Superhero film Black Panther has won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards (SAGs). The box office hit picked up best ensemble cast award in a motion picture, the SAG ceremony’s closest thing to a best film prize.…
The Oscars make a number of firsts in its 2019 nominations (WPost)
In recent years, the Oscars have been accused of taking an overly narrow view of what constitutes a best picture, prioritising a certain kind of art-house film above all others. Not anymore. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences,…
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Fellow Nigerians, it is now a crime to chop ‘food’ In Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, an unidentified man was caught and lynched by a mob for munching on a rather bizarre meal of bread and faeces. Yeah, but hold in that vomit…
Golden Globes 2019: All the winners (Time)
The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards have kicked off, bringing together Hollywood’s biggest stars of film and TV to recognize the past year’s achievements. Among the contenders for awards at the 2019 Golden Globes are Adam McKay’s Vice, which is…
DStv honours the late Stan Lee with four films on M-Net Movies Action+ this weekend
The M-Net Movies Action+ DStv channel 106 schedule will change this weekend to pay tribute to the real-life superhero Stan Lee. Lee created timeless characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four. He…
Everything we know about the ‘Black Panther’ sequel (Refinery29)
Marvel Studios proved that Wakanda is forever when the Black Panther sequel was confirmed in March. The original film was a major success, so much so that it might have inspired its own Oscar category. This week, Marvel broke the…
The 19 black radicals who are still in prison after four decades-(The Guardian)
Some African American rebels, including Mumia Abu-Jamal and members of Move, are still incarcerated for their actions during the 1970s black liberation struggle. Eddie Goodman Africa, Move organisation Eddie Africa uses public address system to talk to people outside the Move…