Tyra Banks: TV personality to lecture M.B.A. students at Stanford University

The former host of “America’s Next Top Model” will make her teaching debut at the school as a guest lecturer, co-teaching a class on creating and protecting a personal brand.

                                                                                                                                                      Tyra Banks (Essence)

American model and TV personality, Tyra Banks will be lecturing students at Stanford University in May.

Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris: Couple split after 12 months romance

The duo were the next power couple, just three months after they started dating, they were ranked as the highest-paid celebrity couple by Forbes with combined earnings of over $146 million.

Who would have thought Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris weren’t gonna make it to the altar? The pop singer and her Scottish DJ and record producer boyfriend are done for good after 15 months of dating.

Wizkid: Starboy singer has more collaborations with Drake

DJ Maphorisa, a co-producer of the 'One dance' hit song reveals that Wizkid and Drake still have songs in the works.

Wizkid and Drake

DJ Maphorisa, a co-producer of Drake's 'One dance' featuring Wizkid has revealed there are still three songs for Drake and Wizkid to be released.

Drake’s “View from the 6” could be linked to inspiration from his hometown Canada but his recent releases taps from diverse sounds across the world.

The single, ‘One Dance’ which features Wizkid and Kyla, is built around African vibes provided by producers Noah “40” Shebib, Nineteen85, and DJ Maphorisa, a DJ and artist from Soshanguve, Pretoria.

In an interview with Genius, DJ Maphorisa said he was in Los Angeles two weeks ago working on Wizkid’s upcoming album when the opportunity to contribute to Drake’s potential song of the summer arose. According to the 28-year-old, born Themba Sekowe, after remixing Wizkid’s ‘Ojuelegba’ last summer, Drake collaborated with the Nigerian artist on ‘One Dance’ via email.

For his contributions, Maphorisa slowed down the tempo of Crazy Cousinz and Kyla’s ‘Do You Mind,’ a classic 2008 UK funky house track that became popular in the grime scene.

“I was recording Wiz when they sent [the files],” Maphorisa said, referring to Wizkid’s background vocals on the song. “There was nothing really there. We started working on it—I added some production.”

The DJ said they finished ‘One Dance’ in only a week—it’s one of four tracks they recorded. He says ‘One Dance’ is blowing up in Mzansi and that it best sums up Drake’s sonic ambitions.

Well...it will be fair to say that Wizkid is destined for musical greatness, don't you agree?

For Grammarians only: Are You A Grammar Nerd?

Hey Bloggies!

Have you ever found yourself using words that are hard to comprehend, and you leave people befuddled? Well, you're not alone in this...I'm more of a Grammar nerd myself...and trust me, there are people worse than you're...Honorable Patrick of Nigeria can relate to this *wink*.
Still wanna know if you are? Read on...

There’s a burst of freshness all over social media!!!

A lot of people all over Instagram and twitter have been using the hashtag #BurstofFreshness. One wonders what this is all about.

#Burstoffreshness

A blogger, Sisi Yemmie posted a picture on her Instagram page and captioned it ‘Nothing beats going for a public gathering with assurance that your clothes are clean and fresh… #Burstoffreshness.’

Sisi Yemmie's caption

 Another comedian, Twyse later joined the conversation when he posted ‘I keep fit and eat fresh, to look fresh, smell fresh. And? #BurstofFreshness'.  

Twyes' caption

Well, burst of freshness could be you keeping fit, eating fresh, looking fresh and smelling fresh like Twyse. 

Or the assurance that your clothes are clean and fresh while attending a public gathering, just like Sisi Yemmie.

Look around you and capture the burst of freshness...even with the burst of "brokeness" in the country. *wink*

 

Tiwa Savage: 'I am getting my skinny butt back,' singer says

Apparently, the actress can't wait to get back in shape following the birth of her son.

Tiwa Savage

Tiwa Savage who welcomed her son seven months ago, shared a photo of herself in her work out gear and wrote "Good morning. Getting some new work out gear, because when you look good you feel good.  #SlowlyButSurely#, GettingMySkinnyButtBack#RedNation #RED #IamRED#SavageSoldiers."

Tiwa Savage (instagram)

Apparently, the actress can't wait to get back in shape following the birth of her son.

"The Voice Nigeria”: M-Net entertainment holds audition in Abuja

 

The M-Net African Magic, a TV entertainment channel on Saturday began its Abuja auditioning for its reality television singing show, “The Voice Nigeria.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, "The Voice Of Nigeria’’ is a reality television singing competition.

The two-day auditioning which began on Jan. 16 at the Bolingo Hotels and Towers Abuja will see the emergence of the best talent voice in the FCT.

Mr Efosa Aiyevbomwom, the Head of Public Relations, M-Net African Magic Entertainment told NAN that the essence of the audition was to support, promote, and encourage young talents.

"The M-Net and African Magic believe in giving opportunities to young talents in the society and availing them the opportunity to showcase their talents to the whole world. It is our responsibility to always support talents in Africa, provide entertainment by Africans as well as giving talented Africans opportunity to shine behind and in front of the camera. This is just an extension of one of the things we have been doing over the years which is channeling our investment into the entertainment industry", he said.

Mr. Aiyevbomwom explained that winners would not be selected immediately.

According to him, the audition is to enable them select the best talents, who will eventually make it to the show. 

"We will get across to them after the final list has been concluded. Auditioning phase is more or less selection phase; in total, once we have the final cut and number, we will announce", he said.

One of the participants, Mr Vincent Anthony, said it was his first time to participate in an audition and that he was targeting to emerge as one of the best. Another participant, Mr Nissi Phillips said he was happy to attend “The Voice Nigeria” audition. He said it would be a dream comes through if he was eventually selected.

Miss Mariam Kama, an Economics graduate of University of Abuja, who also participated in the programme, told NAN that she was optimistic of been among the selected ones. She said: "this is my dream and I know that I will go far".

NAN reports that, “The Voice” is a popular singing competition franchise across the world.

The auditioning kicked off in different part of the country simultaneously has other model – "The Voice USA,” “The Voice Australia,” “The Voice UK,” “The Voice South Africa, among others.

The auditioning also took place in Port Harcourt and Calabar on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, while Abuja and Lagos holds from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17.

Leonardo DiCaprio: Veteran actor reacts to 5th Oscar nomination

The 41-yr-old actor has made it clear that winning the Oscar award would be an "icing on the cake" as he has worked as hard as he possibly could.




Hollywood actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has spoken up on his 5th Oscar nomination following the role in the new hit movie, Revenant.

he 41-yr-old actor has made it clear that winning the Oscar award would be an "icing on the cake" as he has worked as hard as he possibly could.

Speaking on the role he played in the movie with This Morning, DiCaprio revealed that:

"I do know that it’s completely beyond my control at this point. It’s interesting, because that’s not why you do the work, you know? You do the work because you love making movies and you want to look back and have a filmography that you’re proud of.

"When you’re on set you have to give everything that you possibly can while you’re there but of course being recognised by your peers and all that other stuff that happens is kind of the cherry on the cake so to speak.

"But all the work from me has been done, I’ve done everything I could possibly do, so it’s all up to you to decide whether it's worthy of being seen or talked about or awarded."