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SUNDAY VANGUARD, JANUARY 26, 2020, PAGE 15<br />
Nollywood’s sexiest<br />
rom<strong>an</strong>tic comedy movie<br />
‘Dear Affy’<br />
presents male cast<br />
On February 14, 2020, Nigeri<strong>an</strong><br />
c<strong>in</strong>emas will receive a new visual<br />
visitor to the delight of viewers.<br />
Described as the sexiest<br />
Nollywood movie ever, ‘Dear Affy’<br />
showcases the creme-de-la-crème<br />
of Nollywood’s best collection of<br />
male role <strong>in</strong>terpreters.<br />
They <strong>in</strong>clude Tim<strong>in</strong>i Egbuson,<br />
Ey<strong>in</strong>na Nwigwe,Williams<br />
Uchemba, Ali Nuhu, Uzee Usm<strong>an</strong><br />
, MC Lively, Kolawole Ajeyemi,<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>edu Ikedieze, Jide kosoko,<br />
Chiwetalu Agu <strong>an</strong>d Odunlade<br />
Adekola<br />
Dear Affy movie, directed by<br />
media mogul, Samuel Olatunji. Is<br />
a rom<strong>an</strong>tic comedy with <strong>an</strong><br />
excellent plot. It succ<strong>in</strong>ctly tell the<br />
igeri<strong>an</strong> actress, Anita Keyss is <strong>set</strong> to<br />
Nrelease her movie, ‘Dry Tears’ which<br />
addresses the lives of celebrities. Dry<br />
Tears is the third major production from<br />
Anita, the first two are, Beauty of the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>d, <strong>an</strong>d Silver Spoon. In a chat with<br />
Broadway TV Anita speaks on a number<br />
of th<strong>in</strong>gs happen<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>dustry,<br />
especially the crave among celebrities<br />
to bare it all on social media.<br />
She said, “For me, I th<strong>in</strong>k it’s crazy,<br />
you don’t have to expose your body for<br />
you to be popular. It doesn’t make sense<br />
to me, If you believe <strong>in</strong> yourself you know<br />
We must beg<strong>in</strong> to th<strong>in</strong>k Nigeria<br />
first for our creative <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
—Omotola<br />
ollywood star actress, Omotola<br />
Jalade-Eke<strong>in</strong>de has reacted to<br />
Nthe newly amended NBC<br />
•Omotola<br />
story of a<br />
beautify<br />
damsel who is<br />
passionate<br />
about her<br />
career, she is<br />
<strong>set</strong> to get<br />
married to the<br />
m<strong>an</strong> of her<br />
dreams before<br />
life suddenly<br />
happens <strong>an</strong>d<br />
scuttles her well<br />
laid out pl<strong>an</strong>.<br />
She is faced<br />
with the<br />
proverbial choice between the devil<br />
<strong>an</strong>d the red blue sea. She must fight<br />
all forces that w<strong>an</strong>ts to deny her of<br />
Don’t believe <strong>in</strong> your nakedness to make it —Anita Keys<br />
you have the talent, you don’t have to expose<br />
your body just to get fame. Look at the likes<br />
of Omotola, the likes of Genevieve, they<br />
didn’t open their selves to get fame, they<br />
worked hard <strong>an</strong>d it’s pay<strong>in</strong>g off, so I don’t<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k you need to expose your body when<br />
you just feel, “oh mehn I am not relev<strong>an</strong>t<br />
<strong>an</strong>ymore”, the next th<strong>in</strong>g you do is just to<br />
stay nude on Instagram just to be popular,<br />
its crazy for me, that what’s they call<br />
depression. We call that attention<br />
seekers…that me<strong>an</strong>s you don’t believe <strong>in</strong><br />
your talent, you believe <strong>in</strong> your nakedness<br />
to make it out there, to give you that fame.”<br />
the life she desire so much.<br />
These men lead ‘Dear Affy’ to the<br />
c<strong>in</strong>emas from February 14, 2020.<br />
Broadcast Code, which reviews f<strong>in</strong>es to<br />
be paid by err<strong>in</strong>g broadcast<strong>in</strong>g stations<br />
from N500,000 to N5 million for<br />
breaches relat<strong>in</strong>g to hate speeches,<br />
<strong>in</strong>cit<strong>in</strong>g comments <strong>an</strong>d <strong>in</strong>decency.<br />
She said, “ “This is a good<br />
development for the content <strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />
We are all <strong>in</strong> this together <strong>an</strong>d we must<br />
protect our local <strong>in</strong>dustry with practices<br />
that empower the stakeholders more.<br />
We must beg<strong>in</strong> to th<strong>in</strong>k Nigeria first for<br />
Speak<strong>in</strong>g further she said<br />
celebrities should not live<br />
their lives just to please the<br />
f<strong>an</strong>s<br />
