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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.

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