Oprah Winfrey To Produce Selma, Starring David Oyelowo As Martin Luther King Jr

 

Oprah Winfrey is not taking her defeat from Lupita Nyong’o at the last concluded SAG award to heart neither is she losing sleep that she was snubbed by Oscar, Oprah is looking at the brighter side and jokes she has already won even if Oscar will not recognize her effort in making her hit movie, Butler, she has more movies coming soon, for fans of her performance in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Oprah has some good news for you, she is coming on board to act as a producer on Selma, the drama about the historic civic rights marches that have Nigerian British actor David Oyelowo portraying Martin Luther King Jr.

Don’t be disappointed with the Oscar snub, Winfrey said “… I really look at that category and look who is nominated in that category: my friend Julia Roberts and June Squibb, whom I don’t know, but Sally Hawkins and Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o. I think that’s fantastic. And so I haven’t picked up the acting chops in 15 years.

Queen Elizabeth Hands Over Power To Prince Charles

 

England will have a new king soon as Queen Elizabeth hands over the reign of the country to her son, Prince Charles, after years of loyalty and working to make sure her reign is successful, age is turning fast against the Queen and she is gradually relinquish some of the traditional duties to Charles as she approaches her 88th birthday in April, this does not mean that Charles will be joining her in making some key decisions in her weekly briefings with the Prime Minster, David Cameron.

Prince Charles will be seen taking care of England as the new head of state as United Kingdom prepares for his eventual succession to the throne as King, his sons, Princes William and Princes Harry will also play their part in the new set-up, with both assuming far more responsibility since they relinquished their military roles.

Jay Z And Beyoncé May Performance At The Grammy Next Weekend

 

There are speculation s that Jay Z and Wife, Beyoncé will be leading performances at the next weekend’s Grammy Awards. The couple have worked hard in the last one year to deserve the spot. While Jay Z is wrapping up his album tour, Beyoncé is also pushing her fast selling album on all platforms.

Already, John Legend, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban, as well as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Carole King have been noted to be performing. Jay Z we heard will be performing together with his wife to a large audience and for the world. Already, it was reported the couples are busy at the moment but once their performance is confirmed rehearsal will commence for the night.

Fuse ODG: My Singles Makes No Sense To The Flesh

 

Fuse ODG is not like those artistes Iyanya spoke about who are unable to handle money when they get it, he is a man in his own league, after his hit single ‘Azonto’ was released, life suddenly became a bed of roses, where he can now dine with kings and wake up beside princesses, the Ghanaian UK based musician and pioneer of the This Is New Africa #TINA movement really had his craziest year in 2013.

In an interview with NY DJ on Homestretch Bumper to Bumper on Kapital Radio in Kumasi, Fuse ODG says “There’s no way I could have come this way without my creator. God is involved in everything we have achieved. God has been so merciful to us and continues to grant us all the desires of our heart. My successes in terms of my hit singles don’t not make sense to the flesh.

Ciara Will Not Reveal The Sex Of Her Baby, Says Beyonce Inspires Her

 

Days after Ciara confirmed on “The View” that she is indeed pregnant with her first child with hubby to be, Future, the media have not let her be and she’s been doing quite a bit of press to promote this good news, in between her gist of opening up about becoming a mother for the first time, the talk shifted toBeyonce, she confesses she respects her a lot because Beyonce has inspired her, talking about their baby, she will not say the sex of the baby neither will Future, she only confirmed that Future got the baby he prayed for.

“I have a lot of respect for her. I respect any woman who works hard and gets success from the hard work they put into it. And for someone like her, she’s been around for almost 20 years, if I’m not mistaken or at least a good 15.

Grandma, Cissy Houston Is Not Happy With Kristina And Nick Gordon’s Marriage

 

Just few days ago, it was reported that the daughter of the late songstress, Bobbi Whitney Huston, Kristina got married to Nick Gordon which was a surprise. But as it is, one person is visibly not happy about the marriage thing. We heard Browns grandmother Cissy Houston is not happy at the newly wedded couple at all. Cissy is the legal guardian of Kristina.

The two has been locking horns over property issues of late and all effort for Kristina to mend fence with grandmother has proven abortive severally, so we heard. Kristina has said that the two had settled their differences and grandma has also consented to the relationship.

Beyonce Pens Open Feminist Essay… Read “Gender Equality Is A Myth!”

 

Beyonce has put down the microphone and picked up a biro to write an essay she has tagged ‘The Shriver Report’ which is a national research paper dedicated to issues faced by American women, addressing income inequality between genders. Beyonce has always stand out for equally gender, remember she featured Nigerian New York based model, Joan Caven and Chimamanda Adichie in her track, Flawless which talked about such issue last year.

“Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes,” proclaims Adichie in Flawless,” a track on her new self-titled album. It seems that Queen B has taken Adichie’s message to heart. She has argued that the income gap between genders won’t go away without cooperation from both men and women.

Beyoncé Says No To Kim K’s Offer To Be Her Bridesmaid

 

This is very funny and one cannot believe this. We are sureKanye and Jay Z will also not believe it. And here is the jist. An NY magazine has just reported that songstress and mother of one, Beyoncé has just said capital NO to the proposal byKim Kardashian for Beyoncé to be her bridesmaid.

We heard that Kim has called Beyoncé several times and she would not pick but she finally left her a voice message asking her to be her bridesmaid.

Rihanna Indirectly Talks About Chris Brown In Her Single, ‘Can’t Remember To Forget You’

 

Who else could Rihanna be talking about in her new single, ‘Can’t Remember to Forget You,’ with Shakira if not troubledChris Brown, the newly released song talks about a lot of mistakes that the singer made over and over again, the beef is felt hanging around her lyrics and we are wondering if Brown will equally do his single about her too, not that she made a specific note on Brown but the lyrics cannot lie to us. We know Brown got her heart broken twice and made her sort of a fool with his ranting before they went their separate ways.

The title of the song explained the lyrics to us , it’s all about being unable to quit a lover and always going back to a guy even though you know it’s the wrong decision.

Rapper M.I May Release New Album Before End Of April.

News from within the Chocolatecity Records where BET winner Ice Prince calls home has it that M.I will release his much anticipated album :Chairman” before the end of April this year. The metaphorical lyrical rapper petit rapper has been in the studios putting together and already tracks off the album are already ruling the airwaves.

The record label who is currently in court over singer Brymo’s controversial leave is also as we heard planning a big comeback for the rapper who seen to have been too out of stage for a while. Born Jude Agbaga, M.I started his rap career in 2003. He found his way in the industry ruled by the likes of Modenine, Ruggedman and Eedris Abdulkareem. And to fine his feet properly, he did a mix-tap titled “Safe”, a song which he imitated most Nigerian top hit songs and it became an instant success.

The song gathered impressive airplay by African radio and music video stations such as MTV. The track also earned him awards at the Nigerian Music Video Awards, City People, N.E.A amongst others.