a few.
(2) MR .REMMY NWEKE-In Technology focused journalism in Africa, the name Remmy Nweke will always ring a bell. He is one Nigerian journalist that has won many international awards. For over a decade, Remmy worked and meritoriously stepped aside to grow his communication outfit, as the Senior Reporter and Head of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) desk at Champion Newspapers Limited Lagos, Nigeria.
He is now the Group Executive Editor of the award-winning blog, ITRealms Online and DigitalSense News .Remmy Nweke being a dedicated journalist has distinguished himself in Tech Journalism in Africa.
His combination of the old and the new media makes him standout among his professional colleagues. Remmy is one of the African journalists who continuously promote Internet Governance in Africa through Internet Governance Forum and its affiliates .
(3)TOLU OGUNLESI- The 30 year-old writer is the author of a collection of poetry, Listen to the geckos singing from a balcony (Bewrite Books, 2004) and a novella, Conquest & Conviviality (Hodder Murray, 2008).
In 2007 he was awarded a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg poetry prize, in 2008 the Nordic Africa Institute Guest Writer Fellowship, and in 2009 a Cadbury Visiting Fellowship by the University of Birmingham.
His fiction and poetry have been published in The London Magazine, Wasafiri, Farafina, PEN Anthology of New Nigerian Writing, Litro, Brand, Orbis, Nano2ales, Stimulus Respond, Sable, Magma, Stanford’s Black Arts Quarterly and World Literature Today, among others. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
Some of the Fellowships he’s attended and awards he’s garnered include; Finalist, Inaugural PEN/Studzinski Literary Award (winners to be announced in May 2009), 2009 Cadbury Visiting Fellow, Center for West African Studies, University of Birmingham (April – May 2009), 2008 Guest Writer, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (September – November 2008), Winner, Guardian (UK) / Ziji Publishing short story Competition (2007), Winner, 1st Facebook Poetry Competition, 2007, Winner, 2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and many more.
(4) NTOMBEZINHLE MODISELLE- She is Intel Corporation South and Sub Saharan Africa’s marketing manager. She is feeling perfectly at home occupying the fast lane of the world’s busiest industries – technology and marketing.
Ntombezinhle is thrilled to shape the direction of the computing technology giant in line with what its consumers want and need, especially within Africa her home continent being fully aware of the African challenges and how much technology can shape and grow the economies of the continent.
Her expansive experience in the world of mobile and personal computing technology equips her well for the challenging environment in which Intel finds itself in to not only keep up but also dictate the way consumers in South Africa and the rest of Africa interact with their technology today.
Prior to her tenure at Intel SA as public relations manager, she honed her skills at Neotel, Nokia Siemens Networks and Siemens at which time she was responsible for brand and PR management. She feels social media has exploded and is creating tremendous opportunity for companies to initiate and foster two-way interaction with consumers.
MESSI'S 1WEEK-OLD SON GETS MEMBERSHIP CARD
Lionel Messi's one week-old son, Thiago Messi has been given a membership card by the Argentina-based club, Newell Old boys his father (Messi) played in before moving to Spain.
The agreement was reached between Messi's father and the club.
His membership ID number is 288152-1. Asides that, he was also given a customized kit with the number10.
Source: Goal.com
WANT TO SMELL NICE? EAT THIS DEODORANT
Saying deodorants are meant for armpits is like saying chalk is white. How about an edible deodorant? That's what I found out today! A sweet which could pass for a deodorant.
Made by an American company Deo Perfume, the perfume candy once licked releases rose scent through the pores of your skin. The body can't break down the chemicals in the sweet so they have to be discharged via the skin.
Made from geraniol, the sweet which lasts for 6hours, (I learnt) tastes like tangerine. It is widely accepted in America, a bag costs $10, it will be launched in the UK next year.
Source: Dailymail UK