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SOMeWHeReeLSe Selena Gomez ‘nervous’ about dancing
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TAKE HEART Date(s): 18/08.2013. 28/08/2013. Location: TERRA KULTURE Promoter: STAR ART STAGE PRODUCTION COMPANY "How far would you go to save your child?" Come and experience the purest form of EXPRESSION, Samba, Modern and African Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Jazz... TICKETS: Regular- 2,500naira, VIP- 8,000naira.
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Gomez has revealed that, despite all her years in the spotlight, she’s nervous about SeLeNA heading out on her Stars Dance World Tour this week. Speaking exclusively to MTV at her final dress rehearsal at Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, California, The Come & Get It singer said, “I think the dancing is what I’m most nervous about because I’m such a perfectionist. “And two of my best friends are actually on that stage with me that are dancers and have been dancing for years so I want to keep up with them and that’s been something that’s been challenging. It’s great and I feel like I’ve been working out, which I feel I need to do more of.” Selena has been rehearsing for eight hours a day, learning different styles of dance with choreographers Fatima Robinson and Charm, who have worked with several A-list artists including The Black eyed Peas. “I think the moves have really just grown with the way her music has grown,” Robinson said. “We’re just trying to keep up with the times and make her music, like with all artists, make them grow along with their music and she’s definitely, definitely had growth with this album.” Charm and Robinson, who say that Whiplash and B.e.A.T are their favourite numbers in the show, can’t take all the credit for moves that will be seen onstage, since Gomez made it a point on this tour to take some control.
Kanye West ‘spends $2.4 million on armoured cars’
ANYe West has reportedly splashed out on a pair of armoured vehicles to shuttle Kim KYeezy Kardashian and baby daughter North around in, at a cost of $2.4 million. is rumoured to have ordered two Prombron Iron Diamonds by Dartz Motorz, which cost $1.2 million each and are ‘built to withstand attacks from landmines and rocket-propelled grenades.’ The Daily Star reports that a source has said, “Kanye is fully aware that his new family is so high-profile they attract the attention of weirdos and psychopaths. “He aims to leave nothing to chance... His priority is to get delivery of the vehicles, especially Kim’s, before he begins his US tour in October.” The tabloid also claims Kanye will employ two bodyguards and use body doubles as decoys for paparazzi, and that their source has told them. “If there have been any kidnapping threats already against their daughter, Kanye isn’t saying. But that fear is clearly in his mind.”
Date(s): 31/08/2013 Location: The Arena, Ikeja Promoter: dum promotion Dum Eve presents book review training course in Lagos, Buy forms at afritickets.com
NIGHT WITH THE MASTERS Date(s): 13/09/2013 Location: Eko Hotel & Suites, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos Promoter: OVER THE TOP For the first time ever, six legends in the Nigerian music industry will gather on stage for a concert tagged Night With The Masters. This is one concert put together for the enjoyment of many Nigerian music lovers who have been left out of the entertainment scene as a lot of events are targeted to only lovers of hip hop music. TICKETS: Regular: 25,000, VIP: 100,000, VVIP: 1,000,000.
Public Speaking and Presentation Training Course Date(s): 14/09/2013 Location: Precinct Comfort Hotel, Yaba, Lagos Promoter: LiveSpeech Ventures During this highly participatory 2-day training, delegates will go through five course modules working on a relevant topic of their choice, developing a presentation, presenting to the group, and getting feedback. You will learn step-by-step how to build a clearer, more organised, and more compelling presentation from start to finish ALL BY YOURSELF. TICKETS: Regular 25,000.
Taylor Swift ‘forgives ex-boyfriend Harry Styles’
NeW report claims pop princess Taylor Swift has finally forgiven her ex Harry Styles eight months after the superstar couple broke up. According to The Sun, singer-songwriter ed Sheeran has helped to ‘heal the rift’ between his two pals. A source told the tabloid: “Harry was ready to move on months ago and try to remain friends, but Taylor hadn’t let go of what happened. “ed didn’t mention Harry for a while, but over the past few weeks Taylor started bringing him up.” Taylor and Harry’s good friend ed have been criss-crossing the States together for the best part of a year, performing shows on her US Red tour. The source continued: “She made it clear that she didn’t want frostiness between her and Harry any more. She feels she has moved on to a better place - and Harry should know that.”
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Orlando Bloom to play Batman?
RLANDO Bloom is the latest actor tipped to play Batman. O According to the Daily Express, the Lord of the Rings star is “hot favourite” to play the Cape Crusader in the forthcoming
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Superman Vs. Batman flick. Following the announcement of the joint superhero movie at San Diego Comic-Con International in July, the likes of Armie Hammer and Christian Bale have all been rumoured to star opposite Man of Steel’s Henry Cavill. However, Bale previously said that he would not be reprising the role following the end of the Dark Knight Rises Trilogy, with Hammer also ruling himself out of the running. The Bourne Ultimatum actor Scott Adkins is also apparently set to audition for the role, with some reports suggesting Warner Brothers want an older actor to play Bruce Wayne.
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Nollywood gets another platform to showcase African stories By Florence Utor He grand ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, T Lagos was filled to capacity last weekend as Nollywwood practitioners and other dignitaries attended the official launch of Africa Movie Channel. The 24-hour channel is dedicated to showing only quality African movies and series primarily from Nollywood. It was first launched in May 2011, with its technical partners, Advanced Broadcast Services (ABS), one of the largest TV facilities companies in europe, providing a fully managed playout service. Though its first channel in europe started operations in 2006, as an online digital distribution of Nollywood movies and drama series at full-screen DVD quality, and a year later through its online On-Demand channel, and a partnership with British Telecom (BT) on its BT Vision Download Store. explaining why another channel dedicated to African movies was necessary despite the existing ones, Yinka Mayunbgo, one of the directors of the channel, said quality was a key factor, adding, “we are doing things differently; we are breaking away form the norm. everybody will tell you we don’t show a film more than once in three or four days and in a year; you don’t see the film more than eight times, and these are carefully selected films,
Mayunbgo (centre), Onigbigi (right), their startimes patners and other guests not everything goes. “Nollywood has a lot of good stuff but there is also a lot of thrash; so we separate the grain from the shaft and make sure we pick the best. We also wanted a channel dedicated solely to African movies, a channel that when you think African films you think
AMC. The same way you think of news and CNN, BBC or Aljazeera comes to mind. That is how we built the channel.” The channel will be operating on Startimes pay TV. However, when the fear of low patronage was raised, he simply said, “That’s where people get it wrong. Startimes boasts of over 1.5
millions subscribers in Nigeria alone. We are reaching out to five million homes in Africa on notable TV platforms such as StarTimes in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique; TopTV in South Africa; Smart TV in Ghana; Zuku in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; and Continental Digital in Tanzania. Some channels are popular because people talk about them all the time not because they have more subscribers, that’s a fact.” For Mayungbo, “My love for arts, my upbringing; I was brought up to appreciate the arts. I was always taken to the theatre. I saw films at a very early age and eventually I remember Orun Mooru, a film by Moses Adejumo, popularly called Baba Sala. “But basically, this thing is about passion, it’s about loving what you do. If you don’t enjoy something, it becomes hardwork, but when you enjoy doing something, it its easy. You don’t see the challenges; all you want is to actualise your vision. Also, my partner, Lola Onigbogi, and I have a similar background and we like doing things well. Our IT background that teaches structure has also been useful. You have structured, methodical thinking. With computers it’s one of zero; there are no shades of grey.