Monday, February 28, 2011

LIZZY ANJORIN IN HOT ROMANCE WITH SEFIU ALAO


When Lizzy Anjorin keeps telling friends and colleagues that she has no man in her life, some took it as a pinch of salt and another flash in the of her pan. While some of her friends believed her words.
But multiple sources has confirmed that the sultry Abeokuta base actress is hot in bed and could get to anything that might stand on her way in getting any man she ever desires. "She has one of the most dirty sex escapades in the industry" Spilled our mole.
The Lagos born Abeokuta breed actress who currently do not enjoy a friendly relationship with some of her female contemporaries in the industry sources says has dated several top shot in the Ogun State branch of the ANTP as well as politicians in other to get roles in recent times. And is still kin in continuing in what she know how to do best.
The graduate of Transport and Management, sources says has a new catch in her harms now and he is the popular singer Alhaji Sefiu Alao.
Sources in the know say the singer has been responsible in several ways to the successful outing of the actress in the last few months of their relationship. Findings also has it that this dose not go down well with some producers and marketers whom she had actually wormed their bed severally and has also contributed to her non appearances in several movies of late. And has also been attributed to the successful failure of her movie which was supposed to have been released last year titled "Gold". Effort is also in place to push the flick which pundits have described as a low budget project.
Noticing her fast falling status in Nollywood, the actress currently has taken to merchandising. The flashy make-believe professional recently confirmed recently that she now runs a boutique were unisex accessories.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

SOULMATE DROPS KEL, GBEMI OLATRU FOR MOCHEDDAH


For over a year now, Beat FM On-Air personality, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi and rapper KEL were both signed and endorsed as Soulmate Ambassador. And after one year of the contract, the leading hair relaxer has finally dropped the duo for a better choice.
The duo who's endorsment set the company back with Three Million Naira was paid installmentally in three phases and was facilitated by Dele Okusanya of Brandconnect last year. And now, the company who cried foul severally during the period of  the endorsment was said to have stopped the endorsmant deal and opted for MTVbase winner of the best new act of 2010.
Sources says the endorsement deal which has been concluded was said to have set the company back with Five Million Naira and has kicked off last week. "We are happy about the deal and for Mocheddah, it's not just the beginning, she is going places"Spilled her manager's.

Sky Nightingale Release "DODOKIDO"

Born Olasunkanmi Salaam in Lagos state(southside of Nigeria). Fell in love with music the day he listened to 'sexual healing' from Marvin Gaye and 'give it to me' from Rick James. Grew up with 4 siblings,went through primary and high school in the same town of his birth. He badged a bachelor's degree in political science from the prestigious University of Ibadan. Started singing in '97 with an acapella group locally known as "da supreme boiz",spent some time studin the art of music,began writing his own lyrics in '99 practised through 2003 when he gained admission to the university. He sang with several musical groups,he later went solo in 2006. In 2008,he won the Mtn/Soundcity Campusblast musical competition held in Ibadan and later went on the 2face & friends tour... The name 'SKY' is simply a metaphorical expression that's used to describe the level of his musical versatility and 'NIGHTINGALE' simply means a songbird. Sky Nightingale is currently signed to Pedigree Records

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

WHERE IS DJ ZEEZ

DJ Zeez might not be working hard of late. When he released his debut album which songs almost became a sound tracks to our lives, pundits says he will be the next big thing and will remain as one of the consistent acts. But the singer has gone underground after the attempt to release his video compilations failed.
Sources says the singer lost control of his music career shortly after the death of his label mate, Dagrin,24, last year. The video compilation which contained four videos to his songs sources says was set for release before the ugly incident happened last year and all effort to get it released properly was said to have been dashed.
The DJ, turn song producer and singer sources says has gone underground, goes off public glear and back to drawing board. How ever, multiple sources has confirmed that the singer as part of his effort to reshape his music career has parted ways with his record label, Headline record and is also shopping for a better platform to trade with.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Nollywood Superstar Omotola at the Grammy's


