Entertainment
Prime Video debuts Water and Garri featuring Nigerian music star, Tiwa Savage
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Beaming with smiles in a dark dress, lead character in the long-awaited movie, Water and Garri, Tiwatope Savage, better known as Tiwa Savage, revealed that despite her musical accomplishments, acting is her first love.
Savage explained that with her debut movie, she wanted to serve as a motivation to people who intend to try their hands at new things, saying interpreting roles had been a dream of hers.
The Nigerian music superstar said fulfilling the dream showed she and her team’s adequacy at exploring other parts of the entertainment industry as well as creating a balance between music and acting for her admirers’ delight.
“It’s been a dream of mine actually. Film and acting were my first love, so I hope to inspire people. I want to be an inspiration to talents out there. You know, to inspire people and let them know that we can wear different hats and execute those hats excellently,” Savage said at the movie’s media briefing held at Livespot Entertainment Centre in Lagos.
She added: “Behind me is a great team. I feel like you know we have been working on balancing things up. Vannessa Amadi-Ogbonna has been working with me to balance things. As you know, even to balance motherhood as well is a lot. For me, having the right people behind me has helped me in making the right decisions. We don’t always have to answer or accept every offer, but we accept the ones that make sense.”
Meanwhile, Water and Garri, which was directed by Meji Alabi, tells the story of Aisha (Savage), an ambitious fashion designer. Aisha, who returns to her native country after a decade’s sojourn in the United States of America due to losing a member of her family, has to find a way to reconnect with her family, old friends and her past love, just as she works out ways to confront the guilt left behind.
Some of the film’s cast and crew include the lead character and music star, Tiwa Savage; Jemima Osunde, Mike Afolarin, Andrew Bunting, a Ghanaian, Lloyd Gyanfosu Junior, among others.
Speaking about the movie at the briefing, Meji Alabi said it was an opportunity to do something different, saying: “We decided to do something different from the visual album we earlier had in mind. We thought about making a film. Considering how many music videos and how much we had already done together, it was the perfect progression of our relationship. For me, it was a nice idea to see how we can take it to the next level.”
On the cast, the movie producer, Jimi Adesanya, hailed them for being supportive of one another during the production phases, saying despite intense shooting sessions that lasted for weeks in Ghana, they brought their scripts to life.
Adesanya stated that Ghana was important to the movie setting, saying: “Cape Coast serves as the door of no return – through which some of our black brothers and sisters were taken away from us to another part of the world many decades ago.”
Also speaking, popular actress, Jemima Osunde, known for starring in prominent movies, including Lion Heart, Isoken, Battle on Buka Street, Quam’s Money, said Water and Garri represents one of her best projects so far.
On her most memorable experience on set, she said: “It is hard to take out just one. It was a very, very beautiful set and I had fun shooting the movie. One such was a scene in which Tiwa and I were in a tricycle shooting. While the tricycle moved on the street, people were going about their daily lives. What I know is that Water and Garri is one of the best movies on which I have worked.”
It is, however, worthy of note that the movie’s premiere was supported by office of the Vice President of Nigeria. Special Assistant to the President on Digital & Creative Economy, Office of the Vice President, Mr Fegho Umunubo, who spoke at the event, said the Federal Government’s support of Water and Garri showed its interest in the creative industry.
“Tiwa Savage has contributed a lot to the creative industry. We saw the need to support her, knowing how much it takes to move from music to film,” Umunubo said.
On his part, Ayo Adeagbo, Special Assistant to the President on Arts, Culture and Digital Economy, added that ensuring the right policies and putting together a task force on piracy were areas among which government was supporting the creative industry.
According to him, to enable the industry to thrive, collaborations were ongoing with the Ministry of Justice to stop the loss of revenue resulting from piracy.
Entertainment
‘Men Dey’ – Bovi stirs reactions as he gifts wife brand new Benz ahead of her birthday celebration
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Kris Asimonye, the wife of Nigerian comedian Bovi Ugbomma, announced her new Mercedes Benz on social media.
She shared a captivating video on her official Instagram from the Mercedes Benz dealership in Derby.
In the video, Kris was warmly guided to her new car, with her name displayed on posters as part of the welcome.
According to the comedian’s wife, Bovi Ugbomma had told her she would get a Benz as a reward for passing her driving test, and she went above and beyond his expectations.
The comedian bought her a brand new GLE 450d 4Matic.
In the comment section, Bovi Ugbomma mentioned that his wife still found a reason to argue just one day after getting her new car.
He wrote, “You won’t write how you still managed to quarrel one day after collecting it o. Yeye dey smell.”
Source: www.gistlover.com
Entertainment
Husband Murders Wife, Takes Own Life
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By Mario Deepromoter
A former reality TV star has allegedly been shot de@d by her husband in their luxury home before he turned the gun on himself.
Police reportedly found the body of Paulina Lerch, 33, who appeared on Top Model in her native Poland twice, after her family failed to get in touch with her for over a week.
Police suspect her husband Sławomir, 47, shot her dead before k!lling himself at their home near Poznan City, Poland, on Sunday, September 1. He was reportedly found lying next to Lerch with fatal self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The house was locked from the inside and a revolver was discovered next to the young couple’s dead bodies.
Sławomir was an alleged drug trafficker and was arrested, along with 30 other suspects, in April and May this year after 60kg of drugs were found stashed in a warehouse. He was released from custody at the beginning of August.
Lerch kept her marriage to Sławomir away from the public eye.
It remains unclear whether Paulina’s de@th was mu¥der or a suicide pact between the pair.
Paulina’s family said they hadn’t heard from her for over a week before her body was found. They then called the authorities out of concern for her wellbeing.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
Entertainment
I’ll give 10% of prize money to Onyeka if i win, BBNaija Ozee promises
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By Francesca Hangeior.
Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ housemate Ozee has promised to give his colleague, Onyeka 10 per cent of the reality show’s prize money if he emerges as the winner.
It could be recalled that the organisers dissolved the pairs on Sunday, leaving the housemates to compete solo for the grand prize.
During a conversation with Onyeka on Monday, Ozee pledged to give 10 percent of the prize money to her should he emerge winner by the end of the season.
“When I win, do you know what will happen? Because you will be part of my journey, so automatically I’ll give you 10 per cent,” he said.
The grand prize remains N100 million, including a cash prize and an SUV, plus additional sponsored prizes.
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