“I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k celebrities<br />
should live for their f<strong>an</strong>s, it’s all<br />
about you do<strong>in</strong>g what you feel you<br />
are comfortable with, it’s just about<br />
believ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> yourself <strong>an</strong>d you do<strong>in</strong>g<br />
what you are comfortable with, <strong>in</strong><br />
this world you c<strong>an</strong>’t please people,<br />
so it’s about you pleas<strong>in</strong>g yourself<br />
<strong>an</strong>d do<strong>in</strong>g what you feel,” she said.<br />
our creative <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>an</strong>d work together<br />
to make this work.”<br />
Omotola made her comment via a<br />
WhatsApp group, consist<strong>in</strong>g of creative<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry practitioners named FILMIC.<br />
The platform <strong>was</strong> founded by Charles<br />
Novia, CEO of the newly established<br />
Teen Africa TV. FILMIC, s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
<strong>in</strong>ception <strong>in</strong> June 2019, has held<br />
monthly screen<strong>in</strong>gs of films by<br />
producers, alongside two unique events<br />
namely: FILMIC M<strong>in</strong>i-Colloquium<br />
<strong>an</strong>d FILMIC Old School Even<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
<strong>How</strong> Michael Jackson<br />
<strong>in</strong>spired my music career<br />
•H<strong>an</strong>ujay<br />
M<br />
—S<strong>in</strong>ger, H<strong>an</strong>ujay<br />
ichael Jackson may have long been dead, buried but<br />
not forgotten. As the K<strong>in</strong>g of Pop, his spirit keeps<br />
def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g evolution of music <strong>an</strong>d one of Nigeria’s brightest<br />
stars, Aghogho H<strong>an</strong>u Agbodje A.K.A H<strong>an</strong>ujay has the<br />
Wacko Jacko to th<strong>an</strong>k for awaken<strong>in</strong>g the sleep<strong>in</strong>g gi<strong>an</strong>t<br />
of music <strong>in</strong> him. H<strong>an</strong>ujay has barely been on the scene<br />
but already has drop two EPs to show how creative,<br />
dynamic <strong>an</strong>d talented he is. He has released over 20<br />
songs plus over 100 unreleased, still <strong>in</strong> the pipel<strong>in</strong>e. To<br />
date, he has also dropped 4 professional music videos<br />
plus a fleet of viral <strong>an</strong>d promotional contents.<br />
On MJ’s connection <strong>in</strong> his life, he said “I got <strong>in</strong>to music<br />
because I saw Michael Jackson on TV <strong>an</strong>d I <strong>was</strong> like 3-5<br />
years of age at the time. It <strong>was</strong> totally amaz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>an</strong>d excit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
at the same time, see<strong>in</strong>g what he could do <strong>an</strong>d how<br />
people loved him. In fact I fa<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>an</strong>d died for<br />
him <strong>an</strong>d I w<strong>an</strong>t people to do that for me too.<br />
The beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>was</strong> alright , the process<br />
<strong>was</strong> great . I learnt for a couple of years,<br />
went to music school, before mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
music then I realized I <strong>was</strong> the real<br />
McCoy,” he said.<br />
But th<strong>in</strong>gs didn’t start to get on the<br />
up <strong>an</strong>d up for him until 2018 when<br />
he released his first EP <strong>an</strong>d the<br />
second next year, to <strong>an</strong>nounce his<br />
<strong>in</strong>tention on the music scene.<br />
“In 2018 I released the ‘Vibes’<br />
EP’ which consists of 8 songs:<br />
namely; D<strong>an</strong>ce; Special; Dodo;<br />
F<strong>in</strong>e W<strong>in</strong>e; Rock Well; Skit; No<br />
Smok<strong>in</strong>g Zone; <strong>an</strong>d Good Love.<br />
That <strong>was</strong> <strong>in</strong> J<strong>an</strong>uary of 2018.<br />
Then I released <strong>an</strong>other EP, <strong>in</strong><br />
•Anita<br />
December of 2019 titled ‘Let’s<br />
smoke <strong>an</strong>d Fuck” with 5<br />
tracks: namely; Uber,<br />
Magic, Love, Guym<strong>an</strong><br />
<strong>an</strong>d Vibration. They<br />
were all produced by<br />
Patricia Studios.<br />
There are so m<strong>an</strong>y<br />
more unreleased<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gles. Just watch<br />
out for H<strong>an</strong>ujay,”<br />
he said.