Etcetera shades Wizkid, Genevieve, Oritsefemi in new article

Again, I’m going to go out on a limb here to talk on a subject that may not be very popular or nice to Nigerian celebs, especially the guilty ones. I have said it severally that just because someone is a celebrity doesn’t mean they are smart.

They may have a talent or skill but many of them are not smart especially when it involves their finances. The old saying, “your lies will come back to haunt you” has never been more true than the recent cases of D’banj, Iyanya and Wizkid who are being kicked out of their homes after lying they owned the properties.

The residents of blogosphere boulevard were stunned when the news broke that D’banj got an eviction notice from his landlord and was also said to be highly indebted.

Yes, it is hard to believe that someone of D’banj’s status could actually be thrown out of his house. But for those who know that the Nigerian entertainment industry is built on lies and more lies, it didn’t come as a surprise or a case of a cranky landlord.

Entertainers are well rehearsed liars. They are not what they make you believe they are. Even the upcoming artiste with just one song on radio issues a press release that they’ve bought a mansion in Lekki Phase One and a Range Sport SUV?

There was a time when it was strongly whispered that Don Jazzy and his crew owned Club Jonzing until the truth came out. You must have also heard that D’banj owns Koko Lounge. My brothers and sisters in habit of believing everything you hear, I wish you all knew how your favourite celebs laugh in their closet seeing you swallow the lies like fufu and draw soup.

Let me give an example of how some artistes can be terrible liars, we were on a tour of five Nigerian cities with Basketmouth and his then Humour Unlimited monthly show sponsored by BAT. When we got to Enugu, a certain artiste was snoring like a broken trailer exhaust pipe in the bus on our way from the event centre to the hotel. I tapped him hoping to stir him up to reduce his noise but I was shocked when he woke up immediately swearing that he wasn’t snoring, that he was only trying to get our reaction. Our reaction? After snoring for about 20 minutes with a trail of saliva from one corner of his mouth to his shirt collar! O’boy some people can lie in Africa.

Did you hear it on breaking news when Iyanya bought a house in his dreams? His management must have thought it was a fantastic promo strategy then. If only they knew that not far into the future, Iyanya would be dragged by his balls across the floor of the internet, and that his aggrieved brother would take to twitter to inform everyone that Iyanya had been evicted (not from Project shame) from his dream mansion.

Yes, it is double wahala for deadi-bodi and the owner of deadi-bodi but won’t it be tripple wahala for Oritsefemi and his management when fans eventually discovered that the N200m mansion he purportedly bought some months back was actually bought in his dreams and not in the real world?

How much does he charge per gig and how long has he been playing these gigs to be able to afford a mansion of that amount? Isn’t it wonderful how naija entertainers think their fans and everyone else is shallow and gullible? Common sense should tell every artiste that these lies won’t achieve anything but hurt their careers in the long run when the truth is eventually revealed.

Like it was revealed this week that Wizkid’s car hasn’t been paid for. True, some naija musicians make a lot of money, but not the kind of money they want you to believe. Does Oritsefemi look the part of a N200m house owner even with all his body cream? The telco brand ambassadors who are being coerced into lying about their endorsement fees can’t make such a preposterous claim not to talk of someone with no endorsement deal.

I shivered when I saw in some blogs over the week that Genevieve just bought a house in Ghana for a whopping $4m. This will go down as the grandmother of all lies told so far. Genny baybay, you should have asked yourself if there’s any house worth $4m in the whole of Ghana, except you bought the Ghana National Theatre which by the way may not be worth $4m.

These lies are getting dumber by the day. The worst thing that can happen to any man is believing his own lies. If we had a system where entertainers are taxed for their acquisitions, the ridiculous and unnecessary lies will stop. They will speak the truth and nothing but the truth or so help them God.‎

Filmmaker, Charles Novia reviews Genevieve Nnaji&Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde's acting abilities

Ace filmmaker and movie critic, Charle&s Novia while congratulating Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and other recipients of the national honors, took to his facebook page to do a review of the highly-successful movie stars. He says unlike the former who has more depth and the gift of role immersion, the latter has not evolved artistically beyond her present heights in her career. Read more of his submission below.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is known to many. Her acting prowess is arguably in a class by itself and her being nominated as one of the world’s 100 most influential persons by TIME magazine a couple of years back must have paved the way for her present national recognition by the Federal Government. Frankly speaking, I personally think she has more depth in acting than her ‘rival’ Genevieve Nnaji. I have worked with both of them in the past and also studied their acting styles. Omotola has the gift of role immersion. She gives everything into her characters. There is an organic style of interpretation she is gifted with. Very few actors have that. She Is not a Method Actor, mind you but she has delivered roles which many method actors would give her a standing ovation for.

