Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday’s gala that immediately went viral and left stunned viewers questioning if it had been scripted or genuine. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly cropped hair to Demi Moore’s appearance in the film “G.I. Jane” and suggesting she...

LAGOS — The leading pay-TV provider in the country, MultiChoice Nigeria, MCN, owners of DStv and GOtv, has announced an increase in the subscription rates of DStv and GOtv packages. In a statement on Tuesday, March 22, the subsidiary of MultiChoice Africa blamed inflation and the rising costs of business operations for the reason behind the latest action, which is expected to take effect from April 1, 2022. The statement read, “In light of the...

Mr. Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says the board has commenced engagement with practitioners and stakeholders in the movie and entertainment industry to enforce the law banning smoking in movies.  He made this known on Saturday while presenting a communique at the end of the entertainment industry stakeholders roundtable in Lagos. “The engagement is geared towards ensuring that practitioners in the movie industry adhered to no-smoking laws in Nigerian...

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has urged business owners and leaders across the globe to invest in Nigeria’s entertainment sector. Describing the sector as Nigeria’s new oil, Lai said the Nigeria TV market has about 100 million subscribers. He said this on Thursday at the Nigeria international partnership forum in France. Lai noted the country also has the continent’s largest TV market with high growth potential. “Moving from analogue to digital television broadcasting means we...