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Janice aka Miss Mad News

TRAILER: HALF OF A YELLOW SUN – STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AND THANDIE NEWTON

July 24, 2013

The highly anticipated film adaptation of the best selling novel ‘Half Of A Yellow Moon’ stars Thandie Newton, John Boyega, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle and Genevieve Nnaji. Weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. Olanna (Newton) and Kainene (Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her […]

VIDEO: ZANE LOWE INTERVIEWS JAY Z (BBC 1XTRA)

July 24, 2013

This is for all you Jay Z fans out there and budding producers. Check out Zane Lowe interviewing the love of his life Jay Z.  But to be fair this interview does not tip the licky licky scales like the interviews with Hot 97 (yeah I am looking at you Angie Martinez) and the Power 105 Breakfast Club Show. It is  clear though that Zane is Jay’s head cheerleader (poms poms and all) and excited to be in the ‘presence of his […]

POLITICIAN APOLOGISES AFTER TWEETING BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNER IS “SHAPE LIKE THE JAMAICAN ECONOMY”

July 23, 2013

Via The Jamaica Gleaner Jenaae Jackson, recipient of the Best Figure award in the Miss Jamaica World 2013 contest, says she has no hard feelings towards Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament for North West St Ann, who made an unflattering comment about her on the social networking website, Twitter. “I think it is very unfortunate that a man in his position would say something about a contestant who is running to represent Jamaica. I am confident and I know that […]

UK FILM NEWS: AUDITION TO STAR IN NEW NOEL CLARKE FILM

July 23, 2013

ARE YOU AGED BETWEEN 17 TO 22 AND WANT TO BE IN MOVIE HITTING CINEMAS 2014? HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: 1. BE BETWEEN 17 AND 22. 2. EMAIL A PICTURE OF YOUR SELF (NO GROUP SHOTS) AND YOUR CONTACT DETAILS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESSES. 3. BE AVAILABLE FOR AN AUDITION ON THE DATE STATED. Nottingham (27th July) Audition4legacyNottingham@gmail.com Edinburgh (28th July) Audition4legacyEdinburgh@gmailcom London (3rd August) audition4legacylondon@gmail.com INFO: -We will try and respond to as many people as […]

VIDEO: MAN SAY’S LIVE ON ‘SKY NEWS’ ROYAL BABY “IS A BLACK BOY”

July 23, 2013

As most of the world knows by now the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) gave birth to a baby boy yesterday evening. The British media as expected has gone overboard with the news coverage and morning breakfast show Daybreak were up to some mind control antics today. ‘YOU  WILL  jump for joy and get excited about the royal baby. YOU WILL celebrate with us this morning’.  Madness. Congratulations to Kate and William but I have to agree with David McQueen who tweeted: […]