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6/22/2020

Joel Schumacher, the famed director of the Batman movie franchise and 'Lost boys' has died aged 80 after a long battle with cancer.

Schumacher died on Monday in New York the same city he was born and bred.

Schumacher started out in Hollywood as a costume designer, earning credits on 1972’s “Play It as It Lays,” Herbert Ross’ “The Last of Sheila” (1973),  Paul Mazursky’s “Blume in Love (1973), Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” (1973) and “Interiors” (1978) and 1975 Neil Simon adaptation “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.” He was also credited as the production designer on the 1974 TV horror film “Killer Bees.” before he went into writing screenplays then directing.



Schumacher started directing the “Batman” franchise when Tim Burton exited Warner Bros.’

His first batman movie ''Batman forever” starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman, grossed more than $300 million worldwide.

His last movie under the franchise was 1997’s ''Batman and Robin'' with George Clooney as Batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger as villain Mr. Freeze. 

Although he studied at Parsons the New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and worked in the fashion industry, he is more known for his works in the movie industry. He will always be remembered for the movies he directed like the Batman franchise, The Phantom of the Opera, Lost Boys, St. Elmo’s Fire and some episodes in House of Cards.

May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

 
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6/19/2020

English stage and film actor, Sir Ian Holm, who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings films, has died at the age of 88.

The award-winning actor passed away on Friday morning, June 19 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

A statement from his agent Alex Irwin said:

 "It is with great sadness we can confirm that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88. He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer. His illness was Parkinson's related.

"An established star of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Harold Pinter's favourite actor, (he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor as Lenny in The Homecoming), Sir Ian was globally recognised for his extraordinarily impressive and varied career which included highlights such as Chariots of Fire, The Fifth Element, Alien, The Sweet Hereafter, Time Bandits, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Madness of King George.

"His portrayal of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings trilogies ensured the magic of his craft could be shared by all generations.

"He was a genius of stage and screen, winning multiple awards and loved by directors, audiences and his colleagues alike. His sparkling wit always accompanied a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

"Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.

The actor, who was also an acclaimed theatre star, appeared in films such as Alien and The Madness Of King George.

Reacting to his death, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) artistic director Gregory Doran said: 

"It is with great sadness that we heard today of the death of Sir Ian Holm. Ian was quite simply one of the RSC greats.

"Long before he found fame in Chariots Of Fire, Alien, Greystoke and as Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings, Ian joined the Stratford Company in 1958."

He said: "Ian perfectly expressed the cross fertilisation between classics and new writing that Peter Hall forged in the early days of the RSC

"He married the technique of a classical Shakespeare actor and the intense naturalism and economy of the style of a modern tradition...

"Ian was entirely original. Entirely a one-off. He had a simmering cool, a compressed volcanic sense of ferocity, of danger, a pressure cooker actor, a rare and magnificent talent. There's a great spirit gone."

The National Theatre tweeted:

 We're very sad to hear that Ian Holm has passed away. He was an extraordinary actor and we have wonderful memories of his performance at the National Theatre as King Lear (1997).

BAFTA also issued a statement, saying: 

We are very sorry to hear of the death of Ian Holm. Nominated for 6 BAFTAs in his wide-ranging and successful career across TV and film, he is pictured here winning the Supporting Actor award for his role in Chariots Of Fire in 1981.

Sir Ian Holm, widely considered as one of the greatest British actors, played more than 100 roles in films, television and on stage. He won a Laurence Olivier award, a Tony and a Bafta, and was a member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company.

He was married four times, most recently to artist Sophie de Stempel, and had five children.
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6/12/2020

Veteran Nigerian TV and film producer, Mo Abudu has partnered with Netflix to create features from western Africa as part of its continued expansion into Africa.

The American media streaming service and producer, Netflix, partnered with Mo Abudu to create new content from the west African nation to create two original series as well as multiple Netflix-branded films.

In a statement released Friday, Dorothy Ghettuba, Netflix’s lead for original series in Africa, said the streaming giant is working with Abudu because of her “passion for creating high-quality, riveting multi-genre films.”

Mo Abudu through EbonyLife which she owns, has produced over 5,000 hours of original television shows and top Nollywood films such as “Fifty” and “The Wedding Party,” which grossed 3.5 billion naira (about $11.5 million) in its 2016 release.

According to CNN, the partnership with Netflix will see on-screen adaptations of literary works by two award-winning Nigerian authors, Lola Shoneyin and Wole Soyinka.

Shoneyin’s debut novel, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives,” will be developed into a series, and Soyinka’s play, “Death and the King’s Horseman,” will be adapted into a film.

“We’re thrilled about this first-of-its-kind partnership in Africa that will bring some of Nigeria — and Africa’s — most iconic storytelling to screen. We look forward to supporting Mo as she brings all these diverse Nigerian stories to the world,” Ghettuba said in a statement.

Abudu said the partnership is a testament to Netflix’s investment in African storytelling.

