The Figurine (Araromire) by Kunle Afolayan The Figurine is a “multicultural look at the essence of tradition, friendship, betrayal, and love, transcending the ancient and the modern-day. Two buddies and a girl, all down on their luck, find their lives changed after one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine. According to …
Archie Panjabi, Meryl Streep, Stephanie Okereke together on SEVEN Stage in New York
‘Bend it like Beckham’ star Archie Panjabi, Meryl Streep and Stephanie Okereke are three of seven highly acclaimed actresses who will perform on March 12th, 2010 in the play SEVEN at the Hudson Theatre in New York. SEVEN is a collaboration by playwrights Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna …
Nollywood, Gollywood, Make Way for Sierra Leone’s Sollywood!
“In a few years, people won’t be talking about Hollywood or Bollywood or Nollywood. People will be talking about Sollywood in Sierra Leone,” says musician, producer, director and screen writer Jimmy Bangura aka Jimmy, about Sierra Leone’s emerging film industry. Jimmy B. is the pioneer of Sierra Leone’s film industry helping to redefine the image of Sierra …
Yemi Blaq Wins Celebrity Takes 2 Season 2, Nigeria’s Dancing with the Stars
These days, Africa-especially the country Nigeria- has many replicas of a lot of the popular reality TV shows enjoyed in the West. One popular show is Celebrity Takes 2, think Dancing with the Stars (USA) or Strictly Come Dancing (UK). Celebrity Takes 2 Season 2 just wrapped up and this season was packed with as much …
NollywoodUncut.com, Finally, a Film Review Site for Nollywood Fans!
Movie fans in Europe, Asia and the USA take for granted the fact that we can easily log online and have immediate access to film reviews from all kinds of sites, including www.ladybrillemag.com, at our fingertips. The contrary holds for movie fans in Africa, especially Nollywood fans. The absence of film review sites is puzzling …
Genevieve Nnaji, Temi Ojo, Pras attend 6th Annual ION International Film Festival
Oprah’s Africa’s Most Famous Actress Genevieve Nnaji, Rapper/Actor Pras from the Fugees, actress Daryl Hannah, actor Giancarlo Esposito, Nollywood A-list actress Stephanie Okereke, Rita Dominic and Kate Henshaw-Nuttall, Bollywood Stars Masumeh Makhija and Adnan Siddiiqui were some of the personalities present at the 6th Annual ION International Film Festival held in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria last month. Ladybrille …