Was it such a disastrous Grammy appearance?
Was it?
Take a look at the photographs below and be the Judge?
Omotola at the 2011 Grammy Awards 
 Well, I guess, this is what celebrities ought to expect – the good, the bad and the ugly.
When the going is good, it is really, really good. However, when its bad, it can be ugly as well, as a national article has campaigned.
The article below, which lampooned “Ije” Nollywood Super star actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde was culled from a national newspaper here in Nigeria. I can, in a way, relate to the grievance of the writer. In Nigeria, we take pride in our appearance. Omotola has been nicknamed “Omosexy” and it was unanimously accepted, judging by newspaper articles as well as nollywood fans’ reactions that she was nowhere near sexy. As far as I have been following the Grammys, I can recollect Femi Kuti has been nominated twice (I think?) and so was Sunny Ade (I think ?…my inability to recollect has nothing to do with my eye sight (oh sorry,age?), I can assure you), but none have ever been photographed at the Grammy. So the first ever Nigerian celebrity that has been, hasn’t done justice to the opportunity to showcase Nigeria as a fashionista state.

The vituperation used in the article was downright unfair if I were to say so. Yes, the outfit might not have gone down well with fans, but hey….that was her choice. Anyway, read on and let me know your thoughts.

Grammy Disaster: Fans rip Omosexy!
Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde made history last Sunday being the first Nollywood actress to walk the red carpet at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. But her well-intentioned appearance was jeopardised by her black and white prom-like dress which dealt dastardly with her tummy, arms, over-sized butts, miniature breasts, doing absolutely nothing to flatter any part of her body.

From her hair down to underwear, fans criticised the otherwise gorgeous screen diva. Many felt badly represented by her fashion sense, comparing her to 'rival' Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic and even Ini Edo. It's obvious that more than 60 per cent of Nollywood fans expected a more 'decent' show off from the respectable wife and mother of four.
While many agree that she needs a gym membership urgently, a few others opine that patronising Ardyss Body Magic would have solved some of the problem apart from the bad dress pick. Below is an excerpt of some of the grievances and defence as posted by Omotola's fans on the internet.

The budding singer was reportedly accompanied by her new international management team "Bishop Entertainment consult & Bungalow/Universal records.


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

PASUMA READY WITH REALITY SHOW

Fuji star ,Wasiu Alabi Pasuma  has  initiated a new reality TV show  in search of the next fuji star tagged "OHUN". The show according to the 43 years old Kwara born singer is aimed at discovering new talents in the fuji music industry and forms are already on sale at all  Oceanic bank branches  nationwide for # 2000.  Audition for the show will take place in four cities Ikeja, Ibadan Akure and Ilorin in June 2011 while the grand finale will hold in Lagos in August 2011. Speaking on the show he said “ Ohun was initiated by management company AO21 Media  in November 2008 but for one  reason or the other we could not kick off till now. There are quite a lot of Music talent shows but all seem  focussed on Hip hop, Pop and RNB and no one is paying  attention to Fuji music.  Fuji music is the most popular Indigenous music in Nigeria but what happens when my generation stops singing ? . There are quite a lot talented young men out
there who wants to sing fuji music but since no one is encouraging them their talent is just wasting away. Over the years i have wondered if someone will ever though of doing A Fuji talent show  and rather than wait more i have taken up the responsibility to contribute my own quota to the growth of fuji music. I am optimistic Ohun will open doors for more Fuji talent show s and the more credible shows like ours the better it is for the industry” He was queried further on why the show is tagged Ohun and he said “  My manager came about the name. When he mentioned Ohun i figured it like any other person that it means Voice of Fuji but he explained to me that Ohun is not just Voice but also Sound, Melody, beat, rhythm, etc. I sat down and think deeply and realized that Ohun means everything in music including message (lyrics) and sometimes used as slang. Ohun is very deep so also Fuji music so i did not hesitate to agree to his suggestion that we
name it OHUN”    On sponsors and prizes to be won he commented that “Well we don’t have a sponsor for now but hope to get one. This is not about making money for me. I am very passionate about it because i am giving something back to the society. I am giving people opportunities to explore their talent and also might be taking some people off the street. I hope we get sponsors because a lot of money will go into this project. A lot of people in the past one year had wanted to partner with us but because they are all about money we turned them down until EIC Communication came in as a partner with Genuine motive for the growth of Fuji music.

