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THE NATION ON SUNDAY MARCH 10, 2013
Flower Girl set for Ghana premiere
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OLLYWOOD'S romantic comedy, Flower Girl, is set to be premiered in Ghana on the 5th of April at the Silverbird Galleria, Accra. Starring Eku Edewor, Damilola Adegbite, Chucks Chukwujekwu, Chris Attoh, Bikiya Graham-Douglas and a host of other acts, the flick was recently premiered at the Silverbird Galleria. Flower Girl takes the viewer through the life of a shy florist (Kemi) who is desperate to tie the knot with her long-time boyfriend (Umar). In a bid to make him jealous, she teams up with a most unlikely ally (Tunde), a famous movie star. The satirical movie is directed by Michelle Bello and co-produced by Michelle Dede. Other members of the production crew include Bola Bello, Jigi Bello and Director of Photography James Costello.
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RATITUDE is the latest effort of Minister Tutu Adetutu Olayiwola Akinkuwo (popularly known as Minister Tutu, a gospel artist who hails from Ondo town, Nigeria but resides in Maryland, United States of America with his wife Morolayo and two children, Faith and Daniel. His debut Solo project titled Gratitude, produced by a veteran Nigerian producer Yomi Omidiran which was launched in the United , States November 3 2012 has been nothing but a divine blessing to churches, choirs and to everyone who enjoys good music. This album features the praise anthem You are Great, it is a 9 track LP dedicated to showing gratitude to God for who He is and what He has done. The Album also features a remake of the Maranatha Singers classic Behold what manner of Love.
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Peter of Psquare in thanksgiving mood
LAGOS Awakening Featuring: O.C Ukeje, Femi Brainard, Kehinde Bankole, Adebowale Aroloye, Brain Okwara
Genre Suspense/Horror Ingenious Featured Actors Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis and Kerry Washington Genre Comedy Running Time 91min Looper Featured Actors Adam Sandler, Kevin James and ITH more than just their creative ingenuity to Andy Samberg offer, Nigerian musicians or entertainers in general can now be likened to super models like David Genre Comedy Zero Dark Thirty Beckham, Michael Power, Usher and others Featured Actors Ben Affleck, Gone are those days when only a few stars with Cranston and John good looks could lay claims to being among the sexiest Bryan Goodman on the entertainment scene. Now, it seem like a tussle, Drama especially among music raves to show their six pack. In Genre Running Time 120 min the past it used to be Dbanj, Peter of Psquare, Dipp Assassin’s Practice and others, but in recent time the list seems to Featured Actors Kristen have swollen to include guys like Iyanya, Jim Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Iyke, Basketmouth, among others. Taylor Lautner As the list continues to swell, super-duper Genre Action/Adventure charmer Peter Okoye, perhaps to reinforce his Running Time 115min supremacy in the great body clan, reposted Flower Girl some old pictures of his on instagram Featured Actors Daniel Craig, showing off is six pack. He didn't just post Javier Bardem and Naomie Harris the picture, he called the attention of his Genre Action/Adventure followers on Twitter. “I just have to post this picture again. Old pictures! But worth thanking God for! Now look at me and tell me why I should not be thankful to Flower Girl God.” Check out the photograph, the Featured Actors Ben Affleck, •Peter rest, as they say, is history. Bryan Cranston and John Goodman Genre Drama Running Time 120 min Ingenious Featured Actors Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner While the single has been tipped off Genre Action/Adventure as making waves in churches Running Time 115min overseas, Minister Tutu thought it Skyfall through that he would not be fulfilled Featured Actors Daniel Craig, until he went back to his motherland Javier Bardem and Naomie to bless everyone and everybody Harris people with his beautiful voice and Genre Action/Adventure talent so he teamed up with Onelinx Running Time 143 Entertainment, an upscale event and Looper promotion company to get this album Featured Actors Rita Dominic, and other soon to release projects to Femi Jacobs, Linda Ejiofor, Nigeria. Jide Kosoko, Kate Henshaw & Minister Tutu is an ordained Nse Ikpe Etim minister the In the Redeemed Genre Drama Running Time 120Min Christian Church of GOD, Victory Temple Bowie Maryland under the Featured Actors: Andrew leadership of Pastor Bayo Garfield, Emma Stone and •Tutu Adeyokunnu. Rhys Ifans Genre: Action/Adventure Married but Living Single Featured Actors: Funke Akindele, Joke Silva, Joseph Wallflower, Pitch Perfect and Skyfall and music that audiences love.