Genevieve Nnaji, on the other hand, is a fantastic actress and a trend – setting one too who was first honoured by Mr President a couple of years ago. But she lacks the intrinsic ability to evolve artistically beyond her present heights in her career. That is my opinion. There is an underlying stereotype in her interpretation of her roles in many of her movies; a linear aloofness and veiled disdain at the thought of being pushed further down the exploratory lane. Of course she has an uncanny screen presence which generally veils her artistic shortcomings when it comes to acting and between her and her rivals, she comes tops on the fan base list. However, with an attitude which seems to say she has nothing more to prove, even the fans would become restless if new artistic exploits are not offered from her to which they can beat their chests.

And for fans of both actresses, this is a professional review of their acting abilities and not an attempt to rekindle old rivalries. Somehow, this post on the National Honours dove tailed into their artistry. All well and good.

Photos from the old-school-themed Lagos premiere of Kunle Afolayan's October 1 movie

The Lagos premiere of Kunle Afolayan’s new movie, October 1 was held yesterday September 28, 2014 at the Eko Hotels&Suites Lagos. The old-school-themed event was attended by first lady of Lagos State; Dame Abimbola Fashola, Tunde Kelani, Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Funke Akindele, Segun Arinze, Kehinde Bankole, Yomi Fash-Lanso, Dakore Egbuson, Sadiq Baba, Deola Sagoe, Wole Ojo to mention a few.

NOMINEES LIST FOR 2013 CITY PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

The competition for this year's City People Entertainment awards is very tough especially especially in the Nollywood Face of the year, Best Actor/Actress (Yoruba and English) categories. It's hard to line up Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde,
Funke Akindele, Rita Dominic in one category.The awards which is being put together by Seye Kehinde, CEO City People Media Group, to honour deserving individuals in showbiz. It is expected to hold on July, 14, 2013 at the Haven Event Centre, Ikeja.LIST OF NOMINEES(1) BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Odunlade AdekolaFemi AdebayoAfonja Olaniyi (Sanyeri)Adekola TijaniYomi Fash-Lanso(2) BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Toyin AimakhuDayo AmusaEniola BadmusFunke Akindele
(3) BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Nse Etim-IkpeTonto DikeMercy JohnsonOge OkoyeChika Ike(4) BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Yule EdochieMike EzuruonyeMuna Obiekwe
(5) NOLLYWOOD FACE OF THE YEARGenevieve NnajiOmotola Jalade-EkeindeFunke AkindeleRita Dominic(6) BEST NEW ACTOR OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Yomi GoldIbrahim YekiniBig Val JokotojuDamola OlatunjiGbenro AjibadeAdeniyi Johnson(7) BEST NEW ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Olaitan OgungbileAishat LawalTayo AyeniBukky AdekongbeTayo Sobola(8) BEST NEW ACTOR OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Mike GodsonRex OkunzuwaLa Class OzougwuIK Ogbonna
(9) BEST NEW ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Linda EjioforNicole NdigweBlessing PatrickKoko WillieIfunanya Igwe(10) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Tayo Amokade ( Ijebu)Ibrahim ChattaHareejan OlowojemoTayo AdeleyeSoji Taiwo
(11) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Bimbo ThomasMistura AsuramuLola MargarethTaiwo Aromokun(12) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Walter AngerJunior Pope OdonwodoUti NwachukwuKenneth OkolieBenson OkonkwoBrowny Igboegbu(13) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Chacha Eke FaaniEve EsinRuth KadiriAni AmatosoreRuby Ojiakor(14) BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Last Flight To Abuja -  Obi EmelonyeMr. & Mrs. – Chinwe EgwuaguIje – Chineze AnyaeneThe Meeting – Audrey Silva ProductionIn The Cupboard – Desmond Elliot (15) BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Ite Oba – Segun OgungbeSonto Alapata – Femi AdebayoAiye Koto-Adebayo TijaniKani – Bukky WrightMufu Olosa Oko – Odunlade Adekola (16) BEST MOVIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Emem IsongObi EmetonyeMr. PerfectSolo AmacoC. Money (17) BEST MOVIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)Segun OgungbeMurphy AfolabiFemi AdebayoMuyiwa AdemolaAdebayo Tijani (18) BEST MOVIE MARKETER OF THE YEAR (ENGLISH)Pressing ForwardC. MoneyP. CollinsAmacoGreat Star(19) BEST MOVIE MARKETER OF THE YEAR (YORUBA)AlmoroofAdekazEspallumAlawaye Ventures(20) BEST TV SERIES OF THE YEARClinic MattersTinselSuper StoryFamily TiesFace To FaceGHANA CATEGORIES
(21) BEST ACTOR OF THE YEARJohn DumeloMajid MichelPrince Dave OseiFrank ArtusAdjetey Annang(22) BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEARYvonne NelsonYvonne OkoroNadia BuariJuliet IbrahimJackie AppiahMartha Ankomah(23) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Frank ArtusChris AttohOmar Sherif CaptainJames Gardene(24) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEARLydia Zynell ZuhRoselyn NgissahKafui DankuEmmanuella MensahKhareema Aguiar(25) HOTTEST ACTOR IN NOLLYWOOD OF THE YEARFrank ArtusMajid MichealJohn DumeloPrince Dave Osei

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