Entertainment
Nollywood Flicks Earn Millions for Ini Edo
Friday, March 5th, 2010LAGOS - The entertainment industry in Nigeria is agog with excitement and great prospects for the players. The recent clamp down on piracy is obviously a great relief for stakeholders. Hollywood has caught the bug of Nollywood as noticed by the presence of top stars in Nigeria of recent.
One of Nollywoods top actresses is also [...]
A Glimpse at the M-Net Face of Africa 2010
Sunday, February 7th, 2010LAGOS - The Finale of the 16 episode M-Net face of Africa held for the first time in Lagos at the prestigious Eko Hotel on Victoria Island. The 10 finalists at the event had earlier experienced working high fashion extraveganza, catwalk and music video shoots.
The finalists also featured designs from the stables of; Zizi Cardow, [...]
Read More »ROSE KUO, ROBERT KOEHLER, DAVID ROGERS AND JOHN WILDMAN ANNOUNCE NEW FESTWORKS VENTURE
Thursday, January 28th, 2010PARK CITY, UT (January 24, 2010)—Four former principals of the AFI FEST Los Angeles International Film Festival have joined forces to create a partnership that will offer a wide range of consultation services for film festivals.
Their new venture, FESTWORKS, will seek to provide consultation and services for film festivals of all sizes in the [...]
African Awards Galore: NMVA 09 and Ifotech
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Amazing concepts, credible awardees, showbiz delight and fun times all characterize the new trend of award ceremonies in Nigeria. Trendy Africa has partnered with a selected few as we proudly present a pictorial view of events that climaxed in 2009.
Nigerian Music Video Awards 2009 - NMVA 09
Cyber Nigrian Forum and African Information Society Merit Award [...]
Read More »Trendy Africa Introduces “DISCOVER”; an Events Vendors Solution Initiative
Thursday, December 10th, 2009DALLAS - Through its consistent association with events of all categories, the team at Trendy Africa has observed the need to unite all vendors for easy accessibility by the clients. To this end, we have initiated a platform where this solution can be achieved.
DISCOVER is an events vendors solution initiative that has been created towards meeting [...]
Read More »NOLLYWOOD and the unending search for a lifeline
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010NOLLYWOOD, Nigeria’s film industry, is certainly going through a trying time. For some industry insiders, this present lull had been predicted based on inadequacies in the system.
Prime among the glaring laxities were the gaping flaws in a non-exerted effort to set the fundamental structures in local and international distribution and an abject disregard for [...]
“Precious” receives multiple Oscar nominations
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Beverly Hills – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated the drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” for six Oscar nominations.
With awards for best picture, best director for Lee Daniels, best actress for Gabourey Sidibe, best supporting actress for Mo’Nique, and best adapted screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher, Daniels [...]
At the 2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010LOS ANGELES – The Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2009 at the “16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®”.
Attended by film and television’s leading actors, and held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, Sandra Bullock presented Betty White with Screen Actors Guild’s [...]
SAG Award nods for Gooding, Freeman and Mo’Nique
Friday, December 18th, 2009LOS ANGELES - Actors Cuba Gooding Jr, Monique and Morgan Freeman have snagged Screen Actors Guild nominations. An award which nominees are selected by a guild comprising of other actors, Gooding received a nod for Best Male Actor in a Television, Movie or Miniseries for “The Ben Carson Story,” whilst comedian and actress Mo’Nique received [...]
Read More »Columbus Short packs heat in latest flick
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Los Angeles - Columbus Short is either an incredibly lucky guy, an extremely talented actor or, most likely, he’s a combination of both luck and talent.
The actor, dancer and musician who got his first break in the dance flick “Stomp the Yard” has had a very illustrious career staring in hits flicks such as “Save [...]
