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African Film Awards Holds In London

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 THE  AFRICAN FILM & TOURISM AWARDS 2009 Mike Abiola, founder and CEO, Afro Hollywood Awards jets into Nigeria to announce nominees for the annual awards. Abiola explains that the awards popularly referred to as Afro Hollywood Awards now African Films & Tourism Awards is attracting key brand partners who will use it as a vehicle for corporate communication. Over the past 14 years, winning African Film Awards a.k.a Afro Hollywood Awards has become a distinct mark of superior achievement.

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Nigeria Gov’t Offended by Sci-fi Movie, District 9

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Nigeria’s government is asking cinemas to stop showing a science fiction film, District Nine, that it says denigrates the country’s image. Information Minister Professor Dora Akunyili said that she had asked the makers of the film, Sony, for an apology.  She says the film portrays Nigerians as cannibals, criminals and prostitutes. An actor from the film said that it was not just Nigerians who were portrayed as villains. The Malawian actor, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, plays a gang leader with the nickname

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Nollywood Star Rapes 18 Years Old Boy

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A grave silence descended on an Ikeja, Lagos State Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, as an 18-year-old man, Amusa (surname withheld) told the court how he was allegedly raped by a 39-year-old actor and producer in the Nigerian (Yoruba) Movie Industry, Alhaji Rasaki Olaniyi, alias Tunji Alaso. An emotional Amusa told Magistrate T. A. Omoyele that the popular actor drugged him with a fruit juice drink, held him captive, raped him and wiped the semen he released on him with a white

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Uche Jombo

Uche Jumbo Debutes With Nollywood Hustler

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She’s known as an actress but Uche Jombo has many titles to her name – she is a mathematician/statistician, actress, screenwriter and now you can add producer to that list! Uche is making her production debut with the movie – Nollywood Hustler which she also stars in. The movie is co-produced by Games Men Play producer Emem Isong and directed by Moses Inwang. Nollywood Hustler takes a comedic look at Nollywood; the real stars and the wannabes. This star-studded movie

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Jackie Appiah

Interview with Ghana’s Jackie Appiah

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One of Ghana’s enterprising actresses, Jackie Appiah, who has featured in a number of award-winning movies both in Ghana and Nigeria, says she is enjoying her work and does not intend to stop acting. The movie star, who was discovered by the writer of Things we do for Love, a popular television series, hinted that she is into acting full-time.

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Film Board Staff Gets The Boot

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The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), has suspended three staff, who allegedly embarked on unauthorised monitoring and raiding of films and video clubs. The Director-General of the Board, Mr Emeka Mba, made this known in an interview on Sunday in Abuja. He said the staff, from the Kaduna zonal office, were suspended following the recommendations of a Disciplinary Committee, which investigated allegations of gross misconduct leveled against them. He said the affected staff were also found to have

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Who Killed Comedienne Moladun?

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DID COMEDIAN HUSBAND KILL HIS COMEDIENNE WIFE ? The death on Tuesday of popular comedienne and actress, Mrs. Monsurat Omidina (popularly known in Nollywood circle as Omoladun Kenkelewu) is generating ripples and has left many questions unanswered. What could have made the woman foam in the mouth, bleed through the nose, causing her to die suddenly? A writer even claimed to have seen bruises on her neck. If this is so, what could have caused it? These are questions Woman

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Monalisa Chinda Files Divorce

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Top Nollywood actress, Monalisa has asked her lawyers to file for a divorce suit to terminate the marriage agreement between her and her estranged husband, Mr. Segun Dejo-Richards, the CEO of Question Mark Entertainment. A press release issued by the actress explains thus; In the last few days, I have been bombarded by calls  and questions from friends in the media concerning the state of my marriage. In order to avoid insinuations and wild gossip, this is what I have

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Festival of Indegenous African Film

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ECHOES OF HOPE FROM THE FESTIVAL OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN FILM Even without a major sponsor and government’s support, this year’s Behind The Screen, a building capacity workshop in the Nigerian film industry which has now transformed to the Festival of Indigenous African Films was a huge success in all ramifications. Organizedby one of Nigeria’s foremost films and records production companies, Remdel Optimum Communication, Akure, the festival, which ran between Sunday, 23 and Thursday, 28 August provided a better platform for

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