Marsai Martin Over the weekend, celebrities stepped out in style for the 50th NAACP Image Awards held at Dolby Theatre, in Hollywood, California. The star-studded event had big winners like Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ella Mai, and Donald Glover. The NAACP Image Awards give out accolades in film, television, literary and recording categories. The show celebrates “the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of…
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Six Hollywood actresses; Angela Bassett, Claire Foy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elisabeth Moss, Thandie Newton and Sandra Oh are all featured on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual dramatic actress roundtable issue. For the issue, the actresses have a wide-ranging discussion that also hit on the politics of sex scenes, the power in producing and the parts that have warranted an easy and immediate “no.” and the gender pay…
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Hollywood actress Thandie Newton has opened up about being sexually abused as a teen early on in her acting career. The 43-year-old actress revisited the traumatic experience, which occurred during a callback audition with an unnamed male director, in a new interview with W magazine. She told the magazine: “A director, on a callback, had a…
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Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde no doubt had a blast at the 2016 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Luncheon which held yesterday at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel, in Bevrly Hills, California. Click here to see red carpet photos. As if that isn’t enough to make us green with envy, she hung out…
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The eagerly awaited Spring Summer 2016 collection from the Lagos based label Maki Oh is officially out and featured on Vogue.com. Maki Osakwe, is the creative director of Maki Oh. The label is a favourite amongst international high-profile figures including Michelle Obama, Solange Knowles, Lupita Nyong’o, Thandie Newton, Lee Sobieski, and Arden Wohl. For Spring…
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Hollywood actress Thandie Newton is New African Woman’s latest cover girl. Renowned for blockbuster movies such as In Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith, Beloved with Oprah Winfrey and most recently as lead star in Biyi Bandele’s adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s hit novel Half a Yellow Sun alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, the actress shows a…
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The movie is a must-see for everyone yet to watch it. ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ has set a new first weekend box office record in Nigeria. The record came from showing the movie in 15 cinemas across Nigeria in its first 3 days, with Lagos cinemas topping the charts. ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is…
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Chimamanda grants a rather blunt interview to American Vogue. We simply can’t get enough of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! From winning the Orange Prize to having international pop star, Beyonce ask to (and if fact use) sample her TED Talk on feminism for her song titled, “Flawless” to being profiled as “the most prominent”, Chimamanda…
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Finally, it has been confirmed that the screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Half Of A Yellow Sun” will be in cinemas on the 1st of August 2012. Read official press release below: Shareman Media and FilmOne Distribution, are happy to announce that the highly anticipated movie, Half of a Yellow Sun has been certified…
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Sigh of relief. “Half Of A Yellow Sun” isn’t ‘grounded’ afterall Mr.Caesar Kagho, Acting Head and Corporate Affairs of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Wednesday refuted claims that the adaption of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book into a movie (of same title), “Half Of A Yellow Sun”had been banned. In a statement…
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