BET Awards Return Sunday Night, Celebrating 50 Years Of Hip-hop
The BET Awards return Sunday night, with a performance-filled show that promises to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop. The show, which takes place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, will feature a tribute to hip-hop’s most significant moments, as curated by Kid Capri. Patti Labelle will also pay tribute to the late Tina Turner. The show begins […]
Harry And Meghan: Spotify Ends Podcast Deal With Couple
Spotify has ended its lucrative deal with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for the couple to produce podcasts. A joint statement from Harry and Meghan’s company and the streaming giant said they had “mutually agreed to part ways”. Spotify confirmed it was not renewing Meghan’s podcast Archetypes, which ran for 12 episodes from August […]
Bill Cosby Sued By 9 More Women In Nevada For Alleged Decades-old Sexual Assaults
Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992 in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake […]
Biden Celebrates Juneteenth, The Newest Federal Holiday, At The White House
President Joe Biden hosted a massive concert on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate Juneteenth, the country’s newest federal holiday which the president said will “breathe a new life in the very essence of America.” “To me, making Juneteenth a federal holiday wasn’t just a symbolic gesture. It was a statement of […]
Tony Awards 2023: Jodie Comer Wins As Ariana DeBose Hosts Unscripted
Jodie Comer says she’s “overwhelmed” after winning a prestigious Tony Award for her one-woman Broadway show Prima Facie. The Killing Eve actress won best leading actress in a play for her portrayal of a defence lawyer who ends up in the witness box. The Tony Awards were hosted by Ariana DeBose in New York, but […]
Charly Boy Backs Tinubu On Subsidy Removal
Veteran entertainer and socio-political activist Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. Reacting to the controversies surrounding the developments of the removal of fuel subsidy and skyrocketed new pump price of petroleum products the Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS is currently sold above N500 per litre […]
Legendary Singer Tina Turner Has Died At 83
Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died at 83. Turner died […]
Seun Kuti Finally Released On Bail
Renowned Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been granted bail and subsequently released from detention after satisfying the conditions set by the Chief Magistrate. Consequently, the musician has left Police facility in Panti for his house in Ikeja to rejoin his family. Kuti’s legal representatives, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) and Kunle Adegoke (SAN), announced that the musician […]
BREAKING: Chef Hilda Baci Breaks Guinness World Record Of “Longest Cooking Time”
At the early hours of today, renowned Nigerian chef Hilda Baci surpassed the record for “longest cooking time” by an individual. Hilda, 27, achieved the record after surpassing Indian chef Lata Tandon, who in 2019 set a new “Guinness World Record” for continuously cooking for 87 hours and 45 minutes. The chef, who was born […]
Eurovision: Sweden’s Loreen Wins Again, But UK’s Mae Muller Is Second From Last
Sweden’s Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, with her soaring pop anthem Tattoo. The star, who last won the competition in 2012, saw off competition from Finland’s Käärijä in a nail-biting vote. The UK’s Mae Muller failed to replicate Sam Ryder’s success last year, coming in 25th place – one […]
