In picture above: Together again: Grammy winning singer Gloria Estefan has signed on to star alongside longtime friend Andy Garcia in the upcoming remake of Father Of The Bride. Credit: Getty Images They are longtime friends who are both proud to hail from Havana, Cuba. And now Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia will star together Read More…
In a district of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity, a group of teenagers wade through a mass of plastic bottles, food containers and bags that have blocked a waterway. Wearing gloves and masks, they pick up the discarded plastic and drop them into refuse bags. Their aim is to enable water to flow around the waterway that Read More…
There will be no new portraits and members of the royal family will each take turns visiting the queen Queen Elizabeth II will have a scaled-down get-together to celebrate her 95th birthday on Wednesday, according to a royal source. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt on traditional practices held on the queen’s latent day. Read More…
Controversial Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu, on Monday, shocked and surprised his fans when he announced that he lied about himself being a gay. Maduagwu took to his official Instagram account @uchemadagwu to announce to his fans and Nigerians that he lied about his gay status. He wrote, “Dear fans I am not gay. I lost Read More…
In picture above: Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and Special collections is seen with one of the Benin bronze depicting the Oba of Benin at The Sir Duncan Rice Library, the University of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain March 17, 2021. Picture taken March 17, 2021. University of Aberdeen/Handout via REUTERS The University of Aberdeen Read More…
Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke-Linus, has released a new short film, “The Student’, which creates awareness against sexual and gender-based violence (GBV). The renowned actress, who frowns at sexual and GBV issues that have become a thing of concern, took to her Instagram handle @stephanielinus in a video clip, to announce the movie to fans and Read More…
Modern African music is altering perceptions of the continent as part of a global cultural shift that marks a “big moment”, Nigerian music artist Burna Boy told Reuters after hailing his first Grammy award. Burna Boy was awarded a Grammy for the Best Global Music Album this month for ‘Twice As Tall’ which was released Read More…
Burna Boy has “stolen the show” again, according to a Billboard review of Justin Bieber’s album – Justice. According to Billboard, an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of MRC Media & Info, on the track – Loved by you – a self-examination by Justin Bieber that lets Read More…
Reports that the celebrity is worth nearly $7 billion are based on the magical thinking around sales that don’t yet exist. This is why he’s currently worth less than one third of that. On Wednesday, multiple outlets reported that Kanye West is the richest Black person in America, worth as much as $6.6 billion. The Read More…
Burna Boy has won a Grammy for Best Global Music Album for Twice As Tall at the Premiere Ceremony of the 63rd GRAMMY Awards. This marks his first career GRAMMY win. He is the first winner of the recently renamed category, formerly known as Best World Music Album. Their album bested fellow nominees Antibalas, Bebel Read More…