Multiple award
winning musician, D’banj will lead other Nigerian artistes for a six
state concert tagged ‘Our Time’- a youth targeted initiative aimed at
engaging Nigerian youth in the ongoing voters registration.
The concert which
is been organised by United Nations Youth Ambassador D’banj, will
feature the Mohits Crew, P Square, Naeto C, Sasha P, M.I., Duncan
Mighty, Terry G, Timaya, Timi Dakolo amongst others.
According to the
organisers ‘‘Only 8% of eligible youths are registered to vote and it
will do the ongoing democratic transformation harm if there is a low
turnout of the youths in the forthcoming elections. It is the belief of
‘Our time’ that a strategy must be devised to ensure youth
participation in the ongoing voters registration and in the forthcoming
elections. The intentions of the initiative is to utilise a unique
platform to create a campaign that will mobilise the youth to
participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise via radio
jingles, television ads, print media, online marketing and concerts in
six geographical regions in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.’ Entry to
the concert will be strictly by showing your voters registration card.
Nneka announced as the Face for Starcomms
Nigerian Afrosoul
musician Nneka has been announced as the new face and brand ambassador
of Starcomms’ campaign tagged ‘Hear for You’.
The singer who was
recently nominated for the ‘Young Person of the Year’ of the 2011
Future Awards, is the first-ever brand ambassador for the company.
According to a
statement from Starcomms – ‘the campaign tagline emphasises that
Starcomms is truly a listener of its users and clients.” The company
also stated that the brand endorsement is not a re-branding of
Starcomms but an affirmation of what Starcomms is really all about.
Sharing her
motivation behind signing on with Starcomms, Nneka said she hopes to
use the Starcomms platform as a vehicle for growth of the country and
foundation (ROPE) which seeks to tap into creative qualities of
disadvantaged children in Nigeria/Niger Delta Region.”
Kelechi Amadi – Obi set to Launch MANIA Magazine
Celebrity
photographer Kelechi Amadi – Obi is set to launch Mania – a fashion and
lifestyle magazine. According to the celebrity photographer turned
publisher, the launch will be launched on February 20 at a yet to be
announced venue.
Edited by stylist,
Dimeji Alara, Mania is a 200 -paged magazine whose content would cut
across fashion, beauty, music,books, and movies. The launch is
sponsored by Belvedere Vodka, Victoria Green,M-Net’s Studio 53 Extra
and Photography from its publisher, Kelechi Amadi – Obi
Studios.According to the Mania team, “It is more than a magazine; we
choose to describe it as ‘a way of life’ because it encompasses almost
every facet of human life. Mania captures stories of everyday people,
the ever changing and growing world of fashion and beauty; the best of
music, movies, food and all things art. Part of our aim is to be
daring, relentless and unafraid to push the boundaries of conventional
Nigerian and African society, but also to create a different
perspective to fashion and lifestyle.”
Harry Potter films to receive BAFTA cinema award
The Harry Potter
movies will receive a BAFTA award, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars,
for their contribution to cinema,organisers said on Thursday.
The award for
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema will be presented at the
main BAFTA prize ceremony in London on February 13 to J.K. Rowling,
best-selling author of the original wizard stories, and series producer
David Heyman.
The first seven
films have amassed around $6.4 billion at the global box office,
according to ticket tracking site www.boxofficemojo.com. The final
installment, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’, is due out
on July 15.
The films have been
nominated for several Oscars, in technical or musical categories, but
have yet to scoop a statuette.Harry Potter fans, and some cast members,
have questioned why the phenomenon has been overlooked for the movie
world’s top accolades, particularly in major categories like acting and
directing.
Awarded annually, the BAFTA award for Outstanding British
Contribution to Cinema was introduced in 1978.The first recipients were
the special visual effects team for ‘Superman’, and others include
Kevin Brownlow, Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Working
Title, Lewis Gilbert, Channel Four Films and Pinewood Shepperton
Studios.
