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ColumnsDon OkoloFilmLifestyleNigeriaAsaba: Rolls Like A Coyote: Barks Like A Hound Dog

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2023

I came here June the third, toting a baggage filled with movie paraphernalia and a stream-rolling set of props, believing that these gadgets were not available in Nigeria, and couldn’t be available in a distant city four hundred miles removed from Lagos. Prop guns, stilettos and swords were carefully packaged. I was ready, I thought. Blood phials I bought from a store on Highway 99 in Richmond and a couple of make-up boxes were in...

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Arts & CultureFilmMusicNewsTems Cover Version Of ‘No Woman, No Cry’ Features On ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Trailer

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 24, 2022

It is another win for Nigerian award-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, as she features on the soundtrack for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer. Sharing the trailer on his Twitter page, Tems’ manager, Muyiwa Awoniyi, wrote, “Grateful to the amazing people at @MarvelStudios. BIG LOVE to the legend Ryan Coogler. “It’s @temsbaby on the official Black Panther 2 trailer. My father is in heaven. Thank you once again. Rest in peace @chadwickboseman.” The...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmFG Moves to Ban Money Ritual Content In Movies, Sanitise Social Media

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government has directed filmmakers to stop promoting money ritual content in their movies. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a media visit to the headquarters of Media Trust Limited, publishers of ‘Daily Trust’ on Monday, said the Federal Government is worried that most young people are seeking to get rich at all costs. The minister said the confession of some money ritual suspects that they learnt the heinous act...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmOscars 2022: Full List Of Nominations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 9, 2022

We are inching closer toward the 94th Academy Awards, and the nominees for this year’s Oscars are finally in! Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement. Netflix’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ swept the most nominations with 12...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmTemi Otedola, Ini Edo And Alibaba to Star in Niyi Akinmolayan’s ‘The Man for the Job’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Ace Nollywood filmmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan has announced the start of production on his next title, ‘The Man for the Job’, a movie that chronicles the adventures of an industrious and bright young man who gets ruffled by the plot of an excessively optimistic startup CEO as he fights to accomplish his family and work-life balance. The cast for the crime drama includes Temi Otedola, Ini Edo, Uzor Arukwe, Ibrahim Sulaiman, Baba Rex, stand-up comedian,...

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Arts & CultureFilmNollywoodBBNaija Ex-housemate Omashola Oburoh Debut in New Movie ‘The Amanta Twins’

PilotnewsApril 5, 2021

ABUJA–  Former Big Brother Naija Reality TV Show 2019 “Pepper Dem” season 4, Omashola Oburoh has debut in a new Nollywood movie ‘The Amanta Twins’. The reality show star who shared the cover picture of the movie on his Instagram handle urged his fans to anticipate more. According to him, this new movie has also landed him another major role. “I remember back in the days before we buy Naija movies we go first check...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmWorld NewsChina Says Actors Must Follow Moral Guidelines or Face Ban

PilotnewsFebruary 6, 2021

BEIJING — China published on Friday a new list of moral guidelines for actors and other performers, saying they could face a permanent ban from their profession if they fail to comply. Performers should not “violate ethics, morals, social public order or good customs, causing serious negative social impact”, the Chinese Association for Performing Arts, a non-profit organisation backed by the government, said on its website. Performers should not incite hatred and discrimination between ethnic...

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Arts & CultureFilmWorld NewsAmazon Studios Releases COMING 2 AMERICA Globally on Prime Video

PilotnewsFebruary 5, 2021

LAGOS —  Amazon studios has released “Coming 2 America’’ trailer globally on Prime Video on March 5 virtually, the officials said on Friday in Lagos. The film is set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x5lrkdvEZGg...

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BusinessEntertainmentFilmWorld News“Demon Slayer” Becomes Japan’s Top-grossing Movie

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

“Demon Slayer”, the animated tale of a boy fighting human-eating demons that murdered his family, has shattered a nearly two-decade record to become Japan’s top-grossing movie, its distributor said on Monday. The film, based on a popular manga and television anime series, powered past “Spirited Away”, the mega-hit Academy Award-winning movie by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki that opened in 2001, in just a little over two months. “Demon Slayer”, with a full official title of...

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Arts & CultureFilmOpinionPeopleIn ‘Yellow Rose,’ An Undocumented Filipina Sings for Her American Dream

PilotnewsOctober 18, 2020

In Diane Paragas’ musical-drama feature, the lead character reveals casually what the title “Yellow Rose” means. Of course, our immediate association would be with the familiar folk song, but “Rose” here is Rosario (Eva Noblezada), an undocumented 17-year-old Filipino-American, who, showing an inclination for singing country music as a child, was given the racially insensitive moniker “Yellow Rose.” While this could’ve kindled didactic sociopolitical commentary on the complicated issues of migration and race, Paragas ferries...

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