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Minister Tutu brings Gratitude to Nigeria
Nominees for MTV Movie Awards 2013 unveiled
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TV Base has revealed the nominees for the “2013 MTV Movie Awards”, honouring the actors and films that have enthralled and electrified audiences this year and leading the pack with seven nominations each are Quentin Tarantino's American slavery Western Django Unchained. Django is followed closely by Seth MacFarlane's comedy Ted as well as the critically acclaimed conclusion to the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Rounding out the most nominated films are The Avengers, The Perks of Being a
Running Time 143 The Meeting Featured Actors Rita Dominic, Femi Jacobs, Linda Ejiofor, Jide Kosoko, Kate Henshaw & Nse Ikpe Etim Genre Drama Running Time 120Min Dr . Bello Genre Action/Adventure Hotel Transylvania Featured Actors Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg Genre Comedy Running Time 91min Shaolin
with four nominations each. Airing on Wednesday 17 April (, the 2013 MTV Movie Awards will take place at the Sony Pictures Studios Lot in Culver City, California. Serving as the official kick-off to the Summer Blockbuster season, the show will continue MTV's tradition of irreverent celebration of the movies, actors
Rising superstar Rebel Wilson, nominated for Best Female Performance and Breakthrough Performance as “Fat Amy” in Pitch Perfect, will star as host. Rebel is be joined by MTV's Inaugural Comedic Genius Award recipient Will Ferrell, who is nominated for Best On-Screen Duo with Zach Galifianakis for The Campaign.
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Koga Entertainment to launch Online TV
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NTERTAINMENT power house, KOGA Entertainment, organizers of the annual Musical concert, TOP10Mics, is set to launch an online TV platform. Online TV is a platform that allows the streaming of music, movies and different audio/visual programmes through the internet for easy reception with phones and computers on the go. It is to service the need of particular target audience irrespective of their locations 24 hours round the clock. According to Robert Jeyibo, an official of Koga Entertainment “This is a project that aims at entertaining people on the go. It is a fresh and unique design that shows that we have gone the extra mile to make a difference, we are setting
the pace in the entertainment industry”. Koga entertainment since its inception in 2011 has proven that it is a force to reckon with in the entertainment world. With 4 state of the art studios for movies and music production, television and radio hosting, it also boasts of organizing of major concerts like the Top10mics, Dance234, and One Night Stand. The staging of the world class musical concert TOP10MICS, that features top class artistes in Nigeria yearly, a dance reality show tagged 'Dance 234' and the production of the classic movie Heros & Zeros shows KOGA Entertainment as an organization with taste for quality and value.
Benjamin, Tina Mba, Femi Brainard, Kiki Omeili, Yemi Remi Genre: Action/Adventure Men in Black III Featured Featured Actors: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin Genre: Action/Adventure Dark Shadows Featured Featured Actors: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green Genre: Action/Adventure Running Time: 113 min
Awakening Featured Actors Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Bingbing Fan Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 131min Zero Dark Thirty Featured Actors Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 91min Looper Featured Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael
Shannon and Dania Ramirez Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 91 min Argo Featured Actors Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 120 min Sparkle Featured Actors Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo and Whitney Houston Genre Drama Running Time 116 min Skyfall Genre Action/Adventure The Meeting Genre Drama Taken 2 Featured Actors Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace. Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 91 min •Hoodrush Genre Comedy •Taken 2 Featured Actors Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace Genre Action/Adventure Running Time 91 mins •The Dictator