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It was per week of bits and items in Moviedom and here’s a decide of practitioners who made headlines for the suitable and fallacious causes…

‘Her Excellency’ Styled Birthday Shindig For Funke Akindele
ALTHOUGH she shared gorgeous images of herself and movies when she clocked 45 on Wednesday, star actress and the deputy governorship candidate of the primary opposition Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) in Lagos, Olufunke Akindele aka Funke Akindele selected worship and reward session in her residence to mark her forty fifth birthday anniversary.

From break of daybreak, gospel singer after gospel singer took flip to steer reward periods on the social gathering attended by members of the family, shut associates, colleagues and associates. Gospel singer Gbenga Akinfewa led within the reward session. Tope Alabi took her flip and she or he later made method for Apekeola Ogbogofolemi who additionally carried out.

As they carried out, Funke who her shut associates merely name ‘Her Excellency’ danced and sometimes knelt or lifted her arms in worship.

“I bless God for making it a hit. Thanks all for the properly needs and heartfelt prayers. Could God bless us all,’’ the Jenifa star wrote as she shared the video of the spotlight of her birthday celebration.

Moses Armstrong

Moses Armstrong Dares Actors Guild of Nigeria
We talked about right here final week, that notable Nollywood actor Armstrong Moses who was accused in June of getting carnal data of a minor has been granted bail by a court docket in Uyo within the sum of N5 million. We additionally talked about that the Uyo based mostly actor and former aide to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom, perfected his bail situation and has since returned dwelling.

However the information is that Armstrong is again on a film set regardless of the truth that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) suspended him as quickly as he was charged to court docket. As if defying the guild’s order, Armstrong took to his social media deal with to share photos he took on an ongoing film challenge titled A stroll Away.

The images went viral as quickly because it was shared. Some followers even needed to tag the management of the AGN to know their response. There was no remark from the AGN management as at press time, however a supply near the AGN President acknowledged that the actor is likely to be penalised by the AGN for defying the suspension order.

Kudos For Ike Nnaebue From Spain
WEEKS after his documentary No U-Flip earned a deserved award on the Durban Worldwide Movie Pageant in South Africa, Ike Nnaebue despatched phrases from Switzerland that the documentary, which screened through the week at Pageant Cinemas D’Afrique in Switzerland, was properly acquired.

“The competition is a celebration of African movies and filmmakers in Lausanne, Switzerland and movies and filmmakers had been drawn from all corners of Africa and the African Diaspora,” Ike wrote, as he dropped the hyperlink to the query and reply session that adopted the screening of the documentary that acquired an honourable point out on the 2022 Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant.

The query and reply session lasted greater than the allotted time of half-hour, as a result of the viewers stored asking Nnaebue in regards to the Nollywood trade. On the entire, it turned out such an necessary outing not just for Nnaebue and his movie but additionally for Nollywood because the movie provoked a severe dialog round Nollywood.

Empress Njamah Is Again
NOTABLE Nollywood actress made her first main look on Fb on Thursday, a day after main associates of the late actress Ada Ameh to host a candle mild service and tribute night time in honour of actress of The Johnson’s fame who was very near Empress till loss of life.

The beautiful Empress, youthful sister of the filmmaker John Njamah, had taken ‘depart’ off Fb to mourn Ada whom she described as her ‘finest buddy’. However when she returned on Thursday, she introduced that she was again thus: “My first put up on Fb, after a number of instances of pondering. I lastly determined to affix the league, all you scammers keep off.”

Empress adopted the put up with photos of her on the departure lounge of an airport. The one house the place she discovered time to share put up is on Instagram and even there, it was all about Ada Ameh and the gang funding for Ada Ameh’s aged mum.
If the photographs she shared on Fb had been taken on the departure lounge of an airport, she could also be on her solution to Oturkpo, Benue State to attend Ada Ameh’s burial ceremony, which held yesterday at her household compound in Ogobia.

Clarion-Chukwurah. Photograph Actors-guil

The Birthday And Anniversary Shindig Is Not Over For Clarion Chukwura
IF you might be questioning why veteran actress of the stage and display, Clarion Nneka Olawutoyin Folashade Chukwura, aka Clarion Chukwura didn’t name a ‘loud in Lagos’ social gathering to commemorate her birthdate on July 24, marvel no extra as they are saying in native parlance.

The actress of huge credit score and mom of the prolific music video director, Clarence Peters, squealed to a buddy that the state of the financial system and the temper of the nation as at July 24 made her to shelve the plans of a heavy gig to mark her birthday and 40 years on the stay display.

The multi-award successful actress made her debut on display 40 years in the past when she featured because the main actress in Ola Balogun’s Cash Energy (Owo Lagba) that includes Sir Shina Peters. Her effort in that film that was launched in 1982 gained her a prize—finest actress on the 1982 version of the Pageant of Pan African Cinema in Ouagadougou in any other case generally known as FESPACO.

Since that 1982 debut, the solar has by no means gone down performing clever for the Anambra born actress and philanthropist who holds the standard title of Ada Eji Eje mba of Onitsha.

“She has plans to nonetheless have a good time it in an enormous method,” the supply stated, including, “I’m positive that if she doesn’t mark it now in an enormous method, she is going to wait to do it when she turns 60 in two years’ time and that point, we’ll shut down Lagos and Anambra.”

Born on July 24, 1964, the star of Apaye, Yemoja, Mirror In The Solar (TV), and Egg of Life has gained all of the awards that an actress can probably win within the continent together with the Africa Film Academy Awards (AMAA) for finest actress and Afro-Hollywood Greatest actress award for her function in 1997 blockbuster Glamour Women.