Soyinka, whose play is being adapted into a film, said in a statement that it is a “delight” to see Abudu’s production company, EbonyLife, thrive in the male-dominated filmmaking scene.
 
“In a creative industry which, even in pioneering countries, is so male-dominated, it is always a delight to see robust challenges offered by the female gender, and of attestable quality. Mo Abudu’s incursion into this arena as film and television producer has been especially stimulating,” he said.

Similarly, Shoneyin, whose novel is being adapted into a series, said she is “thrilled” that her work is going to be depicted through a partnership with Abudu and Netflix.


 
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5/30/2020

 Nigerian actress, Anita Joseph has reacted after trolls speculated crash of her marriage, which is not even up to 4 months.

The trolls claimed that her marriage will not survive the test of time, as the actress couldn’t seem to keep it off social media.

But in an interview, the popular actress spoke on her new marriage, attesting that marriage for her is indeed a worthwhile journey.

“For me, marriage has been a marital bliss and will always be. My husband is my friend, so with God on our side, we plan to remain that way. As a newly married actress, I manage my time better. I create more time for my family”.
Reacting to the social media prediction that her marriage would not last for long, similar to some of her colleagues, the actress said,

“It’s up to God and man for marriages to end. It takes more personal effort, and that’s what makes marriage to last. My parents were married until death and I intend to leave that example for my kids, with God as my helper.
“However, if I am to counsel a heartbroken single lady right now, the most important thing she needs to know is that, there is life before (meeting) a man and there will be life after the man. The one who left you will make room for another to come. That’s life.”

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5/29/2020

Popular Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has shared photos of her husband, Captain Ekeinde flying out Chinese nationals who arrived Nigeria weeks ago.

According to what she said, her husband was involved in flying back the Chinese Doctors that arrived in Nigeria in April, and this was his first flight in two months.

Though Omotola Jalade didn’t say if the Chinese nationals he flew back were the doctors who arrived the country to help in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, nevertheless, she stated that she is unsure of her feeling's towards her husband’s first flight in 2 months.

Sharing some photos from the flight, Omotola wrote;

“Is this the New Normal ?
#TheCaptain went on his first Flight today in 2 months!
Those are the Chinese ppl that flew in some time ago leaving! ~~~~ Not sure how to feel “
The arrival of the Chinese nationals in Nigeria was greeted by controversy, as many questioned the move.

The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) had earlier reported that the Chinese medical team in Nigeria didn't specifically come for COVID-19 patients in the country.

Also, CCECC stated that though the team has helped in setting up isolation centers and offering support to CCECC staff on protection against COVID-19, they are also willing and prepared to share their experiences in fighting COVID-19 in China with Nigerian health officials.
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5/28/2020


 Nigerian filmmaker, Ayo The Creator, seen in a video where Nigerian police officers assaulted and arrested him after toy guns were allegedly found with him.



Numerous reports claim that Ayo The Creator, the self-proclaimed Nigerian King of Photoshop, was on his way to a film location when he was assaulted by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad who also arrested him.



He commenced an Instagram Live video after he was apprehended by the Police officers who on noticing he was recording, made attempts to take his mobile device from him while he could be heard asking what crime he committed.



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7/07/2014


Nigerian censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun” after a more than two-month delay during which the producers agreed to edit certain scenes.

The film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name and starring Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is about the 1967-1970 Biafra War which killed more than a million people, many from starvation.

Already showing in Britain and the United States, the film’s Nigeria release had been set for April, but hours before its first scheduled public screening, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) blocked the release citing “regulatory issues”.

Writing for the New Yorker magazine’s website in May, the novel’s author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said the authorities were concerned about a scene in the film adaptation depicting the massacre of Christians from the Igbo ethnic group by Muslim Hausa tribesman at a northern Nigeria airport.

The southeast, which is dominated by Igbos, cited such massacres as a key reason for their region’s unilateral declaration of independence, a move the sparked the civil war.

The NVFCB has never clearly spelt out its opposition to the film, but said in a statement on Friday that “Half of a Yellow Sun” had been approved for release.

Censors board spokesman Caesar Kagho told AFP he could not go into detail about what was removed from the film and why.

Kene Mkparu of Filmhouse Cinemas, which is distributing the film in Nigeria, told AFP changes were made from the version shown in the West, but declined to be specific.

“We didn’t have to change the essence of the film, but we complied with what they asked us to do,” he said.

Ejiofor, who was nominated for Best Actor at this year’s Academy Awards for his role in “12 Years a Slave”, which picked up Best Picture, stars opposite British actress Thandie Newton in “Half of a Yellow Sun”.

The southeast’s attempt to create an independent Igbo-led nation, which they called Biafra, was crushed by British-backed federal forces which had military superiority and used scorched earth tactics, including the blockage of all food imports to the breakaway region.

More than four decades on, the Biafra War remains a highly contentious subject in Nigeria, with some marginal Igbo groups still calling for independence.
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