 The winner will get a car , cash prize and record deal while the second and third runners up will get cash prizes and record deal. For me it is not only about what the winner gets but what becomes of him after the show. The winner will ride on the platform of Pasuma Wonder to stardom. Whenever i have a concert he will be on stage with me and anytime i am going on tour i will take him with me. At least for 12 months he will get maximum exposure performing on stage with me and i also will employ the service of one of the best Fuji music producers to work on his album”

Monday, February 14, 2011

PICTURES AND LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 52nd GRAMMY AWARDS






Listed below are some of the nominees:

Record of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem feat. Rihanna
F You – Cee Lo Green
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes

Album of the Year:
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Recovery – Eminem
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Song of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Beg – Steal or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
F You – Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem – feat. Rihanna

Best New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and The Machine
Mumford & Sons

Best Pop Vocal Album:
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
Battle Studies – John Mayer
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Sara Bareilles – King of Anything
| Beyoncé – Halo (Live)
Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
Michael Bublé – Haven’t Met You Yet
Michael Jackson – This Is It
Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me
John Mayer – Half of My Heart

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Hey – Soul Sister (Live) – Train
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version) – Glee Cast
Misery – Maroon 5
The Only Exception – Paramore
Babyfather – Sade

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Imagine – Herbie Hancock – Pink – India.Arie – Seal – Konono No. 1 – Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
Airplanes II – B.o.B – Eminem & Hayley Williams
If It Wasn’t For Bad – Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Dance Recording:
Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna
Rocket – Goldfrapp
In For The Kill – La Roux
Dance In The Dark – Lady Gaga
Dancing On My Own – Robyn

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Tighten Up – The Black Keys
Ready To Start – Arcade Fire
I Put A Spell On You – Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Radioactive – Kings Of Leon
Resistance – Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance:
New Fang – Them Crooked Vultures
A Looking In View – Alice In Chains
Let Me Hear You Scream – Ozzy Osbourne
Black Rain – Soundgarden
Between The Lines – Stone Temple Pilots

Best Rock Song:
Angry World – Neil Young
Little Lion Man – (Mumford & Sons
Radioactive – Kings Of Leon
Resistance – Muse
Tighten Up – The Black Keys

Best Rock Album:
The Resistance – Muse
Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck
Backspacer – Pearl Jam
Mojo – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Le Noise – Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album:
Brothers – The Black Keys
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms – Band Of Horses
Broken Bells – Broken Bells
Contra – Vampire Weekend

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Wake Up! Everybody – John Legend – The Roots – Melanie Fiona & Commo
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
Deuces – Chris Brown – Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys n

Best Rap Song:
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid – Eminem
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
On To The Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album:
Recovery – Eminem
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray – B.o.B
Thank Me Later – Drake
The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
How I Got Over – The Roots

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
As She’s Walking Away – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Bad Angel – Dierks Bentley – Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – Dierks Bentley – Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
Hillbilly Bone – Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
I Run To You – Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
The Breath You Take – George Strait
Free – Zac Brown Band
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
I’d Love To Be Your Last – Gretchen Wilson
If I Die Young – The Band Perry

Best Country Album:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Up On The Ridge – Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson
Revolution – Miranda Lambert

....and the WINNERS are ;

