Above: The critically acclaimed film “Desert Flower”, featuring supermodel Liya Kebede is set to be screened at the Ethiopia International Film Festival to be held June 14-June 19, 2010. Tadias Magazine Events News Published: Monday, June 14, 2010 New York (Tadias) – Ethiopia is set to play host to the first international film festival to [...]
Muma Gee was one of the female contestants in the just concluded celebrities’ edition of the reality TV programme, Gulder Ultimate Search. She speaks to ‘NONYE BEN-NWANKWO about life in the jungle where the competition was staged, as well as her relationship with Chioma Chukwuka and Emeka Ike. Did you expect to be evicted as [...]
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to star in a biopic of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie – whose lawyers have already contacted the film makers threatening to block it. “Winnie”, which also features Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela and is based on a book by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, starts shooting [...]
Award-winning actress Funke Akindele became the first evictee in the on-going Gulder Ultimate Search Celebrity Showdown. The Jenifa star was shown the way out after her poor performance during the task for the day. All of the contestants were mandated to stand on a raised narrow platform. After remaining in the same position for almost [...]
LOS ANGELES – Jesse James says he’s sorry for the pain and embarrassment he’s caused his wife Sandra Bullock and his three children from previous relationships. James told People magazine in a statement Thursday that he exhibited “poor judgment” and “I deserve everything bad that is coming my way.” Internet tabloid reports surfaced Wednesday alleging [...]
Young Ghanaian star and winner of Miss Ghana USA 2002, Vida Q Darko known in showbiz circles as Veeda plays a role in one of the most successful African movies produced in recent times in the Diaspora ‘My American Nurse 2’. It is a common practice for African men in the Diaspora to go to [...]
Mo’Nique gave another of her heartfelt acceptance speeches at the 2010 Academy Awards. She first thanked the academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics and then she said, “I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have [...]
By Reuter Los Angeles – Independent movie Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire swept the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, winning six trophies including best movie and best actress for newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. The harrowing tale of an abused, obese Harlem teen also brought an Image award for comedy actress Mo’Nique, whose performance [...]
