NIGERIAN FILM: TURNING POINT (HOLLYWOOD MEETS NOLLYWOOD -TEASERS 1 & 2)

TURNING POINT – Hollywood meets Nollywood Ade (Igoni Archibong) is a playboy Nigerian-American investment banker working at a successful firm in New York City. He is in a relationship with keen-to-marry African-American Stacey (KD Aubert). Her family (Ernie Hudson, Cynda Williams) had been cautious of this “African” but begin to warm to him due to his professional success and charm. However, Ade’s manipulative mother (Patience Ozokwor) back in Nigeria would rather her son gets serious and dumps “that girl with no traceable []

UK ANTICS & TOMFOOLERY ABROAD: “MIAMI TO THE BAHAMAS VIP YACHT PARTY…..”.

UK ‘rapper’ Moonlight (soon to be seen in the UK “reality” show Clubland UK click here to watch trailer) along with a friend hire’s a yacht in Miami, invites some “models” onboard and then they all proceed to act like they are starring in a really bad late 1990s/early noughties rap video. I watched this yesterday and could not stop laughing. RIDICULOUS. … I wonder if this “VIP party” actually made it to the Bahamas or did they just sail around in circles? Your thoughts please….

MAN STABS 22 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHINA

Via BBC News A man with a knife has wounded 22 children – at least two of them seriously – and an adult at a primary school in central China. The attack happened at the gate of a school in Chenpeng village in Henan province. Police arrested a 36-year-old local man at the scene. Security at China’s schools has been increased in recent years following a spate of similar knife attacks in which nearly 20 children have been killed. Continue Reading…. It has []

GUNMAN KILLS 20 CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Via The Guardian America was confronted with one of its worst ever mass shootings on Friday when 20 children and six adults were shot dead by a gunman who opened fire at an elementary school in Connecticut. The massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, about 65 miles north-east of New York, is understood to have been carried out by a lone gunman, who was later found dead at the scene. State police lieutenant Paul Vance said 18 children died at []

NEW BLACK BRITISH WEB SERIES: SPIN (EPISODES 1 – 3)

I have just discovered this new black British web series called Spin. The first episode debuted online in June of this year and some how passed me by. Anyway check out Spin. I really enjoyed watching the episodes so far and can’t’ wait to see how the story develops in episode 4. … …

MAJOR EXCITEMENT OF THE DAY!!! KANYE WEST “SURPRISES” PHARRELL WILLIAMS DURING Q&A

Kanye West makes an unexpected appearance during Pharrell Williams’ Q&A session at Design Miami while Williams discusses the new book that he plans on flogging to the masses titled Places and Spaces I’ve Been. … The two most IRRITATING characters within the world of black music in one room. First off what is Pharrell wearing? And the flurry of excitement when Kanye emerges from the darkness with his beef cake bodyguards is just comical. Twits. Pharrell however does talk a lot of sense when it comes to the subject matter of art/design and fashion. Kanye []

UK “URBAN” FILM: LONDON HEAT (SHORT PILOT EPISODE)

It is an unusually sunny day in London and the radio speakers are buzzing with the sound of the city. Malcolm (Alex Aplerku) is a street smart kid with lots of ambition. His biggest goal is Jasmine (Rochelle Neil), the girl literally next door, but when it’s evident that her loyalties are split between him and the ‘Man’ (Leemore Marrett Jr), the heat begins to burn in the London estate. What unfolds are a series of events that changes the average perception []