Album of the Year: "The Suburbs," Arcade Fire
Record of the Year: "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year: "Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
New Arist: Esperanza Spalding
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Just The Way You Are," Bruno Mars
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: "Hey Soul Sister," Train
Pop Vocal Album: "The Fame Monster," Lady Gaga
Alternative Album: "Brothers," The Black Keys
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Crazy Love," Michael Buble
Rock Song: "Angry World," Neil Young
Rock Album: "The Resistance," Muse
Rock Performance: "Tighten Up," The Black Keys
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Helter Skelter," Paul McCartney (from Good Evening New York City)
Hard Rock Performance: "New Fang," Them Crooked Vultures
R&B Album: "Wake up!" John Legend & The Roots
Contemporary R&B Album: "Raymond V Raymond," Usher
R&B Song: "Shine," John Legend & The Roots
R&B Performance: "Soldier Of Love," Sade
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "Hang On In There," John Legend and The Roots
Urban/Alternative Performance: "(Forget) You," Cee Lo Green
Rap Album: "Recovery," Eminem
Rap Solo Performance: "Not Afraid," Eminem
Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: "On To The Next One," Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz
Rap Song: "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Empire State Of Mind," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
Dance Recording: "Only Girl (In The World)," Rihanna
Electronic Dance Album: "La Roux," La Roux
Musical Show Album: "American Idiot," (Featuring Green Day)
Traditional World Music Album: "Ali And Toumani," Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
Contemporary World Music Album: "Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2," Bela Fleck
Latin Pop Album: "Paraiso Express," Alejandro Sanz
Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: "El Existenial," Grupo Fantasma.
Tropical Latin Album: Viva La Tradicion, Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
Norteno Album: "Classic," Intocable.
Banda Album: "Enamorate De Mi," El Guero y su Banda Centenario.
Latin Jazz Album: "Chucho's Steps," Chucho Valdes and The Afro-Cuban Messengers.
Tejano Album: "Recuerdos," Little Joe y La Familia.
Male Country Vocal Performance: "'Til Summer Comes Around," Keith Urban
Female Country Vocal Performance: "The House That Built Me," Miranda Lambert
Country Album: "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
Country Performance by a Duo or Group: "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
Country Song: "Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Country Collaboration With Vocals: "As She's Walking Away," Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson
Contemporary Jazz Album: "The Stanley Clarke Band," The Stanley Clarke Band
Jazz Vocal Album: "Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee," Dee Dee Bridgewater
Jazz Instrumental Album: "Moody 4B," James Moody
Improvised Jazz Solo: "A Change is Gonna Come," Herbie Hancock
Large Ensemble Jazz Album: "Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard," Mingus Big Band
Traditional Blues Album: "Joined At The Hip," Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Contemporary Blues Album: "Living Proof," Buddy Guy
Traditional Folk Album: "Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops
Contemporary Folk Album: "God Willin' and The Creek Don't Rise," Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Imagine," Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein, arrangers (Herbie Hancock, Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, India.Arie, Konono No 1 & Oumou Sangare)
Pop Instrumental Album: "Take Your Pick," Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto
Pop Instrumental Performance: "Nessun Dorma," Jeff Beck
Rock Instrumental Performance: "Hammerhead," Jeff Beck
Bluegrass Album: "Mountain Soul II," Patty Loveless
Americana Album: "You Are Not Alone," Mavis Staples
Hawaiian Music Album: "Huana Ke Aloha," Tia Carrere
Native American Music Album: "2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance,"(Various Artists) Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producers (Gathering Of Nations Records)
Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: "Zydeco Junkie," Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp Band
Reggae Album: "Before The Dawn," Buju Banton
Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album: "The Reason," Diamond Rio
New Age Album: "Miho: Journey To The Mountain,"Paul Winter Consort
Metal Performance: "El Dorado," Iron Maiden
Country Instrumental Performance: "Hummingbyrd," Marty Stuart
Musical Album For Children: "Tomorrow's Children," Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids and Friends
Spoken Word Album For Children: "Julie Andrews' Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies," Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Danger Mouse, for Broken Bells
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "One Love Club," David Guetta and Afrojack's remix of Madonna's Revolver
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: "Love God. Love People," Israel Houghton
Gospel Song: "It's What I Do," Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters
Gospel Performance: "Grace," BeBe and CeCe Winans
Traditional Gospel Album: "Downtown Church," Patty Griffin
Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: "Hello Hurricane," Switchfoot
Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: "Still," BeBe and CeCe Winans
Classical Album: "Verdi: Requiem," Riccardo Muti, conductor; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus
Choral Performance: "Verdi: Requiem" Riccardo Muti, conductor; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus
Classical Contemporary Composition: "Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony / Deus Ex Machina," Giancarlo Guerrero
Classical Producer: David Frost
Orchestral Performance: "Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina," Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Nashville Symphony
Opera Recording: "Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin," Kent Nagano, conductor; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin
Spoken Word Album: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)," Jon Stewart
Comedy Album: "Stark Raving Black," Lewis Black
Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "Crazy Heart," (Various Artists) Stephen Bruton & T Bone Burnett, producers
Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "Toy Story 3," Randy Newman, composer
Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters
Historical Album: The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)